Chapter 14
Lu Yuanzheng also saw Xu Wen
She stood outside the crowd, looking at him with a stunned expression, clearly surprised
He unconsciously hooked his lips
Actually, Lu Yuanzheng was also surprised, not surprised to see Xu Man, just surprised that he would agree to come to the school to bring in students
He was four pockets now, and even recruits were already rarely brought in person
Lu Yuanzheng went to the Armed Forces Department a few days ago to visit his old comrade in arms, and it just so happened that the person in charge of the first middle school came to talk to his comrade in arms about asking his comrade in arms unit to bring the students for training
The comrade-in-arms pushed him to the person in charge of the first middle school, and showed off his past achievements one by one
Naturally, the head of the first middle school was full of admiration and invited Lu Yuanzheng to help out at the school
Lu Yuanzheng could have refused, he is in the unit is actually on the battlefield to kill the enemy, with a group of students playing like what words?
When the words of refusal came to his lips, Xu Man’s face flashed in his mind
She seems to be in the First Middle School?
Lu Yuanzheng hesitated and nodded
His heart said, Dongsheng wants Xu Wen to think of a total mess, so let’s do it for him
Idle at home anyway
Until he saw Xu Wen at this moment, he realized that his concern for Xu Wen seemed to have nothing to do with Dongsheng
Shao Yue cowered and muttered in a low voice: “Who is that man? That scar on his face looks so scary”
The bell rang just in time, and before Xu Man had a chance to answer Shao Yue, he saw the physical education teacher clapping his hands and greeting everyone, “Class is in session! Everyone gather, I have something to tell you”
Because there were only four girls, there was usually one at the end of each row
Among the four girls, Xu Wen was the tallest standing in the last row, followed by Liu Rulan, Li Yun and the shortest Shao Yue
“Look forward, at ease” The physical education teacher straightened the queue and cleared his throat, “Classmates, you should all know by now that this semester we’re all learning to work and learn agriculture by going to the construction site of the new campus, right? As decided by the school leaders, we’re also interspersing our military studies together This way, learning all at once will give everyone more time to study”
Everyone heard this and started to talk to each other
“How can the soldiers learn together? Pushing carts and kicking in the right direction?”
“That’s it Does the school think we’re not tired enough? We can’t run with weights after work”
“That man with the scar on his face isn’t a soldier, is he? That face looks like a bandit”
“Don’t be ridiculous! His figure is there! A bandit standing so straight?”
The physical education teacher once again signaled everyone to be quiet, pointed to Lu Yuanzheng standing next to him, and introduced, “This comrade’s name is Lu Yuanzheng, and he’s also the instructor who’ll be taking you through the training and learning process next Comrade Lu is an active duty officer highly recommended by the armed forces department! Don’t look at him as a young man, but he has really gone to war and killed the enemy! He’s also been awarded a first-class merit! He has all sorts of good virtues that we need to learn from”
“Wow!”
“Awesome!”
The exclamations were endless
The world of boys was sometimes so simple, the winner is king
Xu Wen looked straight at Lu Yuanzheng, so he was this good!
Lu Yuanzheng nodded his head as a greeting and opened his mouth to get straight to the point: “Learning is mutual For some time afterward, I’ll learn from everyone from each other However, since I agreed to be everyone’s instructor, I will still take the responsibility I won’t be polite when it’s time to be strict A situation like today’s, where you chat and make a lot of noise without permission, I hope it’s the last time I see it during my time at your school Besides, I’m not a big fan of nonsense Let’s get right to it!
Now I’ll give you ten minutes to go back to your dorms and change Girls change out of your skirts and into shoes suitable for walking and running Same for the boys, go back and change out of your sandals if you’re wearing them”
He looked down at his wristwatch and counted down, “The clock starts!”
The students were accustomed to hearing long-winded opening statements, they were not accustomed to this kind of clean and crisp, and were a bit unable to react
Lu Yuanzheng faintly reminded, “There are still nine minutes”
The students instantly scattered
Xu Wen was dressed perfectly in line with the requirements, she did not move, looked around and found that, including the new students, each class in each grade was assigned an instructor
Xu Man: “”
Which of this is learning to be a soldier this is not military training?
