"Oh, man. The two treasures said together.

Su Mu and Erbao are both people who have never done rough work, they have been running with the carriage for a day, and they are tired and have no human shape, so they can rely on one breath to support them, and they can fall to the ground at any time.

The leading officer also saw that such a march was too harsh, and as he passed through the next town, he rented a few large workshops in the town to give the recruits a complete night's rest.

Su Mu and the three of them chose a corner position, dragging their tired bodies to lie down and fall asleep.

The northwest is perennially war-torn and banditry, the climate is cold, and there is often no grass growing in a radius of tens of miles. There was no need to consider the problem of such a large team of bandits, but the cold could not be ignored, and when they were about to reach their destination, they had already changed into thick cotton clothes.

Sadly, Su Mu hadn't been up since the day he got off the carriage, and he followed the convoy for thousands of miles from autumn to winter. The officer who led the team looked like a bully, and he was not allowed to intercede at all, according to his reasoning, a young man walking a few steps was nothing.

When they looked at the endless barracks tent, Erbao and Su Mu had the heart to cry, after this trek, their legs were thick, and their feet were swollen like buns, and they really didn't know how far they could staggern. Otherwise, he was nominally here to go to the battlefield to defend his family and country, and if he died halfway through, how could he be embarrassed.

"We're finally here. ”

The big head said in a tone that would last for the rest of his life, and his expression was quite emotional.

Erbao and Su Mu rolled their eyes for a while and ignored him.

When it was almost time, everyone got out of the carriage and stood in line, and entered the barracks in a state of readiness.

There are always new recruits arriving these days, so much so that an established pattern has been formed here, and the induction ceremony is not in the slightest muddy. No one was registered, and they were taken to the training ground immediately.

This was a result that was unexpected by all. I didn't even have time to rest for a night after driving such a long way. It's just going to be practiced on the playground, and it's too cool.

It took more than an hour for thousands of people to be in the team alone, and the officers in charge of the training were already impatient and kept yelling.

After a day of simple training, several officers had already finalized the functions of this group of recruits in the future.

They are all very simple subjects, such as weight-bearing long-distance running, rope ladder climbing, zama walking, wrestling, ......

Su Mu was assigned to the logistics department.

The reason is that the explosive power when running is too poor, the horse's step is not durable enough, and the speed of climbing the rope ladder is too slow. When wrestling, she looks like a woman and doesn't feel brave......

This is the summary given to him by the officer. The most unbearable of them all is the last one.

For Su Mu, who wanted to go on the field to kill the enemy, this was a very bad start.

What made him sigh was that Erbao, who had also traveled thousands of miles, was selected for the assault battalion, and the big head was sent to the Ministry of Grain and Grass as a porter.

In this way, Erbao is the first line, the big head is the second line, and Su Mu is just a third-line soldier.

The silver is just the opposite, Erbao is three taels per month, Datou is two taels, and Su Mu is one tael.

The work is different, and the residence is separated. The three of them really had a taste of reluctance at the moment of separation.

This is the Great Northwest Barracks, farewell today. Tomorrow when you go to the battlefield, he transports grain and grass, I squat in the kitchen, I don't know how long it will take to see each other again, and what is even more terrifying is that there is no possibility that I will never see it again.

So the big head cried sadly, but after this journey, Erbao and Su Mu had a new understanding of him, and they didn't cherish his tears much.

But the big head is really sad, plus Naniel, the four of them are intimate and small, grew up drinking a well, and they all have a feeling of being like a family in their bones, and no one can face the moment of life and death.

Su Mu is rarely emotional, but at this time, he can't help but feel a sadness rushing to his heart, especially cherishing the two treasures, after the training, he has to go to the front line to face the enemy's sword, how he hopes that when he comes, there are three people together, and when he leaves, there are three people.

Although the big head was divided into the grain and grass department, it was also dangerous, and the officer directly told them that the grain and grass were often attacked by the enemy, and the enemy attack meant that they had to defend the grain and grass with their lives.

They are all dangerous, only he is comfortable, nothing more than growing vegetables and cooking, oh my God, thousands of people have come and become a partner. Thinking of this, Su Mu almost collapsed.

