Chapter 29 Down to Company 3

  Lian Chang sat there smoking, and Lei sat beside him waiting for Lian Chang. The two didn't say another word until Lian Chang finished his cigarette. He patted Lei's shoulder and said: "Lei, let's go. The people who are supposed to pick you up should be arriving soon." After that, Lian Chang picked up the wild chicken from the ground and stood up.

  Lei hastily put away the tools for catching pheasants and looked at Lian's figure walking ahead, suddenly shouting: "Lian Chang!"

  Lian Chang stopped and turned around to look at Lei, asking: "What's wrong?"

  Lei rushed two steps forward with something in his hand and arrived in front of Lian Chang. He took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Lian Chang, I can ask you one last question."

  Lian Chang saw Lei Na's serious expression and laughed: "Oh, you're asking."

  After getting permission, Lei slowly said: "Lian Zhang, the last competition was our win, that is to say, this zero plan above was successful, but I don't understand why we still have to be separated? Is it that the top doesn't recognize us and thinks we are a failure?"

  Lian Zhang had long known that this question lingered in the hearts of new recruits like Lei, but since no one asked him about it, he never mentioned it to anyone. Now, however, Lei had brought up the topic. There was a rule in the army: don't ask about secrets you shouldn't know, and don't talk about things you shouldn't discuss. This question was one that Lei shouldn't have asked, and it left Lian Zhang speechless.

  Two minutes passed before Lian Zhang smiled wryly at Lei and said, "Sorry, I won't answer your question. All I can say is that you're very strong. No matter where you go or what job you're assigned to, you'll always remember these three months of new recruit training." As he spoke, Lian Zhang suddenly looked up at the sky and muttered to himself, "You really are very strong... maybe someday in the future, we'll meet again."

  "Really?" Lei exclaimed excitedly. "You guys are very strong, we'll meet again in the future." This sentence was like a stimulant that had been injected into Lei's body.

  Lian Chang lowered his head and looked at Lei with a smile. He patted Lei's shoulder and said kindly, "Let's go back."

  When Lei and Lian Chang returned to the camp, they saw a person waiting at the gate. The last rays of the sun cast a glare on his face. As soon as Lei saw him, he thought to himself: "A bookworm? What is he doing here?"

  Not bad, standing there was the enemy army commander from last time's battle. He pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up the bridge of his nose, and the sunset's reflection also fluctuated with it. The white-faced scholar, Luotian, smiled and said: "Old classmate, your movements are so slow! I've been waiting here for almost an hour, is this how you treat a guest?"

  Lu Tian waved the two pheasants in his hands at Bai Mian Shu Sheng and said, "As soon as I heard you were coming, I knew you'd be thinking of my wine, so I went to get some dishes to go with it."

  The white-faced scholar looked at the pheasant in Lu Tian's hand and showed a greedy expression, slyly saying: "Is it you who personally cooked it? I haven't tasted your craftsmanship for a long time."

  Lu Tian scolded: "I knew you'd be like this, damn it! If you want to eat early, then hurry up and help me out!"

  "No problem!" The white-faced scholar replied loudly, and he took the pheasant from Lu Tian's hand while rolling up his sleeves. Then the white-faced scholar disembowelled the pheasants and plucked their feathers, while Lu Tian made them into spicy chicken dishes.

  The camp is now empty, even the cook has left this afternoon. The whole camp is only left with Battalion Commander Luotian, Sergeant Gao Wen, Superior Private Liu Ming, Medic Zhao Hua and Lei, plus the newly arrived white-faced scholar and his driver, a total of only seven people. Lei glanced at the crowd sitting in front of the dining table, he knew that the battalion commander and these old soldiers had not left because they wanted to stay here, waiting for superiors to send someone to take over before leaving.

  Lian Chang took out a few bottles of Erguotou and placed them on the table. He asked Gao Wen to open one bottle and pour some for everyone, then he shouted to the crowd: "Everyone eat, try my craftsmanship!"

  Bai Mian Shu Sheng picked up his chopsticks and put a piece of meat in his mouth before Lu Tian even opened his mouth. After Lu Tian finished speaking, Bai Mian Shu Sheng showed a satisfied expression and exclaimed: "Hmm, not bad, it's tender and smooth, oily but not greasy, the spiciness is just right. Hmm, not bad, not bad, it's really delicious, it seems your cooking skills haven't declined."

  Lu Tian smiled and said: "Of course, no matter what, I couldn't afford to lose face in front of you!"

  The white-faced scholar saw that he had eaten a piece by himself, and the others were sitting there, too embarrassed to move their chopsticks. He turned to Lei Da and shouted: "Everyone eat! What are you still standing there for? If you don't eat, I'll finish it all myself. Do you think the dishes of the Golden Chef God can be eaten often?"

  Lu Tian seemed to be afraid of saying another word, like a white-faced bookworm. He picked up his wine glass and shouted at the white-faced bookworm: "Come on! Old classmate, try my Erguotou here!"

  The white-faced scholar seemed to have also discovered that his previous words were a bit excessive. He picked up the bowl with the remaining wine and touched it against Lu Tian's before downing the contents in one gulp. After finishing, he smacked his lips and said, "Hmm, not bad, indeed better than last time when I treated you."

  Luotian glanced at Lei and them, then shouted: "Eat! What are you still standing there for?"

  With Lianzhang's order, Lei picked up his chopsticks and took a piece of chicken into his mouth. It was indeed as the white-faced scholar had said, it seemed that Lianzhang's culinary skills were not to be covered.

  Lu Tian picked up the wine bottle again to pour a drink for Bai Mian Shu Sheng, but was stopped by him: "Sorry, I can't drink anymore."

  Lu Tian asked in surprise: "Won't be, old classmate, it's only been a short time since we last met? Your drinking capacity is not just this little!"

  The young scholar in white attire said seriously: "Really can't drink anymore, we still have to hurry back later."

  What? Lei put down the chopsticks in his hand, although Bai Mian Shu Sheng still hadn't said that he was here to pick him up, but Lei's intuition told him that he would leave with Bai Mian Shu Sheng. As expected, after glancing at Lei, Bai Mian Shu Sheng turned to Lu Tian and said: "You also know, I've just been transferred there as the new camp commander, originally I should have reported for duty today, but since it's on the way, that's why I came here to pick him up together."

  "Really?" Lu Tian put down the wine bottle and turned his eyes towards Lei.