Instructor Li didn't express any more opinions, then Instructor Fang thoughtfully suggested, "How about we go out and buy some bricks ourselves? There are a few brick factories around Gu 'an County, and they have all kinds of bricks. We can go and buy some. Also, there are often brick-haulers passing by the dam outside."
Instructor Qi raised an objection. "According to the previous practice, purchasing training props and training equipment is the responsibility of the teaching team or the logistics department of the bureau. We don't have to go through so many twists and turns. We can just ask the logistics department to do it."
I said to Instructor Qi, "I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time. We have to officially perform tomorrow. The logistics department likes to do things in slow motion, so we don't know when they'll get the bricks.
Also, they don't know what kind of bricks are suitable, so I think we should go out and buy some ourselves. Just like Instructor Fang said, we'll take two students who are the weakest in Body Hardening Technique, and let them open the bricks easily.
After all, this performance is very important, we have to take it seriously and not be careless. "
The instructors didn't have any objections to my suggestion.
After arranging all the precautions, I changed into casual clothes and left the special training team with Instructor Fang. We were going to buy bricks.
Actually, being an instructor in the special training team was quite pitiful. We didn't even have a car, so Instructor Fang and I could only walk.
The teaching team had a spare car, but ever since Leader Ren came to visit with the curator of the swimming pool and received my cold shoulder, Leader Ren no longer treated me as warmly as before.
He didn't even greet me when we met. It was clear that he felt that I didn't give him any face, so he held a grudge and didn't want to have any social relations with me.
Sometimes, when I think about it, it's not easy to live. Especially being an officer of the Secret Service, it's even more difficult.
How many relationships do you have to take care of?
If you don't take care of one relationship well, you'll offend people. How many jobs do you have to do?
If you don't do one job well, you'll lose everything. How many tasks do you have to take care of …
There was a dam outside the teaching team, and there were often some brick-hauling and stone-hauling vehicles passing by the dam. Instructor Fang and I stood on the dam and looked around for a while. Then we sat under a few poplar trees and waited.
Instructor Fang suddenly said worriedly, "Chief Instructor Zhao, what should we do if we can't even wait for a day?"
I comforted her, "How could that be?
Usually, there are a lot of people pulling and delivering bricks to the dam. It's impossible that they won't send out trucks just because we need them, right? "
Instructor Fang smiled faintly and said, "That's true.
I hope we won't be so unlucky. "
Just like that, Instructor Fang and I sat on the side of the road and chatted, waiting for the 'prey' to appear.
However, things didn't always go as planned. We waited for about an hour, but there was still no sign of the tractor.
Usually, every time we go out, we will encounter a lot of vehicles pulling bricks. This can be considered as a main road for construction. Why are there no brick trucks today?
Life was often like this. The more you wanted it, the more it wouldn't let you get it. The more you didn't want it, the negative side of it would appear repeatedly in your world.
Instructor Fang was getting impatient. He leaned against a willow tree and scolded, "Damn it!
What are these brick-pulling guys doing, why aren't they showing up yet! "
I looked at my watch and quickly comforted Instructor Fang, "Don't worry, wait a bit longer.
If there's no other way, we'll just go to the village and buy some. It's not like we need a lot. "
Instructor Fang nodded. She pouted and continued to look. Suddenly, she rubbed her forehead and laughed. She patted my arm and said, "Chief Instructor Zhao, don't you feel like we're like …" She was stuck.
I smiled and asked, "Like what?"
Instructor Fang said, "Nothing, it's just a bit dumb.
Coming out to buy bricks when we have nothing to do. People who don't know might think we're crazy! "
I thought about it and felt the same way.
However, there was nothing he could do about it. Performing Body Hardening Technique and breaking bricks and wood had become the most basic form of performance. Regardless of whether it was a special forces training performance or an ordinary person practicing Body Hardening Technique, bricks were undoubtedly the most practical and convincing props.
I really don't know how many stones and forests were destroyed for the country every year with Hard Qigong alone.
As the saying goes, the heavens don't disappoint those who persevere. After waiting patiently for another half an hour, a brick pulling tractor finally drove over.
Instructor Fang and I immediately stood up in excitement and stared at the approaching tractor.
Instructor Fang waved her hands happily with a face full of joy. She shouted, "Brick-Pulling master, hurry, hurry …"
I didn't lose my composure like Instructor Fang. I only held a cigarette in my mouth and waited for the tractor to arrive.
