Hu Yi knew that Gao Yidao was looking for trouble and wanted to use him as a punching bag to relieve pressure. He was not interested in being a target for Gao Yidao, so Hu Yi avoided him as much as possible and did not intend to give him a chance to cause trouble. After being busy in the fields of Qingshan Village for most of the day, he returned to the wine station in the afternoon. What Hu Yi did not expect was that Erlian had actually left.
He put down his hoe, unbuttoned his coat, and prepared to go to the river for a good bath. He asked Ma Liang beside him, "When did you leave?"
"He left before noon. I suspect... this may have something to do with the girl?"
In fact, the real reason why Gao Yidao left was because of the slogan that Xiao Hongying asked Li Xiang to write under the big tree. But others did not know Gao Yidao's real thoughts. They just heard that Gao Yidao left after chatting with Xiao Hongying for a while, and naturally thought that it was Xiao Hongying who persuaded Gao Yidao to leave. Ma Liang also thought so.
If it was a girl... It was possible. Hu Yi believed it and stopped asking questions. He prepared to go to the beach. At this time, Shi Cheng ran over and said, "Platoon leader, as you said, I sent some food to the people on the other side this morning. However, there are dozens more refugees here in the past few days. Now they are planning to build a village on the other side!"
"Build a village? What village?" Hu Yi stopped and wondered.
"They said it was called 'Jiuzhan Village'."
After the thirty-odd people settled down on the other side of the wine station, they found that the Eighth Route Army was indeed different from the old army. They did not harm them at all and even gave them food and tools, saving them from the brink of starvation. The first thing these people who had rekindled their hope for survival thought of was to bring their equally displaced relatives and friends here to establish a new beginning. They planned to guard this muddy river, rely on the Eighth Route Army on the other side, build houses, build a small village, open up wasteland, plant crops, and raise children.
Seeing Hu Yi frowning and not speaking, Shi Cheng said again: "Why don't you go over and persuade them to move to Dabei Village or Xinghua Village? I can't persuade them anymore."
Ma Liang interjected, "If you ask me, let them live wherever they want. If the Japanese come to raid again, it will be useless to live far away. Shuxia Village is so remote, but it was destroyed by the Japanese last time. If we are unlucky, we may have to move to Dabei Village next time. If you think about it, there is no safe place to live now!"
Shi Cheng sighed after hearing these words, and Hu Yi also came to his senses. It was indeed the case. The world was so big, but there was not much place to live well. What difference did it make to move to? Drifting was more miserable than death!
"We can't grow food even if we open up wasteland now. Shi Cheng, you will be responsible for drawing up a plan to distribute the crops of Qingshan Village to them to help take care of them. After this season's harvest, they will have enough to survive until the next year. Although the road is a bit far, there are only two months left, so it's not a big deal. We can also completely withdraw from farm work and do what we need to do. In addition, set up ropes on both sides of the river to facilitate them to cross the river and pull rafts. At the same time, remind them to set up sentries to the east when doing farm work around Qingshan Village, establish crisis response, and be able to hide and run at any time. Finally, we have to help them establish militia forces. Now we are short of manpower and not busy, so the three of you squad leaders will take turns to coach them in training."
"I understand. Platoon Leader... well, I... have something else to say."
Hu Yi, who wanted to cool off in the river, took off his coat and continued walking towards the beach, unbuckling his belt: "If you keep talking nonsense, I will drag you into the river with me!"
Shi Cheng started walking with Hu Yi, smiling: "You know there's a homemade cannon in the girl's room, right? I want to try it out to see how good it is."
"What?" Hu Yi paused, a frown forming between his brows: "She left the homemade cannon behind as well?"
"At the time, the team leader said it was useless, couldn't hit far, was heavy and not very useful, so the girl asked to keep it."
"That's not what I'm concerned about. I mean... did she keep the gunpowder as well?"
"Haha, she let some idiot steal a box."
Crazy! This little girl actually slept in the same room with Huoyao. How poor was she in her previous life to end up like this
"Hurry up and take people to move the gunpowder out of her room. See if there are any other dangerous items. Get them out together. From now on, let Li Xiang arrange for such things to be stored separately. Go now!"
Shi Cheng finally understood what the platoon leader was worried about and turned around to make arrangements.
