My Military Career in a Parallel World

"Good housekeeping is also one of the manifestations of a soldier's combat effectiveness. Now let me talk about the housekeeping standards!"

Inside the dormitory, Li Gang was directing everyone to pack up their belongings while talking about the recruit company's requirements for housekeeping.

“First of all, the overall impression is good, the room is clean and odor-free!”

"The ground is clean, dust-free, pollution-free, no garbage accumulation, no paper scraps or cigarette butts, and the garbage cans are emptied when no one is in the dormitory!"

"That's where you have to go first, and the bed second."

"The bed surface should be flat, the edge of the bed sheet should be pressed under the mattress, the outer edge should be flush with the edge of the bed, the quilt cover should be flat and in the shape of a tofu block, and the pillows should be placed neatly against the wall inside the quilt; no other personal items should be placed on the bed except the mattress, quilt and pillows!"

"Now start checking whether your beds meet the requirements!"

Needless to say, the quilt definitely does not meet the required tofu-block shape, so everyone can only work hard in other aspects.

I would like to mention here that although the dormitory has white sheets during the day, in fact, when sleeping at night, in order to avoid getting the sheets dirty, everyone will change the sheets or simply don't use sheets.

After all, it is well known that men will fade. No matter how good the sheets are, they will leave their own marks after sleeping on them for two days, and they are the kind that cannot be washed away...

While the new recruits were checking their beds, Li Gang didn't stop talking.

"Door frames, window sills and other corners should be dust-free, glass should be clean and bright, tables and chairs should be clean, and items on the table should be neatly arranged from large to small. After people leave the dormitory, the chairs should be pushed into the table holes, with the backs of the chairs close to the drawers..."

"Personal items in the closet are neatly arranged, wash basins and toiletries are neatly arranged from large to small, all toothbrushes are facing the same direction, shoes are neatly arranged on the shoe rack, and the heels of the shoes are kept at the same level, and the books on the bookshelf are arranged in order from high to low, with all the spines facing outwards..."

"The balcony is kept clean, items are neatly arranged, there is no clutter, and clothes are neatly hung out to dry by color from long to short."

“The walls are clean and free of graffiti.”

“No illegal electrical appliances are allowed in the dormitory, and no wires or power strips are allowed.”

"Put the mop, broom, trash can, etc. upright on the inside of the balcony, and fold the rag neatly and place it on the windowsill..."

After saying so much, Li Gang's mouth was almost dry. He took a sip of the water cup beside him before continuing, "After breakfast, I will organize you to do a general cleaning. The above is your hygiene standard."

Although everyone was busy working, they couldn't help but feel bitter when they heard what Li Gang said about the housekeeping standards.

What kind of perverted request is this!

Putting aside other things, why do all toothbrushes have to point in the same direction?!

The person who set this housekeeping standard must be in the late stage of obsessive-compulsive disorder!

Alas, now that I’m here, what else can I do?

……

After making the beds, Li Gang did not let them continue to clean the dormitory. Instead, he asked everyone to go to the bathroom to brush their teeth and wash their faces first.

After I finished cleaning myself, I just returned to the dormitory when I heard someone downstairs shouting, "Every class, someone come to take up duty!"

"Xiao is on duty? What is that?"

Everyone was puzzled and turned to look at the squad leader Li Gang.

"Xiao's duty is to serve meals. Li Qiang, you go, and the others continue to clean up." After explaining, Li Gang casually pointed to someone.

"Yes!" Hearing that he finally didn't have to clean the house, a look of joy appeared on Li Qiang's face. He stuffed the mop into the hands of Chu Fei beside him, agreed, and ran away.

The troops have limited time for meals, especially in the morning. They have to do morning exercises, clean up their rooms, and also leave time for soldiers to wash up, so time is indeed a bit tight.

Also, those who understand the situation in the field companies know that although they are supposed to do morning exercises for an hour, in reality they often exceed the time limit, and there is even less time left.

In addition, there is also the consideration of allowing new recruits to become familiar with the daily life of the troops.

……

Li Qiang followed the Xiao duty team downstairs and went to the cafeteria to get food under the leadership of a veteran squad leader, while Jiang Chen and others continued to tidy up their dormitory.

Cleaning is secondary. Li Gang mainly wants everyone to become more familiar with the process of folding quilts.

Making blankets is the first hurdle that all soldiers need to overcome as new recruits. On the surface, it seems to be just making a blanket, but in fact it is a process of tempering the will of new recruits.

