Chapter 53: Departure
"Who is this guy? How did you get to the company commander's house? As soon as the frustrated soldiers entered the courtyard, Tang Cheng saw that the stubborn man he had arrested in the morning was coming out of the company commander Xie Bo's house, and Liu Goat, who came out later, even had a smile on his face. There was a fire in his heart for no reason, and he didn't pay attention to the man and Liu Goat who came over, Tang Cheng turned around and went to the room to find food, and when he saw the mill, he pulled him into the room.
"I don't know what to do." Nianzi has always been taciturn and does not participate in everyone's private discussions, but Tang Cheng knows that he is the most trusted one of Liu Goat. "But when I went to deliver medicinal soup to the company commander, I heard such a small ear, saying that it was a gun, a gun, and I heard something about the ocean." It was rare for the mill to say a lot to Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng didn't listen to it at all, as long as the man was not a Japanese spy, as for what Xie Bo and Liu Goat were doing in private, Tang Cheng didn't want to care at all and couldn't care about it.
"Xiucai, come in with me, I have something to tell you." Liu Goat, who sent the man out of the yard and turned to come back, shouted Tang Cheng, but the smile on his face just now was long gone. Tang Cheng, who was eating the flatbread with pickles, naturally didn't know what Liu Goat was going to do, but under the urging of the miller, he had to regretfully put down the pickles and flatbread that he had just nibbled a few bites and entered Xie Bo's house with Liu Goat.
Xie Bo in the room was leaning on the head of the bed with a cigarette in his mouth, thinking about something at ease, and when he saw Tang Cheng coming in with Liu Goat, he motioned for the two to sit down and talk. "You did a good job today, and the regimental soldiers who came back with you told me, but the matter of you shooting and injuring people is a bit too much, and those few routs are also from the Northwest Army, if there are officers among them, you kid will be in trouble." Tang Cheng looked at Wenwen Jingjing's young man, but why was his temper so explosive, Xie Bo felt that he had to beat him from time to time, lest he would lose his life if he didn't know when he would get into trouble.
"They fired the gun first, not only killed people's cattle but also injured people, if they hadn't robbed the cow baby and their gun, I wouldn't have shot." Xie Bo's faint accusation made Tang Cheng a little unbearable, he thought that he would be praised by Xie Bo after he came back, but he didn't expect that as soon as he came in, it would be an accusation, and the young and vigorous Tang Cheng couldn't accept it for a while.
"What? Tell me you can't do it anymore? You're just a donkey, why can't you touch you? "Seeing Tang Cheng stalking his neck and Xie Bo being anxious, Liu Goat, who was sitting next to him and had just touched out a cigarette, was not happy." Do you know who the people you brought back are? Those are all from the Northwest Army, and the one you injured is a sergeant squad leader, and you dare to shoot at the sergeant as a senior soldier, do you still have to shoot me, the second lieutenant platoon commander, twice one day? ”
Just after receiving Xie Bo's accusation, before he could justify it clearly, Liu Goat stepped in and roared with a gun and a stick, and the young Tang Cheng's intuition rushed to the heavenly spirit cover from the bottom of his heart. On the way back with those routs, Tang Cheng was still thinking about his performance today, thinking that his performance today should be considered good, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of Liu Goat and Xie Bo, it was a move to cause trouble, Tang Cheng suddenly felt that it was a mistake to follow them to this Qiandeng Town in the first place, maybe he should part ways with them when he left Shanghai.
"What's the matter, you're still not happy to say a few words? Who is it for? Boy, Lao Tzu told you that Lao Tzu eats more salt than you eat rice, and Lao Tzu knows better than you what it is like in the army. You kid can speak Japanese, and you've beaten a little devil, so what? The brother of our second company, the one who has never killed the little devil. Seeing Tang Cheng's black face, Liu Goat, who was even more short-tempered, did not let him go, but roared more and more, and wanted to pull Tang Cheng out of the gang immediately to beat him.
Tang Cheng lowered his head and ignored Liu Goat's roar, what he cared about was Xie Bo's attitude, he had always regarded Xie Bo as a master, because Xie Bo taught him a lot of things to save his life on the battlefield, this kindness, Tang Cheng will not forget. But Tang Cheng was disappointed, Xie Bo, who usually spoke well to himself, seemed to be a different person today, Liu Goat scolded, but Xie Bo was still the old god leaning on the head of the bed and smoking, he didn't mean to stop it at all, Tang Cheng's heart was completely cold.
The master quit, Tang Cheng was ready to say this sentence a few times, but he still endured it. After a few days of fighting with the people of the second company, Tang Cheng also knew some things in the army, and his Tang Cheng's name had been added to the roster of the second company by Xie Bo, no matter whether he could meet the regimental headquarters or not, he Tang Cheng was already a soldier of the second company. Now if you don't do it, you can only be treated as a deserter, Robert said that when you are in trouble, you should treat it calmly instead of blindly doing it, Tang Cheng doesn't want to be pulled out of the game by Liu Goat and kill himself in the name of a deserter.
"Okay, almost, Tang Cheng, you go out first, think about what I just said." Tang Cheng's anger was all written on his face, but he didn't dare to scold Liu Goat, Tang Cheng sat on the stool without saying a word, which made Xie Bo, who had been secretly observing Tang Cheng's reaction, feel that something was wrong. Judging from Tang Cheng's squad leader who pulled out a gun and shot the squad leader of the Northwest Army at the checkpoint today, Tang Cheng's temperament was a little impatient and didn't think about the consequences, but this kid would be as stable as Mount Tai, is there anything else in this that he doesn't know?
