The group of people walked back happily, stepping on the knee-deep snow, but Wang Ke felt heavy in his heart.
Everyone was immersed in the joy of the harvest, and no one saw Wang Ke's expression. He walked silently at the back of the team carrying a shovel. Because he knew that if everyone finished eating the turtles, eels and loaches, someone would definitely ask, how did you, Wang Ke, know that this place used to be a pond and that there would be so many fish below?
Can you see more than one meter underground? How should I answer then?
Listening to what others say and guessing on your own, this reason cannot be fooled by anyone with a brain. If it hadn't been for the heavy snow and ice, which put the entire platoon in a desperate situation, he would never have been in the limelight.
Now Yueyang squad leader no longer suppresses himself. Telephone squad leader and wireless squad leader Huang Zhonghe's admiration for him is based on helping all platoon comrades solve their belly problems. This is not management ability, nor work performance, just an idea.
The sky has become cloudy again, and I don’t know if it will continue to snow. But if it remains cloudy like this, even if it doesn’t snow, the existing snow will not melt away in ten days.
People inside can't get out, and cars outside can't get in. The issue of eating is still the primary issue at the moment!
Back at his residence, platoon leader Hu Zhijun heard the joy of the harvest from the soldiers' songs, and he ran out quickly.
"how is it going?"
From a distance, we can see several soldiers carrying their arms and shoulders, and from their expressions of exertion, we can already see that they have returned with a full load.
"Is there really a pond there? Are there really fish under the pond?"
Platoon leader Hu Zhijun asked, and the squad leader laughed loudly and replied: "Not only are there, but there are so many. We can't eat all the fish under the pond in ten days. Wang Ke is really a little god!"
Wang Ke was shocked. Platoon leader Hu Zhijun was now suspicious of what he had just been thinking about on the way.
Platoon leader Hu Zhijun didn't go digging horse manure in the pond with everyone in the afternoon. First, he really didn't believe it. The command platoon had lived at the tractor station for so long, and no one had ever mentioned that there used to be a pond and a stable behind it. But even if horse manure is piled in the pond for several years and there is no water at all, how can the fish below survive? And in all this, how did Wang Ke know that those fish were still alive?
Secondly, he now also feels that this Wang Ke talks to himself and is so accurate every time. The earthquake was not over yet. At the critical moment when the whole platoon was running out of food and cooking, he stood up again. Could it be that he had special powers?
Several soldiers carried the marching pot and bucket into the house. Platoon leader Hu Zhijun followed and took a look. He was really shocked.
"Is this fish edible? People say it's not trustworthy to ask for fish from a tree. Does digging fish on dry land count as an archaeological discovery? And the telephone monitor, people say fish cannot live without water. Do you think the eels and loaches growing in horse manure are poisonous? ?”
"Platoon leader, you are worrying too much. There is still a little moisture under the horse manure."
"No matter how much you say, I still don't believe it. Where does the air come from under the horse dung more than one meter deep? Isn't this fish breathless when it leaves the water?" Platoon leader Hu Zhijun believes that horse dung grows in this dry land. The fish must not be eaten.
"Okay, platoon leader, if you don't want to eat it, we'll eat it. We can eat this rat meat, but what can't we eat from these bastards under the ground?" The squad leader on the phone did as he was told and started boiling water to clean these soft-shell turtles, loaches, and eels. .
Wang Ke quickly slipped out, took the pickaxe and went to the river to get water.
When he came back, the telephone monitor and several people had already killed the soft-shelled turtles, and the eels and loaches were also starting to burst into their stomachs.
"Wang Ke, you're here just in time. Do you want us to braise or stew?" the telephone monitor saw Wang Ke coming in with water and asked.
"I think so, it's all ok. If not, just draw lots."
The soldiers laughed heartily, and most of them suggested braised rice.
"Okay, let's braise the poisonous turtle and boil the poisonous loach." The squad leader on the phone laughed again, making platoon leader Hu Zhijun stare in anger.
After a while, the whole room was filled with fragrance.
Squad leader Yueyang ran in, holding a big bowl and holding out his hands to stop everyone. "Everyone, don't eat, don't panic, let me go first, I'll test the poison on myself, I'll be fine for half an hour after eating, you can eat again!"
"Go away, you and platoon leader Hu Zhijun don't eat. If you want to die, we will die first. Our lives are not as valuable as yours." After saying this, everyone laughed.
The telephone squad leader still set aside a bowl of braised turtle for platoon leader Hu Zhijun.
When everyone just picked up their chopsticks and prepared to eat, Wang Ke walked in carrying a washbasin. "Comrades, please keep your words in mind. Don't eat fish without spitting out the bones. Please spit out the bones in this basin. I have important uses."
After speaking, Wang Ke placed the washbasin in the middle of the room.
The telephone monitor came over with a bowl. "Wang Ke, tell me, what's your important role? You don't use it to catch mice, do you?"
Wang Ke smiled and said, "The things you catch with it are much more delicious than rat meat."
The telephone monitor put the bowl down and said, "I like hearing this. Everyone, eat quickly and put all the bones in this basin. We will take action immediately."
Now solving the belly problem has become the top priority for the command platoon's survival.
In the ice and snow, the telephone class couldn't carry out any professional training, so the telephone class leader has been cooking for a while. People say that a good wife cannot make a living without rice, but now the telephone monitor is not only good at cooking, but the food he makes is particularly delicious. Who doesn’t love such a cook?
But the cook's favorite is Wang Ke. Without him, whether all members of the command platoon can survive is a question.
Therefore, Wang Ke's words are sometimes more effective than Hu Zhijun's platoon leader.
