Chapter 1 Where you are

"Stone...... Come on...... Run...... The Japanese opened fire...... Come on...... Leave me alone......" Tang Cheng woke up from his dream, a wet coarse cloth fell from his forehead, and suddenly sitting up made his head feel dizzy, maybe his movement was too loud, alarming the people in the outhouse, a little girl in coarse cloth clothes and full of patches ran in, and a happy smile appeared on her face when she saw Tang Cheng sitting up.

"Where is this? Who are you? Why am I here? Tang Cheng struggled to suppress the pain in his body, and asked the little girl who was looking at him in a slowed tone, but the latter obviously did not wake up from the surprise, and completely ignored Tang Cheng's inquiry. Tang Cheng had just woken up, and the series of questions and sudden sitting up had already consumed too much energy, and before the little girl could speak, Tang Cheng had already fallen down again.

"What, what did you say?" The little girl obviously didn't hear Tang Cheng's question clearly, she just tilted her head and stared at the man with a strange accent, looking very cute in confusion. Hubei dialect, the Hubei dialect she spoke! Then he is still in Hubei, Tang Cheng was secretly excited when he heard the little girl's accent, and asked what he just said again.

"Our village is called Yongxing Village, you were rescued by your grandfather, he went up the mountain to collect medicine, and asked me to watch you." Tang Cheng's stiff Hubei dialect felt a lot of closeness, but Tang Cheng was choked by the little girl's answer, he obviously didn't know where this Yongxing Village he stretched out was.

"Yongxing Village? Which county is this? How far is it from Wuhan? Tang Cheng asked reluctantly.

"The county seat? You're talking about the county seat? The little girl watched the man in front of her say a lot of new words that she didn't understand, and suddenly became a little annoyed, and shook her head frequently. You don't know Xiaolian, grandpa said that the county seat is far away, what you are talking about Wuhan, I don't know, is it farther than going to the county seat? Seeing Tang Cheng on the bed, he seemed a little disappointed, and Xiaolian, who was leaning on the door, continued to look at Tang Cheng curiously.

When Xiaolian is usually fine, she often listens to her grandfather and her brother tell stories about the south and the north of the world, and grandpa likes the wit of their two brothers and sisters, grandpa fought in his early years, but he is a great hero. Usually she knows the most among the children in the village except for her brother, but this person in front of her is full of weirdness, and she has never heard of many things! Tang Cheng waited for a long time, but when he saw that the little girl was thinking about something, he stood up anxiously and asked again and again:

"Am I rescued by your grandfather alone? Did you see my two companions? Tang Cheng on the bed didn't know how he came here, but the last memory in his mind was the truck that was hit by Japanese artillery fire, and he was running away with Lao Dongbei and Liu Shishi, if he was still alive, then Liu Shishi and Lao Dongbei should be completely fine.

Xiaolian, who was still stunned, raised her eyebrows when she heard this question, and looked like she had finally raised her eyebrows, and replied with a straight chest: "When grandpa rescued you back, he also brought back a little brother and an uncle with a black face, that black-faced uncle has so much strength, they helped my father go up the mountain to hunt today, and he can come back before dinner." ”

After listening to Xiaolian's answer, Tang Cheng was finally relieved, he knew that the little brother Xiaolian was talking about was Liu Shishi, and Lao Dongbei should be the black-faced uncle in Xiaolian's mouth. Since they can still follow them up the mountain to hunt, thinking that their injuries should not be very serious, but why they appeared in this Yongxing Village, Tang Cheng can't remember whether they are alive or dead. Perhaps it was Tang Cheng's meditation that stimulated the injured head, and a sharp pain like a pinprick hit, making Tang Cheng on the bed can't help but exhale in pain, and his already miserable face is as white as a piece of paper, without the slightest blood.

Xiaolian, who was still smug, was frightened by Tang Cheng's strange appearance, and hurriedly shouted loudly outside the door: "Mother! Mother! Come on, little brother wake up! It's going to be uncomfortable again! With a slightly hurried footsteps, a woman dressed as a woman appeared behind Xiaolian, the woman may be washing clothes or doing work, her hands were full of water droplets shaking up and down, and she hurriedly wiped her clothes a few times, and the woman pushed Xiaolian into the room, and reached out on Tang Cheng's forehead to try Tang Cheng's body temperature.

Tang Cheng has been impatient with others touching his head since he was a child, even Robert will not touch Tang Cheng's head lightly, but when the woman's slightly cold hand in front of him leaned on his head, Tang Cheng's heart rejoiced for no reason, the feeling was like when he leaned on Robert's arms and listened to the story when he was a child, warm and relaxed. "The injury on your head is not in the way, just don't think too much, it's not good for the wound, my father-in-law has already gone up the mountain to collect medicine, and your injury will be healed in ten days and a half."

