Yang Yuan did not stay in the village for long.
When he left, Cao Guang and others personally sent him to the foot of the mountain.
Also leaving with Yang Yuan were Wang Hai and Su Cheng.
As for where the two people left the village and what they were doing, Cao Guang and Zhang Hongtu did not ask, nor did they intend to inquire. They just assumed that there were no two people in the village.
After sending Yang Yuan away, they returned to the cottage, only to see Yao Xin standing at the gate of the cottage.
Cao Guang looked at him and said, "I regret not going with them."
"I just feel empty in my heart." Yao Xin looked disappointed.
While in the house, Yang Yuan asked the three of them if they were willing to go to Liaodong. In the end, both Wang Hai and Su Cheng hoped to have the opportunity to return to Liaodong, but he was the only one who chose to stay.
Cao Guang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Staying is not necessarily a bad thing."
Yao Xin nodded solemnly.
"Okay, go back, you can only rest today for a month." Cao Guang gently patted Yao Xin's back with his hand.
After Yao Xin walked away, Zhang Hongtu on the side said, "I took a look at the situation of our cottage just now. I found that there are not too many houses in the cottage. If two squadrons come, there will be nearly 300 more people in the cottage." I’m afraid the house is not enough to live in.”
"I have thought about this," Cao Guang said. "We can build some adobe houses with earthen kangs. There is no shortage of firewood on the mountain. In winter, we can use stoves and kangs to keep warm."
"Adobe houses are more time-consuming than brick and tile houses," Zhang Hongtu said. "When the head of the family first arrived in Hutou Village, they lived in an adobe house. Later, they were converted into brick houses when conditions allowed."
Cao Guang smiled and said, "It's settled then. When the other two teams arrive at the village, we will start making adobe in preparation for building a house."
"We can't build houses for everyone, and we have to leave a team of people to deal with emergencies." Zhang Hongtu reminded.
Cao Guang thought for a moment and said, "It's better to wait for the remaining two teams to arrive at the village, break them up with the other teams in the village, and divide them into three squadrons. One squadron will deal with emergencies, and the other will Leave it to Vice Captain Ma for training, and Staff Zhang will take the remaining team to build a house. Every three days, the three squadrons will exchange their respective tasks."
"I have no objection." Marin spoke first.
Zhang Hongtu nodded and said, "I'll do what you want, captain, and try to get everyone in the house before the weather gets cold."
In a few words, the three people decided on the next matter of building a house in the village.
Today's Shanzhai has been promoted from a warrior squadron to a warrior brigade, and Cao Guang has become the captain, but he no longer has the final say in the team.
Unless it is wartime, usually several people need to discuss matters in the village.
When it was time for dinner at noon, the three of them took their own big teapots and went to the canteen of the village to get food.
Cao Guang held the big teapot with both hands and said with a smile, "Today is the first meal for both of you in the cottage. I specially asked someone to prepare pork stew with potatoes. This is a hard dish. Usually, the cottage only eats it once every half a month. This is I can be considered as having benefited from you."
"It seems that we two are lucky to have such a delicious meal when we first arrived." Zhang Hongtu said with a smile.
Ma Lin looked at Zhang Hongtu and said, "Consultant Zhang, your attendants have been following the boss all the time. You should eat this kind of food often, right?"
Zhang Hongtu shook his head slightly and said, "We, the Attendants and the Headmaster, all eat the same food, but hard dishes like pork, stewed potatoes, etc. are not eaten very often. They are usually only eaten once a month or so. You also know that our Tiger Flag The rule is that everyone eats the same thing, even the head master. Whatever the soldiers in the fighting team eat, the head master and our attendants eat what they eat, there is no difference."
Liu Heng has eaten the same food as everyone else since he was established in the bandit camp, and this has continued to this day. Because of this, whether he is the director of each department, or the team leader and corps leader below, No one made any special arrangements. Whatever meals the soldiers usually ate, they would eat the same meals together, even things cooked in the same pot.
"Then just hang there. Go to the cafeteria quickly. If you get there late, the gang of bastards in the village will rob them all." Cao Guang said and walked quickly towards the cafeteria.
"Yes, yes, yes, let's go quickly. If you go late, you won't be able to grab it." Marin took a few steps and followed.
"You two wait for me." Zhang Hongtu chased after him.
However, before the three of them reached the canteen, they saw a fast horse appearing outside the village. At the same time, the rider on the horse shouted loudly, "Urgent message, urgent message from the direction of Xinpingbao."
The people guarding the gate of the cottage saw the rider on horseback with the command flag on his back, and heard the word "urgent letter". They hurriedly got out of the way to allow the rider to pass smoothly and enter the cottage.
At this time, Cao Guang had already heard the word "urgent letter" and stopped outside the cafeteria.
Zhang Hongtu and Ma Lin also stopped and looked at the rider who rushed into the village on horseback.
The man and the horse stopped in front of Cao Guang. The rider turned over and dismounted, holding a bamboo tube in both hands, and said urgently, "Master Cao, there is an urgent letter from the direction of Xinpingbao."
Cao Guang took the bamboo tube, opened the stopper on it, and poured out a rolled up note.
After opening the note and reading the contents, his expression sank, he turned his head and said to Zhang Hongtu and Ma Lin, "It seems we can't eat this meal."
"What happened?" Zhang Hongtu asked, taking the note from Cao Guang's hand.
After reading it, he handed it to Marin.
Cao Guang said, "Commander Zhang, you stay at the stronghold. Vice Captain Ma and I will set off with three teams now, trying to intercept the enemy before they go deep into the grassland. There will be one team left for you to command."
"You can go to Xinping Fort without worry. I will guard the village and wait for you to come back." Zhang Hongtu said.
Cao Guang turned to Ma Lin and said, "Vice Captain Ma, gather the team."
beep beep beep
The whistle sounded inside the cottage.
In the cottage, whether they were eating or preparing to eat, they all put down their bowls and chopsticks and ran to the open space of the cottage to gather.
When everyone gathered in the open space, Cao Guang faced them and said, "The first team, the second team, and the third team, bring tents for camping in the wild. The cooking team will bring three days of rations for the three teams. Get ready and set off with the team, disband now and regroup in a quarter of an hour."
Most of the team in the open space dispersed at once, leaving only the team that had not received the order still standing there.
Cao Guang looked at the remaining people and said, "You stay at the mountain stronghold with Staff Zhang, and now go and take over the patrols from several other teams."
The remaining few dozen people also dispersed.
A quarter of an hour later, the team was assembled, and the cooking team arrived with a large truck containing three days' rations for more than a hundred people.
Seeing that the team had assembled, Cao Guang shouted "Let's go"
