Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 608

The lively game ended with Zhao Gang losing.

There are some differences, but they are not particularly large.

No one laughed at Zhao Gang. It was just a friendly match within the class. After all, the two of them were considered to be the best students in the class.

"Hey! Someone did my laundry."

Zhang Xuesong was talking happily there.

Zhao Gang was depressed for a moment and said, "I think you have bought the squad leader's clothes until the end of the year, right?"

"Hehe, I know, it's different. Winning and losing is what life is all about!" Zhang Xuesong didn't care.

This made Zhao Gang even more depressed.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "Okay, let's all go back! It's probably going to rain soon."

It rains frequently during this period.

During the time I went to the river, I couldn’t take a shower, so I just covered myself up like this.

Everyone is rotten.

But since everyone does this, no one cares.

Everyone went back howling.

Sure enough, a thunderstorm started in the sky after a while.

It had just rained heavily outside during today's break, and Yang Xiaole took everyone there to learn military discipline.

"Monitor, you are amazing! You can even memorize this? I don't usually see you reading books!"

Xu Jinbu was stunned when he saw Yang Xiaole passing the notebook to other people and he could recite it word for word.

Looking at the other person's expression, Yang Xiaole said seriously: "I am the class monitor, so I must have memorized it before others. You only saw that I forgot to memorize it, but you didn't see the silent efforts behind it."

Hearing this, Xu Jinbu was full of admiration.
It seems that the monitor is working hard silently when we can't see.

"Well, monitor, I will definitely learn from you!"

Yang Xiaole had a "gratified" expression on his face: "Okay, everyone, continue studying. Today is Army Day. The company said we'll eat pork dumplings. We may have to make dumplings later. Don't hold me back!"

Hearing this, everyone was happy for a while.

I started to study seriously and painfully.

In the past, we would have carried out some activities, but the situation this year is somewhat special and we cannot carry out them.

Sure enough, just as he said, Meng Zhiyuan came over to call people after a while.

"Let's go! Today is the festival and we're making dumplings. Making dumplings is a laborious job and the kitchen staff is too busy to handle it. Basically, the whole company participates every year."

"Oh~~"

When they heard that they were going to make dumplings, everyone packed up their things and rushed to the cafeteria.

The cafeteria was in chaos at this time.

Many classes have already arrived and started to get busy.

"Hey, Platoon Leader Meng, this way!"

I guess Xu Min and his group just arrived a short while ago and have just distributed their things.

Seeing them coming, Wang Jing hurriedly shouted.

Everyone did not take any action and looked at Meng Zhiyuan.

Meng Zhiyuan laughed when he saw this: "Let's go!"

He walked over with two classes of people, smiling.

Wang Jing looked at Meng Zhiyuan and smiled, "Let's work together! We'll roll out the dumpling wrappers and you guys make the dumplings! We have a lot of girls here, and many of them know how to make them."

Meng Zhiyuan smiled and agreed: "Okay, go wash your hands and get to work."

Hearing this, everyone smiled and went to wash their hands and joined the work.

The dough is ready, and we’re just waiting to roll out the dumpling wrappers and make the dumplings.

Yang Xiaole naturally brought his classmates to mingle among the group of girls.

There was constant laughter and joy for a while.

There are those who praise, and naturally there are also those who criticize.

“Don’t put too much stuffing…”

"You missed all this..."

"Pinch it tightly, don't let it get stained with oil..."

"Oh, why are you so stupid!"

……

Those who get scolded are basically men.

Those days were not like later times, when most boys did not know how to do housework.

As for girls, you can tell about their family situation by how they work.

Those who are very efficient at work naturally don’t come from a well-off family, or they come from an ordinary family.

Some people have no idea at all, obviously because they come from privileged families.

Yang Xiaole was busy there quietly.

Making dumplings was really not a big deal for him, not to mention that in his previous life, the people in the orphanage made dumplings themselves.

For example, in the space, he made dumplings a lot.

Yuan Qing looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he slowly walked to Yang Xiaole who was not far away.

He glanced around, coughed lightly, and asked seriously: "Squad Leader Yang! You can also make dumplings! And they are so beautiful!"

