Early morning quickly went by while the students survived through the bumps on the road during the whole journey . They also used military tents, sleeping bags, kettles and other things, which were all military supplies, but only of temporary usage .
Fortunately, the army was very generous to the young freshmen and supplied them with ne equipment . Once they were done with them, they could be reused by being handed over to the young soldiers .
The army paid special attention to efficiency . It only took 20 minutes to pack everything . 20 minutes later, they had breakfast and started the morning training .
The training period wasn’t completely determined by one’s major, and boys and girls were trained separately . In Lin Mumu’s group, there were their two girls from the religious studies department, several liberal arts girls from the preparatory class, and some students from the Chinese Language Department . Every group had more than 40 people .
“Hello, everyone . My name is Wang Chong, I will be your military training instructor during this period . We’ll now begin the roll call . ” Afterwards, they took care of all the procedures, and although it was a novelty, it quickly became somewhat boring .
After calling more than a dozen names, Wang clashed suddenly shouted, “Lin Lin, which one of you is Lin Lin? In the end, is there no classmate Lin Lin?”
No one replied .
AdvertisementInstructor Wang Chong shouted again: “Classmate Lin Lin from the Religious Studies Department?”
“My name is Lin Mumu . ” Lin Mumu had no choice but to make a sound .
The list that the instructor was holding was printed and not handwritten . There was an empty space left between each of the three characters composing every name . There was such a clear distinction between the two ‘tree’ characters behind the ‘forest’ character . To read it as Lin Lin instead of Lin Mumu, the instructor was either deliberately picking fault, or she had a brain problem .
“You should have answered my earlier call by saying ‘Reporting’ . Why didn’t you answer to the roll call?” The instructor’s authority was challenged and she instantly got angry .
(TN: Here’s a little Chinese lesson: this 木 means tree and is read ‘Mu’, while this 林 means forest or wood and is read ‘Lin’ . You’ll notice the forest character looks like two tree characters stuck together . The name on the list was written like this ‘林 木 木’ but the instructor read it as if the 2 tree characters were stuck together like this ‘林 林’ Which is read as Lin Lin . She completely ignored such a big blank space, no wonder Mumu called her and idiot . )
However, Lin Mumu felt like the instructor was somewhat purposely looking for trouble because the fault didn’t even lay on her . Even if the instructor wasn’t wrong, Lin Mumu wasn’t wrong either . At most, it would be a simple misunderstanding, why did she need to be this fierce?
But the worst had yet to come .
“Classmate Lin Lin, get out of the ranks . ”
Lin Mumu didn’t obey, but kindly reminded her again: “My name is Lin Mumu . ”
“It’s precisely you, Lin Mumu, step out of the ranks!” The instructor’s voice got even louder and there was a faint scent of gunpowder in the air . (TN: It means it smelled like someone was picking a fight, they would make a bloody scene later . )
Lin Mumu stepped out of the ranks and didn’t think much about it .
Then, the instructor asked Lin Mumu to stand there while she continued her roll call until she got through all the students .
Afterwards, the instructor began to explain the essentials of the military posture, and then ordered them all to stand at attention in the way she explained .
While she explained, she used Lin Mumu who was standing out from the crowd as a subject to demonstrate the military posture and point out the essential points they should pay attention to .
However, Lin Mumu’s posture was perfectly straight, grand and powerful, so much that even instructor Wang Chong couldn’t pick any fault and somewhat felt like she lost face .
Taking into consideration the weaker physical ability of the girls, instructor Wang Chong still acted rather humane . She only made them stand that way for half an hour before calling for a break .
Yet, she specifically added: “Classmate Lin Mumu, continue standing!”
“Instructor, look at her, she’s so thin she could even be blown away by the wind . Please let her rest, Lin Mumu already knows her mistake . ” Chen Fangya pleaded leniency for her friend .
However, the instructor righteously said: “In the army, we pay particular attention to discipline and obedience . You are now my soldiers, so you must listen to me . If I made her stand, even if she’s tired to death, she still has to stand!”
Lin Mumu always felt like this instructor was flaring up in a baffling way for inexplicable and forced reasons, as if she was deliberately targeting her .
But now, she had no other choice but to keep standing . She couldn’t go find Lin Tianlang for such a trivial matter .
Fortunately, even if Lin Mumu appeared weak, her foundation was very good .
Later in the morning, when the other people had already stopped training, she was still standing in military posture .
Yun Ruoshan and Su Xinlan also mockingly told Chen Fangya: “Lin Mumu is so relaxed . Our instructor plays with us and makes us turn left and right like monkeys, yet, she just needs to obediently stand by the side . ”
Chapter end
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