Xie Tian laughed and covered the big pot, sat directly on the pot lid, smiled at Old Cui and said: "Old Cui, smoking rats with chili powder is my specialty, just wait and see, the rats will run out on their own after a while. "
Lao Cui didn't know why, but Li Chunxiang's expression had changed a long time ago. She hurriedly ran over to pull Xie Tian: "Commander Xie, get up and drive quickly, this will kill people."
Xie Tian looked at Li Chunxiang in surprise: "What? Is there anyone else in the tunnel?"
Li Chunxiang couldn't pull Xie Tian away and stamped his feet anxiously: "Who is that..."
Before Li Chunxiang finished speaking, a violent coughing sound came from under Xie Tian's buttocks. The big pot under his buttocks was also raised up one after another. Tiedan's shout came from the stove: "Who is so wicked?" Sprinkle chili noodles into the tunnel, whoever is on top please help me take the pot away, cough cough cough cough..."
Tang Haoer opened the door curtain and came in when he heard Tiedan's cry coming from the stove. Before he could reach the door, he was choked by the pungent smell of burning peppers and coughed repeatedly.
Li Chunxiang shouted to Lao Cui and Tang Hao'er with a pale face: "Please help Captain Xie pull away quickly, Tiedan is hiding inside, this will kill people."
Lao Cui didn't dare to make a move. Tang Haoer covered his mouth and nose and came over and coughed at Xie Tian and said: "Master, if you can't do it, just teach him a lesson. Don't let him be a child. Don't let it get bad. Ahem..."
Hearing Tang Haoer's voice, the ghosts in the tunnel cried and howled: "Godmother, help me, cough, cough, cough, godfather, I was wrong, please spare me, cough, cough, cough..."
Xie Tian ignored Li Chunxiang's pull and asked with a dark face: "Where did you go wrong?"
"I shouldn't be hiding in the tunnel, godfather, please let me out quickly, cough cough cough cough..."
"Wrong answer, think again."
"Godfather, please forgive me. My head is buzzing right now. I really can't think of anything. Cough cough cough cough... vomit... Godmother, please help me... I'm about to vomit... cough cough cough... vomit……"
Tang Haoer couldn't bear it anymore and begged Tiedan again: "Master, let him come out first. You can beat him up after he comes out. This is really unbearable, cough cough."
For Tang Haoer's sake, Xie Tian snorted and was pulled up by Li Chunxiang. Li Chunxiang, Cui, Tang Haoer and the others hurriedly lifted up the big pot, and thick smoke mixed with the choking smell of chili noodles rolled out.
The iron egg rolled out of the coal pile with a roar and jumped out of the tunnel directly towards the water tank. With a bang, the whole head was plunged into the water, and his hands were scratching around the head and face.
Xie Tian snorted and cupped his hands at Lao Cui and said, "You're laughing at your lax upbringing and it's made your place a mess. I'll treat you to a drink one day when I'm free to apologize."
Lao Cui hurriedly waved his hand: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way. As long as the child is fine."
Xie Tian snorted and walked over, stretched out his hand and pulled Tiedan's head out of the water tank, slapped him and said angrily: "I'll teach you a lesson when I get home. It's embarrassing."
In the east room of the back house of Silk and Satin Manor, Xie Tian sat cross-legged on the big Kang, writing and drawing on the Kang table with his head down.
Tang Haoer coughed slightly outside the door, pulled Tie Dan into the house with his eyes swollen like peaches, and said to Tie Dan with a stern face: "Hurry up and admit your mistake to your godfather, and be sincere."
Tiedan timidly stood in front of the kang table, looked at Xie Tian and said, "Godfather, I was wrong. Why don't you beat me up? You can also whip me with a belt."
Xie Tian asked without raising his head: "What's wrong?"
Tiedan grinned and said, "I made two mistakes. First, I should not have disobeyed Platoon Commander Li's orders and had conflicts with comrades. Second, I should not have hid outside the assessment area you designated. "
Xie Tian looked up at Tie Dan in surprise, and saw Tang Haoer secretly nodding to Tie Dan. Xie Tian immediately understood that Tie Dan had been instructed by Tang Hao'er.
Seeing Xie Tian looking over, Tiedan hurriedly said: "Actually, I don't want to hide for too long. I plan to wait until dark before returning to the mountains, and then walk out of the mountains in a big way."
Tang Haoer covered her forehead in pain. Now she just wanted to tell Tiedan an idiom story. The name of this story was: Adding Addition to the Snake.
Xie Tian banged the table and glared at Tiedan and cursed: "Do you know that these two mistakes you made were brain-destroying mistakes? Disobeying Platoon Commander Li's orders is disobedience on the battlefield, and leaving the designated assessment area without authorization is Escape from battle, disobey orders on the battlefield, or run away from battle, you will not be wronged if you are shot in any of them."
"ah?"
Tiedan opened his mouth wide, and he was about to be shot? Is that too much?
Xie Tian glared at Tiedan and then cursed: "Have I ever told you not to be clever? Do you think you are the only one who can think of leaving the assessment area to avoid being hunted by others? They can't think of it? Why would they rather run around the mountain? Not leaving the assessment area? Because they know that leaving the designated area is a violation and they will be expelled."
"You have made more than two mistakes, and now I can add one more to you. If you wait until dark to return to the mountains and walk out arrogantly, you are deceiving your superiors and fabricating the scene. The plot is even worse."
