Chapter 186 Is this a large number?
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Early the next morning, a burst of gunfire was suddenly heard from the mountain behind Jinshan Fort.

Zooming in the camera, we saw Shang Xiuzhen holding a Type 54 rifle in both hands, shooting at a big tree, while Li Guoqiang was standing quietly not far behind her, using the small world to observe her from all angles.

Soon, the bullets in the magazine were used up.

Shang Xiuzhen looked at the intact tree in the distance and couldn't help revealing an embarrassed look on her face. She even didn't dare to look back at Li Guoqiang.

After all, with her current poor marksmanship, it seems that there is no need for her to compete for a place in the army.

However, Li Guoqiang had no intention of doing so at this moment. He stood there pondering for a while, then walked forward and gave Shang Xiuzhen careful instructions.

After giving the instructions, he immediately took out a handful of shiny bullets from his pocket and handed it over.

Seeing that Li Guoqiang was teaching so seriously, Shang Xiuzhen hurriedly reloaded the bullets, then picked up the gun, suppressed the chaotic emotions in her heart, and slowly adjusted her gun holding posture and aiming method according to Li Guoqiang's instructions.

When Li Guoqiang said it was okay, her eyes narrowed slightly and then she gently pulled the trigger.

The next moment, with a gunshot, the big tree in the distance suddenly shook, and then shook off a large piece of white snow.

Seeing this, Shang Xiuzhen's heart suddenly filled with joy, and then she hurriedly pulled the trigger again.

However, to her disappointment, the shot missed directly.

Then, before she could think about it, Li Guoqiang's calm voice came to her ears.

"Don't get distracted, keep going!"

Hearing this, her heart trembled slightly, and then she quickly concentrated and adjusted her gun holding posture to aim.

Soon after, another burst of gunfire rang out in the air.

In the end, seven out of a total of ten bullets hit the target, which was a miracle compared to the beginning.

Looking at Shang Xiuzhen's overjoyed expression, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but feel amused.

You know, he has a God's perspective of the world, and any mistake will not escape his eyes.

In addition, Shang Xiuzhen was originally a martial artist, so she could easily adjust and control her movements.

If he can't make significant progress even with this, then we are really looking down on him.

Shang Xiuzhen was naturally not clear about this. She only knew that under this situation, perhaps when the shooting competition came, she might really have a chance to beat Li Guoqiang.

This made her feel very confident. She turned around quickly and looked at Li Guoqiang, hoping to get more guidance.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang didn't say anything, but immediately pointed out some shortcomings to Shang Xiuzhen, and took out the bullets and asked her to continue practicing.

With her enthusiasm high, Shang Xiuzhen had fired hundreds of bullets in a short time. She seemed completely unaware that these bullets would cost at least more than 20 yuan, which was almost a month's salary for an ordinary worker.

Despite such a high price, her marksmanship has become stable enough to hit more than eight out of ten shots.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Li Guoqiang hurriedly asked Shang Xiuzhen to stop.

"Okay, let's stop here for this morning! Go back and eat, then have a good rest, and come back here to continue practicing at two o'clock in the afternoon."

"to make!"

Shang Xiuzhen nodded and agreed when she heard this, then reluctantly returned the gun to Li Guoqiang.

"correct!"

Li Guoqiang reached out to take the gun, and suddenly thought of something, and said hurriedly: "When you come in the afternoon, remember to go to Uncle Lu's house first and ask him to help buy more bullets."

"Otherwise, you might run out of bullets in two days."

"that."

Shang Xiuzhen frowned, then asked nervously, "How many bullets do you think I should buy?"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang hesitated for a moment and replied softly, "I think if you want to reach a level similar to mine, you'll need at least 10,000 or 20,000 bullets!"

"what?"

"Ten or twenty thousand?"

"Isn't this too much?"

When Shang Xiuzhen heard the number Li Guoqiang said, she was so frightened that her face turned pale instantly.

