Free Web NovelChapter 298: Chapter 236: Why Can You Be The Squad Leader? - Part 2
Even the newly arrived Zhou Tiannu and Qin Hongjun began to ask curiously about the game they were playing.
Only Zhang Tianwang remained standing in place, still immersed in his resentment from when he had tried to support Wang Peng only to be interrupted by Fang Huai.
Moreover, the environment in the Provincial Special Duty Team was far too different from that of their county squadron.
In the original squadron, new recruits, first-class soldiers, and non-commissioned officers of the first, second, and third terms each kept to their groups, with strict ideas about hierarchy, only occasionally deigning to mingle with those ranked below, never with old soldiers eagerly mixing with new recruits all the time.
The old soldiers especially despised things like computer games and would never stoop to mix with the new recruits while playing such games.
But the old soldiers here were not ashamed, neither of playing computer games nor of fraternizing with the new recruits.
They would even let new recruits become squad leaders.
He disapproved.
The two sergeants who had just been transferred here clearly weren’t allying with him either; instead, they had chosen to fit into this unsavory environment, which deepened his disappointment.
An old soldier who refused to keep pace with the times was fiercely resisting everything around him from the bottom of his heart, using the "military rules" he believed in to defend "tradition."
In fact, before Fang Huai was transferred from the Second Squadron two months prior, most aspects of the squadron conformed to his ideals.
Higher physical training standards, better facilities, strict adherence to rank, and a serious living atmosphere.
But now, part of it had changed, particularly the part he cared about most.
"Squad leader, it’s time to eat." Wang Peng was still waiting for him where they were.
There was no other way; in the squadron, the exceptionally outstanding and favored Wang Peng seemed to receive little attention here, and Zhang Tianwang was the first squad leader to praise him.
Zhang Tianwang put his hands behind his back, clenched them tightly, nodded, and walked inside.
After all, he was a top performer and still knew some rules.
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Everyone finished their lunch quickly in the afternoon.
Ye Jiahong had planned to wait for Fang Huai to come up and have a solo round, but Fang Huai said he was planning to help out in the kitchen today.
"You’re playing the role of a good squad leader here when you’re supposed to bet with me? 7:30 tonight, and there’s still the Special Service Cup!" Ye Jiahong stood at the entrance of the canteen, speechless.
Fang Huai smiled, "Defeating you is just a matter of 15 minutes for me. I’ll just wash the dishes and come up, it won’t delay us!"
"Make it quick!"
Fang Huai was willing to help out in the kitchen, and Ye Jiahong couldn’t really say anything, so he turned around and went upstairs.
"Okay."
After saying that, Fang Huai turned around to see Zhang Tianwang, the only one who was still leisurely eating at the canteen. While clearing up the tableware, he said:
"Squad leader, do you want any more dishes? There’s plenty left here; I can bring it over for you."
Zhang Tianwang, preoccupied with his own thoughts, looked up to see Fang Huai, whom he disliked, and didn’t know what to say for a moment, so he shook his head.
After a pause, he said, "Hurry up and clean up. In a while, I’ll take you out to the front yard for training."
Fang Huai was startled, "Isn’t NCO Liu Jianfeng leading the training today?"
The task of leading training and exercises for the new recruits in the squadron had now been rotated among the younger key members of the various squadrons, with the duty roster still arranged by him.
"Oh, I’m joining too. Your squadron is too idle on weekends. I’ll burn off some energy."
Zhang Tianwang spoke, pulled out a napkin to wipe his mouth, stood up, and twisted his neck a bit.
He looked like a busy person who had ended up in a laid-back unit.
Fang Huai was used to his attitude by now and said with a smile:
"Oh, squad leader, I have something to do tonight, so I won’t be joining this evening."
Zhang Tianwang frowned, highly displeased, "New recruit training is the most important thing, right? You say you’re not going, and you just don’t go?"
But Fang Huai agreed with his words, nodding, "Yes, I don’t need to participate in new recruit training. Squad leader, you’d better not go either; have a good rest. The training in our squadron is rather tough, and only with a good rest on the weekend can you keep up with the training intensity."
Zhang Tianwang couldn’t help but laugh. freewebnσvel.cøm
It was a laugh of frustration.
New recruits don’t need to train, yet they talk about training intensity?
"Heh, I really can’t adapt to that."
With those words, he walked out of the canteen.
Fang Huai watched his back, raised an eyebrow, and carried the leftovers into the kitchen.
