Chapter 80: The Voice Sounds Familiar

Twenty or so Sichuan Army soldiers entered the restaurant!

The restaurant waiter walked up: "Greetings, military gentlemen!"

"Please, come inside!"

The Sichuan Army soldiers carrying their Weaponry entered the restaurant, drawing the attention of the common folk eating there.

The waiter arranged two large round tables for Yu Hua and the others.

The two large round tables were just enough for Yu Hua and his men to sit down.

"Here is the menu!"

Seeing that Yu Hua was the one in charge, the waiter handed the menu to him.

Of an entire Regiment, only this many are left now.

Arriving at Fujian Province Company, Yu Hua spent money to purchase boat tickets.

Chatting away, they spoke of the Songhu Battlefield, thinking of the comrades who died at Dunwu Temple.

The civilians eating all around heard the Sichuan Army's idle chatter.

To return to Sichuan Province, one must pass through Fujian Province Company to take a boat.

He discovered the sound of a woman screaming inside!

"You... you... don't come over!"

"You said you call him Uncle."

Twenty or so people in Hunan Province need to eat and sleep.

The twenty or so Sichuan Army soldiers all wanted to take their money back to their hometowns.

In their view, this was purely the woman before them putting on a bold front.

The restaurant manager prioritized preparing dishes for the Sichuan Army, so Yu Hua and the others did not have to wait long.

"I call him Uncle Liao; if anything happens to me, you lot just wait to be buried with me."

The twenty or so Sichuan Army soldiers, upon hearing the names of the dishes, each chose what they wanted.

"Many thanks for the kindness of you fellow countrymen; we of the Sichuan Army will surely kill more devils on the battlefield."

Most of the Sichuan Army troops were illiterate.

Yu Hua held the menu, "I will read the names, you all listen."

When the waiter was cleaning the table, he discovered the silver dollars under the large bowl.

The man with a scar on his face, who was the leader, said: "Little beauty!"

In the end, the twenty or so people ate their fill, yet they still couldn't finish it all.

The remaining Sichuan Army soldiers also spoke up: "That's right, Company Commander!"

"I'm telling you, I know the chief of the Changsha Police Department!"

"They had never eaten such delicious food before."

He Sanwa grinned and said: "Company Commander, I am illiterate."

There were no boat tickets for the next week.

This evening, he had taken a few brothers and just come out of a gambling den.

After tailing her the whole way, he discovered the little beauty was unfamiliar with Changsha; the scar-faced man was certain she was an outsider.

"Coming right up!" The waiter nodded, then ran toward the kitchen.

"No need!" Yu Hua waved his hand, "Drinking ruins things!"

Yang Sen had eaten a meal with this Brigade Commander.

After Yang Jun found a place to stay, he told Yu Hua the location.

Inside the restaurant, some wealthy citizens directly ordered extra dishes for the Sichuan Army.

The dishes for the twenty or so people were soon ready.

"I will think of a way."

"Now only I have survived; they all died on the Songhu Battlefield."

The remaining Sichuan Army soldiers also expressed their determination to fight the little devils to the bitter end.

"Put the bill on my tab."

"The fighting on the Songhu Battlefield was very hard; I am old and cannot kill devils."

"Treating the Sichuan Army to a meal is still something I can do."

This would cost a large sum of money.

Everyone also understood that this unit had just retreated from the Songhu Battlefield.

The manager said: "This meal, consider it my treat."

Everyone chatted while they ate.

"It's a pity about my second brother and the others; there were over a dozen of us from the village."

He Sanwa said with some sorrow, and his eyes were also brimming with tears.

Several wealthy merchants insisted on adding a few more dishes for them.

"You ask us to choose; isn't this making things difficult for us!"

"I will definitely have my bodyguards break all three of your legs!"

"If you want to eat a certain dish, just call out!"

For this reason, Yu Hua had no choice but to tuck ten silver dollars under a large bowl.

Yu Hua wanted to pay, but the manager simply would not accept it and even got angry with Yu Hua.

"We are illiterate, how are we supposed to read the dish names."

"Get us more meat dishes and rice."