Tang Cheng, who didn't say a word, left Xie Bo's house and went to the room as usual, and found the pickles and flatbread that he had eaten and eaten, Xie Bo's reaction made Tang Cheng sad, but he was not a child who didn't understand anything. Say it to your face that you won't do it, you can't get out of this courtyard, Tang Cheng is waiting for an opportunity, a chance to leave the yard, he plans to part ways with Erlian completely, the world is so big, Tang Cheng doesn't believe that there is no place for himself, not to mention that he still has that American passport hidden on his body.
Night fell as scheduled, the cook was turning the stew in the cauldron with an oily face, and Tang Cheng with an indifferent face was helping to light the fire. The stewed in the pot was the dead cow that Tang Cheng pulled back today, and the two beef legs were stewed to a full pot, and the rest of the meat was wrapped in salt by the cook and hung under the verandah to wait for it to dry, otherwise the extra meat would be spoiled if the beef was not eaten. "Well, it tastes good, Chengzi, go and ask everyone to come out for dinner, there is enough stew for today." The cook happily tapped the edge of the pot with a horse spoon, humming a slang tune that only he understood.
The fragrant stew came out of the pot, a big bowl per person, and the bowl looked not much smaller than the German steel helmet of Niu Wazi, and the steamed buns and flatbreads sent by the restaurant in the town were also put in a basket. More than 30 people from the second company sat around the courtyard and chewed their heads, to be honest, Tang Cheng was not used to eating like this, especially the bowl that the cook gave himself was the largest one among all, this bowl full of meat into his stomach, Tang Cheng would even doubt whether he could still walk.
The hot and spicy beef soup was drunk into his stomach, and Tang Cheng's eyes already had a layer of mist, which was definitely not because Tang Cheng was crying, but because the stew made by the cook was so delicious, especially the beef soup in the bowl was even more delicious. If this was the beef soup made by the chef in normal times, maybe Tang Cheng didn't have anything yet, but he was already planning to leave here, and this might be the last meal he had in Erlian. "I said you all the fucking slow down, there's still a lot of stuff in the pot, and you're all grabbing something." The cook, who was carrying a large spoon, added meat and soup to everyone's bowls one by one, but he himself had not eaten a few bites.
Laughter and slapstick made this already ruined courtyard extremely lively, the bonfire in the empty oil drum reflected everyone's faces, and Tang Cheng, who was sitting next to the cook and drinking soup with his head down, secretly looked around at all the people here. People are social animals, and after getting along for a few days, Tang Cheng has some feelings for the people of Erlian, and when he thinks that he is going to leave here tonight, Tang Cheng thinks about remembering the appearance of everyone here. The cook didn't like to make a fuss like the mill, and Tang Cheng, who was sitting next to him, was also unnoticed, until the end of dinner, everyone went back to their rooms, and Xie Bo and Liu Goat didn't notice Tang Cheng's abnormality.
Tang Cheng and Niu Wazi live in the same room, like most people, Niu Wazi is a guy who can snore when he sleeps and touches the pillow, Tang Cheng only lay a cigarette on the bed, and Niu Wazi has already snored on his side. The shell gun sent by Xie Bo, Tang Cheng had already returned it to him, and Tang Cheng didn't plan to take the Red9 Mauser pistol, Niu Wazi had been coveting the shell gun for a long time, Tang Cheng put it next to Niu Wazi's pillow, just as a gift for acquaintance.
M1911A1. The newly obtained 20-round German original shell gun, plus nearly 100 rounds of ammunition is enough for Tang Cheng to use for a period of time, put the clothes of the people he got in the afternoon close to his body, and put on military uniforms outside, Tang Cheng slowly walked out of the room and walked out of the courtyard. It was the mill who stood sentry, Tang Cheng compared a smoking frame to the mill, signaling that he was going to buy cigarettes, the latter didn't think that Tang Cheng was going to slip away, and when he saw Tang Cheng coming out empty-handed, he didn't step forward to speak, just nodded to show that he knew the truth.
But where are you going, Tang Cheng, who got out of the yard smoothly, was a little dizzy, so he first found a secluded place and took off his military uniform, Tang Cheng pondered and took stock of his belongings while walking. When the second consecutive arrears were paid, Tang Cheng also received two oceans, counting the money that he brought with him when he left the church, Tang Cheng was full of almost seven or eight oceans of money. This money is naturally not enough for Tang Cheng's future life, but Tang Cheng still has two short guns and nearly 100 rounds of ammunition on his body, so it's a big deal to learn from those heroes in the rivers and lakes to rob the rich and help the poor a few times.
Wrapping the military uniform in a lump and throwing stones into the pond, Tang Cheng discerned the direction and headed towards Suzhou, Shanghai was at war, and it was naturally impossible to go back to Shanghai, like most refugees, Tang Cheng also chose to go to Suzhou. Suzhou is not far from Shanghai, if the Japanese army is forced to retreat, Tang Cheng also plans to go back to the church to take Robert's ashes, if the Japanese army is invincible, it is closer to Hunan from Suzhou.