The second day arrived as scheduled, marking the first day of military training.
The freshman military training at Finance University lasts fourteen days, which is two weeks. However, it’s actually thirteen days because the fourteenth day is for the rehearsal of the military parade. After the rehearsal in the morning, the university military training officially cos to an end, and the formal university life begins.
Nonetheless, as the first day of military training, everyone was having a hard ti.
At eight o’clock in the morning, the instructor called the group to assemble.
As Xu Lin stood beside his old buddy Liu Yang from Jinn, a line of prompt appeared before his eyes.
[You have a college military training .]
Seeing a task was triggered, Xu Lin silently clicked to open it.
[Task available: Stand out in military training.]
[Note: There is no penalty for failure, please explore freely.]
"In what way to stand out?"
Xu Lin pondered over it.
"Everyone... Attention! Eyes right!"
Tat-tat-tat...
Upon hearing the instructor’s voice, everyone quickly took action.
"Attention!"
"Stand at ease!"
"Attention!"
...
It repeated ten tis.
"Attention, stand in military posture for ten minutes, no one is allowed to move!"
The instructor spoke with a northeastern accent, with a stern tone and a fierce appearance, resembling a low-budget version of Zhong Kui. Many were intimidated, and so timid girls had their hearts racing with fear.
Today was sunny, and by eight-thirty, the sun was already a bit hot. After nine, people started to sweat directly.
Around eleven o’clock, the sun was high in the sky, and in Xu Lin’s class, two girls couldn’t handle it and got heatstroke. One of them was resting under the root of a tree opposite, and the other was taken to the school infirmary.
Xu Lin’s heart was as calm as still water, only feeling a bit hot.
He had worked out before, with a strong physical constitution, so this level of sun and training was nothing to him. However, the slightly chubby boy on his left was sweating heavily, and even though it was just eleven, his back was soaked and his shirt was sticking to his back, emitting a sweat odor that Xu Lin found hard to bear.
Really unbearable!
Finally, amidst the tornt, it was finally lunchti.
The crowd quickly dispersed.
Rong Xiyi ca over and patted Xu Lin’s shoulder, "Let’s go out for dinner tonight!"
"Details!"
Xu Lin asked, "Are you treating?"
"Fine, I’m treating!"
Rong Xiyi replied in annoyance.
Xu Lin laughed, "I’ve been waiting for you to say that!"
Rong Xiyi: "Not a hint of gentlemanly conduct!"
"Where we’re from, a gentleman is a warm guy, and a warm guy ranks after a dog, not even as good as a licking dog!"
"Tch!"
Rong Xiyi took off her hat, revealing so sweat beads on her roots, with so strands of hair sticking together.
She used her hat as a fan while moving her hands.
She said, "So tiring!"
At this mont, three guys passed by Rong Xiyi, and a wave of sweat odor filled the air.
"A bit slly!"
Rong Xiyi couldn’t help but cover her nose.
Xu Lin: "Isn’t that normal?"
"I know it’s normal, but it’s still really slly!"
Rong Xiyi wrinkled her nose and slightly leaned closer to Xu Lin’s shoulder, with her nose thirteen centiters away from Xu Lin’s shoulder.
Hmm?
Rong Xiyi originally wanted to say Xu Lin, you also have a sweat sll.
But as she leaned in for a sniff.
"How co you have a fragrance?"
Rong Xiyi was quite surprised, feeling Xu Lin’s scent was pleasant, even a bit intoxicating!
Rong Xiyi: "Did you spray so perfu?"
Xu Lin retorted, "This is body fragrance; a rarity in a million!"
In reality, guys can also have body fragrance, but this is extrely rare, just like body odor, a minority group.
"How can a guy have body fragrance?"
Rong Xiyi was stunned and leaned in to sniff again.
Xu Lin’s scent really didn’t resemble perfu.
"How would I know?"
Xu Lin generously said, "If you want to sll my scent, let’s find a quiet place later so you can sll it slowly!"
"Get lost!"
Rong Xiyi rolled her eyes at Xu Lin.
Although Xu Lin had body fragrance, which made Rong Xiyi feel strange, she didn’t think much of it.
After lunch, the two returned to their dorms for a shower and a nap.
At two-thirty in the afternoon, military training resud punctually.
Xu Lin was slling the sweat odors of the nearby guys while thinking about how to stand out in military training.
Xu Lin couldn’t figure it out.
Besides, he didn’t even have a chance to perform!
In the afternoon, the instructor stood in front of each student, watching them as they stood in military posture. When the instructor stood in front of Xu Lin, he felt Xu Lin’s posture was quite representative and well-executed.
However, this wasn’t anything spectacular.
In short, the day of military training ended just like that.
At eight-thirty in the evening, the military training ended on ti.
Rong Xiyi treated Xu Lin to a al near the school.
When he returned after nine, Xu Lin made a stop at the school’s parcel station.
The computer, mouse, and keyboard that Chi Linyue bought for Xu Lin had already been delivered to the station.
Xu Lin quickly picked up two packages, with the mouse and keyboard tied together, and just at that mont, he saw Shang Wanjun, who stood out in the crowd. Apparently, he hadn’t noticed her earlier, and didn’t expect she was there to collect parcels too.
