Mr. Du is an old Jianghu, a serious businessman. When he was young, he drove a cart and moved some grain, cloth and other goods. I don’t know when it started to become successful. I came to a good place by the river, surrounded by mountains and rivers, to build a homestead and built a three-story courtyard. The dozens of miles around are all the land of Mr. Du's family.
Except for his own family, almost all the rest of the Du family's Weizi family are tenants of his family. Mr. Du's eldest wife disappeared a few years ago, and he still has two concubines who are jealous every day and want to be the eldest grandma. Mr. Du doesn't care, he just coaxes and makes peace with her every day. This winter, I gamble every day at home, but I don’t draw any luck. Because Mr. Du didn't need that little money, he just wanted to have fun.
Du Kui was born to the eldest wife and is very promising. Come back and see him when you have time. The two little wives are not afraid of the master but are a little afraid of the eldest young master. As soon as he came back, the two of them immediately became honest.
The two concubines also gave him a son and a daughter. The young lady was twenty years old and got married the year before last. The young master stopped going to school when he was eighteen and wandered around the house every day.
Liu Xiaodian picked up the fish and showed it to Mr. Du, and said: "It's caught during the day and it's fresh. It won't taste good if it's been frozen for a long time." Mr. Du said: "Don't tell me, I haven't eaten fish in several days. , Are you craving for fish? San Quan'er, bring it to the kitchen to stew it." San Quan'er is his family's employer. Xiaowuzi smelled a familiar smell on Master Du - the smell of bandits.
Master Du went down to the ground and led the two of them to the east wing, where the casino was.
As soon as I entered the door, I was almost blown away by the smoke. Everyone in the room was smoking, and the upper half of the room was filled with smoke. I didn't know it, but I thought the room was on fire.
Xiao Wuzi took out a cigarette and gave one to everyone in the room. Thanks to him carrying two packs of cigarettes, otherwise there wouldn't be enough to distribute. There were more than twenty people in the room. There is a saying in the Northeast that goes, "It's better to lose ten days than to leave anyone behind." It means that either you don't give one, or you give everything. Once you don't send it to anyone, you will offend others. Even non-smokers will put their ear pins down to show you face.
After exchanging a few words, everyone's attention returned to the gambling table. A small kang table was crowded with people, and the people behind stood on the kang to watch, blocking the light. Fortunately, Mr. Du hung more than one kerosene lamp on the beam of this house.
They are playing tricks. That is Tianjiu Pai, also called Pai Gow. Fangzi is a slang term in the world. Thirty-two black dominoes are arranged in a row. Players roll dice and the dealer deals the cards according to the dice points when they see the points. Four cards per house. Two pairs are matched up to form heads and tails. After turning over the cards, the winning or losing is determined by the points.
Master Du didn't go to play. He went up to the Beikang and asked someone to make tea. Xiao Wuzi didn't go to play either. He sat by the Beikang and chatted with Master Du. Liu Xiaodian squeezed over and planned to watch a few games before placing bets.
At this time, several people were already losing and sweating. It seemed that the dealer had won a lot, and there was a pile of money in front of him. Xiaowuzi and Mr. Du were chatting and laughing. After a while, the old man squeezed out of the crowd with a depressed look on his face. Mr. Du laughed and asked Xiaowuzi: "Your uncle has lost again. Do you want to make money for him? Give him a share. If you win, it will be split equally. If you lose, it's mine." He took out a handful of money.
Xiaowuzi took out two pieces from it, put them together with his own two pieces and said, "I'm going to try it." He also squeezed in, looked at three cards, and pressed the four dollars on the Tianmen. The dice rolled out to be five o'clock. , the dealer points out the cards one by one. Xiaowuzi didn't look at the cards, so he made a big bet on the cards. The cards were turned over and the four pieces turned into eight pieces.
Xiaowuzi didn't use any money either. Won the second hand again, sixteen yuan.
