Huang Ande listened patiently to the brothers' complaints without saying a word. ≧, Generally speaking, the brothers are not doing well in Lingao, because most of them have no skills, except for those who are soldiers, they are laborers and handymen. The only one who is doing well is Lu Laowen. Although Huang Ande felt that the chiefs had their reasons for such an arrangement, the brothers who had been with Lao Huang through life and death felt that they had been wronged.
Cao Qing said: "Brother Huang, let's all serve as soldiers for you. We all crawled out from the dead with Brother Huang, so we all believe it. It's better to serve as soldiers for the Australians than to serve in the army." It’s hard work in the factory.”
Huang Ande knew that the chief was secretly taboo about forming cliques, so he quickly said that he would serve as a soldier for the Australians without any personal servants. If you really want to be a soldier, you can just sign up for the next recruitment. But I don’t know where it will be divided.
He felt that what Huang Xiong said was a bit bad, so he decided to take this opportunity to persuade everyone.
"Brother! Although you are unlucky and your future has been delayed, the commander has not forgotten your contribution. Doesn't this mean he has recruited you into the training class? If he really forgets, he will leave you in the White Horse Team to grow hair. .Brother, do you still remember being stunned in your senior year of high school?"
"Why don't you remember? He was a sergeant in the security regiment, and he was also a deserter from Beizhili. He and I also went to fight in Baitu Village together." Huang Xiong still had an impression of this fellow villager, "I heard that he was in He was injured during the Chengmai War and was discharged from the army."
"I saw him last month. He is missing an arm and is a little lame in his legs. The chief arranged for him to go to the factory to check the gate." Huang Ande poured a glass of wine for Huang Xiong, "Brother, although you are not doing well, you are still doing well. All beards and tails. He became an officer, and now he has a sister-in-law. He has a son right before his eyes. What did he have when he was stunned in the third year of high school? He has probably been like this for a lifetime, and it is hard to say whether he can get a wife. Not to mention that he died in battle. Brother. In terms of hard work alone, are you older than him?"
Huang Xiong drank his wine silently. It seems a bit persuasive. Huang Ande added: "I am not from the old security team, but there are many people from the old security team who have died and become disabled. Last time we went to Cuigang to sweep the tombs. The tombstones were all over the slope, one after another, and people died. Occupying such a piece of land. With the conscience of heaven and earth, compared with them, we are much better, aren't we?"
Huang Xiong nodded and said, "That's right! This one can't be compared."
Huang Ande slapped his thigh: "That's it." He said and glanced at everyone again. "Most of our brothers came from Penglai. As Brother Cao said, we crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood... Think about the dead people, as well as the families and relatives who were trapped in Dengzhou Town. , friends, neighbors... Now everyone is still alive, with food to eat and a safe place to sleep... People should be grateful and contented."
After some words, everyone became less angry, and Huang Ande said something more to appease everyone: Now that the leader's career is starting to start, and Ming Dynasty is about to die, everyone will surely succeed if they work hard.
Just when everyone was chatting and talking at the wine table. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Cao Qing slapped his thigh: "It's this weakling Lu Laowen who's here."
Huang Ande opened the door and saw Lu Laowen standing outside in a daze, holding a large food box in his left hand and a jar of wine in his right hand. With a naive smile on his face: "Brother Huang, Brother Cao, Fourth Brother Zhu, younger brothers and sisters--" Lu Laowen came into the room. Greet everyone in the room one by one, even Huang Xiong and Wang Baoer, whom they don't know. He also followed the leader's example and bowed in greeting.
"Lv Laowei. Why do you always play the soft egg? What an old wanderer." Cao Qing asked first.
"Hey, Brother Cao, I didn't want to be late. I got off work so late today. Brother, I also rushed here as soon as I got off work. Fortunately, the road here is flat and wide. Brother, I came here so quickly. .”
"Tch, you just forgot about brothers. When we came out of Dengzhou together, you are the best now. You were the first one to reach Lingao and became a formal employee again. Say! Are you going to give it to someone? Good for the chief”
"Alas, don't talk nonsense. Brothers all know that Lao Wei never flatters anyone. Besides, the chief doesn't like flatterers either." Huang Ande hurriedly came to smooth things over.
"Brother Li, you have wronged me. That day on that Korean island, a large group of people were squatting and sitting. The leader asked who could read and who turned out to be a craftsman. Brother, I wonder how many people I taught me to recognize. "Zi, my family also used to forge iron, and I stood up at that time. The chief took my brother to Lingao first, shaved his head and straightened up, and worked in a large iron factory."
"Then you shouldn't be eating alone." Everyone criticized Lu Laowen, but Lu Laowen just sat at the table innocently, smiling and not answering.
"Lao Wei, take a sip of wine to moisten your throat." A gentle voice sounded from my ears.
"Yue'e, oh no, sister-in-law, thank you." He took the wine glass awkwardly, took a small sip, and quickly put the wine glass on the table, not daring to look into Zhu Si's burning eyes.