Perhaps the actual meaning of military training that has been maintained until decades later is to learn soldiers or to learn the army
Liu Rulan also did not move, squirming, “Instructor, I did not bring pants and shoes”
She was wearing a knee-length dress with a white background and broken flowers, with a pair of sandals with a slight heel on her feet
Lu Yuanzheng glanced at her and said expressionlessly, “Go borrow them You still have seven minutes”
Liu Rulan stomped her foot, “I’m not going to wear someone else’s clothes!”
“Then you’ll run in your skirt and hope you won’t regret it”
“Is it okay if I take a vacation? I’ll change my clothes tomorrow” Liu Rulan tried to discuss with Lu Yuanzheng
“When the enemy is fighting, can you tell the enemy ‘You guys wait for me, we’ll fight tomorrow, I’m not ready’ ?”
Liu Rulan choked and pouted her lips, retorting, “It’s not like this is a war”
“It has been from the moment I stood here! You still have six minutes As a reminder, it’s best for the Cadets to have exams as well, and the results of the exams are directly counted towards your graduation grades”
Liu Rulan: “”
Reluctantly, she pulls Li Yun, who is willing to lend her clothes, back to the dormitory
The sun at two o’clock in the afternoon was still hot and poisonous
Xu Wen raised her hand to cover her brow, slightly tilting her head to look at Lu Yuanzheng, feeling that he was somewhat unfamiliar
In fact, the two of them had never been acquainted with each other, so she could only say that the cold and almost impersonal Lu Yuanzheng was a side of him that she had never seen before
The first time we met, no, at that time even the face of each other did not see, each other to send each other a big shock
At that time, Lu Yuanzheng was also rushed to the extreme, and his speech was a bit stuttering
The second time they met, she accused Lu Yuanzheng of hitting the child incorrectly, and Lu Yuanzheng did not have time to retort before Dongsheng cried until he went to catch field fowls
That time ended in a misunderstanding for the second brother
Xu Wen’s impression of Lu Yuanzheng is that he has a lot of experience in the wilderness, is upright and responsible, and has a big heart
The third time they met, Lu Yuanzheng spoiled her blind date, or rather Dongsheng spoiled her blind date, causing her to fall into a crowd
The fourth time we met, he proposed to her in the wilderness cemetery The proposal was not so much a marriage proposal as a compensation plan
He was as nervous as the first time we met, but his words were organized
His proposal took into account her needs, took into account the needs of Dongsheng, only material needs not spiritual needs
This meeting He was her instructor, but not her instructor alone, somewhat cold and impersonal
Noticing Xu Man’s line of sight, Lu Yuanzheng lifted his eyelids and glanced at her, blinking at her
Xu Wen: “???”
No, where’s your cold persona from earlier?
She blinked, and when she looked again, Lu Yuanzheng had become that unsmiling, businesslike demeanor again
Xu asked, “”
Did she blink just now?
Other than Liu Rulan, all the other students rushed back within the allotted time
Liu Rulan was a full five minutes late
Lu Yuanzheng raised his wrist toward her and raised his watch, “Do you know what five minutes means in war?” His other hand drew a large circle to include the entire school on the playground, “All the people present will be killed directly or indirectly because of these five minutes of your delay, and the lucky ones will be seriously injured”
Liu Rulan pouted, unconvinced, “Which is so exaggerated?!”
This is the reason why Lu Yuanzheng is not willing to come and take the students, they were born after the founding of the country and grew up in the peaceful era, they have never seen a war at all, and have no reverence for war
Besides, Liu Rulan is just a student and not his soldier, Lu Yuanzheng is too lazy to say more, he only said in a business-like manner, “This is the first time, only a verbal warning The next time you are late, run ten laps around the playground”
The good thing is that this kind of student, Liu Rulan, is also a unique case The other students were obedient and serious
I don’t know if it was because Lu Yuanzheng couldn’t stand the sight of them being lazy and practiced the formation for the whole afternoon
Xu Man had noticed that the other grades only practiced formation for a while before learning how to tie their legs or pack their backpacks
Some students in Xu Man’s class questioned: “Coach Lu, why are we learning differently from the other classes? Why are we different from the other classes? They all learned how to tie their legs and we just stood at attention at ease and turned around?”