Xiaowuzi changed his bet to pass, and on the third hand, the dealer paid out, making it thirty-two yuan. The dealer didn't notice Xiao Wuzi until his money reached sixty-four yuan. He actually didn't lose. Sixty-four dollars is already a big bet. After the cards were dealt, the little five player betted the most, and everyone gave him the right to look at the cards. The little five player looked at the day and the land, one was seven points and the other was ten points. No matter how they matched, they were all nine, and they thought it was a tie. Cards, who would have thought that the dealer actually had an eight with ten. The upper and lower families, one at six, seven and one at three, were tied. Only Tianmen won, and the bet was already one hundred and twenty-eight. The dealer felt a little guilty and dealt the cards again. This time Xiaowuzi knew at a glance that he was guaranteed to win. It turned out to be Prince Dijiu. The dealer had nine pairs, but it was a long nine, and he lost again. But winning over those two families is not enough to compensate the other two. The dealer said anxiously: This time the cards are dealt in twos and twos, and I want to ask Xiaowuzi if he wants to change his bet?
Xiaowuzi grabbed the money, a total of two hundred and fifty-six yuan, and gave half to Mr. Du and the other half to the uncle. The old man’s face burst into laughter. Master Du smiled and nodded and said, "You know how to stop. You are a good boy. You will have great potential in the future. Grandpa Du likes you. If you have nothing to do, come to Grandpa Du's house to play."
Xiaowuzi nodded in agreement, and the uncle played for a while without losing or losing. The uncle is an old gambler. Who would place big bets after winning money?
Seeing that it was too late, he said goodbye to Mr. Du and took Xiao Wuzi back.
Xiaowuzi settled down peacefully, occasionally fishing with his uncle, waiting for his identity to be confirmed.
Three days later, Xiao Wuzi told his uncle and aunt to go to Jiaohe again to get a certificate of good citizenship and see if the train tickets were easy to buy. The aunt asked: "Do you need me to take you there?" Xiao Wuzi said: "Don't worry, I am an adult now." The aunt nodded and said: "Go, be careful on the road."
After Xiaowuzi arrived at Jiaohe, he first bought some pastries and then went to Du Kui's house. This time Du Kui was waiting for him at home. There was a trace of disappointment in Xiao Wuzi's eyes when he saw him coming by himself. I gave Xiaowuzi a few more words and gave him his ID. Xiaowuzi said he would go to the street to buy some more things and then said goodbye to Du Kui.
Xiaowuzi did not rush to buy a ticket, but went to the train station for a walk to get familiar with the environment. The habit of being a traffic officer has always been there.
As soon as Xiaowuzi arrived at the market, he saw a person, a person who never expected to appear here. The surprise in my heart was no less than that of seeing my biological father.
A typical old farmer, wearing a dog-skin hat, holding a pipe in his mouth, with an unshaven beard and a dusty face. Squatting on the roadside selling half a small basket of dried mushrooms. But Xiaowuzi still recognized him at a glance.
Lao Haishan felt someone was staring at him, and when he raised his head, he saw Xiao Wuzi. Both Lao Haishan and Xiao Wuzi opened their mouths, then smiled knowingly, and neither of them spoke. Lao Haishan started to pack his things, Xiao Wuzi turned around and walked slowly out of the market, Lao Haishan followed.
Xiaowuzi went to Dunhua last year to deliver information to Lao Haishan. When he returned to Mengjiang, Commander Yang had already died. I heard that Commander Yang's body was dissected by the Japanese and it was found that his stomach was filled with cotton and bark. He had been without food for several days. When Xiaowuzi heard about it, he burst into tears and secretly hated himself for not coming back sooner.
In fact, even if he rushed back, he would only sacrifice one more person. Commander Yang might not have any intention of protecting him when he asked him to deliver information.
After receiving the information, Lao Haishan led the troops to move, but they still encountered a large Japanese army and had a bloody battle. Everyone was injured when they broke out. Lao Haishan was seriously injured, so he asked his deputy to lead the team eastward while he recuperated in Huangsongdian. After recovering from his injuries, he lost contact with the team. I came to Jiaohe Street this time because I heard that there were anti-Japanese people in the mines. I planned to come and have a look, but unexpectedly I ran into Xiao Wuzi.
