C275 Soldiers and soldiers (1/2)

Amidst his loud laughter, the Wooden Door opened its mouth and six or seven men walked out.

These men were all bare-chested, and their pants were tattered without any holes. Their bodies were pitch black, as if they hadn't had a bath for a month. Their hair was messy enough to roll on felt.

The oldest among them was in his forties or fifties, while the youngest was only in his teens. He walked out laughing, and some of them even had knives in their hands.

Through the open door, under the dim light of the oil lamp, the situation inside could be seen clearly.

Strictly speaking, it was not a house but a pig's nest. There was a lot of straw inside, and some tattered bedding was scattered on top of it.

A cracked porcelain basin was placed in the middle of the room. Inside the pot, it was pitch black and its composition could not be clearly seen.

From the looks of it, this group of people were having supper, so there was still an oil lamp burning.

However, they were just too poor. Not only were their clothes not covering their bodies, the things that were used to improve their lives were also like pig food.

How did a family of six or seven strong men end up like this?

A man with a small mustache seemed to be the head of the group. He asked, ”Hello, what are you looking for?”

”Western Mountain Village, Cantonment Camp!” Jiang Xiaobai repeated himself.

”West Mountain Village, no Cantonment Camp.” The bearded man circled Jiang Xiaobai, and stared at Jiang Xiaobai's clothes and asked: You grew a flat warehouse? Deliver food to us through the night? ”Where is it? Where is your convoy?”

Jiang Xiaobai peeled off the clothes from the barn. There was a big ”Cang” on his chest, it was obvious that it was his uniform that was responsible for taking care of the barn.

Jiang Xiaobai felt that their faces were unfriendly, he retreated a step and said: ”I'm not here to send food, I'm here to find someone.”

”What are you doing here without food?” With a face full of disappointment, the bearded man waved his hand and said, ”Go back, you're not welcome here!”

”But Cantonment Camp …”

”Are you really stupid or just faking it? Could it be that you are a spy? ” Big Beard became impatient and said: ”This is the Western Mountain Village. We are the soldiers, but not the Cantonment Camp. We are the soldiers.”

”Are you soldiers?” Jiang Xiaobai's eyes popped out.

The group of people in front of him were no different from beggars. How did he become a soldier?

If soldiers were like this, could they still fight?

”What? You don't believe me?” ”Let me tell you, we are the soldiers' outpost, you have entered the camp, we can cut you down!” Although they said they wanted to chop him down, they were too lazy to even raise their knives.

In order to prove that he was really a soldier, the bearded man turned around and took out a broken gong from the house.

Soon, lights came on in several houses at the back. A dozen similarly ragged, sallow looking people walked out.

Although they were armed, these people were lazy, as soft as if they had not eaten their fill.

”Why are you knocking around?” A slightly plump man walked over.

”Chief, we have caught a thief. How should we deal with him?” The bearded man was laughing.

”Just the few of you cowards can catch the thief.” Fatty curled his lips in disdain and said, ”Which thief is blind enough to come to our West Hill Village and steal something?”

”Did you get kicked in the head by a donkey when you were stealing soldiers?”

”Hahaha, I have a lion for him to steal!”

”Lice?”

”Stronger than you, all the lice on your body are starving!”

The group of people roared with laughter, as they did not take Jiang Xiaobai seriously at all.

Jiang Xiaobai finally believed that he had found the right place. This was the Western Mountain Village, and this was the Cantonment Camp!