Chapter 24: Housekeeping, a soldier’s first lesson!
After realizing what was going on.
Guo Wenhao stood there with a droopy face, looking helpless as if he had been tricked, and refused to move.
After a while of no movement, and seeing Chen Mo had already spread his quilt on the ground, Lao Pao turned to look at Guo Wenhao and said calmly: "Why, you don't want to teach?"
"Haha, how could that be, old squad leader."
Upon hearing the question, Guo Wenhao put away his helpless expression like a Sichuan opera face-changing, grinning and saying, "I'll go back to class to get my quilt and come back to teach right away."
"No need, just take Chen Mo's teaching."
Zhou Yongjie shook his head slightly: "A new comrade has just arrived. What's the point of teaching him with your old quilt?"
"If you want new comrades to adapt quickly and do their job well, then as a squad leader you can't mess around."
"Hurry up."
"yes."
Guo Wenhao felt so miserable. As a squad leader, he couldn't just get away with it.
Then why don’t you go and teach me?
But he didn't dare to really say such words.
Chen Mo, who had been well prepared, witnessed the whole process of Squad Leader Guo being tricked, and he was deeply moved.
Chen Mo often claimed to be a veteran, but at this moment, he had to admit it.
The tricks in the army are endless and hard to guard against.
It’s really not Squad Leader Guo’s fault for taking so long.
No matter how old this soldier is, if he can be used elsewhere, people will at least give him some face.
But the quilt thing is not the same. If it doesn't give you face, it will not give you face, no matter how many years you serve as a soldier.
Looking at the new quilt that Chen Mo had spread on the ground, Guo Wenhao's mouth twitched, and then he said, "Come here, gather closer."
The new recruits from Class 8, who had been watching the show in confusion, actually cooperated after hearing the call.
Stand up straight around the quilt immediately.
"Before I teach you how to fold a military blanket, let me introduce it to you first."
"Making up military blankets is part of our daily housekeeping routine. I see your dormitories have been cleaned and are quite tidy. These are all requirements for housekeeping."
"Among all the housekeeping requirements, the quilt is the most critical and the one that requires the most time to polish."
As he spoke, Lao Guo squatted on the ground and picked up Chen Mo's quilt and continued, "Folding military quilts is very strict here."
"First of all, the quilts distributed by the troops are basically inventory goods, which have become damaged due to being placed in a damp environment or being stored for too long."
"The cotton wool inside will be unevenly distributed or even clump together."
"If we want to fold the quilt properly, we have to spread the cotton evenly by hand and tear apart the clumps."
"This step is crucial. If you don't do it right, don't try to fold it. Otherwise, the more times you fold it, the more creases you will create, which will affect the final shape."
“.....”
Guo Wenhao squatted on the ground, working and explaining at the same time, and he was quite serious.
Lao Pao sat in the back, like a foreman, and was only responsible for monitoring.
No opening of the mouth during the whole process.
Chen Mo and other recruits in the class squatted in front of him and listened attentively.
Guo Wenhao is truly worthy of being a veteran.
His explanation can be said to be the only one Chen Mo has seen in all these years who can explain folding a quilt in such detail.
From how to evenly spread the cotton wool to the entire pressing process, including pressing, folding, cutting and trimming before the quilt is formed, Lao Guo basically demonstrates everything himself.
Even in front of the new recruits, worried that some people might not understand, Squad Leader Guo patiently explained it over and over again.
In the entire Class 8 dormitory, only Guo Wenhao's voice echoed.
In fact, at the beginning, the recruits did not understand the importance and necessity of folding quilts at all.
Just treat it as one of the processes.
But I watched an old soldier squad leader walking around the quilt, explaining and demonstrating with all his might.
Sometimes a sentence or an action can be repeated seven or eight times.
Everyone started out just listening casually, but later on they unconsciously focused on every step and listened carefully.
The scene seemed to be inheriting a mysterious ritual.
Guo Wenhao was a soldier trained by Lao Pao. No matter how Lao Pao taught him, even though Squad Leader Guo was deceived and was not happy about it, he would not hide anything when he really started teaching.
In the army, many habits are passed down from generation to generation in this way.
This is the first time for the veteran to fold the quilt. How does he talk about it and how does he deal with it?
Then in the future, Chen Mo, Yang Dali and others will teach more recruits in the same way.
The reason why soldiers, especially the people's soldiers, are respected is not because of the uniforms they wear, but because of the responsibilities and obligations they bear on their shoulders.
This responsibility and this commitment will be reflected in many details.
After working for more than an hour, just as beads of sweat were oozing from Guo Wenhao's forehead, the new quilt that was originally spread out on the ground was finally folded into the shape of a tofu block.
Although it is only similar in spirit, after all, the new quilt has not been polished for a long time, the cotton wool is too fluffy, and the quilt surface cannot be smooth.
Some edges and corners are filled and trimmed to make the overall look square.
But an ordinary quilt was folded into this shape in front of the recruits.
It was enough to make a group of recruits' eyes widen.
Although Chen Mo also has the ability to fold a new quilt to achieve the same effect in the same amount of time.
The problem is that the purpose of the veterans' teaching is basically just verbal education and tempering the temperament of the recruits, and they will not put so much effort into demonstration.
Just for this reason, Chen Mo had to admire Guo Wenhao's patience.
He was the first to applaud Guo Wenhao.
The other recruits in Class 8 also applauded. They didn't understand the issue of patience or not, they just thought it was awesome.
This is the first time I have seen a quilt folded like this.
Facing the applause and praise from several new recruits, Guo Wenhao stood up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a hint of pride: "Did you see it all?"
"This is what I just mentioned about folding your quilts. From now on in the army, you must fold your quilts to this degree."
"But this standard is only applicable at the beginning. Once you learn it, the real housekeeping standards will be higher than this."
"It's a pity that I didn't bring my quilt with me. Otherwise, you would see the difference."
Squad Leader Guo is a very down-to-earth person. When he said these words, his expression looked quite regretful.
Just then.
Lao Pao, who had been silent the entire time, suddenly stood up, walked to the metal cabinet, opened the door, and took out another folded military blanket.
He walked up to the crowd without saying a word and placed the quilt in front of the sample that Guo Wenhao had been demonstrating for half a day.
He then started to tidy it up a few times, and soon a standard tofu-shaped military blanket appeared in front of the recruits.
"See? This is the standard for qualification."
Lao Pao stood up and pointed at his own quilt and continued, "Your quilts are all new. I don't recommend folding them like Squad Leader Guo did at the beginning."
"If you want to fold a new quilt properly, the first thing you need to do is press it. Press the cotton wool firmly and evenly. Then follow the steps I just taught you, step by step."
"Do you understand?"
"clear!!"
Listening to the loud responses of a group of recruits, Guo Wenhao stared at the quilt that suddenly appeared.
Then, he turned his head and looked at Lao Pao with a look of grievance: "Old squad leader, didn't you say that we can't use old quilts for demonstrations?"
"Did I say that?" Lao Pao raised his eyebrows. "I said I wouldn't use your old quilt to teach you. Did I say I wouldn't use my quilt to demonstrate?"
"I..."
Guo Wenhao was speechless after being asked this question. He opened his mouth but didn't say anything for a long time.
Because Zhou Yongjie didn't mention it.
But if I had known that you hid your quilt in the locker, I wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to get a new quilt to teach you!
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