On the plains, not long after the sun rises, the sun will heat up the earth. Naturally, there is no way to compare with the coolness in the mountains, let alone the dry shrubs that have not rained for half a year.
Even though they were exhausted after walking most of the night last night, the hot air still woke everyone in Jiulianyi.
There are a few stubborn leaves hanging on the bare shrub branches, but there are pieces of thatch placed here and there to block the sun.
Hu Yi was lying in the bushes. Although the sun was not shining directly on him, he was still sweating profusely. The situation was all around him. Hu Yi looked at the sunlight leaking through the gaps. He couldn't sleep like this!
Two young sentries from the rotation training team, wearing tattered straw hats on their heads, stood on the top of the slope, blocking the way of the Ninth Company into the village, but ignored the troops below.
Hu Yi couldn't help but glance at the pigtails in the open tent. The girl was looking at a few people digging wells in search of water in the distance under the scorching sun. There were a few tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. Hu Yi understood instantly. The girl was probably thinking about Wu. Stone.
Hu Yi changed his posture, sat up, and looked in the direction of the girl's gaze. Those guys who were not afraid of the heat were digging a hole, with thatch and soil piled on the ground next to it.
The few people digging the well suddenly became excited, as if they had discovered something. The noise and noise immediately attracted the attention of many people.
The little girl sat cross-legged in the tent, looked away, wiped her tears, and then frowned, racking her brains to think about new problems. She thought carefully and thought about it again and again, but she couldn't remember the previous time. The middle-aged sentinel who said he knew who he was, sat there in a daze like a wooden stake for a long time, and finally raised his head.
Not far away, a few shrubs supported a marching blanket, and Luo Fugui's thick body was lying on it with his back stretched out, snoring up and down, the volume far exceeding that of an ordinary person.
The men digging holes and fetching water were busy working in full swing. Slowly, more spectators began to gather around them. They were waiting for the answer, which made them feel a little bit of anticipation. The excavated soil on the ground became moist, and the audience began to express their opinions, but they did not dare to get close. The soil on the ground was very soft. If the pit collapsed, they would probably be beaten by the sweating people below.
It's rare to watch a lively show to relieve loneliness. Under the scorching sun, the audience consciously formed a large circle, leaving only a gap to dump soil. Looking at the current situation, Park Buhuan, who was standing at the bottom of the pit for almost two people, had no job. In vain.
The excavated soil has a muddy smell, is black and moist.
Not long after, a small pool of muddy yellow water with white foam appeared at the bottom of the pit. The audience began to cheer, and some of them ran back, preparing to get kettles and lunchboxes to put the loot in. They didn't care about the water. what colour.
The water in the puddle gradually increased. Park Buhuan dug another half a person's depth at the bottom of the pit, and then began to use a shovel to pound the soil around the pit firmly.
After roaring, the soldier who had been helping on the side pulled the last frame of floating soil out of the pit. Pu Buhuan then grabbed the rope dropped by the soldier and climbed out of the pit. When he came up, he pulled off a large pile of dust.
There is more and more water in the pit.
Wang Xiaoer, who was watching next to him, smiled with joy. He handed a soldier the kettle and threw it into the pit. The other soldier skillfully pulled a long bush branch and pressed the kettle into the water. After a series of bubbles appeared from the mouth of the kettle, Wang Xiaosan Pulling the long strap connected to the kettle, he lifted the kettle out.
There was a chaotic scene, a lot of chatter, and a flurry of kettles being thrown into the pit. They didn’t care that the water in the pit hadn’t soaked out yet, and they didn’t care that the pit had now turned into mud!
Wang Xiaosan skillfully filtered the water through a bandage, and poured the still yellow water into the pot standing next to it.
After a while, the water in the pot began to boil.
There were footsteps again from the north.
Hu Yi raised his head and watched two people turn out of the bushes, another middle-aged man and a young man.
"Who asked you to light the fire! And there is such a big smoke?" The young man in gray military uniform had a livid face, holding the rifle belt with one hand, pointing at Wang Xiaosan with the other, and asked angrily.
