Chapter 41: A Big Mixed Summer Camp

  The summer vacation is coming soon. On the morning of July 15th, parents sent their children to school with small luggage. We got on the big bus in order and waved goodbye to our parents. The bus moved forward, and the beautiful scenery and villages along the way attracted everyone's attention. All the way, we chattered like birds just released from a cage, with endless things to talk about. The teacher was originally worried that we would be too bored on the road and even asked the art committee to prepare some songs to sing, but it turned out to be unnecessary.

  Unconsciously, we arrived at the "headquarters" of the summer camp - Pingshan Forest Farm. First, the teacher took us to our accommodation to drop off our luggage. Of course, the room numbers had been determined long ago. I was with Wang Xiaoxiao, Shu Tengteng and Lin Lilili in one dormitory. When Lin Lilili discovered this situation, her face turned green. Ah, it's really a dog-blooded monkey feces! However, since heaven has ordained it so, I won't intentionally make things difficult for Lin Lilili either. After all, Lin Lilili is just a little bit mischievous and hasn't done anything over the top.

  I smiled and said, "Lin Lilili, come on, put down your luggage. We'll be gathering in half an hour, and your bed is the upper bunk." Lin Lilili looked at me, then at the upper bunk, her mouth twitching slightly, but she didn't say anything. I figured she probably didn't want to sleep on the upper bunk. Just as I was about to speak up, Shu Tiantian said, "Lilili, don't you want to sleep on the upper bunk? I'm on the lower bunk, why don't we switch? It doesn't matter to me." Lin Lilili thanked her somewhat awkwardly.

  Soon Lin Lilai got ready and left first, then Xiao said: "Tongtong, you're too stupid, actually letting her sleep on the lower bunk. Lin Lilai often bullies many people, I'm afraid of heights, why didn't you let me sleep there?"

  Shu Tongtong smiled and said, "This is not a big deal, if you sleep on the lower bunk, Xiao Xiao will sleep on the upper bunk. Besides, we are in the same class and now we're in the same dormitory, we have to live together for two weeks, so it's better to get along."

  "Alright, you really are a kind little girl, don't worry, if someone bullies you in the future, I and Xiao Xiao will definitely help you."

  The first day was relatively relaxing, we just visited the Ping Mountain Forest Farm and had a cultural evening party in the evening. Each class recommended students with talents to perform on stage, some even volunteered themselves, it was quite lively.

  After a group of people came down, someone shouted "Second group, come on!" Our class boys naturally said that two or three would be no problem. Lin Lili, as the head of the art committee, had to go up and danced a Latin dance, which was very charming, with applause erupting from below. Next, Shu Tiantian went up and showed off her Xinjiang dance, only to see her raise her eyebrows, move her eyes, swing her head, shake her neck, clap her hands, and point her fingers, with a series of lively and beautiful movements, her steps were so light and nimble. Although Tiantian is not particularly tall, her slender figure really has an exotic charm. This led to a burst of cheers from the boys: "Good, good, come on again!" Tiantian was confident from start to finish, with her eyes fixed only on our class, as if searching for something, and our class boys and girls naturally applauded wildly, even Lin Lili clapped along.

  The next two days we learned about self-reliance, we had to wash our own clothes, dress ourselves, braid our hair and comb it. Sometimes, we also had to learn how to work together with our roommates to clean the dorm, and cooperate with other classmates... Of course, most of us are only children, no matter if our families are rich or poor, generally we haven't done much housework before, so during the learning process there were many funny moments, for example some classmates got up in a hurry in the morning and buttoned their clothes wrong, put on their pants backwards, until many classmates laughed at them did they realize it.

  At first, everyone thought it was fresh, but after two days, there were complaints and crying. Fortunately, the teachers gave us camouflage uniforms and said that instructors would come to give us military training from tomorrow. We knew that there were troops stationed around us, but we had not seen them yet. Now, with camouflage uniforms and instructors, everyone's morale was boosted again. In the dormitory, wearing camouflage uniforms, looking at ourselves in the mirror, feeling great, Xiaoxiao even said she looked handsome and refreshing.

