In this way, Natasha's campus life officially began.
No matter what, she must adapt to a new life, even if it is difficult to adapt.
Four days have passed, and as time goes by, she is gradually getting used to the new life. However, many living habits are difficult to change, and may even remain unchanged for a lifetime.
Unlike other female classmates who walk lightly or as nimble as a white rabbit.
No matter where she goes on foot, she always holds her head high and can't help but walk faster than the three people sleeping with her.
She always shows her specialness inadvertently, basically showing off her capable image.
However, why is it that such a capable person has such poor academic performance?
Just a few days after entering school, her poor math skills were exposed. As a result, Natasha finally realized what her roommate Anna called "special training from the homeroom teacher".
It was just a matter of pure cramming. Teacher Brodsky fully demonstrated the sense of responsibility of an excellent teacher. He gathered all the children with poor grades in the class, eliminated his own after-school breaks, and specially made up for them at night.
A female warrior who relied on her feet to fight in various battlefields has now become a good student through and through.
Natasha, her life now has completely become a three-point one. Due to the realization of her academic shortcomings, gradually, the time for the lights in the 203 dormitory to go out is getting later and later. This makes the dormitory director Coroglio
The baby's aunt always checks the wards over and over again to prevent them from getting together to play poker.
After learning that they were simply working overtime to study, they said nothing more.
It's another Friday, and the whole afternoon is the physical education class of Class 6.
After lunch, the men and women of Class 6 took a short rest and then walked into the locker room together.
Now, there are only twelve girls in class six including Natasha, and they only need a small dressing room.
Roommates who have a good relationship with each other can always lead to closer feelings. Lyudmila and Natasha have been living under the same roof for several days, but they have never taken a good look at their new classmates.
Changing clothes before physical education class is really a perfect opportunity.
"Natasha, you are so thin, but your arms actually have muscle texture." Lyudmila smiled to express her thoughts, and even poked Natasha's belly, "Isn't that in the school uniform?"
Still hiding your eight-pack abs?”
"I'm not a man, where are my abs? It's something else." Natasha responded lightly.
"Anything else? What else?"
When Natasha continued to take off her top, the many scars on her skin immediately shocked Lyudmila's nerves. Not only she, but also the entire girls in the dressing room were shocked.
One by one, they came over to greet each other, and some of them spoke more sharply: "Natasha, were you injured in the war? Your home is in Moscow, and I know that Moscow has suffered many air raids before. Morning meeting
At that time, the principal said that Moscow was hit by air strikes again.”
"Niya, don't talk nonsense. She is standing here perfectly fine. How could she be injured?"
"But look at the scars on her body, especially her right shoulder."
Right shoulder? A female classmate mentioned my right shoulder?
As a Belarusian, it seems that she is naturally more resistant to the cold. Of course Natasha was wearing women's underwear, but her shoulders were exposed.
She lowered her head and looked carefully at her left and right shoulders. The right shoulder was obviously stronger than the left shoulder.
It can be said that this is entirely an occupational disease. For a veteran who has used firearms for a long time, his right shoulder will inevitably bear the recoil of the firearm. Over time, the body will adapt to it, and the physiological structure of the left and right shoulders will even undergo changes visible to the naked eye.
There was obviously some fat accumulation on Natasha's right shoulder, especially around her armpit. The difference between the left and right shoulders was immediately noticed by the sharp-eyed classmates.
However, most people's eyes noticed a scratch on Natasha's right rib side. It was like a lightning-shaped tattoo and looked so strange.
"It doesn't matter, it's just a war trauma." Natasha did not explain the reason for her body alienation, but made up a random reason: "I am actually not a resident of the core of Moscow city. My home is in the suburbs. The German army came here last year.
, I was injured during the retreat. Fortunately, I escaped the air raid. I was a little injured, but you see, I am still standing here healthy."
"Oh, another war victim." Lyudmila sighed deeply, then walked up unconsciously and gave Natasha a hug.
Lyudmila and the lively Anna only felt pity for what happened to Natasha. After all, it was a sad experience. She didn't mention it herself, so she didn't need to ask.
However, Lilia was silent. She didn't talk much to Natasha in the past few days. Even when she did talk, it basically focused on textbook knowledge.
Lilia's father had already died on the battlefield of the Great Patriotic War, and she herself was similar to her new roommate, a "war orphan" evacuated from the west.
