Chapter 131 Dress Up
Twenty days of military training passed. During these twenty days, everyone was exposed to the wind and sun and suffered a lot. Finally, they ran to the suburbs to practice shooting. Each person had five bullets and it was a live-fire exercise.
Although they carried guns every day, when the critical moment came, everyone was confused. Some people fired with their eyes closed, not knowing what was happening. Some people fired blindly, and the bullets actually flew over the high earthen hill and hit the cow of the fellow villager behind.
A group of people were beating around in the dark, but they couldn't find out who had harmed the fellow villager's cattle. There was nothing they could do, so the school had to pay compensation.
Anyway, when we finally counted the targets, we found that few of them were hit.
But no matter what, this is considered an exercise, and a group of people have touched guns. To use a popular saying, they are the "reserve troops and reserve forces of the armed forces."
After shooting, they were taken back to school by a large truck. They finally breathed a sigh of relief and then just had to wait to participate in the military training exercise meeting.
Li Juan'er touched her face in the mirror and asked, "I think I'm tanned?"
Ding Weihong smiled: "Yes, I got tanned."
Li Juaner looked at Ding Weihong and found that she had also darkened, but not as obviously as herself: "You are not very dark, your skin looks quite white."
When Ding Weihong heard this, she pursed her lips proudly and said nothing.
Li Juaner suddenly realized something and looked at a small bag at the head of her bed.
Inside the small bag were several small plastic bags, several of the same color. One had "Hibiscus Cream" written on it, and another had "Sunscreen" written on it, with a picture of a girl in a swimsuit on it.
Li Juan'er didn't think much about it at the time, but now it seems that maybe Ding Weihong just relies on applying that thing every day to avoid getting too tanned?
Li Juan'er secretly wrote it down, and then secretly asked Fu Bao and the others: "What kind of oil do you put on your faces?"
Fu Bao wondered why she suddenly asked this: "I just put on the vanishing cream I brought from home!"
That vanishing cream is so good. Her father bought it in Shanghai a while ago.
Li Juaner took Fubao's snow cream and looked at it carefully. It was in a glass bottle with the words "Snow Cream" written on it. It was no different from the one she used. She looked at Fubao's face in confusion.
Fubao's face is much better than Ding Weihong's. It is as white as porcelain, with a pink luster, and so moist that people can't help but want to pinch it. It is completely different from her own tanned skin.
She was puzzled: "Your vanishing cream is the same as mine, and it doesn't say it can protect against the sun, so why don't you get tanned?"
When she said this, the others noticed it. Even Wang Fenghua, who was thirty years old and didn't pay much attention to these things, couldn't help but touch her face and said, "We all got tanned, but Fubao didn't get tanned at all. Look at her skin, it's so good!"
I didn't think so before, but now when I look in the mirror and look at Fubao, I see that the black soil lumps and the winter snow are in stark contrast.
Fubao looked at herself in the mirror and it seemed like that. She thought for a moment, "When I was a kid, I was also exposed to the sun every day. I didn't even have vanishing cream, but I didn't get tanned."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, then sighed: "Fubao is naturally beautiful, this one can't compare!"
Li Juaner looked at Ding Weihong and whispered, "Okay, Fubao is naturally beautiful, but some people are not. Didn't you notice that Ding Weihong applied sunscreen, so she didn't get tanned?"
Sunscreen?
Everyone's eyes were blank: "What is that?"
Li Juaner gestured: "It's a small red plastic bag with a girl in a swimsuit printed on it and the word 'sunscreen'. I guess this is for sun protection. It won't make you darker after using it."
Is there such a magical thing?
Everyone was excited.
After all, they are young girls, who doesn't love beauty? They come over one after another and ask: "Where can I buy this? Let's go buy it too."
Now they have received their first month's allowance of 15 yuan, along with various receipts. Thinking of receiving these monthly allowances, they have truly experienced the benefits of being a university student. They feel that they are now working for the government, and they have peace of mind and want to pamper themselves.
How to pamper, go buy sunscreen first!
It just so happened that the military training performance was tomorrow, and they had time in the afternoon, so they went right away. After packing up, the five girls set off in a mighty group.
They arrived at a nearby state-owned shopping mall, looked around, and asked where they could buy sunscreen. The salesperson saw the badges on their chests and knew that they were from Imperial University of Peking. He became more enthusiastic towards them and recommended this and that to them, including sunscreen, hibiscus cream, and pearl powder.
"This is 'Xifeng' brand perfume powder. It's very fine and smooth, and even just a little bit of it smells delicious. Smell it, it's truly wonderful!"
"And Xie Fuchun's rouge is pretty good too. You're college students now, not kids anymore, so you should learn how to use it. Look at those girls, see the one wearing white trousers? She looks so fashionable and pretty, and she uses rouge."