Although her family's conditions were pretty good, they were not good enough for her to spend money to buy so many bullets.

“Is this a lot?”

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, and then said seriously: "You have to know that sharpshooters are fed with bullets, and if it weren't for my guidance, even if you fired one or two times more bullets, you would never be able to reach the same level of shooting as me."

"I know!"

Shang Xiuzhen nodded, then said awkwardly, "I just can't come up with so much money at once."

"fine!"

Li Guoqiang waved his hand and said softly, "Just buy as much as you have. If it doesn't work, we can think of a solution later."

"Ok!"

Seeing that Li Guoqiang said this, Shang Xiuzhen could only nod and agree.

Afterwards, she returned to the educated youth point with a heavy heart.

Although she had made significant progress under the guidance of Li Guoqiang, she still felt a lot of pressure and even felt helpless when faced with the unimaginable expenses.

Not long after, she was alone, leaning on the fence of the sheepfold, looking up at the gray sky, with a very melancholy look on her face.

She didn't know whether it was necessary for her to spend so much money to buy bullets to improve her marksmanship and compete with Li Guoqiang for the place to join the army.

If she could finally get the spot, then it might be worth it. However, she knew very well in her heart that since Li Guoqiang could easily help her improve her shooting skills, the probability of her beating Li Guoqiang was probably less than 10%.

In this case, what's the point of her spending so much money to practice marksmanship?

unless
Unless Li Guoqiang could lose to her on purpose!

Just is this possible?

After thinking it over, she still couldn't come up with a conclusion. Finally, she decided to have a good talk with Li Guoqiang first, and then decide whether to spend money to buy bullets.

In the blink of an eye, it was two o'clock in the afternoon.

Shang Xiuzhen arrived at the place where they practiced shooting in the morning as promised, and saw Li Guoqiang shooting with a gun at a glance.

With a gunshot "bang", a small branch on a big tree a hundred meters away suddenly exploded, and then "pop" sank into the snow.

Seeing this scene, Shang Xiuzhen's pupils shrank suddenly, and then slowly blossomed into a look of as expected. Then, she walked over and asked softly, "Li Guoqiang, was that your best shot just now?"

"What do you think?"

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then turned around and looked at Shang Xiuzhen, and asked instead of answering.

"I don't think so!"

Shang Xiuzhen shook her head, then said seriously: "Li Guoqiang, let's talk first!"

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows and asked with some curiosity.

"It's actually nothing!"

Shang Xiuzhen pursed her lips, then said in a deep voice: "I just want to know what I can do to defeat you and get the quota to join the army."

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, and then he laughed and joked, "This question is very simple! As long as your shooting skills can be better than mine, then you can defeat me, right?"

"You know that's not what I meant!"

Shang Xiuzhen looked straight at Li Guoqiang with a serious look on her face.

"All right!"

Seeing that Shang Xiuzhen didn't like to joke, Li Guoqiang could only nod and tell the truth: "Actually, you don't have to worry about this problem at all, because I am not interested in that place in the army."

"Really?"

Shang Xiuzhen was slightly stunned, then asked in confusion: "Why?"

In her opinion, with Li Guoqiang's miraculous marksmanship and his mastery of Xingyiquan, if he could join the army, it would definitely be a much better future for him than staying here.

Therefore, she found it hard to believe that Li Guoqiang would voluntarily give up the opportunity to join the army.

"No reason!"

Li Guoqiang shook his head and said softly: "If you insist on me giving a reason, I can only say that everyone has their own aspirations!"

"Oh!"

After Shang Xiuzhen heard this, she nodded in realization, and then said happily, "So, then I just need to beat the others to get a spot!"

"That's right!"

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then said softly: "That's why I asked you to buy more bullets and practice your shooting skills better."

"After all, besides me, there are many other people in our village who are good at shooting. If you want to get a spot, you have to work harder and pay more than them."