As the tractor got closer, Instructor Fang gestured for the tractor to stop.
The one driving the tractor was a fatty. He probably thought we were trying to hitch a ride, so he didn't slow down at all.
Seeing that the driver didn't have any intention of stopping, Instructor Fang stood in front of the tractor and forced the driver to step on the brakes and stop.
The driver frowned and said, "Why did you have to hitch a ride on my brick pulling tractor? There's no place for you to sit!"
As expected, he thought we were hitchhikers, so he impatiently pointed at the towering bricks in the carriage, indicating that there was no place to sit.
I quickly went up and explained, "We don't want a ride, we want your bricks."
Hearing that, the fat driver was momentarily stunned. He sized up Instructor Fang and me and said, "You two don't look like people who want bricks. What do you want bricks for?"
Instructor Fang directly checkmated him, "It's not like we don't want to give you money. Why do you care!"
The fat driver chuckled, "Looking at your clothes, you should be people from the city. You don't have much use for bricks, right?
What's more, who would ask for bricks in the middle of the road? "
I was a bit angry at the fat driver's attitude of wanting to get to the bottom of things. I directly went to the back of the carriage and casually picked up a brick. I held it tightly in my right hand and raised my left hand. With a 'pa' sound, the brick broke in half.
Instructor Fang came over and asked, "How is this brick? Is it suitable for performing?"
I said, "I don't feel like it's suitable. I just feel like this brick is very brittle. It broke without using any strength!"
Instructor Fang also picked up a brick and said, "Then I'll try."
I gripped the corner of the brick tightly and used some strength with my right hand. The brick broke in half.
Instructor Fang said thoughtfully, "I feel like this brick is okay. It's not too hard, nor too brittle. It's just right for us to perform."
I picked up a whole brick and examined it in front of me. I wondered if I could use this brick as a special brick for performance.
However, the fat driver was surprised after looking at it for a while. He jumped down from the driver's seat, picked up the broken brick on the ground and asked, "What are you doing?
Are you practicing with my bricks for fun?
It's only two cents, you guys are wasting too much … "
This fat driver looked like a tough guy, but in reality, he was extremely petty. Seeing his pained expression when we broke a few bricks, it was as if he lost several thousand kuai.
I said to the fat driver, "Don't worry, we will pay you for the broken bricks."
Who knew that the fat driver would argue with us. He clicked his tongue and complained, "Even if you pay, you can't casually break bricks. Do you know how many processes a brick has to go through before it becomes a good brick?
You guys are good. Pa pa pa pa, you just broke the brick. Isn't this a disaster … "
The fat driver's words made us both laugh and angry. This was the first time we saw a brick owner who was so serious.
Instructor Fang frowned and explained to the fat driver, "We are from the army. We mainly use bricks for Body Hardening Technique training. I hope you can do us a favor and sell the bricks to us."
The chubby driver shook his body and chuckled. "Hard Qigong training? That's fun, that's fun."
I momentarily blanked. This fat driver was a weird person. How come his actions didn't look like a brick-hauling driver at all?
This was the feeling I had in an instant.
The fat driver suddenly handed me a cigarette and chatted with me. He climbed onto the driver's seat and sat cross-legged. He said, "You guys are from the Secret Service, right?"
This sentence shocked me. I nodded and said, "How did you know?"
The fat driver smiled, "I have lived around here for a dozen years, so of course I know a bit.
I can see that you are all martial artists. Actually, I was also … also a martial artist before. But later on, I got tired of that life of fighting and killing. I got tired and lazy, so I just returned to my hometown in the countryside and lived this kind of idyllic life. Although it was a bit poor, it was still a happy life … "
Instructor Fang sized up the fat driver and couldn't help but frown.
To be exact, with his size, he didn't look like a martial artist at all.
The fat driver seemed to have seen our doubts and immediately smiled. He tilted his head and asked, "What, you guys don't believe me?"
Instructor Fang shook his head, "I don't really believe you."
In that instant, the fat driver's appearance seemed to have changed. He nimbly jumped down from the driver's seat and walked to the back of the car. He picked up a brick and held it tightly in his left hand. He stuck out two fingers of his right hand and hit the brick. With a "pa" sound, the brick broke into two pieces.
Instructor Fang and I looked at each other and momentarily blanked.
This world was too crazy. Who would have thought that a brick-hauling driver who didn't look impressive would know martial arts?
To be exact, Instructor Fang and I were both shocked.