Lilia never knew that Natasha had such a long and narrow scar on her side. The first time she saw it, she understood that the source of the scar was a bullet.
It is definitely not an ordinary bullet, definitely not a bullet from an air strike.
A bullet must have passed by her while she was running. Although Lilia didn't know and didn't want to ask what happened to Natasha, it was certain that that inexplicable encounter was the closest this girl came to death.
once.
"Natasha, you are such a strange person." Lilia muttered silently, "Well... at least you still have an uncle."
The Soviet Union implemented the "labor and health system" in schools very early. A strong body is something that every student must develop. The scores in the physical education examination are also one of the important indicators for university entrance examinations.
In peacetime, students mostly take an elective ball sport, such as basketball and football, which are always popular among boys, while girls mostly like elegant gymnastics or light badminton.
Now is the war period, and many ball sports elective courses that coexist with entertainment and economy have been completely suspended and replaced by what can be described as monotonous physical training.
As for physical training, one-kilometer long-distance running is the basic skill, and there are even crazy five-kilometer long-distance running events.
The students in Class 6 put on sportswear. Both boys and girls wore black shorts and their entire calves were wrapped in white fleece socks. They were not wearing thin clothes. Inside the sportswear, there was a layer of warm clothing.
However, they are all Russians and it is still September. Who would complain about the cold in this season? The cold days are still early!
Physical education teacher Semyonov also wore sportswear and often had a whistle in his mouth. Perhaps he preferred to use whistles instead of words to give orders. No, after a whistle, the students in Class 6 gathered urgently.
Semyonov is responsible for physical education classes in several classes. Today, as usual, he read the names of the students by checking the rosters.
Since a new student joined, and she was a girl, he couldn't help but pay special attention to it.
Originally, the number of girls in tenth grade was always a minority, and there were not many girls in this era who were willing to study hard. If they wanted to enter college, poor sports performance would be disastrous!
It just so happened that they were girls, and Semyonov did not have high requirements for them. As long as they could pass a few subjects, especially the one-kilometer long-distance running subject, that would be great.
For boys, in the five-kilometer long-distance running subject, whether running or walking, they must win these five kilometers, which means running twelve and a half laps around the track and field.
So, why does physical education teacher Semyonov have such strict requirements for boys?
Everything is this war.
Semyonov knows these boys best, all of them 17 or 18 years old. They are all wild and uninhibited, and they are eager to serve the country. They have a strong enthusiasm to join the army.
Therefore, in the foreseeable future, by the graduation season of 1943, quite a few boys in this class will take the initiative to join the army. No matter what branch of the military they will participate in, excellent physical endurance is a necessary condition.
Rather than going through great hardships in the new military camp, it is better to start enduring hardships now, so that you can better adapt to life in the battlefield in the future.
It's a pity that no one really appreciates this Semyonov. Because if anyone drags his feet during running, even though the school prohibits corporal punishment, it is inevitable that Semyonov will kick him.
Semyonov read out the names according to the updated roster. Since Natasha's pseudonym and surname started with the Russian letter x, he took the photo at the end of the girl's name.
"Kharkova? Are you Kharkova?"
Semyonov looked sideways, staring at Natasha Liu's straightened body. Suddenly, a strange feeling came to his mind.
Semyonov participated in the Soviet Civil War when he was young. He served as a soldier for many years. After he retired, he served as a physical education teacher at the No. 1 Middle School in Perm. He worked at this grassroots job for twenty years.
.
His experience as a soldier was what he was most willing to brag about, and because he was a veteran of the Soviet Red Army when it was first established, he immediately understood one thing from Natasha's demeanor.
"This girl has definitely been trained by soldiers. It's not the kind of military training that only lasts a month in school, but real military training."
If scars can be covered up with clothes, Natasha's military temperament cannot be covered up with anything. Especially her sharp eyes that were honed by war. When she became serious, her eyes were simply menacing.
"Kharkova, step forward!" Semyonov ordered.
At this time, Natasha stepped forward with her left leg stiffly, and then her legs snapped together.
Soldier! This is the posture of a soldier! She is actually showing off the standard military equipment. She is definitely not acting deliberately, it has become a natural habit for her.
Semyonov suddenly became very interested and simply asked: "Kharkova! Stand at attention!"
Natasha shivered again as a conditioned reflex. This time, her whole body was like a pine tree, and her chin was raised.
