The War of Resistance

In the courtyard, Ma Erhuzi was chatting with Old Man Wang Shang Zhen. Qian Chuaner's question sounded outside the courtyard: "Oh, sir, what are you doing? What did you promise to the brothers two days ago?" Where’s the big white steamed buns?”

"Holy shit, is this still making me miserable? Qian Chuan'er, why are you doing this!" This was Wang Qingfeng's furious voice.

When Shang Zhen, Wang Laomao and Ma Erhuzi poked their heads out from the courtyard door, they saw Wang Qingfeng's figure fleeing into a nearby alley.

Then Qian Chuan'er followed him as he was walking outside a courtyard wall. He glanced into the alley first and then turned around and waved, while he stood there like a sentinel.

At this time, about ten people crept out from the direction Qian Chuan'er was coming from. Those people didn't look like soldiers, but they could no longer be described as disheveled.

Some were naked from the waist up, and some were only wearing large underpants, but the clothes on their bodies had all turned into weird-shaped and packed baggage.

What is an odd shape?

If you use clothes to make a baggage, it is no different from a baggage made of square furoshiki. But if you use trousers to make a baggage, then naturally you can only tie up the waist and two trouser legs, which is a " The baggage in the shape of "Ya".

The shape, how should I say, is like the lower body of a scarecrow, so doesn't the shape of this baggage look a little weird?

The people who ran over were also veterans. Qiu Bo, Hu Zhuzi, Yu Zuolong, Chu Tian, ​​Chen Hanwen, Gu Man, Hou Kanshan were all there, and Shan Fei and Yang Zhaocai were also among them.

However, Shan Fei and Yang Zhaocai were wearing very decent clothes, and they did not take off their clothes.

However, Shang Zhen Wang Lao Mao and Ma Erhuzi who were guarding the door of their courtyard couldn't care less. They whispered "Hurry up", and the seven or eight people filed in.

"Don't throw it on the ground, get in the house quickly!" Ma Erhuzi said anxiously.

So those people in large and small packages ran towards the house on the side of them, which was the kitchen for the veterans.

"Hurry up and put it down, damn it, you're going to stab me to death!" Hu Zhuzhu entered the room and threw his two bundles made of military uniforms on the ground.

Now he was only wearing a pair of big pants. Although he was always rough-skinned and thick-toned, he said as soon as he entered the room and threw away his baggage. Others also said the same thing, "Stick me to death." Some He even reached out to scratch it.

It was noon now, and the weather was very hot. It was conservatively estimated that the temperature would be above 35 degrees Celsius. The man was sweating even when he was lying still, not to mention that Qiu Bo and the others had run back.

So the beads of sweat fell down, and their bodies were all glistening with crystal water. And because of this, any place on their exposed skin that had come into contact with the bulging baggage was red!

Compared with these veterans who came in, Ma Erhuzi was already beaming with joy: "Oh, there are so many here!"

As he spoke, he untied one of the bundles, and once the bundle was opened, there were countless golden ears of wheat inside!

At the moment when they saw the wheat ears, everyone in the room squatted down or bent down to get together.

"It's really hard. It feels harder than the wheat in our hometown." Ma Erhuzi reached out and pinched the awns on an ear of wheat and said.

"It's good to be tough!" Hu Zhuzi said.

"Yes, it's really annoying!" Qiu Bo said.

As soon as Zha Ting was mentioned, the room became chaotic again, and those shirtless people who were all red hurriedly stretched out their hands to scratch the itch.

There is an old Chinese saying called "The tip of the needle is against the wheat awn", which is used to describe two people who cannot give in. The needle tip is made of metal, and the wheat awn is made of plants. But listen, the wheat awn can compete with the needle point. , then the stinging sensation can be imagined.

Yes, the red spots on the bodies of Qiu Bo and the others were caused by the rays of light piercing through their clothes!

According to science, the capillaries will rupture as soon as the wheat awn pricks the skin, and the sweat will cause pain when soaked in it. In Northeastern dialect, it is called "killing"!

"It's better to listen than to starve!" After Qiu Bo finished speaking, Hou Kanshan continued.

Yes, no matter how painful it is, it’s better than starving!

Two meals of porridge this day left the soldiers in the guard company starving.

Although they are not as thin as some soldiers, they are still the kind of people who get fat and are dragged thin.

At present, the army's food supply belongs to the supply system. It is distributed by localities or military stations under the management of the central government, and each department does not need to purchase it on its own.

But the local government here doesn't know why the eyes of the 51st Army are blue because the military rations they provide are limited.

To say that the food is limited, it is not really due to the Japanese army at present.

