Chapter 1168 Silly and cute
"Unity is strength. Ready, sing!"

"Unity is strength. This strength is iron, this strength is steel..."

"Everyone, please speak louder! Haven't you eaten yet?"

At the entrance of the canteen, the new recruits from the recruit company were singing military songs at the top of their lungs, waiting outside to go in for dinner. So they really didn’t eat…

We sang the military song twice, stood at attention for ten minutes because someone was talking, and stood at attention for another ten minutes because someone was moving around. In short, the purpose was to subdue these new recruits and smooth out their tempers and minor problems.

After half an hour of this, I finally entered the cafeteria. However, I was still not allowed to eat. Instead, I started practicing 'sitting' until no one talked and I could basically see when I sat down and the food was ready. Only then did I really sit down and prepare to eat.

The food was OK, with celery and shredded pork with seasoned shredded potatoes, chicken and potatoes, pork stewed with beans, and stir-fried cabbage, also known as kohlrabi, called gadabai in Northeast China. In addition, there was an egg soup. There were two staple foods, noodles and steamed buns. The food was served in bowls, and the portions were quite generous.

A bunch of young boys who had eaten their father's house out of poverty, had just arrived at the camp, were receiving supplies, standing at attention, and were even given some conditioning before eating, so they were already very hungry.

But the problem now is that we are still in the stage of 'preparing to start the meal', and the meal has not started yet...

The new soldiers didn't know, and they sat there, picking up their chopsticks and picking at the meat, clinking their chopsticks like they were in a war. With each chopstick, half the dish was visibly gone.

"What are you doing? Did I ask you to start eating? Huh?"

Gao Cheng shouted, "Put down your chopsticks! Put them down!"

The veteran squad leaders circled the team, staring and clapping, causing the new recruits to put down their chopsticks.

"Everyone, sit down! Sit for ten minutes first." Gao Cheng walked leisurely with his hands behind his back. "As the saying goes, there is no order without rules. We are a disciplined force, so we must abide by the rules. There is a call for getting up, a call for turning off the lights, a command for standing in line, and the same for eating. Otherwise, if we sit here and clamor for food, how can we be like soldiers? Ah?
Remember, do what you are told to do. If you are not told to do something, then don't do it. How are you sitting? Huh? You look hunched over, you don't look like a soldier at all, is that decent? Stand up straight, hold your stomach in, and raise your head! Come on, correct your sitting posture."

Gao Cheng personally corrected the sitting posture of a new recruit, and then instructed the veteran squad leaders to take action.

This time the recruits were well behaved, sitting upright and looking at the food on the table. But not all of them were well behaved, some even laughed out loud out of nowhere.

Gao Cheng rushed over immediately: "What are you laughing at? Huh?"

The recruit stood up and said, "Captain, nothing."

"Nothing? I don't believe I can make myself laugh just by sitting there." Gao Cheng glanced at the other people at the table, and everyone avoided his gaze.

"Captain, I was just thinking about something interesting to do during dinner."

"Really? So interesting? Come on, tell me about it and make me laugh."

The recruit stopped talking and just stood there.

"Do you think you can just hold on by yourself?" Gao Cheng laughed, then shouted, "Everyone, add another ten minutes. Because this one person laughed and dragged all of you down. As for you, get ready for push-ups!"

"Yes!"

The recruit didn't know what else to prepare for push-ups, so he just answered yes.

He left the table and stood in the aisle: "Report to the company commander."

"speak!"

“How many push-ups?”

"They are burdened by you and have to sit for ten more minutes while watching the food being prepared. How much do you think you have to do? Of course you have to do ten minutes too!"

The recruit was stunned for a moment, then he answered loudly, lay down and started doing push-ups...

Anyone who has done push-ups knows that after doing dozens of push-ups, your arms will start to tremble, your chest muscles will contract, and you won't be able to generate enough strength to hold up your body. This recruit was in this situation.

He gritted his teeth and tried to get up, but it was in vain. He lay on the ground pretending to be dead.

Gao Cheng was also aware of this situation. He walked over and nudged the new recruit with his foot, saying, "I can't do it anymore. Even if you have to bend your hips, you have to do it for ten minutes."

"Yes!" the recruit replied half-heartedly, then propped himself up with his arms and did a sit-up.

Without special training, people's core strength is not that strong, and of course they can't hold out for so many minutes. So I just watched the recruits moving back and forth, hunching their waists, lowering their heads, shivering, and soon they were sweating profusely.