Platoon leader Hu Zhijun watched coldly. Although he guessed that he had a new idea, using these bones as bait, what to catch and how to catch him? He thought about it for a long time but didn't expect it.
The telephone monitor is from Qilu, and when he talks and does things, he has the air of a big Qilu man who just does what he says.
After dinner, most of the fish bones were collected in the basin.
Wang Ke pulled the monitor aside and asked quietly: "Squad monitor, can you skin skin?"
"If you know how to peel, what kind of skin should you peel?"
"Dog skin!"
"Where did the dog come from?"
"Wait a moment, and I'll deliver it to you." He looked around and then said, "Look for two soldiers who are fast and ruthless."
"Okay, no problem. I'll count one, and I'll find two more." The telephone squad leader went to find someone, and Wang Ke went to find two hemp ropes and some wire from the warehouse.
So four people, carrying lanterns, set two traps in succession in the warehouse where sparrows had been caught. Among them, a looper was specially placed at the door. The monitor on the phone was stunned. Wang Ke, you actually knew how to trick me? Where did you learn it?
After everything was tidied up, Wang Ke began to scatter the bones bit by bit from the snow in the distance. When they reached the ground in the warehouse, there were more and more bones. Finally, he put the basin in the big set in the middle. .
On this snowy day, people have nothing to eat, and the same goes for wild dogs. The scent has long attracted them. Wang Ke saw wild dogs from a distance, so Wang Ke had an idea and remembered those turtle bones.
"Stop talking, wait a moment, when the dog comes in, let's close the warehouse door, close the door and beat the dog!"
Before he finished speaking, four or five black shadows jumped out from a distance, walking and stopping. Because the snow was too deep, I could only see those few black shadows sniffing and sniffing, and then I heard "crack-crack-crack-crack" biting bones. the sound of.
"Here we come, hold your breath." Wang Ke waved his hand and several people squatted down. The squad leader on the phone looked at Wang Ke, who looked like a general, and thought to himself, this soldier would be in trouble if he were on the battlefield.
Several wild dogs finally slowly entered the warehouse. Suddenly, a burst of dog howling came from the warehouse.
"Yes, come on!" Before he finished speaking, Wang Ke ran over and pulled the rope next to the warehouse door. He saw a black shadow rising into the sky, followed by a dog's howl, and two more A wild dog ran out from several people. The telephone monitor rushed into the warehouse, picked up the flashlight and looked at it. The muzzle in the middle actually caught two wild dogs. One of the wild dogs was muzzled around the neck, and the other one was caught. The wild dog had its waist tied and was struggling desperately. The call monitor rushed over and aimed a few sticks at the struggling dogs' heads. The two wild dogs were lassoed, pulled up from the hemp ropes on the beams, and were hanging in the air.
The battle was successful and three wild dogs were caught at once.
This is equivalent to opening up another road to life-saving food. The monitor on the phone excitedly took out a knife and was about to skin him. When Wang Ke saw it, he immediately stopped him and said, "Squad monitor, this rope must not be stained with dog blood, otherwise the dog will not be caught next time."
"Yes, yes, drag it into the house and skin it."
The telephone squad leader skinned three wild dogs overnight, one weighing dozens of kilograms. Two of them were salted, and one was chopped into three basins. They were put on the stove to stew overnight. The meat was extremely fragrant. In the middle of the night, the greedy platoon leader Hu Zhijun was brought out. He came out in his shirt and underpants. "Telephone monitor, what are you doing? You're not sleeping in the middle of the night. What are you stewing here? It's so fragrant!"
The squad leader on the phone lowered his voice and told the platoon leader Hu Zhijun, "Wang Ke knows that you don't eat dryland tortoises, so I went to trap a few wild dogs for you tonight, whether they were wild wolves or something like that. I couldn't tell the difference anyway. They were all stewed in the three rooms." , the fragrance is so fragrant, can I do it if I don’t keep it?”
"Did you and Wang Ke do it together?"
The telephone monitor nodded.
"You, the squad leader, are also a veteran, and you are not ashamed to follow the new recruits all day long to get food."
"Platoon leader, you can't say that. There are no young or old on the road to Huangquan. Whoever can get food now is the boss! Look, in the past half month, what we had to eat that day was not caused by Wang Ke. You never said it was embarrassing. !”
Platoon leader Hu Zhijun laughed. "Okay, stop talking nonsense. Is it done? Hurry up and serve me a bowl of dog meat, and I'll put on my coat."
The conversation was divided into two parts. The regiment headquarters learned that the artillery company command platoon had been without food for more than half a month due to heavy snow and road closures. The regiment commander and political commissar were furious and called in the bearded company commander Tian and instructor Ding.
The regiment commander pointed at the nose of the bearded company commander and said: "Big Beard, please listen to me. The trains are blocked. Even if we send people to carry them, we still have to send food up there. More than 20 lives are lost here at more than 20 degrees below zero." In the extreme weather, can you survive without food or fire?"
The political commissar asked: "Is this the platoon of Wang Ke who sacrificed himself to save others?"
Company Commander Bearded Tian nodded.
"Then have you checked with the surrounding villages? Have they sent anyone out to report for help?"
Company Commander Bearded Tian shook his head.
"They can't even find the road now. The snow is more than two feet deep and they can't get out at all." Instructor Ding mumbled to one side.
"No matter what? Today, even if we send out engineering vehicles to shovel the snow, we still have to shovel a way out. We must send supplies up. The company cadres will lead the team and send them up in person."
The regiment commander gave the order to die. The bearded company commander Tian looked at the snowflakes flying in the sky, and felt sad. It was not that he didn't send them off. Several groups of people left and came back, and they were sent back again. Even the highway was impassable, and even more Let alone entering the farm, where to find the command platoon in that vast sea of snow.
