Chapter 57
Camp of the British army in Ramgarh
Uncle Guo copied two hands, squatted in the corner of the wall basking in the sun, wrench squatted on the side with a wooden stick on the ground to write Chinese characters, this is a compulsory course for the two of them every day after lunch----- Uncle Guo taught the wrench to say Chinese write Chinese characters. It's been almost a month since I came to Lamgar, and there is still no news of Zhao Zhi, and after the Fifth Army's office in Lamgara learned that there was a barracks full of soldiers from the expeditionary force on the British side, they sent people one after another to order the doglegs to return to their respective establishments. Now in this barracks, only a few old dogs and Yuan Qingqing and a few female soldiers who followed Zhao Zhi at the earliest, and the others have already left. The whole barracks had become deserted, but the supplies provided by the British army had not been interrupted, and Wallace often came to see them.
The "white-white" wrench saw Zhao Zhi smiling behind Uncle Guo, but he couldn't say the little white face, only the white face. Uncle Guo impatiently tapped the wrench with a small stick, "You can still speak English on a dog day, and you can say goodbye, you can speak Chinese first."
The wrench happily pulled Uncle Guo's body, let his head look behind him, pointed at Zhao Zhi, and shouted "Bai --- Bai". Uncle Guo looked at the hand of the wrench, and there were six people standing at the entrance of the barracks, all of them in brand-new American military uniforms and shiny military boots. The one who took off the steel helmet, the handsome face and bald head, wasn't it Zhao Zhi.
"Dog, you can be regarded as coming back, if you don't come back, the old man will take someone to find you" The old tearful uncle jumped up and hugged Zhao Zhi, crying endlessly.
The rich man who ran out of the barracks to see what was wrong with Uncle Guo, as soon as he saw Zhao Zhi and a few of them, he screamed and pounced, but he was directly kicked away by the old cannon, "Damn, this is Lao Tzu's new clothes, don't want to wipe your snot or something on Lao Tzu" Zhao Zhi is back, and everyone is back, and they are unscathed, the barracks are boiling, although there are only a dozen people left, but it is still very lively.
Zhao Zhi was better, the old cannon's straight military uniform was full of Zhao Yan's tears and snot, which made the old cannon cry and laugh. Yuan Qingqing looked at Zhao Zhi very reservedly, but the tears in her eyes had already betrayed her. "I'm back" Zhao Zhi looked at Yuan Qingqing in front of him with a smile, the latter was unconsciously picking at the door frame with his fingers, but his eyes were staring at Zhao Zhi deadly, for fear that Zhao Zhi would disappear if he closed his eyes. "Woo woo" Yuan Qingqing threw herself into Zhao Zhi's arms and cried loudly. For a month, Yuan Qingqing washed her face with tears every day, she hated Zhao Zhi for taking it upon herself to stay behind and not tell herself.
It's always good to get together, and when Zhao Zhi and Yuan Qingqing walked out of the barracks, the cook Wang Dabao had already prepared something to eat. The rich man also put out a few bottles of foreign wine sent by Wallace, and there was a great momentum of drunkenness. Zhao Zhi looked at the slightly empty restaurant and asked Uncle Guo, "Why are there only these people left, what about the other brothers?" ”
Uncle Guo raised his neck and took a sip of wine, and said faintly, "On the third day of our return, the military headquarters sent someone to ask the brothers to return to the establishment. Most of them are gone, leaving only a few of us useless ones left. Xiucai took Longhair to find Wallace and came back in the evening. Maotou was called away by Catherine, and the blacksmith went to see the Indians fight knives, and there were only a few of us in the barracks, and there were only 14 of us left, plus you were only 19 people, and you are now the captain platoon commander."
Zhao Zhi patted Uncle Guo, "There is no banquet in the world, and it is safe to get here, everyone has their own ambitions, let them go" Zhao Zhi saw that the atmosphere was a little dull, so he lifted a total of backpacks and put them on the table, "I'll show you a good thing, don't blink" "Bang Dang" The golden Buddha fell heavily on the table, Yuan Qingqing opened his mouth wide, everyone has seen gold, and Uncle Guo and they also brought some back. But this is the first time I have seen such a large piece of gold.
At this time, Uncle Guo had long forgotten his melancholy, and hugged the golden Buddha, his little eyes flashed with essence, and the folds on his face were scattered. "Where did you get your shit?" Uncle Guo took a hard bite at the Golden Buddha, damn, it was pure gold. Zhao Zhi pointed to the backpack on the ground, "There are a total of 8 of these backpacks, you will find the blacksmith back and turn them into gold bars, and there is a yellow hair in it."
In line with the principle of late change, Uncle Guo put down the wine glass and went to the blacksmith with a wrench, the volume of the golden Buddha is too large, too conspicuous, or gold bars are better hidden. In the evening, after everyone came back, it was naturally lively again, especially after seeing those golden Buddhas. The blacksmith with good skills had a good life in Ramgarh, and every day he mingled with a few Indians who were striking iron, exchanging experiences in ironmaking. I easily borrowed a crucible and some tools, and in an empty room in the backyard of the barracks, I began to tinkle into gold. After a busy night, the last thing that was placed in front of Zhao Zhi was 200 gold bars, each weighing 5 taels, Zhao Zhi did not break his promise, and directly distributed 35 to Edward.
"Can't we stay here all the time?" Uncle Guo looked at the gold bars on the table and asked Zhao Zhi what to do later.
"Edward has already said that the British army headquarters will come tomorrow, let's stay for a few more days and return to China, back to Kunming" Zhao Zhi nestled in a chair in a very comfortable position, sipped tea, and slowly tasted the taste. You can't fight for the British in vain, not to mention that you have a few brothers who have died, there is a general explanation, and there are still more than a dozen people who need the help of the British army to return home. Those brothers who wanted to die in Burma, Zhao Zhi couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, this battle was too bad. Except for the good fight in Tonggu, the expeditionary force was retreating and breaking up the rest of the time, or not so many brothers would have died in Burma.
But Zhao Zhi is just a small captain, and he is just a quartermaster, and he is a small person. There are some things that I understand, but I can only keep them in my heart and dare not say them. Otherwise, not only will you lose your own life, but you will also take these brothers of your own. Of course, Zhao Zhi understands these truths, so he wants to take these brothers back to China, which is what Zhao Zhi promised everyone in Myanmar. After going through so many hardships, isn't it just to go home?