Lu Yuanzheng blew a whistle, “Did I tell you to speak? Report before you speak”
The student made a report and repeated it
“You want to run if you can’t walk? You guys can’t even practice formation well, it’s still early to learn how to tie your legs But “Lu Yuanzheng looked at his wristwatch, “The other item can be learned I’ll give you ten more minutes, go back and bring your bedding, a change of clothes and shoes”
This time, everyone learned their lesson, and as soon as Lu Yuanzheng said dismissal, they immediately dashed to their dormitories
Xu Wen’s dormitory was considered the furthest away from the playground, and when they ran back, a large piece of canvas had already been laid on the playground, and on the canvas there was an army-green quilt laid flat
Lu Yuanzheng had a handful of army-green cloth straps in his hand, and when everyone arrived, he raised his hand to indicate the cloth straps in his hand: “Today, let’s learn how to hit the backpack”
When everyone stood around the canvas, Lu Yuanzheng kneeled down in front of the quilt and demonstrated while explaining, “First, we divide the quilt into three equal parts horizontally and fold the two sides toward the center Then fold the two ends equally toward the center as well ”
From where Xu Wen stood, he could only see his scarless side
It was slightly regrettable
It always felt like that scar was particularly attractive
The side lines of Lu Yuanzheng’s face were somewhat sharp, appearing very rigid At this moment, his head is lowered, and his long eyelashes are bent upwards, half covering his eyebrows
His fingers are long and thin, and his bones are well defined The soft and collapsing quilt in his fingertips flying gradually changed with him the same as the person angular, hard and straight lines
His voice is clear, he speaks in a concise and organized manner, and his explanation is easy to understand
A simple tofu block quilt was quickly folded
Then Lu Yuanzheng took the cloth belt and folded it on the canvas, put the tofu block quilt on the cloth belt, and pinched the cloth belt with both hands and flipped it to finish a square and beautiful backpack
Lu Yuanzheng showed the finished product and asked everyone, “Can you do it?”
Seeing how easy it was for Lu Yuanzheng to pack the backpack and how clearly he explained it, the students nodded their heads and replied, “Yes!”
However, when they got their own hands on it, they realized that watching others do it easily and doing it themselves was not at all the same thing
Xu Wen described it more accurately than they did, borrowing a phrase once popular on the internet, “Once you see it, you will know it, but once you do it, it’s useless”
In particular, the quilt used by Lu Yuanzheng is a genuine military quilt, which is stiffer than ordinary quilts
Now the weather is hot, students with good family conditions to bring a blanket, like Xu Man, such conditions are not good, take a sheet cover
It was impossible to fold the quilt, and in the end it was basically rolled up into a ball, which was a bit hard on the eyes
Lu Yuanzheng about this also prepared, not too harsh, on the contrary, but also patiently guide one by one
Until the twilight, only dismissed
Before being dismissed, Lu Yuanzheng said, “Let’s say another piece of news that may not be too good for everyone During the time you are learning the army, your evening ideological and political classes will also be with me”
As soon as he spoke, unsurprisingly, there was a wail
Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows, his gaze sweeping over the faces of his classmates one by one, focusing on Xu Man’s face
Xu Man didn’t seem to have reacted yet, and the confusion in his clear eyes was obvious
Lu Yuanzheng couldn’t help but hook his lips and clapped his hands to announce, “Dismissed!”
“Ask, let’s go, let’s eat! I’m starving to death!” Shao Yue wailed and came to pull Xu Man
Only then did Xu Man come to his senses from his lost state of mind
This was simply the 70s version of military training!
Xu Man followed Shao Yue and Li Yun back a few steps, and then he turned his head back in a mysterious way
The instructors were all standing in a row in unison
They were professional soldiers, a world away from the students lining up like a row of straight pines
Lu Yuanzheng seemed to be the leader of the group, standing at the front as if he was giving a lecture
When he looked up, his eyes collided with Xu Man
Xu Man abruptly turned his head and blushed
Then he reacted, what was he hiding from?
