Instructor Jin glanced at the short girl and frowned slightly: "You're not tall, so why is your voice so loud?"
Ning Yuan: "...Oh, when I was sent to the countryside, we mountain people had to sing folk songs while planting rice and vegetables, such as 'The Mountain Road Has Eighteen Bends'."
You can't exactly say that she developed her clear, beautiful voice by setting up a street stall and hawking her wares.
Is it a crime for her to have a loud voice?
Students: What folk song is "The Mountain Road Has Eighteen Bends"? It means "The people in the mountains are full of joy!"
Instructor Jin: "Hehe, you're quite the talker. Why don't you say you sing 'Liu Sanjie' while eating and pooping?"
Ning Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "How did Instructor Jin know?!"
Last year, the movie "Liu Sanjie" became a nationwide hit, and people all over the country thought that people in mountainous areas would start singing after saying a few words.
Instructor Jin choked: "..."
He glared dangerously at Ning Yuan: "Fine, I'll remember you."
Then, Instructor Jin continued to look at the formation, his gaze lingering on Yan Yangyang for a moment, before finally pointing to someone about the same height as Ning Yuan: "You, step forward!"
The girl also stepped forward, looking at Instructor Jin with a similar sense of trepidation.
"You have a loud voice too, you're not one of those people who sings folk songs in the mountains, are you?" Instructor Jin asked.
Another girl scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly: "My hometown isn't called a mountain, it's called the Loess Plateau. I've been singing folk songs since I was little..."
Instructor Jin: "..."
The students couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Hahahaha..."
Instructor Jin: "Alright, everyone's ready. You two will be the leaders of the Economics Department girls' formation. From now on, follow my instructions and be responsible for shouting slogans!"
Ning Yuan and the other girl who was called out of line: "..."
It turns out they were attracted by their loud voices, and the model students were required to be of similar height!
The formations were divided into different departments and male and female students, which were the same formations used for normal training, such as arm swinging, marching in step, turning left, and turning right.
Those who perform well get to rest earlier, while those who perform poorly are left to bake in the sun.
The autumn heat was still quite intense; before long, the backs of the students' military training uniforms were soaked and dried repeatedly, and the boys' clothes even started to develop salt frost.
But college students these days are different from the pampered teenagers of later generations.
Most of them were sent-down youth, and their work in the countryside, planting rice seedlings and harvesting crops in the autumn was much harder than this.
Every year, the county's armed forces department and the township militia organize military exercises, and everyone has experience walking in formation and even practicing target shooting with wooden guns.
Most people felt that the military training was quite easy and more like an activity.
In the afternoon, Instructor Jin suddenly announced that they would add a set of combat stances to the training.
Nobody took it seriously. The militiamen had taught them some boxing routines before, which were just about posing. If they practiced them in unison, they would look impressive.
"I heard that in the past, they would choose two groups of boys to practice, and their routines would look good during the grand parade. But this time, Instructor Jin said that everyone should practice together. That's really strange."
Sitting in the shade of a tree to rest, Chu Hongyu lazily fanned herself with her hat; she looked a little wilted from the sun.
While gulping down cold water from her military water bottle, Yan Yangyang retorted to Chu Hongyu, "Why can't girls practice boxing? I want to practice boxing, not dancing!"
Chu Hongyu gave her a look that said, "Is this what a tomboy is like?"
Soon, the break ended, and Instructor Jin had all the girls sit in a circle. Then he led over an instructor from the journalism department next door.
Instructor Jin stood with his hands behind his back, coldly surveying his surroundings: "We're starting the drill. Watch closely, this time it's your girls' formation's combat demonstration during the inspection!"
The girls looked at each other in disbelief. What? They were going to perform boxing?
Some, like Yan Yangyang, were very excited: "That's great!"
Instructor Jin didn't care about the girls' expressions and started sparring with another instructor.
Kicks to the throat, face smashes and rib strikes, leg grabs and throws, blocking, grabbing and slamming... almost every punch landed with flesh, and all sorts of deadly moves were used.
The performance was so exciting that it drew cheers from many male students who came to watch!
Ning Yuan went from being slightly excited at first, but the more she looked, the more uneasy she felt. This was a bit... Decades later, she was scrolling through her phone when she saw what unrestricted underground fighting looked like abroad!
She watched the two instructors' fists and feet pounding against her, her heart pounding with fear.
The military exercises during our time in the countryside weren't like this. They want this as a test? Unrestricted combat?!
"Ningning, I... are we going to learn this? They just... seemed to be grabbing their crotches?" Chu Hongyu's face turned a little pale.
She's never even snatched a peach from her own boyfriend in her entire life, and now she's being asked to snatch another man's peach?! What the hell?!
Ning Yuan panicked too: "Damn it, I...I don't know either!!"
Unrestricted underground fighting involves a combination of various combat techniques, including Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, boxing, Muay Thai, grappling, Sanda, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga, and more.
Then, a battle where skill is no object and life and death are no matter what!
It was used in the special forces of many countries in later generations! But they were just doing military training at a regular university!
Moreover, she had never taken Rong Zhaonan's "peach"...
Only Yan Yangyang was restless, his eyes shining with excitement, shouting loudly, "Grab his throat! Grab his peaches! Fight! Fight!"
She clenched her fists, wishing she could grab the instructor's peach—no, she wanted to fight him!
Finally, Instructor Jin, drenched in sweat, finished the drill and solemnly straightened his hat and uniform.
"Women hold up half the sky. I don't expect everyone to be like us, but you must know basic joint lock techniques and techniques for attacking vital points. This will give you room to escape when facing a criminal!"
He understood why Captain Rong wanted to select a group of girls to practice fighting skills. It wasn't just for looks; the security situation wasn't good these days, with a lot of human trafficking and robbery. The key was that it would be good for self-defense!
Ning Yuan and Chu Hongyu both secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness... As expected, grabbing a man's "peach" is still too exciting, and even the instructors dare not try it easily!
Yan Yangyang was very disappointed. This was too superficial. She also wanted to throw the instructor over her shoulder!
Instructor Jin glanced around, his gaze landing on Ning Yuan, and called on her: "You, stand up and step forward."
Ning Yuan instantly teleported behind Yan Yangyang: You can't see me! You can't see me!
At times like this, being called out by the instructor is sure to bring trouble, especially since she had just argued with him!
Instructor Jin watched as Ning Yuan darted behind another tall girl with the agility of a rabbit... and disappeared? Had she vanished into thin air?!
He didn't know that Ning Yuan had developed the skill of hiding in all sorts of shadows when she was selling goods at the market, just like street vendors hiding from urban management officers decades later!
Instructor Jin was taken aback at first.
Then, he laughed angrily: "Model soldier number one, you step out of line! If you don't follow orders, everyone will run twenty laps with you!!"
The girls were instantly terrified! Twenty laps?! One lap of this track is 400 meters, isn't that like running a marathon?!
Yan Yangyang swiftly turned around and pulled Ning Yuan out from under his armpit, loudly reporting, "Reporting, Instructor, Model Soldier Number 1 is here!"
Ning Yuan gritted her teeth: "You old man... you with thick eyebrows and big eyes, you're a traitor to the revolution!"
She'll sell Yan Yangyang sooner or later!
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ning Yuan had no choice but to reluctantly step forward: "Reporting to the instructor, model soldier number 1, please step forward."
Instructor Jin looked her up and down expressionlessly: "Little potato from the South, small in stature, no wonder you're so good at hiding."
Ning Yuan: "???"
Southern-style small potatoes?
It doesn't cause much harm, but it's extremely insulting!
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