He took off the silver ice silkworm armor, held it in front of Erbao sternly, and said: "Erbao, this is what my sister-in-law asked me to wear before leaving, we dug the ancestral grave for it, it is an invulnerable armor, I don't need it, let's wear it for you." This is our family's only hope of redeeming the old house, and you must wear it to me when the battle is over. ”

Erbao felt Su Mu's true feelings, hugged him with a sour nose, and said, "Su Mu, I hate you until now, but you don't blame me at all." It's not her fault that Wanwan doesn't like me, and it's not your fault that you marry her, it's all my fault, I figured it out, we will always be brothers. ”

Su Mu smiled faintly and said, "Put it on." ”

Erbao also smiled faintly and said: "No, I, Tan Jiabao, will never take away my brother's self-defense, Su Mu, you wait, I will live well, we will meet sometimes." ”

"Do you want me to wear it to cook?" Su Mu shook his hand and said, "I really don't need it, don't be polite to me, if you don't wear it, I'll let the big head wear it." ”

The big head said: "I can't use it to send grain and grass with the car, Erbao, Su Mu's heart, you can wear it." ”

Erbao said with a glance: "Don't you understand, this is the Great Northwest, the last line of defense to resist the invasion of Huawu State, whether it is the Logistics Department or the Grain and Grass Department, they all belong to the front line, there is no difference, we are all at the source of danger, just take care of ourselves." ”

"But ......"

"Don't talk about Su Mu, as long as you believe that I'm fine, I will come back safely. We don't know how long we will see each other again, if only we had a glass of wine, and strengthen our courage. ”

Su Mu said: "Let's go to the kitchen to see if there is any wine." ”

The three of them had secretly drunk when they were children, and they all agreed that it was suitable for a tragic parting. I can't remember how many times I listened to Mr. Storyteller tell the story of the heroes of the rivers and lakes in Jinhuang Town Square, life and death, life and pride, all of them want to drink, in addition to this, they don't know how to express the friendship between them, and a light goodbye is not enough.

They came to a tent with curling smoke, and it was indeed a kitchen.

"Big brother. Is there any wine here?" Su Mu said kindly to a young man wearing an apron.

The young man looked like a child. Cocking his chin, he said, "New here?"

"Yes. ”

"Get out. ”

"You...... It's too much. We just buy you a glass of wine to drink. ”

"Buy?"

"A tael of silver for three glasses of wine. ”

"Really?"

Su Mu took out a piece of silver.

"The barracks are not allowed to drink alcohol, do you drink cooking wine? The young man stared greedily at the silver and said.

"Drink. ”

"This half bottle is for you. ”

There was less than a cup of tea before they were separated, and the three of them looked at the way they came, looked in the direction of their hometown, didn't say anything, and drank wine bottles in turn.

With one bite left, they decided to pay homage to the gods, but there was a brief conflict. Because I don't know whether to throw it into the sky or fall to the ground.

Finally, he fell to the ground......

They looked at each other, and somebody said, "This wine is terrible." ”

And so they parted, and did not say goodbye.

Datou and Erbao were trained in different places, and Su Mu was directly sent to listen to orders in front of the kitchen manager of the logistics department, Da Lao Zhang.

Su Mu didn't expect a kitchen manager to be so busy, he had been here for a long time, and the eldest Zhang could only say hello to him.

There are hundreds of hundreds of kitchens for hundreds of thousands of troops, in addition to the large number of people, there are also problems that are difficult to reconcile, and Su Mulai's kitchen is a kitchen specializing in northern cuisine. And he is a southerner, and he has only eaten a few northern pastries as a child. The staple food is rarely touched, and I heard that they love steamed buns and noodles. And he didn't like either.

The kitchen he was in provided food for 3,000 people, which was a relatively small one. It consists of six large tents, each with a different division of labor.

In addition to stockpiling grain, there is also a vegetable garden behind the tent, which is equipped in every kitchen.

The eldest elder Zhang was busy with lunch, and said to Su Fenghuang in his spare time: "What is the name of the newcomer?"

