Chapter 378 You want me to be a cook?!
In the large training ground in the center of the camp, the soldiers did not leave after the morning drill.
A large circle was formed in the middle of the field, and people cheered for the two people competing in the center of the circle. The scene was warm and lively.
The warlike men were so excited that they were so hot that they took off their shirts despite the cold weather.
"Okay! Another one! Whose turn is it? Come on up quickly and dawdle for a bit!"
"Go ahead, Old Seven! You're our battalion's best close combat expert. If you don't get a good start, you'll come back like a dog barking on the ground, hahahaha!"
"Ah! You can't even beat a little girl and you still dare to call yourself a good fighter! You should give yourself the title of a good fighter! Get down, get down! This is fucking embarrassing!"
"Damn it, get out of the way! I'm here, Old Sun!"
On the high platform right in front of the camp, Deputy General Lu Neng and several veterans squatted on the edge of the platform, watching the excitement and making clicking sounds.
"Old Lu, who are these young men? They are all good fighters. No wonder they dare to challenge us." The head cook, Chai Fang, was a man in his forties with broad shoulders and a big waist. The clothes from the kitchen camp fit him well, but they did not cover his stomach very well. After he tied the belt, it was like a cooking pot was stuck inside his clothes, forcing the lapels to open to both sides.
Lu Leshan, the captain of the sentry battalion, tossed a peanut he'd scraped from Chai Fang into his mouth. If he hadn't opened his mouth, he'd have looked more like a civil official, with a straight figure and handsome features. "What did I say? Old Chai, you've been waving your spatula like a fool. All you do is stare at the melons and dates in the vegetable basket. You don't know what's going on outside. Those eight are incredibly powerful people."
Zeng Shun, the infantry captain of the Seventh Battalion, rubbed his hands together and stared at the other side with his eyes shining. "Excellent hands, truly excellent hands! Their attacks are swift and fierce, and full of rage! These kinds of young men are perfect for my infantry battalion! If they're really ready to join the army, I'll make the decision to recruit them all!"
"What a sweet dream! Not to mention that these guys are all the general's henchmen, if they were to join the army, they would definitely follow the general. Even with their status, they wouldn't really join the army," Lu Leshan bit another peanut and smirked, "The fugitives on the wanted list of nine countries are not enough for them to cause trouble. Our small military camp can't hold such a powerful roc."
There was silence for a moment.
After a moment, Zeng Shun became even more excited. "What a great talent! Someone with such courage should join the Yuan army and go into battle to kill the enemy!"
Chai Fang laughed heartily. "Who isn't young and frivolous? Didn't we all go through youth too? Looking at them is just like looking at ourselves back then. Back then, when the enemy attacked our camp, I didn't have time to grab my weapons, so I led the soldiers from the kitchen battalion and charged in, wielding only spatulas and fire sticks!"
"If the general hadn't arrived with his men in time, the entire kitchen camp would have been wiped out. And you're still showing off like that?" Lu Neng cursed with a smile, tilting his head to look at the other corner of the stage, his chin raised. "But after knowing the general for so many years, there are very few things he'd make an exception for. Just like what Xiaoluzi said, he's such a pushover."
Several people looked in that direction together, and smiles appeared on their faces again.
The general was scolding the old man over there. Although his aura was still cold, hard and restrained, he inexplicably made people feel lively.
Perhaps it was these people who brought the general back to life.
Du Buqin was also on the stage, jumping around Duan Dao in all directions, furious.
"Why won't you let me go? Look carefully, you bastard, who am I? I'm immune to poison! I'm a world-renowned poison master, a master of both medicine and poison! You want me to cook in the kitchen?!"
He jumped so hard that his hat slipped down and covered his eyes. The old man immediately straightened his hat to avoid damaging his gathered momentum. "I won't do it! I'm going to fight!"
"The kitchen cooks two meals a day, and the food for the camp is stored in the kitchen warehouse." Broken Knife said this, and when he saw the old man's eyes begin to gleam, he slowly said, "You are not allowed to steal."
"……"grandson!
"You just agreed to the rules we set this morning, and now you're going back on your word? It doesn't matter if you go back on your word, but then everyone will think Tianbao, Bai Xiaozi, and the three Su brothers are just as untrustworthy as you."
If Du Buqun had a beard, he would be so angry that he would fly up to the sky.
Duan Dao is a dog, and now he is getting worse and worse. He knows how to find the weak spot of grandpa. He is really a dog!
"I gave you my midnight snack yesterday, but you ate it and didn't remember my gratitude, you bastard—"
"From now on, the children will eat with the soldiers. Although you can't steal from the storehouse, you can give them more food when they get it."
The old man squatted down with a gloomy face, facing his grandson with the back of his head, "Hmph!"
Isn’t it because he’s too old that they don’t let him play?
Broken Blade also squatted down beside him, his eyes fixed on the center of the training ground, where the children and the veterans of the camp were fighting fiercely.
Everyone has bright eyes and a smile on their face. They are young, passionate, and unrestrained.
The corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously. "Don't underestimate the kitchen staff. Although they can't go to the front line on the battlefield, they are responsible for the food supply of the entire camp and protect the entire camp's rations. There is a saying in military warfare: 'The rations must go before the troops move,' which shows how important the kitchen staff is. Once two armies go to war, the first thing they want to destroy is the enemy's rations."
Du Buqin rolled his eyes fiercely, "Grandson, do you think grandpa is a child and you come to tease him? The kitchen and the food supply are two completely different things. Do you really think I'm stupid? Forget it, I'll be a cook, but you have to let Tianbao and the others have fun!"
Duan Dao tilted his head, suppressed a smile, and straightened the soldier's hat on the old man's head, which had tilted to one side again. "Okay."
After getting the promise, the old man stopped worrying and was too lazy to get angry. He raised his voice and shouted to the people below, "Tianbao, Bai Xiaozi! Three preserved eggs! And Xiaomai Sui! Bing'er! Show these troublemakers what you can do. We are not here to mess around!"
A neat response came from that direction, a chorus of proud and confident voices, "Of course!"
The veterans naturally refused to accept the defeat. Whether or not they could win with fists and feet was one thing, but they also needed the determination and courage to refuse to admit defeat. "Hey, kids, don't brag so soon! Show us your skills first and defeat us first!"
The scene became more lively and the atmosphere became more enthusiastic. In the end, even Lu Neng, Zeng Shun and Lu Leshan were eliminated.
One-on-one fights, group fights, battle formations...all the same.
In less than ten days, the new recruits brought back by the general became friends with the old soldiers, and the old man also got along well in the kitchen camp.
The only one who wasn't having such a good time was probably Broken Blade.
The old man was in the kitchen, cooking and taking care of the meals. He even applied specifically to have his meals taken care of.
There was no major poison mixed in the food, but there were a lot of minor poisons. The most outrageous one was that the general was made to stand on a high platform during morning training and fart all morning under the eyes of thousands of soldiers.
The soldiers laughed like crazy.
The general was in great pain.
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