Chapter 34: There is movement in the village
"Young and old! Today is a big day for our Zhaojiagang to entertain benefactors! It is also the most shabby banquet set up by our Zhaojiagang in decades, and it is still a banquet for the great benefactor who saved our village. Sir, I, Zhao Hongyuan, am ashamed of you! As he spoke, Zhao Hongyuan held a full glass of wine in front of Zheng Guotai with both hands.
Director Zheng hurriedly took it with both hands, and before he could say a kind word, Zhao Hongyuan continued: "The little devil is here, Commander Tang's soldiers are here again, today it is the guerrillas, and I don't know which team will come tomorrow." God is also angry, it hasn't rained for a few years, and our family is having a hard time! To be able to take out these today, it is already the best thing that our village can come up with! ”
"I don't think the benefactors blame us. Bad years will always pass, this year will not be a drop of water, who knows that tomorrow there will not be a heavy rain? Come, entertain the benefactor today, the big guy has wine and water, let's all toast the benefactor with a glass! After speaking, he took the wine glass handed over by the person next to him and signaled to Zheng Guotai, and drank it all!
Zheng Guotai took a sip of the wine glass, the wine was like honey, sticky hanging glass, smelling a strong wine aroma, the entrance was sweet and refreshing, and a refreshing fragrance penetrated the five internal organs, spraying this wine aroma from the seven orifices, it was really a good wine!
"Good wine! Brother Zhao, this wine is really good wine! Zheng Guotai is ready to call this brother to the end, looking at Zhao Hongyuan's face, he wants to call the village chief Uncle Hongyuan like the young people in the village.
"Haha, this is what I saved when I first married my daughter-in-law, and I have been hiding it in my cellar for thirty years! My son is twenty-nine this year! If it weren't for the fact that there was really nothing on the table today, I wouldn't be willing to take out these two jars of wine! Zhao Hongyuan was smiling, and the folds on his face could trap flies.
"Daddy!" A strong man next to him shouted his father dissatisfiedly, and he was obviously a little reluctant for the village chief to talk about things before he was born. I have an impression of this person Zheng Guotai, he is one of the group of croppers squatting against the wall in the old lady's yard, because he was the largest at that time, and he was the first to run over the wall after being rescued, Director Zheng was quite impressed by him, and he didn't expect that this was still the son of the village chief's family, the Yanei of Zhaojiagang!
Zhao Yanei picked up the wine glass and touched it with Wang Hua who was sitting next to him, "The chief is really good, my name is Zhao Ming." After saying these two words without a head, this Zhao Ming picked up the wine glass and drank it to the sky, grabbed the small wine jar and filled it for himself, it turned out that Zhao Yanei was looking for an opportunity to drink more.
"This bastard, this wine is for entertaining benefactors, don't give me all the drink!" The village chief scolded with a smile, and touched the glass with Zheng Guotai with a wine glass.
There are only two small jars of wine, which add up to less than four catties. The dishes consisted only of green vegetables, pickles and salted fish, and the staple food was rice porridge and sweet potatoes.
"When you're done eating, you'll come with me and stay at my house tonight!" Halfway through the meal, the village chief Zhao Hongyuan asked Zheng Guotai to live in his house, and Zhao Yanei next to him also looked at it expectantly.
"But our things are kept at my sister-in-law's house, and we have to keep someone to guard them." So much ammunition was put at the old lady's house, and they were all gone, so what could it do? Mr. Cheng was not worried about the seized ammunition.
"In our village, you can rest assured. As long as it's yours, no one in the village will dare to touch it! Tomorrow there is one less bullet, you look for me! Zhao Hongyuan patted his chest and guaranteed the ticket.
"Brother, it's not a question of trust or distrust, it's a matter of rules. There is a rule in our army that the place where ammunition is stored must be manned, and this is the rule! He was afraid that he wouldn't understand anything else, so Zheng Guotai had to use the rules to reason.
"I know, there are no rules! Middle! We won't break the rules in your troops, but there are thirty-six people in your team, right? Divide ten to the copper lock house. It was enough for ten people to look at the ammunition. The rest will go to my house! "The village chief was so welcoming. But when he said this, Zheng Guotai really couldn't raise any objections, even in the 500 army, there is no rule that the commander must guard the ammunition, if there is this regulation, then every time there is a war, Gao Quan has to sit in the arsenal?
The two made up their minds, and Zheng Guotai told Wang Hua to let Wang Platoon Commander choose ten people to go to the old lady's house, and live in the courtyard of his house at night to guard the ammunition, and once an abnormal situation is found, he will fire a warning shot! Wang Hua is definitely in the same courtyard as Zheng Guotai, he wants to protect Director Zheng nearby, as for the ten soldiers guarding the ammunition, it is not difficult to choose, thirty people, whoever Wang Hua points to, who has to stay, the platoon commander's order, no one dares to bargain.
The candidate was quickly selected, and before leaving, Wang Hua specially explained some precautions to the soldiers guarding the ammunition, and then followed Director Zheng to Zhao Hongyuan's house with the rest of the soldiers. The village chief's house is just as he said, big and spacious! A large courtyard, four rooms on the left and four on the left and one in the courtyard, a total of eight rooms, the village chief's family occupied two rooms, and the rest of the rooms were left for Zheng Guotai and his soldiers.
I didn't sleep last night, I came out of Heilong Town overnight, and I rushed to the road for a day during the day today, and it was okay to lift my spirit when I had something to do, once I relaxed, I could rest, especially when I lay down on the bed with my head on my pillow, that is to say sleep on the bed, without a moment of delay. Wang Hua just went out to arrange the order of standing guard and duty at night, and when he came back, Director Zheng was already snoring. In less than five minutes, he fell asleep.
Wang Hua smiled slightly, found his bed and clothes and lay down, and lay there, his head instantly lightened, and then all consciousness was gone. He also fell asleep in an instant.
I don't know how long it took, but someone seemed to be shouting in my ears: "Platoon commander!" Wang Hua was excited, and when he opened his eyes, the muscles of his whole body were already tense! There was a person standing in front of him, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be Liu Yunhu, a soldier in the platoon.
"Platoon commander, there's movement in the village." Liu Yunhu reported softly to the platoon commander.
"What's going on?" Wang Hua asked, sat up and began to put on his shoes. No matter what happens next, putting on your shoes is undoubtedly the first priority.
"The village chief and his whole family have gone out, and the people of the village have gathered at the threshing floor where we have dinner in the evening, and they don't know what they are going to do tonight."
"You went to the threshing floor?" Wang Hua stared at Liu Yunhu with sparkling eyes. can wake himself up now, needless to say, it's his turn to be on this night shift. Could it be that this kid went out to follow the villagers without permission while he was on duty?