For Xiao Hongying, who was still ignorant about the relationship between men and women, she had too many questions about meeting Zhou Wanping under the bed in the confinement room last night. Although she didn't know what was wrong with a man and a woman getting together, she knew it was not a glorious thing, otherwise why would Dr. Zhou hide from Secretary Su.
Why was he afraid of others knowing? If he was afraid of being known, why did he go to see his wound in the middle of the night? He and the fox were together every day, and it was no different from sleeping in the same bed. No one said anything, so it seemed that… it was because he was young? Then what was the difference between adults? He was very confused.
Curiosity overcame innocent shyness. At dawn, the little girl who had been hiding during the day and coming out at night finally appeared in the sunlight and ran straight to the confinement room.
Without saying a word, he climbed onto the windowsill and asked the puzzled Hu Yi, "When did you get up?"
"Just now. What happened?"
"What did you do after you woke up?"
"Wash your face and rinse your mouth, and wait for breakfast." Hu Yi felt a little confused.
"Didn't you clean the house?"
"No. Why are you asking?"
The little girl didn't answer, but crawled under the bed and cleaned it up except for some dust. She stood up and patted the room, sweeping it carefully, and then shook out all the folded bedding on the bed, leaving no corner untouched.
"Little aunt, what's wrong with you?"
"No one has come since Aunt Zhou and I left last night, right?"
Hu Yixin said, "Isn't this enough? It's almost like a night market." "Of course not."
Xiao Hongying left the bedding after checking it and said, "Okay, fold it again by yourself. I'll go back and ask the idiot to bring you food." She climbed out of the window of the confinement room with her pigtail shaking, leaving Hu Yifa in a daze, confused.
As I walked back, I was muttering to myself: There were no bandages at all. There were no bandages and no lights. How could they check the injuries? What on earth were they doing at that time? This is a question worth studying!
…
A soldier from the ninth platoon hurried into the Dabeizhuang regiment headquarters and handed a letter to the regiment.
Although there was no signature on the letter, we knew it was sent by Li Youde. The general meaning of the letter was that he was ordered by the Imperial Army to launch a retaliatory attack on the Qingshan Village area in the near future. He was filled with hatred for the destruction of the Xueluo Shuipu artillery tower, and he could not bear to be an enemy of the Eighth Route Army, so he informed them in advance that your army could pretend to retreat, allowing him to search freely, and then destroy and burn the crops in Qingshan Village before returning to report, which would be convenient for both sides.
The regiment commander was in a good mood after reading the letter. He thought that Li Youde could become a buffer for the independent regiment and greatly reduce the military pressure.
The political commissar read the letter and fell into deep thought. Li Youde was not an enemy at present, but he was not a friend either. If Li Youde and the devils were considered together, the independent regiment had to take advantage of Li Youde. If Li Youde and the devils were considered separately, the matter was actually quite complicated.
Qingshan Village is the base of the ninth row, so Hu Yi was naturally called into the regiment headquarters.
Captain Lu looked worried: "This time, go back with your nine platoons and deal with it symbolically. Do you hear me? If you abandon the team again, I will kill you with my own hands!"
Hu Yi put the letter back on the table, was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "Report to the head of the troupe, I don't want to sing with him in this play!"
"What did you say?" Captain Lu thought he had heard wrongly, and the political commissar also raised his eyes at this time.
"Nine rows can ensure that the crops in Qingshan Village are not lost!"
"You... you are so capable! You are so arrogant!" Captain Lu was a little angry. He didn't want to settle the previous score with him, but now Hu Yi was unwilling to follow orders.
"If Li Youde dares to destroy the crops in Qingshan Village, I will burn down his Li family compound. I don't believe he dares to change!" Hu Yi didn't know what was wrong with him, he said this with gritted teeth.
"Shut up! You rebellious bastard! Today I'm giving you this order, and I wonder if you dare to disobey me?"
Ding De saw that Captain Lu was about to blush, so he stood up and said, "Old Lu, there's no need to waste time talking to him. Hu Yi, since you don't want to be the platoon leader, then go back to your confinement room and cool off. We don't need you anymore."
Hu Yi stood at attention and saluted with an expressionless face, then strode out.
"Look at this guy, isn't he quite reasonable when he's not having an attack? What's his behavior today? He comes to ask for a beating. Isn't he the same kind of person as Gao Yidao? Huh? Next time I will definitely kick him, and you are not allowed to stop me!" Captain Lu pointed outside the door and said angrily to the political commissar.
