OBS Chapter 344 Promoted
Chapter 344 Promoted
Li said lovingly, "Go to sleep. The old doctor said you need to rest well. You have spent so much energy. You need to rest for a few more days to make up for it."
Zhou Guo yawned and nodded, "Then mother, I will go to sleep first. If you can't hold on, you can sleep too. When Master and uncle come back, let them do it themselves."
Li said, "How can that be possible? They have been working so hard outside until this hour, and they don't even have a hot meal when they come back. You go to sleep first, and don't worry about me. I'll lie down for a while if I feel sleepy."
She nodded, having used up too much energy and not yet recovered.
I slept until dawn, feeling refreshed, and all the energy I had consumed last night returned.
The house was quiet at this time. I got up and looked around. Only Xu, Zhou Xing, and Zhou Su were left in the room. No one else was there.
Seeing her get up, Zhou Xing smiled and said, "Finally you woke up. You slept for a long time. Go wash your face and have breakfast. There's some left in the pot for you."
Zhou Su was sitting on the kang playing with wood. He jumped off the kang and brought her food: shredded chicken porridge, steamed buns, four boiled eggs, and fried sour beans.
Zhou Guo looked at the unusually rich breakfast and asked in surprise, "Sister, is there so much food for breakfast today?"
Zhou Xing said, "Everyone was very tired last night, so we had something good to eat this morning. I just collected two baskets of eggs from the villagers, so Second Aunt asked me to cook one for each person this morning, and I cooked an extra one for you. The extra two were left for you because Second Aunt and my husband didn't eat them."
Zhou Guo waved to Zhou Su and the others, "Here, take these eggs and eat them."
Zhou Su shook her head. "Sister, we have all eaten. These are for you. You fainted from exhaustion last night. You need to eat something good to replenish yourself, otherwise you won't grow taller."
Several people refused to eat anything.
Zhou Guo had no choice but to sit down and eat by himself, a mouthful of porridge, a few sour beans, and a bite of steamed bun. He ate slowly. It had been a long time since he had eaten so leisurely. During this period, every meal was like a battle.
While she was eating, she heard laughter outside the yard. Before she could swallow the egg, a group of people lifted the curtain and came in.
"Guoguo, uncle, I'm back!"
A man rushed over, grabbed her tender shoulders with both hands and shook her.
"Cough cough cough, let me go..." Zhou Guo was shaken dizzy. The egg yolk couldn't go up or down in her mouth, and she rolled her eyes because of choking.
Zhou Xing rushed forward to rescue him and said anxiously, "Uncle, please stop shaking. Be careful not to faint again."
Only then did Zhou Dacang let go.
Zhou Guo choked and pounded his chest. Zhou Dacang quickly poured him a cup of tea apologetically.
Zhou Guo drank the whole cup of tea in one breath and smoothed his chest several times before he recovered.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Guo looked at Zhou Dacang. After just a short while, he looked very different. He was darker and thinner, but also seemed stronger. He didn't know if it was because of the armor.
The childishness of a teenager has faded from his eyes, and he has the calmness of an adult. His whole aura has changed, and he is so sharp that people dare not look directly at him. This is probably the difference caused by having been on the battlefield and killed people before.
She smiled and said, "Uncle, you seem to have grown taller. I didn't expect that you could grow taller at this age. It's unbelievable."
Zhou Mai and the others shouted, "Look, we're not the only ones saying this, uncle, you've really grown taller and stronger."
Zhou Dacang was a little unconvinced, "That's because you haven't seen me for too long, so you must be missing me. How can I have grown taller after just a short time of walking?"
Li came in from outside and said with a smile, "You have grown taller. I thought the military camp was a den of wolves and tigers. It seems that it is very suitable for you. It has only been a short time, and you have become a completely different person. I can't recognize you in this dress."
Zhou Mi smiled and said, "Second Aunt, how could you forget that my uncle is different now. He is now a sergeant and has ten people under him. He is an official of some magnitude."
Zhou Guo was surprised and asked, "Uncle, you got promoted? How long have you been in office and you're already a chief? Can you tell us how you got this position?"
Although the official position is not high, he has only been in office for a short time, and isn’t there anyone trying to take credit for him?
Zhou Dacang sat down and sighed, "We were assigned to the front line after being trained for ten days or so. In the first battle, we were asked to sneak attack the enemy camp at night in the snow and ice. The two armies had been fighting for more than half a month and were very tired. The Hu people were weak in defense and we won a great victory. In this battle, I killed the most enemies among the recruits. The second battle was the well-known interception of the group of Hu people who suddenly appeared. There were more than a thousand Hu people in this group. We were five thousand new recruits. It cost two thousand casualties to kill the enemy and only a few dozen people escaped. In these two battles, we lost our sergeant and squad leader, so I was promoted to squad leader as an exception."
Everybody was silent for a while. Those few short sentences sounded so heart-wrenching. Only those who had experienced it could understand the danger. In the first battle, even the sergeant and the squad leader were all lost, and only 3,000 of the 5,000 new recruits were able-bodied. Almost half of them were killed or wounded. The Hu people were truly amazing!
Zhou Guo thought about the fierce battle last night. She was such a strong person and had been practicing martial arts for several months. There were seventeen or eighteen people and her master protecting her. By the end of the battle, she had used up all her strength.
This group of Hu people were probably carefully selected. The new recruits were able to win with twice the casualties. The general leading the troops was no ordinary man, and those who survived were also trained. In time, this group of new recruits will become a sharp arrow!
The old man couldn't help but twirling his beard and nodding, "Not bad, not bad, the boy is very good!"
Zhou Dacang stood up and bowed, "Thank you for your teachings, sir. If it weren't for you, I might be buried there right now."
Li's eyes were slightly red, "Thank you, sir, you are our family's benefactor!"
The old man waved his hand and said, "We are a family, so we don't say those things. Thank you so much or not. If we say it again, it will become alienated."
Zhou Gu laughed and said, "We said before that my uncle might become a general in the future after he became a soldier. Sure enough, he was promoted out of the ordinary not long ago. He must have been noticed by some general. He might really become a general in the future. By then, I will be the general's nephew."
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "Then I am the general's niece."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "General Zhou's nephews and nieces, we are all proud of you. The Zhou family's ancestral graves are filled with smoke!"
Li sighed and said, "Yes, my parents' graves are far away. We will worship our ancestors in that direction at night and tell them the good news that their youngest son is so successful now."
Thinking of the two old people, the Zhou family fell silent.
Zhou Dacang's eyes slowly turned red.
Zhou Guo felt uncomfortable for a while, then cheered up and said, "We should start preparing now. The wild boar in the backyard has been eating more and more these days, so we should kill it. There are so many comrades who came with my uncle, should we entertain them?"