Volume 1 Border City Chapter 22 The Newcomer
Chef Zhang took Han Xiao to a big tent not far from the barracks. Han Xiao smelled the aroma of food coming from inside, and as soon as he entered, there were more than 20 people working in the entire big tent.
"This is the place responsible for the food of the fourth division, although they live together, but the food of each division is made separately, and every day when entering and leaving is checked, which is also for safety management. Chef Zhang looked at the people who were busy working, and suddenly said to the people: "Let me say a few words, everyone stop for a while." ”
Several people with shovels to stir-fry things stopped their movements one after another and looked over at Chef Zhang.
"Let me introduce to you, this young man's name is Zhang Xiaohan, he will be a member of our house in the future, and he will be responsible for the miscellaneous helpers for the time being. ”
"Don't worry, Zhangtou, we won't hold you back. ”
"That's it. Several old men of obvious high status grinned in response.
"That's okay, Xiao Wu, you take the new guy to prepare what you want early tomorrow morning, and the others can continue. Chef Zhang beckoned to a young soldier, who immediately put down his work and ran over, accidentally touching a chef's shovel on the way, causing the chef to glare at him fiercely, and scared Xiao Wu a few steps faster.
When Chef Zhang saw this scene, he first smiled, and then said: "I said that you don't always bully newcomers, it's not easy for us to get into the room, we have to get along for many years, don't look for unhappiness." By the way, Zhang Xiaohan is from my family, you better not let me know that you are bullying him, otherwise I will also bully the newcomer, understand?"
Everyone smiled, no one answered him, but they also agreed, but at this time, a soldier who seemed to be more clever asked: "Zhang Tou, this should be your illegitimate son, right?"
Everyone stopped suddenly, looked over, stared at Chef Zhang for a while, stared at Han Xiao for a while, and made Han Xiao very embarrassed, and Xiao Wu, who ran over, deliberately stepped forward to take a closer look.
Chef Zhang kicked Xiao Wu's ass: "Look at the monkeys, what the hell do you think? It's really Lao Tzu's scattered species, is it necessary for Lao Tzu to cover it?" Everyone thought about it, and suddenly lost interest, and began to work on the things in their hands again.
"You go with Xiao Wu, there are more things, get it slowly, and the two of you can rest during the day tomorrow." Chef Zhang said to Han Xin.
"Hey, okay, thank you. For Chef Zhang's kindness, Han Xiao can still clearly feel it, and it is natural to say thank you.
At this time, Chef Zhang said to a person who was stir-frying next to him: "Lao Wang, add some ingredients to Wei Sheng's team this month." ”
"Okay, promise to keep them satisfied. Lao Wang grinned at Chef Zhang, Han Xiao saw that there were at least two missing teeth in his mouth, and he didn't know how this person managed to speak without leaking.
Xiao Wu led Han Xiao to the inner room, which was full of ingredients, and what the two of them had to do was actually very simple, that is, washing and cutting vegetables.
"My name is Wu Li, and they all call me Xiao Wu because I am the youngest here. Then he looked at Han Xiao and said, "How old are you?"
"Seventeen. Han Xiao replied.
Xiao Wu's originally scorching gaze dimmed instantly: "Hey, I'm still the youngest, you can also call me Xiao Wu." There is already a head and a spoon-in-charge Brother Zhang in the room, so I'll call you Brother Han. ”
"Okay, Xiao Wu, how old are you?"
"Fifteen. ”
"At such a young age, you joined the army?" Han Xiao could see that Xiao Wu was not big, but looking at his appearance, he had joined the army for more than a day or two, and he was only fifteen years old.
"Well, I'm an orphan, and I don't have anywhere to go if I don't join the army. Xiao Wu scratched his head as he spoke, looking very uncomfortable, obviously he was not good at communicating with people, and he didn't want others to know too much about his business.
Han Jingzhong has also understood, although there is no big thing happening at the border, but after all, it is the border, and there have been a lot of orphans over the years, and only this kind of person who has no support and nowhere to go will join the army so early, and will be assigned here, and no one will speak for him, fortunately, the people here seem to be not bad, Han Xiao didn't think much about it, and asked, "Shall we start?"
