We followed Gu Zipei's method to put the sanitary napkin into the shoes, and it was much more comfortable to step on.

On the fourth day of training, our class was in a significantly better state than other classes, and the instructor praised us with satisfaction and let us relax in place for ten minutes. Under the scorching sun, we secretly looked at me, and I looked at you, and we all chuckled very tacitly.

After the break, the instructor let us do the training of rolling back and forth, and instructed me and Lu Li, the two squad leaders, to go to the equipment room to carry ten military mats to the training ground.

On the way to the equipment room, Lu Li walked fast with the advantage of his long legs, and I could only trot behind him. I stared at Lu Li's shoes, thinking that Lu Li was also walking in shoes with sanitary napkins, and I couldn't help laughing.

Lu Li, who was walking in front, turned his head when he heard my laughter and frowned, "Ye Zhenzhen, hurry up, the instructor will punish us in a while." ”

Although I didn't get along with Lu Li for a long time, I found that I liked to frown when he was displeased, so I had to speed up my pace to keep up with him.

When I arrived at the equipment room, as soon as I entered the door, I saw a high green military mat in the corner, Lu Li was responsible for taking it from the top, and I was responsible for stacking it on the ground, and when I was about to get up when I folded it to the ninth, it suddenly went dark in front of me, and the whole person fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Lu Li on the side threw away the mat in his hand, squatted down and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

I shook my head, "It's okay, I should have low blood sugar." ”

"Are you going to be taken to the infirmary?"

Lu Li carefully lifted me up from the ground.

"No, I've had low blood sugar since I was a child, and I often get dizzy, so I'll be fine if I eat a toffee."

I took out a White Rabbit toffee from my pocket, peeled off the bag, and stuffed it into my mouth, the sweetness of the toffee made me feel much more sober instantly.

"So you carry toffee every day."

"How do you know? I stuff a few in my pocket every day, just in case. ”

"Guess. If you're okay, let's go. ”

Lu Li squatted down, picked up the folded mat and stood up.

"Lu Li, I'll get some, otherwise the instructor will say I won't work."

I reached for the cushion in Lu Li's hand.

"Then take the one on the ground."

Lu Lichao snorted at the mat he had just thrown on the ground, and then walked out of the equipment room.

I immediately picked up the mat on the ground and followed Lu Li.

On the way back, Lu Li didn't know whether it was because he was holding the mat or because he was sick with me, he walked very slowly, and I overtook him many times.

I learned the tone of voice that Lu Li spoke to me when he came, "Lu Li, hurry up, the instructor will punish us in a while." ”

This time, Lu Li didn't get angry, but just glanced at me behind the mat and quickened his pace, and now it became me trotting after him again.

Lu Li seems to be different from other boys, he has the lazy appearance of a sixteen-year-old boy, and he also has a steady and calm that does not belong to this age, he doesn't like to talk, and he doesn't like to laugh, I have hardly seen him take the initiative to communicate with his classmates since the beginning of school, but today he took the initiative to care about me who was unwell. He didn't seem to be as difficult to get along with as he seemed when they first met.

Later, I recalled countless times the scene of trotting behind Lu Li, Lu Li was like a mysterious black hole, attracting me to want to understand him. At that time, I only felt that three years was a long time, long enough for me to slowly get closer to my life.

Before we knew it, the military training had reached the sixth day, and tomorrow afternoon we could leave the army and officially enter the high school life, and each of us had a relaxed and happy expression on our faces, and we began to become a little slack in training, and the instructor had a black face all day.

Until dinner in the evening, I don't know who told a joke, which caused most of the class to burst into laughter, and the originally quiet cafeteria was filled with the laughter of our class. This laugh attracted the company commander, who severely reprimanded us, and punished the whole squad for not eating, and ran ten laps around the training ground.

Reluctantly, we put down our half-eaten meals and ran to the playground one by one.

"I haven't eaten enough, how can I run." Gu Zijin muttered quietly next to me.

"I've only eaten two bites, and I haven't eaten much at noon." I said weakly.

At this time, Gu Zipei and Lu Li ran up, Gu Zijin grabbed Gu Zipei's collar and asked, "Who of you boys started just now, so that our whole class was punished." ”

"It was the guy from the next class who told us a joke, but I couldn't help it...... Eh, Gu Zijin, why are you beating me! ”

Gu Zipei ran away as fast as a cat and mouse, and Gu Zijin chased after him.

I ran side by side with Lu Li, and Lu Li shouldn't have eaten enough, because his current running speed is basically the same as mine.

After a while, Lu left the mouth and asked me, "Aren't you low blood sugar if you don't eat enough and exercise?" ”

I thought for a moment and replied, "I didn't have that before, and I don't know." ”

"Do you bring sugar? Eat one now just in case. Lu Li said.

I shook my head, "I finished the last one last night." ”

"Then pay attention."

