Chapter 74
Why don’t you wipe your neck quickly?
Everyone looked at Lao Fang, their faces a little pale under the warm firelight, especially Xie Yuan. After hearing what he said, she wanted to vomit again, but she couldn't even vomit out the water in her stomach, so she could only cover her mouth with the back of her hand.
Retching...
Lao Fang looked at her and said kindly: "Don't worry, there are only a few people in this world who can be cruel enough to eat human flesh. You are still young, and this is all you have to do?... How many days have you not eaten?"
"I haven't eaten since I left home...for two days." Xie Yuan said weakly.
"Hey... I can really resist." The dimple-faced cook said, "I haven't eaten for two days, and yet I can still be so energetic and dance with my spear. I'm much better than the average person."
"Eat." Old Fang glanced at the half piece of cake that she had been holding in her hand. "You idiot, get him a bowl, scoop some boiling water and soak it. Eat less first." Old Fang called to his side.
That young man of eighteen.
"Why do you still order me? Don't you say whoever is the youngest will work more? Now he is the youngest." The idiot pointed at Xie Yuan.
But as soon as he raised his arm, Lao Fang slapped him down and said:
"Respect the old and love the young, do you understand? You have to fight with a baby. You are eighteen, not eight! Go quickly!" After that, he kicked him.
The young man named Lengzi went there reluctantly, took a bowl from the basket, scooped out some hot water and handed it to Xie Yuan's hand in a polite manner.
Xie Yuan felt that he couldn't eat it at all, but he still took it and thanked the idiot.
Who among these people would usually talk about "Xie"? So they looked at Xie Yuan with a bit of surprise.
Especially the idiot, who was a little overwhelmed by the thanks, smiled stupidly, and even tripped when he returned to his place.
No matter how uneducated or rough a person is, as long as they are human, they will like the feeling of being respected. What's more, Xie Yuan is a child of an aristocratic family, which makes people feel more comfortable.
So they all opened their eyes wide and waited for her to eat with concern on their faces.
Xie Yuan dipped the pancake into the bowl of smoking water, and the hard corner began to slowly grow larger in the water. She endured the disgusting tears and filled the soft corner into her mouth... Just now
After chewing three times, the image appeared in her mind again, and then she vomited violently. Because the movements were too large, half of the water in her hand was spilled.
Lao Fang took her bowl over and said with a worried look on his face: "Be good...what's wrong with this?"
The team leader kept watching, took a bite of the dry biscuit in his hand, and said with a sneer:
"You're still joining the army like this?! If you ask me, you might as well just die instead of starving to death slowly."
These words were really unpleasant to hear, but it was not over yet. He directly took out a dagger wrapped around his leg, threw it in front of Xie Yuan's eyes, and said:
"Hurry up and choose one. Either wipe your neck happily, or find a way to eat it yourself so as not to burden us!"
Although the other soldiers looked surprised, they didn't dare to say anything. Only Lao Fang said aloud: "You... what you said is a bit too much..."
Xie Yuan looked at the glinting knife tip on the ground, and the fear of death completely overwhelmed her... Yes, she would definitely die if she continued like this, and she would die in torture.
She cannot die.
So he gritted his teeth, took a bite of the pancake, threw it into his mouth and held it in his mouth. He reached out and took the bowl of water from Lao Fang's hand and put it in his mouth. He tilted his neck and swallowed it directly.
Everyone around became quiet and looked at her silently.
Xie Yuan stared at the void, and the charred and curled hand appeared in her mind. Her chest swelled, and she almost vomited again, but she closed her teeth tightly and forced herself to look at each other.
Hold that hand, and then keep saying silently in your heart: This is nothing... This is nothing...
I just recited it silently several times, forcing myself to look directly at this cruelty, and then kept instilling in myself the feeling of not caring.
Finally...she didn't vomit it out anymore. Although she still felt sick, at least she could bear it.
"Hey... that's right, that's right." Old Fang was very happy to see her like this. The two raised white hairs in his beard were trembling in the wind and said, "I have a future... I have endured it."
That’ll be fine.”
The team leader also showed a little smile, stretched out his hand, and Lao Fang quickly picked up his dagger, handed it to him, and praised:
"Oh, you are indeed an official. He is better than us, isn't he?"
"Yes, yes...the gang leader is mighty! Hehe..." Everyone in the same gang echoed and laughed.
Xie Yuan was also a little happy. Looking at these people, she suddenly understood why they could be "indifferent" in the tragedy and still laugh easily in such an environment.
——I can only force myself not to care, otherwise, how can I still live...
They set up a tent to sleep at night. Five people were crowded into a tent, and the smell of blood was mixed with each other.
But Xie Yuan felt unusually at ease. She had a roof over her head to protect her from the wind and rain, and she was surrounded by a group of living people. She was no longer guarding three corpses, staring into the unknown darkness with her eyes open.
After two days of being hungry and sleepy, she finally relaxed and fell asleep.
The next day, Xie Yuan suddenly woke up from his sleep and looked at his surroundings nervously before he remembered that he was not alone in the dark and deserted place.
Lao Fang was awakened by Xie Yuan's movements. He sat up in confusion and said, "Hey... can a baby endure hardship? He wakes up so early?"
Without waiting for Xie Yuan to answer, he quickly slapped the fool on the other side and said, "Get up quickly! We have to go back to the camp to clean up the tent!" Then he yawned, "Baby... you
Follow the fool and learn how to tear down the tent, while I go take a pee."
With that said, he walked out.
Xie Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard the word camp. He chased the idiot and asked, "Camp? Is it far from here? Who is leading the troops?"
The fool was stunned by the question, looked at her and said:
"How did I know? We are just doing odd jobs behind the army, and we do whatever we are told. The biggest official, I only recognize the team leader... Oh, there was also a corps leader. Didn't he die yesterday?"
Xie Yuan was dumbfounded when he heard this. As a soldier in a team, don’t you know who the general is above you? Don’t you know the last name of the person you are raising the flag for?
Xie Yuan suddenly felt that the stories her master had told her and what she had been taught were inconsistent with reality, and she was confused for a moment...
Otherwise, is it just the nickname "Lunzi"?... She looked at the young man who was putting on his shoes and felt that he was quite normal, and from what she heard yesterday, he was still literate... Could it be that there was something wrong with him?
So Xie Yuan said nothing and helped dismantle the tent while waiting for Lao Fang to come back.
After asking Lao Fang, I found out...the battle they fought with the Beiyi people was chaotic and tragic...
Chapter completed!