"You don't want such a good thing? Isn't it too wasteful?" Seeing Hou San throw down the few jars he had loaded into the car, Fatty Ma immediately grimaced. These jars were still in the dragon's hands.
Fatty Ma originally planned to use them to make pickles as a thank-you gift from the local people when he saw a doctor. However, after Hou San threw them away, Fatty Ma didn't know if these clay jars were still intact.
"No, the company commander said not to bring these cumbersome things. If we go further west, we won't even live in the wild anymore. The larger villages and towns along the road are where we will stay. If you have other people, you are afraid that you won't have pickles to eat.
"Hou San glanced at Fatty Ma sideways in dissatisfaction, and threw down several bags of charcoal on the cart. Gao Hai led people into the mountains to burn the charcoal. It was originally used by Mulianshan to filter drinking water.
Hou San thought they were taking up space.
Hou San, who was sorting out the debris, was making a fuss, but Tan Fei, who was reading the weapons and ammunition, was very brisk. Tangcheng and the others have always had the habit of wiping their weapons. Besides, except for rifles and short guns, their weapons
There are only two light machine guns and one grenade launcher. It is already a waste of manpower for Tan Fei, a college student, to read this thing clearly. Everyone is busy here, even Tang Cheng is not idle, he is calculating the allocation
Although the large vehicles took away the civilians, they also added dozens of Yunnan Army soldiers. Without careful planning, the remaining large vehicles may not be able to hold all the belongings and wounded people.
"Dice, you take Barbarian Niu and the others into the town to find the people at the town hall. Tell them that we will pay for them. Get me at least five mules and horses for the cart. Not only will we give them money, but we can also compensate them with donkeys and oxen."
." There are now more than 20 carts in Tangcheng. In addition to mules and horses, the carts can be pulled by oxen and donkeys. If Tangcheng wants to speed up the journey, it must replace the oxen and donkeys pulling the carts with mules and horses.
Otherwise the donkeys and oxen would slow them down.
The people around him were sent out one by one by Tangcheng. Dice and Barbarian Niu went to look for mules and horses. Wu Laosan took Liu Shitou and Zhang Xiaobao to people's houses in the town to look for tools, ropes, and raincoats for repairing carts.
, and Mu Lianshan went to the only medical clinic in the town, and he was going to plunder some herbs that would be needed on the way. "You guys don't be idle, go and help Fatty Ma take care of the chickens and ducks raised in the backyard.
Slaughter everything, let's have a good meal tonight." The four Gaohai people who were not taken out were driven to the backyard by Tangcheng. Their task was to kill chickens and ducks.
"As you all know, fighting has started in Changsha. Although the government has assembled a lot of troops this time, the news in the newspapers is not very good. Many people are worried that Changsha will be another Wuhan. We
Although these people are still wearing military uniforms, we are all wounded soldiers. Even if the Japanese army comes now, we may not be able to stop even a small team of the Japanese army in our current situation, so I decided to leave here and transfer to Kunming immediately."
The Yunnan soldiers gathered together by Tang Cheng immediately panicked. Only after Tang Cheng scolded them did they regain their composure.
"Why are you panicking? The Japanese troops are still in Changsha, far away from us." This group of Yunnan Army soldiers who had been frightened by the Japanese army in front of them made Tangcheng very annoyed. If these soldiers were guarding Changsha City, maybe Changsha City
It really will fall into the hands of the Japanese army. "Since we have decided to leave here for Kunming, we will set off early tomorrow morning. Now we only have one night left for you. I hope you will pack your things tonight.
After we hit the road tomorrow, we may have to move at full speed."
After a lot of talking with this group of deserters, they calmed down these panicked guys, which made everyone in Tangcheng regret their decision to stay here to treat these cowards. The deserters were temporarily appeased,
Tang Cheng went to the disabled soldiers again. Compared with the deserters, these disabled soldiers were much easier to deal with. At least they had fought the Japanese army face to face with real swords and guns. They learned that Tang Cheng decided to leave tomorrow.
, the disabled soldiers didn’t have much reaction, but after hearing that the fighting started in Changsha, the eyes of these disabled soldiers became a little more disappointed.
Of course, Tang Cheng knew that the disappointment in their eyes was not because they heard about the battle in Changsha, but because they felt that they had lost the opportunity to continue fighting side by side with the Paoze soldiers. Tang Cheng had always treated these disabled Yunnan soldiers sincerely.
"Let's all pack up our things. Read and go to bed early tonight. We may leave very early tomorrow." An inexplicable feeling filled Tang Cheng's chest, which made Tang Cheng not dare to stay here longer. He just gave a few simple instructions.
Then he turned around and left.
Fatty Ma almost tried his best to prepare a dinner for them who were about to leave. The two large pots of chicken and duck stew were completely eaten. Fatty Ma was so happy that he rubbed his hands and said that there was a lack of seasoning, otherwise the taste would not taste good.
It would be better. "Are you asleep?" Gao Hai asked the classmate beside him softly. The latter shook his head gently but said nothing. Gao Hai sighed softly, "I can't sleep either. I have been here since last year."
