In the haze, Wei Ran felt as if something hot was touching his lips. Then, he woke up from his coma and saw Nurse Ji feeding him soup with a spoon.

"Comrade Wei Ran is awake!"

Amidst the not-so-real exclamations, Wei Ran vaguely saw Squad Leader Liu and others surrounding him.

"Wei Ran, Comrade Wei Ran, how are you feeling now?" Squad Leader Liu asked with concern.

First, Wei Ran looked blankly at the round moon above his head, then murmured guiltily, "I'm sorry for delaying everyone."

"What nonsense did you say?"

Monitor Liu patted his thigh and said guiltily, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't been in such a hurry..."

"I don't blame you, why should I blame you?"

Wei Ran said quickly, struggling at the same time, and sat up unsteadily with the help of Li Zhuang and Zhang Erwa.

After getting used to the dizziness in his head, Wei Ran looked around. It was a small highland. There was no rain or even wind. Not far in front of him, a bonfire was lit, and the copper ladle on it was steaming with steam.

Son.

Looking through the steaming mist, he could vaguely see that the pot was filled with broken bones.

"How far have you taken me?"

Wei Ran asked apologetically. He had already noticed that his simple cloth shoes had been taken off and placed beside the bamboo basket to dry. Even the wounds on his feet were smeared with horse manure bags, and there were still pads under his feet that were originally worn by him.

The thatched vest on my body.

"Don't worry about this for now"

Nurse Ji said and handed over an enamel jar, "Can you drink it yourself?"

"able"

Wei Ran nodded, stretched out his trembling hands and took the enamel jar.

Except for a small piece of bone, there are rich oily flowers floating on the surface of the soup. In the soup, there are also many strips of meat that seem to be bone marrow, as well as...a strip of meat that Wei Ran gave to Squad Leader Liu to allocate.

Dried and a dozen grains of highland barley.

There was even something floating in the soup that seemed to be tree bark powder and two pieces of leather that were almost boiling.

Without bringing it to his mouth at all, Wei Ran swallowed and poured the cup of luxurious hot soup into the copper ladle that was still heating.

"Hey, you comrade..."

“If you want to eat, let’s eat together”

As Wei Ran spoke, he directly scooped up a cup of hot soup from the copper ladle with an enamel jar and poured it back. Not only did he rush the remaining ingredients in the jar into the pot, but he also thoroughly stirred up what he poured in.

Before the others could say anything, he had already picked up the enamel spoon, scooped up a bowl of hot soup and poured it into the bowl.

"Then let's eat together"

Nurse Ji hurriedly said before Squad Leader Liu could speak. By the way, she picked up the spoon that Wei Ran had just put down and filled a bowl for everyone.

"tomorrow..."

"I'm fine," Wei Ran answered first, "I can get up early tomorrow. I've adapted to it."

"let's talk tomorrow"

The worried squad leader Liu muttered something and reached out to take the enamel jar handed over by Nurse Ji.

"How far have you taken me?" Wei Ran changed the communication partner and threw the unanswered question to Li Zhuang who was sitting next to him.

"There"

Li Zhuang raised his finger and pointed in the direction, "It's probably a hundred feet away. Everyone has no strength. To lift you here..."

"Li Zhuang" Squad Leader Liu glared at Li Zhuang, "Eat!"

"Yes!" Li Zhuang responded quickly, then smiled apologetically at Wei Ran, who also looked apologetic, lowered his head and concentrated on sucking the hot soup in the enamel vat.

Because it didn't rain, this dinner no longer had unlimited refills like yesterday, but Wei Ran got an extra cup of soup because he was weak.

Stubbornly, he poured the cup of soup into the pot again. Squad Leader Liu shook his head helplessly, and finally could only pick up the copper ladle. Under Wei Ran's insistence, he distributed the remaining soup equally to everyone.

There is no doubt that Wei Ran's fainting due to exhaustion not only prevented them from shortening the distance from the large forces ahead by traveling through the night as they had hoped, but also wasted even more time.

The consequences of this are undoubtedly disastrous. Not only is the distance to the front longer, but also because of the good weather, drinking water and fuel are once again insufficient.

This can be seen just by watching Captain Liu and others hurriedly extinguish the campfire and wave the firewood after dinner.

