Reborn in 1963: I Hunted and Stockpiled Meat During a Famine

Chapter 109 Frowning

"Hey, the application's been approved. You've got a good sense of timing, kid. You'd better make good use of these five hundred rounds of ammunition!"

"Don't worry, Deputy Chief, I'll complete the mission once the order is given!" Qin Qiming immediately stood at attention.

Seeing this, the deputy commander quickly said, "You kid, you're standing really straight! You really make us proud!"

Tao He said enviously from the side, "Qin Qiming, you don't know, I also stand at attention perfectly straight, but the deputy director didn't praise me, but praised you instead. I really envy you."

The deputy director turned around and glared at Tao He: "It's only right that you stand at attention. But Qin Qiming, an ordinary person, is the one who deserves praise for standing at attention so straight!"

"Qiming, let us see your guard."

The deputy director smiled and said, "Let's take a look."

"Let's go check out the training area now."

Qin Qiming took the bullets home and stored them in a safe and dry place where he kept his guns.

Then, the deputy director and the others were taken to the guard training ground. They saw the selected people running, drenched in sweat, each with a bag full of rice and flour tied to their backs.

The deputy director felt a chill run down his spine. Qin Qiming actually knew about weight training?

How many kilograms are you carrying?

"Now each person carries 25 jin (12.5 kg) of weight, and then gradually increases it until it reaches 100 jin (50 kg) before they can enter the deep mountains."

The deputy director bit his lip tightly, knowing that even the police officers might not be able to lift 100 pounds.

Whether they can maintain the same physical strength as the team in front of them if they really have to go deep into the mountains to bring back ingredients is an unknown.

Police catch thieves based on their abilities.

But the police's job is to cooperate in arresting bad guys, while carrying food deep into the mountains is a task to train their physical fitness.

For the police, their duty is to arrest criminals.

Making police officers do such heavy physical labor as moving food is a waste of talent.

The deputy director instructed, "Tao He, go and test your skills against those young men, see how strong they are."

Upon hearing this, Tao He immediately stood up straight as a pine tree and shouted, "Yes!"

He then went up to the training supervisor and whispered a few words to him.

The supervisor turned to look at Qin Qiming.

Qin Qiming nodded slightly.

The supervisor shouted in a gruff voice, "Everyone, see that sign over there? It's 500 meters away. Run there and back, that's a total of 1,000 meters. Let's see who comes in first!"

Qin Qiming gave Qin Xiaotian a encouraging look, and she understood immediately.

"Everyone, give it your all! Unload all the equipment!"

The supervisor also shouted, "Take off your gear! Let's have a proper competition!"

Afterwards, everyone took off their equipment and put it aside.

That shout ignited everyone's fighting spirit, and they all wanted to have a go at Tao He.

The supervisor prepared on the side, while Tao He and the members of the guard lined up.

"Ready, let's go!"

Instantly, Tao He shot out like a cannonball, his explosive power surpassing that of everyone in the guard team, and his reaction speed was even faster.

Members of the guard followed closely behind.

They ran 500 meters to the other side, then turned back.

Tao He had been in the lead, but when he crossed the 100-meter mark for the second time, Qin Xiaotian was almost neck and neck with him.

The veins on Tao He's forehead bulged.

Qin Xiaotian ran as fast as she could!

In the end, Qin Xiaotian and Tao He crossed the finish line almost at the same time.

The supervisor announced: "In the 800-meter race, Qin Xiaotian and this comrade are tied for first place."

Tao He asked nervously, "Who is she? Why is she running so fast?"

Qin Qiming stepped forward: "She is Qin Xiaotian, the village chief's eighth sister."

Immediately afterwards, the other participants ran back to the finish line.

The village chief looked at his eighth sister with satisfaction.

The supervisor smiled and praised, "Not bad, someone actually managed to reach the first place at the same time as the police."

Qin Xiaotian proudly said, "I've lived in the mountains for many years. When I was escaping with bandits, I ran even faster than this, and that was on a mountain road."

Tao He suddenly felt that this woman had dealt him a huge blow, though it was unseen.

"Hey, comrade, it's great to meet you!" Tao He said earnestly, but in his heart he was thinking that this woman could even outrun bandits, so it wasn't shameful to get first place at the same time as her.

The deputy director looked at Tao He and smiled slightly: "Kid, you did a good job. You didn't embarrass us. I'll give you credit when we get back."

Tao He's eyes gleamed with excitement: "Yes, thank you, Deputy Director!"

The village chief quickly invited, "Comrades, would you like to come to my house for a visit and have lunch together?"

The deputy director waved his hand: "No, we have to rush back to the station, so we won't bother you any longer."

Qin Qiming smiled slightly: "Comrade Tao, if you want to train Xiaotiangu in the future, you are welcome to visit our mixed-surname village often."

Tao He smiled awkwardly.

Qin Xiaotian glanced at Tao He, then said with a grin, "Qiming, it seems like you have a problem with Tao He."

Qin Qiming: "Don't talk nonsense."

He was actually harassed by a policeman named Tao He, whom Liu Xiuqin had mentioned earlier when she visited her grandmother.

Tao He asked her where she was going, who she was looking for, what she was doing, and where the things in her hands came from. Liu Xiuqin was terrified.

Fortunately, Liu Xiuqin only brought half a pound of meat with her; if she had brought more, it might have been difficult to explain.

Qin Qiming noticed that Qin Xiaotian kept looking at Tao He and laughed, "Little Sweetie, you wouldn't happen to have a crush on him, would you?"

Qin Xiaotian was startled by these words, "Don't talk nonsense."

She did have a special feeling for Taohe.

He seemed very imposing, lacking Qin Qiming's shrewdness and strength, but possessing a strong sense of justice.

It also gives people a particularly strong sense of security.

Qin Xiaotian made an excuse to leave, but actually secretly ran down the mountain.

She glanced back reluctantly after watching a car belching exhaust fumes drive away.

I'm not sure if there will be any problems if I fall for a policeman.

She just wanted to look at a man who was on the same wavelength as her, even if it was just for a moment.

When Qin Xiaotian returned to the village chief's house, she looked as if she had lost her soul.

The village chief sat on the edge of his kang (a heated brick bed), puffing on his pipe. A small dish of peanuts sat beside him, but he didn't touch a single one.

He freed one hand and patted the table lightly.

The village chief's wife rushed over in a flurry, shouting, "My dear husband, which young man has our eighth sister taken a fancy to? She's been acting like she's lost her soul, completely out of her mind."

"Which young man have you taken a fancy to, Eighth Sister?" The village chief looked astonished. "It's only been a short time. Who have you set your sights on?"

The village chief's wife chimed in, "I just saw her run out of the village like a gust of wind, and when she came back, she looked like she'd lost her soul."

Upon hearing this, the village chief put his pipe on the kang (a heated brick bed) and frowned.