Chapter 8 New Recruits Report for Duty 6

  "Oh no! My towel has frozen to the ground."

  Lei had just finished fetching water and was walking out when he heard one of them calling out, so he hastily went forward to cover the man's mouth to prevent him from saying anything more. Lei called out to him in a low voice: "Don't you want to live?"

  The man only then realized his mistake, because he had put the used towel on the ground, and a lot of water had flowed onto the ground along with the towel. Adding to that, the weather here was cold, so his towel had frozen there. Lei slowly loosened his grip, and the man looked at him gratefully, saying in a low voice: "Thank you." Then he tried to figure out how to separate his towel from the ground.

  Others who saw this situation also became more careful with their actions, so as not to make similar mistakes.

  Lei turned around and picked up his own basin, came to a relatively spacious place to wash. "Damn it." Lei cursed in a low voice. When Lei picked up the teapot to pour water into the basin, he found that a layer of thin ice had already formed on the teapot, and the water couldn't be poured out at all. Lei used his toothbrush to break the ice, then poured half a teapot of water into the basin. In order to prevent the water from freezing again, Lei quickly washed up. From starting to wash his face, brushing his teeth, to washing his feet, Lei only took one minute. After finishing washing, Lei also wiped his feet dry with his fastest speed, put on his shoes and poured the used water back into another large vat.

  According to the company commander's request, everyone gathered in the playground within five minutes and was led into the dining hall by the company commander. The so-called dining hall is actually the same as the house where Lei and others live, with more than a dozen dinner tables inside, each with two chairs on either side of the table. The chair is about 5 meters long, just use stone bricks to build high 80 cm stone pillars at both ends and in the middle, and then put a 5-meter-long wooden board on it, the dining table is simply a enlarged version of the chair.

  At this time, everyone put their hands on their knees, sat up straight and listened to the long speech. The previous words were just some words about how important food was and not wasting it. Lei only heard the last sentence clearly: "Here, what you eat, how much you eat, I will decide everything. I want to take off all the unnecessary fat on your body. Alright, let's have dinner!"

  "Rustle, rustle......" The sound of friction between his arm and clothes kept coming.

  Lei stared at the food in front of him with both eyes, three two-liang heavy steamed buns, a package of pickled mustard greens, a piece of tofu pudding of unknown brand, plus a bowl of boiling water.

  "Thunder! Why aren't you eating? Don't you think this food suits your taste? If not, then please take your dirty butt off that chair and roll back to the dorm!" Lian Chang's voice almost shattered Thunder's eardrums.

  "With a rustling sound, Lei stood up, and a beautiful lie immediately came out of his mouth: "No, Commander Lian, this food is very suitable for my stomach. I just want to take a closer look at it for a while, and then slowly savor its flavor. Because it will transform my power and keep me alive, so I want to remember all of it!"

  Lian shouted loudly: "Lei, do you think I'd believe this nonsense of yours? But your excuse is actually quite satisfying. Now hurry up and sit down to eat those things, so that you can survive in this world!"

  "Yes, company commander!", Lei sat down and started chewing on the steamed buns with big mouthfuls. For new recruits who had been starving for a day, they were not too picky about the food as long as it could fill their stomachs, which was better than any delicacy. Three steamed buns, a package of dried vegetables, a piece of fermented bean curd, and a cup of water all went into Lei's stomach, without even leaving behind a single crumb, because Lei knew he had to finish everything, who knows when the next meal would be or how much they would get.

  It was fortunate for Lei that after dinner, Lian Zhang did not continue to torment them but instead let them enter the long-awaited bed. "I will check on you from time to time, and it's best if you don't make a sound. If I find out you have too much energy, I'll think of ways to drain your excess energy before letting you sleep!" Lian Zhang said this last sentence before turning off the lights in the dormitory and leaving.

  No one dared to take a deep breath, because today was really too exhausting. No one wanted to take another step outside, and even wanting to go to the bathroom was endured as much as possible. For Lei, who had consumed a lot of physical strength today, the little food at dinner was really not enough. He fell asleep until midnight, but was woken up by his own stomach. At this time, he heard the sound of "Kaz, Kaz" coming from the bed next to him, and Lei knew it was Li Yuan's voice from his class. So he called out softly: "Hey, Li Yuan, what are you doing?"

  As the thunder rumbled, the "crack" sound also stopped. Then Li Yuan softly replied: "Class leader, I'm really too hungry, so I'll have some midnight snacks, do you want to have some too?"

  Lei was really hungry and wanted to eat something, but after opening his mouth, he instinctively said: "Never mind, be careful not to let Lianzhang catch you."

  "Uh-huh, got it." Li Yuan replied softly.

  It's unclear whether it was the aroma of Li Yuan's food or his conversation with Lei that woke up many people. One after another, people asked: "Hey, who still has food? Want to exchange some with me, I have...", followed by the sound of people getting in and out of bed, opening cabinets, zipping zippers, rummaging through things, closing cabinets, and finally the sound of continuous munching.

  Those voices were very small, but on a quiet night, they seemed so big. Lei reminded them again: "Hey, be careful, if Lian Zhang finds out, it won't be good."

  "It's late, even an iron man should be sleeping by now."

  "Just be careful, that's all."

  "I'm starving to death, and the little food for dinner is simply bird feed."

  "Mmm, this cookie tastes really good."

  ......

  The sound of discussion about these new recruits kept coming from all around.

  Before Le could remind everyone to call, he heard "What's going on? Why are you all staring at me like that?"

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