"I understand!"

Shang Xiuzhen took a deep breath, and then said with high morale: "Don't worry! I will definitely work hard."

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then laughed and said, "Then let's continue practicing shooting!"

As he said that, he handed over the gun.

Soon, bursts of gunfire were heard in this relatively remote forest.

In fact, the reason why he was so dedicated to helping Shang Xiuzhen, besides the favor of teaching her Xingyiquan before, was mainly because he needed someone who seemed to have similar marksmanship skills as him to help him deal with joining the army.

Otherwise, it would have been difficult for him to lose the shooting competition in front of the villagers and shut up the commune leaders.

In the blink of an eye, more than a week has passed.

During this period, Shang Xiuzhen came to learn shooting from Li Guoqiang every day without fail. Gradually, she improved her ability from hitting the target eight out of ten shots within a hundred meters to hitting the target nine out of ten shots within three hundred meters.

On the surface, his marksmanship level is not much different from Li Guoqiang's, so he has basically achieved his goal.

On this day, since Shang Xiuzhen's marksmanship had reached a level that required a lot of practice to make further progress, Li Guoqiang did not provide her with full guidance. Instead, after correcting a few minor problems for her, he let her stay in the back mountain to continue practicing, and then left alone and returned home.

However, when he returned to the yard and was about to push open the door of the wooden house to go in, he suddenly heard the sound of an argument coming from the wooden house.

"My girl, how long do you have to think about this? Haven't you seen that Qiangzi has been teaching Shang Xiuzhen how to shoot guns every day? If they accidentally create a romance, what will you do?"

"Mom! You know what kind of temper Qiangzi has. If he knew that I punctured all those balloons with needles, he would definitely be very angry."

"Look at what you said. Your Aunt Chunmei has already said that those balloons are not necessarily useful. As long as you don't say anything and I don't say anything, he will at most think that some of the balloons are useless. How can he be angry?"

"Mom, please don't force me anymore. I really don't want to scheme against Qiangzi like this!"

"Hey! You have no conscience, how can you say that I forced you to do this? Isn't it all for your own good, for the good of our family? Do you really want to go back to the hard life of eating coarse food and eating vegetables?"

"I"

"Oh my! My silly girl! If you don't seize the opportunity now, it will be too late to regret it when there is no chance anymore!"

"Mom, I understand what you mean, but I just feel a little guilty. Qiangzi is such a good man and so young. He should marry a girl from the city who is the same age as him and has good conditions in all aspects, instead of being forced to marry me, a widow in her thirties with a daughter."

"you"

"Mom, I've thought about it carefully these days. Qiangzi is so good to us. We really can't harm him. Otherwise, how can we face my dad in the future?"

"I know, I know we shouldn't do this, but you know what? Ever since I heard that the commune leaders wanted Qiangzi to join the army, I couldn't sleep all night long. I kept thinking, what would happen if our family lost Qiangzi?"

"Besides, even if you don't care about our family, you should at least think about yourself!"

"What if Qiangzi gets married in two years? Do you think his wife will agree to let you stay with him? By then, will you really be a widow for the rest of your life?"

"Mom, I know you're doing this for my own good, but I really can't do this. Can you please stop talking about it?"

"Even if Qiangzi gets married and doesn't want me anymore, the worst that can happen is that I will stay by your side, take care of you in your old age, and be a widow for the rest of my life."

"Xiaoxia is almost grown up now. In a few years, she will be able to go to the fields to earn work points. As long as we are willing to endure hardships, we will not starve to death."

"Have you really thought it through?"

"Well, I've thought about it!"

"Oh! That's fine! As long as you don't regret it later!"

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Hearing this, Li Guoqiang didn't know whether he should be happy or disappointed.

Although he had understood in his previous life that human hearts were unpredictable, he still felt a little uncomfortable facing Qu Yinfeng's change, and it also made him think about leaving here.

(End of this chapter)