Chen Zuwang very generously took off his clothes and put them in a linen bag.
Stand aside.
"Name, place of origin, age, health status" a young soldier asked sitting behind the table.
The form consisted of two pages. After filling it out, I tore off the lower page and it stuck to the linen bag with a pop.
"You two go inside. Behind you are your children. Wait a moment. Their clothes are also in the bag. Take care of your own children and don't lose them. We don't have enough manpower and we are not responsible for watching over people. "
When we entered the back, we saw a large pool filled with hot water. Many people are taking a bath.
Chen San's eyes are not strong enough.
"You guys come over here first, wash your hair first, and then take a bath." A soldier commanded.
Chen Zu looked around and saw a row of people here with their heads down and washing their hair in a basin on a wooden shelf. Their buns were spread out. They didn't know what they had put on their hair. Their hair was full of foam and they were scratching it with their hands. .
When the scratching time is enough, they go to the side to rinse, then take their family members, wait for enough people to gather, and collectively enter the large pool and squat in it, with their necks exposed, and start taking a bath until the time is up. A soldier reminds the people inside Come out collectively for the next wave.
After coming out of the big pool, we entered the next large cotton tent. There were many wooden beds here. We lay down on them one by one, and some soldiers took burlap towels and started to take a bath. After rubbing, pour a bucket of warm water on it and immediately rinse the mud off your body.
Chen San and Chen Zuwang had not bathed for many years. The poor could not afford firewood and boiling water was costly, so it was natural for them not to take a bath without washing. I couldn't bear the itching anymore, so I went to the river to wash myself in the middle of the night.
This is common among these people, and some even take baths three times in their lives.
After a while, someone came in and used a broom to remove the mud on the floor. These people were really dirty. Soldiers in regiment training are constantly being replaced.
They are all very tired.
After taking a shower and drying yourself, I was given new clothes and new shoes and socks. New inside and out, very thick cotton clothes and pants.
Everyone was very excited, and many people asked if they wanted money.
The regiment training soldiers told them that there was no charge, it was free.
Many people cried with excitement.
I haven’t worn new clothes in years.
After they came out and gathered the female relatives, they were led to separate cotton tents according to family units. The tent of Chen San’s home is next to Chen Zuwang’s tent.
The tents are all made of cotton, with thick felt on the ground inside and a briquette iron stove. Chen San looked at his wife and daughters. They were all white and rosy. His wife was twenty-seven years old. She looked so beautiful after taking a bath, which made her blush.
After an hour, when the hair was completely dry, soldiers came to clear the area and called everyone out. A tall and thick soldier stood on a wooden box, holding a loudspeaker, and shouted loudly: "My name is Li Huaishu, don't laugh, what's so funny."
The people below quickly suppressed their laughter.
"I am the administrator of your area. If you need anything, come to me. I am in the tent at the entrance of this camp. Remember, I am in charge of you. Now I will start issuing metal ID tags. There are also kettles and lunch boxes. You have to be there Live here for three months. One is to see if you have any diseases. The other is to take classes and learn the survival experience of Nuergandusi. The third is to learn how to use fire guns and bayonets. Regardless of gender, as long as the age is Everyone above the age of fifteen and below the age of sixty must learn. The wild beasts and savages there are very fierce. Now you can ask questions. Don’t hold things back. Say it openly. We soldiers will make noises every time and will never be sloppy."
There was another round of laughter below.
"Master Bing, where are our belongings?"
"Don't be anxious about this. You can't throw it away or leave it behind. You can only take it back after the chemical prevention team has inspected it and confirmed that it is free of cockroaches, bedbugs and other bugs, and disinfected it."
"Master Bing, where are our clothes?"
"The clothes must be boiled in boiling water and dried before they can be given to you. Just wait. If there are any missing clothes, I will give you new ones."
"Master Bing, where are we going to eat and where are we going to go to the hut?"
There was laughter below.
"What are you laughing at? Who doesn't eat, drink or poop? What's so funny?"
"The hut is a white tent, divided into men and women. There is a sign on the men's side, a portrait of a man, and a portrait of a woman on the women's side. There are a male soldier and a woman watching the entrance. Don't go wrong. If you make the wrong move, you will be punished.”
"The cafeteria is a red tent."
"We gather when the bell rings every day. I will take you to meals, classes, and learning how to use weapons, and I will take you back. It is strictly forbidden to leave the camp without permission. If you have anything to do, come to me first. Children younger than eight years old, if there is no elder at home to watch them, Just send them to the kindergarten to watch, and those over eight years old will learn to read. Anyway, they will stay here for three months, and they will learn as many words as they can."
"I will announce the discipline in a moment, and those who violate it will be beaten with a military stick. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
"Speak louder, haven't you eaten?" Well, they really haven't eaten.
Everyone shouted: "I understand."
From that day on, people continued to enter the camp one after another, and it soon became full. The gate to the camp began to be closed. The soldiers of this corps were stationed in the tent at the door, and the corps leader was the administrator Li Huaishu. I heard that these soldiers would also go to Vladivostok on the same ship with them, and they would be responsible for protecting themselves. If something goes wrong with the people in this camp, they are responsible.
Chen Zuwang had been a soldier, but compared with the soldiers here, he felt that he was just a regiment driller.
At first, Chen San was very uncomfortable with the fact that an adult man had to get up early to run and exercise every day.
But here you can eat enough, and the faces of the children at home are starting to become rounder. The three younger ones go to kindergarten, the older two learn to read, and my wife helps in the kitchen. I go to training by myself, and sometimes I can meet my wife at the training ground.
Seeing his wife squinting one eye and setting off a firecracker, Chen San felt as if he was in another world. It feels like the whole world is unreal. Is this still the wife who gave birth to five children for herself? Although at night, the children are asleep, my wife is still obedient to her and still so gentle.
My wife and I both learned a lot of characters in the literacy class. My wife cried all night when she wrote her name for the first time. Both took a lot of beatings from the soldiers during combat classes. If the movements are not in place, it is just a cane. It hurts so much that my wife cries under the quilt every night.
Master Li Huaishu shouted loudly: "If I slap you now, you can still hate me. If you are eaten by wild beasts and killed by savages, you will not even have the chance to hate me."
Fortunately those classes ended quickly.
Later, a little girl came, who was said to have come from the accelerated class of Xinghe Academy’s girls’ school. She taught everyone about survival in the wild. She also brought a lot of colorful wall charts to teach everyone how to identify poisonous mushrooms, wild vegetables, poisonous bugs, and poisonous vegetables. Snake etc.
How to identify the direction if you are lost in the forest, and what to do if you encounter a wild beast. The little girl is very gentle, speaks softly, and talks about trivial knowledge, such as how to prevent mosquitoes in summer and how to prevent frostbite in winter.
Looking at the colorful wall charts, these people who grew up in the pass sighed that the scenery in Nuergandusi was so beautiful. There are four distinct seasons here, spring is green, summer is the color of blooming flowers, autumn is golden, and winter is covered in silver.
Especially the black land, people who look at it want to squeeze out the oil, such a good land. It makes people reluctant to look at it.
Why didn't Emperor Xuanzong want it anymore?
