March 11th, Saturday, Yi Roujing took the bus to Jing University, then all the freshmen walked to Jing Suburb with their belongings, it took a whole two hours to get there.

"This used to be a military camp, but the camp moved elsewhere, and now it’s the place for military training for Jing City’s university freshmen, they also came here for training in the fifties and sixties." Wang Ruohua is a local from Jing City, she knew this and explained it to the students from the same dormitory and class.

Speaking of which, Yi Roujing was also meeting her classmates for the first time.

"Jing University usually holds the opening ceremony after the military training, then conducts a summary of the training awards, but everyone should be able to know each other through training." Wang Ruohua said with a smile.

"Old Seven, you really know a lot." Gong Jue’e praised Wang Ruohua, "No wonder you’re a person from Jing City, if our dorm has anything we don’t understand, we certainly need to consult you."

Yi Roujing and Wang Ruohua were stunned when they heard Gong Jue’e’s address; they didn’t stay in the dorm last night so they didn’t know, Gong Jue’e and others assigned rankings based on age among the eight of them.

Yu Cuiyu is the eldest, followed by Zhang Yaen, Yi Roujing, Zhang Mengdi, Ren Xuejuan, Gong Jue’e, Wang Ruohua, and Le Xinxin.

"This way of addressing is quite intimate." Ren Xuejuan agreed, "Ruohua, which month are you from? Yesterday when we ranked, we found that Mengdi and I are both twenty-one, you and Ju’e are twenty. My month is younger than Mengdi, so I am behind her, what about you? Ju’e said you look younger than her, hence giving you the name of Old Seven."

Seeing that none of them opposed, Wang Ruohua said, "It must be Ju’e who’s older, I’m from November."

"I’m from January, not many have a month older than me." Gong Jue’e replied cheerfully, "Then we’ll follow this order in the future."

"Hello there." While the eight girls were chatting, a young chap around twenty years old, wearing army-green cotton jacket and pants, came over with a pen and notebook, "I’m Tu Lindong, a local from Jing City. I’ve already compiled all the information on the boys, just missing you eight girls."

"Once we know each other’s names, we can be acquainted as classmates. I heard the official start of the military training is in the afternoon, and the morning is for organizing." Tu Lindong explained.

Being the oldest in 305, Yu Cuiyu reported the names and ages of the dorm’s eight girls to Tu Lindong, and once Tu Lindong got the information and noted it down, he left.

"Why did he personally come to ask, isn’t there supposed to be a roster at the counselor’s office?" Le Xinxin asked in puzzlement.

"The opening ceremony hasn’t been held yet, and our class hasn’t decided on positions like class monitor; the counselor’s roster, who would it be shown to?" Wang Ruohua replied.

"I think maybe he’s interested in someone from our dorm." Zhang Mengdi giggled, "I just saw that Mr. Tu Lindong thoroughly scanned all of us eight."

Yi Roujing frowned slightly at this remark; Zhang Mengdi has a mouth that can say anything. Suspecting classmates upon first meeting, if overheard, could tarnish the male student’s reputation for being frivolous.

"Old Four, don’t speak nonsense." Gong Jue’e said immediately, "That Mr. Tu Lindong seems upright, doesn’t look like that kind of person, besides, at his age, he might already have a kid, even if unmarried, we don’t know if he’s single or how things are, it wouldn’t be good to ruin his reputation."

"Old Six is right." Yu Cuiyu concluded, "Our dorm does have already married comrades, I, Old Three, and Old Five are all married, Old Two has a partner too, if this spreads to our dorm mate’s family or someone’s partner’s ears, it would tarnish not only the male comrade’s reputation but ours as well."

Zhang Mengdi pursed her lips and said no more, but inwardly mumbled to herself, if they haven’t encountered anyone good, encountering someone good might lead to divorcing and eloping.

"By the way, why did you all choose to study medicine?" Zhang Yaen asked, smiling to shift the topic.

"Let me speak first, because my parents are both doctors, so I also chose this major." Zhang Yaen asked herself and answered first to show her stance.

"I chose it because the barefoot doctor in our Longchuan Production Team is very skilled; anyone sick in our team, he can cure. I liked following Doctor Ren as a child; he was very enthusiastic and kind. All the knowledge I have is taught by him, I learned some medical basics from him, and when the college entrance exam resumed, I wanted to pursue medical studies." Ren Xuejuan explained with a smile.

"My parents told me to apply for this major." Le Xinxin slightly pouted, "They said there aren’t many female doctors, and being a doctor is a noble profession."

"I chose it because my daughter isn’t very robust, so I thought if I became a doctor, I could take better care of her." Yu Cuiyu gave a bitter smile.

"I chose it because when I was a child, I had a high fever that almost fried my brain; a doctor saved me, so I wanted to be someone as incredible."

Gong Jue’e said loudly.

"Doctors earn a lot." Zhang Mengdi said very frankly, "My mom said so."

Hearing Zhang Mengdi’s words, Wang Ruohua shot her a glance, a flash of mockery crossed her eyes, thinking Zhang Mengdi is a momma’s girl, no opinion of her own at this age. When she first saw Zhang Mengdi’s family in the dorm, she didn’t like them, just hopes Zhang Mengdi isn’t this type after getting school education.

"I am similar to Yaen, my mother is a doctor, so I want to be a doctor too." Wang Ruohua replied, "And you, Roujing?"

"I like being a doctor." Yi Roujing replied with a smile, "I was a nurse before, a surgical nurse, watching doctors save one vibrant life after another, I also want to be someone like that."

"Roujing, you were a nurse before?" Yu Cuiyu was slightly surprised, "Even worked in the surgical room, you haven’t attended Worker, Peasant, Soldier University yet can master such skills, you are really impressive."

People who attended Worker, Peasant, Soldier University cannot take the college entrance exam, which is why Yu Cuiyu expressed such amazement.

"My grandfather was also a doctor when he was alive." Yi Roujing replied.

"So that’s how it is."

While chatting, the eight girls headed to their dormitory; this area is vast but segmented into several blocks, not only Jing University students come here for military training but also students from other universities in Jing City. Each university’s training ground is independent, and dormitories are divided by school, enclosed, independent rooms.

Here, it’s not eight people per room, the room is bigger than the school’s dormitory, at least three to four times larger, with orderly double bunks in rows in a big room, housing up to thirty-two people, therefore students from various departments live mixed.

Still, each bed has a name tag; no need to fight for beds, so everyone started organizing their things once they arrived.