Chapter 24: Their Training [Please read! Please vote! Please invest! ]
While Shi Jidong was talking, Zhao Weihong glanced at the food on the table.
There were six large pots in total, including fried cabbage, potatoes stewed with pumpkin, sauerkraut stewed with vermicelli, pork shank stewed with potatoes, seaweed egg drop soup with almost no egg drops visible, and a large pot of steamed buns.
This food doesn't even meet the standard of what Quan Shiqian calls a "feast".
The only things that could be considered meat were the slices of fat floating above the sauerkraut and the pork shank bones that looked as if they had been gnawed by a dog, with no meat visible on the bare shanks. It could barely be called four dishes, one soup and one staple food.
As for why we eat steamed buns instead of rice at noon, the answer is very simple.
Flour is cheap.
The selection of other ingredients also basically follows this principle. They are basically very common ingredients in Northeast China and are inexpensive.
There is no way around it. The main idea of the army these days is to "tighten the belt and live a frugal life."
No matter what the food is like, the 347th Regiment can at least guarantee four dishes and one soup.
If it were some Type B troops, they would be happy to have three dishes and a soup!
"In the army, apart from training, life is nothing more than the four aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation."
"But the army is a serious place after all, and there are some rules in life. I believe that the new comrades can understand it, right?"
Hearing this, Zhao Weihong and others nodded vigorously, the main point being that he was considerate.
Zhao Weihong also noticed that there were many classes like them who had not yet started eating.
Apparently, other squad leaders, like Shi Jidong, were explaining the dining rules to the new recruits.
Taking his eyes away from the table of Class 1, Zhao Weihong frowned slightly and stared at Shi Jidong intently.
Although Zhao Yuejin had made some requirements for Zhao Weihong regarding meals during the previous special training, he also emphasized that "these are the rules in the army."
But Zhao Weihong still did not dare to slack off.
After all, Zhao Yuejin has retired for more than ten years. Who knows what the army is like now?
If Zhao Weihong relied on her training and did not take Shi Jidong's words seriously, she might run into Shi Jidong's "gun".
Zhao Weihong knew very well that Zhao Yuejin's special training was to help him better adapt to life in the army, especially in the recruit company.
But the army is far more than just the recruit company stage.
Special training can only serve as a "helper" for Zhao Weihong, but not as a "reliance" for Zhao Weihong.
I really want to be assigned to a company smoothly and steadily, and even have some development in the army.
We must listen to what Shi Jidong, the squad leader of the new recruits, says!
And looking at Shi Jidong's attitude, even if Zhao Weihong has not done anything wrong, he will find an opportunity to give him a hard time.
If this really falls into his hands, it won't be a matter of tight skin.
Instead, he will peel off the skin and make sure that it is something Zhao Weihong will never forget!
Thinking of this, Zhao Weihong dared not slack off even more!
He even felt that Shi Jidong might make some strange requests and make things difficult for him.
After all, Shi Jidong has always been of this style.
But what Shi Jidong talked about for a long time was nothing more than the most basic table manners.
For example, you cannot make any noise while eating, you need to use both hands to eat, you cannot pick and choose in the food bowl, etc.
It's more about upbringing than rules.
Even if you don't join the army, you should still have this kind of upbringing.
Seeing this, Zhao Weihong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and even began to reflect in his heart.
Did I think too badly of Shi Jidong?
Why is it that as soon as Shi Jidong opens his mouth, I feel like he hasn't held back his fart?
No, this concept must be changed.
"That's all the requirements, it's not difficult."
“Everyone should be able to do this, right?”
Hearing this, Zhao Weihong immediately came back to his senses and responded in a low voice with the others.
"can!"
"Very good! You are worthy of being my soldier, Shi Jidong!"
"In that case, the squad leader has a rule of his own. You should be able to do it, right?"
Zhao Weihong pinched her thigh hard, trying her best not to show any strange expression.
Damn, it’s hard to guard against!
So they are waiting for us here?
In an instant, Zhao Weihong changed his mind and continued to reflect.
Why does he think Shi Jidong will behave like a human being?
"Let me briefly introduce you. Our division is the first division in the entire army to be on combat readiness duty."
"And our regiment is the spearhead regiment of our division, the ace regiment!"
"Do you know what this means?"
Looking at the confused faces, Shi Jidong once again showed a very evil smile on his face and explained calmly.
"It means that the order for our regiment to go out may come at any time!"
"Once the order is given, no matter if you are sleeping, eating, or even taking a shit, you have to cut it off, pull up your pants, and go out to gather!"