"Or should we keep walking now?"

Wei Ran asked thoughtfully, "We have just eaten, and the weather is rare. I believe you have had enough rest. In this case, we can continue on our way with the light on."

Seeing Squad Leader Liu and others looking at each other in confusion, Wei Ran continued, "When it rains during the day, we will have water to drink.

Even if it doesn't rain, at least it won't be as cold as at night, and we can save a lot of firewood. The only thing we need to consume is lamp oil."

When these conditions were laid out by Wei Ran, the eyes of the others finally lit up.

"I think it's okay"

Zhang Erwa agreed, "It's much better than being exposed to the sun during the day."

"What's your opinion?"

Squad leader Liu, who was also moved, looked at Li Zhuang and Nurse Ji. As for the little lama, he couldn't even understand Chinese, so it was really troublesome to ask him for his opinion.

"Then let's go"

Nurse Ji was the first to express her opinion, "We have all rested in the afternoon. We can walk as far as we can. Anyway, the lamp oil is of no use."

"I'll carry the pole!" Li Zhuang expressed his stance in a more direct way.

"Let me come first"

Zhang Erwa said without any doubt, "I am a probationary member of the Party, and it is not your turn yet."

"Comrade Wei Ran is not a party member either," Li Zhuang said dissatisfied.

"I'll do it"

While Wei Ran was talking, he had already picked up the rags and leggings hanging by the bamboo basket, "I am a porter, you can't take my job."

"Stop arguing, pack your things quickly, and we'll set off right away." Monitor Liu urged.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison. The little lama who was shaking the prayer wheel looked at everyone in surprise, then silently stood up and started packing his things.

After a scramble, Wei Ran finally picked up the pole as he wished, but at this time, apart from the tent blankets, there were only three kettles and a copper ladle filled with broken bones in the bamboo baskets at both ends of the pole.

, and a water bottle case that nominally holds a camera.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As for the rest of the things, especially the anti-Japanese sword that belonged to him and the gun that was assigned to him during the day, they were divided up by others.

On the road again, the little lama used the old sleeve assigned to him to carry the oil lamp and once again walked behind Squad Leader Liu. Wei Ran was assigned to the penultimate position, in front of Nurse Ji.

With the cold moonlight overhead and the weather lantern, at least everything under my feet was barely visible clearly.

"Shh-"

Less than half an hour after we stayed there on the small highland, Squad Leader Liu who was walking in front suddenly stopped and reminded him softly, "Listen, there is a frog croaking."

Hearing this, everyone stopped in unison, and a moment later, they heard the frog's cry of "lonely and lonely" not far away.

"Gulu"

Everyone, including Wei Ran, swallowed hard, but then, Squad Leader Liu took a step forward again.

There was no need to explain at all. Even Wei Ran knew that in such a weather, for a group of people like them who were hungry and exhausted and suffering from night blindness, trying to catch the courting frog by sound would be far more difficult and dangerous than those who grew up in peaceful future generations.

those people's imaginations.

"When I used to herd cattle for the landowner, I often went to the paddy fields to catch frogs and fish and roast them."

Zhang Erwa swallowed her saliva when she said this, "The biggest one I caught was as big as a duck egg. It was so fat that it became sizzling and oily when roasted over fire."

"I caught it too"

Li Zhuang, who was walking behind Zhang Erwa, also swallowed his saliva, "I prefer catching snakes. They have a lot of meat. If you catch one, you can have a good meal. The snake meat is delicious, and the meat is as white as snow...

.Gululu——”

Before Li Zhuang finished speaking, everyone heard someone's stomach growl.

"Is that you? Erwa?" Li Zhuang teased with a smile.

"It's not me"

Zhang Erwa denied it flatly, "I think it's you or Comrade Wei Ran. I heard the voice came from behind me."

"It sounds like it's coming from behind me," Li Zhuang quickly agreed.

"I also heard it coming from behind."

Wei Ran, who was listening quietly, took advantage of the situation and said nonsensically, "That must be Nurse Ji."

"It's not me!"

Nurse Ji, who was walking at the end, swallowed her saliva as she spoke, "I've never eaten toads or snakes before, how evil...Gululu——"
To be continued...