After the start of summer.
The weather is gradually getting warmer, and the most difficult time of the year is almost here again.
Song Jingzhou has already established himself in the Equipment Department's Engineering Institute and become Vice President Zhang's most capable assistant.
Li Yueniang is recovering very well; she can already take Grandma Guo for walks everywhere.
With Guo Wenjing taking care of them at home, and at Li Yueniang's urging, Su Qingci and Su Jindong also returned to their unit.
After only a week, Su Qingci wanted to run away.
She's living in a dormitory again, and she's really not used to it.
Where there are many people, there are many troubles. She lived on the top bunk in a six-person room.
To have her own private space, she would put on a thick curtain at night and then take it down when she got up in the morning.
The living conditions were incredibly harsh. There were no toilets or washrooms in the dormitories, and the lights were turned off at a set time every night.
Everyone in the dormitory has to go to the washroom at the very back of the first floor to wash up and use the toilet.
Whether it's brushing your teeth, washing your face, taking a shower, doing laundry, or going to the toilet, you have to queue for everything.
This is even worse than the educated youth settlement in Gaotang Brigade, where at least there were toilets and shower rooms in the courtyard.
For someone like Su Qingci who needs to go to the toilet before bed, it's a huge challenge.
Therefore, in order to make good use of her farm in public, Su Qingci became a particularly aloof and difficult person to get along with.
She drew a curtain around herself, becoming what everyone called an exceptional person.
"Yu Ping, let me see, hahaha, let me see!"
"Oh my, that's so cheesy, hahaha, darling~"
"How dare he write that? He's such an old-fashioned guy!"
"Guo Rong, let me see, let me see too!"
Su Qingci sat on her upper bunk, looking at her noisy roommates below, and her head started to ache again.
At least in Gaotang Brigade, she still has a small room to herself.
She just couldn't understand why she had the brain fart to agree to join the army with Song Jingzhou. If she had just bought a job outside, she would be living a much more carefree life now, and she could even spend her evenings with her grandmother!
Su Qingci's mind raced, wondering if it was possible to get a single room in the military.
She has never been used to communal living in either of her lives, let alone now that she is in charge of a farm.
The other five female soldiers in the dormitory were Guo Rong, Shang Yuping, Yang Hongmei, Dang Gaiwen, and Lian Ting.
Guo Rong and Shang Yuping are veterans who have been serving for several years, Yang Hongmei and Dang Gaiwen enlisted last year, and Lian Ting enlisted this year.
People didn't say anything to Su Qingci, who got in through connections, but secretly looked down on her.
Of course, Su Qingci is the kind of person who will immediately back away a hundred meters away as soon as she senses even the slightest bit of emotion from others towards her. Moreover, she is extremely good at regulating herself and will quickly switch to "disliking the other person even more," so she looks down on them even more.
Shang Yuping is like a magnolia in the company. She is from an ethnic minority in the border region. She is tall and has exquisite and deep features, giving her an exotic charm. She also has a brother-in-law who is the deputy regimental commander. In addition, she always presents a kind and approachable image to the outside world, so she has countless suitors.
I would receive love letters or gifts every now and then.
Then, these love letters became one of the sources of public amusement in the dormitory.
Guo Rong and Yang Hongmei are Shang Yuping's little shadows. The three of them stick together and are female soldiers from the micro-printing room and the document printing room, respectively.
Su Qingci's position was the camp's mail clerk, responsible for classifying, organizing, archiving, and storing simple documents.
Of course, she wasn't given the chance to handle important documents.
The work itself isn't tiring; I'm on duty for six hours a day, and I can do whatever I want the rest of the time.
Apart from the dormitory area, Su Qingci was not satisfied with the rest of the place. In the week or so since she came, she had almost explored the entire military region.
Unfortunately, seeing Song Jingzhou wasn't easy, because she couldn't get into the Engineering Research Institute...
She could only wait for Song Jingzhou to have free time or to come to her during his meal break.
Su Qingci slowly walked to the side of the training field and watched a group of strong men wearing vests running forward while shouting slogans.
"One two one, one two one, one two one..."
Yes, that's a big advantage!
"Let's go, let's go! I heard there's extra food today, braised pork!"
Dang Gaiwen called Lian Ting to the cafeteria and saw Su Qingci sitting at the table looking at some documents. He politely called out to Su Qingci.
"Comrade Su, shall we go together?"
When Su Qingci heard that there was braised pork, she didn't stand on ceremony. Since they lived in the same dormitory, such group activities were inevitable.
"Go~"
Dang Gaiwen and Lian Ting walked in front, with Su Qingci following behind them.
After getting his food at the cafeteria, Dang Gaiwen glanced around the hall and spotted Shang Yuping and the other two not far away.
She gestured towards Shang Yuping's direction with her lip, "Where are they? Let's go, let's go over there too."
Su Qingci didn't want to go, but Lian Ting pulled her along, so she had no choice but to follow reluctantly.
Yang Hongmei and Guo Rong were sitting on either side of Shang Yuping, enjoying the moment of being secretly watched by those around them while following Shang Yuping.
The three of them found seats nearby and sat down. Su Qingci's eyes immediately fell on the braised pork in front of her.
Made with pure grain-fed local pork and prepared by a top chef, even if she owns a farm, it's still a rare delicacy, but unfortunately the portion is too small.
At the entrance of the canteen, the colleagues from the Academy of Engineering entered the canteen in groups, causing quite a stir. Song Jingzhou looked around the hall and soon spotted Su Qingci, who was engrossed in eating.
After getting their food, they came over excitedly, followed by Vice Dean Zhang, who kept babbling some profound professional terms.
What about PUBs, SMG's backlash, SPs?
Song Jingzhou was extremely annoyed. "Alright, old man, can't you even let me eat in peace for a while?"
Vice Dean Zhang curled his lip, "The second canteen is clearly closer, but you insisted on coming to the fourth canteen, and you didn't even get to eat at the special canteen."
Song Jingzhou ignored him and carried the tray toward Su Qingci.
When Guo Rong saw a group of engineering colleagues coming towards her, she quickly nudged Shang Yuping lightly with her arm.
"Yu Ping, from the Academy of Engineering, these are not like those bumpkins; they are all intelligent elites!"
Shang Yuping remained calm. What did the Academy of Engineering matter? There were plenty of senior sergeants who had fawned over her over the years.
She glanced at him casually, but when she saw who it was, Shang Yuping's calm expression froze, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Song Jingzhou plopped down opposite Su Qingci, and then placed pieces of braised pork on her plate. Su Qingci looked up in surprise.
"Guangzong... uh, what are you doing here?"
Song Jingzhou lowered his voice and said, "I came to Cafeteria No. 4 specifically hoping to run into you!"
"How are you doing? Getting used to it?"
"I'm not used to it!"
The smile on Shang Yuping's face gradually faded, and she looked at Su Qingci with a dark expression.
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