Chapter 626



626 Chapter 655: candidates for each family (part two)

The Lei family’s meeting was a little different from the Liu family’s. It was not in the hall, but in the courtyard, a large round table was set up to surround the city.

The men of each family sat there obediently with their children, while the women prepared dinner in the kitchen.

Every time it was this time, the naughty monkeys of the Lei family were especially well-behaved. They kept their heads down and did not speak, afraid of attracting the attention of the old man.

However, they couldn’t avoid it. The Old Man’s annual project had never fallen behind. Originally, this project had been started during the new year, but because of the Luofu election event this time.., every family had hurriedly arranged for their children to come back, which resulted in people arriving even more often than during the previous New Year.

The old man looked at the big table with satisfaction. Looking at the big table full of energetic children, it was like he had finally matured after working for so many years. It gave him a special sense of achievement. Four generations living under the same roof, and their children and grandchildren thriving. He sighed with emotion that he had made a lot of contributions to his family and the country in his life. It was not a waste of his time…

“Lei Hao, let’s talk about you first. Your body has become much stronger. How was your two years in the Army?”The old man asked.

“Yes, Grandpa!”As the oldest, Lei Hao was already prepared, he quickly said respectfully, “I have been carrying out missions in the XX region of the West Sea for the past two years. I was responsible for the safety of the shipping routes and the capture of the pirates there. The specific things I participated in were XXXXX. Under the wise leadership of the higher-ups and the concerted efforts of the soldiers, we completed many difficult missions together. The two years of training have taught my grandson a lot. Grandpa is right. The army is the most training place for people…”. “…”

Old Master Lei nodded his head in satisfaction. This naughty child had been mischievous since he was young, and now he had finally grown into a decent soldier.

“Well done… your superior is called Long Yunjie, right? I’ve more or less heard about him. He’s a practical person. Learn more from others…”

“Yes, Grandpa!”

“But you’re not young anymore. Although you’ve been training in the Army, you can’t completely ignore your personal matters. Ah, it’s time to consider the important matters at the wedding banquet…”

“Yes, Grandpa…”Lei Hao said obediently.

After asking, old master lei looked at the child of third brother’s family. That was the second eldest among the three generations of children. He had also been in the Army since he was young, but because his academic results were too flimsy.., even he couldn’t bring himself to send that score to the military academy, so he let him go on the path of a special forces soldier and then recommended the military academy.

He didn’t expect this child to be so flustered in his studies. However, when he went to the special forces, he was like a fish in water. He made such a great name for himself in the flood dragon team at the border area, which could be considered as giving him face.

When second brother saw the old man looking over, he quickly straightened his body and reported his situation.

Just like that, according to the grade, the old man asked one by one. Soon, an hour or two passed…

Many children were already dozing off, including Lei Xue and her brother. However, no one dared to appear listless at this time. No matter how bored they were, they had to persevere.

After an unknown period of time, the old man finally asked all the third-generation boys who had joined the army. Then, he looked at the fifth son sitting on the right: Lei Jiaming.

This child was the only boy in the Lei family who had not joined the army when he reached his age. The main reason was his outstanding talent in internal martial arts. When he was in his teens, there was even a master from Emei who wanted to take him in as an inner disciple.

If it was not for the harsh conditions for severing ties with the secular world, he would have let this child go to the sect to cultivate. Now, who in the big families did not want to have a cultivation disciple in their family?

That was why he hadn’t sent this child to join the army until now. He still had the thought of sending him to the sect.

He didn’t expect this opportunity to come so quickly.

“Grandpa…”Lei Jiaming greeted respectfully. Compared to the tough temperament of his cousins, Lei Jiaming’s temperament was much gentler. He even had the aura of a scholar.

“Jiaming, how have you been practicing your boxing recently?”Grandpa Lei said with a smile. His tone was also quite gentle. This made several young people of the same generation secretly curl their lips, including Lei Xue, who was born in the science and technology industry.

Since Young, Grandpa Lei had always favored this grandson who had the aptitude for cultivation. Naturally, they were somewhat dissatisfied. After all, everyone had been forced into the army, except for this guy.., still enjoying the leisurely life in the city, many people felt very unbalanced.

“Master he said that I’m only a step away from inner strength…”Lei Jiaming said with a faint smile. His expression was as if he was narrating a very ordinary matter, without the slightest bit of complacency.

However, the more he did this, the more displeased some of his peers were.

“Good, good, good!”Old Man Lei nodded repeatedly. A nineteen-year-old expert of inner strength, even that kid from the Liu family called Wen Hao, was far inferior. This child of his really had the talent for cultivation…

However, there was a problem now. There were only two spots, but the Lei family had quite a number of outstanding disciples. The eldest child was the oldest, and his style was steady. He was also the one with the best performance today. The child from the third family was a top-tier soldier king, the advantage of participating in this kind of test should not be small. There was also Jia Ming, this child. With his talent for cultivation, the probability of him being selected was definitely not small.

How should he make this decision?

The palm and the back of the hand were all flesh…

The old man was caught in a very obvious dilemma, but he actually forgot to ask Lei Xue and the other granddaughters about their recent situation.

The few granddaughters all lowered their heads and drank their tea quietly. Lei Xue herself did not mind lowering her head too much. If it was in the first few years, she might still feel a little disappointed in her heart, but now she was completely used to it.

After entering the military academy, her advantage as a straight-a student began to slowly diminish. It had been a long, long time since she saw her grandfather laugh out loud because of her results…

But what could she do? How could her slowly accumulating experience compare to her cousins?

