Chapter Seventy-One: Helping Each Other
Zhang Lan didn't expect to meet Lu Yuan and the two again so soon, Huzi's majestic figure was too conspicuous compared to others, and it was impossible for Zhang Lan, who was sitting on the second floor of the restaurant, not to see it. When Zhang Mad saw Lu Yuan and both of them, Lu Yuan, who was dressed in Western style, was walking into a shop across the street with Huzi, Zhang Lan could see clearly that it was a braised meat shop known as a time-honored brand, and Zhao Ji was written on an apricot yellow banner at the door of the idea.
There are many Japanese puppet troops in Jinan, but since they have come here, they naturally want to go into the city to have a look, not to mention that there is not much water in the storage space. The tiger is a standard carnivore, and as long as there is no meat in two meals, the tiger will be listless. The best choice for carrying meat in the wild is lo-mei, so as soon as Lu Yuan and the others entered the city, they went straight to this time-honored lo-mei shop under constant inquiry.
Although Zhao Ji Lo Mei Shop is a time-honored brand, but in this chaotic world, even a time-honored brand does not dare to put too much braised meat in the store, and Lu Yuan sees more vegetarian dishes at the moment. Inserted a few pieces of lo-mei with a bamboo skewer and sent it into his mouth, Lu Yuan seemed to be very satisfied with the taste of this lo-mei, so he directly took out a stack of oceans and handed it to the shopkeeper, saying that he needed a lot of lo-mei, and the two of them had no taboos, and beef and mutton lo-mei were okay.
Early in the morning, I received a job worth seven or eight yuan, and the shopkeeper couldn't help but smile on his face, and urged his young man to go to the back hall to get meat. When Lu Yuan and the two walked out of Zhao Ji with a big bag and a small bag, Zhang Lan was also waiting for her connector in the restaurant across the street, and she snorted at Lu Yuan and the two outside the window, Zhang Lan whispered to the connector sitting opposite her, "Lao Yang, I just talked about those two people." ”
Yang Yueshan, who was wearing a long robe, heard this, turned his head and followed Zhang Lan's line of sight to look at the street below, and happened to look at Lu Yuan, who was looking up. So young, Yang Yueshan saw Lu Yuan's appearance clearly, and the first thought in his mind was that the other party was so young, when he sighed that Lu Yuan was young, Yang Yueshan was also very impressed by Lu Yuan's dark eyes. Lu Yuan, who walked out of Zhao Ji, noticed that someone was paying attention to him, so he couldn't help but look up, and after he saw Zhang Lan's face in the critical window on the second floor of the restaurant opposite, Lu Yuan just smiled slightly, but did not react too much.
Lu Yuan and the others disappeared at the corner of the street carrying enough braised meat for 10 people to eat, and Yang Yueshan, who came back to his senses, sat down again, "Comrade Zhang Lan, you said that these two people Wuchang gave the guerrillas a batch of weapons and ammunition?" Now that you have a supply of weapons and ammunition, pull up the team as soon as possible, and according to the information we have so far, the Japanese army is about to start a new round of food requisition. Yang Yueshan's words made Zhang Lan frown, now is not the season for grain harvest, the Japanese army is now collecting grain, this is preparing to rob the people's families of grain storage.
"People depend on food, and if there is no food, there will not only be a lot of starvation, but also a wave of refugees. Once there was a wave of refugees in Shandong, the Japanese army would take advantage of the situation to force the refugees all the way south to attack the national defense area. Yang Yueshan explained to Zhang Lan in a whisper, and then said angrily, "This is the plan of the Japanese to kill two birds with one stone, no matter what, we can't let the Japanese army's grain requisition action be implemented." ”
In the key area controlled by the Japanese army in Jinan City, Jinan and the surrounding areas, a large number of Japanese puppet army troops were deployed, and the strength of the guerrillas alone could not stop the Japanese army from requisitioning grain. But Zhang Lan also knew that now was not the time to shirk, some things always needed to be done, and the only thing she could do now was to speed up the expansion of the guerrillas and actively contact other anti-Japanese forces in the surrounding area. has already got the task, Zhang Lan did not delay much, according to the habit, Zhang Lan left the restaurant first, and then Yang Yueshan left.
Zhang Lan walked down to the second floor and gestured with her eyes to the two guerrillas sitting in the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant. But at this moment, something strange happened suddenly, and Zhang Lan, who had already walked to the door of the restaurant, met several Japanese puppet soldiers unexpectedly. "Flower girl's, beautiful..."The Japanese soldiers led by them suddenly reached out to touch Zhang Lan's face, and there was a strong flower girl in her mouth.
Japanese soldiers bullied women on the street, which was nothing new in the city of Jinan, and these Japanese puppet soldiers were all armed with weapons, and the people in the restaurant could only watch but could not help. Zhang Lan just took a few steps back, widening the distance between herself and the Japanese soldier, but when the two guerrillas approached her, Zhang Lan made a look in her eyes and told the other party not to act rashly, because Yang Yueshan was still upstairs and did not leave.