The third day of military training
In the middle of the night, a sharp whistle resounded through the campus
Various dormitories had lights on, as well as various exclamations of complaint
“What’s going on in the middle of the night?”
“It can’t be Su Xiu coming to wreak havoc, right?”
“Huh? Really? Then hurry up and get up!”
Xu Man opened his eyes in a daze and heard the sound of Lu Yuanzheng shouting orders from the playground with a loudspeaker, “All students, gather in the playground in five minutes! Remember to pack your backpacks!”
Xu Man instantly came to his senses and hurriedly got out of bed to pack his backpack
Li Yun and Shao Yue are also numbly dressed out of bed to pack
Only Liu Rulan refused to get up
The school had notified that during the period of military study, all the students would be accommodated, and no one could be an exception
Liu Rulan did not agree at first, and made a scene at the class teacher, who directly made her call her parents
Liu Rulan’s father heard on the spot to give Liu Rulan a slap on the face, apologizing repeatedly
Learning military that is the performance of positive thinking, Liu Rulan this resistance to learning attitude spread out, his hat are not guaranteed
Only then did Liu Rulan honestly stop
Li Yun shouted at her: “Rulan, if you don’t get up again, you’ll be late When the time comes, you’ll be punished by instructor Lu again”
Only then did Liu Rulan reluctantly get up
She was punished five times by Lu Yuanzheng in three days, no matter how much she cried and begged and pretended to be weak and pitiful, Lu Yuanzheng was unrelenting and would add more punishment
Pretending to faint was useless
So much so that Liu Rulan now hates and fears him
In the back of his mind, he scolded him for being hard-hearted and not a man who doesn’t know how to be compassionate
Lu Yuanzheng looked at the students who were in a panic and their backpacks were a mess, and shook his head in a slightly invisible way
The team of several hundred people divided into two columns, carrying backpacks from the school to start pulling
The students were particularly excited as it was their first time to participate in the pulling exercise
Some classes automatically and spontaneously began to sing a chorus of the song Three Disciplines, Eight Ideas
Other classes began to follow suit, their voices were louder than one another, and they were full of vigor
Some of the good-natured instructors even took the initiative to teach them the military song
Lu Yuanzheng noticed that Xu Man didn’t say a word and was obviously not in a high mood, and his face seemed to be a bit white
Xu Man was indeed a bit worried
This group of naive and simple students didn’t understand the meaning of the drill, and she was aware of that
In the military training she had participated in her past life, the pulling exercise was not as formal as in the army, but it was also extremely difficult
One had to walk to a very far field for training
The students at that time were too spoiled to suffer since they were young, and said that the field training was only slightly stricter than field camping
In her new life, she wasn’t so spoiled and afraid of suffering, but at this moment, she was a bit uncomfortable
I do not know whether it is the relationship between the lack of sleep or the reason for the sweltering heat of the weather, Xu Wen ran more and more feel chest tightness and shortness of breath, head dizzy, a burst of blackness in front of their eyes
But everyone was tired, and her irregularities weren’t very obvious
Slowly no one sang anymore, it was hard to breathe, how could they still have the energy to sing?
Only the instructors and the accompanying physical education teachers remained with their loud slogans
As the line got longer and longer, the girls gradually started to fall behind
Xu Wen was one of them, her two hands pinched at her waist, pinching the small of her back with force as her vision became increasingly blurred
“Class President Lu, let them rest for a while, right? They’re students after all and can’t be compared to us” Gao Jiankai jogged over to discuss with Lu Yuanzheng
He was Lu Yuanzheng’s old comrade from the Armed Forces Department
The other instructors were also seconded by him from the local garrison, so he had to accompany the military training
He had already participated in the students’ training for a while last year, and knew that the students’ physical strength was really no match for theirs as soldiers
Lu Yuanzheng looked at his watch and hesitated
It had only been more than an hour of running and walking, less than a fifth of the way to their destination, so it was a bit early to take a break
It is also true that many students, especially the female students, are physically weak
At this time, a sudden commotion came from the rear
Lu Yuanzheng vaguely heard someone shouting Xu Man’s name
As soon as he turned around, he saw Xu Man fall backwards limply with his eyes closed