Inside, three people were instructing Wang Peng, sentence by sentence, on how to arrange the dishes and utensils and how to use the sterilizer cabinet after washing them.
Chang Ming, who had lit a cigarette, reminded from the sidelines:
"You’re teaching all sorts of nonsense! Song Lin, you country bumpkin, that sterilizer cabinet doesn’t need a timer; it’ll cut the power itself once it’s done! Have you always been hastily using my sterilizer cabinet like that?"
As he was speaking, he noticed Fang Huai entering and said with a smile:
"Oh, Big Squad Leader Fang is here! How come you have time to grace my humble kitchen today?"
As Fang Huai was pouring the leftovers into the swill bucket, he shook his head and chuckled, "Tsk tsk tsk, Squad Leader Chang, yesterday it was Xiao Tiantian, today it’s Lady Niu. I haven’t been around for just a few days, and already your tone isn’t so warm! If you’re not warm with me, I might just have to take you out for some warmth!"
Upon hearing this, Chang Ming dropped his cigarette.
"Damn it, Squad Leader Fang, I haven’t offended you, have I? I’m just a cook; why are you always thinking about dragging me into training?"
Song Lin and the other two laughed.
"Fang Huai, you should really drag Squad Leader Chang to training, he keeps calling me a country thief all day!"
Han Yong also said, "Exactly! During the team debriefing, Squad Leader Chang even said he’d take me along to lose weight. I’m already down to 148 pounds, and he’s still this fat!"
With both of them "complaining," Chang Ming’s face immediately lost its color:
"Damn it, Song Lin, I give you cigarettes to smoke every day, and you still want to screw me over?"
Xiao Haishan immediately shook his head, smacking his lips, "Squad Leader Chang was asking me about this afternoon’s police dispatch, and even got me to talk about it. He envied us for going on dispatches, said he wanted to find time to train properly. My, my (Yunnan exclamation), now that we’re serious about it, he can’t handle it!"
"Crap, just don’t involve me, Fang Huai, don’t involve me! Otherwise, I’ll spit in your bowl! And, the four of them helping in the kitchen is enough, you don’t need to come anymore, so you won’t always have me on your mind!"
Chang Ming cursed and walked out through the side door of the kitchen.
The three new recruits burst into laughter.
"Fang Huai, it takes you to handle Squad Leader Chang!"
Watching all this, Wang Peng, who had just seen the commanding Squad Leader Chang scramble away, felt a wave of envy.
Fang Huai just shook his head with a smile.
Damn, I wouldn’t want to be bothered with a cook like you either, but the progress on the system task is getting slower and slower!
In more than half a month, the Task Completion Degree had only increased by a little over 40 points, currently at 136 points.
Little Black had left, causing him several sleepless nights, so when the Task Completion Degree reached 120 points last time, he pondered a bit and still chose to strengthen a liver.
The liver enhancement once again made him aware of the wonders of five organs strengthening.
Now, when he needed to stay up late, he hardly felt sleepy. On Thursday, he stayed up all night during a police dispatch without feeling any discomfort. He had just yawned a few times, and his body seemed to receive an "instruction for staying up late," becoming vigorous again.
Now he slept later than others, woke up earlier than others, and still felt more spirited than anyone else.
The benefits of a good internal circulation were very clear.
Moreover, just thinking that he had two more chances to complete the second strength enhancement of the waist and the spleen, and could continue the second cardiopulmonary strengthening to further enhance his stamina, made him incredibly excited.
But the progress on the task was getting slower and slower.
To earn those two enhancement opportunities, he had to reach 180 points in Task Completion Degree in the last half month.
The system hadn’t given him a task for a long time. If this "take good care of the conscripts" task expired, he wouldn’t know how long it would be until the next enhancement.
Now another conscript had left the squadron.
He wasn’t sure if the new recruit Wang Peng counted.
With that thought in mind, Fang Huai smiled and walked over to Wang Peng, saying:
"Brother, how do you feel about the new squadron? Is there anything you need help with?"
Seeing Fang Huai approaching, Wang Peng frowned slightly and did not speak.
Fang Huai saw his expression and could only chuckle before continuing with his own tasks.
Han Yong quietly approached Fang Huai and whispered, "He’s been asking about our reassigned squad leader all afternoon. He just listens on the side when we chat, and he doesn’t really respond when we try to talk to him."
Fang Huai nodded, "Got it. When Squad Leader Fang from their group comes back, he’ll talk to him."
As they spoke, Wang Peng finally said something.
"Fang Huai, I want to ask you, how come you get to be a squad leader?"