I didn't quite believe my ears, Lu Li, who was usually cold, actually opened his mouth to care about me, and I turned my head to look at Lu Li in surprise.

Lu Li seemed to be a little embarrassed by me, so he said with a different face: "If you fall, I will have to do the squad leader's business alone." ”

At this time, Gu Zijin and Gu Zipei ended their fight and ran towards me and Lu Li. The four of us ran side by side on lap 1, lap 2, and lap 10.

When the penalty was over, everyone was already tired, and no one had the heart to think about dinner anymore. We dragged our lead-filled legs back to the dormitory, washed hastily, and went to bed to rest, where we fell asleep after a while.

At about twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, I was awakened by hunger, and Wang Ning on the top bunk was talking in her sleep, and her mouth was full of food.

Gu Zijin walked to my bedside, patted me, and asked, "Zhenzhen, have you slept?" ”

I opened my eyes and sat up from the bed. By the moonlight outside the window, Gu Zijin was wearing daytime clothes, and I asked her suspiciously, "Where are you going?" ”

Gu Zijin handed me the clothes I put at the end of the bed, "Gu Zipei said to take us to eat, you get dressed quickly." ”

"Where are you going to eat so late?"

Although I think it's okay for Gu Zipei to go out with us so late, his body is obediently dressed.

At this time, Wang Lu, who was on the opposite bed, turned over, and Gu Zijin made a shushing gesture and pulled me out of the door.

When he arrived downstairs in the dormitory, Gu Zipei walked out of the grass next to him with a flashlight, followed by a person. I struggled to keep my eyes open before I could see that it was Lu Li. It seems that Lu Li was pulled by Gu Zipei again.

"Gu Zipei, why did you call us out in the middle of the night? If the instructor knows about it, we're finished. I asked in a low voice.

"I surveyed around here the other day and found a few persimmon trees in the forest behind our dormitory." Gu Zipei replied in a low voice.

"You're not going to take us to pick persimmons to eat." Gu Zijin suddenly raised his voice.

Gu Zipei hurriedly covered her mouth, "Be quiet, do you want everyone to know that we are going to pick persimmons?" ”

"If we get discovered, it's over." I said worriedly.

"No, now that it's past the patrol time, the instructors are asleep at this point. Say no more, come with me. Gu Zipei made a departure gesture towards us and walked in front with a flashlight.

I exchanged glances with Gu Zijin and Lu Li, and finally decided to follow Gu Zipei.

With the faint light of the flashlight, we successfully found the persimmon trees that Gu Zipei said.

Gu Zipei and Lu Li are tall and are responsible for picking persimmons, Gu Zijin helps with the flashlight, and I let the wind out. A few minutes later, Gu Zipei and Lu Li picked more than a dozen persimmons and put them all on the ground. We picked one up, wiped it with our clothes, and put it in our mouths. Maybe I'm really hungry, but I think persimmons are very sweet.

"Well, follow me." Gu Zipei said proudly.

Gu Zijin threw Gu Zipei a disdainful look, "Gu Zipei, you are terrible, pulling two squad leaders to accompany you crazy." ”

"It's Lu Li who wants to follow, I didn't force him." Gu Zipei said aggrievedly.

"I'm afraid he'll do something bad, so I'll take a look." Lu left the mouth.

"No matter, it's a big eater. We are in trouble together tonight," Gu Zipei lifted the persimmon that had eaten more than half of it and pushed it between the four of us, "Come, raise the persimmon in your hands and take a bite for our revolutionary friendship." ”

I was infected by Gu Zipei's passionate tone, and I also raised the persimmon, and Gu Zijin and Lu Li raised it reluctantly.

"Cheers."

After solving the persimmons in the field, we buried the persimmon core in the soil, and before leaving, I looked back at the uneven land, where maybe new saplings would grow in a few years, and in a few years they would grow into big trees and bear fruit. But no one will know that there were once four teenagers who planted a revolutionary friendship here.

At noon on the day of the end of the military training, we said goodbye to the instructors. I seriously looked around the training ground for seven days, and in this land sprinkled with our sweat and tears, the instructor had sternly instructed our movements, every sentence, sonorous and powerful; Every time we run before the breakup, we run as fast as we can rest as soon as possible, as if rushing to the finish line; On the night of singing, we sat around the lawn, pulling our voices and singing awkward songs opposite.

In the end, we sang "We Are Soldiers" together throughout the year and gave it to all the instructors, some sang with red eyes, some secretly wiped their tears, and the military song that I usually feel old-fashioned has become the most beautiful melody at that time, echoing over the training ground for a long time.

When I got on the school bus, I secretly glanced back at our instructors, who were standing in a neat row and saluting us, their eyes firm and powerful, Gu Zipei stood in front of them, and also returned the salute with the most upright posture. I was touched by this image, and I thought it would be the most beautiful gift of my short youth.