Chapter 731. The hardships of being a first-time father
In the evening, they found a place to camp on the plain. Everyone stopped to rest and rectify.
Austinger rested his backpack on the floor and sat back on it to rest.
"If you faint, you won't even be able to breathe?" Austinger muttered to himself to the goblin on his back.
Along the way, he could only tell by the weak pulse of the goblin's wrist that it wasn't crushed to death by itself.
Austinger glanced at the soldiers who were setting up their tents and couldn't help but want to walk over and help. But Clemmont had previously given Austinger an order not to leave the goblin for half a step.
The resentment about the mission couldn't help but well-up in his heart, causing Austinger to frown.
The arm has been stretched to stiffness in order to protect the goblin from falling. Still, Austinger was reluctant to change his position—the face facing the goblin head-on. With his back behind him, he can still imagine that he is an ordinary child or something, and if he holds it in his arms and looks at each other, Austinger can't stand the horror.
"My hands hurt so much." Austinger couldn't help but say.
Eventually, he put the goblin down on his back and put it on his lap.
"Oh my God, it's really ugly." Austinger snapped his eyes shut urgently.
"Austinger, what are you doing? Hurry up! A soldier in the camp shouted at Austinger from a distance.
It's the squad leader.
"What's wrong?" Austinger slung his backpack and walked briskly over.
"Captain Devit told you to take this goblin for a bath and leave it to the medic to examine it. We just found some carrion of animals on the plains. Captain DeWitt fears that the goblins may have an infection. The soldier explained in detail.
"Okay." Austinger reacted, and then asked, "Captain, where is the water source nearby?" ”
"There is no water source." The soldier said, "The kitchen boiled a basin of water for this guy, and he just washed it with that." ”
"Roger." Austinger asked, then walked over to the back kitchen.
When the soldiers in the back kitchen saw him, they immediately carried out the wooden basin with boiling water.
It's a pity that this wooden basin has been used for washing vegetables for so long, and now it has become a bath basin.
Austinger stepped forward, thanked him, and compared the size of the goblin in his arms with the bathtub: it was just right.
"Waste water after bathing is dumped outside the camp." The soldier in the back kitchen confessed, and after seeing Austinger nodding, he hurriedly ran to continue cooking.
Austinger tested the temperature of the water with the palm of his hand, and was so hot that he retracted his hand.
For a moment, Austinger felt as if he was carrying a newborn child.
But he's only twenty years old this year.
Austinger took out the towel from his backpack and dipped it in water to wipe the goblin's body.
With just one touch, the white towel turns black.
Austinger gave an embarrassed look at the soldier who was busy in the back kitchen: this basin of water may not be enough.
Taking a deep breath, Austinger patiently wiped every part of the goblin with a rewashed towel.
Until the whole basin of hot water cools down and becomes cloudy.
When Austinger took the dirty water and disposed of it, and walked back, the soldier in the back kitchen, who had been looking at the board, walked up to him with a pot of hot water and said, "This is the kitchen re-burning, and Captain DeWitt ordered that it should be cleaned." ”
"Thank you." Austinger poured boiling water into the basin. Stir it with your hands to cool it down quickly.
The soldier in the back kitchen, carrying an empty kettle, stood in place, looking at Austinger's face with a strange expression.
After a while, Austinger noticed that there was someone standing in front of him, and looked up and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”
"You're in... Do what? The kitchen soldier asked curiously.
"This basin of water is too hot." Austinger replied.
"You really think you're taking care of the kids." The brows of the soldiers in the back kitchen were twisted together, and he complained.
"This—" Austinger was stunned, not knowing what to respond to.
"Looks like this is a good job for you." The kitchen soldier commented. After saying this, he turned and left.
Austinger turned his head to glance at the goblin who was still unconscious, and after a moment of silence, he spoke—
"It's ugly."
The construction of the camp is officially completed.
After this afternoon's episode, DeWitt ordered the soldiers to strengthen their night defenses to avoid being raided by goblins who might be concentrated in the area.
The night shift is back to the three-shift system of the tense period.
While some of the people were setting up their tents, the soldiers in the back kitchen were busy making dinner. When you're ready for the soldiers to complete the task of building, you'll be served a steaming dinner in no time.
At dinner time, five or six Calradia soldiers gathered around a table, and the people at the other tables around them didn't even pick up their chopsticks while they chopped up large pieces of meat.
"Why hasn't that elven brother come yet?" A soldier sighed.
"He's almost there. I hope he'll come soon. Another soldier said.
In the interval between the march and rest, the two elven soldiers who had helped yesterday made their first request to everyone: they wanted to taste the Terran dinner. Although everyone is very reluctant to think that the food in their bowl will be divided. But since the promise was made the night before, it had to be done. So he agreed to it.
As a result, until the eleventh minute when the dishes were served, and the soldiers at the other tables walked behind them with their teeth picking, the two elven people did not appear.
"No, I can't help it." A soldier picked up his chopsticks and prepared to pick a dish.
"Smack!" The chopsticks in his hand were slapped and dropped on the table, and the voice of the elven soldier sounded behind the soldier: "You people in Calradia, are you so untrustworthy? ”
The soldier looked back and saw the elven soldier staring at them with angry eyes.
"No, no, no, we all know the rules. Only him! The soldiers sitting at the table denied it one after another, dissociating themselves from the soldiers who had been caught.
"You—" The soldier was speechless.
"Forget it." The two elven soldiers waved their hands: "Give us a place." How do you eat this while you're standing? ”
"Okay, okay." The soldier who made the mistake immediately moved his chair to make room.
The elven soldier took two chairs and took his first bite of food in front of everyone's attention.
"Well, it's delicious. Eat it too. An elven soldier tasted it before gesturing to the others at the table.
Everyone picked up chopsticks and ate a lot.
After the meal, the vegetable soup on the table was also divided into nothing.