The Japanese troops stationed in Nanyang, where the 51st Army is currently stationed, have not attacked, so of course there is food.

Of course, due to the needs of the war of resistance, the common people had very little left after being exploited at all levels and paying the imperial grain and national taxes, but that had nothing to do with the army. During the war, everything was based on military rations.

Because the military rations are insufficient, the top management of the 51st Army has negotiated with the local government many times. However, the local government has used various reasons to shirk the supply, saying that it is not enough. To say that the veterans always undermine Wang Qingfeng is actually just to pay lip service, and so does Wang Qingfeng. There is no way.

When Wang Qingfeng went to the local area to ask for military rations, he had a heated exchange of words with local officials.

One time, Wang Qingfeng's conversation with local officials went as follows.

"Get the food!"

"Sir, we have no food."

"You don't want to give it, right? It doesn't matter if you don't. We won't starve to death anyway. We will contribute as much as you give us!"

"But sir, we have no food. Even if you say this, it won't solve the problem."

"You won't be given food, right?"

"It's not that they don't give it, it's that we don't have food! If we want to have food, we have to wait until the wheat harvest, right?"

"Fuck, there's no food, right? How much food you give me will help me fight the Japanese."

"That's what you do as soldiers."

"Okay, I'll send troops to garrison your house then. I don't have the energy to fight the Japs anyway, so just grab a bunch of cluster grenades and let's go to the West together!"

At this point, the local officials remained silent, but their attitude was still - no food!

Since they couldn't get enough food, the training of various departments of the 51st Army stopped, and the semi-starved soldiers could only look forward to the wheat harvest.

There is only one season of wheat grown in Nanyang, which is winter wheat. It is sown in mid-October of the first year and harvested in late May of the next year.

It is precisely because of this that when Wang Qingfeng came in and scolded Ma Erhuzi for going up to the roof, Ma Erhuzi said, "I wonder if the wheat is ripe" and scolded Wang Qingfeng away. What he said was exactly the same, but now it's... It's time to harvest the wheat. What do you do in charge of logistics?

Of course Wang Qingfeng understood Ma Erhuzi's subtext, so he turned around and ran away.

And what were Qiu Bo and the others doing out at noon?

We are all from the Northeast, and those in the Northeast also grow wheat, but they grow spring wheat. They are planted in spring and harvested in July and August. The principle is the same.

So now that the wheat has matured, of course it is time to get grain.

At this time, the impatient Ma Erhuzi had already put an ear of wheat in his hand and started rubbing it with his hands. He only rubbed it a few times and blew it with his mouth, and the outer skin was blown off, revealing the golden wheat kernels inside.

"How can these be grains of wheat? These are obviously white steamed buns!" Ma Erhuzi exclaimed.

When Ma Erhuzi said this, the Adam's apples of everyone present could not help but move, as they were swallowing saliva.

It's just that everyone has already discussed how to eat the wheat they got, so how can they make white flour steamed buns?

Making steamed buns is too time-consuming, as you have to beat them, grind them with a roller, and then use a stone mill to grind them into flour.

Not to mention how cumbersome this procedure is, nor how Qiu Bo and the others got the wheat, whether it was stolen or bought. They can't make too much noise, so if others know, it's okay. Remarkable?

At this moment, Ma Erhuzi glanced at Shan Fei and Yang Zhaocai and then asked, "Why are you two here?"

It was agreed upon by Shang Zhen's group of veterans to get food for a full meal. Shang Zhen and Wang Lao Mao did not know this.

They don't know how the veterans got it back. They can't rob it. They can steal or buy it. However, doing this involves confidentiality, and they don't bring the original guard company's gang, so Ma Erhuzi That's strange.

"We just met the two of them when we came back, so we took them with us." Qiu Bo didn't need to say anything to Shan Fei, but Qiu Bo had already explained, and then Qiu Bo said to Shan Fei and Yang Zhaocai, "We took them with us when we met. You guys, you can’t be nice if you get a bargain, do you understand?”

"That's for sure, hehe." Shan Fei replied, and he and Yang Zhaocai smiled happily.

Originally, people like Qiu Bo had no share in getting food. Since the two of them bumped into each other, they couldn't drive them away. So if they had eaten enough and then spread the word about it to the world, then Don’t you just have to be cheap and good?

"Okay, get it all back, call everyone, quickly rub the wheat grains and cook them into porridge." Shang Zhen ordered.

"Everyone?" Several veterans asked at the same time.

"Yes, everyone, we include everyone." Shang Zhen said.

"Ah?" The veterans were dumbfounded.