At 2:30 p.m., all members of Class 1 of Business Administration gathered at the designated meeting point on time.
It was the hottest time of day, and Instructor Fu led them to a shady spot under a tree to begin his speech.
"Today is your first day in camp, so let me explain the rules to you! Once you're in this camp, you must forget your past identities. Here, you only have one identity: soldiers!"
A soldier's mission is to obey commands and follow orders. From now on, you must do your utmost to complete every instruction I give. Your cooperation will improve your grades at the end of your military training.
You are all intelligent people, that goes without saying. Now I'd like to emphasize the key points of tomorrow's opening ceremony..."
Jiang Xiaoli and the others stood under the shade of the tree listening to him speak. After only about half an hour, she felt that her bangs were already soaked with sweat.
Instructor Fu finally finished his long speech. He looked at the students in front of him and finally said what they wanted to hear most: "Attention! Rest for five minutes."
Hu Jingxin collapsed onto Jiang Xiaoli like a fish out of water, saying, "How much time has passed? It feels like an eternity."
Jiang Xiaoli raised her hand and looked at her watch. "I'm sorry to tell you, it's only 3:15 now. Only 45 minutes have passed since we gathered."
Hearing her announce the time, Yuan Shuting wiped the sweat from her neck. "My God! Only 45 minutes? It seems like we're not supposed to disband until 5:30 or 6:00 this afternoon. There are still more than three hours left! I'm going crazy!"
Yan Chengcheng thoughtfully reminded her from the side, "There are still 20 days left."
Hu Jingxin leaned against the tree, looking utterly dejected. "I'm suddenly so envious of Xiaoyue and Zhiyi. I wish I had applied to stay at the company too."
Jiang Xiaoli chuckled, "Alright, stop complaining. At least we're surrounded by familiar friends and classmates during our military training now. Next year, when Xiaoyue and Zhiyi are doing their military training, they'll be with the freshmen."
Yan Chengcheng nodded, "Yes, yes, at least we can encourage each other now. Xiaoyue and Zhiyi will definitely have a tough time."
Hu Jingxin scratched her head. "Okay, I'll try, I'll persevere, I'll be strong!"
The five-minute break was over in the blink of an eye.
At Instructor Fu's command, everyone quickly returned to their original positions.
Fortunately, Instructor Fu did not intend to train them too hard today.
He organized the group and led it to the auditorium, where many classes had now gathered.
Instructor Fu began, "In a moment, there will be a demonstration on stage showing how to organize dormitory rooms. You must watch carefully! Especially the rules for arranging various items and making the beds. Tonight, each of our instructors will go to each dormitory to check the tidiness. Do you understand?"
"I understand!"
Instructor Fu walked to the side and talked to the instructors in the next line. Jiang Xiaoli heard Xu Fei whisper beside her, "Let's learn, as long as we don't have to stand at attention in the hot sun, we'll learn anything."
Jiang Xiaoli chuckled inwardly; sure enough, everyone thought the same thing.
Soon, the auditorium was filled with people.
Several instructors on the platform brought out tables and folding beds as demonstration props.
The rules for arranging items are simple, but when it comes to folding them into neat squares, it has stumped many people.
Jiang Xiaoli knew she couldn't do it.
The instructor on stage demonstrated once and asked with great confidence, "Have you all learned it?"
All the students in the audience answered in unison, "No!"
The instructor, who was dedicated to teaching, chuckled in exasperation. He said, "You're all top students from Peking University, can't you even learn something as simple as folding a blanket?"
An instructor next to him pulled him back, "Alright, demonstrate it one more time! We'll talk about the rest when we check the dormitories."
The instructor demonstrated each step of folding the dough into a tofu block in detail once again.
Jiang Xiaoli felt that her brain had learned something.
The instructors on the platform repeated the rules for dormitory management and ordered the instructors in charge of each class to take their teams away.
Instructor Fu led them directly to the dormitory building. "Now everyone go back to your dorms and tidy up your belongings. Meet at the cafeteria entrance at 6 PM. The dorm inspection will begin at 8 PM sharp. No one is allowed to mess up! Otherwise, we'll see you on the training field after the opening ceremony tomorrow!"
Back in the dormitory, Hu Jingxin lay down on her bed. "I thought we were going to be standing at attention all afternoon. It scared me to death. Luckily, the instructors gave us a break."
Jiang Xiaoli climbed into bed and tidied up the sheets and blankets. She recalled how the instructor had folded the blankets earlier and folded them up herself.
But the instructors' blankets are folded into perfect squares, while hers are folded into round, adorable shapes!
She frowned. She had clearly repeated all of the instructor's movements, so how could this be?
Could it be that the brain learned it, but the hands didn't?
Yan Chengcheng looked at the folded blankets and said, "Xiaoli, I think the reason we can't fold them with the sharp edges like the instructors is because the instructors have a stronger grip. When they pull the blankets, they definitely use more force than we do. I think we can try some other methods."
Jiang Xiaoli asked curiously, "What other way?"
She had also undergone military training when she was in junior college in her previous life. However, during the military training at school, everyone used their own blankets. The instructors wanted to check the cleanliness of the dormitories and wanted them to fold their blankets into neat squares, but they couldn't do it. So, the management in this regard was not very strict, and she really didn't have any experience in folding blankets into neat squares.
Yan Chengcheng leaned close to her ear and said, "Why don't we just wet the blanket a little and pinch out the sharp corners?"
Jiang Xiaoli thought for a moment, "But won't the blanket collapse again once it's dry?"
Yan Chengcheng waved her hand dismissively, "Oh, it's enough to just pass the inspection."
After much deliberation, Jiang Xiaoli decided that this method could be considered as an option.
She sat on the top bunk and looked around the dormitory. Everyone was practicing folding blankets, but they were all folded in a mess, and no one could fold them into neat squares.
She decided to temporarily abandon this part. She got out of bed and took out all the toiletries from her luggage, arranging them one by one according to the rules the instructor had taught her.
Suddenly, she noticed a perfectly square blanket on the lower bunk bed near the door of the dormitory across the way.
Her eyes lit up instantly, and she walked over and gently knocked on the door of the dormitory across the street.
"Hello, everyone, I'm from room 205 across the hall. Whose lower bunk is this?"
The other people in the dormitory all pointed into the room, and one girl said, "It's Gu Anyu."
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