The two walked out of the downtown area and found a tavern on the street. Xiaowuzi ordered two dishes, a pot of wine, and two bowls of sorghum rice. The two of them chatted while eating, but they didn't dare to talk about their resistance to the alliance. They had to find a place where no one was around to talk about these things.
Lao Haishan is one of the few people that Xiao Wuzi can completely trust at present, because he and the palace minister were recruited by Commander Yang at the same time. Lao Haishan had many people under his command, with two to three hundred men and guns. Commander Yang gave a regiment at that time long.
The leader of the Anti-Japanese Alliance will never surrender until he is the only one left. Isn't this kind of person worthy of trust?
Xiao Wuzi told him that he was going to Xinjing, but Lao Haishan didn't ask. He knew that Xiao Wuzi said it if he could. If he didn't say it, he shouldn't say it.
Xiaowuzi knew from the way Lao Haishan was dressed that he was also in financial difficulty, so he gave him a hundred yuan.
In these days, a strong laborer's monthly salary is only one or two yuan. If he can earn ten yuan a year, he will be very wealthy.
It is said that one hundred sheep are drawn on the one-hundred-yuan sheep note in Manchukuo, and one hundred sheep can really be bought.
Lao Haishan accepted it without being polite to him. Why should he be polite?
Xiaowuzi was a little worried when he heard that he was going to the mine, so he decided to go with him. Lao Haishan is also willing to let him follow. After all, they are his own people and can take care of each other.
The two hired a horse-drawn carriage and headed east. The boss who drove the bus was a chatterbox, asking questions about this and that. Look at both of them answering word for word. He began to talk about the legend of the mine in a casual way, telling many stories at length.
The car reached the small wasteland, and suddenly there was the sound of gunshots in the distance, which was the sound of Sanba Dagai. The two looked at each other, and Xiao Wuzi said to the car boss: "Brother, run quickly, something big has happened, don't get you involved." The car boss saw them jumping out of the car, opened his mouth but was speechless. . I was very scared, but I was too embarrassed to run. Xiaowuzi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go quickly. You won't be able to run away in a while, and you won't risk your life."
After the carriage went away, both men took out their guns and hid far apart.
A man came running from a distance. He was tall and ragged. He was running barefoot in the snow, running out of breath. He fell into a deep ditch on the side of the road, gasping for air, his chest heaving, as if he was going to die soon.
There were five Japanese soldiers who surrounded him in a fan shape, but they didn't even shoot. They seemed to want to capture him alive.
When he got close, within the shooting range of Xiao Wuzi, Xiao Wuzi suddenly fired, two shots in succession, one shot at a time.
The Japanese were all professional soldiers and reacted very quickly. Before the third shot was fired, they all quickly fell to the ground and fired back. There was a loud sound of gunfire for a while. Although it happened suddenly, the direction was probably right.
Xiaowuzi has hidden behind the tree. The bark of two trees nearby was blown away.
After a burst of gunfire, it became quiet again. Xiaowuzi didn't move, and the Japanese didn't move either.
At this moment, two more box cannon shots suddenly rang out from behind the Japs, and two more Japs were shot.
There was only one little Jaap left, and he had never been so scared. To capture a bruised and defenseless man with five guns was a bit like blasting a mosquito with a cannon. He never expected that within a moment, he would be the only living person before he could see who the other party was. The little devil got scared and got up and ran back. Lao Haishan shot him with his hand, hitting the back of the head. The devil leaned over and fell down.
The big man knew that there were several people chasing him. He counted the gunshots. Except for the sound of 38 big guns, there were only five shots. Two shots were from small pistols, and the last three shots were from shell guns. He was very familiar with the sound of this gun. He had been using this kind of gun, and there was no movement after five gunshots. The big man got a little anxious and shouted: "Three old men and four young men, please help me. I'm going to kowtow to you all."
Xiaowuzi ignored him. He first approached the dead Japanese soldiers and turned them over with his feet to see if they were dead. He had confidence in his own shooting skills, and even more confidence in Lao Haishan. After all, Lao Haishan was in the world. He is also a well-known figure.
