Chapter 0009: Your progress will definitely be noticed by others.
Chapter 0009: Your progress will definitely be noticed by others.
Back at the dormitory, the new recruits were all dumbfounded.
"Is this Xu Sanduo?"
"Really? His movements seem passable!"
"Hey, I feel like Xu Sanduo's movements are a tiny bit better than mine..."
The recruits were surprised and muttered amongst themselves.
At this point, a class monitor who was watching said, "It looks a bit short of the standard, but it's not as bad as you're saying. Are you deliberately slandering them?"
When questioned by his squad leader, one of the new recruits became agitated. He was the one who had said those words, and he immediately exclaimed, "Squad leader, I'm not lying to you! His movements are just not up to standard; he keeps making mistakes, hey hey hey..." He became agitated because Xu Sanduo had indeed embarrassed himself, just as he had said. He excitedly continued:
"Look, class monitor, even the simplest movement he did wrong."
The class monitor looked at the field, glanced at it, and muttered, "It is indeed a bit unbearable to watch... But, it seems that this was only taught by Class 5 today, right?" He was a little unsure. The mistake this person made just now was like that of a completely different person from the one a moment ago—the mistake was inexplicably low-level.
On the field, Xu Sanduo's face turned red, and he buried his head in his chest in shame.
He made a fool of himself again when he tried to do the same thing for today...
The new recruits in the fifth squad also breathed a sigh of relief. This kind of Xu Sanduo was the real Xu Sanduo. If he continued to demonstrate flawlessly, how could they face Xu Sanduo again!
You said you were supposed to be at the bottom, how come you're about the same level as us?
"Yingqi...I...I made a mistake again..." Xu Sanduo stammered.
"It's okay, you did very well before, it's just that you haven't mastered today's movements yet," Zheng Yingqi said, patting Xu Sanduo on the shoulder in encouragement.
"I..." Xu Sanduo wanted to cry, but remembering Zheng Yingqi's words not long ago, he held back his tears.
"This is what we learned today. Sanduo hasn't mastered it yet," Zheng Yingqi said calmly to his comrades who were watching like it was a show. "We'll do extra practice later. We'll practice what we learned today several more times. Then you'll see that he'll gradually master it, just like he did with the previous moves."
"San Duo is just a little slow to accept things, not hopeless. You all saw his previous actions. Honestly, was he bad? How much worse was he than you?"
These past few days, Xu Sanduo has been practicing extra at noon and in the evening. He took longer than you to master these skills, but did he do poorly?
Is it bad?
Zheng Yingqi asked in return, and the new recruits fell silent as they recalled the actions Xu Sanduo had just demonstrated. Was it bad?
Of course it's good!
"He knows he's holding everyone back, but he's still trying his best to move forward! Look, this is the result of his hard work! We are comrades-in-arms, comrades-in-arms of the same class. I have the same status as everyone else and have no right to order or criticize you, but I hope that our Class 5 is a whole, not two separate parts."
Sanduo is slowly changing and working hard to keep up with everyone. I hope everyone can be more tolerant and inclusive, and not exclude him from this group!
Zheng Yingqi did not use his achievements to speak, but after Xu Sanduo showed his progress, he sincerely told his comrades these words.
The new recruits were actually quite ashamed. They had previously angrily confronted Xu Sanduo and blamed him for the Fifth Platoon's failure to receive an "Excellent" rating. But after Xu Sanduo demonstrated his progress, they realized that they were wrong.
Now, hearing Zheng Yingqi's sincere and earnest words, one of the new recruits could no longer hold back and immediately said:
"Xu Sanduo, I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that to you. You're a great guy!"
Once someone took the lead, the others chimed in, "Xu Sanduo, I'm sorry, but I promise I'll never say that about you again."
"Xu Sanduo, I also promise that I will definitely accept you from now on."
The new recruits were all expressing their opinions, but Cheng Cai's face was deathly pale.