But Gao Cheng did not call for a stop, and the recruits did not dare to stop.

The recruits felt that time was long and the days were like years. They stared at the food in front of them and swallowed their saliva. They also secretly cursed the person who laughed out loud as an idiot in their hearts.

Finally, Gao Cheng nudged the pouting recruit with his foot: "Now you know how to obey the rules, right?"

"Report to the company commander, got it!"

"Get up and sit down."

"Yes!"

The new recruit, who looked as if he had been fished out of the water, stood up and sat back upright.

Gao Cheng glanced around again, and seeing that there was no one challenging him, he nodded with satisfaction: "Let's eat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of a lot of chopsticks, then the sound of chopsticks fighting, and then the sound of a lot of smacking lips. At this time, it was not even the ten minutes Gao Cheng said...

Xu Sanduo held two steamed buns in one hand, taking a bite of one and the other, mumbling to Wang Yan beside him, "Delicious! It's better to be a soldier. The food is much better than what I eat at home. Wang Yan, eat quickly."

Actually, Wang Yan didn't eat slowly at all. He was a real tornado chopstick shovel car mouth, eating and drinking a lot. But he also knew that Xu Sanduo was afraid that he would not be able to grab more, so he asked him to eat faster.

He laughed and said, "How can the army let us starve? We can certainly get more food if we run out of it. There's no need to worry."

Xu Sanduo smiled, but he was still wolfing down his food. The others did the same. They didn't know if they could have more food later, but it was better to eat more now. Even the new recruits who were willing to talk didn't talk much, they were all busy eating...

Gao Cheng and the veteran squad leaders did not cause any more trouble. Even when the recruits had eaten halfway and started humming again after the hunger had subsided, they did not care. They just scolded a few soldiers who spoke loudly.

The first day of the new recruits' arrival in the camp was somewhat gentle. If the new recruits were overtrained, and dozens of them in a company of more than a hundred people clamored to go home, Gao Cheng would be in big trouble.

After all, if one or two people want to go home, that's the soldiers' problem. If ten or twenty people clamor to go home, that's Gao Cheng's problem as the officer who trains the new soldiers...

Just like that, after everyone had a full meal, the veteran squad leaders led the new recruits in their speeches. This time, they were not serious, and they mainly talked about the life in the army, the training tasks during the recruit company, etc. Unlike Gao Cheng's speech, the squad leaders spoke in great detail. Anyway, it was not a training session, and even a contestant like Wu Liuyi was talking and laughing with everyone.

After chatting for a while, Wu Liuyi said, "According to the regulations, each class must have a deputy monitor. I propose that Wang Yan be the deputy monitor of our class. What do you think?"

"No!" Xu Sanduo was the first to express his attitude, grinning foolishly, looking very happy.

Wu Liu took a quick glance and was simply disgusted. In a short time, he had already seen what kind of people these two fellow villagers were like: one was smart, the other was stupid, and his subordinate was the stupid one.

As a fellow villager, he was ashamed to be associated with them, and felt that he was a disgrace to his hometown. "What about you?" He looked at the others.

"agree!"

"If Wang Yan is not qualified, who can be?"

"That's him, I support him!"

Wu Liuyi nodded: "Okay, since everyone has no objection, then this matter is settled. Wang Yan will be the vice monitor of our class from now on. When I'm not here, everyone will listen to him."

"Good fellow, we have to dare not listen..." someone muttered.

Wang Yan shook his head in amusement: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's as if I'm bullying you."

"If you don't bully us, we will come after you next time someone bullies us."

"Hey, don't think so badly of people. We are all from the same company, we all came here together, there is no such thing as bullying or not. We are a bunch of grown men, isn't it normal for us to fight and quarrel?"

Wu Liuyi pointed at Wang Yan and said with a smile, "You have to take the lead, you know? As the class vice-chairman, you have to do well in all subjects, so that everyone can be convinced. You also have to lead the younger ones. If anyone in the class doesn't train well or their movements are not in place, you have to help them improve, understand?"

Wang Yan nodded: "It is my duty."

"Okay, that's all. I'll tell you about our rules and regulations this afternoon, as well as other disciplines, confidentiality rules, and so on. Also, if you have a phone at home, you can call home to report that you're safe. If you don't have a phone, you can write a letter, which the army will send out in due time. In short, let parents know that their sons have joined the barracks and become soldiers.