"Chief Liao of the Police Department even calls this young master 'Daddy'!"

The scarred-faced man licked the corners of his mouth.

This money was the reward money from the superiors after leaving Songhu.

Yu Hua prepared to give it a try to see if he could get boat tickets through this Brigade Commander.

He stood up and said, "Fellow villagers, there is no need to add more dishes for us."

"Abominable!" the woman said furiously, "You bunch of ruffians, just wait until my bodyguards find you."

"I and a few brothers have been tailing you for half an hour."

"You don't have a damn bodyguard by your side."

"I want to save a portion of the reward money I just received for my second brother to marry a wife."

Looking at this group of iron-willed men, they were now crying like weeping willows.

"Who in our provincial capital doesn't know Chief Liao of the Police Department?"

"I like this spicy spirit of yours more and more."

The shopkeeper packed it up for the Sichuan Army, and Yu Hua came to the counter to pay.

Yu Hua said loudly, "Find a residence nearby first and let everyone settle in."

However, at the ticket office, Yu Hua learned that the boat tickets back to Sichuan Province were already sold out.

"If there are too many dishes, we won't be able to finish them."

This gave Yu Hua a headache.

He had some friendship with Yang Sen during the 20th Army's journey to Songhu.

She was rich and beautiful, so the scarred-faced man decided to pull a job.

After the waiter noted it down, he grinned and said, "Military gentlemen, would you like some wine and drinks?"

"If you can't finish it, let the shopkeeper pack it up for you to take away and eat on the road!"

"Although we cannot go to the front line to kill the enemy, we can still add a few dishes for the soldiers of the Sichuan Army."

The shipping on the Yangtze River is now monopolized by the Fujian Province Company.

"Company Commander, me too!" Liu Feiyang grinned, "We are returning to Sichuan Province this time."

One of the wealthy merchants stood up and said, "The soldiers at the front are fighting in blood, and we, as the people of Zhongtu..."

"What should we do now?"

Yu Hua saw the people adding dishes.

After Yu Hua learned the location, he headed to the local garrison camp.

Yu Hua took the menu and glanced at it.

"Shopkeeper, I will also add a few dishes for the brothers of the Sichuan Army; I will pay for it."

"Military gentleman, take a look, these are all our signature dishes."

When the 20th Army was staying in Changsha, there was a Brigade Commander of the local garrison.

On the way to the garrison, when Yu Hua was passing through a small alley.

No boat tickets meant they would have to stay in the provincial capital of Hunan Province for a week.

"Shopkeeper... add a few more dishes for the brothers of the Sichuan Army."

Yu Hua did not want to touch this money.

After leaving the restaurant!

Yu Hua took the Sichuan Army soldiers to the shipping company.

The surrounding people were also moved.

Seeing this little beauty in front of him buying things all the way, it gave him crooked thoughts.

What Yu Hua said was as good as not saying anything.

At the entrance of the small alley, three or five ruffians said with a lecherous smile, "Little beauty!"

Yu Hua and the others... did have some money on them!

The shopkeeper kept muttering in his heart: "What good men!"

"I just like this spicy spirit of yours, spicy enough!"

Yang Jun and Yu Hua left the Fujian Province Company.

"As for the remaining money, I will eat and drink well, hold onto the determination to die, and fight the little devils to the end."

"Scream as hard as you can, the louder the better."

"Company Commander!"

These ruffians didn't take the woman's words to heart at all.

"Company Commander, after I, Sanwa, finish this meal, I will have no regrets even if I die in battle next time."

For a moment!

After speaking, Yu Hua read out the names of the dishes on the menu.

Only to see the woman inside the small alley scolding loudly.

"The wine and drinks in our restaurant are very famous throughout the provincial capital."

"Whatever you need to eat, choose it yourself from above."

The waiter told the shopkeeper about this.

Seeing everyone say this, Yu Hua finally reacted.

"Yes!" Yang Jun nodded.

Yu Hua, at the entrance of the alley, heard the woman's words, and he felt the voice was somewhat familiar.

However, he could not recall it for the moment.

(End of this chapter)