After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 480: Chapter 384: Taking Care of Two Members

Let’s go when we say we go, with the stars in the sky so bright and the Big Dipper shining.

When it comes to clapping the bamboo, let’s not boast about anything else. I’ll boast about the traditional delicacy: the inimitable Dog-Ignore Buns.

Little Chinese cabbages, so yellow in the ground.

Beijing welcomes you, as if it’s opening the skies and splitting the earth for you.

Everyone merrily enduring hunger, humming songs, passing through Tianjin, crossing Hebei Langfang, and entering Daxing.

Daxing, that’s BJ’s Daxing.

Fang Huai has deep memories of this place.

As a child, Fang Huai visited BJ with his dad. It was a trip that fulfilled his dream, letting him witness the capital of his motherland.

When they reached Daxing, he said, "Dad, we’re in Daxing, let’s go and have some fun in Daxing’anling."

When he spoke those words, Fang Huai saw his father’s face twitch fiercely for the first time.

The old man said, "Good son, when you see a newsstand, call me. I’ll buy you a map of China... and you’d better memorize it well for me!"

When the old man said "memorize," he was so ferocious that his saliva sprayed all over Fang Huai’s face.

Fang Huai was a bit scared, so he really did memorize it.

Later, during Chinese class when they were studying "Travel Notes of Xu Xiake," the teacher asked if anyone knew the provinces of China. Fang Huai was the first to raise his hand and then stood up to rattle off all 34 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in one breath.

It was 1998, and Macau hadn’t yet returned to China, so he included "Macau Province" in his recitation.

He earned a round of applause for it.

A highlight of his life, perhaps.

This was probably what sparked Fang Huai’s lasting interest in geography and culture.

It also taught him that learning needs encouragement, and it taught him how to boost morale.

On the road.

While passing Tianjin, Fang Huai actually wanted to stop and ask Hu Peizhou if he had any leadership connections.

A few seconds after the thought crossed his mind, he scoffed at himself with self-derision.

How naive could he be?

What was his status? Even if he made an introduction, it would be useless.

And even if it were useful, would that person not have moved on after seven years?

And even if that person hadn’t moved, was this something a firefighting leader could decide?

This lid was too big, too hot; just a touch could blister your hand. Even if you were to lift it, you could only sneakily do so near the time of the incident, lifting it from the side, and the timing had to be precise or you’d give others time to react, which could very well end up killing yourself first.

This was probably the most difficult thing he had to face after his rebirth.

Take it slow, there’s plenty of time. He could establish his own connections.

At the critical moment, as long as he had a damp cloth in hand to withstand the blast of hot air, and flung open the lid quickly, the pungent smell that had been stewing inside would naturally assault everyone’s nostrils.

"Fang Huai, could you lend me five points to buy a bowl of instant noodles later?"

A familiar voice interrupted Fang Huai’s musings.

Since there was no forced march this afternoon, Lian Xu had cut in front of the queue from behind and ran up next to Fang Huai to "borrow money."

Fang Huai, with his wealth of dog points, earned full marks daily and now held more than eighty points, making him the richest man in the class by far.

This points exchange system had always been implemented by Lieutenant Colonel Fox, and even Fang Huai and the three physical trainers weren’t given any special consideration; he just knew that the technical trainers who weren’t participating were always following Logistics for meals.

As for Hu Peizhou, although he ate with everyone, he’d grab a handful of peanuts here, a handful of seeds there, his mouth never idle, always something in his pockets.

Fang Huai had always found this starvation mechanism quite disgusting, but he also knew that all these bizarre regulations were copied from the Special Forces; in reality, no one was truly starving, it was just craving, tempering material desires, and incidentally practicing searching. Hu Peizhou was just impatient, wanting to complete more training in a limited time, to make the content of the training report richer.

Fang Huai understood, so he didn’t say anything.

As for secrecy, that was mainly the leadership’s intention.

This training course might not seem special, but the arrangement of the scenes along the way, labor and materials, equipment leasing, vehicle wear and tear, weren’t cheap.

Last period’s earthquake evacuation even took advantage of the window period at the end of May to visit Mount Everest. Two vehicles were run into the ground on the road, and the costs of camping and leasing climbing equipment were ridiculously high.

There was too much equipment and vehicles scrapped along the way.

The leadership originally meant that since the budgets were tight everywhere this year, it would be better to keep such a luxurious affair low-key.

Hu Peizhou decided it bluntly; his initial intention for the training was experimentation, so he directly set it to keep all participating members secret until the end of the fourth period.

This time going to Beijing was to report the results of the training to the leadership and to ask for conditions.

Fang Huai’s mind raced, and he turned with a smile, asking:

"You don’t have enough points for instant noodles? You still have eight points, right?"

Lian Xu was taken aback, not expecting Fang Huai to remember his points so clearly, and instinctively said:

"Not... enough."

Fang Huai snorted, looked back at the rest of the team, and said:

"This morning when we set off, Yin Wen was looking for you, both of you sneaking around, and even glancing at me. Did you think I didn’t see?"

Haha, I’m like a human-shaped monitor, with permanent storage of the scene. You think you can fool me?

Please watch the VCR.

Lian Xu’s scalp tingled.

"Uh... he was too embarrassed to ask you, but we haven’t seen the Logistics’ car all day, and they only provide two buns per meal, with no taste at all. How can we eat like that? My points are not enough, help out a whole corps guy, will you?"

After thinking for a moment, Fang Huai said, "Get him to come over."

Lian Xu nodded and immediately went to find Yin Wen.

