Returning to Uncle Geng's house, Wang Ke suddenly found that the house was lively. It turned out that Uncle Geng's family was back. His wife and a three- or four-year-old child were playing with several Niusuozhu warriors in the yard.
"Where's your squad leader?"
As soon as Gu Maolin heard Wang Ke's voice, he immediately ran out of the house, shouting as he ran, "He went to settle the score with the sergeant, and he might have to ask the sergeant to make compensation."
"What's wrong?" Wang Ke was surprised. Song Ruimin had a heated fight with the sergeant in the morning and asked him to buy a bunch of things. Why is he making a fuss about losing money now?
"Platoon leader, you'll know when you get back soon. The sergeant doesn't understand anything, and none of the two hundred needles he bought can't be used. He doesn't understand either. He even bought all the big needles used to make quilts. There were also two hundred pencils, all 4B, too soft, and he thought we were sketching!"
"Is it not explained clearly? He is a sergeant who buys groceries, so maybe he doesn't understand." Wang Ke was still defending the sergeant.
"Platoon leader, what you said is wrong. In the future, everyone in our company must learn how to fire artillery, and everyone must know how to command like you. If you don't even understand these common sense, then you are not worthy of being a sergeant in the artillery company." Gu Maolin came unexpectedly. Such a sentence.
Although the words were rude, Wang Ke suddenly had an idea in his mind. He was right, and his words were not rude. In the future battlefield, everyone must be a generalist. For example, everyone can shoot artillery, everyone knows command, everyone can communicate, and everyone can drive. Otherwise, if someone died, would you still have the nerve to say "I can't"? !
"Yes, Mao Lin, you are right. In the future, we will set up a cadre artillery squad, a driver artillery squad, and a logistics artillery squad so that everyone in the company will be a generalist."
While Wang Ke was talking, Song Ruimin walked in from the outside. As soon as he saw Wang Ke's face, he said: "I'm so angry. This sergeant is still complaining about me. He said that he bought all the needles in the town and the pencil ran away." Two market towns. I spent so much unjust money that I have no money in my pocket now."
"Okay, don't be angry. When I make money in the future, I will help you all pull out your front teeth, and I will be responsible for installing gold teeth for all of you." Wang Ke joked again, suddenly thought about it, and quickly added Said: "Reconnaissance squad leader, please hurry up and inform the wireless class and telephone class that there will be no drills tomorrow morning. Everyone, please prepare. After breakfast tomorrow, we will go into the mountains with Staff Hu. The cooking class has prepared dry food for us at noon tomorrow. Let everyone In the morning, prepare your weapons and equipment, put on your leggings, and bring plenty of water. Your reconnaissance team remember to bring the map I looked at and a set of neighborhood maps."
"yes!"
Song Ruimin went to inform the two squads of tomorrow's operations, and several soldiers here also prepared to go separately. Wang Ke walked up to the child and asked with a smile: "Kid, what is your name?"
Maybe the child was too young, or maybe he didn't hear Wang Ke's question. The child scratched the ground with a stick, completely ignoring Wang Ke beside him.
"Platoon leader Xiao Wang, his name is Tiedan." Uncle Geng and his wife came up from behind.
"Uncle Geng, aunt." Wang Ke stood up and greeted Uncle Geng and his wife affectionately.
"Platoon leader Xiao Wang, are you going to Yingzui tomorrow?" Uncle Geng asked.
"Eagle mouth?" Wang Ke was a little surprised.
"I also heard what Squad Leader Song said. He said that you have been studying the map for a long time tonight, and you may go to the opposite mountain tomorrow. Less than two kilometers into that place, turn right and you will see the Eagle's Mouth."
When Uncle Geng said this, Wang Ke understood that he must have just heard the conversation between himself and Song Ruimin in the room.
"Uncle Geng, is the mountain opposite called Eagle Mouth?"
"I don't know what the names of the mountains opposite are called, but Platoon Commander Xiao Wang is famous for his eagle mouth."
"Why is it famous?" Wang Ke couldn't help but ask.
"There are high mountains and dense forests. You can't see the sun in many places, and the grass is very deep. By the way, there are two rivers under the eagle's mouth."
When Wang Ke heard this, he realized that the terrain was quite complicated. In the western mountainous areas, it is rare to find this kind of terrain. "Uncle Geng, have you ever been to this eagle's mouth?"
"I haven't been up there, I just saw it from below. Also, there are some weird things in this mountain and it's easy to get lost. And one thing you should pay special attention to is that there are a lot of insects." Uncle Geng introduced him and hugged his wife. The child went into the house to eat.
"There are many worms..." Wang Ke chewed Uncle Geng's words carefully, thought about it, and walked into the house. He dragged his shell box over, dug out the small cloth bag from the bottom of the box, and poured the dark red stones into the palm of his hand. After being placed in the box for these days, the stone is still bright. When it is shined under a lamp, the cat's eyes inside are also the same.
"Platoon leader, what are you talking about?" Gu Maolin walked in, and he caught a glimpse of the five dark red stones in Wang Ke's hand.
"Just in time, Maolin, come and take a look. Do you recognize my stone?" Wang Ke said, handing the dark red stone in his hand to Gu Maolin.
Gu Maolin took it and took a look and couldn't put it down immediately. "Platoon commander, where did you do this? Why do you have these stones?"
"Maolin, can you really not see it?"
Gu Maolin was stunned. He picked up the stone and put it under his nose and smelled it. It had the same fishy smell, but it was more beautiful than Gu Maolin's.
