In late May, in a small courtyard in Yanzhou, there was a row of cave dwellings against the mountain. One of them was the residence of Zhou Weihan and Wen Qiang.
On the sixth day after Zhou Weihan and others arrived in Yanzhou, the Fifth Regiment and others set out from the Taihang base, passed through the Tongpu Railway, Taifen Highway and other blockades along the way, and then crossed the Yellow River to the Shenfu area. The whole journey took nearly half of the time.
After several months, we finally arrived safely at the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia base area.
The journey of half a month was not long. Due to the reduction of Japanese troops, when the blockades were passed along the way, the Fifth Regiment acted as a pioneer and broke through the three blockades of the Japanese and puppet troops along the way.
You know, 40 years ago, it took at least a month to travel from Yanzhou to the Taihang base area.
After arriving in Yanzhou, everyone was given a set of unlined clothes and a set of cotton-padded clothes, trousers, shoes and hats. Everyone in Yanzhou wore a uniform gray military uniform, and shirts and underpants were not issued at first. Later, they were given out every year.
One shirt and one pair of shorts.
All the students and their families were arranged in several nearby courtyards. A layer of thatch was laid on the earthen kang to serve as beds. Seven or eight students slept together, making it difficult to even turn over.
Generally, the kang for male students is only two and a half feet wide, while for female students it is even smaller, only one and a half feet wide. They often have no place to sleep when they get up at night and come back, so they can only slowly push in to continue sleeping.
The brigade commander and others lived in a collective dormitory, and the conditions were slightly better than those of ordinary comrades. Li Yunlong, the brigade commander, Jinan Chen, and Taibei Chen lived together.
At that time, Li Yunlong was in quite a mood. The reason was that only Zhou Weihan and his wife lived alone in a cave dwelling, and he and Yang Xiuqin had to live separately.
In fact, there were many married people in Yanzhou at that time, but due to limited conditions, newlyweds still lived in separate dormitories after marriage. They could only apply to reunite in the youth dormitories built in cave dwellings on weekends.
Although it is free for everyone to stay in the collective dormitory, you need to pay to stay in the youth dormitory. There is only one bed in the cave dwelling, and you have to bring your own bedding. There is no food, and it costs 50 cents to stay in the youth dormitory.
Usually on Saturdays, the young couple came to stay for one night, carrying the bedding on their backs, and returned to their place of residence the next day, carrying the bedding on their backs.
Li Yunlong's dissatisfaction was not directed at Zhou Weihan. He was a senior general of the Eighth Route Army. Why did he not even have a separate dormitory in Yanzhou, and the couple had to be separated.
But when he saw that the brigade commander and others were separated from his wife, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.
After arriving in Yanzhou, a special person gave Zhou Weihan and others an allowance for May. According to the regiment level and above, each person was five yuan.
It seems a little small, but fortunately, the prices in Yanzhou are low. At that time, a pound of pork in Yanzhou cost 2 cents, 10 eggs cost 1 cent, homespun cloth cost 3 cents per foot, and salt was 5 cents and 8 cents per bucket. It can be said that it was very good.
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That night, Zhou Weihan had just returned from *school when he suddenly received a notice, inviting him and Wen Qiang to his residence on the 1st.
"Since the ** asked us to go, let's go. I haven't seen him for many years. After joining the Eighth Route Army, I saw him in the newspaper!" After Wen Qiang said this, he asked Zhou Weihan to take out two pairs of tassels from the cabinet.
Nan brand cigarettes and a few canned meats, sugar, cosmetics, etc., and then put them in a cloth bag.
Before, after all the study staff had arrived, Zhou Weihan met No. 1. At that time, the top management of Yanzhou held a special meeting. The main content was to let everyone go to *school to study, while Chen Feng and others entered
Served in the artillery school affiliated to the Military Academy.
According to the visitors, tonight is a family dinner.
Zhou Weihan looked at the time and saw that it was almost dinner time, so he immediately took Wen Qiang and Zhou Tainan and set off.
Along the way, it is inevitable to say hello to some comrades.
Entering the courtyard of No. 1, the landlady was taking her daughter-in-law to wash clothes. When she saw Zhou Weihan and Wen Qiang coming, she immediately ended her work.
"You two are here, Xiao, why does this child still look so sick?" the landlady asked distressedly.
"Auntie, this child has had a bumpy journey. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, the weather was dry and it has not recovered yet!" Wen Qiang said.
"Hey, you two have suffered a lot with this child. You don't have enough milk. You bring the child here every day. My daughter-in-law also brings one child with her, and she also brings two children with her. She doesn't need this child's milk.
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The landlady said and took Little Tainan over. Seeing this, Zhou Weihan took out the two cigarettes from the cloth bag, and then handed the cloth bag to Wen Qiang.
Except for two cigarettes, leave the rest to the landlady.
When Zhou Weihan entered the room, No. 1 was sitting cross-legged on the kang, reviewing documents.
Zhou Weihan knew something about the habits of No. 1. He usually worked in the evening and took a rest in the morning. This was the same for the next few decades.
"Coming?" No. 1 raised his head and said.
"**!" Zhou Weihan stood at attention and saluted with a military salute.
"Did you come with something again?"
"Except for these two cigarettes, everything else will be given to the landlady. After all, Zhou Tainan needs the landlady's daughter-in-law to take care of her. Isn't this something extraordinary?" Zhou Weihan scratched his head subconsciously, feeling quite nervous.
Because when everyone first arrived in Yanzhou, it caused quite a stir.
Without him, the fifty boxes of Tainan brand cigarettes carried by the fifth regiment were eye-catching enough. Zhou Weihan originally wanted to share them with the **, but after learning about it on the 1st, he said that all the supplies would be sent to the supply department.
Distributed uniformly.
"Don't be nervous, today is not a formal occasion, sit down!"
In Zhou Weihan's view, No. 1 exudes a strong aura, with firm eyes and deep eyes, but is also very easy-going.
No. 1 picked up the cigarettes on the table and handed one to Zhou Weihan: "The Tainan brand cigarettes you brought really taste good. I have read the reports from the frontline base areas. I owe a lot to you for the current achievements.
Small!"
"But there is an old saying that I don't know if you have heard of. I asked Yu Gong to move the mountain. Yu Gong kept digging the mountain, and finally moved God and carried the mountain away. What we are doing now is to move God!"
"If I do something special now, the people will not believe me, and they will say that we are not true revolutionaries!"
"Weihan, I hope you remember my words. I can't do anything special, and neither can you. Some people don't understand this. They get more oil today, more eggs tomorrow, and a set of clothes the day after tomorrow.
It will become a habit after three times. But the masses have their own accounts. If you continue like this, you will destroy yourself sooner or later!"
The words of No. 1 made Zhou Weihan feel ashamed. He was on the front line, and all he ate and drank was with the troops. But after Wen Qiang came, it was inevitable that he would start a small fuss.
Although Wen Qiang paid for the expenses alone, people and soldiers who don't know about it will inevitably have ideas.