His head and face were covered in coal dust, his braids were askew and messy, and even his clothes were torn.
Gao Mengqin might have had back pain, and when she passed by Si Yang, she hunched over and was a head shorter than her.
Gao Mengqin glared at Si Yang but said nothing. She awkwardly held onto the cabinet and moved step by step towards the kang.
Si Yang felt particularly happy when he saw her suffering from a state worse than death.
"Let's go, let's go to the cafeteria. I want to eat two more bowls of rice today."
As soon as Si Yang closed the door, people in the dormitory started complaining.
"Wow...my hands are all covered with blisters...I want to go home..."
"My legs can't move anymore, and my waist is almost broken..."
Gao Mengqin looked at Bai Tian's bed. Bai Tian was not sleeping in the dormitory, nor did she go to the coal factory.
It seems that Captain Pei still showed mercy to her.
She reluctantly took off her outermost cotton jacket and fell directly onto the kang, completely ignoring the coal dust on her face.
"You must hold on..." She clenched her trembling hands and looked at the roof with a weak look.
In the morning, she went to find Xue Bin and asked him if no one cared about Pei Tingyu torturing them like this?
Xue Bin's answer surprised her...
"You'd better behave yourself during this period. As long as you strictly abide by the regiment's discipline, Pei Tingyu will not cause any trouble."
"But his corporal punishment is too harsh. Is this in compliance with the regulations? I must report him to the regiment headquarters."
Xue Bin said helplessly, "It's useless. The regiment headquarters can't control him. He was specially invited by the division headquarters."
"Who is he then? Why can't the regiment take care of him?" Gao Mengqin frowned in suspicion.
"Remember what Captain Shi told you earlier about the Corps' plan to form an armed group?"
Gao Mengqin was neither smart nor stupid, and she reacted quickly.
"Is he from the field army?"
"Yes, Pei Tingyu was temporarily transferred from the regular field army. The 29th Army he is in is known as the Northern Territory Tigers. The entire army is composed of ace elites, so he is naturally strict in his management of troops."
"He is an active-duty soldier, no wonder he is so fierce..." Gao Mengqin murmured.
"Qiao Zhenggang and his men nearly escaped the border last time, and the commotion you caused in the poplar forest alerted the division headquarters. They sent Pei Tingyu here to discipline you and, by the way, to select suitable personnel for the formation of an armed group."
Gao Mengqin suddenly understood, "So that's how it is. He seems to be punishing us, but in fact he is also selecting seedlings to join the armed group."
Xue Bin said earnestly, "If you want to join the armed group, you should know what to do..."
It was after Gao Mengqin learned the reason that she willingly went to the coal factory.
Because they had never experienced such hardship before, several female educated youth did not eat dinner and fell asleep as soon as they touched the kang.
Si Yang chose a dish of cabbage, pork and vermicelli stew, plus two white flour steamed buns, and sat at the side with Zhang Xiaoe to eat.
Zhang Xiaoe couldn't help laughing as she sat down. "Last night, Bai Tian and Gao Mengqin were so arrogant in front of you, but today they got treated so badly. I feel embarrassed for them."
"They are bringing disaster upon themselves." Si Yang said as he picked up a piece of pork belly and put it into Zhang Xiaoe's lunch box.
"The main reason is that our Captain Pei has a high level of political awareness, a clear stance and does not protect his own shortcomings." Zhang Xiao'e's eyes lit up when she talked about Pei Tingyu.
"Here comes someone who doesn't protect his own shortcomings." Si Yang raised his chin and looked towards the cafeteria door.
Pei Tingyu had a tall and straight figure, and once he came in, the entire small cafeteria seemed inexplicably cramped.
The originally lively atmosphere suddenly became silent.
Just as Si Yang was about to look away, he saw Bai Tian, whose eyes were obviously swollen from crying, following behind Pei Tingyu... This chapter has been read (please click on the next chapter to continue reading!)
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