Today, when he angrily confronted Xu Sanduo, he said many harsh words. But at this moment, when all the new recruits in the class apologized to Xu Sanduo, he, the culprit, felt the most embarrassed and ashamed.
But how could he apologize in public?
Right now, he's not the outstanding squad leader who was sent back to the 5th Platoon, 2nd Company of the Red Third Company and then fought his way back to the Old A. Right now, he's just a young man who has just left his village and entered the army, dreaming of making a name for himself in the army.
As Cheng Cai hesitated about how to leave and end the awkward atmosphere, Zheng Yingqi pulled Xu Sanduo over and hugged Cheng Cai tightly.
"Chengcai, we're all from the same hometown. Sanduo, well, he's a bit slow..." As Zheng Yingqi said this, Xu Sanduo unconsciously chuckled, but seeing Chengcai and remembering how angry he'd been with Chengcai, he blankly turned his face away. Zheng Yingqi continued:
"But he works hard and knows how to catch up. You, on the other hand, are the training role model for our class, so you have to take the lead and help me and Sanduo improve our training results. That way, when people talk about Shangxia Rongshu in the future, they'll say that this place produces only the best soldiers!"
Cheng Cai felt a pang of unease listening to Zheng Yingqi's words, but it was the perfect way to end the awkward situation. He quickly nodded, "Yes, I'll definitely help you!"
Xu Sanduo, who was standing to the side, laughed and stopped being angry with Cheng Cai. He grinned and said, "Cheng Cai, you're so nice."
Zheng Yingqi smiled bitterly to himself. This child is really incredibly foolish.
The other recruits also gathered around at this time:
"Chengcai, you still have us!"
"That's right, Cheng Cai, you can't just help Zheng Yingqi and Xu Sanduo improve, don't forget about us, we're all from Class Five!"
Cheng Cai immediately assured everyone, "No, how could I forget you all!"
Zheng Yingqi smiled, thinking to himself smugly: "He's just a little kid. It's easy to deal with you."
Not far away, Shi Jin and Wu Liuyi watched this scene from the shadows. They looked at each other, and Wu Liuyi looked very uncomfortable—it seemed that he was not very qualified as the squad leader.
He muttered to himself, "These brats..."
Shi Jin was also very surprised. The first surprise was that he did not expect that Xu Sanduo, whom he had been worrying about, would make such progress. This reminded him of himself when he first came to the army.
The second surprise was that Zheng Yingqi could resolve the matter so easily. From the moment Zheng Yingqi said those words, he had guessed the reason for the exercise. He thought that, given the nature of young people, they would be arrogant and boastful after winning, but he did not expect that Zheng Yingqi would resolve the matter so easily.
"Wu Liuyi, I think..." Shi Jin pondered for a moment before continuing, "This kid is pretty good." He wanted to say that Wu Liuyi had misjudged him, that this kid was quite suitable to be the deputy squad leader for new recruits, but out of consideration for Wu Liuyi's feelings, he didn't say it directly.
Wu Liuyi could easily understand Shi Jin's unspoken message. He smiled bitterly to himself, thinking to himself that he was really getting more and more out of touch with reality!
This person always judges others with prejudice; in an instant, they saw both of them through the crack in the door.
He had always thought Xu Sanduo was a hopeless case, and he had done his best to prevent a good-for-nothing soldier from leaving the recruit training camp. Unexpectedly, after Xu Sanduo worked hard in private, he was able to perform the previous actions quite well, although he still made mistakes in the actions he learned today, as expected.
But the progress is truly tremendous!
"Yeah, it's pretty good."
Wu Liuyi gave an awkward reply, a slight sense of discouragement rising within him. But who was Wu Liuyi? In the blink of an eye, the discouragement vanished, replaced by a surge of fighting spirit:
If Zheng Yingqi can help Xu Sanduo, that bear clumsy guy, to be so capable, then I, Wu Liuyi, will definitely be able to train that bear clumsy guy into a good soldier!
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