My Little Poplar - Chap 50

Yu Fengcheng turned his face away and said in a deep voice: “It’s good that you think so.”

Bai Xinyu took a few bites of his rice, felt like he was choking, couldn’t breathe well, must be Yu Fengcheng here, couldn’t even swallow his rice, this bad luck star was really bad luck, from the first day they met, messed up his life, if he could stay away from this bad luck star, he would be better off in the future It’s a good thing that he’s going to be able to get away from that.

Afternoon, Xu Chuang takes them on a heavy climb, the summit is at about 4600m, he has planted a flag up there in advance, it’s next month’s advanced class flag, whoever gets it first gets it but not the sergeant. The men had been acclimatised to the current altitude, suddenly they had to move at full speed to a higher altitude, every hundred metres up, someone felt unwell. The snow at the top was very thick, as the mountain was gentle there was no danger of avalanches but the knee deep snow made the climb much more difficult, by the time they reached 4,000 metres many of them were panting but they were no longer new recruits, no one lay down and quit, instead they gritted their teeth and pushed on, even upwards.

Bai Xinyu had been working in the cookery squad for six months and had built up his stamina, despite feeling tight in his chest and his breath sticking, he didn’t give up, in fact Xu Chuang wouldn’t let anyone give up, unless he passed out. Bai Xinyu feels that it is this willpower that he has trained the most during his time in the army.

Xu Chuang shouted: “Four hundred metres to go, the red flag is flowing!”

At this point, Yu Fengcheng, Da Xiong and one of Class 1’s top runners are in the lead, the trio are pushing hard for the final sprint.

Xu Chuang stands next to Chen Jing, pointing at them and laughing: “See, my soldiers are competitive, even if my prize is a toothpick, they still have to give it their all.”

Chen Jing smiled and said, “The Company Commander has taught us well.”

Xu Chuang glanced at him and said, “Why does it sound like you’re trying to talk down to me.”

Chen Jing whispered: “Company Commander, today’s training has been intense enough, just about.”

Xu Chuang narrowed his eyes, looking at the exhausted group of soldiers, “No, not what I expected.”

Bai Xinyu was sweating as he listened, this Xu Chuang was a madman, by Xu Chuang’s standards, no more than ten men in the whole company could meet his standards.

Bai Xinyu passed by Xu Chuang, Xu Chuang grabbed him by the belt, almost pulled him over, he wiped his sweat and said, “Company Commander?”

Xu Chuang looked at him and said, “You’re the first one in the regiment to be transferred back from the Cook Squad, you’re the first one in the regiment, you haven’t shown me the value of transferring you back yet, don’t let me miss the point, or you’ll have to go back, got it?”

Bai Xinyu gritted his teeth and said: “Company Commander, I won’t go back.”

“You don’t want to go back, the next company test, you have to get an average overall grade, can you do that?”

Bai Xinyu said in a loud voice: “Yes!”

“Go on.”

Bai Xinyu ran away, Chen Jing frowned, “Company Commander, why are you scaring him.”

Xu Chuang looked at him askance, “You’re my best sergeant, not some soldier’s nanny.”

Chen Jing sighed.