"Okay. You've worked as a helper, do you know how to chop vegetables? I don't know how to cut much, I always cut until I get my own hands. Xiao Wu looked a little cramped, obviously he felt that it was not very suitable for him, an old man, to let Han Xiao cut vegetables.
Han Xiao saw that there were a few old and new scars on Xiao Wu's hands, and he didn't refuse, and directly agreed: "Okay, I'll cut it, you are responsible for washing, I am responsible for cutting, then I'll help you wash some first, and then I'll cut it again." ”
Xiao Wu was naturally very happy to hear Han Xiao say this, but he hesitated and didn't make a move.
"Anything else?"
Xiao Wu suddenly posted it and said to Han Xin: "There is one more, Brother Han, are you really not Zhang Tou's illegitimate son?"
Han Xiao's face was full of black lines: "No, if you don't want to wash the vegetables, then you can cut it." ”
"Don't, I'll start right away. Xiao Wu hurriedly picked up the one on the ground and started the cleaning work.
In this way, after the second half of the night, Xiao Wu finally finished washing all the dishes, while Han Xiao was cutting the vegetables unhurriedly, about one-fifth of the dishes were not cut, Xiao Wu was planning to wait for Han Xiao to go back to rest together, however, Han Xiao saw that Xiao Wu was so sleepy that he couldn't see his eyes, so he directly asked him to go back, anyway, the barracks are not far away, and he will not go wrong.
Xiao Wu persisted for a while, but he couldn't hold it anymore, so he got up and went back to sleep. After Xiao Wu left, Han Xiao was sure that no one else came, and the kitchen knife in his hand suddenly seemed to come to life, and the remaining vegetables were cut after a while, and then Han Xiao cleaned up the big tent, but the direction he went was not the direction of the barracks.
After leaving the big tent, Han Xiao found that the guards here seemed to be a lot lax, because many of the soldiers standing guard couldn't resist this sleepiness, some were still squinting their eyes and holding on, and some were already asleep. This is inside the fortress anyway, so it is impossible for anyone to attack the big camp, and this is still the hinterland of the big camp, only the psychopaths and foodies can raid here.
Han Xiao took advantage of the night to start shuttling between the barracks, after passing through the barracks of some soldiers, Han Xiao saw the new barracks area that was being built day and night, the whole layout and building were basically the same as the old ones, and under the dim firelight, Han Xiao saw a person, it was the same night, under the dim firelight, this person Han Xiao had also seen.
This person is the deputy general who Xiao Ming is following, at this moment he is commanding a large number of people to be busy, there is a good opportunity in front of him, the scene is relatively chaotic, and the guards are also very lax, Han Xiao is confident that he will take this person's dog life and then blend into the crowd and leave safely, but Han Xiao's target is not this person, he wants Xiao Ming's head, if he does it tonight, he can only leave immediately, losing the opportunity to assassinate Xiao Ming, and he has only been here for one night, and he is very unfamiliar with the situation of the entire camp, and the risk is not small.
After looking at it for a while, Han Xiao turned around and touched the direction he was going to and fro.
Chef Zhang was worried about the breakfast of the new army tomorrow, and woke up early, and he planned to prepare it first.
After he got dressed, he looked at Han Xiao's position and found that he hadn't come back yet, and Xiao Wu had already fallen asleep, and Chef Zhang didn't feel strange, so after washing up, he went directly to the big tent and wanted to replace Han Xiao.
However, when he came to the inner room, he found that Han Xiao was not inside, and the prepared dishes had been neatly arranged.
Chef Zhang picked it up and took a look, good guy, this knife work is okay, it takes at least ten years of hard work for a normal person, this kid is a genius, it's just that Chef Zhang saw the last batch of dishes, with his many years of knife work, he could feel the difference, but he couldn't say it, after looking at it for a while, he didn't see a reason, so he went out to find Han Xiao.
found the last Chef Zhang returned to the barracks, only to find Han Xiao who had already slept, so he went back to make his own preparations.
And at this moment, Han said carefully, as soon as he entered the barracks, he felt a person coming from behind, and he quickly lay down and pretended to fall asleep without even taking off his clothes.
The first night passed so slowly.