[69 Book Bar-www.] On the tenth day after I recovered from my illness, the Imperial Army really faced a dilemma.
Now we can only distribute one cake per day to every two people. In fact, we can only collect the distributed cakes together, mix them with the snake meat that we can get occasionally, cook it into a big pot of soup, and then pour it into our stomachs
I eat a pot of soup every day. Although I feel a little full just after eating, I can still hear the sound in my stomach even when I walk around.
Sitting in the tent, listening to the sound of rain hitting the tent, I drank a bowl of this soup sent by Wu Wanling and wiped a few beads of sweat from my forehead. The soup was boiling hot, but when I drank it, I felt like
I can't feel it at all. Fortunately, at least there is no shortage of water in the city. It is rainy in southern Xinjiang, and there are wells everywhere in the city. This is still a great blessing among misfortunes.
After drinking a bowl, I said: "Su Wenyue, you can drink this bowl."
Each person in the Longlin Army has two bowls of soup a day. The two bowls Wu Wanling gave me were probably the last ones. They were thicker, with minced meat and flour battered together. One bowl didn't seem much less than a piece of flatbread before.
There was at least one and a half large cakes in each of the two bowls. Although Wu Wanling and I had said that I would share the joys and sorrows with the Dragon Scale Army, looking at Su Wenyue's increasingly thin appearance, I really couldn't refuse Wu Wanling's kindness.
Su Wenyue was sewing the rags of the Dragon Scale Army. When she heard me calling, she turned around, smiled faintly, and said, "General, you eat first."
"I'm full, you can eat."
Although I said this, looking at this bowl of steaming soup, I really wanted to eat more. Su Wenyue said: "I can't eat that much, General, please eat more."
I hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll eat some more."
I poured some of the contents of that bowl into the bowl I had just finished eating. Because I was afraid that if I left it for a long time, the contents of the soup would sink, I shook it before pouring it. But after pouring it, I realized
I poured a little too much, and almost half of it was taken away. I thought about it, poured some more of the contents in my bowl back, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "Okay, you can eat."
She put down the needlework in her hand, walked to the table, looked at the bowl, and said, "General, you really don't want it anymore? I still can't eat it."
My heart ached. Although she said so, her eyes lit up when she looked at the hot bowl, and it didn't look like she couldn't eat it. I said, "Eat it quickly, and eat it cleanly, or it will get cold."
I poured a bowl of water and ate up some of the residue in my own bowl. At this time, she picked up the bowl and drank it leisurely.
She made no sound at all while drinking, which was very interesting. Watching her drink the soup, my heart ached again.
How much suffering has she suffered in the city? She probably hasn’t had a full meal since we besieged the city. The Republican army used people to eat after they ran out of food. They first killed the old and the weak, and then killed women and children. If we continue to besiege
, I'm afraid that without destroying the city, the city itself will eat up each other.
She took two sips, put down the bowl, took a breath, smiled at me and said, "It's delicious."
Is it delicious? In peacetime, dogs wouldn't even eat that kind of food. I crossed my legs and said, "What did you eat when the Republican Army was defending the city?"
Her face darkened, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes. I looked at her, regretting asking her this, and she suddenly said: "At first, we ate old rice, then we ate bark, grass roots, and soldiers' horses. And then later we ate old rice.
, there was really nothing to eat, and soldiers everywhere rushed into people’s homes looking for food, and if there was nothing, they killed people. We hid in our homes, not daring to go out."
The corner of my mouth twitched. The Republican Army advertised that "civil rights are the most important thing." At the last moment, I'm afraid no one will think of this again. I said: "Then what do you eat?"
She blushed slightly and said, "I have a fiancé who is an officer in the Republican Army, and he occasionally brings some food. This was how my parents and I were able to survive until the end."
"What happened next?"
She stared blankly at the sky. It was still raining outside, and inside the tent, only the walls of the tent could be seen. She seemed to be looking at a very far away place, with tears in her eyes flowing down her face.
"The city was broken that day and there was chaos everywhere. Our family hid in the house and did not dare to come out until you...your people rushed into the house."
I said nothing more. In Gaojiu City, it can be said that there are many people who have suffered like her. I sighed and said, "It would be great if there was no war."
Su Wenyue looked at me, a little timid, as if she didn't know whether what I told was the truth or a lie. Maybe soldiers like me who are looking forward to no war are too rare, and she didn't believe it. I said again: "
You can eat it, at least you can always not be afraid while I am here."
She lowered her head, took another sip, and said, "General, do you want to take me back to the imperial capital?"
I couldn't help but smile bitterly. Is it possible to return to the imperial capital now? We were already struggling in the city, and I even doubted whether we could survive until the day when Marquis Wen's reinforcements arrived. I said: "Don't think about this.
After the war is over, wherever you want to go, I will take you there. Do you have any relatives?"
Her face turned gloomy and she said, "There is nothing left."
Her fiancé was probably dead in the battlefield. I sighed again and said, "Don't think so far ahead. If you are willing to follow me in the future, then marry me."
The bowl in her hand suddenly dropped to the table. Fortunately, there was not much left in the bowl, so it didn't shake out. She said: "General, what did you say?"
"I said, if you are willing, marry me in the future."
Tears welled up in her eyes again, and she lowered her head to drink the soup that was left at the bottom of the bowl. I smiled and said, "Don't choke, just drink it slowly."
She raised her head and glanced at me again. As soon as I met her gaze, my heart couldn't help but tremble. What kind of gaze it was, filled with gratitude and pain, but I couldn't see any love.
A woman like Su Wenyue, even if she is not a socialite in peacetime, is still a very admirable Xiaojiabiyu. If I had said that I wanted her to marry me with such a compassionate tone, I am afraid she would have scorned her.
. But now that she hears it, it is probably the same as a gift.
Just because of the war.
I stood up and said, "You go ahead and eat. Clean up after eating. Don't be too tired."
I walked out of the door. Su Wenyue had finished drinking at this time, put down the bowl and said: "General... General Chu, where are you going?"
"I'm going to see my sick brother."
I opened the door curtain and walked out.
Maybe, I just feel ashamed of her grateful eyes. Outside the tent, I thought lightly.
The rain was still falling, and the rainwater hit my armor, making a soft sound. In the middle of the rainy season in southern Xinjiang, it always rains very thinly, as if everything is soaked, which is very uncomfortable.