Yang Xiaole glanced at her and smiled, "I grew up in the countryside when I was a child. My family was poor and I had to do all kinds of work."

Yuan Qing nodded in approval and suddenly said, "Well, the poorer, the more glorious."

These words made Yang Xiaole pause in his movements.

Why does it feel like this is comforting him?

He didn't like Yuan Qing very much, or rather, he didn't like activists these days very much.

After all, it has a psychological impact on later generations.

As for right or wrong, there is no way to say it clearly.

He nodded. "Yeah, so when I was little I had to do all kinds of work. Then when the 'big run' came, the city was looking for workers so my family moved to the city. And then we stayed in the city."

"Then you're in luck."

Yuan Qing was talking there intermittently.

Yang Xiaole looked at the strangely shaped dumplings in his hand and asked with a smile, "Are you done?"

Hearing this, Yuan Qing looked at the "dumplings" in her hand, her face turned red, and she ran away after saying a few words.

“I’m just here to learn.”

Watching him leave, Yang Xiaole was speechless.

Could it be that this woman has a crush on him?
Even if she is not an activist, she cannot meet the conditions for his approval!
Then I made dumplings there with my classmates.

There was constant laughter and joy for a while.

"Xu Jinbu, stop making these. Are these dumplings? Wontons? Or xiaolongbao?"

Yang Xiaole looked at Xu Jinbu's masterpiece and spoke speechlessly.

Xu Jinbu was naturally embarrassed for a moment, and leaned over to take a look: "Squad leader, how do you wrap it? Teach us! It's really beautiful."

Hearing this, everyone looked over.

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "This is very simple. Don't put too much stuffing. Pinch the top, then fold it up little by little from the edge to make a pleat."

Nowadays dumplings are all flat.

Only Shanghai educated youth like Tang Ruoyan would wear embroidered bags, and those women's bags were the most beautiful.

The male educated youth started to learn after hearing this.

However, some things can be learned at a glance, but are useless once you learn them.

You have to get used to it slowly.

……

Amidst all the laughter and joy, the dumplings were finally wrapped.

After packing up and returning the things to the kitchen, everyone gathered in the square.

When we arrived at the place, the company leaders were already there.

When everyone was present, Zhao Tao gave a speech.

The content is naturally about our army's fine traditions and the War of Resistance.

Sing the national anthem.

Then we went to eat in great excitement.

In the next two months, there will be no meat to eat except for National Day.

It is not certain whether you can eat meat during National Day.

……

The investigation team had left for several days, but Yang Xiaole was not affected by the incident and continued to train quietly with the students in the class every day.

With the well water he provided, the physical fitness of the people in the class naturally improved steadily.

……

"Emergency gathering!"

Suddenly a loud voice was heard in the night, and everyone took action.

It has been more than a month since I joined the army. Although many of me still cannot reach the speed of veterans, at least I don’t have to panic like before.

Yang Xiaole opened his eyes, looked at the movement in the room, and was speechless for a while.

This guy Zhao Gang must be dreaming.

Although the situation on the river bank has improved, we have not let down our guard and have held emergency assemblies every few days.

I originally wanted to stop them, but since I had nothing to do, I decided to let these guys run five kilometers.

Just think of it as a warm-up. After all, there isn’t much time left until dawn.

The room was dark.

Soon, everyone gathered in the yard.

At the same time, people next door were also alarmed and ran out.

"Hey! Where's the platoon leader?"

Both classes had already lined up, but they found that the platoon leader was missing.

"Who heard the call to assemble?"

"I don't know! We got up because there was some noise over there in Class 1!"

"Hey, squad leader, who called for assembly?"

The people from Class 2 shouted to Yang Xiaole.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole said, "There was no emergency assembly. Someone in our class was dreaming and shouted."

This immediately caused a burst of sighs.

"Isn't this just nonsense?"

"That's right! Who is it? Pull him out and give him a beating."

... Zhang Xuesong also asked the same question after hearing this: "Who is it? Squad leader, you usually react the fastest, who did it?"

When Yang Xiaole heard this, he looked at Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang looked at Zhong Ren, who had a bad face, and was embarrassed for a moment: "Um...are you sure it's me?"

Knowing that there is no emergency assembly, I am naturally not so nervous.