  On the fourth day, we gathered at 7 o'clock. There were six instructors and one leader. I took a look and found that our instructor was quite handsome, with a strong personality. Absolutely not like the instructors during military training in college, who looked uglier than each other. It's said that there used to be cases of instructors falling in love with female students, which had a bad influence, so later on, they would find instructors who didn't look good. You say that military training under the scorching sun is already very painful, and you still have to face an instructor who looks sorry for himself, it's really heartbreaking. Now it's great, since elementary school students are not in danger, I can even enjoy looking at a handsome guy for free.

  When I was daydreaming, our instructor made us stand at attention and later taught us some military steps including standing at ease, at rest, starting to march etc.

  It's only the first day, but many boys are already exhausted, let alone girls. This afternoon, Shu Tengteng, who was standing in the front row, suddenly said "Report to the instructor", and before she could even speak, she fainted. Luckily, the instructor caught her quickly and had a teacher take her back to the dormitory to rest. We were both worried and envious, but unfortunately I'm still fine physically, so I couldn't faint even if I wanted to. Of course, I also didn't dare to pretend to faint.

  When I was resting, I heard some boys and girls saying: "Oh! Military training is such a painful thing! Not even resting for a minute longer, just 60 seconds! And we can't move our feet, standing still for an hour or so! We're so pitiful. And that instructor seems to be teasing us, shouting 'at ease', 'attention', 'at ease', 'attention'... over 120 times! Ugh, there are still three days left! My god. Little friends, you've only just realized now, it's really scary how inexperienced you are.

  But they were wrong, it wasn't three days left, but two days. On the last day, we experienced surviving in the wilderness, which required our full cooperation. We had some people assigned to cook, boil soup, gather firewood, some people washed dishes, pots and spoons, and a group of people went to set up tents. I don't know who said my family runs a hotel, they insisted that I do the cooking, oh dear, I have no culinary skills at all! Although I'm reborn, I still can't cook. I wanted to say that in my previous life, I was just a young lady from a small household, living a sheltered life.

  It's great that Wu Hanwen saw me with a puzzled face and volunteered to say: "Xiao Xiao, I'll do it, let's cook together." He really saved me from the fire. I looked at him with admiration and said: "Okay, okay, thank you so much. You're amazing, you can do anything." Shu Tengteng also ran over, laughing and saying: "Xiao Xiao, Hanwen, let me help you guys out."

  I nodded, and as I turned my head, I saw Wu Hanwen's eyebrows furrow slightly. Although it was just for an instant, Wu Hanwen said: "Okay, but I'm not used to others calling me Hanwen. You can call me Wu Hanwen with the surname included. Also, go wash some vegetables first, I'm going to start a fire and heat up the oil."

  Aiya, Wu Dai Zi, you've read too much and directly said the words to reject a girl, she'll be heartbroken. Never mind, I'll sacrifice myself to ease the atmosphere, I smiled and said: "Tong Tong, let's go wash vegetables together, he's just that kind of person, don't mind him, next time call him Bao Bing sometimes, and sometimes call him Wu Da Ban Zhang, he won't be able to do anything. Let's go, we'll go wash vegetables, ignore him."

  Wu Hanwen continued, "Xiao Xiao, I was going to ask you to help with starting the fire, but you ran away quickly, afraid of being choked by smoke." I turned back and said, "You know this already, these kinds of things are naturally done by boys. Haven't you heard that when men and women work together, they don't get tired? With two little beauties accompanying you, can't you do a bit more?"

  All I heard was Wu Hanwen laughing and saying: "Yes, yes, yes, the beauty's orders, how can we not listen? You go wash the vegetables, but be careful not to fall into the water. Last time I heard Xian Feng say that you are a duck that is afraid of water."

  By noon, our group finally got to eat the dishes we had worked together on. I have to say that Wu Hanwen is quite talented in cooking at such a young age. After lunch, I teased him privately and said: "Wu Hanwen, whoever marries you in the future will be very lucky. You can cook, study well, and have a good personality, what a great catch!"

  I don't know if it's my eyes playing tricks on me, but he actually smiled brightly and said, "How about you?" Wow, even Wu Daban Zhang can make jokes, I laughed and said, "Okay, who's afraid of who, anyway I'm a boss who won't do anything, if you get stuck with me, you can't shake me off haha." Wu Hanwen whispered something, but I didn't quite catch it.

  And so, the one-week summer camp came to a successful end. Although it was only for a week, our summer camp was like Xiaoxiao's big mixed dish, rich in content and nutrition. Thanks to her for thinking of it! Of course, everyone learned a lot and gained many insights.

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