Semyonov hurriedly approached in full view of everyone, looking straight at Natasha's face, especially her big eyes with green pupils.
He just stared, but there was not a trace of tremor on the girl's face, and her whole body was like a steel drill, inserted deeply into the depths of the cinder track of the track and field field.
Soldier! If you are not a soldier with such determination, it would be incredible!
Physical education teacher Semyonov had already seen through it. He lowered his head and smiled slightly, but he could not tell the truth.
"Kharkova, return to the team."
After giving the order, Natasha took a step back with a stiff posture and returned to the neat queue.
Semyonov nodded deeply, as if nothing had happened, and then ordered: "Gil, as usual, take everyone to run around for a while, and then you can set off."
The class monitor, Jill, witnessed the teacher's focus on Natasha. It had to be said that her tall posture and firm determination really made many boys feel inferior. The more she behaved like this, the more he liked her.
Monitor Jill led the team in running exercises, starting with a warm-up of 400 meters. Everyone knew that after this, they would rest for ten minutes and the hard long-distance running would begin.
There are many classes training on the huge track and field, and some teams are already running on the cinder road. There are also students from many classes doing a series of resistance exercises around some horizontal and parallel bars.
The students were running, and Semyonov was running with them. This time he deliberately followed the girls' team, just to see Kharkova's running form clearly.
In fact, for many girls, running four hundred meters continuously is a challenge. It is obvious that some girls have begun to breathe, and even some boys are like this. But this Kharkova, her pace is still strong and powerful. What is commendable is that her expression
Relaxed and without fatigue.
"What kind of physical training has this girl experienced? She couldn't be someone who joined the army and was dismissed, right? This shouldn't be the case. She was obviously trained very well. Unless there is some major reason for such a female soldier to be withdrawn
.”
After another round of random thoughts, Semyonov became even more curious about this girl.
Suddenly, a bold idea emerged.
The team returned to its starting point, and some boys couldn't help but lean down and take a deep breath.
"You bastards!" Semyonov suddenly shouted, then blew his whistle, and the loose crowd immediately returned to their groups.
"You are tired after just four hundred meters? You idiots still want to join the army? Can you do it with your poor physical fitness? Next, all the boys are going to run five kilometers, so be prepared for me. As for the girls..."
Semyonov turned his head and ordered Lyudmila to come over: "You and the other girls continue to rest. I hope everyone can pass the 1,000 meters this time."
"I will supervise them, teacher."
"Except Kharkova." Immediately, Semyonov called Natasha over and put her into the boys' team.
For a moment, Natasha was at a loss and the whole class was in an uproar.
"Teacher, I am a girl." At this moment, Natasha showed her rare girlish side in front of Semyonov.
"Yes! Of course I know you are a girl. You are an unusual girl. You should understand what I mean. You are indeed very unusual." After saying this, Semenov gave a special wink. "Ah?! You!"
Do you know everything?"
Natasha suddenly felt a little panicked. Could it be that the principal had told the physical education teacher about her true identity? Thinking about it, he just treated her a lot. Could this be the reason for the awkwardness?
"What do I know? Ah, yes, I do understand something."
Obviously, this girl did hide something. Semyonov did not have the pleasure of gossip and did not ask further questions. He stated his thoughts straightforwardly: "Your physical fitness is far above that of all girls. I am afraid that compared with boys, you are also
How about the best? Do you have the confidence to take on the challenge of 5,000 meters?"
"This...five thousand meters."
"It doesn't matter. Even if you are exhausted and forced to walk in the end, if you can complete the five thousand meters, you are basically qualified. I won't force you to do anything. You tell me whether you can do it or not!"
"I……"
Does Natasha have the right to refuse? Thinking about it confidently, Natasha thought that this teacher standing here was like an officer, and she instinctively turned into a soldier. He definitely discovered this.
"Okay!" Natasha gritted her teeth, "I'll run! I will definitely complete the task."
Task? She actually said this word?! Semyonov couldn't help but be happy, "Very good, you complete five kilometers as fast as you can. Remember, it is twelve and a half laps. If you can run faster than all the boys
, I will give you a reward. I don’t have a special reward, just five hundred grams of rusk, it is better than eating potatoes."
"Okay! I agree!"
At least there is a good reward, even if it's for rusks, it's okay to fight for it today.
After all, Natasha is still a simple girl, she is a light, and she will shine brightly today.