To turn a brand new quilt into a standard tofu block, it takes a lot of time and careful polishing and carving.

Through countless times of pressing, trimming, and folding, the recruits' patience is trained and their impetuousness is worn away. When the edges and corners of the quilt are polished and carved out, the edges and corners of the recruits' bodies should also be smoothed out.

Therefore, Li Gang never expected the new recruits to be able to fold their quilts within a day. All he had to do was to urge them to unfold, fold, and unfold the quilts in front of them again and again until they and the quilts became part of the army.

At 7:25, under Li Gang's order, everyone stopped the work at hand, lined up at the dormitory door, and went downstairs one by one in order.

The dormitory building was not far from the cafeteria, less than a hundred meters, and within a few minutes everyone arrived outside the cafeteria gate.

Company commander Ge Hongtao and instructor Lu Ming were waiting at the entrance of the cafeteria. Looking at the new recruits, Ge Hongtao said with some dissatisfaction, "Why are you all so listless?"

"A long line!"

"To!"

"Let's start by singing a song to cheer everyone up!"

In the team, watching Ge Hongtao who was tormenting them in various ways, Jiang Chen wanted to say, "I'm very energetic, can I not sing?"

Of course, he just complained a few words in his heart, but he was not stupid enough to take any action.

Singing a song before meals is a military rule.

"Unity is strength. Ready! Sing!"

"Unity is strength. This strength is steel. This strength is iron. It is harder than iron and stronger than steel. Towards fascism..."

Led by a platoon leader, a series of ghostly howls were heard at the entrance of the cafeteria.

The matter is not over yet, and Ge Hongtao obviously does not want to let everyone go so easily.

He walked around the line of new recruits, and then said to the second platoon leader next to him in a slightly teasing tone: "Second platoon leader, the new recruits in your second platoon are not very good. Their voices are suppressed by the first platoon next to them."

Good guy!

Jiang Chen, who was standing on the right side, closer to the second row, couldn't help cursing in his heart after hearing Ge Hongtao's provocative words: "Good fellow, you really want to watch the fun and make trouble. Are you sure you're not going to beat us to death?!"

If Ge Hongtao could hear Jiang Chen's inner complaints, he would definitely say, "You guessed right, I want to beat you to death!"

With the company commander Ge Hongtao fanning the flames, one can imagine what will happen next.

The second platoon leader's face flushed red as he stood in front of the team and yelled, "Are your mouths sewn shut?!"

"Sing louder!"

"I'm telling you, if your voice today isn't as loud as the one next door, you'll have to stand at the entrance of the cafeteria and keep singing!"

As soon as the second platoon leader finished speaking, the third platoon leader next to him was not to be outdone. He came to the front of the team and shouted, "Did you hear what the second platoon leader said?!"

"If you dare to speak less loudly than the people in the second row, you will stand at the entrance of the cafeteria and watch others eat!"

With the experience of the second and third platoon leaders, the first platoon leader did not want to fall behind, so he also came to the front of the team and said, "You have heard it, so I won't say any more nonsense!"

"We are a platoon of new recruits. Since we are a platoon, we have to look like a platoon!"

"I'm not saying anything like asking you to skip meals!"

"Wait a minute, if the noise isn't as loud as the other two platoons, go to the playground and run five kilometers! You can eat when you finish!"

The platoon leaders hurled harsh words at each other, which made things difficult for Jiang Chen and other new recruits.

Originally there were some cunning people in the team who just opened their mouths but didn't say anything, but now... they all want to yell at the top of their lungs with all their might.

Everyone sang the song "Unity is Strength" over and over again, but they could never satisfy the platoon leaders who insisted that their voices were quieter than those of the people in the next row.

Just when Jiang Chen felt that his voice would be ruined if he continued singing like this, Ge Hongtao, who had been standing silently in front of the team since he had started the show, finally spoke.

"Hey, you three are almost there. This time we consider your three platoons a tie. Let the new recruits go in and eat!"

After hearing this, the other recruits who didn't know the truth breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time, they thanked the company commander for his kindness in their hearts.

Only Jiang Chen and a few other people who knew the whole story looked at the company commander Ge Hongtao with resentment in their eyes, and secretly criticized this inhuman company commander in their hearts.

"Brothers, it was this black-hearted guy who fanned the flames just now. He caused us to sing "Unity is Strength" for so long. Don't believe his lies. He is more black-hearted than anyone else!"

