Chapter 52: Wine Talk

"You kid is quite good at hiding secrets, I didn't see that your kid still has two little yellow croakers on him." When Tang Cheng took out the gold bars, Liu Goat, who was full of sadness, immediately pounced and almost snatched the two gold bars in Tang Cheng's hands. After returning to the city, Tang Cheng learned that Liu Goat had quarreled with Xie Chengrui, and Xie Chengrui allowed the five people of the Second Company to return to the city in advance, but his Second Regiment would no longer provide all supplies to the Second Company, including food and medicine.

Nanjing is being attacked by the Japanese army everywhere, weapons and ammunition are not lacking, but people need to eat, Zhou Fu also needs to be treated with medicine, these are things that Liu Goat has no way to get, so Tang Cheng took the initiative to take out the gold bars sewn on the inside of his belt, as long as there is money, food and medicine are no longer difficult, although the price is more expensive, but it is always much better than no way.

Liu Goat's own complexion is not very good, the military uniform has already been torn into a broken sack worn by Huazi, the military pants that are still intact are full of black and purple blood spots, and the two arms are wrapped with gauze by the nurses at the ambulance station, but Liu Goat insisted on wearing such a dress and ran to the troops of the 87th Division to support Guanghuamen to go around in a big circle. "You know what a fart, we will all be starved to death without food, without medicine, Zhou Fu can't live, there are people I know in the 87th Division, and it's not easy to get caught when you come back with some things."

The two gold bars taken out by Tang Cheng Resources were still not used by Liu Goat, he used a Japanese officer's saber to exchange a bag of flatbread and some ammunition from the people of the 87th Division, as for medicine, the 87th Division was also lacking. After a few bites of food, Liu Goat took Tang Cheng through the alley to a courtyard near Guanghua Gate, "5 sets of military uniforms, coats, military shoes, 300 Mauser pistol bullets, and some food." Liu Goat, who entered the courtyard, was not polite, and first grabbed the half pack of cigarettes on the table in the lobby in his hand.

When Tang Cheng came, he didn't know where Liu Goat took him, but this time he already understood a little, the place where Liu Goat brought him must be a dark spot in the black market. "Don't fucking look around like someone who hasn't seen the world, be careful that we won't be able to get out of this yard for a while." Seeing that Tang Cheng was in control everywhere, Liu Goat, who was smoking, secretly kicked him, these guns and ammunition in the black market are all murderous without blinking, if they are really provoked, Zhun Bao will not end well.

A few sturdy men in the courtyard stared at Liu Goat and Tang Cheng with fierce eyes, and the thin old man who had been talking to Liu Goat before instructed someone to take out the things, and those men scattered in a huff. I've been hearing about the black market or something from Mao Wu's mouth, now Tang Cheng has seen the magic of the black market, the old man took out the 5 sets of national army uniforms are all brand new, Tang Cheng can even smell the smell of mothballs from these military uniforms, military shoes and coats are also new things, and the old man also gave them a few pairs of gloves for nothing.

A gold bar was only exchanged for 5 sets of military uniforms and 300 pistol bullets, Liu Goat threw down the gold bar and left with his things and Tang Cheng said goodbye, and walked out of this alley all the way, Liu Goat breathed a long sigh of relief, and closed the safety of the shell gun in his hand. "If these things are put in normal times, you can't even use half a strip, but now it's already very good to be able to find these things, one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer, I can't say whether the things are expensive or not." Xu saw the resentment in Tang Cheng's heart, and Liu Goat explained a few words softly, if it weren't for his acquaintances on the 87th Division Road, I'm afraid Liu Goat wouldn't know that there was a dark spot in the black market here.

"Don't think that those black marketeers are so powerful, these things they buy are secretly sold to them by the troops in the city, but they are just the trick of buying low and selling high in the pawnshop, if it weren't for our lack of manpower, Lao Tzu would have robbed him directly." Paying a gold bar as a price, Liu Goat also felt a little painful, but now Erlian has become an embarrassing role that grandma doesn't love his uncle and doesn't hurt, if he doesn't find a black marketeer to find a way, just the cold day is enough for Liu Goat to toss.

Tang Cheng knew that Liu Goat really persuaded himself, and he didn't say anything immediately, just nodded lightly to show that he knew everything. Xie Chengrui agreed to withdraw to the city first, but he didn't say that the second company would be able to leave on its own. Before Xie Chengrui's new order arrived, Liu Goat could only find a shop close to the headquarters of the Second Regiment to settle down first, smash open a grocery store with closed doors and boards, and Nian Zi took nine catties to split all the tables, chairs and counters in the shop into firewood, close to the lit fire, and the four people wrapped their new coats tightly and sat together.

Two bottles of wine, a few baked potatoes, this is the dinner of the four of them tonight, the wine was bought, the potatoes were found from the grocery store by nine catties, and there were originally two radishes, but they were stolen by nine catties and the two of them. "This first bowl of wine is a tribute to the brothers who died." Raising the wine bowl in his hand, Liu Goat spilled the first bowl of wine on the ground with a solemn face, and then he poured it for himself and said into the air.

