Chapter 56 Shi Jingyuan

"My name is Shi Jingyuan."

Holding the other person's hand, Hu Jiao's mind flashed through Shi Jingyuan's position: deputy secretary of the Suining Municipal Youth League Committee.

Suining City is located in the mountainous area and is the most backward area in Nanzhao. It was only last year that it was changed from a prefecture to a city. It was formerly called Suining Area. It is a place where ethnic minorities in Nanzhao live in a relatively concentrated manner, mainly Miao, Yi, Hui and other ethnic minorities.

They originally applied for autonomy, but it was not approved.

Shi Jingyuan gives people a feeling of peace and comfort.

He looks to be around 30 years old, but I can't be sure. If I look more closely, I can see that he is probably in his twenties?

He does not have the sharpness of a young person, nor the smoothness of a middle-aged person. His smile is extremely sincere, but not naive.

Just based on this point, Hu Jiao had to take it seriously, "Hu Jiao."

Shi Jingyuan nodded and smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. "I know you. You are a top student at Yenching University. I heard you just got your doctorate?"

Hu Jiao waved his hands. "I can't help it. My mother forced me to study. It's just a facade. When was Secretary Shi born?"

Shi Jingyuan's smile is very distinctive. He can accurately express his mood through tiny changes in facial expressions. Just now, this smile showed helplessness and distress. "I was born in 1964, and I am a dragon."

Hu Jiao looked at this "young man" in surprise. He was born in the Year of the Dragon, so shouldn't he be thirty-four years old?

"Oh, I can't tell at all. If we go out and ask people to guess who's younger, I guarantee that 80% of people will think you're younger than me. Brother Shi's name is the two characters in Tranquility and Prosperity?"

Shi Jingyuan nodded and pointed at the luggage Hu Jiao brought. "It just so happens that your things are not scattered. Let's go. Let's talk while we walk. Your student number and I are next to each other, so we will probably eat and live together."

Hu Jiao also laughed, "Laziness brings good fortune. I had planned to finish the arrangements in the afternoon and then come to clean up, but I got a bargain. Is Brother Shi from Suining?"

Shi Jingyuan once again expressed his slight distress, "Hu Jiao, don't call me Brother Shi... this... doesn't sound good. You call me Jingyuan, I'm arrogant, but calling you Jiaojiao? I'm from Nanzhao."

"Okay, if Brother Jingyuan doesn't mind, I'd love to."

Shi Jingyuan went out with Hu Jiao. Shi Jingyuan tilted his head to look at Hu Jiao and said, "Your height is really stressful."

In the past, Hu Jiao couldn’t figure out why he was over 1.8 meters tall. This trip to Yanjing revealed the answer: it was a genetic disease that was inherited from the previous generation.

My grandfather was famous for his tall stature, but none of my uncles inherited the trait, and instead it was Hu Jiao who inherited it.

Besides, Hu Jiao looks exactly like my grandfather when he was young, except for his eyes which are like his father's.

Recalling Li Juan’s grandfather, when the old man and He learned about her mother’s life experience, they were so excited that they danced with joy. He and He were powerful generals under her grandfather back then.

This brought the two families even closer.

Especially with his father-in-law Li Mingyong, Hu Jiao has such a strong background, he doesn’t have to worry about his son-in-law’s future development, and of course he is more hopeful about his own future.

Although He Jia and Hu Zhongzhi got along well in the past, they were always two separate lines.

Now that we are united as one, it is not just a simple one plus one.

Hu Jiao was influenced by Shi Jingyuan's unique smile and smiled bitterly, "Just growing taller can be useful if you participate in sports. What's the biggest worry for tall people?"

Without waiting for Shi Jingyuan to ask, Hu Jiao pointed at the door frame and said, "This, I had a lot of head pain when I was growing up. If I hit it hard, I would see stars."

Shi Jingyuan shook his head and smiled.

The two walked and talked as they arrived at the playground. Not many people came down. Hu Jiao came over to say hello first and then continued talking to Shi Jingyuan.

