C159 From the military (1/2)
After a long period of silence, the thief asked again:
”Hang, what plans do you have for the future? ”If we can smoothly exterminate the bandits this time, what would you want to do after we retire from the army?”
It's rare for the thief to say something serious, but her words made me fall into deep thought. What should I do in the future? I've never thought about this issue. Since I'm not a real soldier, I just want to leave the military region as soon as possible, meet the Cold Woman, or meet those girls that I'm familiar with. I don't have any fixed goal.
”I don't have any plans, right? If I can make it back alive, then I'll go see my old friend and live a peaceful life like before.” I thought about it.
”Is that so? Xiao Hang, do you have a housekeeping guard or Shi Daifu now? ” the shifty-eyed woman asked me.
I was stunned. ”Then it can be considered to be there.”
”Hehe, is it our little sister, Qiu Le, or our violent female, Zhu Shan?”
”That might not be the case.” I started to speak but then stopped.
”Don't tell me you have three families? ”Heh heh.” The shifty woman teased.
”…”
”Well, I shouldn't have asked. I will tell you about me. If the war at the border can be resolved, I will stay with my sister, who is still working in Anhui. She said she will wait for me to return. ”In the future, I will live with her and then go get implanted by the government. Hehe, I will have two fat and white kids to play with.” The shrewd eyed woman spoke of her dreams, and then asked, ”Ruyan, what ideals do you have?”
”My ideal? ”Me? My family's era is always making sesame seed cakes. When I retire from the army, I will go home and make biscuit.” The round face girl said shamelessly.
”You only know how to make cakes! ”No wonder your face is as round as a pie!” Everyone laughed.
”Where's Qiu Le?”
”Ah?” I … I'm still together with Master. ” Lil 'White said blankly.
”Oh yeah, I almost forgot that you're Xiao Hang's personal servant, calling him Master! ”Haha.” The thief smiled. Then, he asked with a stern face, ”Yi Nuosi, what plans do you have?”
”I'm going back to He Mu.” The Hui girl's answer was very simple.
”And then?”
”Raise horses.”
”Well, then?”
”Raising cattle.”
”Uh, what else?”
”Raising sheep.”
”Uh, no? Can you have any ambition? ”
”No, there's more.” The Hui girl denied it.
”There's more? ”Then what do you raise, chickens, ducks, dogs, or pigs?”
”No, raise a child.”
”…”
Everyone was talking about their dreams. On the night before the march, everyone was too nervous and excited to sleep. The thief eyed girl, the round-faced girl, and the girl from the Hui clan all talked about their hometown and their future. After she returned home, the thief wanted to go to the police station, because it was easier for people who had been in the army to distribute jobs, especially if they could eat in the police station. As for the round-faced girl, she was from a family of gourmet food, so she planned to go back to open a gourmet food shop. As for the Hui girl, she came from He Mu, Xinjiang. Everyone was talking about their past and sketching out their beautiful future. After that night of conversation, I truly felt that I had become one with the military. I had never spoken to the women in such a intimate manner before, and I had always felt a sense of distance from them.
Everyone chatted until late at night before they fell asleep. Outside the window, there was an endless night without any stars or moon. Everything was quiet and without a sound, only the nightingale was singing.
The next day, before the sky brightened, a loud whistle sounded from the ground of the barracks. An unprecedented hurried whistle woke all the soldiers from their dreams. This was a gathering for the count, followed by the sound of the military whistle!
After all, I have already been in the army for more than a week. I woke up the moment I heard the whistle. After putting on my clothes, I pulled Little White and female Boss to gather at the field outside.
”Today, we are going to the battlefield. Over these years, the invasion of bandits across the border, and the internal riots have caused a huge loss to our country. Today, we are finally going to take action to eliminate all of these thugs and bandit who have caused huge losses to our country and people!”
The Major General had used inflammatory words to incite the female soldiers, to arouse their fighting spirit. Of course, these words didn't feel too good to me. In short, after almost half an hour of speaking, we have half an hour to make our final preparations. Everyone has returned to the dorm to brush their teeth and wash their faces.
”Little White, hurry up, we're leaving with everything we have!” After returning to the dorm room, I hastily picked up a small bag of gems and acacia fruit seeds, which I stuffed under my bed, and hid them with Whitey and me. No matter what, I would probably leave midway on this trip, so I should bring everything I could with me.
To begin with, we can't bring personal belongings, but as Cooking Camp, every single one of us will distribute supplies such as iron pots, shovels, ignition devices, lighting equipment, and so on. That's why I can mix the gems into those items so that no one will find them.
”Master, are we going to war?” Little White asked me nervously. I haven't told her about Firestorm Girl's plan yet, so this girl is scared to death.
”We are not going to war, we are going to help the people who are going to war to cook. Let's go, Silly girl!” After hurriedly packing our belongings, we ran back to the square and gathered there. There were hundreds of manned military vehicles parked in the square, and the scale of the vehicles was quite spectacular. Several battalions of female soldiers were lined up in front of the vehicles, waiting to get on while the commanders of the various battalions and companies were responsible for the final count.