"Teacher."
Xu Lin greeted her.
"Xu Lin!"
Shang Wanjun smiled slightly, carrying a large parcel in both hands, which looked quite heavy.
Xu Lin glanced at it, "Are those books?"
"Complete Works of Nan Huaijin."
Who is Nan Huaijin?
Which author?
Xu Lin didn’t know either, but the rectangular box that Shang Wanjun was carrying, estimated to be 60 cm long, over 20 cm wide, and also over 20 cm high, left him wondering how many books were inside, and how heavy they were.
"Complete Works of Nan Huaijin!"
Shang Wanjun answered.
Xu Lin: "What kind of books are those?"
"These are recordings of lectures by a master of traditional Chinese culture, compiled by his disciples into books. So, these books are the works of Mr. Nan Huaijin!"
"Works?"
"Similar to ’The Analects’!"
Shang Wanjun explained to Xu Lin: "’The Analects’ are the sayings of Confucius, compiled by his disciples. They are not directly written by Confucius, hence they are called works. If they are personally written, they are called writings."
Xu Lin suddenly understood.
"Teacher, are you walking back to the dormitory?"
"Yes, I’m walking back."
Shang Wanjun lived in the faculty dormitory.
At Finance University, there are two faculty dormitory buildings, one for male teachers and one for female teachers.
Seeing Shang Wanjun carrying a set of books, with both hands full, Xu Lin offered to swap parcels, letting Shang Wanjun carry his ga and mouse keyboard, while he helped carry the set of books for her.
Along the way, Shang Wanjun enthusiastically talked to Xu Lin about Nan Huaijin, saying that Nan Huaijin had passed away over a decade ago. He was one of the renowned masters of traditional Chinese culture, with a legacy of nurous works. This set includes 36 types of books, divided into 44 volus, since so books have upper and lower volus. It includes lectures on ancient texts like ’The Analects’, ’Zhuangzi’, ’Diamond Sutra’, ’The Book of Changes’, ’The Great Learning’, covering the teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism.
Xu Lin hasn’t read much, so he wasn’t particularly interested in Nan Huaijin, but Shang Wanjun was very fond of traditional Chinese cultural content.
"Xu Lin, do you want to read so books? I can lend them to you!"
Shang Wanjun suddenly asked.
"Teacher, what do you recomnd?"
Xu Lin replied casually.
"You can co to my dormitory, open the package and have a look. You can take whichever book you like."
"Ok."
Visiting Shang Wanjun’s dormitory, Xu Lin didn’t hesitate.
Shang Wanjun lived on the third floor, room 305, of the female faculty dormitory.
Upon entering the dormitory, Xu Lin slled a fragrance. It was nothing special, as everyone has their own scent, n and won alike. Their residence reflects the scent from their bodies.
Xu Lin wasn’t excited about it.
The faculty dormitory was a renovated student dormitory, configured as a single room with a living area, an open kitchen, toilet, and shower. The size was roughly 50 square ters, not too big or small, certainly enough for one person.
Xu Lin glanced around, possibly because Shang Wanjun had just moved in, so there weren’t many belongings in the dormitory, but there were quite a lot of books on the bookshelf.
Xu Lin took a look at the bookshelf and saw collections like ’Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi’, ’Classic of Poetry’, ’Dream of the Red Chamber’, ’Selected Song Ci’...
Most of the books were of traditional Chinese cultural genres.
Xu Lin thought, no wonder Shang Wanjun is such a literary enthusiast.
"Xu Lin, would you like so water?"
"Thank you, teacher!"
Xu Lin took the cup of warm water handed to him from the dispenser and began drinking while sitting on the sofa.
At that mont, Shang Wanjun picked up a pair of scissors from the coffee table, cut open the package of ’Complete Works of Nan Huaijin’, and took out the 44 books inside, placing them front side up on the coffee table.
"Xu Lin, take a look. Which one do you want to read?"
Shang Wanjun, full of spirit, seed to forget that Xu Lin was a male student in her room, with hardly any sense of vigilance.
Xu Lin scanned the covers of the books.
Xu Lin couldn’t help but wonder, what kind of books are these anyway?
’A Brief Introduction to the Sutra of Perfect Awakening’, ’Lengjia Great aning Modern Interpretation’, ’ncius and Gong Sun Chou’, ’The Analects with a New Arrangent’, ’Speculations on Lie’, ’Zhuangzi’s Discourse’...
They truly cover the teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism.
Xu Lin started to ponder.
Hmm?
Which one should he take?
First, exclude the Buddhist texts, then the Confucian texts.
Ultimately, after giving it so thought, Xu Lin picked up ’Zhuangzi’s Discourse’.
Discourse, aning Nanhua.
’Zhuangzi’ is also known as the ’Nanhua Scripture’.
The reason Xu Lin chose this book was simply because he had studied a passage from ’Carefree Travel’ in high school, which gave him a certain fondness.
As for ’The Analects’ or ’ncius’, he had learned a bit too, but seriously, who reads such preachy books?
"Teacher, I’ll take this one then!"
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