"So, as someone who has been through this, and as your monitor, I have to remind you to cherish your meal time, especially the time you spend sitting comfortably at the table to eat."
"Well, I hope everyone can follow my example and use my eating speed as a standard."
"As long as I'm done eating, I'll assume that everyone is full, and we can go back to the dormitory and rest."
"Is this request too much for you?"
Shi Jidong narrowed his eyes and swept a scrutinizing gaze over the faces of Zhao Weihong and others, still with his signature smile on his face.
The recruits felt their hearts tighten and a chill ran down the back of their necks. They quickly answered in unison.
“Don’t be embarrassed, this is what we should do.”
"Okay, let's eat!"
After saying that, Shi Jidong went straight to it, picked up a steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth, while using his other hand to pour soup into the bowl.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Weihong had stuffed the fist-sized steamed bun into Shi Jidong's stomach with some soup.
Seeing how he was eating voraciously, Zhao Weihong thought that he had really met his match today. He quickly picked up a steamed bun and, risking being scolded by Shi Jidong, reminded Quan Shigan and others who were still in a daze.
"What are you still doing?"
"Eat!"
After saying that, Zhao Weihong looked at Shi Jidong a little nervously, but found that he didn't look at her, as if he didn't hear what she said.
The other recruits then woke up from their dreams and reached out to grab the steamed buns.
I have to say that the cooks of the 347th Regiment seem to have some unique talent when it comes to making pasta.
Not to mention the noodles, even Zhao Weihong, a native of Longxi, praised them highly.
The steamed buns were also quite good, full and fluffy, with a strong aroma of wheat. Zhao Weihong felt that she could eat two of them without any preparation.
But the taste of the other dishes on the table is really hard to describe.
Not to mention the stewed potatoes with pumpkin, the sticky and yellow appearance made the new recruits who had just come out of the dry toilet feel nauseous even looking at it, let alone putting it in their mouths.
I don’t know how the cook prepared the sauerkraut stewed with vermicelli. There was not much meat, but there was a thick layer of oil.
Even though Zhao Weihong was never picky about food, after trying the dish with her chopsticks, she felt the urge to pull out the cook who prepared this dish and give him a beating.
As a result, the only edible dishes left were stir-fried cabbage and pork shank stewed with potatoes.
But for eight young men, just two pots of food were clearly not enough.
Fortunately, thanks to the stable performance of Zhao Weihong and Shi Jidong, although Class 1's table started eating slowly, the dishes were finished much faster than those of other classes.
Just as Zhao Weihong volunteered to go to the cafeteria to get some more food.
Beside him, there was the crisp sound of dishes and chopsticks colliding.
"Put the unfinished buns in your pocket and eat them slowly when you get home."
"Zhang Biao, you and Zhou Ziqiang stay and clean up the cafeteria."
As he spoke, Shi Jidong had already left his seat and greeted the other recruits enthusiastically.
"What are you still doing?"
"gone back!"
Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and hurried to follow Shi Jidong's footsteps. No one dared to say that they were not full yet.
That’s right, even Zhao Weihong, who eats the fastest, is only about 60% full now.
If Zhao Weihong hadn't eaten a bellyful of noodles in the morning, she would have gone hungry in the afternoon.
Quan Shiqian and the other man, who had not eaten much noodles and had vomited all over the place, could only pitifully put half a steamed bun in their pockets and left the cafeteria amid their stomachs' protests that were getting louder and louder.
As soon as they returned to the dormitory, while Shi Jidong went out to smoke, Quan Shiqian and others impatiently reached into their pockets to take out the steamed buns to fill their stomachs.
But when it was taken out, Quan Shiqian and others were dumbfounded!
What is winter like in Northeast China?
If you pour a basin of cold water out, it will freeze before it hits the ground, let alone steamed buns?
The fluffy steamed buns that were still hot just now became cold and hard in the short time that Zhao Weihong returned to the dormitory.
Holding the steamed bun, no, a brick in his hand, Quan Shiqian suddenly revealed a smile that was uglier than crying.
As he laughed, Quan Shigan started to cry.
"I've never eaten anything like this in my life."
“Can humans eat this?”
Zhao Weihong silently looked at Quan Shigan who kept complaining, broke the steamed bun into small pieces, mixed it with the salty tears that flowed into her mouth, and swallowed it mouthful by mouthful.
It was not until this moment that Zhao Weihong realized it belatedly.
From the moment they step into this dormitory.
It is their tempering, no, it is "smelting."
It has already begun.
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