The rest of the time is still for housework. The quilt must be folded and the things must be put away. Okay, go back and take a nap. We have come a long way, so we should have a good rest. Take it back."

"You guys go back first. I'll discuss our class's future training and life issues with the squad leader." Wang Yan waved his hand, and Xu Sanduo and others left without knowing why.

Wu Liuyi was also confused, so he asked, "What are you discussing? What is there to discuss?"

"Let me smoke a cigarette." Wang Yan smiled.

"How old are you? You smoke and drink. This is not good."

"Tobacco and alcohol go hand in hand, hurry up."

Wu Liuyi smiled and took Wang Yan to the corner to smoke.

"You should smoke less." While smoking, Wu Liuyi also advised, "Smoking is not good."

“When did you start smoking?”

"Uh..." Wu Liuyi thought for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "When I was in the recruit company, I learned bad things from those guys, and I haven't let go of them after all these years."

"Look, you're still blaming me." Wang Yan said, "I smoke at home. I did it to show off at that time. Now I'm used to it. I want to have one after dinner."

"Don't your family care about you?"

"It's really interesting. Who would smoke in front of their parents? But they can't do anything about it even if they want to. It's all gone due to the car accident."

Wu Liuyi was silent for a while, then asked, "When did it happen?"

"Three years ago, when I was just in high school, I was hit hard and my grades plummeted. Otherwise, I would have been able to get into college."

Seeing Wang Yan's smiling face, Wu Liuyi knew that Wang Yan was no longer so sad. He turned and said, "Didn't you say that you wanted to be a soldier since you were a child?"

"You have a narrow vision. Then taking the college entrance examination does not prevent you from joining the army. How can a college student joining the army be the same as a high school graduate like me? If I do well in the exam and go directly to the military academy, wouldn't I become an officer? They are all soldiers, so how can officers and non-commissioned officers be the same?"

"Then you should study hard. If you are really good at studying, you can go to military school in our army. And you have good personal qualities, so you can be promoted in the future."

"Old squad leader, what are you talking about? Are you going to do it as soon as you say it?"

"I'm optimistic about you, so you should do your best. Before anything else, first PK those well-known people in our regiment, then those in the P division, then those in the P army, and capture a few leaders alive during the exercise. If you don't get promoted, who will?"

"Forget it. If we continue talking for a while, I might become the head of the Military Commission. Let's go now." Wang Yan extinguished the cigarette butt on the ground, threw it into the bushes, and simply got up and left.

When we got back to the barracks, everyone was still excited and talking, and it was still lively. But there was one bad thing, the new soldiers took off their shoes, and the smell in the barracks was quite strong...

"You're back, Wang Yan." Xu Sanduo leaned his head over to look down.

Someone asked, "What did you say to the monitor?"

"Why are you so trustworthy? Aren't you tired at all?" Wang Yan was lying on the lower bunk, looking around, paying close attention.

"I'm tired, but I can't sleep. Listen, everyone is talking there. There are more than a hundred people. How can I sleep?"

"It's not even night yet. If you're gritting your teeth, farting, snoring, and talking in your sleep, it'll make it even harder to fall asleep. I don't think you're tired yet. Just wait until tomorrow when the training officially starts. I guarantee you'll fall asleep as soon as you touch the pillow."

Someone said, "Hey, class deputy, you have intimidating power, why don't you give a shout?"

"If you want me dead, just tell me. I am intimidating, but I can't beat up more than a hundred people by myself. Everyone is chatting enthusiastically, who do I think I am? Do they just listen to me?"

Wang Yan smiled and said, "Comrades, this is collective life, we all have to adapt. Sleep if you can, and take a nap if you can't. If you want to chat, then chat. It's our first day here, and the management is quite relaxed. I guess it's just one day of relaxation. Tomorrow we should start to be strict."

Seeing the others talking, Xu Sanduo leaned over the upper bunk and poked his head out to speak: "Wang Yan, it's great that you are the deputy shift leader now."

"Then you have to give me face and support my work."

"Don't worry, I support you the most!"

Wang Yan put his hands behind his head and looked at Xu Sanduo who was grinning. "How about being a soldier?"

"Good! Today's lunch was really delicious!"

"Just eat well?"

"I'm already full, and I'm still not feeling well? You're still giving me clothes, basins, and quilts..."

Xu Sanduo now has a few things in his mind. He is very simple, but also very annoying.

Wang Yan laughed, laughing at Xu Sanduo's cuteness, his silly cuteness...

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