She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 820 - 774: Famine Era 15 (First Update)
The brother seemed to have been holding back for a long time, and the appearance of Ye Huan provided him with a point of solace, and he couldn’t stop talking once he started.
He began to tell her about his experiences over the years, how the Company Commander helped him, saved his life several times, and from Ye Jiazhe’s mouth, she learned about Ji Huzi, who was of great assistance to their family. His surname is Ji, called Huzi, only two years older than Ye Jiazhe, yet he was on the battlefield since he was eight, got wounded countless times, and miraculously survived to become a Company Commander, while Ye Jiazhe was a platoon leader in Ji Huzi’s company.
She remembered that when she died in her past life, Fourth Brother was over forty before he became a Company Commander, so Ji Huzi being a Company Commander at twenty-five was really impressive!
Ye Huan didn’t know how to console him, but in her heart, she felt immense gratitude towards this Ji Huzi she had never met, because his decisions led to her brother’s return, which was basically a life-saving grace.
"Third Brother, don’t be too pessimistic, maybe the situation isn’t as bad as you think? I heard the professor say, RB is done for, they’re like grasshoppers after fall, they can’t last much longer,"
"Silly girl, it’s not about RB now, it’s the struggle between G Jun and Gong J, it’s just that RB hasn’t exited Hua Country, so we are collaborating to repel the enemy, but once RB surrenders, perhaps the N war will start?"
The issue Ye Jiazhe mentioned didn’t actually need this transmigrator to explain; these soldiers also understood the situation clearly because they were on the frontline while others were at the rear, which might be more accurate than written records.
That year, in August, R announced surrender, in September, World War II ended, in November, Tai Province was recovered, marking the end of the 14-year-long resistance (1931 Northeast falling to 1945), while the civil war, some say lasted 22 years (1927-1949), others say 14 years (27-37 45-49), but regardless of how many years, the future years were still not peaceful indeed.
Even after the country was established, there was still Anti-M Aid Korea and near four other wars, so Third Brother’s worry for his comrades was understandable.
But now that he had returned home, what was the use of worrying so much? Moreover, for these veterans who have retired, there’s no specific assurance now, after all, no one can care for anyone else at this time, even if there’s compensation, it’s not something that can be dispensed immediately.
Therefore, under the comfort of the Ye Family, Ye Jiazhe gradually accepted the fact that he had returned home.
At the start of the spring semester, Ye Yu (11 years old), Ninth Brother (9 years old), and Tenth Brother (8 years old) were sent to school, although Ye Jiazhe had been in the army for many years, he was illiterate, in other words, an uneducated man, under such circumstances, even if the organization arranged a job for him in the future, he might suffer ’blindness with eyes open’.
As a modern person, Ye Huan certainly couldn’t miss this opportunity.
"Brother, since you’re recovering now, why not go to school with the younger siblings?"
"The professor said, for a nation to be strong, it must educate its people, even if you just graduate from primary school, you can still find a good job in the future."
Hearing this, Ye Jiazhe frowned: "No, I’m not suited for studying, I’m already 25, and you want me to sit with little brother and sister?"
This is for face, but not for the innards!
"Brother, listen to sister’s advice, knowledge is only truly learned when it’s in your mind, there’s no shame in that, what’s shameful is being ’blind with open eyes’!"
"Previously, I might have thought like you, thinking studying was useless, but after studying with the professor for two years, I realized knowledge can truly change everything. Now that you’ve retired, what do you think you can do in the future? Farming? You can’t even hold a hoe, can you? If above wants to arrange a job for you, being illiterate with one hand disabled, what job could you do? But if you’re literate, it’s different, you can do accounting, organize data, as long as you know the characters, Brother, what can’t you do?"
Originally, Ye Jiazhe was unable to reconcile with his own reality of having lost a hand due to the heaviness in his sister’s words, but as her soul-piercing questioning struck him, he was dumbfounded and began to reflect on whether face was more important or his future path was more important.
After serving in the army these years, he had somewhat gained perspective, in their ranks, promotion also depended on literacy status, take his Company Commander as an example, they were enlisted in the same period, so why could others become Company Commander, while he could only be a platoon leader?
