Chapter 690: Drinking Soup
Translator: Lordbluefire
The soldier’s tone was disdainful. After defiantly saying this, he picked the mushrooms and put them in his pocket. “We’ve had lessons and know what can be eaten and what cannot in the wild.”
The other male soldiers actually understood the mentality of this soldier. If it weren’t for the female soldiers, they would have competed fairly and justly with the Luo and Ji families’ armies. However, because of the female soldiers, they were blamed outside.
Although they would defend the female soldiers when facing outsiders, in their hearts, they also had complaints about them.
Now that there were no outsiders, the internal bickering began.
Some of them said to Yan Zixuan, “Captain, I think our male soldiers should be like our competitors. We should change our equipment and put down the biscuits, so that after we win the championship, the people of the other two teams won’t be dissatisfied. We should win with our true abilities. Why should we be seen as taking advantage?”
“That’s right, Captain, we should change our equipment! If we win like this, I feel like it would be a bit of a shallow victory.”
“Captain, why don’t we find them and tell them to throw away the supplies they didn’t receive and use the ones they already have? After all, they’re all military supplies, the same.”
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The group began to discuss in a few words.
Yan Zixuan also frowned. To be honest, he had hesitated when exchanging supplies.
If he hadn’t thought of Luo Yan wearing unwashed clothes and having her back rubbed raw, he wouldn’t have impulsively agreed to the female soldiers’ request.
Now that the soldiers disagreed, he looked at Shen Ruojing. “How about…”
Shen Ruojing gave a cold glance. “As I said, the supplies provided by Jing Yi have problems. Do you want to be poorly clothed and hungry in such a place?”
As soon as she said this, the other soldiers immediately spoke up, “When we landed, we saw that there was no problem. Princess, don’t talk nonsense here!”
“Yeah, I saw that the clothes of the Luo and Ji family’s armies are of the same quality as ours, and the guns and water bottles are of the same model. It’s obvious that they’re commonly used in the military. Why can they use them, but we can’t?”
Shen Ruojing listened to their words and took a deep breath.
Luo Yan, who was next to her, had unconditional trust in Shen Ruojing and immediately retorted, “What do you know? Since the Princess said so, she must have her reasons. Are you going or not? If you’re not going, stay here and worry about the supplies. We female soldiers will go find the flag!”
At the end of her words, Yan Zixuan frowned. “Alright, if you don’t want to use the extra supplies, then don’t. Follow and move forward. What our Yan family’s army needs now is unity. What can we do if you all have a bitter face, complaining about this and resenting that?”
He finished speaking and took the lead in moving forward.
Shen Ruojing followed him.
The other soldiers could only follow the two of them.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the group finally found a flat place to sit down, eat some food, and replenish their energy.
Shen Ruojing and the other female soldiers opened their compressed biscuits, taking a bite of biscuit and a small sip of water, eating sparingly.
The rest of the male soldiers saw their appearance and scoffed.
Someone then opened a small pot, lit a fire…
Shen Ruojing didn’t pay much attention to it, as they had brought a portable hotpot for the team, so lighting a fire for cooking was no big deal.
She just frowned, feeling that the group was wasting time by lighting a fire for cooking. However, to her surprise, the soldiers didn’t take out the portable hotpot after she had finished eating and the water was boiling. Instead, they threw the mushrooms they had just picked into the water.
Shen Ruojing.”??”
She immediately stood up and said directly, “These mushrooms are not edible.”
“Who says? My family grows mushrooms, and we are surrounded by mountains. I know very well what can be eaten and what cannot. These are ordinary oyster mushrooms, very delicious and identical in appearance. How can they be inedible?”
“Princess, just eat your compressed biscuits. Don’t bother us, we want to be like them! We don’t want anyone to talk behind our backs later!”
“That’s right, I also want to cat mushrooms!”
Several soldiers from the Yan family’s army gathered around.
Shen Ruojing then looked at Yan Zixuan.
However, she saw Yan Zixuan frowning and then saying, “Ahem, don’t worry about them. As female soldiers, it’s understandable that you eat compressed biscuits and such. No one will gossip about you later.”
After saying that, he also joined the mushroom-eating team..