"What the hell, who are you? What's wrong with lighting a fire! It's none of your business!" Next to Wang Xiaosan, Tang Dagou, who was wearing a military cap and was covered in dirt, got angry when he saw the person coming. Didn't he say he was one of his own? , and no one was allowed to enter the village. The girl asked Chen to rush into the village to get some water. Until now, she didn’t even see her shadow. She just dug a well and boiled some water. She was screaming nonsense!
"You..." Before the young man could finish his words, he was pulled by the middle-aged man behind him and interrupted.
"Comrade, if you are burning fires and emitting so much smoke, don't you know that there is a Japanese army in the southwest? What will you do if you are exposed?"
"So what if there are Japs?" I've seen a lot, and I've even eaten Japs meat. Do you believe it?" Tang Dagou said nonchalantly.
Hu Yi didn't have time to speak, not that he didn't speak, but that once Jiulian encountered such a situation, there would always be some ignorant person who spoke before him!
Hu Yi quickly stood up: "Big dog, shut up!"
When Tang Dagou heard this, he still cursed, smiled, turned around and left!
Under the scorching sun, the remaining spectators were silently in a daze, just watching how their company commander would deal with it.
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"Grandma, if they had started the fire earlier, wouldn't they have let us into the village earlier? This wilderness is a place where people live!" After entering the village, Luo Fugui said reluctantly to Wang Xiaosan next to him. Grumbling.
Hu Yi also didn't expect that without saying anything to the middle-aged man, the Ninth Company and the district team were led by the middle-aged man to the village.
The middle-aged man was astonished all the way, looking at the legendary independent group that was so poor that they couldn't even put on trousers.
A bear carried a Czech style, a marching blanket carried several large bags, and a disfigured soldier carried a grenade. Obediently, he finally found a majestic product, it was Tian Sanqi! There was a 38-gun on his back and a crooked handle in his arms. It was unclear whether he was a machine gunner or an infantryman.
Half of them had shell gun holsters slung at their sides.
The slender-eyed soldier following him actually had three guns on his body. It felt like he was in a dream!
How could this be a soldier of an independent regiment with a sword and a spear?
Ma Liang and the Houqing warrior who came over were walking in front. For some reason, the two of them started calling themselves brothers within a short time!
The middle-aged man has a black hair, and the team requires comrades to be treated as comrades. These two guys are good, they are like the king of the mountain.
Hu Yi was a little confused. He didn't know why he followed him to the village. He had entered the plain since he separated from the group leader, but now he was completely blind and had no rules.
In the enemy-occupied area, a slight carelessness may completely ruin the Ninth Company, and everyone may lose their lives.
I don’t quite understand why the other party asked me and his group to enter the village again! That boy Chen Chong has also disappeared. It seems that he needs to find time to train properly.
Looking towards the village from a distance, there are only terraced fields and withered yellow weeds. The trees surrounding the village have some greenery!
It is naturally rare to see this in the plains during this time!
Hu Yi knitted his brows together, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have the same feeling as he had many years ago, that he could only obey orders and could not help himself.
He didn't like this feeling very much. Maybe it was because he had been used to being free since he joined the independent group. Could it be that he was no longer used to obeying other people's orders?
A group of people hurriedly entered the woods from the dry fields and entered the village along a path.
Under the hot sunshine, walking into the shade of the trees, a group of people began to look at the trees seriously for the first time, and occasionally complained and sighed to each other.
Suddenly there was a burst of warm applause in the village! The group of people's eyes suddenly widened as if they were electrocuted. What's going on?
"His grandma is holding such a big battle to welcome us?" Luo Fugui suddenly said something, looking around and starting to get frustrated.
After the village applauded, no one showed up.
Luo Fugui's face darkened with embarrassment, which attracted a lot of ridicule.
"Everyone, please be quiet, there is a meeting in the village!" the middle-aged man warned seriously with a frown on his face.
It wasn't until Hu Yi followed him to a courtyard that the middle-aged man opened a courtyard door and turned to face everyone: "You guys rest here first, and I'll get you some water and food later! No one is allowed in the village without an order. Walking around."
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he subconsciously looked at the group's dry food bags again. They were bulging, and there must be a lot of stuff!
Immediately, I felt more at ease.