Shi Jingyuan's hometown is in Nanhu. He is a retired soldier. He joined the army at the age of 18, was admitted to the Northern Military Command College at the age of 20, and graduated at the age of 24. He has served as company commander, deputy battalion commander, battalion commander, and deputy regiment commander.

He changed his career at the age of 30, first working in the Provincial Youth League Committee, and later transferred to a county under Suining City. Last year, he worked in the Municipal Youth League Committee.

Hu Jiao was a little curious, "Isn't it better in the army?"

Shi Jingyuan smiled bitterly again, "I was ordered to change my job. I made a mistake..."

Hu Jiao was too embarrassed to ask any more questions. He was very fond of Shi Jingyuan. This man left a very special impression on him. It seemed that he did not have any military style at all.

If he didn't say it himself, no one would be able to tell.

Seeing that Hu Jiao didn't believe him, Shi Jingyuan stretched out his right hand and bent his index finger, "See? The callus here."

Hu Jiao nodded. It was not that he did not believe it, but the impression he had of a military cadre could not be connected with the Shi Jingyuan in front of him.

Hu Jiao could only ask quietly, "Brother Jingyuan, are you from some special forces?"

Shi Jingyuan just smiled and said nothing. He poked Hu Jiao's waist and said, "It's time to assemble. By the way, Jiaojiao, you have to be mentally prepared when you enter the army."

"It's okay. We've experienced this before in college, and this time it's more of an experience than a formal training. Otherwise... I'm afraid few people here will be able to escape unscathed except you."

The training base is a training ground under the Nanzhao Security Command. It has good facilities and a large enough venue.

When coming in, each person received two sets of training uniforms, quilts and toiletries.

Shi Jingyuan was right in his guess. Hu Jiao lived in the same room with him.

"Jiaojiao, we are treated very well. There are two people in one room for officers. If it were a barracks for new soldiers, there would be at least eight people in one room. Those are hard times."

Under Shi Jingyuan's guidance, Hu Jiao quickly tidied his housework. Looking at Shi Jingyuan's folded tofu blocks with clear edges, he was very envious. He tried to break them up several times but to no avail.

Since entering the military camp, Shi Jingyuan's peaceful eyes finally sparkled and he seemed quite excited.

"You can't do it. If you want to achieve the same effect as mine, you can't do it without rubbing your palms off. Let's go. It's fresh now. If you go too far, you'll be in trouble when you really do it."

Fifteen minutes later, all sixty people in the class lined up according to their heights under the guidance of the instructor sent by the army.

The instructor of the Party School is not called a teacher during this training session, but an instructor. He is the main person in charge and has the power of life and death over the students’ performance.

"Comrades, we will spend the next two months here. If someone is careful, they will find that in the work and rest schedule, you only have two rest days in two months. I hope everyone will be mentally prepared, carry forward the pioneering and exemplary spirit of party members who are not afraid of hardships and charge forward, strictly demand, complete this training with high standards and high efficiency, and strive to repay the provincial party committee with the best results. Now, let me introduce the instructors for this training. The military part will be served by cadres from the garrison area. Everyone will be divided into five classes, each with twelve people. It happens that we have five female comrades this time, so one female comrade will be inserted into each class, and the squad leader of each class will be the instructor of the army. In terms of theoretical training, it is divided into three parts. The first is the party's theory, which I will give a lecture to you. The second is public management, which will be taught by Wu Youhua, a lecturer at Nanzhao University, and the last is the team cooperation competition."

At this point, trainer Zhao Zhong paused for a few seconds and suddenly raised his voice, "Please listen carefully and remember! The results of the various aspects of the team cooperation competition will account for 70% of the training assessment results after the summary! Theory accounts for 10%, management accounts for 10%, and the remaining 10% will be used as the assessment score for personal performance. Now, is it clear? Do you have any questions?"

Li Ya raised his hand high and shouted, "Report!"

Zhao nodded, pointed at Li Ya and praised him, "Well done, one point for personal performance. Remember, if you have any inquiries in the future, you must follow the quasi-military method, report in advance, resolutely execute, and absolutely obey. Comrade Li Ya, do you have any questions?"