Su Mu hurriedly said: "My name is Su Mu." ”

"Wash the vegetables, wash them cleanly. Elder Zhang pointed to a pile of white radishes on the ground, and then walked away like a gust of wind.

Su Mu picked up the pot of gray-black dirty water on the ground and poured it into the vegetable garden outside, scooped a basin of clean water in the vat, and seriously washed the radish.

He counted carefully, and when he washed one hundred and sixty, his hands were so tired that he couldn't even pick up the turnips.

"You're new?"

A chubby young man appeared in Su Mu's sight, followed by two men in aprons who were seventeen or eighteen years younger than him.

Su Mu wiped his sweat and said coldly: "Yes." ”

The fat man said enthusiastically: "Look at you tired, come and rest, I made you a bowl of hawthorn soup." ”

Su Mu smiled unexpectedly, and said embarrassedly: "There is Brother Lao, I am indeed thirsty." ”

He took the bowl of blood-red hawthorn soup, the temperature of the tentacles was just right, it should not be hot, he raised his neck anxiously and took a big sip, and suddenly felt a line of fire slipped into his stomach, and 10,000 sharp thorns pierced from his throat to his stomach, and it hurt hotly.

"What did you give me to drink?" Su Mu held his throat and half-squatted on the ground, his face was flushed, his muscles were swelling, his eyes were about to pop out, and he asked with difficulty.

The fat man said indifferently: "Hawthorn soup, oh yes, there are a few intestine peppers." ”

"What is a sausage pepper?"

"Hehe, it's nothing, just pull your stomach for a few days. The fat man smirked.

Su Mu drank a scoop of cold water in a row, his eyes were full of red silk, and he stared at the fat man and said, "Apologize." ”

"I welcome you with hawthorn soup, and you want me to apologize?"

His attitude completely angered Su Fenghuang, and without saying a word, he picked up a radish and smashed it at the fat man's hateful face.

"You dare to hit me?" the fat man shouted like a pig, and said to the two fellows, "Why are you still stunned, beat him!"

Su Mu understood the principle of preemptive strike, ran to the board with an arrow step, pulled out a kitchen knife, and walked over with a cold expression.

The two guys also know the truth that barking dogs don't bite, if Su Mu is using a kitchen knife to support their waists, they are not afraid, but he put the kitchen knife behind him with his backhand, and walked gloomily and calmly, the two of them were shocked, they believed that if they moved, this recruit named Su Mu really dared to cut people.

Su Mu took the bowl of hawthorn soup and sent it to the fat man who was scared stupid.

The fat man took a small sip with a bitter face.

Su Mu was still glaring at him.

The fat man took another sip.

Su Mu lifted the kitchen knife up two inches.

The fat man drank it all.

Su Mu turned around and put down the kitchen knife, put the washed radish in the bamboo basket next to the board, and buried himself in work.

The fat man fled outside the tent. Lie on the water tank and keep pouring cold water.

Da Lao Zhang is back. I saw Su Mu wash so many radish. The dolls that have just taken a bath are as clean as they are, and they are very satisfied with his seriousness.

"Su Mu, do you know how to grow vegetables?"

"No, it won't. ”

"No, you can't learn, the kid in the vegetable garden is too careless, let him hoe the grass and hoe off more vegetable seedlings than grass, too grassy eggs. Everyone can do the work of washing vegetables, and you have to be careful about growing vegetables, so you can plant vegetables. ”

Su Mu had no opinion. He just arrived, and everything he did was the same.

"Uncle Zhang, can I train with other recruits?"

"You want to fight?"

"Yes. ”

"Don't even think about it, growing vegetables well is the same as serving the country. Little fat man, take Su Mu to the vegetable garden and tell him what to do. ”

The fat man who poured a belly of cold water stood at the door slowly, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Come with me." ”

The vegetable garden is two zhang away behind the camp tent, one acre square, and such a piece of green oil is very eye-catching in this wilderness Gobi.

"I usually hoe and water the weeds, and check it every few days. Catch bugs, don't steal cucumbers and tomatoes. If someone comes to buy it, it can't be sold, and if you are caught once, you will be locked up in a prison car for a month......"