"Platoon leader, no, this is a snake stone." As he said this, Gu Maolin grabbed the stone, then bent down to open his grenade box, pulled out his floral bag from inside, and poured out the colorful stones inside. come out.
But none of Gu Maolin's colored stones can match Wang Ke's beauty and clarity.
This was also the first time Wang Ke knew that what he picked up was called "Snake Stone". No wonder Godfather Wen said it was neither jade nor an ordinary stone.
"Platoon leader, where did you get these snake stones? Are there snakes that entrust you with dreams?" Gu Maolin has always believed that platoon leader Wang Ke also has special abilities, and it has been "proven" by him many times, so he immediately asked Wang Ke asked.
"Go away, where does this superstition come from? However, I got this by accident from a cockscomb snake's nest."
"What, platoon leader, you actually encountered a cockscomb snake?" Gu Maolin shouted loudly. This is a legend in their family, but no one has ever encountered it.
"Maolin, I met him more than once, and saw him twice. Did Teacher Xiaoye also see him?"
"Really, platoon leader, you are so lucky. Tell me, what does this snake look like?" Gu Maolin became excited. He pushed Wang Ke to the edge of the kang and stood beside him.
"This cockscomb snake... is three feet long. The back half of its body has emerald green diamond-shaped markings, and there are red patterns on the back and neck. The upper body is upright, a bit like a cobra. The neck is very wide, and bright red patterns are on one side of the neck. , piled into a pile of rooster-like meat combs.”
"Yes, yes, that must be the Cockscomb Snake!" Gu Maolin shouted again.
"This snake can also 'cluck' like an old hen and 'cluck' like a pigeon." Wang Ke omitted the vision before he saw the cockscomb snake and only talked about what he saw.
"Platoon leader, you haven't said yet, where did you see it?" Gu Maolin was impatient. He regretted leaving Nanshao now, otherwise he would have seen this golden opportunity.
So Wang Ke started from holding firewood and turning over wattle sticks in the northwest corner of the primary school, and continued until he and Ye happened to meet again in the donkey pen.
"Platoon leader, this snake is not only highly venomous, but also extremely spiritual. It is said that it can track thousands of miles and sense thousands of miles. But from what you said, it has given you this precious snake stone. You two are destined. "
"Another nonsense." When Wang Ke scolded Gu Maolin, he lowered his head and thought that the situation at that time was really possible, otherwise his saliva would not have formed cat's eyes on the snake stone.
"Really platoon leader, do you know? I heard my grandfather say that this cockscomb snake can only spit out a piece of snake stone every thirty years. This snake stone is where its essence lies, which is equivalent to spiritual practice and equivalent to the relics of the old monk after his death. son."
"Go away! According to what you say, those five snake stones don't mean that the snake is one hundred and fifty years old."
"Yes! This is entirely possible." Gu Maolin nodded seriously.
"But that pile of wattle has only been there for two years."
"Then I don't know. Maybe it just moved! Anyway, this is a snake stone. How strong the smell of snakes can you smell!"
If you put it this way, it makes sense.
"Maolin, what do you think this snake stone is used for?"
"I don't know the details about this, platoon leader, I still haven't been able to figure it out yet."
Wang Ke thought about it for a moment, and it was right. You are not a snake, how do you know what these colorful snake stones are used for? But that’s not right. If you don’t understand, why don’t you ask the snake? You Gu Maolin understands snake language.
Perhaps seeing Wang Ke's thoughts, Gu Maolin spoke up. "Platoon leader, I guess ordinary non-venomous snakes and small snakes don't know the purpose of this snake stone. Only when we encounter those big snakes and super venomous snakes can we have a chance to figure out the purpose of these stones."
Wang Ke nodded. He picked up the stones one by one and put them into his white cloth pocket.
"Platoon leader, let's exchange one. No, no, I'll trade two of them for your cockscomb snake stone." Gu Maolin pinched the one in his hand, not wanting to give it to Wang Ke. Just the three words "cockscomb snake" contain so much gold! And judging from the luster of the appearance, our variety is much worse than Wang Ke's.
"Aren't you afraid of suffering a loss?" Wang Ke asked.
"Don't be afraid, this way each of us will have six."
"Okay, you can change it, but I have to choose. I like your green and yellow ones." Wang Ke pointed at the seven colored stones poured out by Gu Maolin. The green stone was glowing with green light, while the yellow stone was waxy yellow all over, just like pickled duck egg yolk in color.
"Okay, platoon leader, just take it and don't regret it." Gu Maolin said, he was full of joy. Just now he discovered that there was a cat's eye in the red agate-like stone in his hand, which is a rare cat's eye stone. But he didn't know yet that this was a chemical reaction caused by Wang Ke's saliva. There were two more like this in Wang Ke's cloth pocket.
Wang Ke picked up the two snake stones from Gu Maolin and put them into his pocket.
After the two exchanged the "snake stone" Gu Maolin said, Gu Maolin said: "Platoon leader, let's take this snake stone with us tomorrow. It may be useful."
"good!"
Neither of them put it into the box again. Instead, they tied the cloth pockets tightly, put them in their coat pockets, and buttoned them up.
Soon, the whistle of lights-out was heard in the distance, and the reconnaissance team quickly prepared to take a rest. Lying on the kang, Wang Ke kept thinking, what will he encounter under the eagle's mouth tomorrow? And what adventures will the snake stone in this pocket bring to me?