"Also, you hid in Li Chunxiang's house. If I were the enemy and caught you at Li Chunxiang's house, would you have harmed the innocent people who care about you, love you, and want to protect you?"
"If two of their families died because of you, even if you were lucky enough to survive, would you feel uneasy about your conscience? Would you feel guilty for the rest of your life?"
Xie Tian cursed loudly, making Tang Haoer even moved.
Tang Haoer went behind Xie Tian's back and winked at Tiedan desperately, but Tiedan lowered his head and never raised his head or saw it.
Xie Tian snorted and said sternly: "Get out and think about it for yourself. If you have figured it out, stay with me. If you can't figure it out, just stay in the silk shop and work for your godmother as a waiter like Xiao Man."
Tiedan turned around and walked out without saying a word. Tang Haoer hurriedly reached out and grabbed him and asked quickly, "What are you doing?"
Tiedan said in a muffled voice: "My godfather told me to get out. I will go to Aunt Chunxiang to admit my mistake. I will go to the temple to find Li Changshun and the mobile platoon soldiers to admit my mistake. If they want to beat me, let them beat me."
Tang Haoer let go of Tie Dan silently, and Tie Dan walked quickly with his head lowered.
Tang Haoer sighed softly and turned to Xie Tian and complained: "Are you too strict with him?"
Xie Tian looked at Tang Haoer and said, "The mistakes he made are likely to drag others down, and the people he drags down are innocent."
"Alas," Tang Haoer sighed again and complained: "Children of his age should have been sitting in school studying, but now they are forced to pick up guns early and endure hardships that should not be endured by his age. pain of."
"I don't know if Tiedan is lucky or unlucky. He lost his family early, but he met you. You can still patiently teach him how to live and how to be a human being."
"If he is still in a place like Heiyun Village, I can imagine what he will be like when he grows up. In all likelihood, he will be the same Xie Baoqing as before."
Xie Tian looked at Tang Haoer speechlessly. Are you praising me or scolding me for going around here and there?
Seeing Xie Tian's disheveled face, Tang Haoer smiled bitterly and said, "It's all caused by the troubled world where people are living in poverty. When can we stop fighting and let the people live a good life for a few years in a down-to-earth manner?"
Xie Tian breathed a sigh of relief: "It's almost here, just wait patiently."
Tang Haoer smiled bitterly, It's almost, it's almost, it's almost a hundred years since I said this, the dynasties have changed and the war is still going on. The Boxer warlords of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces fought in the Northern Expedition. They thought they would stop fighting after reunification, but the Japanese came again and still fought. Gotta fight.
Let’s not talk about the distance, let’s talk about Dagu Town, the security regiment of the Eighth Route Army of the Shanxi-Sui Army of the Japanese Army and the Imperial Alliance Army, and now Xie Baoqing’s independent regiment of the People’s Liberation Army, and there are two groups of bandits with considerable strength nearby.
There are guns and gunfire everywhere, and every day is like a day without seeing tomorrow. When will these days end?
Living seems to be just for the sake of living, with no hope at all.
One day at a time, I'm afraid the vast majority of people think so.
Tang Haoer looked at Xie Tian and changed the subject: "When do you plan to go to Taiyuan?"
Xie Tian looked at Tang Hao'er with a headache. Before the Japanese reinforcements arrived, he would definitely go to Taiyuan to purchase some necessities, especially medicines, but he was really worried about taking Tang Hao'er to Taiyuan.
"Can you not come with me this time? I promise, I will definitely take you there when there is peace in the future. In the future, we will not only go to Taiyuan, but I will also take you to Peiping, Shanghai, and wherever you want to go. The place." Xie Tian asked, holding Tang Haoer's hand.
Tang Haoer looked at Xie Tian and said calmly: "I told you that I am from Taiyuan. Before I was with you, I just wanted to stay as far away from that place as possible. After I followed you, I felt at ease, so I also wanted to Let’s put an end to the past.”
Xie Tian and Tang Haoer looked at each other for a moment, then took a deep breath: "Okay then, I'll make arrangements tomorrow and then we can leave. The Japanese may arrive at some time, so we must leave as soon as possible without any delay."
Tang Haoer looked at Xie Tian and said, "I'll listen to you."
Xie Tian smiled bitterly, since Tang Haoer wanted to make a break with the past, then this trip to Taiyuan was inevitable.
At the same time, he was also curious about Tang Haoer's life experience, which seemed very complicated.
Hope everything goes well.
The journey from Dagu Town to Taiyuan is more than three hundred miles, whether it is far or close, but no matter how we walk, it is not easy.
Taking a train from Zhangzhuang to Taiyuan is the most convenient way, but the railway line is controlled by the Japanese and taking this route is very risky.
Almost all the wars since the Japanese invasion of China have been fought around railway lines. After the Japanese occupied most of Shanxi, they also carried out large-scale reconstruction of the railway built by Yan Xishan, replacing the original narrow gauge with a standard gauge. Trains from the local area can go directly to Taiyuan.
It would be even more risky to go to Taiyuan by other means instead of taking the train. The journey of more than 300 miles has to pass through the Kuomintang-controlled area, the liberated area and the Japanese-occupied area. Every step is full of obstacles. It is really a bit fanciful to hope to reach Taiyuan safely all the way.
Taking the train became the only option.