The fat man dutifully explained one by one, for fear that Su Mu would trouble him in the future if he missed something.

He is used to bullying recruits, and he can only admit it when he encounters a hard stubble, he has a lot of acquaintances here, and it is a piece of cake to find a few buddies to clean him up, but he doesn't dare, unless he kills him, otherwise he doesn't want to see Su Mu's killer face with a kitchen knife again.

"Don't say I'm going to live there in the future. Su Mu looked at a thatched hut in the vegetable garden.

"A lot of people can't wait for it! How good is a single bed, not better than stinking in a big tent?"

"Can it be inhabited like a kennel?"

"It's warm when it's small, you don't know, the wind in the northwest at night is like a knife, and the face hurts, if you get a big house here, you are not allowed to make a fire, and you have to freeze to death at night." ”

The only thing Su Mu is satisfied with is living alone, indeed, if he really sleeps with those soldiers, he is really uncomfortable.

"You don't have to worry about the harvest, I will come over every day to pick vegetables, you are only responsible for good maintenance, that's pretty much it, if you don't understand in the future, you ask me again, I'm leaving." ”

The fat man left with a blank face.

Su Mu went directly into the grass hut to sleep, just let him be alone, and it was difficult for both of them to lie down side by side.

Sleeping for half a night, he woke up from the cold, the fat man didn't lie to him, the night wind was like a knife, whistling. The fat man lied to him, the thatched hut was not cold at all, it seemed to be tight, but the wind could always penetrate through the cracks in the unknown, even if he curled up in a ball, it would not work at all.

Tomorrow you must add more thatch to spread outside, how can you sleep? Su Mu sat up boredly, lit the oil lamp, felt out the ancient lamp on his waist, and observed it repeatedly. He had seen it glow blue more than once, and he had caused his idols to die en masse just once, and the power was simply breathtaking, and he really wanted to have that ability to kill idols.

But it doesn't look like it's mysterious, and there's not even a breathable hole. The lampposts are rough and there are no hints of characters or anything like that. There is simply not a bit of an operational clue at all.

At dinner, I ate steamed buns, all with radish filling. The next morning, he still ate steamed buns, and at noon and evening, Su Mu almost collapsed.

At the end of the day, he watered and hoeed the grass, and continued to nest in the grass house and play with the ancient lanterns.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one got up early, Su Mu took off the Ice Silkworm Treasure Armor and chopped it twice with a kitchen knife, his clothes were intact, and he didn't make a sound at all, which made him feel a lot more relieved, at least this was really a treasure that could be defended.

It's been a month since he came to the vegetable garden, and the range of activities every day is so large, the elder Zhang doesn't allow him to leave the vegetable garden, and he feels like he is imprisoned.

But he has treasure armor, a mysterious ancient lamp that can shine the protector, and a heart to go to battle.

Because only soldiers who go to the battlefield to fight are qualified to receive the teaching and training of martial artists, he only heard about it in the past few days, at that time he was envious and almost cried, being a martial artist is his dream, he used to think that he would come to be a soldier and kill the enemy directly, who would have thought that he would be taught martial arts by martial artists, and he would be given three taels of silver every month. It's a great deal.

Su Mu only had envy. He paid a tael of silver a month. And he is not qualified to learn the fighting skills taught by martial artists.

This wasn't the life he wanted, and he was pretty sure he couldn't grow vegetables anymore.

"Uncle Zhang, I won't talk nonsense, you just tell me how I can leave the logistics department. ”

Su Mu has discussed this issue with Elder Zhang for the fourth time, but he always disagrees.

"I haven't seen a soldier like you yet, what's wrong with the logistics department? How many people are coming from the door, they don't have to fight, and they can have a hot and stable meal every day. What's better in this Great Northwest than the Logistics Department, which will lose its head at any moment?"

