Chapter 329 Giving You a Choice Li Erniu, Wang Dazhuang, and Zhao Tiezhu were kneeling directly in front of the three wooden buckets, the most direct victims of this smell.
That hot, greasy, sour smell, like an invisible hand, gripped their throats, drilled into their nasal cavities, and seeped into every pore of their skin.
They felt as if their internal organs were out of place under the impact of this smell, their stomach acid surged wildly, their vision went black, and their brains went blank due to lack of oxygen and nausea, leaving them terrified.
The soldiers from the two cookhouses also looked pale. They had worked in the kitchen for many years and were used to the smell, but the power of this barrel of "aged wine" still exceeded their tolerance.
They forced themselves to endure the nausea and laboriously carried a large bucket of swill, which was emitting an eerie heat, to their feet.
"Put it here." Qin Ye stretched out his foot and gently pointed with the toes of his gleaming black combat boots to the feet of Li Erniu and the other two.
"Thump!"
A large wooden barrel was placed heavily on the ground, the liquid inside sloshing violently. Several rotten vegetable leaves and some unknown viscous substance were flung onto the edge of the barrel, emitting an even stronger and more specific stench.
The cooks put down the wooden bucket, glanced at the three people kneeling and wailing on the ground, and then secretly glanced at the expressionless, intimidating young instructor next to them. They felt that if they stayed for even a second longer, they might be treated as accomplices.
They didn't dare utter a sound, dropped their carrying poles, and ran away as if fleeing.
The only sounds on the entire playground, besides the suppressed murmurs, were the bucket of swill that silently exuded a terrifying aura.
Qin Ye slowly walked to the front of the wooden tubs and gently kicked one of them with his toe.
The wooden barrel made a dull thud.
"Congratulations to the three of you, you've won the lottery."
He lowered his head, looked at the three trembling figures, and asked, word by word, "Just now, weren't you talking behind my back, saying that my orders were bullshit, that you wouldn't listen even if I told you to eat shit?"
boom--!
These words were like a bolt from the blue, exploding in the minds of Li Erniu and his two companions!
Their faces instantly lost all color, turning even paler than the dead.
He...he heard it?!
How is that possible?!
Li Erniu's mind went blank; he was completely stunned. They were hiding at the very back of the line, so far away, with dozens of people between them, their voices barely audible. Did he have super hearing?!
Wang Dazhuang's body trembled violently. A surge of heat rushed from his tailbone to the top of his head, then turned into a bone-chilling cold that chilled him to the bone.
He remembered that after he said "I wouldn't listen even if you told me to eat shit," he had spit on the ground with a smug look on his face.
At the time, he thought his actions were incredibly cool, full of disdain for authority. Looking back now, he realizes that wasn't cool, it was foolish, stupid—he was practically throwing his head towards the guillotine!
Zhao Tiezhu was so frightened that his eyes rolled back and he almost fainted on the spot. His family was from the countryside, and when he was a child, he had seen lazy men in the village being criticized and struggled against, with people forcing their heads to be stuffed into a latrine.
That image was a nightmare he would never forget. Now, this familiar smell and this similar scene made him feel like he had returned to that terrible childhood.
The soldiers were in an uproar, and the noise of discussion instantly grew louder.
"Holy crap! So that's what happened! Those bastards are incredibly audacious!"
"Say bad things about the instructors behind their backs? You even said they wouldn't listen even if you ate shit? My goodness, that's like lighting a lantern in an outhouse—you're asking for trouble!"
"Serves them right! They really deserve it! They were the loudest ones in the cafeteria at lunchtime. I thought they were so capable, but it turns out they're just all talk!"
"Well, that's it, we've kicked a hornet's nest. No, we've kicked a steel plate!"
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