Li Ya laughed and said, "Coach Zhao, you have already answered my question in advance. Originally, I wanted to ask what the individual performance evaluation criteria are. Now I know."

Zhao Zhong smiled and said, "Then please repeat it loudly!"

"Report in advance, execute resolutely, and obey absolutely."

Zhao Zhong smiled a bit viciously, looking over with an evil tone, "Comrades! Please remember this! Please don't have any fluke thoughts. Tell the truth to everyone! This time the provincial party committee has given us the power of life and death. If I can kick one person out during this training, we, the trainers, will enjoy a commendation. If I kick everyone out, or one person fails, then we will all be promoted half a level! So, don't take it lightly. This is for public and private reasons... Hehe, everyone present is a deputy director or above cadre, and they can bully the future county magistrate, county party secretary, and even the mayor here! Personally, I am deeply excited and have a strong interest in this. Do you understand?"

Everyone present was smart, and everyone tried their best to shout in unison: "Understood!"

Zhao nodded, "Not bad, it looks good. It seems that we have been selected. Now we will start to divide into classes. Comrades whose names I read, please follow your squad leader. Hu Jiao!"

"Here!" Hu Jiao answered loudly and was the first to step out of the team. Zhao Zhong pointed at an officer next to him and said, "This is the squad leader of squad one."

Hu Jiao ran to the squad leader and said, "Please give me your instructions, squad leader."

The squad leader had a blank expression on his face and pointed behind him, "Return to the team."

"Shi Jingyuan, Liu Jie, Li Ya, Lan Jing, You Lin, Wu Kaihe, Chen Yongzheng, Chen Xiangzhi, Zhang Dafu, Cai Zhanggui, Li Qingqing."

With a series of "here"s, the remaining eleven people in the class were all in place.

When Liu Jie looked at Hu Jiao, she didn't expect that Hu Jiao was also looking at her. Her pretty face turned cold and her chin slightly tilted to the side.

Li Ya poked Hu Jiao from behind, but the squad leader noticed his trick and glared at him sternly, "Li Ya, deduct one point!"

Li Ya's face turned green.

The others bit their lips hard to hold back their laughter. The one point they had just earned with great effort was deducted now.

After the division was completed, Zhao Zhong and the others left. The squad leader walked up to the twelve cadre trainees with his hands behind his back. His steely face showed no expression. "My name is Feng Xuefeng. From now on, you must forget your position, origin, and background. Think of yourself as a soldier, a rookie who knows nothing and can do nothing!"

At this point, Feng Xuefeng deliberately stopped to observe the expressions of several people. Seeing that no one objected, he could not help but grin in contempt, "You haven't really lost your temper yet! Don't worry, in the next two months, I will use all my tricks to deal with you. Now, I announce the work and rest time!"

Li Ya shouted, "Report!"

"Deduct one point! You interrupted the monitor's speech."

Feng Xuefeng didn't even look at Li Ya, he took out his notebook and made a few notes, "The previous schedule was, to be more precise, a cultural curriculum schedule. My schedule here stipulates what time you get up, go to bed, eat, and train."

This time Li Ya learned his lesson and refused to speak a word.

"Get up at 5:30 in the morning, run 3,000 meters, have breakfast, do three hours of queue training, eat lunch, rest, have classes in the afternoon, and study in the evening. There is a group competition once a week. If you lose once, I will ask you to run an extra 1,000 meters in the morning. If you lose twice, you will run an extra 2,000 meters, and so on! Do you understand?"

"clear."

"When the wake-up call is blown, if you can't finish the 3,000-meter run in less than three minutes, you will be deducted one point. If you fail to reach the 3,000-meter standard, you will be deducted one point." At this point, Feng Xuefeng grinned again, "I forgot to tell you that there are only 20 points for personal performance. If you lose points, you can get out. Okay, I'll tell you straight. If you make me angry, you will be deducted points. If you make me happy, no points will be deducted. It's that simple. Disband!"

Li Ya raised his hand again and shouted, "Report!"

