Chapter Forty-Three: Becoming an Unsung Hero

The Wild Wolf Regiment's encampment.

Because the regimental commander voluntarily went down to a lower level for the mission, he is now the deputy regimental commander acting as the deputy in Jiangbei. He is so busy every day that he feels like he could be split into several pieces.

"Deputy Regiment Commander! Something's happened!"

A soldier barged in without knocking, startling Jiang Bei, who was engrossed in developing a training plan. Jiang Bei's hand trembled, and his pen immediately left a large ink stain on the paper.

"What are you yelling about! Did you forget all about military discipline? Don't you know to shout 'Report!' before coming in?"

She angrily crumpled the unfinished training schedule in her hand into a ball and threw it at the soldier, giving him a sharp glare, but she wasn't really angry.

"Report to the deputy regimental commander! An arrow has just landed in our encampment! There's a piece of paper on it!"

Upon hearing this, the soldier immediately stood at attention, his voice strong and clear, so loud it made Jiang Bei's head buzz.

Jiang Bei rubbed his forehead helplessly and sighed silently. It was another day of missing his commander!

"Let me see it."

He reached out and took the arrow and paper from the soldier. At first, he didn't care, but after reading the contents of the note, he jumped up from his chair.

Is this for real?!

"Go and bring back the regimental commander who's still carrying manure down the mountain! Tell him! Something terrible has happened! The sky is about to fall!"

Completely unconcerned about how shocking the bomb she had dropped was, Gu Zuozuo delivered the message, patted her behind, and slipped away as fast as she could.

"Why did it take you so long?"

Meng Tian stood at the entrance of the educated youth settlement with a worried expression, constantly looking towards the back mountain. When she saw Gu Zuozuo returning with bundles of firewood, she silently breathed a sigh of relief and put her heart, which had been in her throat, at ease.

"They went too far."

"Keep an eye on the time next time, or we'll worry."

"good."

When the first light snow began to fall, the educated youth settlement fell into a quiet atmosphere. It was so cold outside that it felt like even a breath of air could freeze into a solid shape.

Meng Tian and Gu Zuozuo chatted and laughed as they washed the jars inside the house, preparing to pickle vegetables and sauerkraut. Gu Zuozuo sat cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed), grinding the medicinal herbs she had prepared, preparing to make several boxes of whitening cream and moisturizing cream for the two little darlings who were returning home.

"I collected over a hundred duck eggs from a fellow villager's home. Shall we pickle them into salted duck eggs?"

Duck egg enthusiast Qi Meng pulled a large basket out from under the table, lifted the straw on top, and revealed a basket full of large, green-shelled duck eggs.

"When did you receive it? You kept it a secret pretty well, didn't you?"

Qi Meng proudly raised her little head. How could she possibly go and collect it herself? What if those heartless scumbags at the educated youth settlement saw it and reported her? Wouldn't that be disgusting?

"I asked Ma Liang and Grandma Ma for help."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As they were chatting and busy with their work, a series of violent explosions suddenly came from deep in the back mountain.