"Huh?" The Japanese soldier who stretched out his hand and didn't touch Zhang Lan shook his head, then took off the rifle on his shoulder with a very fast movement and pointed it at Zhang Lan, and shouted at the same time. "Yours, who's who?" Suddenly pointed at by this Japanese soldier with a rifle, Zhang Lan couldn't help but panic first, and only after she heard the other party's inquiry, did she come back to her senses, daring to think that her dodge speed just now was too fast, which made the Japanese soldier suspicious.
"Taijun... Taijun, the good people, all the people who come here are the work of the good people. The fat shopkeeper of the restaurant appeared at the right time, and while giving these Japanese puppet soldiers a smile, he quietly stuffed two pieces of ocean into the palm of the Japanese soldier, and after the other party's attitude eased down, the fat shopkeeper turned around and glanced at Zhang Lan, signaling Zhang Lan to find a chance to leave quickly. With the courteous greeting of the fat shopkeeper and the two oceans in his hands, the Japanese soldiers led by him just glared at Zhang Lan and ignored them.
The diners in the restaurant immediately breathed a sigh of relief, who knew that when Zhang Lan's left foot had already stepped out of the door of the restaurant, Yang Yueshan, who came down from the second floor, was blocked on the stairs by this group of Japanese puppet soldiers. Originally, it was just an ordinary unexpected encounter, it may be that the anger of the Japanese soldier has not completely dissipated, when he passed by Yang Yueshan, he badly hit Yang Yueshan obliquely with his left shoulder, just when Yang Yueshan subconsciously grabbed the handrail of the stairs next to him to stabilize his figure, a thief-headed and rat-faced Imperial Alliance soldier suddenly exclaimed, "Gun, he has a gun pinned to his waist..."
Yang Yueshan tilted his body to grab the handrail of the stairs, and his body involuntarily twisted, so that the pistol pinned to his waist showed its outline under the long robe, and it happened to be looked at by a soldier of the Imperial Cooperative Army. Hearing this shout, the first person to react was Zhang Lan, who had been secretly on guard, and when she came back to her senses, she saw Yang Yueshan rushing down the stairs, and Zhang Lan shouted at the two guerrillas, "Save people first..."
Yang Yueshan originally didn't have a pistol on him, and the pistol was just given to the other party by Zhang Lan, so he didn't expect it to cause such trouble. The two guerrillas who received the order immediately grabbed the dishes and wine jugs on the table beside them, and smashed them at the Japanese puppet soldiers on the stairs.
Zhang Lan and the four of them quickly ran out of the restaurant, and the few Japanese puppet soldiers covered in oil also quickly chased them out, and the two groups of people ran quickly along the long street outside the restaurant. Soon there were gunshots, and seeing that there was no way to catch up with the other party, the Japanese puppet soldiers who were in hot pursuit immediately fired their guns to report the news. Hearing the gunshots coming from behind them, Zhang Lan and the four of them were also a little panicked, but they had no way to get rid of the pursuers behind them in a short period of time.
Zhang Lan and the four of them quickly rushed through a street corner, and when they passed a shop on the street, they saw Lu Yuan standing in this shop and looking at him with a smile. "Instructor Zhang, let's meet again, look at the hurried appearance of the few of you, are you in trouble? Is there anything you need my help with? Lu Yuan's slow and logical appearance made Zhang Lan, who was anxious in her heart, angry, and then pushed away Lu Yuan, who was standing at the door of the store, and rushed into the store first.
This is a steamed bun shop, and when Lu Yuan beckoned Zhang Lan and the others to go to the back hall, Huzi was entrenched alone at a table, with a plate of steaming steamed buns and a large bowl of broth in front of him. gave Huzi a look, Lu Yuan took out a few pieces of ocean and handed them to the shopkeeper of the steamed bun shop, who immediately smiled and took Zhang Lan and the others into the back hall. Zhang Lan couldn't help but wonder why she chose to believe Lu Yuan, followed the shopkeeper of the steamed bun shop through the back hall, and after walking through a narrow passage, Zhang Lan and the others saw the shopkeeper open a small door.
"Passing through this gate is the back street, and if you go south of this back street, you will see a large courtyard. The whole family in that courtyard has been killed by the Japanese, if you are bold, you can go to the big courtyard to hide for a while, the Japanese should not search that courtyard. The old god of the steamed bun shop explained to Zhang Lan at ease, and after Zhang Lan and the four of them passed through the small door, they inserted the small door from the inside expressionlessly.
Is this saved? The four of Zhang Lan, who were already standing on another street, all had a feeling of disbelief, especially Zhang Lan, who chose to believe in Lu Yuan, she didn't understand why Lu Yuan could find such a route soon after entering the city. According to the instructions of the shopkeeper of the steamed bun shop, Zhang Lan and the four of them walked out of a street along the street, and sure enough, they saw a dilapidated courtyard, and along the gap in a section of the courtyard wall that had collapsed, Zhang Lan and the four of them hid in a courtyard full of weeds.
Suddenly lost the target, the Japanese puppet army that followed directly blocked the entire street, this steamed bun shop, naturally will not escape the search of the Japanese puppet soldiers, but the people in the steamed bun shop are not the target of their search. "Thank you" When he left the steamed bun shop, Lu Yuan took out a few more pieces of ocean and gave them to the shopkeeper, who only nodded, but didn't say anything.