"The second bowl, to those old brothers who were killed from Shanghai with us, they are not fuel-efficient goods, let them occupy a good territory below first, and if we go down in the future, we can have a good life." Tang Cheng and the others spilled the wine in the bowl on the ground with Liu Goat's appearance. Liu Goat raised the third bowl of wine and solemnly raised it in front of him, "The third bowl of wine, I salute the three of you in this bowl of wine, Zhou Fu is not successful, even if you wake up, you can't fight with us, if any of you go the same way as Zhou Fu, don't blame me for leaving you at that time, anyway, we will meet below sooner or later." ”

"Drink" Liu Goat raised the wine bowl high, and the mill, who didn't like to talk, echoed loudly, and poured a drop of wine in the bowl into his throat. Tang Cheng also took a sip, in fact, Liu Goat didn't give him much wine, at most he took up the bottom of the bowl, the main force of drinking was Liu Goat and Nianzi, Tang Cheng and Jiujin were purely making up the numbers.

At first, the drink was a little muffled, but after a bowl of wine, the atmosphere gradually became lively. Liu Goat and Nian Zi drank the fastest, while drinking and punching, Liu Goat's face became redder and redder the more he drank, and his voice became bigger and bigger, and the more he drank, the more his face turned white, but the voice was not much smaller than Liu Goat. The two of them drank and suddenly whispered a few words, and then Liu Goat staggered to fill Tang Cheng's bowl with wine, and touched Tang Cheng with his own wine bowl.

"Tang Cheng, come, Lao Tzu will give you a bowl of wine." Liu Goat had already drunk a little too much at this time, and his speech was not very clear, but his eyes were bright and scary. Tang Cheng's amount of wine was not good, and when he saw such a big bowl of wine, he didn't think about it and wanted to refuse, but he was grabbed by Liu Goat's wrist, "Tang Cheng, you kid is a gentleman, you entered our second company, and you didn't embarrass Xie Lian Chang and Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu said that you will be promoted to two levels to be a sergeant, but his mother's Xie Chengrui not only didn't allow it, he also said that Lao Tzu was proud of his achievements, and you said that the surname Xie is not a bastard." ”

Liu Goat is obviously talking nonsense after drinking too much now, and Tang Cheng, who was grabbed by the wrist, didn't know how to answer Liu Goat's question, but the mill secretly shook his head at Tang Cheng, signaling Tang Cheng not to answer Liu Goat's words. "Lao Tzu's dozens of brothers are all fucking taken as cannon fodder by the bastard surnamed Xie, Lao Tzu is so aggrieved that he wants to die, Lao Tzu just doesn't accept it, he doesn't accept it, why doesn't the 88th Division let us return to the building, for what." Liu Goat began to cry wolf, making Tang Cheng even more overwhelmed.

"Let him be, let him vent, just wait for him to finish crying, he used to be like this with his brother who died in the past." Nian Zi and Tang Cheng switched positions, and stuffed a freshly baked potato to Tang Cheng.

"Brothers, I salute you again, at least a few of us are still alive, no one knows how many brothers will be left tomorrow, but I thank you. There will be casualties in the war, and the casualties will not be small, but being able to guard our capital is equivalent to guarding our home, and it is worth it, and it is worth any sacrifice. Liu Goat, who came slowly, stared at the mill and Tang Cheng with red eyes, and there were still nine catties left. Remember, no matter which of us survives, we must remember to offer incense to the brothers every year during the Qingming Festival. ”

The lack of a bed made Tang Cheng sleep very well, and the groggy Tang Cheng woke up several times in a row, first dreaming of the deceased Robert, and then dreaming of Xie Bo, who had gone to Chongqing, and then Tang Cheng even dreamed of Sister Emma. Dreaming of Robert made Tang Cheng suddenly remember the M1911 pistol, the first time he held his position with the second company, the M1911 pistol left by Robert disappeared, Zhao Zhi searched all the places on the battlefield, but he never found the pistol, I don't know if he dreamed of Robert because he blamed himself for losing the pistol.

Add some chopping wood to the fire that is about to be extinguished, and sit down against the wall of the shop wrapped in his coat, and then the firelight, Tang Cheng looked carefully at his hands. Two months ago, Tang Cheng would never have believed that he would kill anyone, and when he killed people in that sushi restaurant in Shanghai, Tang Cheng's mind was full of thoughts about how to avenge Robert, and Tang Cheng once fantasized that he would one day kill the Japanese island, which was full of damned Japanese.

But now Tang Cheng is a little skeptical about whether he is really right to leave Shanghai, not to mention that Robert's ashes are still in the church in Shanghai, even the loss of the M1911 makes Tang Cheng blame himself, because it is what Robert left to himself after the most disgrace. Killing or being killed, this is Tang Cheng's life now, he doesn't know if he has chosen the right one, but this is the only way to kill the Japanese to avenge Robert.