In the afternoon, the 9th squad arrived outside Qingshan Village. A while ago, Xiao Hongying killed both the good guys and the bad guys here. Later, the 9th squad was chased all over the mountain by the plainclothes team with dogs.
Qingshan Village is still the same, without any change. It faces north and is located on a hillside, peaceful and tranquil under the sunshine.
Seeing that they were not far from the village, Ma Liang stopped and waited for Hu Yi to come up. He told Hu Yi his thoughts: "Brother, we are not far from the enemy's territory. If we go in like this, it will attract attention. There may be spies from the plainclothes team. How about we wait until night?"
Hu Yi stopped, looked at the village in front of him, and pondered for a while. After all, Lao Luo was exposed. Logically, he had to hide and was unlikely to be in this village. It was estimated that he would come up empty-handed. Hu Yi had no plan for the next step at the moment, but Ma Liang's words gave Hu Yi another idea. After a moment of silence, he said, "Ma Liang, you and Runny Nose go around the village and hide on the small road at the east end. We will go directly to Lao Luo's house, the one with the door god pasted upside down on the roadside in the village. If anyone goes out of the village to the east during this period, you two will catch him and bring him back to me."
Upon hearing this, Ma Liang waved to Liu Jianqiang and walked away into the field.
Hu Yi did not deliberately keep a low profile. Instead, he swaggered into the village with Xiao Hongying Luo Fugui and Wu Shitou.
It was still the same door god statue, stuck upside down on half of the door. When I pushed open the half-open door, I saw the same empty courtyard. When I walked into the house, there was a thin layer of dust everywhere. When I came to the inner room, I saw a square table overturned on the ground, and there were large bloodstains on the ground and the wall. The only difference from when I left in a hurry was that the two bodies were gone. Maybe the plainclothes team dealt with them afterwards, or maybe the neighbors dealt with them afterwards. In the end, they were gone.
Hu Yi picked up a fallen bench, blew away the dust on the bench and sat down, wondering whether he should stay here for the night.
There was a loud clanging noise in the outer room. After a while, it died down. Luo Fugui lifted the curtain and came into the inner room, and started rummaging around in the cabinets again.
Seeing the big and sturdy Luo Fugui roiling in front of him, Hu Yi frowned and said, "Give up! This place has been searched a long time ago. There is no way there is food, let alone money."
Torn socks, dirty quilts, chipped ceramic bowls, and broken thermoses, Luo Fugui pulled these rags out of the cupboard while muttering, "Damn it, there's nothing to eat, nothing to earn, nothing to wear, nothing to wear."
"What are you looking for clothes for?" Hu Yi asked.
Luo Fugui sat down on the ground next to the cabinet, waving his big hand like a palm leaf fan to fan away the dust floating in front of him: "Save your life! If we go further, there will be Japanese invaders and traitors everywhere. Isn't our outfit too conspicuous?"
Hu Yi looked at Luo Fugui's dusty appearance and said nothing. It's not like Hu Yi had never thought about this problem, but in these poor mountain villages, except for a few rich landlords, everyone has the same clothes for all seasons, and some even have a whole family sharing the same set of clothes. Even if you want to buy them, you can't, because if people sell them to you, then you will be left with nothing, how can you go out
Besides, even if you get the clothes, you can't take your rifle and equipment with you. The countryside is different from the county town. The population is small and everyone knows each other. Even if you change into plain clothes, you are still a stranger and they will still suspect you. Someone will still go to inform on you and get the reward. And the plainclothes detective team will still chase you and catch you. Even if you are not an Eighth Route Army soldier, they will still skin you and ask you to find someone to redeem you. If no one redeems you or the redeemer cannot afford it, then I'm sorry, you will be given to the Japanese as a coolie to work in mines and build artillery towers.
So Hu Yi ignored Luo Fugui, and suddenly saw Xiao Hongying outside the window, wandering back and forth in the yard. Hu Yi then remembered that the little girl probably didn't want to enter this room again, so he immediately gave up the idea of staying here, stood up and called Luo Fugui: "Let's go."
As soon as they walked out of the house, the gate of the yard was pushed open, and Ma Liang and Liu Jianqiang pushed a child of eight or nine years old from behind.
"Brother, as soon as you entered the village, this brat ran out of the village. He must have been trying to report something. Runny Nose and I had a hard time stopping him."
Looking at this silly boy with a snotty face, who was only about eight or nine years old, Hu Yi really frowned this time. Originally, he had Ma Liang and Liu Jianqiang set up a small ambush to see if they could catch any fish. If they did, they would pry open his mouth to learn about the surrounding situation and the location of the plainclothes team. Now, they actually caught a fish. They had never expected that it was such a young child!
"What's your name?" Although he was helpless, Hu Yi's face still darkened.
The child dug his fingers hard, lowered his head and said nothing.
"Who do you want to send the letter to? Where is he?"
The child still didn't move.
"If you don't speak, I'm going to beat you up!" When Hu Yi said this, he deliberately strengthened his tone and sounded extremely stern.
Still no movement.
Luo Fugui, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but blurt out: "Is this naughty kid a mute?"
Ma Liang shook his head: "No, he even shouted for help when we arrested him."
Upon hearing this, Luo Fugui immediately said to Hu Yi, "Boss Hu, why are you still hesitating? Just use the method directly on him! I don't believe he won't tell you."
Hu Yi glanced at Luo Fugui and nodded at the child: "Come on."
Luo Fugui then realized that Hu Yi, the evil star, couldn't do it, so he quickly changed his attitude and filled the cracks in the wall: "My... Look, I'm cooperating with you, hehe, to scare him."
Hu Yi was at his wits' end. He had asked and frightened the child, but nothing happened. Unfortunately, the one who wanted to tell the truth was a child!
Xiao Hongying, who was standing next to him, looked at the little boy with a snotty face, and then looked at Hu Yi's helpless face. It turned out that there were things that the fox could not do. She couldn't help but chuckle: "You can't even handle a little brat? Watch me."
After saying this, Xiao Hongying, with her pigtails swinging, stood in front of the boy with a haughty look on her face: "Hey, little brat, let me ask you a question now. If you, a dirty snotty ghost, dare not speak, I will bully you to death, do you believe it?"
The snot-faced boy secretly raised his eyes and glanced at the little girl in front of him who was a head taller than him. This face was very familiar to him. She was just like those older kids who often bullied him.
"What's your name?" Xiao Hongying began to ask.
The boy said nothing.
Xiao Hongying raised her hand and slapped him on the head: "I'm not asking your parents, will you die if you tell me your name? If you don't, I will call you little fart for the rest of my life and make you embarrassed to death!"
"God damn."
"Goudan? Hahahaha... That's so ugly! Hey, Goudan, have you ever eaten white flour buns?"
"… "
"If you don't answer me, I'm going to take off your pants. Don't cry!"
"Eat it. I ate it once."
Xiao Hongying then took out a white flour bun from her pocket and proudly waved it in front of the snotty face...
Class 9 set off, but they marched in a cautious formation, with guns in hand and bullets loaded. Because, in front of Class 9, there was a child leading the way, with a runny nose and chewing a steamed bun...