Lord of Hyranza

Chapter 5 4. The Meaning of Life

On the soil slope at the foot of the forest farm, a large area of ​​lush sweet potato grows. A gust of wind and heat waves blows, and the ground potato seedlings on the soil slope undulate like a wave of wheat.

There is plenty of rain here, and the climate is warm in summer. There are no natural enemies like groundhogs. The potato grows very vigorously. The tender stems and leaves of water are the favorite food of Thunder Rhino. Feed these thunder rhinos high starchy sweet potatoes.

The soldiers of the second team wielded scythes against the scorching sun, cut down large pieces of potato seedlings, and used iron picks to dig out the potatoes that were buried deep in the soil.

Each of these sweet potatoes, as thin as an arm, is one meter long. The pale yellow slurry contains a weak toxin. If an ordinary person eats them, their lips will swell like sausages within an hour of eating the sweet potatoes. , the tongue will stick out like a dog, half of his face is so swollen that he can't speak normally, and few people eat sweet potatoes in the Green Empire.

Thunder rhinoceros and some large livestock don't care about this weak toxin, but these sweet potatoes have tenacious vitality and extremely high yields. Even in the wilderness, this plant can be seen everywhere. The sixth squadron of the fourth brigade is responsible for the group The Thunder Rhinoceros in the room prepared half a month's rations. All five teams in the squadron were dispatched, and it took three days to dig out the potatoes on this soil slope.

Suldak was shirtless, waving his sickle at the front. He knew what posture to use to save energy and how to hook the root of the potato. He Boqiang followed behind him, using the prepared vine. The strips bundle the ground potato seedlings into a large bundle and place them neatly on the hillside. Each bundle of ground potato seedlings maintains the same distance, which looks pleasing to the eye.

The black boy Geronan and the red-haired Klaus each carried pickaxes and worked hard to dig out the potatoes from the fertile and soft soil.

It was proposed by He Boqiang that the four people formed a group to cooperate with each other to dig potatoes. Facts have proved that the work efficiency of everyone working together is obviously much higher than that of working alone, and each of them performs their own duties. more fun.

Captain Sam loaded the neatly arranged potatoes on the flatbed, walked to He Boqiang's side, punched him hard on the shoulder, and praised He Boqiang with a mouthful of yellow teeth, "Well done! Look at you. With such a strong body, it is unexpected to know how a farmer works."

Surdak, who started out, stopped, straightened up, picked up the kettle, and drank it for a while before throwing the kettle to He Boqiang.

He Boqiang was not polite either, and poured the remaining water in the kettle into his stomach in one go.

"Are you from the north?" Captain Sam asked while sitting on a bundle of potato seedlings, looking up at He Boqiang with squinted eyes.

He Boqiang saw the endless snow-capped mountains from the fused memory, hesitated for a while and then nodded slowly.

"When the war is over, we will all collect a little money for you to travel, and you can go home." Captain Sam took out a pipe from his arms, smack it dryly in his mouth, and said in a hoarse voice. He Boqiang said.

He Boqiang squinted his eyes, recalling the other world, his smile was full of bitterness.

"Why, don't you want to go home?" Captain Sam asked He Boqiang.

Although He Boqiang is currently able to understand the Imperial language based on the knowledge in the memory fragments, he cannot pronounce it accurately. Therefore, there are still certain obstacles in communicating with people. He can only listen, not speak.

Suldak has been taking care of He Boqiang for a while, so the two walked the closest, but Suldak rarely talked about this to He Boqiang. This time, when Captain Sam asked He Boqiang, Suldak took the opportunity to ask a question. : "Don't you forget where your home is?"

Surdak didn't expect that He Boqiang would actually nod his head. He was speechless and didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only curse dumbly: "Damn plane war!"

"Then what are your plans in the future?" Captain Sam asked He Boqiang. Seeing that He Boqiang was silent, he just thought he was a mute with normal hearing. He turned his head and said to Surdak, "Dak, you are not Do you know any businessman from Talapa? Or ask them if they are short of manpower..."

Surdak agreed: "I will find time to ask tomorrow morning."

As one of the few fighters with skinning skills in the Seventh Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment, Suldak is obviously more popular with those merchants who followed the infantry regiment into Handanar County to collect war money. He knew several stewards in the caravan Well, Sam asked Suldak to find those merchants for help, it was by no means aimless.

Jeronan the black boy interjected from behind: "Captain, why don't you keep the big guy?"

Since He Boqiang woke up, his injuries have gradually improved. Although he is temporarily unable to speak, this does not prevent him from doing things.

Many of the experiences from the body master's memory fragments were combined with those experiences in other worlds, and many novel ideas emerged. Some of them may not be realized due to various constraints, but some of them are very effective when used. That's why. , He Boqiang's injury has not been healed yet, but it has been accepted by everyone in the second team.

Captain Sam bit his pipe and scolded vaguely: "Nonsense, we are serving in the military, the recruitment system of the Green Empire is here, if it wasn't for compulsory recruitment, who would come to fight and lick blood with such a knife? day?"

With a single sentence, Jeronnan couldn't say anything, so he could only pull a piece of oatmeal from his arms, stuff it into his mouth, chew it casually, and swallow it.

He Boqiang clearly saw the ping-pong ball-sized bulge in Jie Longnan's throat, and watched him swallow the dry wheat cake with great difficulty.

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The cut fresh potato seedlings will also be transported back to the camp, and all thrown into the trough outside the animal pen.

Those thunder rhinos like small hills came from everywhere, and they could swallow a bundle of potato seedlings with one mouth open. These thunder rhinos with astonishing appetites are the strongest in the military camp, but feeding these big guys is extremely difficult. Heavy work, usually with special breeders, only the provisional rations of Thunder Rhino will allow a group of soldiers to collect in the wild.

After the [-]th brigade got the beautiful job to clean the battlefield, it carried out several reconnaissance missions in succession, and together with the preparation of fodder for the Thunder Rhino this time, it was also Count Mond Goss in order to make the other brigade captains feel more balanced. some.

The potatoes were transported back to the camp. The work of the second team was not over yet. Then someone had to mash the potatoes and send the soup to the logistics cooking team, where they would use the large steamer there to smash the potatoes. Potato paste is steamed into potato cakes, which is the favorite food of Thunder Rhino.

Making potato steamed cakes is one of He Boqiang's more interesting things, because in the process of making steamed cakes, he can observe those thunder rhinos up close.

For these big guys with a weight of dozens of tons, He Boqiang really wanted to ride on its back and feel it.

However, the breeders in the camp were very careful and refused to let people touch these giant beasts easily.

Although he is infinitely curious about this world, He Boqiang always feels that he does not belong here.

In the days when he was recuperating in the tent, He Boqiang kept secretly hypnotizing himself in order to endure the pain on his body. He kept silently admonishing himself: 'Don't be afraid, this is all just a dream, when you wake up from the dream , all the misery here will be gone'

This is a sentence he must meditate to himself every night before he falls asleep.

When a new day opens, he will find the meaning of life in this world in the early morning sun.

(End of this chapter)