Li Hang had seen some rural areas in this era, but most of them were around big cities.
Even when I was in Lanzhou, I didn’t go too far.
As for what I usually see during training in the sky, it is so high and there is no very intuitive experience.
Hujia Village, where Hu Xuechang's hometown is located, is located by a small river between mountains, with dozens of households densely distributed.
Due to the national army's encirclement and suppression of the Red Army in the past few years, the villages in Jiangxi also have grassroots organizations. Generally, each village has a security chief or something responsible.
The chief security officer is usually a local snake or a local powerful person.
In fact, successive governments of the Republic of China thought about abolishing the Baochang system. However, during the National Government in Nanjing, they found that if there was no Baochang system, the people would run away with the Red Army.
So this system continues to this day.
This is also the difference between the national government and Yan'an. The latter's management has gone deep into the grassroots level, while the former is much worse.
There are places within the national government that do a good job in grassroots governance. Shanxi is an example.
Yan Laoxi is really good at governing local areas and developing the economy. Shanxi is not a coastal province. The national industry has developed well, and grassroots governance and education are at the forefront of the country.
There is also the military industry.
Strictly speaking, the Taiyuan Arsenal was the largest arsenal in the country after September 18th and before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. Although the quality of weapons was a bit poor, they could produce anything.
It's a pity that I couldn't move it, most of the equipment was cheap.
On the other hand, the Nanjing National Government had not achieved much in what seemed like a golden decade.
Lao Song and Lao Kong were notorious compradors, and the key was their greed.
Li Hang has always felt that it would be absolutely appropriate for Yan Laoxi to come to Nanjing to serve as the executive director.
Of course, this was just a complaint in his heart. When he saw the situation at Hu Xuechang's house, he felt a little emotional.
Forget about brick and tile houses, just mud bricks with thatch on top.
Even this is pretty good for rural people.
When he entered the village just now, Li Hang even saw many houses with walls made of bamboo, with a layer of mud on the outside.
As for the brick and tile houses, that was a treatment reserved only for rich peasants and even landlords in the village.
"Are the Xuechang family members here?"
Arriving in front of a thatched hut, the security guard shouted at the top of his lungs.
The security chief is an elder of the village. He is in his fifties. He looks cunning, but he is very respectful in front of Company Commander Hu, Li Hang and others.
"Grandpa, what's going on?" A young girl walked out of the house. Seeing so many people with guns outside, she hid back in fear, leaving only half of her head exposed.
"So it's you, Nanni, where are your grandparents, and your mother?" the security chief asked with a smile.
"They went to work!" the little girl replied timidly.
"Go and call your elders back, and tell them that someone is looking for you."
The little girl didn't want to go at first, but when she saw such a man carrying a gun, she hesitated for a while and went.
"Captain Li comes from a wealthy family, and he probably has never been in such a remote village." While waiting for others, Captain Hu couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"Captain Hu is wrong. My companion is from a famous family, but I am not." Li Hang sold Zhou Zhikai directly.
"It doesn't make sense for the captain to say that. I am from a famous family, but you still went abroad."
"What does it mean to go abroad? I grew up there. That's why my elders went abroad to work hard because they couldn't survive at home."
"Who are these officials? Xue Bin?"
At this time, a man and two women came back from not far away: the man may be in his fifties or sixties and looks similar, but it may also be premature aging caused by long-term work; two women, one is also in his fifties or sixties, and the other One is only in his twenties or thirties.
The younger woman has nothing to do with beauty. She has an ordinary appearance, but she gives off a very powerful appearance.
"Uncle, are you coming back from the fields?" Captain Hu looked at the man in his fifties and sixties and said hello, "You are here for Xuechang's affairs."
"Xue Chang? Didn't you say he disappeared? Maybe he died somewhere." When it came to his son, the man didn't mean to be sad, maybe he was sad.
After all, there is no one who is immortal when serving as a soldier in a war.
Moreover, he had also heard someone say that the teaching corps where his eldest son was present was wiped out in Nanjing. He estimated that his eldest son was also dead, but his body could not be found.
"Uncle, Hu Xuechang did not disappear, but died in Nanjing. This is the letter he gave you, and he asked me to bring it to you."
"Died in Nanjing? Letter home?"
Hearing this, the man and the woman were very surprised, and then they quickly invited a few people into the house.
When Li Hang took out the family letter that could be regarded as a suicide note, the chief security officer took the initiative to take it and read it.
After a while, there was crying in the house.
"My son..."
Company Commander Hu and Chief Bao couldn't help crying when they heard this.
"Sir, how did Xuechang die?" Hu's father held Li Hang's wrinkled hand and asked in a sincere tone.
"Uncle, Xuechang and two other comrades died together with dozens of Japanese soldiers at Nanjing University Airport. This is a medal issued by the government, the ninth-class Yunhui Medal."
Four of them, Hu Xuechang, were awarded the Yunhui Medal. Except for Li Jiasheng, who had the rank of second lieutenant, who was awarded the sixth grade, the other three were awarded the ninth grade.
This was something Li Hang won for. Anyway, it was just an honor given after his death, so his superiors didn't take it seriously.
Even if it is the ninth level, that is what many people want.
But this is only the maximum that Li Hang can do.
Company Commander Hu has naturally heard of the Yunhui Medal, so he is also envious of it, but this is not something that ordinary people can obtain.
He knew that Li Hang came here specifically not just to give him a letter from home and a medal, so he left the room with the others knowingly.
Seeing Zhou Zhikai guarding the door, Li Hang took out some money from his pocket.
"Uncle, aunt, and sister-in-law, this is what Xuechang asked me to bring. It has a total of five hundred French coins. You can use it to improve your life. If possible, it is best to send your children to study."
"Sir..." Father Hu knew that even if his son died in battle, he would not receive such a large pension, so he was unwilling to accept it.
"Just take it, but don't show your wealth. If anyone asks you, just say it only costs a few dozen yuan."
"Thank you sir!"
As he spoke, Father Hu wanted to pull his family members to kneel down.
"Uncle, what are you doing? I can come back alive because of the help of Brother Xuechang. This is just what I should do..."
The best way to calm this family down.
After a while, he walked out of the room and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Captain, are we going back or not?" Seeing the weather indicating whether it would be too late, Zhou Zhikai was a little unsure and looked at Li Hang.
But soon someone helped to solve the problem.
"Captain Li, Captain Hu thinks that you are tired from traveling and traveling, so I want to keep you here to rest for one night and go back tomorrow morning. It's getting late and it's not safe to walk on the mountain road at night. It's better to rest for one night."
Li Hang thought for a while and agreed.
