The first turmoil in dormitory 501 was thus calmed down. Everyone was not stupid and knew that they would have to live there for several more years, so they did not lose their temper or act crazy.
However, this incident also made Ma Yan lose interest in holding a dorm talk party. Everyone quietly packed up their things and lay down on their beds. The first night passed like this.
It's been a few years since the college entrance exam was reinstated, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering is no longer like it once was, with several classes unable to fit in a single dormitory. This time, except for Liu Zhichan, who was in the Foreign Languages ​​Department, everyone else was in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, just with different majors and therefore different classes.
However, classes didn't start immediately; instead, we were heading to a nearby garrison for a month of military training. We had already received our uniforms when we signed up the previous day, so the next morning, everyone donned their camouflage uniforms, gathered on the playground with their backpacks, and headed to the garrison under the guidance of our class instructor.
Along the way, most of the girls seemed rather uninterested. The boys, however, were all excited, wondering if they'd be arranged to go shooting or something, and chatted animatedly. Of course, some glanced at the girls, but the one who attracted the most attention was Li Manli. Some even openly offered her water, but Li Manli politely declined.
There were some active girls, too, but they weren't from dorm 501, but from the next-door dorm, 502. Zhang Yao, tall and beautiful, had a rather carefree personality and got along well with the boys. Overhearing the boys discussing Li Manli, she pointed at Zhu Xing, who was sitting in the front row, and said, "I think she's pretty, too. Why didn't you mention her?"
The boy sitting in the last row smiled and said, "She's too young. I heard she's only 15 years old. She looks so young too. I can't bring myself to do it to her." After he said this, the other boys nodded in agreement.
Zhang Yao said, "What about me? I wasn't pretty at birth? Tell me, who's prettier, me or Li Manli? Don't say either one is pretty."
The boy who had just spoken said, "How can you two compare if you're not the same?"
"Why isn't it a hang?" Zhang Yao asked anxiously.
A boy with glasses suddenly said, "You are the passionate rose, and she is the goddess of water."
"Yes, yes, that's what I mean." The boy who spoke in front nodded quickly.
"So do you prefer roses or Luoshen?"
"Of course we all like it." The boys laughed.
"As expected, all men are the same, very greedy." Zhang Yao said with a sigh.
"No, you talk as if you like us. We know ourselves well. We can't dream of someone like you. I just want a beautiful girl from a small family." said the fat man by the window.
"Yes, yes, we just said a few sweet words. Only to you. We wouldn't dare to be so rude to other female classmates. We would be finished if we were accused of being hooligans. You must not tell them what we said. We are serious people. I still want to find a wife in school. After all, we are brothers, and it is taboo for brothers to stab each other." The boy who spoke first said hurriedly.
Zhang Yao was so amused by their nervous expressions that she quickly promised, "No, I won't tell you."
The four boys sitting in the last row leaned back in their seats and sighed in their hearts, "Fairy!"
"I thought you would be dull and boring, but you are quite good at joking. Before returning to China, I always thought I would never be able to make friends. After seeing you, I finally feel relieved." Zhang Yao said as she lifted her wavy bangs in front of her forehead.
The fat man at the window turned around with a serious expression and said, "This is the impression most people have of us. We really act like this most of the time because we don't dare let them see our true selves. Again, because you're my brother."
"What you said is interesting. Why didn't you study literature?"
"Don't mention it. I do want to be a poet, but I don't look like one." The fat man said, shaking his hair.
His expression once again succeeded in making Zhang Yao laugh, and she couldn't help but ask, "How did I become brothers with you guys?"
The fat man waved his hand and made a strangling gesture: "Could it be that you are attracted to one of us? Don't tell me, I will be jealous to death."
"Hahaha..." Zhang Yao laughed so hard that she couldn't stop. They were sitting at the back, and although her voice was low, Zhang Yao's constant laughter attracted many people to look back at them.
Ma Yan looked down on Zhang Yao, feeling she wasn't a proper woman. She'd only been there a day, and she'd already gotten along well with the boys. Meanwhile, she thought Li Manli was pretty, too, but not as frivolous as Zhang Yao. Of course, she thought so in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.
Sitting next to Zhu Xingtong was Yuan Zhen, who said with a worried look on her face: "Xingtong, do you think it would be embarrassing if I couldn't bear it?" She was the youngest daughter at home and was very spoiled. She had never suffered any hardship since she was a child. Now she was a little worried when she heard about what the military training would include.
"It's not shameful." Zhu Xingtong shook his head.
"Aren't you worried at all? I just heard from the instructor that we are going to have cross-country training. I have never walked on a mountain road, and I think one thousand meters is the limit. I have to run five thousand meters, and I have to carry weights. Just thinking about it makes me feel that I can't hold on." Yuan Zhen almost cried.
"We won't be doing a 5,000-meter cross-country run right away. We'll probably have time to adjust," Zhu Xingtong said calmly. Yuan Zhen thought, "You're from the countryside, so running all over the mountains shouldn't be a problem." But she couldn't say that. She turned around and spoke to Wang Tian.
Wang Tian was also worried, and the two of them were talking about the same thing. Li Manli, annoyed by the noise, switched seats with Yuan Zhen and sat next to Zhu Xingtong. Neither of them were talkative, so they both dozed off.
The base was quite far away, so it was already afternoon when we arrived. We ate first, then went back to the dorms to sort things out. After that, there was another big gathering, a briefing on precautions, and then everyone went back to their dorms. The dorms at the base were even worse than the ones at school, and there was a lot of wailing going on.
The reveille sounded early the next morning. Zhu Xingtong woke up at the first sound of the bell, quickly got dressed, washed up, and rushed out, and the others did the same. Perhaps what the instructor said yesterday worked, so no one was late on the first day. However, after standing at attention for the entire morning, someone fainted. Yes, it was Li Manli who fainted. She was as slender as a willow, and she felt she couldn't go on after being exposed to the sun for a while. However, she was also proud and tried to hold on without saying anything, but she fainted anyway. Zhu Xingtong was standing next to her, and she noticed Li Manli was about to faint. After supporting Li Manli, and with the instructor's consent, she carried her to the infirmary. Seeing her running to the infirmary like a gust of wind, even the instructor was stunned. Could it be that the person she was carrying was not a person, but a scallion?
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