He is two meters and five centimeters tall. Who made him a soldier?

Chapter 221: The Foggy Future
"Squad leader, for other matters, you should ask the opinions of other people in the class. Anyway, you can give my third-class merit to someone else."

Lu Qinglong's voice was sincere, and Chen Ting nodded to show that he understood.

When we returned to the classroom tent, even though it was already two o'clock in the morning, everyone else in the class was still awake and waiting for Chen Ting to come back.

Seeing Chen Ting coming back with Lu Qinglong, Ding Wei immediately asked:
"Squad leader, how is Xue Daochao doing?"

"It's nothing serious, but he hasn't woken up yet. I asked Ji Baichang to stay over there to take care of him."

"You all haven't slept yet, have you? If you haven't slept yet, just lie down on your bed. There's no need to gather. I want to talk to you about something."

Chen Ting thought about it. He didn’t like to keep things to himself until the next day. The sooner he could make things clear, the better he would feel.

The rest of the group pricked up their ears and listened.

"The company commander wants to give our class two places for promotion to third-class merit."

"I have already given one of the spots to Xue Daochao, and I was going to give the remaining spot to Lu Qinglong, but after a chat with Lu Qinglong, he felt that this third-class merit could be shared with the rest of the group."

"Who among you wants third-class merit?"

After Chen Ting finished speaking, the expressions on the others' faces paused, and they all looked a little unnatural.

Although Chen Ting could not see other people's faces in the dark tent, the expressions on their faces were definitely not simple.

After a silence of about a minute, Ding Wei spoke first:

"Squad leader, I don't want this third-class merit. I'm already a second-term non-commissioned officer. Although I've won a third-class merit before, it's not really necessary for me."

"As for me, I will go home and accept a well-placed job after completing the third term. There is no need for that. You can give them the credit."

Ding Wei spoke with ease, and it sounded as if he didn't care at all about the third-class merit.

"Squad leader, I don't want a third-class merit either. I didn't do anything meritorious anyway, and didn't I just get a third-class merit before? One is enough. I don't need a second one."

The second person to speak was Li Wa. His voice was mellow and every word he said came from his heart.

"Hmm? Li Wa, are you sure?"

"You have to think about it carefully. You already have a third-class merit. After this third-class merit is awarded to you, you will be able to go to the military academy to be promoted to an officer in September this year."

Chen Ting asked Li Wa to consider it carefully.

"I've considered being a squad leader. I don't want to be an officer. I just want to be a soldier. When I become a non-commissioned officer, won't my salary be the same as that of an officer?"

"Besides, as an officer, do you have to command people? I don't like commanding people, and I don't want to learn a lot of theoretical things. I don't want this third-class merit as a squad leader."

Li Wa smiled and answered honestly.

"Ok."

"Then I understand."

"A new system has been introduced this year. Conscripts with outstanding performance can be promoted to non-commissioned officers in advance. I will recommend you in August this year and try to get you promoted to non-commissioned officers in September."

"By then, your salary will be the same as theirs, and including subsidies, it will start at 7,000 per month."

"Thank you monitor!"

Li Wa quickly thanked him happily.

After questioning these two people, Chen Ting began to inquire about Wang Yuan and the other two first-term non-commissioned officers.

Most of them have made certain contributions and basically played the role of guiding and helping new comrades.

"Squad leader, I don't want this third-class merit anymore. I don't think I got it myself. I don't want this third-class merit."

"If possible, I think I can earn a third-class merit with my own ability."

Wang Yuan thought about it and answered Chen Ting first.

This third-class merit, after all, was actually awarded by Lu Qinglong. After all, they all saw today's military exploits, and Lu Qinglong alone accounted for the majority of them.

There were twelve enemies in total, and eight of them were killed by his firepower.

The tragic conditions of those eight people are still vivid in my mind.

Wang Yuan himself is a very stubborn person. He feels it is very unfair if he were awarded the third-class merit.

He still wanted to win a third-class merit award himself.

"Squad leader, neither of us want this third-class merit. It's not necessary, squad leader. We didn't contribute. It was others who did the hard work."

The other two first-term non-commissioned officers smiled and gave the same answer.

After being with Chen Ting for a long time, under Chen Ting's subtle teachings, they are very proud people themselves, and even more so now.

A third-class merit is certainly important, and they all want it very much.

But these things do not belong to them. Perhaps if they want them, they can get them through their own efforts, instead of picking up things left behind by others.

"What the hell, this is a third-class merit, is it something you despise? Why don't you want it?"