The team is no longer formed.

They all gathered around.

Zhang Xuesong came closer, thought for a moment and asked, "Did you hear the sound of a whistle or a horn when you were sleeping?"

Zhao Gang thought about it blankly, and finally nodded: "Yes!"

"Okay! Who else has it? You're dreaming about an emergency assembly, and it's called out."

After saying that, he shouted to the others: "Brothers, beat him up!"

When the others saw this, they cried out and came over.

Of course, he wasn't really hitting her hard, he was just joking!

The scene was chaotic.

Yang Xiaole just stood there watching with a smile, without trying to stop it.

"What are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night?"

The girl next door was also woken up and thought something happened here.

Yang Xiaole looked at Meng Zhiyuan who was hurriedly wiping his butt in the toilet.

This guy was not sleeping in the second shift, he came out to use the toilet, otherwise he would definitely be stopped.

Seeing that the other party was about to come out, she hurriedly shouted to the girl next to her: "Oh, our male educated youth class is doing extra practice!"

There was a murmur from the other end, and then there was silence.

After a while, Meng Zhiyuan came out dressed and looked at the scene in bewilderment: "What are you doing? I haven't blown the whistle yet!"

Hearing this, everyone stopped playing.

I know there will be an emergency gathering today.

Yang Xiaole smiled when he heard this and said, "Zhao Gang dreamed of an emergency meeting. Everyone get up."

Meng Zhiyuan laughed: "It's okay, we have done this before."

After saying that, he looked at everyone's faces and said, "Everyone gather!"

As soon as the voice came out, people from the two classes hurriedly began to gather.

"Everyone, stand at attention, look forward, stand to the right, at ease!"

After a pause, he continued, "I guess you guys have heard the news too! I have good news to tell you."

Everyone was bewildered when they heard this.

Meng Zhiyuan smiled and said, "The good news is that we don't have to do physical training all day long like before in the next month or so."

This really made everyone happy.

But it doesn't seem right when I think about it.

There must be something going on.

Sure enough, after a while, Meng Zhiyuan said, "Some of our company's wheat has begun to mature. According to the news from the regiment, there may be heavy rains recently. In order to prevent the wheat from sprouting in the fields after the rain, the company decided to rush to harvest and hold a sickle-opening ceremony today."

"Platoon leader, it's raining, so let it rain! We can just wait until the rain stops before we collect the crops!"

Many people don’t understand why guns must be collected.

Not to mention city dwellers, even many rural children only know that they should hurry to harvest the fruits when they are ripe, but they don't know the specific reasons.

Meng Zhiyuan heard this and said, "Some people know, some don't. Let me popularize it to everyone. Once the wheat is ripe, ..."

Explain the reason why wheat sprouts.

Everyone understood after hearing this.

Meng Zhiyuan looked at everyone and said, "Since you are all up, let's run five kilometers to warm up. When you come back, sharpen the sickle and wait for the company to notify you..."

"Everyone, turn around and run..."

Following his order, everyone ran outside.

After the morning jogging warm-up, I returned to the dormitory. Seeing that the time for the bugle call was almost up, I hurriedly began to tidy up my room.

After finishing the work, everyone hurried to gather at the sound of the horn.

But this time the gathering was not at the square. When we arrived, we were informed that we had to gather at the farm.

Everyone gathered together quickly after arriving at the place.

Red flags, some banners, and photos of the elderly have been put up on a threshing ground next to the farmland.

"We must not be afraid of hardships or difficulties, and we must resolutely fight a great battle for the summer harvest."

"Forge a red heart, sharpen your hands, build and defend the border."

Just like when the educated youth came here, it was quite ceremonial.

At this time, not far away, the company's two small harvesters were ready and ready to work at any time.

There are only about 200 people in the company, and they cultivate more than 2,000 acres of land, not including the land that has been reclaimed on the side but has not yet been cultivated.

It is simply impossible to accomplish this task relying solely on two hundred people.

These two hundred people include the newly arrived educated youth. If we remove those who are in charge of logistics and the like, there are actually not that many people.

Harvesters are rarely used in rural areas and are mostly concentrated in state-owned farms.

