The headquarters canteen is where low-ranking non-commissioned officers and soldiers eat. The canteen's cooking team is responsible for three meals a day for less than one hundred soldiers, and occasionally prepares missed meals and sick meals for sick soldiers. Therefore, the workload is the least among the several cooking teams in the entire team.

In the office cafeteria's operation room, four soldiers, each at their own task, were preparing lunch. Their hands were busy, but their mouths were filled with chatter about the incoming college students.

"You said that before, all the regimental cafeterias in the army had college students helping out, except ours. We were so jealous. Who would have thought that four of them would show up this time? Haha, how can we complain? We've finally had our fill of hardship!"

The speaker was the soldier Xiao Hu, who was fair-skinned and his job in the cafeteria was also fair - he was in charge of the production of staple foods such as steamed buns, flower rolls, and dumplings, which is called "white case" in a restaurant.

"Xiao Hu, you have to pay attention to your manners when college students come here. Control your arrogance and don't have any inappropriate thoughts." Squad leader Hong Tao wiped his face with the towel around his neck and sounded a warning to Hu Shuai.

"Hey, squad leader, who do you think I am? What can I think of? I'm just looking forward to the college students coming. We can work together as a team, so it won't be tiring, right?"

Da Zhou plucked off a wormy piece of celery leaf and grinned, "Don't worry, squad leader. Xiao Hu's girlfriend is a complete tigress. She's trained Xiao Hu into submission. Even if Xiao Hu had the urge to do something bad, he wouldn't have the guts to do it! He's just satisfying his desire to talk!"

"go--!"

Xiao Mao was washing dishes with his sleeves on. He was well-informed and a well-known gossip. Seeing that everyone was very curious about the college students coming, he decided to release some explosive news.

"Do you know how these four college students got into our kitchen?"

"How did you get in?"

"There was a guy named Chen Qingshan who made a bet with Captain Zhou about running the 400-meter steeplechase. He won and was sent to our place!"

The other two people looked disapproving when they heard this. Da Zhou picked up the pickle jar and prepared to start cutting the pickles:

"Mao, you always say your information is accurate. You're a well-known gossipmonger in our army. I never thought you'd talk nonsense sometimes!"

Xiao Mao was anxious, and even spoke in his hometown dialect:

"Hey! I'll beat you to death, you bastard! When did I ever say it was fake news? It's true! One of my fellow villagers was there at the time! My fellow villager also said that Chen Qingshan was a very good-looking and exciting girl!"

Hong Tao swung a wok as big as an engineer's shovel, stirring the food in the pot. The stove fire made him sweat profusely.

"Xiao Mao, don't talk about this anymore. Whether it's true or not, no one should discuss it. The higher-ups have already given the order. Be careful or the instructor will come talk to you!"

Xiao Mao stuck out his tongue and lowered his head to continue washing the dishes.

Yesterday, the Chief of Staff personally met with Hong Tao and briefly explained the entire story of how these students came to be assigned to the kitchen squad. He instructed him to properly arrange for these students to work so they could experience the arduous military life and improve their personal qualities. After listening to Leng Xing's empty rhetoric for a long time, Hong Tao finally understood what the commander meant. He meant to assign them work, but it couldn't be too hard or tiring. Most importantly, he wanted to avoid any gossip about Chen Qingshan outrunning Zhou Shuyi! Hong Tao wasn't worried about the work; after all, their kitchen squad didn't have any particularly strenuous work. But he was concerned about the loose-lipped nature of his subordinates, especially Xiao Mao.

"Eh? Class monitor, where do the new college students stay? We have to get up at four in the morning to cook and stay busy until after ten at night. Isn't it inconvenient for them to stay in the student dorms over there?"

"Class monitor, you won't live in our dormitory, right?"

Hong Tao kicked Xiao Hu and said, "You're so lucky! The leaders have already arranged for you to live in the medical team dormitory. The medical team is next to our kitchen team, and there's a six-person dormitory available. They can live there!"

The four soldiers were discussing when a clear female voice, like a lark, was heard from outside the operating room:

"Report--!"

Everyone in the room was stunned. It really was Meng De and Cao Cao who were talking about this. Here they come!