Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander
Chapter 107 - 92: The Origin of Cabbage Head Gang

Chapter 107: Chapter 92: The Origin of Cabbage Head Gang

Before dawn arrived.

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"Little girl, aren’t you scared anymore with comrades by your side?" The door opened, and Jing Zhe walked in with a smile.

"Hello, Doctor!"

"Hello, Doctor!"

Luo Xiaoqiong and Liu Meijun quickly got up, saluted albeit unsteadily, and greeted him.

"Hello, hello, have a seat," Jing Zhe gestured towards the chairs, "The little girl was just crying out of fear, but now that you’re here, she’s better."

"I was not crying because I was scared!" Chuxia protested with a flushed face, unwilling to let the facts be distorted like that; she was just afraid, where were the tears?

If she revealed the real reason for her fear, it might scare him to death!

"Hehe..." Jing Zhe leisurely diluted vitamin powder, injecting it into the saline bottle and replacing the almost empty glucose bottle, "Little girl, didn’t I tell you to keep an eye on the bottle yourself? If I hadn’t estimated correctly and restored some blood, you would have really suffered."

"You are the doctor..." Chuxia’s words faded shyly, how could he possibly take care of everything with such a large area to manage?

Even in her own time and space, with so many doctors and nurses, patients still had to monitor their medication and call nurses for changes. Why was she provoking this Jing Zhe?

Was it because he looked like Lin Chuxia’s boyfriend from that time and space, making her uncomfortable?

Actually, it seemed there really was a bit of that; psychologically, she still felt that body was hers, but this body... well, also hers.

She must accept this reality, no more obsessing over it!

"Doctor Jing, thank you," Zeng Meili walked in, thanked him first, then looked at Chuxia, "Lin Chuxia, how are you feeling?"

"I’m fine now." Chuxia’s face turned beet red instantly; how embarrassing! Fainting on her first day of running, could there be a more embarrassing soldier?

"You’re somewhat malnourished, and I’ve discussed with Dean Liang. For the first month, your training can be slightly less than the others.

However, after one month, no special treatment will be given. If you don’t meet the physical standards at the final assessment, even if your academic performance is up to standard, you can’t stay."

"Yes!" Chuxia nodded, full of gratitude, "Thank you for the leadership’s concern!"

Zeng Meili looked at Luo Xiaoqiong and Liu Meijun standing there awkwardly: "Sit down, it’s good for you to come and keep her company at this time. Lin Chuxia, don’t take it too hard, every family has different conditions. As long as you’re willing to work hard, I believe you won’t be bad."

"Yes!"

Zeng Meili glanced at the time: "You can stay here and get your IV, the haircuts for the female soldiers are this afternoon, you two, come with me."

"Yes!"

Luo Xiaoqiong and Liu Meijun hurriedly followed.

"Grr..."

Zeng Meili turned around with a teasing smile, "Lin Chuxia, you don’t need to remind me that you’re hungry in such a manner; your meal is coming soon."

Chuxia, covering her grumbling stomach, responded in a voice as faint as a mosquito’s, her face flushed with embarrassment.

About five minutes after Zeng Meili left, Zhou Hanliang walked in carrying a meal box, "Xiao Chuxia, how are you feeling?"

Why does everyone keep asking her that?

She was going to die of embarrassment!

"Pretty good."

"Come, eat, you must be starving," Zhou Hanliang cheerfully opened the meal box, "Scrambled eggs with shrimp, sautéed lean meat with garlic sprouts, extra large white rice, and a radish vermicelli soup, all made by me personally. Are you touched?"

"Thank you." Chuxia’s nose began to tingle.

"Crying because you’re touched?" Zhou Hanliang quickly handed her a towel, "Look at you, all out of sorts, and we’re practically acquaintances. If I didn’t take good care of you, Elder Chen would skin me alive!"

"Who’s crying? I’m just uncomfortable from hunger." Chuxia took the meal box and ate spoonful after spoonful, though tears uncontrollably welled up.

After experiencing that dream and feeling such genuine care, she wanted to cry, for no reason at all, she just wanted to cry!

Without the love of her mother and father, without the love of her grandparents, but she had the love of parents and the care of comrades, she was blessed!

"This kid, gets so touched over some good food, sigh!" Zhou Hanliang sighed, "I really have to keep an eye on you for Elder Chen, in case some recruit tries to tempt you with food, I suppose you might actually give yourself away."

"Humph!" Chuxia put down the meal box, wiping her tears, "I’m not touched, I’m just missing my parents. I have so much good food, and they don’t; I miss them."

"Then you just work hard, striving for the day when they can also eat well every day," Zhou Hanliang sat by the bed, persuading gently, "Our military rules state that officers at regimental level and above can bring two family members."

"Are you trying to discourage me?" Chuxia rolled her eyes, discussing regimental level and above officers with a newly enlisted medical soldier, was that supposed to be encouraging?

