Daily life in the academy

According to the date, her period would come during the half month of autumn harvest. When Baizhi packed her luggage, she wrapped the sanitary belt in a cloth and stuffed it at the bottom. Fortunately, her body was not like the modern ones that would suffer from excruciating pain every time they had their period, so she only needed to make sure to change the sanitary belt in time.

Originally, when she lived alone in the dormitory, she could wash it in the house and reuse the menstrual belt. But since Yan Qingchen would occasionally stay in the dormitory for a few days, this reusable menstrual belt became a disposable item. Every time she secretly changed it, she would burn it in the toilet with a tinder. If it was difficult to burn because of the blood, she would carry some small cotton wool with her to help burn it. There are always more solutions than suffering. Even if someone found her playing with fire in the toilet, she could cover it up by saying it was too smelly and she wanted to get rid of the smell.

After all, it was a place where men lived, and the smell of the toilet was not something that ordinary people could bear. Every time Bai Zhi went in, she would stuff a few pieces of cotton wool in her nose in advance to block the attack of biological weapons.

Fortunately, she had more money later on, otherwise she would not have so much spare money to buy more than a dozen sanitary belts every month. Although these things don't cost much, when people are extremely poor, they will focus on food first. It's good enough if they don't starve to death. Who would care about whether they are comfortable or not?

Bai Zhi didn't have many things with her. She only packed a few sets of clothes, a large bag of sanitary belts, some daily necessities, and some small change. Yan Qingchen was not at home today, and she had no homework to complete. She happily took out her storybook and lay on the bed, swinging her legs while reading.

Such leisurely time is rare, so we must cherish it.

***

There were no morning classes on the second day, and all the students of Yunlu Academy had arrived at noon. There was also a requirement for this trip that no servants or attendants were allowed, and everything had to be done personally. However, with the warning of expulsion in advance, and those high-ranking students such as Yan Qingchen, Xiao Qingyu, and Xue Huaiming no longer raised any objections, others would not gamble with their future for the rest of their lives.

Xie Guan was at the head, reading out the divisions of Ding Liutang. Each group had five people, each with a group leader. The group leader would be announced first, followed by the four group members, and so on.

When it came to Baizhi, it was no surprise that she became the team leader. Her team members were Yan Qingchen, Mu Bailian, Lin Chong, and Wenzhe. This grouping was not strictly divided according to each school, so when Wenzhe's name was read, no one was too surprised. They were just surprised that the teacher actually grouped Yan Qingchen and Mu Bailian together. Wasn't he afraid that they would fight again?

Some people even cast sympathetic glances at Bai Zhi. As for Bai Zhi herself, she was concerned about Lin Chong, the only outsider assigned to their group. This person sat on Mu Bailian's left, and when he heard that he was assigned to Yan Qingchen's group, his face turned pale.

Lin Chong was one of the two people who had a conversation yesterday, and he was also the one who thought Bai Zhi was kind. The companion who spoke to him yesterday was named Huang Zishu, who patted him on the shoulder and said, "Take care, brother." His expression and tone showed some gloating.

"Thank you, Brother Huang, for your comfort." Lin Chong said with a bitter face.

Bai Zhi wondered, were the four of them really that scary? She'd have to talk things over with the other three later, telling them to treat the newcomer well and make him feel at home.

After the teachers emphasized all the precautions to the students again, they organized the 342 students in the academy to pack their bags and ride forward on horseback.

It is foreseeable that with such a huge team, this autumn harvest will be a nightmare for all the pampered students. They will be taken to a completely unfamiliar and harsh environment, where they will need to exert their physical strength while taking care of themselves. This is just like the ancient version of Metamorphosis.

Bai Zhi wondered if the teachers at Yunlu Academy had ever considered that these students, who had never suffered any hardship, would collectively fall ill, or even feign illness if some could not bear it.

However, when Bai Zhi saw three people carrying medicine boxes, each followed by two medicine boys, putting all the medicinal materials that might be used into the carriage, her doubts were dispelled. The teachers had been teaching for so many years and they knew the students' bad habits very well.

I really admire you!

At the front and back were fifty cavalrymen loaned from the city defense camp, led by Wu Fuzi, a fifth-rank general named Dingyuan, who was temporarily assigned to the academy. With the intimidation of these cavalrymen, the students dared not act rashly.

Bai Zhi's team was at the back, and to show her friendliness towards Lin Chong, she used her reputation as team leader to get the other three to give him a friendly welcome, striving to make him feel at home. Lin Chong then received Mu Bailian's warm shoulder hug, Wen Zhe's polite greeting, and Yan Qingchen's cold nod. She vaguely saw Lin Chong tremble slightly... so this must be the feeling of being so moved that it's hard to put into words...

In fact, Lin Chong was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and in the end he was stared at coldly by Yan Qingchen. If it weren't for his years of endurance, he would have collapsed long ago.

The group rode in a regular rhythm. Everyone else chatted casually, but Lin Chong remained silent. Bai Zhi reflected on their behavior and decided to change her strategy. She said sincerely, "Lin Chong, if you encounter any difficulties during the autumn harvest, you must tell me. I will do my best to help you solve them."

Perhaps sensing Bai Zhi's good intentions, Lin Chong finally managed a smile today: "Thank you, Team Leader Bai."

Finally, they had managed to pry Lin Chong open. They needed to quickly understand his personality so they could devise a suitable strategy for the subsequent reconciliation between Yan Qingchen and Mu Bailian. If it were just the four of them, Yan Qingchen and Mu Bailian's reconciliation could simply be fabricated with a random stranger and the acting could be skipped.

Now that there is one more person, I have to continue acting, which makes me feel a little tired... It is really not easy to get into the circle of big guys.

...

Xie Guan said that the purpose of this trip was a place called Jiaojia Village on the southeast side of Shandong. Although they knew that the trip would be very difficult, Zhinan, where they had previously agreed to go, was near Jiaojia Village. This was good news for the four of them.

The timing is right now, and maybe we can make an appointment to go see the maple leaves together in our spare time.

Due to the large number of people, they needed to control the overall speed of progress, so they did not arrive at Jiaojia Village until the afternoon of the second day. The village chief Jiao Shangwu led a group of villagers to stand at the entrance of the village to greet them.

The resettlement site was located in the back mountain not far from Jiaojia Village. To enter the back mountain, one had to pass through Jiaojia Village. There were many elderly people and children in the village. In order to avoid hurting innocent people, the students could only carry their own bags and lead the horses to climb up the back mountain step by step.

There are dozens to hundreds of tents on each level of the flat ground in the back mountain. Most of Bai Zhi and his group are students from Dingtang, so they were assigned to the top platform.

Bai Zhi was so exhausted that she was gasping for breath... She hadn't expected that there would be a "seat" selection based on grades...