The political commissar smiled and said, "This isn't a serious battle anyway, so it doesn't matter if someone else leads the ninth platoon."
"Change? Who to change? I know this isn't a battle, but the Ninth Platoon is already a problem. Can they be upset because of the loss of soldiers for the sake of crops? If he doesn't go back, what if the Ninth Platoon turns the fake play into reality? I thought this kid was reasonable and expected him to go back and suppress them, but he wants to lead a rebellion!"
Ding Deyi thought about it for a while and said, "How about... I'll take care of this."
…
The crops in Qingshan Village are lush and green, so green that it makes people intoxicated. Hu Yi feels that anyone who sees them will be intoxicated.
The death of the silly boy, Captain Wang's knee, the compass presented by the friendly army, Gao Yidao's determination, and the millions of people struggling on the brink of starvation, all of it was for two words: food.
Hu Yi originally thought that by the time of autumn harvest, he would leave enough food for the seventy or eighty people, young and old, on the other side of the wine station to survive for next year; he would let Chen Chong send some to Captain Wang's team, as they had a large number of people and their rations would definitely be tight; he would let those from the Ninth Platoon stay behind to make a living, and the rest would be handed over to the Independent Regiment, as there were many people and little land in Dabei Village; finally, he would let Mule go to the hillside of Qingshan Village to burn some paper for the old and young buried there, so that there would be more hope next year.
But now, after all the hard work and care, the harvest is not far away. Li Youde's light piece of paper is about to turn everything into ashes. Hu Yi is unwilling to accept it. The crops can be taken away, but he can't bear to watch them go! He has been in the Eighth Route Army for more than half a year. Just when a little green sprouts in his dry heart, someone is waving a sickle at this seedling! This made Hu Yi, who knew that the regiment commander and the political commissar were thinking about the overall situation, refuse the task.
The door creaked open, and Hu Yi, who was sitting on the edge of the bed with an expressionless face, was still looking out the window, not moving.
"Maintaining a relationship with Li Youde will be of great benefit to the Independent Regiment." Su Qing's tone was surprisingly not as cold as usual.
"I know." Hu Yi, who was staring out the window, did not notice the difference in Su Qing's tone.
"Don't you always do it for yourself?"
"Yes. This time too."
"Then why can't you give up those crops? Those crops are not yours."
"Those crops... are hope. The crops are not mine, but the hope is mine."
Su Qing was silent for a while, then said, "I came here this time... not to do any ideological work on you, but because the regiment asked me to go to the ninth platoon to take over the mission."
Hu Yi finally turned to look at Su Qing. This arrangement was too unexpected. Even if this wasn't a real battle, Su Qing, who had no experience in combat command, shouldn't be allowed to take over as the ninth platoon leader? She was supposed to be acting with Li Youde, and there was a risk of an accidental discharge of a gun. How could she be assigned this job
Su Qing understood Hu Yi's expression and continued, "I know I don't have much experience, so... I want to hear your advice before I leave. I'm afraid I'll be too busy when I get to row nine."
"… "
"It's not easy to lead a team of nine. If it were any other team, I would still have some confidence." Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
"You are wrong. The Ninth Platoon is difficult to lead in normal times, but it is easier to lead in wartime. A girl can lead it, and she has led it before."
“…” A rare expression appeared on her fair face, which was not too cold today. She was surprised that the little girl had actually been the platoon leader of the ninth platoon
"Remember, once there is a battle, you only need to decide whether to fight or retreat, and never get involved in the details. For attacking and blocking, use Runny Nose; for surprise attack and outflanking, use Ma Liang; for cover and reinforcement, use Shi Cheng; when you have no other choice, you can throw the mule out and try your luck." Hu Yi was worried that Su Qing, a stubborn woman, would get into trouble, so he had to draw a simple framework for her to prevent this layman from ruining the experts. In this regard, Su Qing did not have the ability of the little girl to build and change the nine rows as needed.
"Okay, I'll remember that and consider your suggestion." Su Qing didn't seem to care much about Hu Yi's advice.
Then she walked towards the door, but stopped before she stepped out, and did not look back: "Without land, there will be no crops. Land is hope. When that land will not be invaded, then there will be hope." Only after she finished speaking did the beautiful figure disappear.
Ten minutes later, Hu Yi stood up, straightened his military appearance, pushed open the door of the confinement room, and strode towards the regiment headquarters. Because he was really worried that this woman would ruin the ninth platoon and herself, and he didn't want it to be because of her last words...