However, they only dared to think about these words in their hearts. If they really dared to say them out loud and were targeted by Ge Hongtao, the old man, they would not be able to survive for the next three months!

When they walked into the cafeteria, they saw Li Qiang, who had arrived early to get food, standing beside a large round table waiting for them.

There was a prepared breakfast on the table. Looking at the dazzling array of food, Jiang Chen's resentment finally subsided a little.

There are eggs, steamed buns, dumplings, milk, soy milk, porridge, and various fruits.

Although it looks simple, the variety is very rich and can satisfy the tastes of people from all over the world.

Seeing the big round buns on the table, the new recruits, who had already been exhausted, could no longer bear it.

Everyone wanted to pounce on the table and eat heartily.

Among the people in Class 5, Sun Weichen was the first one who couldn't help himself. He ran to the table, picked up a big bun and prepared to eat.

However, as soon as he took a bite, he realized something was wrong. Turning around, he saw squad leader Li Gang staring at him with a gloomy face.

"Did I say I can eat it?!"

Sun Weichen glanced at the other tables nearby in panic, only to find that except for him, everyone else was standing straight around the table, not just eating with their hands.

"I..." Sun Weichen subconsciously opened his mouth to explain, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the bun with meat filling in his mouth fell to the ground.

The sound of the buns falling to the ground seemed to cause some kind of chain reaction. All the veterans in the restaurant, including Platoon Leader Zhao Hongbin, and even the company commander and instructor who were across half the restaurant, looked over here.

Facing the gazes of a group of veterans, the fat boy Sun Weichen was already frightened.

Li Gang on the side seemed not to feel the gazes of the crowd. He said with a gloomy face and a cold tone: "Pick up what fell on the ground and eat it!"

"Ah?" Sun Weichen exclaimed subconsciously.

"I say, pick up what's fallen on the ground and eat it!"

An uneasy atmosphere spread, and the entire cafeteria became quiet in an instant, with everyone's eyes subconsciously looking over here.

I don’t know what the veterans are thinking, but the new recruits’ thoughts are evident in their words.

From their perspective, asking someone to pick up something that has fallen on the ground and eat it is undoubtedly a very embarrassing thing.

And what is most important to young people?

Of course it’s face!

There were so many people watching, including my comrades from the same class and even my fellow villagers. Not to mention whether it was disgusting or not, if I picked up the food and ate it, would I be able to see people in the future? How would I interact with other comrades?

Therefore, in the eyes of most recruits, how could they tolerate being humiliated like this? If it were them, they would definitely not listen to Li Gang, and some with bad tempers might even fight with him.

Watching the fun is a gene engraved in the bones of all Chinese people, regardless of gender, age or status.

What's more, this also concerns their attitude towards the squad leader in the next three months...

Don’t think that young people don’t know how to take advantage of others. In fact, every single one of the new recruits who come here were experts at taking advantage of others when they were in school.

Which teacher's class you can sleep in, which teacher's class you can't fool around in, etc. They know better than anyone else.

Although not all recruits are like this, there are definitely quite a few who hold similar ideas.

But these people are destined to be disappointed.

Just when Li Gang was ready to make an example of someone to scare the monkeys, the fat boy Sun Weichen's next move was beyond everyone's expectations.

After coming to his senses and hearing what Li Gang said, he actually squatted down obediently to pick up the bun that fell on the ground, gently wiped off the dirt on it with his hand, and stuffed it into his mouth in one bite.

That’s not all. Looking at the few pieces of meat that had fallen out nearby, he picked them up with some heartache and stuffed them into his mouth while mumbling.

"It's only been five seconds, I should still be able to eat..."

???

Not to mention the new recruits like Jiang Chen, even the veteran squad leaders were stunned by Sun Weichen's performance.

Especially the expression on the face of the company commander Ge Hongtao, it was so wonderful.

Don't be fooled by their burly looks. In fact, they are more skilled than anyone else. Otherwise, they would not be sent to the recruit company to serve as squad leaders and select new recruits.

Not to mention what happened far away, just now at the cafeteria entrance, did you really think that Ge Hongtao's few words could cause three platoon leaders to almost get into a fight?

Speaking of the smoking incident yesterday afternoon, do you really think it was such a coincidence that the squad leader came back from the meeting just as the recruits gathered in the toilet?

Stop joking, these are traps set for the new recruits, just waiting for them to fall into them!

No one is better than these veteran squad leaders at grasping the mentality of new recruits. Even if there is no Sun Weicheng, believe it or not, they can still find a second person to be the chicken...