Chapter 68: The Embarrassing Picture Changes

  Jiang Zhuang hehe'dly carried the big fat pig to the guard company's base, first shouting and showing off to the brothers of the guard company for a while, then began ordering them to fetch firewood. A large iron pot that required 4 people holding hands to surround it was placed on the empty ground in front of the courtyard with a clang. After setting up the pot, boiling water was poured in, Jiang Zhuang rolled up his sleeves and grabbed a knife ready to disembowel and clean the intestines, but unexpectedly, a clear voice that Jiang Zhuang least wanted to hear rang out: "Jiang Big Fatty, killing pigs!"

  As soon as Jiang saw Zhang Dàmǒu behind Lin Yurui, he immediately knew what was going on. His stout body didn't stop his brain from thinking, and he reacted by giving Zhang a fierce glare. Zhang shrank back, hiding behind Lin Yurui. Lin's gaze had been fixed on the pig since she appeared, and Jiang's heart sank to an all-time low. He wiped the sweat from his palms and chuckled: "Oh, Miss Lin!"

  Seeing Jiang's bitter face, he still had to force a smile that was even uglier than crying on his plump pancake-like face. Lin Yurui's original anger also inexplicably dissipated, and she chuckled, pointing at the big pig: "Didn't you say you were going to send it to the Ministry of Travel's kitchen? How come you've secretly slaughtered it? Are you thinking of eating alone? Although they say that eating alone is hard to fatten up, I think your good figure must be from eating alone."

  "Haha, haha... " Jiang's expression was vague as he smiled, not knowing why his facial muscles twitched in pain like being pricked by needles whenever he laughed.

  "Is that helping to clean the internal organs of this pig and scrape off its hair, then send it to the kitchen, Commander Jiang?" Lin Yuru wouldn't give Commander Jiang any chance to secretly take this whole pig for himself.

  Jiang Zhi waved his hand wanting to say something, but in the end didn't speak out, finally could only helplessly sigh: "En, I'll send someone over soon."

  Lin Yuru left with a satisfied little jump, and naturally following behind him was Zhang Dàmǒu, who was in a hurry to leave like hot water scalding his feet. If he let himself fall into Jiang Zhuang's hands, he believed he would be torn in two, with the left half of his body bidding farewell to the right half.

  After Lin Yurui left, Jiang Zhuang weakly waved his fist in the air and shouted: "Hmph, what kind of good person is this? Heaven doesn't cheat the good, but I think the better a person is, the more they get bullied. The heavens won't come to help, damn it! Go eat shit, ah~"

  You Fei, of course, couldn't hear Jiang Zuo's roar. At this time, he was wandering around, strolling through the lush green rice fields, visiting the logistics department's warehouse, and after causing trouble everywhere, You Fei suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have anything to do with his hands. This made You Fei feel suffocated in his chest, so he thought for a while and finally ran to the training ground.

  When You Fei arrived, most of the soldiers in the vast training ground were scattered and resting. You Fei couldn't help but frown, and He Tianhao, who was on duty, came to greet him. You Fei pulled a long face: "Tianhao, what's going on here? Why isn't the drill being conducted? They're all just sitting around, it looks like no one wants to work anymore. I don't mind eliminating some of the useless ones and streamlining my troops, that way we can also save some food."

  He Tianhao let out a wry smile: "Big brother, do you think we want to be like this? As seven-foot-tall men, every day we can only eat until we're four or five parts full. We officials dare not train the soldiers as we used to, or else we'll starve them all to death!"

  Damn it, they're starving again. You Fei only now realized that the team was really short of food. He let out a stifled sigh and wanted to scold He Tianhao a few words to vent his anger, but couldn't find an excuse. This breath was stuck in his heart and couldn't be relieved. In the end, You Fei could only say in a low voice: "Jiang Dabao seems to have hunted a fat pig, the kitchen should cook some wild vegetable pork porridge with pork, let's all get some benefits."

  "Hah!" He Tianhao shouted, then went off with a smile to spread the news to his brothers.

  Yóu Fēi's heart wasn't lifted, this one pig was hardly enough for the thousands of people to share, if each person could get a slice of pork that would be considered a lucky draw. "Alas!" Yóu Fēi sighed and walked away with a gloomy expression, behind him were soldiers cheering loudly at the prospect of getting porridge with oil and water, but Yóu Fēi's heart couldn't feel comforted no matter what.

  After returning to his own house, You Fei lay on the bed, and even when Wang Lie rushed in, he didn't notice. Wang Lie shouted loudly: "Commander, what are you daydreaming about!" You Fei was pondering over something, and being suddenly yelled at by Wang Lie made him tremble with fear.

  Wang Lie was drenched in sweat, grabbed the teapot on the table and gulped down the cool water, after drinking a mouthful Wang Lie let out a big sigh of relief, and smiled foolishly at You Fei. You Fei asked: "It's really cool today, what have you been up to, why are you all sweaty?"

  "Hey, I've been busy since morning till now. I just helped with the work in Beigou. Now it's even more solid over there. I set up several hidden forts, those little devils won't be able to sneak up from behind the cliff. Haha!" Wang Lie excitedly said. Although You Fei and others didn't care about the cliff in Beigou, according to common sense, no one should be able to climb up from behind, but Wang Lie still worked hard to set up hidden forts in several key areas over there. In Wang Lie's mind, there was no absolute natural danger, only human effort was reliable, and relying solely on the treacherous terrain was not enough to defend.

  Although You Fei felt that Wang Lie had become overly cautious since Sun Qingyun's death, he was very appreciative of Wang Lie's caution, at least it saved him a lot of worry. You Fei suddenly asked: "Wang Lie, do we have surplus guns now?"

  "Yes, we've made a few deals and now the logistics warehouse has about 300 Type 38 rifles left. But those machine guns and grenade launchers are far from enough. I wish we had a battalion's worth of firepower." Wang Lie said loudly.

  You Feng rubbed his chin and said in a low voice: "Do you think we can make a deal with outsiders to exchange some grain?"

  Wang Lie was stunned and exclaimed: "Traveler, did I hear that wrong? What are you thinking?!"