Chen Ting was suddenly speechless. For the first time, he felt that this third-class merit had become particularly hot. Was everyone else just passing the buck?
"Squad leader, why don't you just take the credit for this third-class merit? It doesn't matter if you get one more honor."

Ding Wei said to Chen Ting half-jokingly with a smile.

"What a joke, how can I give this credit to myself?"

"Okay, if that's the case, I'll take care of the arrangements." "It's late, you should go to bed early, as you still have training tomorrow."

"Squad leader, tomorrow is the weekend, let's take a break."

"Okay, okay, let's go to bed early anyway!"

Chen Ting said this and lay down on his bed.

Thanks to Ji Baichang's contribution, an external air conditioner was installed in their tent early on, so even when the temperature outside was over 30 degrees, the temperature inside their tent was always maintained at over 20 degrees.

In terms of logistics, Ji Baichang has provided very good support.

"Forget it. I'll send a message to Ji Baichang tomorrow to see what he thinks. There's no point in worrying about it now."

Chen Ting sighed, then lay down on the bed and quickly closed his eyes.

On the second day, I rested and as usual, after completing the maintenance on the guns in the morning, I was ready to rest.

Although they are stationed outside for training, they still have two days of rest a week. Well, it can’t be said to be two days of rest, as Saturday morning is usually for gun maintenance and parking lot day, and they have to perform the most basic maintenance on a series of equipment.

It was already noon when they finished all this, so strictly speaking, they only had one day of rest.

They have a rest period from Saturday noon to Sunday afternoon.

In the afternoon, Ji Baichang called and told Chen Ting that Xue Daochao had woken up.

Chen Ting immediately reported to the company, took Lu Qinglong and Ding Wei, took a taxi and drove directly to the gate of the military hospital where Xue Daochao was.

"Xue Daochao, how do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Chen Ting walked to Xue Daochao, looked at him and asked with some concern.

"Captain, it's nothing serious. I just overexerted myself yesterday and passed out."

"You should be able to recover after resting for more than a week."

Xue Daochao's face turned pale, and he looked at Chen Ting and answered.

His situation was just like what Ji Baichang said at the beginning. When he cast the spell, his blue bar was drained and only a little bit of his health bar was used.

It slightly disturbed the blood and essence.

"Is that so? Then you should rest more. You will be staying in the hospital to recover from your injuries for the next week anyway."

"Then, I have already mentioned it to the company commander. You have a third-class merit. This time you discovered the enemy in advance and made a great contribution."

Chen Ting patted Xue Daochao's arm gently and said softly.

Xue Daochao just nodded, his face still pale, but his expression didn't seem to change, as if he knew this would be the result.

Ji Bai's ears moved, as if he heard what Chen Ting said.

"Lu Qinglong, take care of Xue Daochao here. Ji Baichang, come out with me."

Chen Ting said to Lu Qinglong who was standing beside him.

At the same time, he also had to deal with something he had been thinking about for a long time last night.

Ji Baichang followed Chen Ting and walked up the corridor. Originally, Chen Ting planned to take Ji Baichang to the rooftop to have a good talk about this matter, but the door to the rooftop was locked, so Chen Ting could only talk about the third-class merit with Ji Baichang in the corridor.

"Captain Ji, tell me the truth, do you want to serve in the army for two years and then go home to inherit the family business, or do you want to continue working in the army for a long time?"

"This is very necessary for my next arrangements."

"Of course, no matter which of these two options you choose, I will respect your choice. Do you understand me?"

Chen Ting looked at Ji Baichang and said seriously.

No one else in the class needs this third-class merit, so he can only give this third-class merit to Ji Baichang.

But if Ji Baichang said that he actually wanted to go home and inherit the family business, perhaps he should give the third-class merit to someone else in the class.

"Monitor. Actually, I am."

There was a hint of hesitation on Ji Baichang's face.

Originally, when he first arrived at the recruit company, after experiencing the living conditions, daily routine, and meals there, he wanted to work there for two years and then go home to inherit the family business.

After all, life in the army is hard and dull. You can see the end at a glance, and there are no waves. It is like a pool of stagnant water.

However, as Chen Ting taught the three of them some special skills on his own, and even took them to the Special Operations Brigade later, Ji Baichang discovered that life in the army was not as boring as he had imagined.

This gave him the idea:

How about trying to be a military officer?

Idea.

This thought became even stronger after I visited XZ and Shigatse and saw the soldiers guarding the border.

There is always a group of people who silently guard the border to protect everyone's safety.

But after returning to the trip from Shigatse and going out for two trips, his thoughts inexplicably changed again.

(End of this chapter)