Prejudice is related to attitude, but prejudice is different from attitude.
When Zhou Wanping got drunk and sang "The Drunken Concubine" in the street, everyone still thought that she and Hu Yi had a pure comradeship because Dr. Zhou was the goddess of life; when Sun Cui wore mourning for Hu Yi, everyone immediately thought that she might have an affair with Hu Yi because Sun Cui was a widow with backward awareness.
This is called prejudice, but Sun Cui doesn't care. In her eyes, Hu Yi is a man. It can be said that Hu Yi has created a new life for her. She feels honored and raised by being suspected of having an affair with Hu Yi. This is called sour grapes! In fact, she has been sadder than anyone else during this period of time. She has suffered a double blow, half Ma Liang and half Hu Yi. Of course, the half of Hu Yi is not what everyone thinks.
At this time, Sun Cui was doing needlework in her wooden house. There were not many people she could take care of personally, so she was busy with the traitor's shirt that Xiao Hongying had brought back. Time was tight and there was no time to make it smaller, so she had to temporarily shorten the lapels and sleeves, as well as the white shirt with a stand-up collar that she was wearing underneath.
After completing her patrol mission, Fan Erniu returned to the village. She walked into the house tiredly, carrying a British 77 rifle on her back. She drank a bucket of cold water in one breath before looking up and seeing the black shirt in Sun Cui's hand: "Why did you change this traitor's uniform? Does she still want to wear it? This is men's clothing, not a military uniform."
Sun Cui smiled: "She likes this. She even dared to wear a gas mask and run around the village all day. The more no one wears it, the more she likes it. There is no cure!"
Speak of the devil, Xiao Hongying came in. Sun Cui bit off the thread of the needle and stood up to shake the clothes in her hands: "You are in such a hurry, can you give me a few more days to make it fit better?"
"I have to leave today!" Xiao Hongying took the clothes and changed them on the spot.
After checking to make sure there was no one outside, Sun Cui asked again, "Why couldn't Captain Hu tell Captain Gao about this? Shouldn't he at least tell Lao Qin first? He looked fine these days, but in fact, he was so angry that he almost fell ill."
"I have to let Gao Yidao and Wang Peng be happy for a few more days. I need them now. If Lao Qin knew that Fox was not dead, wouldn't that mean that the entire Ninth Company would know about it? How can we keep it a secret? How can I mobilize them? Neither of you are allowed to tell anyone. Keep pretending that you don't know!"
After putting on the traitor's outfit and rolling up the sleeves to turn the white lining inside out, Xiao Hongying was quite satisfied with Sun Cui's craftsmanship: "Not much to say, I'll be back in a few days."
Fan Erniu suddenly hesitated: "Girl, that... mule... is it possible that he is still alive?"
Xiao Hongying turned her head to look at the black mourning band tied on Fan Erniu's left arm. She already knew about Erniu. Although she was angry when she thought of Mule, the shameless man, she still didn't want to ruin Mule's good fortune at this critical moment. The later people knew about it, the better it would be for the two of them. Besides, he was still in prison and the risk was not over. She squinted her eyes and said, "I heard that the concentration camp was executing people every day and almost all of them had been executed. Mule was treated as a special forces soldier. I guess he was among them the day before."
Erniu's hopes were completely dashed. If she didn't say anything, Xiao Hongying would be leaving the house. Sun Cui couldn't miss this opportunity and asked the question that had tormented her all night, "By the way, is there any news about Ma Liang?"
"I pulled the fox out, and he moved me away. Anyway, he was definitely not in the concentration camp, so he should have come back by now. How could he be so stupid as to look for me..." The answer gradually turned into a muttering to himself, fading away.
Sun Cui let out a breath. She had never felt so exhausted before. She couldn't even stand still. She watched the little traitor-like figure of the maid disappear in the light outside the door. She held back her tears and smiled without daring to make a sound. Finally, she raised her hand and began to smooth her messy hair that hadn't been combed for many days.
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When Xiao Hongying returned to the wine station, not only the people of the Ninth Company were happy, Gao Yidao and Wang Peng were also happy. The Ninth Company, which was in disarray, was a mess and had no place to go. With the girl's return, things became simpler. Although Xiao Hongying had no position and was just a bystander, she had attributes that no one else had. She was the founder of the Ninth Company, equivalent to its shadow company commander. She could decide everything, and it was no longer a matter of the personal wishes of the soldiers of the Ninth Company, because she had the qualifications to "sell the Ninth Company"!
