Su Qing came to the independent regiment this morning, serving as a political officer. She was arranged to live in the medical team. The medical team of the independent regiment had no doctors. You should know that doctors were a precious profession in those days. There was only one doctor in the whole division, who worked in the field hospital directly under the division headquarters. The medical team of the independent regiment had five medical soldiers, three men and two women. The accommodation was tight, so Su Qing was arranged to live with two female soldiers.
When she pushed open the door of the kitchen, she saw an absurd scene that surprised her, and at the same time she saw the bronze face that made her angry. He actually joined the team, how could he have the nerve to join the Eighth Route Army, how could the Eighth Route Army absorb a scum like him! Her mood, which had gradually calmed down over the past few days, was disturbed again by that scene. She couldn't eat this lunch, so she left and returned to the medical team.
The dormitory was very simple, with few furniture and even fewer decorations. Su Qing silently wiped a window again and again, swept the floor again and again, tore apart the bedding and luggage that had been folded neatly, and folded them again, then tore them apart again and folded them again, over and over again, but still could not soothe the pain of the recurrence of old injuries.
It was not until a pair of pigtails slyly appeared at the door of the dormitory that Su Qing stopped torturing her luggage, hastily smoothed the hair scattered on her forehead, wiped the sweat from her cheeks, and forced a bitter smile: "Girl, come in quickly."
When I first stopped at Wuming Village, I got to know this quirky little girl. Su Qing liked this little girl. Everyone likes a person or a thing for different reasons. Su Qing liked the little girl because she was a child of the Red Army and because she had a sad but extraordinary childhood. In Su Qing's eyes, Xiao Hongying was a beautiful bud under the red flag. Hu Yi liked the little girl because she was straightforward, tenacious, and unyielding. In Hu Yi's eyes, Xiao Hongying was a shining key that could always open Hu Yi's heart inadvertently.
Xiao Hongying squeezed in through the crack of the door with a playful smile: "Aunt Su Qing, I saw you just now and wanted to talk to you, but you walked too fast, so I came here."
Although Su Qing's turbulent heart was somewhat relieved at this moment, it was not completely calmed down. The word "Auntie" from Xiao Hongying touched something again, and she couldn't help but said to Xiao Hongying: "Girl, don't call me Auntie from now on!"
"Huh? Haven't you always called her Auntie? Why do you have to change it?" Xiao Hongying blinked in confusion.
Su Qing rudely scratched Xiao Hongying's nose with her finger and said, "I'm only ten years older than you, how can I be that old? Stop asking so many questions. Just call me sister from now on."
There was no way Xiao Hongying could figure out these details, so she nodded readily: "Okay, then I will call you Sister Su Qing from now on."
Looking at the little girl in front of him, Su Qing felt much better. He pulled Xiao Hongying's hand and said, "Come here. Look how dirty you are. How can you look like a girl? Let me clean you up first." Then he fetched water to help the little girl wash her face and hair carefully, and then sat beside the bed to help her comb her hair and braid it.
"You're great, little girl. I didn't expect that you've become a little soldier of the Eighth Route Army now." Su Qing said as she carefully combed Xiao Hongying's hair.
"Hehe, of course. They all think I'm too young. In fact, if we compare the independent regiments one by one, I can see how much worse I am than them. Don't you think so?"
Su Qing smiled and said, "Yes, yes, you are awesome. By the way, let me ask you, what happened in the kitchen yard at noon?"
"We and the bastards of the Second Company..." Xiao Hongying was about to say casually, but suddenly remembered that Su Qing was transferred to the independent regiment as a political officer. Although he was young, he grew up in the army. Xiao Hongying knew what a political officer did, so she immediately changed her words: "We and the Second Company were catching mice."
Su Qing raised his hand and tapped Xiao Hongying on the head: "You little bastard, if you keep making up stories, I'll watch you do it again."
"No, we are really catching mice." Xiao Hongying was determined to the end.
"Catching mice? Why are there so many people watching?"
"They are cowards, afraid of rats."
"Catching mice? Why is there a person being dragged in the middle? Even his pants are... what?"
"The mouse got into his pants."
Phew—Su Qing finally laughed.
The regiment headquarters was borrowed from the yard of a fellow villager's house. There were side rooms on both sides of the main hall, a square table with seven or eight benches in the middle of the hall, and a portrait of Guan Gong hanging on the wall facing the door. Although the Eighth Route Army did not engage in superstitious worship, the house was borrowed after all, so the portrait remained hanging there.
Hu Yi and Gao Yidao stood straight across the square table, facing the portrait of Guan Gong, looking straight ahead. On the side of the square table, Political Commissar Ding Deyi sat on a bench, peeling peanuts, eating them as he went, as if the two standing at attention did not exist at all. The regiment commander paced back and forth behind them, with his hands behind his back.
Gao Yidao, with one shoulder in a sling and bandaged, stared at the portrait of Guan Yu. "Guan Yu, you are a hero, a hero, and you are invincible with your Green Dragon Crescent Blade. Can you show your holiness and do justice? Jump out of the painting right now and kill this guy named Hu next to me with one blow."
Hu Yi also stared at the portrait, but absent-mindedly saw another scenery. He never imagined that after putting on the military uniform, her originally cold and beautiful phoenix eyes would be extra high-spirited. She was like a bright moon, cold but fair and bright, able to dispel the darkness.
The regiment commander hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "Hey, you two, why are you quiet? What's the matter? Do you think my regiment headquarters is not big enough to accommodate you two great gods to show off your power? I haven't settled the score with you in Wuming Village yet, and you are starting to talk nonsense again when you just arrived in Dabei Village, right? Gao Yidao, you are a company commander after all, what exactly are you doing in the kitchen squad?"
Gao Yidao immediately answered loudly: "Report to the regiment commander, we did not have any disputes. It was a rumor spread by the new recruits. The second company cordially invited Liu Jianqiang to dinner, but the ninth squad ruthlessly declined. This is what happened."
It almost happened, but it didn't. Gao Yidao is not a fool. Who would admit something that didn't happen? Are you looking for trouble
"Oh? Your Second Company cordially invited me? Okay." The regiment commander asked Hu Yi again: "Hu Yi, what do you say?"
Hu Yi also heard Gao Yidao's words clearly. From the battle in Wuming Village, it can be seen that Gao Yidao is not a reckless man, but a ruthless character who is decisive and has extraordinary qualities. This reason is well made and must be agreed. So he replied: "Report to the commander, it is indeed the new recruits who spread rumors. The ninth squad cordially invited Liu Jianqiang to come back for dinner, but was ruthlessly rejected by the second company. This is what happened."
The regiment commander stopped behind them and chuckled, "Oh, I didn't expect you two to be so kind? So kind that Liu Jianqiang had no pants to wear? So kind that Liu Jianqiang was naked? You're still pretending to be nice guys, right? All right, you'd better not let me get a hold of your little braids. Gao Yidao, I see that your second company is in such high spirits, so don't bother to recover from your injuries. Start helping the third company build houses tomorrow. Hu Yi, you don't have to hang around in the ninth squad anymore. Start repairing the playground with the recruit company tomorrow. If you're a good person, you should do good things. Get out now!"
Hu Yi and Gao Yidao walked out of the regiment headquarters together. Gao Yidao told Hu Yi with his eyes: You wait, we are not done yet! Hu Yi replied with his eyes: I am waiting, whatever you want! Then the two went their separate ways.