Chapter 182: Having Meat in the Army (2) (2/2)

“Hmph! Didn’t you say you wanted to eat meat?”

“But there isn’t any! If there was meat, who would eat this porridge or these pancakes?”

He Changdi held his bowl and slowly ate his meal. Although he ate pretty quickly, he didn’t look like a starving wolf at all, and even seemed to have an elegant grace in his actions.

It was just his beard that seemed a little inconvenient. Some porridge would get on it from time to time. He Changdi simply buried his head and ate his meal, acting deaf to the conversation of the two people beside him.

Right after Captain Guo and Xiao Yuhong finished talking, a man’s voice joined in, easy like a refreshing breeze. “Who says there’s no meat!”

“What? There’s meat?” Xiao Yuhong immediately stood up, his eyes almost shining red from his hunger. He hadn’t had a bite of meat for months now. Thanks to his excitement, his small eyes had grown wide.

The man who spoke walked over with an empty bowl. He was about as tall as He Changdi, but without a beard on his face. He was also wearing a lieutenant’s uniform, but he was clearly older than He Changdi by a whole decade. He was the third lieutenant under Captain Guo’s command, Zhang Mai.

Zhang Mai had been exempted from training today due to an old wound flaring up. After resting in his tent for half the day, he had wandered over to the cookhouse for dinner.

For some reason, the previously silent He Changdi suddenly froze.

Xiao Yuhong was practically drooling from the thought of having meat to eat. He quickly moved over to Zhang Mai, face sticking out as if he could smell the meat. He pleaded in a friendly tone, “Brother Zhang, you just said that there’s meat to eat. You can’t forget about your brother here!”

Zhang Mai smiled mysteriously before reaching out with one finger and pointing at the now rigid He Changdi.