Inside the tents of the Gale Camp, the literacy class was in full swing. Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the canvas, casting golden shafts of light across the ground, yet the atmosphere inside had taken a comical turn over a new recruit's reading mishap.
The recruit, Xiaohu, had little formal education and was always sloppy with his characters. The instructor had written a few words on the blackboard and drilled the men repeatedly, but Xiaohu remained utterly confused.
Shortly after the class ended, a superior officer issued an order and instructed Xiaohu to pass it along: "Assemble at the fifth watch today." Xiaohu took the order, but mistook one character for another, turning it in his head into: "Order the fifth watch to rest early."
Chapter 140