My Little Poplar - Chap 41
In the days leading up to the competition, Wu Qing took two or three hours every day to instruct Bai Xinyu in shooting, especially on wind speed and ballistic calculations in windy and snowy conditions, he taught him a lot of knowledge that would not be used in the army, Bai Xinyu was not stupid, he just didn’t like to learn but Now he’s so determined to beat Yu Fengcheng that he’s studying and training with the intention of dying, even when he’s feeding the pigs he’s got a book on ballistics to study and that’s the kind of hard work Young Master Bai has never seen in his life.
The tournament has finally begun.
When the military leaders paraded the regiment, the cooks were not there, they were busy preparing food but from the kitchen, you could hear the roar of the soldiers, the sound of their voices was very inspiring, you didn’t even have to look, just listen, you could feel the spirit of the Republican soldiers.
The first day of the competition was all physical events, as soon as the cooks had a moment to spare, they rushed to the drill ground to watch the action, long distance running, sparring and obstacles, all competing in a spectacular manner, the participation and enthusiasm of the regiment was as great as that of the Olympic Games, the barracks, which had been dull for half a year, came alive with this competition.
Bai Xinyu, with two cans of drink in his hand, he found Feng Dongyuan and Qian Liang, both of whom had taken part in the event but one had finished, the other tomorrow and was now watching the action.
Bai Xinyu shoves a drink into Qian Liang’s hand and said, “Hey, how’s the obstacle?”
Qian Liang chuckles: “Never mind, came third from bottom.”
Feng Dongyuan smiled and said: “It’s all about participation.”
“What’s the competition now? Weighted cross country?”
“Well.”
“Our class…” Bai Xinyu realised something was wrong and said instead: “Who’s in Third Company.”
“Batuer.”
“Huh? Him?” Bai Xinyu’s impression of Batuer, still the same 5’7 boy with the big doll eyes and cute little pearly circles.
“Don’t underestimate him, he’s really something in terms of endurance, here they are.”
The men had come back from a 10,000 metre run, their equipment added up to over 30 kilos, it was quite a test of fitness, Bai Xinyu thought he could make it down the 10,000 metres but it was hard to say if he was carrying a load. Bai Xinyu saw three or two soldiers running from the depths of the aspen forest with heavy equipment on their backs, Bai Xinyu recognised the shortest one at first glance, it must be Batuer.
Liang Xiaomao called out: “Alas, alas, alas, here we go, get ready to cheer Batuer on.”
Da Xiong said: “I’ve got a big voice, follow me.”
“Okay.”
Batuer is currently in fourth place, the first three are on average half a head taller than him, they’re all big, he’s the only one who’s small, the equipment on him, it’s like a child carrying rice, it’s always a bit unforgiving but Batuer is gritting his teeth, his eyes are determined, despite the sweat all over his face, when it comes to the At the end of the sprint, he started to pick up speed.
“Batuer, come on! Batuer, win!” Da Xiong shouted.
“Batuer, come on! Batuer, win!” The third class yelled after them, Bai Xinyu was also shouting at the top of his voice.