Because Lu Laowen had some skills in Dengzhou Camp, Zheng Yue'e had to ask him to do some repair work from time to time. His attitude was better than that of ordinary men, which left a grumbling impression on Zhu Si.
Everyone yelled that Lu Laowen was late, and according to the rules of the chief here, he had to drink three glasses of wine as a penalty. So Lu Laowei was poured three full cups of jackfruit shochu in one fell swoop - Xue Ziliang boasted that it was jackfruit brandy. As soon as the wine was gone, Lu Laowei also boldly said: "Brothers, Brother Huang, I would rather be late than Laowei. I am busy from the time I open my eyes to the time I close my eyes every day. Except for a meal and a rest at noon and night, I have no leisure."
After saying that, Lu Laowen seemed to relax. He took the chopsticks handed over by Wang Baoer, picked up a piece of roast duck, chewed it, and then said: "And the leaders are very strict. They hate being late and leaving early. Even half a stick of incense late is enough." Everyone knows that there will be a fine of wages, brother, I also have a large family to support. If I am punished, my family will have to starve." He chirped, and he picked up another piece of sausage and started chewing it. Everyone also knew that he was telling the truth, and their interest in teasing him faded away.
Lu Laowen drank and talked more: "It is said that the treatment in the big iron factory is good and the salary is high, but you have to live to spend the money. In that factory, people die every month, and the deaths are really strange. Everything! Yesterday, our old enemy, the loader, was pushing a cart on the road and he squatted down with his chest in his hands. When someone saw him and tried to pull him out, he was already dead! Normally, he was as strong as an ox, and his whole body was covered with blood. It's exciting. If it weren't for my family, I wouldn't want to do it..."
He held the wine glass and said: "To say that the work is satisfactory, I used to work in the Penglai camp forging iron. Although it was quite busy, I was never so nervous. I worked for a while and rested for a few days. When I had no work, I could just lie down and sleep at home. No one cares…”
Cao Qing said: "Pull him down, now I say it so freely, have you forgotten that when you were hungry and the officials rushed you to make cannons, you almost fainted from hunger and fell into the furnace?"
"I haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten," Lu Laowen said quickly, "It would be great if the Ming Dynasty could have a few decent officials to govern it properly. Everyone has food to eat, and my wife can work as an errand. How wonderful!"
These words resonated again:
"Well, who would want to leave their hometown? The weather here is extremely hot and humid, and I feel a little unaccustomed to it."
"I think the emperor is also a wise man. As soon as he ascended the throne, he arrested Wei Zhongxian, a traitorous minister. However, the officials below are too shameless to treat us soldiers as unworthy..."
"Is Wei Zhongxian a treacherous minister who did your shit? If you kill Wei Zhongxian, we will still be the same bitter soldiers. The military commander is still the military commander. Should we owe pay or not? What good will it do to you?"
"How else can we say that the Ming Dynasty is about to end?" Huang Ande said, "We little people can only ask for enough food and clothing, a safe place to sleep, a wife and a baby. But in Emperor Zhu's world , can’t even do this!”
Huang Xiong nodded: "Brother, what you said makes sense. Why else would I, a good general, come to Lingao instead of coming to Lingao? It's not out of necessity."
Wang Qisuo asked curiously: "Brother Huang was also a military general in the imperial court? Tell me."
Huang Xiong was a little proud, because he was a high official in the Ming Dynasty, and he was already a general when he committed murder and escaped. Although he is a lowly military attache, he is still someone who can go into battle with a few soldiers, wearing armor and a war horse.
However, he shook his head and said: "What kind of official is a small boss? You can't even get paid, and you accidentally kill someone!" He said and sighed, "It's really not worth it to work for the imperial court... …”
"No matter how worthless he is, he is still an official of the imperial court. What does he mean now? Wearing a two-and-a-half-foot cloth coat..." Wang Baoer muttered in the kitchen.
Huang Xiong's expression suddenly changed, and he cursed: "I'll starve you to death, you thief bitch, you won't know your last name after a few full meals! What are you talking about?!"
As soon as he scolded him, there was a sudden silence in the kitchen. For a moment, someone was sobbing softly, and Zheng Yue'e tried to persuade her in a low voice. The atmosphere at the wine table became a little colder.
Huang Ande patted Huang Xiong's shoulder meaningfully: "Brother, sister-in-law's thoughts..."
Huang Xiong smiled bitterly and nodded, took out a cigarette and lit it, took a deep breath, and whispered for a long time: "Brother, you still have to be careful when asking for a wife. Look, brother, I am now... "As he spoke, he sighed heavily, "Forget it, she's a good little girl. Although she doesn't mean to keep up with me, she is almost a baby girl now, so we guys will be more tolerant and tolerant."
"It is said that a good wife and a good husband will bring less trouble. My sister-in-law is so open-minded, so be careful of trouble coming from her mouth." Huang Ande also lowered his voice and said, "We are all brothers here. When we go outside, we can't guarantee..." (To be completed.) Continued.)
