The "construction meeting" clearly did not intend to give an advance preparation time for the subjects of the exam.
Because there was only one day between the exam notification being issued and the exam itself.
On the day of the exam, Houdel deliberately got up very early, went to the riverbank for a refreshing bath, then returned to the tent to carefully shave his face, and finally put on clean clothes.
After finishing all this, the day had already become bright.
Yawning, Houdel leisurely headed towards the barrack gates.
Upon reaching the gates, Houdel did not hurry out but stood in front of the bulletin board, pretending to look at it for a while.
It wasn't until Doug gave him a pat on the shoulder from behind that Houdel snapped out of his daze.
Doug brought Houdel a piece of coarse bread with bacon and sauce; the two ate while they passed the checkpoint, registered their military badges, and left the camp.
Outside the barrack gates, there were two roads.