The opening ceremony is actually extremely boring. It is nothing more than listening to a chicken soup-like encouraging speech and looking forward to the future at the end.
It was not until the principal announced that the military training, which would last for half a month, would begin the next day that the sleepy students began to wail.
Kyoto University is famous for many titles, but the most widely known one is the devilish military training that can be described as "repeatedly tempered in the eighteen levels of hell."
Not only were all the instructors hired from legitimate military bases, but in the final few days, they also had to go through various quality assessments. If they passed, they could get some extra credits.
But if you fail, you will have to go through another half month of pain until you pass the exam completely.
As for feigning illness and asking for leave, forget it. Kyoto University's affiliated medical school is considered one of the best in the country, and a checkup would tell you whether you're sick or not.
Li Xiujun stood in the crowd, feeling filled with emotion.
If I had come to Kyoto University in my previous life, I would probably have complained bitterly like these students. But now… I was filled with anticipation for the upcoming military training.
When I returned to the dormitory, I saw Qin Baixue lying lifelessly on the table, looking as if she was about to die. "Why are the teachers at Peking University so old-fashioned? They can just issue a certificate anywhere, but they insist on asking me to go to the medical school to get one."
Zhang Sufen often helps with farm work at home and has no idea how tiring military training is.
"No matter how hard it is, it's not as troublesome as when I'm at home. I have to get up at five to cut grass for the pigs, feed the chickens and herd the ducks, and plant rice until eleven at night. Don't think about it too much, the more you think about it, the more annoyed you will be."
Oh my god, get up at five o'clock?
Qin Baixue estimated it and looked at her with an incredible look: "Your parents are abusing you, right? Can't they hire a few more people to help?"
The eldest lady's naive thoughts made Zhang Sufen's words stuck in her throat, and she responded dryly.
"My family is poor, and it's too expensive to hire someone to help me. It's not easy for my parents to support me in school. I'll try to help as much as I can during the holidays."
"Miss Qin, please come down to earth once in a while and experience the sufferings of the human world." Sun Hongyan rolled her eyes unhappily and said earnestly, "We are all children from poor families. Children from poor families have to grow up early."
After a few casual chats, she finally understood that Qin Baixue had no bad intentions, but she just didn't like to keep her mouth shut.
I don’t know how many people I have offended unintentionally in the past 18 years.
Friendship between girls often only requires one night of chatting.
Thinking about tomorrow's military training, several people were so excited that they almost chatted all night long. Fortunately, around three o'clock, Li Xiujun interrupted them in time, thus avoiding the tragic situation of everyone having dark circles under their eyes.
Even so, the next day, when the whistle sounded outside the building, they washed up as quickly as possible and ran downstairs to line up.
The instructors were afraid that people would stand too far apart and become inconvenient to manage, so they simply asked them to stand according to the dormitory floors, so that the four of them could line up together, front and back.
After distributing the full set of military training uniforms, everyone was sent to change clothes.
Qin Baixue took advantage of her free time to secretly take out a bottle of sunscreen and insoles from her luggage. "Do you want some? I heard that military training requires standing in the sun. I'm going to be tanned like a coal miner in half a month."
"These military training shoes are too thin. If you stand for a whole day, your feet will be covered with blisters. You should put something on your feet quickly, otherwise you will suffer."
After hearing this, Zhang Sufen and Sun Hongyan hurriedly took out the insoles from their shoes and stuffed them in, then randomly applied a layer of sunscreen on their faces and arms.
Li Xiujun, who has never been easily tanned since she was a child, thanked him but refused and also put on the insoles.
Until the whistle sounded again, he rushed out in a hurry.
"Put all your cups and kettles along this line. Don't carry anything on your person. Necklaces, bracelets, earrings, put them all in this basket. I'll return it to you in the evening. Anyone caught with them later will be fined ten laps on the entire floor."
Some girls who originally loved beauty secretly wore some jewelry, but when they heard the number of "ten big circles", they were so scared that they took them off obediently.
Then, the instructor started to criticize their attire: "Look at your belts. They're tied in a mess, so I won't say anything. But some people even tie them around their pants like belts. Why don't they just tie them around their foreheads?"
"Can you please put your hat on properly? It's all crooked. It looks just like any street urchin. How can you be any different from a soldier?"
Almost as soon as he arrived, he gave us a severe warning.
Considering that it was still the first day, the students were made to stand at attention in the playground for the whole morning. At noon, they were taken to the cafeteria door, sang a song "Unity is Strength", and then let out to eat.
Of course, this level of training is like child's play for the instructors, but it is a huge torture for the students.
Qin Baixue, who was still picky about the cafeteria yesterday, felt for the first time that the food was not so unacceptable.
As soon as he sat down, he started working hard like a starving ghost.
Even Sun Hongyan, who usually loves sports, kept pressing her legs: "It's really terrible! The instructor's eyes are too sharp. I relaxed a little, and he took a teaching stick and poked it into the gap between my palm and the outside of my thigh."
After holding it for so long, she felt like her legs and feet were cramping.
Zhang Sufen put a few pickles in her steamed bun and agreed repeatedly: "I feel too tired, mainly because I keep doing the same thing all the time, and I feel uncomfortable all over."
Instead of standing all day, it would be better for her to carry several large buckets of water back and forth.
Li Xiujun was fine. She basically ran around during the summer vacation and sorted out Xiaoshangao's books in the library every day. She had exercised her physical strength without realizing it.
Just to keep in touch, I smiled and nodded.
After dinner, we have to continue military training in forty minutes at most.
They chatted briefly and then quickly ran to their beds in the dormitory to have a good nap.
Maybe it was because she didn't sleep well last night. If Li Xiujun and Sun Hongyan hadn't carried Qin Baixue downstairs together, she would have wanted to just not go.
Compared to the morning when almost everyone gathered soon after the whistle blew, the students in the afternoon were almost sparsely populated and had no energy at all.
The instructor frowned, his face filled with displeasure. "Look at you, you don't look like future pillars of society at all. Today, since it's your first offense, I'll let it go. But from now on, if anyone doesn't come down by the time limit, the entire floor will be punished."
"One person is punished with ten laps, two people are punished with twenty laps, and so on. Now, everyone turn around and run in unison—"
"Help!" Qin Baixue frowned like a bitter melon and muttered softly, "Didn't they say that it was a first offense and they'd let it go? How come they're going back on their word in the blink of an eye?"
Even so, I can only run around in circles miserably.
At the end of the day, I completely gave up the idea of starting any new topic in the evening. After taking a shower, I quickly lay down on the bed, wishing I could sleep until the end of the day.
No matter what training tomorrow, just get enough sleep first.
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