The Production and Construction Corps naturally has some, although they are still not enough.

As this company is an old one and not a newly formed one, it naturally has a small number of machinery and equipment.

Song Lin stood among the crowd, with the company leaders in front of him.

Looking at everyone, Song Lin said with a smile: "Comrades, as soldiers of the Production and Construction Corps, we can defeat the enemy with guns, and we can go to the fields with sickles to grow crops and support national construction.

It may rain in the next few days, and we must not let the grain rot in the fields, so we must win this summer harvest battle, and we must win it beautifully.

Comrades, do you have confidence?

"Have!"

Everyone roared.

The educated youth were naturally the loudest in shouting.

"Okay! Then let's sing a song to cheer ourselves up! Okay?"

"it is good!"

Seeing that everyone agreed, Song Lin smiled and said, "Then I'll start:

"...*** waved his hand and prepared to sing..."

"...

*** waved his hand,
Wherever you wave, there we go

A vast world of potential

Now think about it, we still love you

One is not afraid of suffering, and the other is not afraid of death.
Victory comes from unity
Determined to make sacrifices

Overcome all difficulties to win

Hur hey yo
……

"

A loud song rang out in the fields. When the song ended, Song Lin nodded and said, "Okay! No more nonsense. Let's invite our instructor to start the sickle-opening ceremony."

After saying that, he took out the sickle that had been prepared nearby.

There is also a red ribbon on it, which has good meaning.

Zhao Tao smiled and took it over: "Okay, I'll start it every year, and I'll do it again this year."

After saying that, he came to the wheat field with a sickle, quickly bent down, and started cutting the wheat with the sickle.

After a while, after standing still for a few meters, he raised his head and said, "I declare that the summer harvest battle has begun!"

As he shouted, Duan Fei blew the horn not far away.

And the people waiting in the distance began to get busy.

It's a lively scene.

……

Meng Zhiyuan looked at these restless young people and said with a smile: "What's wrong? Are you all in a hurry to get to the fields?"

Everyone laughed when they heard this. This was not a training session, so it couldn't be that serious.

Seeing the other person's expression, Meng Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Okay, now, I'll divide the land among you. Each of you will have a plot of land, and you will harvest the wheat until the end."

After he finished speaking, he paused and said, "But! There is something I still want to emphasize again. Many people don't know how to do it. Just look at me for a while, but pay attention, and be sure to pay attention to safety! Did you hear me? After this knife, I tell you, the bleeding will not stop..."

Safety issues still need to be emphasized again and again.

After all, they are all young people.

Seeing that everyone understood, they began to assign the locations for harvesting the wheat.

Each person was about two meters apart, and each person had his own patch of wheat, because the wheat fields here were very wide and so dense that you couldn't see the end at a glance.

This is the only way to locate it.

The female educated youth were naturally not far away.

After the division, Meng Zhiyuan began to teach everyone how to use the sickle. As for proficiency, that all comes with practice.

There is no way to force it.

After briefly explaining some precautions, everyone went back to their own places.

The places are divided according to familiar people.

The people next to Yang Xiaole were naturally the ones who slept next to him.

"Zhang Xuesong! Do you want to compare? One month's worth of socks?"

Looking at Zhang Xuesong, Yang Xiaole smiled and teased.

Zhang Xuesong has learned his lesson now. He looked at him, thought about it, and shook his head: "No! You are not brave enough. You set a trap for me. I will wash your socks until the end of the year. Don't try to deceive me again."

This made everyone laugh.

Seeing that he couldn't deceive anyone, Yang Xiaole looked at Class 2 who had already started working not far away.

He shouted, "Comrades, come on! Class 2 has already started. New recruits, our class must take first place. Can you do it?"

"can!"

The others agreed with a smile.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "Okay, get to work!"

Then he bent down and began to work.

The farm is up and running.

Is farm work definitely more comfortable than training?
Not necessarily!
It is the busy farming season now and we need to rush to harvest. We only have time to eat at noon and cannot rest at other times.

Moreover, meals are delivered to the fields by the kitchen staff.

Unlike before when it was not busy, there is time to rest at noon.

Now we go out at dawn and go back at dark, working about fourteen or fifteen hours a day.

(End of this chapter)