Mo Xiaohui spoke fluent Mandarin, with a hint of a Guizhou accent at the end, which made her voice sound particularly soft. Her slow speech and the curved smile made her look incredibly gentle.
The new comrade who was about to sleep next to him seemed easy to get along with. Wang Aiping asked curiously, "Why did you just get here?"
Mo Xiaohui smiled and replied, "When I came here, the railway collapsed and I was delayed on the road for two days."
"Ah!" Wang Aiping exclaimed, "Landslide? Nothing serious, right?"
Mo Xiaohui shook her head gently: "No accident, okay, I'll go get some food first and come back to tell you later."
Accustomed to the loud roars of the company commander and platoon leader, the female soldiers couldn't help but talk about it when they suddenly heard such a gentle voice.
Liu Chun said to Jiang Yun, "Jiang, her accent is similar to ours!"
Coconut City and Guizhou are across the sea from each other and belong to the same language family.
It just doesn't sound that way to other people.
He Xiangdong laughed to death: "Liu Chun, you dare to say that you two have similar accents! I basically can't understand the Mandarin you speak!"
"He~!" Liu Chun likes to address people by their last names: "Everyone says they can hear it clearly."
Jiang Yun took the opportunity to enslave He Xiangdong: "You still have the energy to laugh? Go and help me wash my socks. I'll help you wash them tomorrow."
He Xiangdong frowned, pinched Jiang Yun's socks, put them in the basin and took them away.
They only have one washbasin, and they use it to wash their faces, feet, baths, socks, and clothes!
He Xiangdong is a bit of a germaphobe. No matter what he does in the basin, he has to wash it inside and out with soap. That's why Jiang Jun understands why He Xiangdong uses up his soap so quickly. She also likes He Xiangdong to help her wash her socks.
Liu Chun saw He Xiangdong go out obediently and was very envious: "Jiang, you two are so nice!"
Not only do they help each other wash clothes, but they also wait for each other in the morning to go out for exercise together. They do everything together and are very close.
Jiang Jun nodded: "Yes, when Hu Hai comes, we will be better!"
Liu Chun didn't understand: "Why? Who is Hu Hai?"
Jiang Jun didn't explain: "You'll know when the person arrives. Okay, I'm going to endorse it, you should hurry up and endorse it too!"
There are so many things to learn and remember. The three major disciplines and eight points of attention must be memorized, as well as many new slogans and new rules.
Under the high pressure from the company commander, no one dared to be negligent.
The dormitory became quiet again and the female soldiers began to act on their own.
They also need to learn to sing military songs, such as "Three Disciplines and Eight Points for Attention", "March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army", "I am a Soldier", "March of the Volunteer Army", "Returning from Target Practice", "Learn from Lei Feng's Good Example", etc.
This group of soldiers are basically children of internal cadres. They have been listening to these songs since childhood and are familiar with them. They know them without learning.
Jiang Yun's singing is just a mediocre one.
Anyway, when you sing with a large group, others won’t be able to hear if you are out of tune. Even if you are out of tune, it is easy to sing back with everyone’s rhythm.
The female soldiers worked very hard because the company commander would assess them in a few days and select three squad leaders from among them.
Those who want to be class monitors work very hard.
People who know they cannot be class monitors also work very hard.
During his speech, Tan Lujin said that when the classes are divided, they will be divided into groups. Anyone who lags behind in training or cannot recite the rules and regulations will not only be punished themselves, but the entire group will also be punished.
Girls would compare themselves with each other, hoping to be in the same class with outstanding comrades, but also hoping that they would not be so bad as to hold others back and become the target of public criticism.
He Xiangdong and Mo Xiaohui returned to the dormitory talking together.
The dormitory was very quiet, so they kept silent. He Xiangdong walked back to his bed, and Mo Xiaohui went to tidy up her bedding.
Wang Aiping sat on the kang and watched, wanting to give some kind advice.
Unexpectedly, Mo Xiaohui was extremely skilled and even folded the quilt neatly, doing a better job than these "veterans" who had only received three days of training.
This is definitely the material for being a class monitor!
Wang Aiping immediately took a liking to Mo Xiaohui: "You fold it really well!"
Mo Xiaohui smiled and said, "I've been folding quilts like this since I was a child. I'm used to it."
It seems as if doing well is a natural thing.
Wang Aiping was still thinking about the railway collapse: "If the railway hadn't collapsed, how long would it have taken you to get here?"
"Seven or eight days."
It takes six days to get from Guizhou to the capital, and two days to get from the capital to the prairie.
In the 1970s, trains were slow and stopped at stations for very long times. Sometimes, in order to make way for other cars, they had to pull over and wait for several hours.
Originally, Mo Xiaohui could directly apply to the military academy her father belonged to, but she changed her mind at the last minute and begged her father to let her join the army.
It was because Mo Xiaohui had always wanted to know which military academy Chen Yuanwu would apply to, and she would often call Chen's house.
On the evening of May Day, Mo Xiaohui called the Chen family again, and it happened to be Chen Jing who answered the phone. Chen Jing was unhappy about the rumors about Chen Yuan and Wu Jiangjun, and complained to Mo Xiaohui on the phone.
Mo Xiaohui was extremely anxious when she heard this, but was too embarrassed to ask further questions. Two days later, she called Ye Qingyin again and learned that Chen Yuefei was going to join the army.
Out of a woman's sensitivity, Mo Xiaohui thought that Jiang Jun would also be on the list of people this time, so she hung up the phone and went to find her father.
Mo Kaifeng was very happy that his daughter was going to receive training and readily agreed.
As for applying to a military academy, that's also very simple.
After the training of new recruits, they will be trained in grassroots companies for one year. If they pass the performance assessment and cultural assessment, those with excellent results and are recommended by leaders of higher-level departments can easily be recommended to study in military academies.
Mo Xiaohui was delayed on the road and the recruiter did not pick her up. Mo Kaifeng entrusted his old comrade in Beijing to drive a jeep and send his daughter to the border defense company on the prairie.
The level of the jeep was self-evident, and it clearly marked Mo Xiaohui's background.
Tan Lujin and Guo Heping knew that this was another rich girl who came to gild her reputation.
Mo Xiaohui also didn't want the company commander and instructor of new recruits to look at her differently, so she repeatedly told them that she would definitely perform well and asked the company commander not to give her any special care or extra treatment.
He also handed over the application for military service he wrote to the school leaders to Tan Lujin to prove his determination to train diligently.
Mo Xiaohui had beautiful handwriting, and her words revealed her lofty ambitions. Her words and actions were also very proper, which immediately changed Tan Lujin's prejudice.
The girl is neither spoiled nor arrogant, her handwriting is beautiful, and she is pretty, so it is easy to win people's favor.
Tan Lujin felt that, putting her appearance aside, a girl with such a good family background and such outstanding talent could definitely serve as a role model for other recruits, and was especially worthy of learning from Jiang Yun.
Mo Xiaohui didn't know that she had been selected as a role model, and was still trying to find out about Jiang Jun.
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