He is two meters and five centimeters tall. Who made him a soldier?

Chapter 22 Don't Go Against the Monitor

The first lesson for new recruits when they arrive at the army is undoubtedly to fold their blankets.

Everyone has the same method of folding a quilt, and the only thing left to determine the quality of a quilt is pressing the cotton.

This process often takes a month, or even an entire company of new recruits.

There is probably no other recruit like Lu Qinglong in the entire People's Liberation Army who is born with great strength and can compact cotton with one trip.

Squad leader Chen Ting didn't want the other recruits to have it too easy, and pressing the quilts was also a part of tempering their character.

"Report to the squad leader, why don't you let me help other comrades to suppress it?"

Lu Qinglong asked with some confusion.

If the quilts of all the new recruits in the class can be compacted, doesn't that mean that the overall housekeeping level of their class can be improved?
I clearly did a good thing, why was Chen Ting suddenly unhappy?

"Don't speak until I give you permission."

"It's their own business to press the quilt. Why are you interfering? You've already pressed the quilt for them, so what are they pressing?"

Chen Ting rolled his eyes at Lu Qinglong and took a sip of tea calmly.

This tea is really good. After brewing it three times, the taste is still so strong.

"But……"

Lu Qinglong still didn't understand. Just as he was about to ask again, Ji Baichang beside him interrupted:

"Hey, squad leader Qinglong is doing this for our own good, pressing down on us to temper our character!"

"We must understand the good intentions of our squad leader!"

As Ji Baichang spoke, he blinked his eyes frantically at Lu Qinglong, signaling him to stop talking.

He finally understood that Lu Qinglong was indeed strong, but he was still too naive. He didn't know when he could continue speaking and when he couldn't, and his eyesight was still a little lacking.

Lu Qinglong opened his mouth, but finally closed it.

After a while, Ji Baichang reported that he had a stomachache and needed to go to the toilet. After getting permission from squad leader Chen Ting, he pulled Lu Qinglong to the toilet.

After checking several cubicles and making sure that they were the only two people in the toilet, Ji Baichang breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lu Qinglong seriously:

"Qinglong, you can't do this again in the future. Whatever the squad leader says is what you have to do. Don't go against him!"

"Why? I will help everyone to press the quilt, so that no one has to press the quilt. Then our class will definitely have the best housekeeping."

"This is a good thing. Why doesn't the monitor agree?"

Lu Qinglong had been exposed to a lot of things about the army since he was a child, so of course he knew that he couldn't go against the squad leader.

But I'm doing a good thing!
"Hey bro! I know you're doing something good."

"But this is in the military, so just don't go against the squad leader, or we'll have a hard time."

"It's just like when you yelled at the new recruit in the squad in the morning who wanted to go back to sleep. Qinglong, you also know that we are a team. If you make the squad leader angry, we will suffer together."

Obviously, Ji Baichang had done enough preparation before joining the army, and he was very clear that if one person made a mistake, everyone would be punished.

"I just don't quite understand this matter. So I won't help them to press the quilt?"

Lu Qinglong asked doubtfully.

"Yes, I can't help to press the quilt openly, but we can do it in a place where the monitor can't see~"

"Okay, do you want a cigarette?"

Ji Baichang suddenly took out a cigarette from his pocket mysteriously.

"Huh? I don't smoke, why are you smoking? Didn't you say you..."

"Oh, how can I let the monitor know that I smoke? It will be fine as long as I don't get caught!"

Ji Baichang signaled Lu Qinglong to keep his voice down and cover for him.

Then he went into the innermost cubicle. There were four toilet stalls in the bathroom, and each stall was separated by a partition, which gave Ji Baichang space to operate.

All he heard was a sound similar to the sound of flints colliding together, and then Lu Qinglong smelled a faint smell of smoke.

Fortunately, at this point, basically all the new recruits and veterans in each class were in the classroom, and no one came to the toilet.

After a while, Ji Baichang walked out of the compartment with satisfaction.

Then he went to the faucet in the bathroom and rinsed his mouth several times with cold tap water. Then he asked Lu Qinglong:

"How is it? Smell my mouth to see if there is still any smell of cigarette smoke?"

"No, but is this really okay? Didn't the monitor say smoking is not allowed?"

"Hush~ As long as I can hide an entire company of recruits, the squad leader will think I never smoke. Let's go to class for a while."

After Ji Baichang finished speaking, he walked out first.

However, as soon as he went out, he bumped head-on into the squad leader Chen Ting who was walking towards the toilet.

"Hello, monitor."

Ji Bai greeted without blushing or beating his heart.

"You took so long in the bathroom? Did you smoke?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Ting's first question went straight to Ji Baichang's heart.

The expression on his face changed immediately, but he quickly adjusted himself and smiled honestly:

"Squad leader, you are such a joker. I personally don't smoke."

"Really? Then I hope you don't lie."

Chen Ting nodded, and moved his gaze from Ji Baichang to Lu Qinglong:

"When you return to class, continue to teach them the steps for folding the military blanket."

"Okay monitor."

Lu Qinglong nodded and replied.

Chen Ting turned and walked into the toilet. Ji Baichang quickly pulled Lu Qinglong to the door of the classroom:

"Oh my god, I was so scared. The way our squad leader looked at me just now, I thought I had been exposed."

"The old squad leader is still the old squad leader. He is really different now!"

"I'd better be honest during this period of time."

Ji Baichang thought about this and decided to quit smoking for a while, at least until the storm had passed before taking any action.

After returning to the classroom, Lu Qinglong called everyone back to the open space in the middle and continued the operation that had not been completed just now:
"The next step is very important. It basically determines the width and size of the quilt. Many people fold their quilts into a cannon shape because they don't do the indentation step well."

"Pay attention, start making the indentation about one and a half folds and a little more than one fist away from the top of the quilt. Your hands are relatively small, so you should make two folds."

(Picture 1)

When Lu Qinglong said this, he opened his hand. The distance between his thumb and index finger is called a zha.

"When you get to a distance of more than one and a half feet and a fist, pinch both ends and make an arch bridge shape."

(Picture 2)

"Then grab one end of the quilt and fold it vertically into the middle of the quilt so that one side is folded."

“See, isn’t it very simple and easy to use?”

(Picture 3)

(End of this chapter)