As they walked out of the comprehensive training ground, Commander-in-Chief Xia told Xia Jinyuan: “Being a soldier is your own choice, study hard, and then come back and tell me how good you are. No matter what you do, even if it’s looking for a girlfriend, you have to be alive to do it.”
“If you’re going to be dead, then don’t waste a good girl and let her shed tears for you.”
Naturally, Commander-in-Chief Xia made sure that no one else could hear him when he said this. He told this to his son, as a father. He wanted his son to go all out to face any training because, with more practice, the possibility of returning alive was higher. He did not want his son to ruin this hope with his own hands.
They participated for two hours, and Ye Jian had also waited for two hours. At this moment, students from both schools were already sitting on the bus arranged by the school and were on their way back to school.
Instructor Huang, who was sitting next to her, sent all the students in the sophomore class to the bus, then said to Ye Jian: “How could you students start to cry without warning? How do you all expect us to comfort you?”
But that was just how things were. Sometimes during military training, the students would hate the instructors for being too harsh. But when the military exercise was over, they suddenly felt unwilling. The girls were crying, and even the boys’ eyes were red, and they tore a little.
Instructors would not feel anything if they cried during training, but this sudden burst of tears had left them confused.
Ye Jian also saw a girl from the third class who started crying so much, and suddenly she rushed to hug her instructor. At that time… Ye Jian really noticed the instructor’s face. It was as red as cooked shrimp. The situation was very awkward.
Seeing this, the other instructors took immediate action, for fear that some girls in their class would rush to hug them as well.
Even though all of them were tall and sturdy during training, they were just a group of a 20-something-year-old guys if without their military uniforms. So naturally, there were some who felt awkward and shy.
Ye Jian, who was walking among more than a dozen instructors, started laughing. She said to Instructor Huang: “Don’t you think this is a bunch of cute students? Crying means perseverance. Although it was only seven days of military training, it is a lifetime unforgettable experience for the students. At the same time, it will affect their future choices.”
“The boys in our class had also made a promise; if they did not get into college, they would join the army.”
In 1997, the number of high school students joined the army was very few. Still, ever since the military training was conducted in middle schools and colleges, the number of high school students and college students joining the army was getting more and more. Why was it necessary to conduct training in school? Well, this was to increase patriotism among students.
The instructor from the third class was still wiping his sweat when he heard Ye Jian’s words. He spoke to her, “I had not seen that girl crying during military training, who knew that she would suddenly rush to me and hug me, it really gave me a shock. Fortunately, the two boys around me helped me to pull her away. Otherwise, I would not know what to say.”
This was actually a somewhat sad problem. The young soldiers had to face a group of students; this actually gave them a touch of color in their dreary barracks life. When this color slowly faded into memories, they would also feel reluctant.
“That Zhang Bin boy in our class is pretty good. He is a sportsman and plays basketball very well. I heard that his father is also a policeman. He said that if he did not get into college, he would sign up for the army.”
“There are also some talented students in our class. One plays the harmonica very well, and the other plays the piano. He said that he has played for ten years, and now he is at professional level eleven or twelve.”