Soon, Yin Wen was dragged over by Lian Xu, moving reluctantly, his face hesitant.

Seeing this, Fang Huai smiled and said, "I’ll give you 10 points. When we get back, you report to your Detachment to apply for a transfer to our Second Squadron, and I’ll take you in. How about that?"

Now, the bewilderment spread from one to two.

Shit, it’s too damn stimulating to hear a Soldier saying he’ll "take me in."

But, the person in question is Fang Huai.

Fang Huai extending an olive branch, and it has never been thrown in the direction of our whole corps before.

Everyone in the Guizhou Brigade felt it, He just didn’t fancy the few from our corps.

So, the other four from the Guizhou Brigade, besides Lian Xu, Yin Wen, Yu Zengbiao, and Wang Maofa, weren’t that close to Fang Huai.

When Yin Wen heard this, he was stunned.

"You... want to transfer me over there?"

Fang Huai had told everyone he had openings, but when it actually came to discussing it,it still felt pretty surreal to both of them.

"It’s not me transferring you, you have to apply yourself, and we will take you in. I do have slots given by the leadership, but those are for cross-corps transfers, not to be wasted on someone from our own corps."

Both of them suddenly understood.

Fang Huai continued, "Squad Leader Yin, it’s your dedication and performance over the past twenty-odd days that make me see you as a reliable teammate. Think it through before you answer me. Joining Second Squadron means facing hardships."

Yin Wen immediately wanted to agree.

These guys weren’t afraid of tough training, and they had expectations for their military service, too.

Everything they’ve been working hard to learn these days, who doesn’t want to put it to use right after they return?

His old squadron would be the same upon returning, no major changes without support from a high-ranking officer.

But Second Squadron, as described by Fang Huai, was different.

Fang Huai was busy with this plan day in and day out, even Hu Peizhou could leave his training class to make a special trip to BJ.

Did they think we were idiots? Hu Peizhou and Fang Huai sneaking off to chat every day, and Fang Huai even laying out all the cards, could they not see?

This was sure to be a great change. In the future, Second Squadron might become the nation’s top-tier, eye-catching firefighting squadron.

Everyone here knew it wasn’t that no one had the passion, it’s just the cost of joining was too high.

Connections in their home corps, girlfriends back home, some even bought houses.

For those from their own corps, the cost was the lowest.

Thinking of this, Yin Wen quickly seized the opportunity, "As long as you’ll take me in, I’ll go!"

The corner of Fang Huai’s mouth curved up, "You don’t have to worry about being taken in, but you have to write your own transfer request."

"Okay!"

Once Yin Wen accepted, Lian Xu also quickly spoke up:

"What about me? Aren’t you going to ask me?"

What was he lacking? Even in this training session, he was among the top ten in all categories!

Fang Huai smiled and raised his hand, patting his head.

"I definitely can’t transfer you; you’re the number one seed from Liupanshui. When I first enlisted in the firefighting unit, it was Commander Cao who took care of it. If I transfer you away, Commander Cao would probably call my uncle to curse me out as a little brat."

"C’mon, think of a way, man!" Lian Xu prodded his waist with a finger, "Help me come up with something!"

Lian Xu wasn’t initially worried, but now someone had gotten on board, and it was Yin Wen, whose overall qualities were weaker than his. If Yin Wen got to go on to brighter prospects and he fell behind, that wouldn’t do!

Fang Huai grinned, "Don’t you have a younger brother in Special Duty First Squadron? I don’t think his abilities are that strong, how did he get into Special One? No connections in your family? I don’t buy it."

Lian Xu was momentarily stuck.

"Then I’ll figure something out myself! But you have to get your Detachment to agree to take me in Second Special! Otherwise, coming here would be for nothing!"

Fang Huai’s smile broadened.

There was a time when First Squadron held firm over Second Squadron, and every time Captain Huang brought people over to provoke Second Squadron, they held their heads high.

A few months later, everything changed.

Captain Huang once said, if he’d known he was going to change this much and have a chance for Squad Leader Hao’s position, he would have snatched himself away.

And now, Squad Leader Hao had become one of the key trainers, and Second Squadron had undergone a huge transformation. Captain Huang probably regretted it deeply.

"All right, if you make it to our Detachment, you’ll definitely be one of Second Squadron," Fang Huai promised.

Lian Xu was immediately relieved, "Then it’s a deal!"

Fang Huai’s face showed a faint smile: "It’s settled!"

In his mind, he had already started to scheme frantically.

Two, two of them!

The leadership still had five spots left, making it seven now!

One squadron, sixty people, in his vision, at most they would be divided into eight teams. Stuffing one ace into each team, wouldn’t that be perfect? fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

Hehehe...

If he could still pull in five more elite warriors for his own corps, even Boss Wu would be elated!

According to Hu Peizhou, after the BJ assessment, the details would be set. It was time to call his uncle to discuss the matter.

It’s a good thing, the leadership would definitely agree, but once the funds reach the corps level, there would surely be a division of the proceeds.

The Brigade had just finished equipment bidding and was starving for funds.

Expecting a cut, he was prepared for that.

Without the support of the corps, there would be no new Second Squadron, they had to support each other.

Possibly, Boss Wu already knew about it.

As he was thinking, a voice shouted from behind:

"Why is there so much smoke up ahead?"

"Fire!"

Fang Huai looked up and saw that on the gravel road with some wild grass ahead, a large dilapidated factory area was billowing thick smoke.

At that moment, Hu Peizhou rushed to the front, running and shouting: "Everyone, run to the front yard and gather!"