"This Pechoin clam oil may not be noticeable in the summer, but in the winter, it's incredibly moisturizing and won't crack your hands!"
The country girls were dazzled by what they saw, and the door to a new world suddenly opened for them.
Everyone looked at each other excitedly and finally decided: buy!
Some of these things cost a few cents, while others cost twenty cents. However, the girls had obviously realized the gap between themselves and the city. As college students at the Imperial University of Peking, they should be at the forefront of the times, and they felt deeply that they were too backward.
After buying powder, rouge and other things, they went upstairs to look at clothes.
They had come here before last time and only bought pajamas. They didn't dare to look at anything else. But now they had received cloth coupons and money, and they had money in their pockets and felt confident, so they couldn't help but look around.
Upon seeing this, they realized that the clothes in the Capital Mall were very different from what they wore. For example, the small floral shirt that Fubao was wearing looked totally out of place in this mall and looked as tacky as it could be.
Other people’s clothes are obviously made of the same fabrics, but they look different!
For example, the long trousers had wide legs like trumpets, and the shirts were different in style from the ones they were wearing. In comparison, they looked particularly unfashionable.
After a few people thought about it carefully, they suddenly felt that Ding Weihong's clothes were somewhat similar to those in shopping malls now!
I didn’t notice it before?
Wang Fenghua took a closer look and said, "You guys buy it. We're all college students now, so it's only natural that we wear something nice!"
As for herself, she is already married, thirty years old, and has children. There is no need for her to dress so fashionably.
Fubao smiled and said, "Sister Fenghua, I see there are all kinds of clothes here. You should buy some too. It doesn't have to be too fashionable, just something that can be worn out. I didn't think so before, but now I think the clothes I'm wearing are too tacky."
No wonder people think I'm a country bumpkin when they see me.
As she thought about this, she thought of Xiao Dingkun. It was rare that he actually said that she was pretty... He was probably just comforting himself. In fact, she was still unsophisticated, really unsophisticated.
The other three girls all agreed, so they looked around, tried on various things, and finally bought a skirt, a shirt, a pair of flared pants, and a pair of shoes. Only Wang Fenghua hesitated for a long time before buying a pair of pants, so as not to look too tacky and embarrass herself if something happened.
When they went to pay, the other girls returned the cloth coupons they had lent to Fubao, and everyone paid their own bills. Although they spent a lot this time and there was almost nothing left of their subsidies, when they thought about the clothes in their bags, they all felt it was worth it.
After all, except for Li Juan'er, they all came from rural areas, and their clothes did not keep up with the fashion and were a bit backward. Now that they have come to school and become college students, it is only right for them to buy some decent clothes.
When I go back, I can wear it together with my old clothes and it won’t look too tacky.
They returned to school with a full load. As soon as they entered the dormitory building, they heard everyone talking about the flag bearer in military training. Some people saw Fubao and looked at him with curiosity and envy.
Everyone noticed something was wrong and said in confusion: "Fubao, they are all looking at you!"
Fubao was also puzzled: "Is there anything on my face?"
The salesperson before took the rouge and said he would help her try it, but she later smeared it off with force because she was afraid that she hadn't applied it cleanly and others would see and laugh at her.
Everyone shook their heads: "There's nothing, it's so white and tender!"
At this time, a girl came over and said, "Congratulations, Gu Danyang, you're the flag bearer?"
What? Flag bearer?
Fubao recognized that this was someone from the same profession as him, whose name seemed to be Peng Xiujiu.
Peng Xiuju smiled and congratulated: "Yes, you are our class's flag bearer. You will be the first one to raise the flag. I just saw the instructor looking for you. You went out, and the instructor said he would notify you when you come back and let you go over. He needs to tell you some things to pay attention to!"
The first person to react was Feng Meini: "Wow, Fubao, the flag bearer will be the most conspicuous and glorious one at that time, holding the national flag and passing in front of the leaders!"
The others were also excited, especially Li Juaner: "Fubao, you are really excellent. This must be because you performed well in military training, so you were selected."
It can be seen that as long as you work hard, you will definitely get results, even if you are not as talented as others, even if you have never been to France and don’t know anything about coffee, it doesn’t matter.
Li Juaner was deeply encouraged. She felt that she was not good at marching, but she was good at studying. As long as she worked hard, there would always be something she could excel in. She was very motivated!
Fubao was also overjoyed. She hadn't expected that the responsibility of flag bearer would fall on her. "Then I'll go find the instructor right away."
Wang Fenghua took the pile of things from her and said, "Go quickly. Don't keep the instructor waiting for too long. He has a bad temper. We'll take your things back to your dormitory."
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