Su Mu is like this, ten cows can't pull back the decision, and said resolutely: "If you don't agree, I will be a deserter, and it will not be good for your reputation at that time, and when you want to be promoted in the future, there will be one more charge of mismanagement in the evaluation report." ”

"You stinky boy, if you dare to run and I'll break your legs. ”

Da Lao Zhang couldn't believe that he was threatened by a new recruit, this is a joke, and he is also a foreign commissioner from Jiupin, managing dozens of people. How can you tolerate the presumptuousness of a boy who has not grown his hair?

However, he compromised. Su Mu is a master at the gambling table. Knowing the trade-offs, he doesn't mind gambling with his life when necessary, and it is clear that if he does this, Da Lao Zhang will either kill him or let him go.

"Are you really going to train?"

Su Mu deliberately said a little more bloody, increased his courage, and said, "Yes, I want to go to the battlefield to see blood." ”

Elder Zhang sighed lightly: "Although you have not been here for a long time, I am very satisfied with your seriousness, and those officers of the Quartet team have said that the recent dishes are very delicious, which is all your credit." I won't stop you if you insist on leaving, but have you thought about it, why were you assigned to the logistics department?"

"I didn't pass the physical examination. ”

"That's right, your physique is not suitable for martial arts and fighting, let you go now, you think you can participate in training, I'm afraid you will be coaxed back immediately. ”

"So what should I do? I really don't want to stay here, I want to train, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, maybe I'll become a martial artist. ”

"I'm still the same sentence, if you want to go, I won't stop you, not only will I stop you, but I have a way to let you participate in training. ”

Su Mu's eyes lit up: "Uncle Zhang, what can you do?"

"The personnel transfer of the army, even if it is an inconspicuous soldier like you and me, is a very strict thing, and every qiē has to come in a proper manner, in other words, as long as you are good in the logistics department, you have the right to leave. Seeing that it is going to be a deep winter, most of the vegetables in the garden died at this time last year, and these vegetables like a warm environment, so before they die, I want you to buy some vegetables suitable for winter growth, as long as they survive, you can leave. ”

"What vegetables are good for winter?"

"I've only been here for a year, and to be honest, I really don't know what kind of vegetables are suitable, and how to buy and grow depends on your watch. ”

"Where can I buy it?"

"There's a small town twenty miles to the east, and when you get there, ask the locals what they grow in the winter, and you buy it. ”

"Find a veteran to accompany me, I always love to get lost, and if I can't come back, I'll become a deserter." ”

The eldest said with a straight face: "The most lacking thing here is people, you don't see everyone busy muttering all day long, there are no people, and there is a donkey." Besides, can't you even remember the way?"

With three taels of silver in hand and a donkey, Su Mu walked out of the barracks.

According to what the elder Zhang said, there is a fork in the road under an old locust tree, and you can go straight to that town.

But he rode for a long time and didn't see the old locust tree, there were small undulating dirt slopes everywhere, and the road was full of sand and gravel, not to mention trees, even grass was hard to see.

Walking and walking in the high sun, the donkey is not tired, but he is tired first. After sitting on the ground and resting for a while, he ate two steamed buns with a kettle and continued to hurry.

When the sun set in front of him, he still decided to look for the old locust tree in this direction.

So he went all the way west, and after a few hills in the wilderness, he finally saw a city before dark.

Su Mu is a person who has a sense of security wherever he goes, belongs to the type of being at ease with what he encounters, and at the same time, he is also a person who has no sense of direction wherever he goes, and he is dizzy when he goes out.

He didn't know that he had come to a small city in the southeast of Huawu Kingdom, and he saw that the city gate said Hundred Flowers City, and there were two rows of vendors next to the pipe outside the city gate, selling together, which was a bit lively.

It's a pity that there are fewer vegetable sellers.

When I inquired, I came to the gate of the enemy country.

Su Mu was fed up with the status quo, insisted on leaving the logistics department, and communicated with the general manager, saying that he must plant a vegetable garden for the first season before he was allowed to leave, in order to plant it before the change of seasons, he didn't care about anything else, and planned to enter this city to buy seeds, because he had heard that the vegetable prices here were particularly cheap before.

To enter the city, he must be accompanied by locals, and Su Mu waited outside the city for a long time to persuade a little girl to take him in. (To be continued......)