"If you’re willing to work hard, nothing is impossible," Zhou Hanliang said.

"I will work hard." Chuxia, fighting back tears threatening to spill again, frantically shoveled rice into her mouth, no matter how faint the hope, she still had to try.

Or maybe she was too happy in that era, so Heaven decided to let her experience the hardships of this era.

But if you put it that way, wasn’t Chuxia too happy in this era as well? She didn’t really suffer and just fully embraced her happiness, isn’t that a bit unfair?

After the IV was done, it was two in the afternoon, and Jing Zhe helped her with the needle and then prescribed her a bottle of vitamin C: "Take two pills, three times a day, remember to keep it up."

"Yes."

"This is good for your skin, it will remove the yellowness from your face."

"Yes." Chuxia muttered to herself, was this a reminder that she looked pale?

"Alright, you can go back now." Jing Zhe smiled, adding another line, "Remember to take them to stay beautiful, alright?"

Did she seem like she had such a bad memory?

Chuxia rolled her eyes secretly, said goodbye, and returned to the female soldiers’ dormitory.

"Sister Lin, you’re back?"

As soon as she entered the dormitory, Yuan Mengmeng spoke in a mocking tone. Her two thick braids had been cut into ear-length bobs. The thick hair stuck out awkwardly, looking as hideous as possible.

Looking at the other women’s hair in the dormitory, they all looked similarly terrible. Chuxia couldn’t help but mock, was the hairdresser’s skill that bad?

Liu Meijun glared at Yuan Mengmeng and pulled Chuxia forward: "Luo Xiaoqiong is cutting hair right now, I’ll take you there."

Chuxia nodded and followed her out. Whether it looked good or bad, she couldn’t expect special treatment, but she walked as if she was marching to her sacrificial fate.

"Chuxia..." Liu Meijun burst into laughter, "Can you not walk so heroically? It’s just a haircut, not an execution."

Chuxia quickly took a deep breath and slouched, seeing Lin Mengran approaching and remembering the help she had provided, she smiled and said, "Lin Mengran, thank you."

"No need." Lin Mengran responded indifferently and passed by her.

How did she offend her? Confused, Chuxia blinked at Liu Meijun under the sunlight, her eyes sparkled brilliantly, her long eyelashes casting shadows below her eyelids, her skin was as smooth as porcelain, and her lips like blossoms...

Shaking her head to come back to her senses, Liu Meijun bitterly smiled: "Chuxia, no wonder not everyone likes you, even I got lost watching you. I believe, boys would like a girl like you even more, right?"

"How do you even connect these dots?"

"Honest truth, I just found myself staring at you..." Liu Meijun looked Chuxia up and down, "Even though everyone says you’re not likable, not fitting the type mothers-in-law prefer, but I suddenly think that’s just jealousy.

Besides, life is lived with your own man, not with your mother-in-law. Whether she likes it or not is secondary; the main thing is that your own man likes you, right?"

Chuxia: "..."

A female soldier in her forties was waving a pair of scissors around, cutting braids at their bases like she was cutting ropes—the reason why everyone’s hair looked so awful!

One snip per person, it would be weird if the hairstyles looked good.

Some female soldiers started crying the moment their hair was cut. The female soldier just glared at them, kicked the severed braids away, and moved on to the next...

Seeing Chuxia from afar, Luo Xiaoqiong hurriedly waved at her and said something to another soldier behind her, who then stepped back to make space.

"Chuxia, come here, I’ve saved a spot for you."

Chuxia was utterly speechless about such hair cutting skills; she didn’t need a reserved spot, others would surely let her go first.

With a snip of the scissors, Chuxia’s hairstyle matched everyone else’s.

She and Luo Xiaoqiong looked at each other and doubled over laughing. Their hair was dark, thick, and shiny, and now after being cut, it looked like a large stack!

Hearing the laughter, the female soldier frowned and looked at them. They quickly silenced themselves and tiptoed out.

"Hold on!"

The female soldier approached them with scissors, scrutinizing their hair. Her frown deepened.

"Ma’am..." Luo Xiaoqiong’s lips quivered, "I... I think it looks quite good."

"Did I say it looked bad?" the female soldier glared at her, "It seems a bit long, let me trim it a bit more for you."

"No... Not long..." Luo Xiaoqiong’s voice trailed off into a long tremble, fearing she might end up bald.

"Too ugly!" the female soldier muttered, pulling their arms, "Sit down!"

The two resigned themselves to their fate, whether nuns or monks, they accepted it!

Hair grows back, after all!

Surprisingly, the female soldier took out a peeling knife from her pocket and sheared off a layer of their outward flaring hair like she was peeling cabbage stems.

"There!" the female soldier nodded in satisfaction, "It looks better now."

Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong glanced at each other and then hurriedly checked in the mirror—indeed, it looked better!

Cabbage stem head, so that’s how it comes to be! Chuxia realized. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to support it by casting your recommendation votes at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation.)