It was good that she did not ask. Otherwise, it would be awkward if she asked later…

Just as she was in a daze out of boredom, a hearty laughter suddenly came from outside the door. “Hey, Old Lei, is there a parent-teacher meeting again?”

Old Lei was stunned. He looked up and saw a bald old man in cotton clothes. Who else could it be but old Tian?

He immediately scolded with a smile, “You Old Baldy, why did you think of coming to my place?”

“Isn’t my granddaughter back in the United States? I’m alone. Seeing that you have so many children and grandchildren, you won’t mind coming over to have a good time, right?”Old Tian chuckled.

“Hey, You Old Baldy…”elder lei smiled helplessly. The only one who dared to disturb him on his family’s Day was this old man in front of him.

This kid’s two sons had been sacrificed while carrying out a mission. His wife had fallen out with him at that time and brought their daughter abroad. Later on, he did not marry again. He had been alone for so long. Occasionally, his granddaughter, who was studying in the United States, would come back to visit him. He saw that he was lonely and often asked him to come over for free meals. He did not expect that this old man would treat him as an outsider just because he was freeloading.

However, he could understand. Usually, the children would treat him as their own elder.

As expected, when the juniors saw that he had come, they quickly stood up and called out, “Grandpa Tian!”

“Your Grandpa Tian Is Here to play with the autumn wind, why don’t you give him a seat?”Elder lei urged.

“It’s fine, it’s fine…”elder Tian walked over as if he was familiar with them. “I’ll sit here with our Little Xue…”

Seeing this, Little Xue’s father hurriedly gave up his seat. Elder Tian casually sat over and looked at Lei Xue with a smile.

Lei Xue quickly smiled and said, “Grandpa Tian…”

This smile was very sincere. In the younger generation, old Tian doted on him the most. According to his father, old Tian had been brought to the United States by his wife because of his daughter. He usually did not see her once a year, later, when he came to Old Lei’s house, he saw that he liked to tie two ponytails just like his daughter when she was young. In addition to his personality, he also liked to play with some strange things. Thus, he doted on her as if she was his daughter, from time to time, he would bring him things. That time, when he was forced to choose a military academy and cried at home, he even ran over to quarrel with old lei.

Old Tian sized up Lei Xue, immediately, his heart ached and he said, “Aiyo, my little darling, you’ve tanned so much again. What do you think a girl like you is doing in the army…”. Then, he glared at Old Lei. “It’s all because of that unreasonable grandfather of yours!”

Lei Xue immediately lowered her head and didn’t dare to speak. Old Man Lei’s face was full of black lines as he looked at old man Tian, “Are you done? How many times have I said it? Born in my lei family, being a soldier is your life!”

“Is that so?”Old Man Tian sneered, “That Jia Ming is also old, why didn’t he enter the Military Academy?”

“Uh…”old man Lei’s tone suddenly choked, and he stuttered, “Isn’t that… isn’t that a special situation?”

“Oh, I thought you had principles. So you also know how to make a special case, huh?”

In the face of old man Tian’s ridicule, old man Lei did not retort for a moment. After all, he had broken the rules, so he naturally could not be so righteous now.

Thus, he simply played the hooligan, “You came to find trouble, right?”

Old Man Tian rolled his eyes and thought to himself, this old hooligan, he could not argue with reason, so he began to play the Hooligan.

Lei Xue quickly shook elder Tian’s hand when she saw this and shook her head slightly. It was obvious that she didn’t want grandfather Tian to quarrel with her grandfather again.

Seeing how sensible Little Xue was, elder Tian narrowed his eyes slightly and thought to himself, “Good child, I have to fight for you this time no matter what…”.

Thinking of this, he looked up at elder lei and said, “When I came, I went to elder Li’s place and saw that many families had submitted their quotas, but I didn’t see yours. What’s the situation?”

Elder Lei was stunned. He didn’t expect the other party to suddenly change the topic. When the surrounding people heard this topic, they immediately became nervous.

In fact, they were also thinking about this question. They had been extremely nervous for a long time, but the old man hadn’t said anything, so they couldn’t open their mouths to ask. Now that elder Tian took the initiative to speak, they naturally became more alert.

Even Lei Hao, who had a calm look on his face just now, pricked up his ears and revealed a nervous look in his eyes.

“Isn’t the registration done the day after tomorrow at the latest? What’s the Rush?”Elder Lei said insincerely, but after holding it in for a while, he could not hold it in anymore. He asked curiously, “Which children did those old fellows recommend?”

“I just roughly flipped through them…”. “…”elder Tian said slowly, “I only remember a few. The old Li family seemed to have chosen the two children from the fourth family. The old Feng family directly let their youngest son do it. Oh, and elder Liu, the two children who reported were the eldest son of the Liu family…”. “…”

Elder lei nodded when he heard that, he muttered, “Only the two children from the fourth family of the old Li family are reliable. The youngest son of the old Feng family is also not bad. He is still young and not as old as some third-generation children, but he is young and promising. He is very progressive. The old Liu family…”. Hehe, the family’s upbringing is not strict. Only the two children of his eldest son have joined the army. “…”when he said this, he was suddenly stunned, he hurriedly said, “That’s not right!”

He looked at elder Tian and said, “I remember that one of Liu family’s eldest son’s two children is a technical soldier, right? Why didn’t you let Liu Wenhao Go?”

When he said this, everyone was stunned. Lei Xue, who was sitting next to elder Tian, was visibly trembling!