Gao Yidao drafted the negotiation conditions overnight, and Wang Peng considered the plan to please overnight. Now, the headquarters of the Ninth Company is a big wooden house, which has become the negotiation venue. Wu Shitou, with a box gun that has not been pulled out of the holster for 800 years, stood outside the door like a zombie, on guard with dead fish eyes. Putting aside the alert status, in fact, this fool is very happy in his heart, and he is so excited about the girl's safe return. He really wants to rush to the beach to build a gun tower. Unfortunately, he is still so stupid as if nothing happened; most of the soldiers of the Ninth Company surrounded the open space. They wanted to listen to what was being talked about inside but did not dare to go forward, which made them anxious.
Originally Qin You should have been in there, but he really didn't want to listen to this nonsense. He didn't want to know. He needed an alibi, so he slept in his own cabin.
Of course, there were only three people in the company, a girl and two company commanders. Yuan thought that this would be a long-lasting verbal battle. Gao Yidao brought his own kettle and started clearing his throat in the morning; Wang Peng put boiled bird eggs in his pocket and also prepared a small notebook with densely packed and crooked notes. Unexpectedly, the girl's first question had nothing to do with the Ninth Company.
"Gao Yidao, where is your Second Company? How many soldiers are there?"
Being asked this question, he was confused and said blankly: "I... Five miles south of the bank, one hundred and thirty. What do you mean?"
She ignored Gao Yidao and turned to Wang Peng: "What about you? Don't tell me you only brought Chen Chong with you!"
Wang Peng shyly took off his tattered military cap and held it in his hand: "Qingshan Village, uh... one hundred and fifty."
With a clang, Gao Yidao placed the mottled military canteen in his hand on the broken table and glared at him, "You call this a convenient route? Did your entire company come from Niujia Village? Was it because the wind was too strong or did your entire company go the wrong way? And you still say I'm shameless?"
With a slap, Xiao Hongying slammed the table: "Great! Great! This is no longer a problem for the reinforced company! This is a problem for the battalion! Wang Peng, even I misjudged you! Hehehehehe..."
The two company commanders were all frowning and looked at the lost Xiao Hongying with completely different thoughts.
The mean laughter stopped abruptly, and he put on a face full of sadness due to the loss of Fox: "Uh... Well, what I want to say is... without Fox, I don't want to stay in the Ninth Company anymore. I will return to the regiment in a few days and go back to find Uncle Niu to be a cook. But before that, I have to complete the last mission of the Ninth Company for Fox, without any regrets! If you help the Ninth Company with this, everything will be easy to discuss!"
The two company commanders were suspicious, looked at each other, and became suspicious again.
Xiao Hongying curled her lips and said, "Forget it! As if I still have the mood to cheat anyone! Tomorrow I will go back to the regiment and turn myself in to the regiment commander. After I pay for the black account of the Ninth Company, I will have nothing to do with it."
"Hey? You haven't told me what you're going to do yet?"
"I have a way to rescue the students imprisoned in the county, but we need support from the outside. The support mission is also simple, just marching and running errands. Of course, I don't plan to run with the team. If you agree, the Ninth Company will be handed over to you."
Gao Yidao felt his gums itching, and finally couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "I must be the one in charge of the military!"
Xiao Hongying pulled her braids and picked at her nails: "This is between you and Wang Peng. I'm not going, so why are you looking at me?"
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The assembly call suddenly sounded at the wine station, echoing in the wind over and over again. All the soldiers of the Ninth Company, fully armed, with their guns on their shoulders, gathered in the center of the open space of the wine station.
There were three people waiting at the assembly area. A tall general who looked intimidating without even showing any anger was standing in the middle with a rifle and a bayonet hanging from one shoulder, looking proud.
Wang Peng, who stood on the left with a serious face, was giving orders to Chen Chong: "Go and inform the entire company to move south immediately, restock food when passing by the wine station, then cross the river and move south to join the 29th Company."
On the right stood the instructor of the 9th Company, Qin You, who spoke loudly to the gathering troops: "Those who hear your name, step out and stay... Tian Sanqi, Wu Shitou, Wang Xiaosan..."
The soldiers were confused. They didn't know where they were going or what they were going to do, and they didn't understand why the few who were asked to stay behind were the ones who should have been given priority to follow the team.
In the sunshine, the militia on the south bank were repairing a large raft. They looked at the troops gathering on the north bank to head south with reluctance, and also had no idea what they were going to use the raft for.
The Ninth Company, we haven't had such a tense mobilization in a long time...