Madame's voice was completely disproportionate to his slightly petite figure, but Tang Cheng did not feel the slightest discomfort, and even honestly sat on the head of the bed to rest according to Madame's instructions. "This is the thing you carried when my man and my father-in-law rescued you back, and my father-in-law said that if you wake up, you can't move on the ground at will, you lie down first, and I'll cook you some porridge." Seeing that Tang Cheng was in good spirits, Mrs. took out a bag from under the bed and put it beside the bed, but she took the little girl Xiaolian out of the room.

Seeing that the lady took the little girl out of the room, Tang Cheng put the heavy burden on his lap and slowly opened it, and in the baggage were Tang Cheng's two shell guns, bayonets, two spare magazines filled with bullets, a leather satchel containing some Japanese military documents and paper, and Tang Cheng's already tattered national army uniform, but the German-style steel helmet was missing. Taking the two spare magazines, Tang Cheng unloaded all the bullets in the magazines one by one, and there would only be 14 bullets left in the two magazines filled with 20 rounds.

Perhaps because he was afraid that the little girl would disturb Tang Cheng's rest, Tang Cheng in the room heard the voice of the woman reprimanding the little girl softly just now, and the little girl's delicate voice made Tang Cheng couldn't help laughing. Tearing a strip of cloth from the clean shirt that had been washed, Tang Cheng, who couldn't stay idle, disassembled the shell gun and wiped it carefully, but his mind was trying his best to recall what happened after the truck was hit by a Japanese shell.

Although he had already been injured many times, Tang Cheng could not judge the time of injury by the recovery of his wounds like Liu Goat. But according to his previous experience of being injured and recovering, Tang Cheng knew that the injury that could make him lose a memory would definitely not be light, and such an injury recovery would definitely not be a one-night thing, so it was inferred that he might come to this Yongxing Village for more than two days.

Tang Cheng meditated on the map he had seen at the military headquarters of the 71st Army, and then thought about where he might be in the center of Macheng according to the two-day journey, which was undoubtedly a stupid method, so Tang Cheng didn't find the answer after thinking about it. The only thing he can confirm is that he took Liu Shishi, Lao Dongbei and the brothers of Erlian to be separated, and the family can blatantly take out their national army uniforms to be cleaned, indicating that this is still a national control area, but whether the brothers who were left in the forest by themselves have escaped.

After wiping the two shell guns little by little, and then loading the spare magazine into the shell guns, Tang Cheng's heart was a little more steady. According to the old custom, he put the shell gun under the pillow filled with chaff, Tang Cheng took out his military uniform that still smelled of gunpowder smoke from his baggage, and used his bayonet to pick open the two corners of the hem of the military uniform. Tang Cheng took out the two gold bars sewn into the corners of his clothes when he left Wuhan, and the man of this family saved the three of them, and these two gold bars should not be less than Xie Yi.

Putting the revenge tied as it was at the head of the bed, Tang Cheng began to check the injuries on his body, carefully untying the strip of cloth wrapped around his head, Tang Cheng felt a scar on the back of his head. The scar covered with herbs was about 3 centimeters long, and Tang Cheng gently pressed it with his finger a few times, but it still hurt, but it didn't hurt as when he was shot in Mengcheng. In addition to the wound on the back of his head, the wounds on Tang Cheng's body were mostly small scratches, but the right foot was tightly wrapped in a strip of cloth.

Exchanging a little toe and a traumatic injury on the back of the head for a life, such a deal is cost-effective wherever he goes, Tang Cheng couldn't help but comfort himself in his heart, at least he didn't lose an arm like Xie Bo. "Oh, how did you untie the strips of cloth on the wound, my father-in-law said that this strip of cloth was soaked in that herb, and it can only be untied when you change the dressing." The woman who came to bring water to Tang Cheng saw that Tang Cheng had untied the strip of cloth on the wound, and couldn't help but reprimand her head and face.

Smiling and looking at the woman who was about to wrap the strip of cloth back around the wound, Tang Cheng took out the medicine bottle taken out from the leather hanging bag from under the pillow, "I have no strength in my hands, you help me unscrew the lid and feed me three pills, the wound has formed a bloody scab, and it will not get in the way if you breathe." The medicine bottle Tang Cheng took out contained Western medicine suitable for the battlefield, but Tang Cheng didn't really have no strength in his hands, he was just a little addicted to the feeling of being cared for.

The pill was swallowed into his abdomen, Tang Cheng thanked the woman who fed him water and medicine, and was about to ask where Yongxing Village was, when he heard the delicate cheers of the little girl just now sounding outside the window. "Grandpa, the little brother you rescued woke up, and my mother is feeding him water inside. Did you pick the sour fruit for me last time today, Xiaolian helped her mother take care of her little brother at home today. Xiaolian, who kept talking in the yard, suddenly lost her voice, Tang Cheng was still puzzled, and heard Xiaolian's cheers, obviously she had already got the sour fruit she wanted, listening to Xiaolian's cheers, Tang Cheng on the bed couldn't help but show a smile.