Standing on the beach, stripped down to a pair of shorts, his firm bronze skin was covered with ugly scars in the sun, and his strong arms were particularly dark due to long-term exposure to the sun. He looked at the cool waves in front of him and said to Ma Liang: "Let's see who reaches the other side first!"
Ma Liang threw the last piece of clothing behind him, walked to the water's edge and stretched slowly: "Brother, I don't mean to discourage you, why don't you swim ten meters first, otherwise there will be no suspense."
Hu Yi glanced at the complacent Ma Liang and said, "I will swim 15 meters first. If you can still win, you will be the ninth row vice-chairman!"
“You said it!” Ma Liang’s eyes suddenly lit up. Although it sounded ridiculous, the platoon leader was definitely a man of his words.
At this moment, Liu Jianqiang was walking towards the beach with a man in his arms, shouting, "Captain, we caught him again!"
Hu Yi and Ma Liang, who were standing by the water, turned back at the same time and were immediately shocked. A puppet soldier had his hands tied behind his back and Liu Jianqiang pushed him onto the beach.
Ma Liang couldn't help but said to the puppet soldier: "Is there anyone like you? You've been captured three times, right? Are you addicted?"
The puppet soldier smiled helplessly: "No, no, it doesn't count this time. I am the master and took the initiative."
"What's going on?" Hu Yi asked Liu Jianqiang.
"The sentry found out that he came alone and brought him back."
Hu Yi had to give up the idea of going into the water to enjoy the coolness again and began to interrogate the stuttering puppet soldier on the spot.
This stuttering puppet soldier was named Zhao Liang, a machine gunner. He was wounded in the last battle at the artillery tower construction site and was captured because he failed to keep up with the fleeing main force of the puppet army. Later, because he did not want to join the Eighth Route Army, he was released by the Ninth Platoon and returned to the puppet army.
Although he was unwilling to join the Eighth Route Army, he was not a conscienceless man. After returning to the puppet army, he told everything about how he was captured, but he did not tell the location of the Eighth Route Army. The reason he made up was that it was too dark when he was captured, he was blindfolded, and he was locked up all the time. He was also blindfolded when he was released. After he untied the ropes himself, he found that he was abandoned in the ruins of Qingshan Village.
The puppet soldiers were brothers, so how could they embarrass each other? The stuttering was not investigated further. But yesterday, someone suddenly came to the puppet army company and brought the stuttering puppet soldier out in the name of the military police, asking him to join the Eighth Route Army as an undercover agent.
"… I really don't want to come. But Captain Li forced me to do it, saying that he would give me double the salary. If I don't agree, he would treat me as a traitor and kill me. You say my life is miserable, how miserable it is! How can I do such a high, high, high-level job!" The stuttering puppet soldier narrated the whole story and told the whole story of his joining the Eighth Route Army as an undercover agent. The purpose of telling the truth was that he really planned to join the Eighth Route Army, because he knew that he was not suitable to be an undercover agent. No matter how hard the life of the Eighth Route Army was, it was better than losing his head and life.
Hu Yi asked: "Which Captain Li are you talking about? What's his name?"
"He's from Lushuipu, his name is Li, Li Youcai."
As expected! Only Li Youcai could do such a ridiculous spy work. I just couldn't understand why Li Youcai did this. There must be something wrong. It's not that simple. Thinking of this, he told Ma Liang and Liu Jianqiang who were present: "No more people can know about this, understand?"
Seeing Ma Liang and Liu Jianqiang nod seriously, he said to the stuttering puppet soldier: "Except for me, you are not allowed to tell this to anyone else. You should just be a good undercover agent."
He stuttered for a moment: "Ah? Sir, I, I..."
Hu Yi raised his hand to signal, interrupting his stuttering: "Let me ask you, before you came here, did Captain Li say anything to you? Think about it carefully."
The stuttering puppet soldier thought for a moment and said, "He said that if I succeed in joining, I will try to meet him in Qingshan Village tomorrow night."
Hu Yi understood that Li Youcai was inviting him, so he told Jie Ba: "Just do whatever your Captain Li tells you to do, but you have to tell me first. Do you understand?"
Jie Ba felt so miserable. He had no idea that Hu Yi and Li Youcai had been secretly colluding with each other. It was because he didn't want to do this job that he was forced to join the Eighth Route Army. As a result, when he joined the Eighth Route Army, his job was upgraded and he had to do two jobs. This damn world, is there any way to survive
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