In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 268 Change of mind

Chen Zhong took five steamed buns and sat down on the ground with Chen Jiang and the others. While eating the buns, he said, "Practicing boxing is really not easy!"

"you do not say!"

Chen Jiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's so cold, and boxing is exhausting. I just want to go home and lie down and sleep."

Chen Jiang was somewhat relieved that it was winter; otherwise, he would have been drenched in sweat while boxing under the scorching sun.

"I wonder if we'll still be doing boxing this afternoon?"

Chen Si, munching on a steamed bun, said, "If we have to play again this afternoon, I really can't take it anymore!"

The effects of the chicken blood had long worn off, and everyone was completely exhausted. If they were to continue boxing like they had in the morning, Chen Si felt he might not be able to hold on any longer.

"Don't worry, I won't be boxing this afternoon!"

At this moment, Chen Cheng walked over, sat down next to Chen Si, and said, "The training this afternoon will be a bit easier."

"Is it true?"

Chen Si's eyes lit up, and so did the eyes of the people nearby. It wasn't that they resisted practicing boxing, but after practicing boxing all morning, their bodies were too tired to continue.

"real!"

Chen Cheng nodded with a smile.

Everyone laughed.

however……

They soon stopped laughing.

Although we don't have to practice boxing in the afternoon, we do need to stand at attention!

Yes!

It's just standing at attention!

This is a training method that Chen Dao learned from his previous life. It is not for training everyone's physical strength. Martial arts exist in this world, so there is no need to train people's physique through standing at attention or other methods.

The reason for doing this is to cultivate the obedience and discipline of these guards through training methods such as standing at attention, marching in step, and turning left and right!

"Everyone, stand in line!"

Chen Cheng seemed to have transformed into the military training instructor from his previous life, patrolling the ranks. Whenever he saw someone with incorrect posture, he would kick them to the ground, making them lose face.

Chen Zhong stood ramrod straight, not moving an inch even when flies crawled on his face. If he moved, Chen Cheng would kick him. Although it wouldn't hurt much, it would be extremely humiliating. If Chen Zhong didn't want to be kicked, he could only stand still as Chen Cheng had instructed.

Fortunately, although standing at attention was tiring, it was much less physically demanding than practicing boxing, so Chen Zhong was able to persevere, but...

My hamstrings feel a little sore.

"very good!"

Chen Cheng nodded as he passed Chen Zhong. Among the young men who had joined the guard team, Chen Da and Chen Zhong were the best performers. Not only did they practice their boxing with great effort, but they also stood at attention with impeccable posture, which greatly pleased Chen Cheng.

"Everyone, march in step!"

"turn right!"

"To the left."

Chen Cheng's loud voice echoed across the open space at the village entrance, accompanied by the sweat of the able-bodied men!

Not far away, villagers from Xiahe Village, who were repairing a road, watched the group training and whispered among themselves.

"The training methods of the young and strong people in Chenjia Village are really strange!"

"Yes! I just saw them standing there motionless for half an hour."

"Half an hour? Isn't that tiring?"

"It must be tiring! But it's worth it, at least they get steamed buns for lunch!"

"Eating three meals a day, this Brother Dao really treats the guard team well!"

"..."

The villagers of Xiahe Village were mostly envious of the young men from Chenjia Village who joined the guard team. After all, in a time when most people couldn't get enough to eat, having three meals a day was an extreme luxury!

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The sun is westward.

After finishing their day's work, the villagers of Chenjia Village walked in twos and threes toward Chen Dao's house, preparing to have dinner.

Meanwhile, Chen Zhong and the others who joined the guard team finished their day's training and headed towards the village.

"This training is really tiring!"

A young man, wiping away sweat, complained that practicing boxing in the morning was tiring enough, and now he had to stand at attention, march in step, and turn left and right in the afternoon...

He was lucky to have lunch at noon; otherwise, he felt he really wouldn't have been able to keep going.

"Yeah, yeah! It's exhausting! By the end of the day, my clothes were soaked with sweat!"

"Thank goodness I can have lunch, otherwise I wouldn't have any energy!"

All I want to do right now is go home and collapse into bed!

"..."

After a day of training, most of the young men in the guard team were exhausted, and they all spoke weakly and listlessly.

Only Chen Da performed slightly better; after all, he had been a hunter, and his physical strength was far superior to these young men, not to mention...

Since discovering the secret method for breeding white-feathered chickens, Chen Da has never lacked meat, and his physical condition is naturally far superior to that of other young and strong men.

Before long, Chen Zhong and the others arrived at Chen Dao's house. After receiving steamed buns to fill their stomachs, they were too exhausted to even chat and dragged their weary bodies home.

"Zhong'er."

Seeing Chen Zhong return looking exhausted, Chen Zhong's mother asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

"I'm fine, just a little tired!"

Chen Zhong plopped down in a chair, took the hot water his mother handed him and drank it down in one gulp, only then did he feel a little less tired.

"What did Brother Dao ask you to do? Why are you all so exhausted?"

Chen Zhong's father asked in confusion.

He mainly worked at the chicken farm construction site, which was far from the village entrance, so he was unaware of Chen Zhong and the others' training situation.

"It's about practicing boxing and standing at attention."

Chen Zhong explained, then said, "Father and Mother, this morning Dao Ge'er said that if we can become martial artists, we will be considered as official members of the guard team and will receive a monthly salary!"

"You can still get a salary?"

Chen Zhong's parents looked at each other in dismay. They were provided with three meals a day, meat, and even a salary...

This treatment is almost on par with Chen Cheng, who has the best treatment in the village.

"Is there really a salary?"

Chen Zhong's mother couldn't help but ask.

"What Brother Dao said himself is absolutely true!"

Chen Zhong said decisively, "Brother Dao said that as long as one can become a martial artist, one can receive at least one tael of silver per month as a salary!"

hiss!

Chen Zhong's mother couldn't help but gasp. No one in this world dislikes money, and she was no exception.

Therefore, when she heard Chen Zhong say that he could earn one or two taels of salary per month, her thoughts immediately changed, and she solemnly instructed him: "Zhong'er, you must train hard and never miss this opportunity!"

It wasn't that Chen Zhong's mother was fickle, but rather that one tael of silver was simply too tempting. If Chen Zhong could become a formal member of the guard team and receive one tael of silver every month, their family's impoverished situation would immediately change. In the future, she wouldn't need to hide the silver away like a miser, afraid to spend it.