Lin Fushun brought Yu Chenglong and the four of them to a newly built simple adobe house, pointed to a lower house and told Yu Chenglong that this was his current home.
The house was built with earth dug out of the grass. There was no decoration in the room. There were only two rooms in the house, with north and south Kangs in the inner rooms. A four or five-year-old boy was playing naked on the Kangs.
There were no furnishings in the room. A shabby quilt was placed in the corner of the kang, without even a quilt cover. Only then did Yu Chenglong realize that the whole family was wearing quilt covers.
Lin Fushun moved the four of them to a kang with a broken kang mat, then turned around and asked his wife to boil water for cooking, saying that he would add more cornstarch noodles to make porridge.
Yu Chenglong and Deputy Commander Hua took out all the dry food they brought and asked Lin Fushun's wife to heat it up and eat it together.
At first, Lin Fushun and his wife refused to say anything, but they couldn't stand the persuasion of Jackie Chan and others, saying that it had been several days and it would go bad if they didn't eat it, so they persuaded them.
While cooking, Yu Chenglong continued to chat with Lin Fushun. Seeing that his family was really poor, he took out five silver dollars from his pocket and gave it to Lin Fushun.
“I think life in my uncle’s family is really tight, and I can’t buy much with this little money now.
Just take it first and help! Let's buy some food and supplies first to tide over the current difficulties for the time being. It will be nice to have land to plant next year. "
"I can't ask for this. We meet by chance. How can I ask for your money? Besides, you still have to use it when you go out to settle down. I know how difficult it is to leave home and career!
Collect the money quickly, I will accept the kindness of the big brother. When I meet good people like you, I will burn incense and I will never ask for your money! "
Lin Fushun stood up excitedly and returned the money to Jackie Chan. And since Yu Chenglong wants to help Lin Fushun's family, he will not take the money back.
"Uncle, you are looking down on me. We Guandong people talk about having bad tempers. Both our families were kicked out by the Japanese. We share the same fate!
People should help and take care of each other when they are alive, not to mention that uncle also helped us. This money is lent to you by me. You can pay me back after you recover. "
"I can't even borrow it! I can't take your money for no reason, and we Kanto people can't do this. If I take money from everyone I meet, then who am I?
We are also five-foot tall men, standing in the wind to death or starving to death without begging. What are you afraid of? You can still survive! "
Seeing Lin Fushun insisting not to give Yu Jackie Chan charity, Yu Chenglong was very touched. He believed that this Lin Fushun was definitely a reputable northern man with backbone!
"Okay, uncle, I want to ask you to do something for me. Even if I pay you wages, what do you think?"
"It's okay to let me help with things, but you can't ask for wages. No big thing is worth so much money. Just tell me, I can help with things, but I don't want wages, so don't do it!"
Lin Fushun said he didn't want the money donated by Yu Jackie Chan, which made Yu Chenglong very embarrassed, but he still wanted to achieve his goal, so he led Lin Fushun to the yard outside the house.
"In this way, I will take back the money, but you still have to help me with this matter. Let's go outside the house and I will tell you in detail what we have to do."
Yu Chenglong felt that Lin Fushun was trustworthy and a man of backbone. So I pulled him down and squatted in the yard, and talked to him sincerely.
"Uncle, do you hate the Japanese?"
"I hate them so much. I really want to fight with them! But I can't do anything with my family."
"If we don't drive the Japanese out of China, we will never have a good life. We are now in Manchukuo, but the world is still dominated by the Japanese, and there is no way for the poor to survive.
If you want to change this fate, you have to drive the little devil out! If someone can fight against the Japanese with you, can you do it? "
"I can do it! The Japanese burned my mother to death. I have a deep hatred against them. Such hatred is irreconcilable and I will never forget it!
When they burned down my house, they lit a fire before everyone came out. When I rushed in and carried my mother out, she was burned and choked.
My mother died within half a day, and nothing was taken from the house. If it hadn't been for my mother's funeral, my family wouldn't have been so poor. Do you think I wouldn't want to take revenge? "
"You want to know what we do?"
"Not like a farmer, but a good person."
"To tell you the truth, we are the 'Manchuria Liberation Army', dedicated to fighting the Japanese, and our team is in this mountain.
The few of us are here to find out what the Japs are and what they are, and we will take action once we have found out accurately. We must drive the Japanese Japs out! How about it? Come do it with us! "
"Okay, okay, but now I have a family and I can't go into the mountains. If I leave, how will they live?"
"You don't need to go into the mountains. You can just serve as our secret liaison here and help us gather information. If anything happens, we will send someone to find you. Do you think that's okay?"
"That's okay! I'll help you with things. Whatever you ask me to do, I'll do it. This way I can support the family and help fight the Japanese, so I'll do it!"
"Thank you, uncle. You still have this money. It's the military pay from our team."
"I haven't done anything yet. I'm not getting any military pay. There's plenty of room for money in the team, but I still can't take it."
"Uncle, you have to hold it this time, otherwise we won't be able to trust you and will have to find someone else."
"Then... I'll just keep it. Don't call me uncle. We are a family now, so we have to call you big brother. I don't know what I call this brother. What does he do in our team?"
"You don't need to ask about this. This is the rule of our team. Did you see that man who is younger than you? His name is Bi Ming, and he is your superior now.
If anything happens in the future, he will contact you and assign you tasks. Your main task now is to stay hidden and act as a secret liaison.
The three of us will leave tomorrow morning, but Bi Ming will stay. You and he will build a small shack next to the land owned by your family and let him live there.
When he has nothing to do, he can help you open up wasteland and farm the land. In five days, you go to Jiangyuan County and buy some food for your family. I will pick you up then.
Rent a pony carriage when you go, otherwise the journey will be too long. I think eldest brother is also a man, so there can't be any mistakes in this matter, right? "
"Don't worry, big brother! I know the severity. This is a serious matter of losing your head. Don't I know what to do?
I see that big brother, you are also a person who does great things. Because of your great benevolence and righteousness, I decided to work with you, and we will live and die together! "
As he spoke, Lin Fushun knelt on the ground and wanted to sworn brothers with Yu Chenglong, but Yu Chenglong did not agree. He hurriedly pulled Lin Fushun up from the ground and explained to him.
"Our team can't do this, I believe you. Let's go inside and have dinner. Our affairs must be kept secret, and we can't tell our family."
The food in the room has been put on the table, and Lin Fushun's wife made some corn noodle porridge and served it together with the dry food brought by Yu Chenglong and others.
There was no cooking, so everyone had a full meal with pickles. After cleaning up, Yu Chenglong and the four of them crowded into Lin Fushun's house for one night.
Before dawn the next day, Yu Chenglong and others got up early. After finally walking out of the mountains, they were ready to go to Jiangyuan County to meet unknown challenges.