Feng Xuefeng asked, "What's the matter?"

"Excuse me, is this my personal free time?"

Feng Xuefeng nodded, Li Ya breathed a sigh of relief, turned to the people around him and said, "Comrades, we've been fooled! It seems that we have fallen into a wolf's den this time. Liu Jie, you have to be careful, I think some people have ulterior motives, lock the door at night, don't be careless."

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Xuefeng's eyes flashed with coldness.

Shi Jingyuan was the first to burst out laughing, and Hu Jiao also smiled. This Li Ya!

Liu Jie glared at Li Ya angrily, "Even though a duck is dead, its mouth is still hard! Don't be the first one to be kicked out. When the time comes, I'll see if you still have the face to go back to the Youth League Committee."

Li Ya was about to speak when Feng Xuefeng blew the whistle, "Assemble!"

Looking at the reassembled team, Feng Xuefeng sneered, "Very good! Very good! Very unique! I declare that from now on, stand at attention!"

After saying this, Feng Xuefeng looked straight ahead, without saying a word or moving, in a standard military posture.

Zhang Dafu and Li Qingqing are two relatively fat men, and they appear to be in their thirties. Zhang Dafu is darker, while Li Qingqing is a typical white fat guy.

In just ten minutes, the two fat men were already sweating profusely.

But since Feng Xuefeng didn't say anything, no one dared to move.

Only Shi Jingyuan seemed fine, with a smile on his face, and even a hint of enjoyment.

Half an hour later, except for Hu Jiao, Liu Jie, and Shi Jingyuan, everyone else had begun to stagger. Seeing that someone looked unhappy, Feng Xuefeng sneered , "Disband."

Then he walked away slowly and leisurely.

Li Ya's body softened and he sat on the ground, panting and saying, "Brothers, it's all my fault for having such a foul mouth. I've caused trouble for everyone! Especially Lao Zhang and Lao Li, look at how sweaty you are. I'm sorry."

Li Qingqing also panted, "No, it's okay. We were one family five hundred, five hundred years ago. I just happened to be losing weight. Haha, from now on, we have to unite."

Hu Jiao also nodded, "Yes, we must unite. It's called a paramilitary experience. I think this is for real."

Shi Jingyuan shook his legs and relaxed. "Is this serious? Comrades, standing at attention for half an hour is just child's play. If I didn't see that you couldn't hold on any longer, standing for two or three hours would be a common occurrence."

Zhang Dafu finally caught his breath. "I've only been standing for half an hour. Oh my god, if I have to stand for two hours, I'll just declare myself dead in action."

After Liu Jie moved around for a while, she looked at the others and said, "Go back and rest early. The real test will begin tomorrow morning."

Three thousand meters.

Hu Jiao is not afraid, but the two fat guys are trembling. Can they finish the run?

Liu Jie looked at Hu Jiao, "Hu Jiao, come with me." Then she stared at Li Ya, "Be careful of your mouth!"

Li Ya looked at her in amazement. Just when he was about to say something in defense, he saw murderous intent in Liu Jie 's eyes!

I had to bear it back.

Liu Jie, who comes from the discipline inspection and supervision field, has accumulated long-term work experience and has a real deterrent effect on ordinary cadres.

Hu Jiao followed Liu Jie in confusion. After they walked away for a distance, Liu Jie stared at her toes until Hu Jiao suddenly grabbed her arm.

When I looked up, I found that there was a tree in front of me. If I took another step, I would definitely hit it.

Liu Jie blushed, even her ears were red, and she pushed Hu Jiao away, "You have a son?"

Hu Jiao was a little confused. Who doesn't know about this?

He nodded and continued to wait for her to speak.

"I am divorced."

This time Liu Jie didn't look at Hu Jiao, but lowered her head again and stared at her toes.

Hu Jiao could only say, "I heard about it."

Liu Jie didn't speak for a long time. Hu Jiao felt uncomfortable all over. There were so many people on the playground in the distance.

“That…” “You…”

They both blurted out words at the same time, but swallowed them back together.

Hu Jiao shut up and motioned for her to speak first.