Since they were taken into the mountains to burn charcoal, I haven’t seen our classmates and teachers for more than a year, and I don’t know what it will be like when I see them.”
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. Not only Gao Hai and his classmates couldn't sleep, but Tang Cheng, who usually slept well, was tossing and turning. In fact, from the time he crossed the Yangtze River and headed south, Tang Cheng didn't know that he had decided to head west to Kunming.
Is that correct? From the moment he left Shanghai, Tang Cheng has been marked as a traitor. In Mengcheng, Tang Cheng also promised Liu Yangyang that he would reorganize the second company. After that, Tang Cheng was indeed like this.
Even after suffering heavy casualties and retreating to Wuhan to rest, Tangcheng's idea never changed.
Maybe it was in Xiaojieling, or maybe he was blinded by the prosperity after entering Wuhan. Tang Cheng could not remember when he started to hate fighting so much, and he was even more disgusted with battlefields and hearing about battlefields.
Tang Cheng took off the military blanket and sat up slowly, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, read and smoked it. When he agreed to the Sichuan army to cross the river to seize the Japanese weapons, Tang Cheng once asked himself, what exactly did he do?
What kind of life do you want to live? Unfortunately, Tangcheng could not find the answer.
In this sleepless night, Tang Cheng once again asked himself, but after much deliberation, the answer he came up with was still as confusing as the road ahead for his upcoming journey. The money Liu Shitou had accumulated was enough for the rest of them to live comfortably.
days, and Tang Cheng’s American passport has also been taken to Kunming by the Huang family. Even without this money, they can live a good life in Kunming just with Tang Cheng’s American identity and the help of the Huang family, but
Tangcheng's heart is not looking forward to such a life.
After smoking a cigarette, Tang Cheng, who was dressed, walked out of the tent slowly, only to find that Mulianshan hadn't slept either. He was still walking around in the open space with his hands behind his back in the middle of the night. If it weren't for the cover of the bonfire and the sentry at night, Tang Cheng would have
They all thought that Mu Lianshan was a bandit who came to attack at night. "Why are you not sleeping?" Seeing Tang Cheng come out, Mu Lianshan was also very surprised, and then the two of them sat down at the campfire and chatted.
"When we arrive in Kunming, the first thing we need to do is to find a place for Lao Mu to open a medical clinic. There are many of us, so we need to find a larger place, preferably a two-story building. Your hospital is downstairs.
The hotel, upstairs is where we live, so that we can all be taken care of when we are together."
"You also have to have a backyard. Shitou and the others are very active, so I have to leave you a place to train them, otherwise these boys will definitely run out and cause trouble." Mu Lianshan also accompanied him in a good-tempered manner.
As Tang Cheng sat by the campfire and chatted, the two of them talked further and further, and they already talked about opening a medical clinic in Kunming. Although Mu Lianshan was a doctor, he didn't know much about the rights and wrongs of opening a medical clinic.
It's important to note that he was originally just a doctor who walked around the streets. Even if there was no medical clinic, he would still treat people.
Tang Cheng knew that Mu Lianshan only said this to accompany him to talk nonsense, so he took out a cigarette and handed one to Mu Lianshan, "Old Mu, I feel very ashamed to say that, if I hadn't tied you up, maybe I would have
You don’t have to suffer like us Qiu Ba. Every day with us Qiu Ba who have bad tempers, I know you are also holding back a lot of anger. When we get to Kunming, I will do what I say and I will definitely give you a prescription.
A medical clinic as compensation.”
Mu Lianshan, who seldom smoked, only took one puff before he choked and coughed repeatedly. Regarding Tang Cheng's guilt and supplement, Mu Lianshan shook his head repeatedly. "Speaking of which, I would have to thank you. If it weren't for you,
If you tie me up, I might have become a dead ghost in the hands of the little devil. How can I sit here with you and laugh. Besides, there is nothing wrong with Kunming, at least it is far away from the little devil.
A person like me, who can't even carry a gun, can live like this. Compared with those who are dead, it's not easy. This is good, it's really good."
The fastest and most uncontrollable thing in the world is always time. Tang Cheng consciously did not talk to Mu Lianshan about anything, but in the blink of an eye he saw the white fish belly appearing in the sky. Tang Cheng, who was still energetic after not sleeping all night, got up and stood up.
He called the night guard, "Get everyone up. Let's set off in half an hour." All the things that had to be taken away had been loaded into the car last night. Tangcheng, who got up early, only needed to pack their belongings.
Leave here quietly in a cart and horses.
Leaving quietly was Wu Laosan's suggestion. The previous attack on the town for those students had offended the locals. There have been many bandits in Guizhou since ancient times, so these things must be guarded against. They left Tangcheng quietly, and the children in the town
It wasn't until noon that they discovered that the place was already empty. This news made the locals in the town who wanted to retaliate against Tang Cheng and the others secretly beat their chests and scolded Qiu Ba for being too cunning.