Chapter 185 Debt

Chapter 185 Debt

There are a total of five martyrs in Guangxi, and most of them joined our army as supplementary soldiers after the war began.

It is said that at that time, because our army suffered too many casualties a few days before the start of the war, and the superiors were a little panicked, so they hurriedly recruited troops to supplement the troops, but many of these soldiers hurriedly walked to the battlefield without even experiencing basic military training, and died in only ten days......

The driver Xiao Wang is also from Guangxi, don't look at his age, but he has been driving for the chief in this area for seven or eight years, so he casually asked a few addresses from his hometown, and then designed a reasonable round-trip route. He also told us that if there was no delay on the road, two days would be enough for us to finish our work and return to the base.

I don't care about this, in fact, I can't care about it, because even though I am now the captain of the special reconnaissance brigade, the shortcoming of road blindness still exists. So I could only sit in the car and listen to Xiao Wang and the people from my hometown to discuss and discuss.

After a few hours of wobbling in the jeep, we arrived at a small mountain village in Nanning according to the address. Jeeps are obviously not common to the people of the village, and they are all jeeps driven by soldiers...... (In this era, soldiers have a transcendent status in the minds of the people, which is why if someone in the family joins the army, the family will happily invite relatives and friends to drink a few cups, and when leaving, they will beat gongs and drums to say goodbye), so when our car drove into the village, a group of children followed very closely, and the villagers all cast curious glances at us.

"Hello uncle!" The driver, Xiao Wang, was a diligent man, and without waiting for our instructions, he stopped the car and asked an uncle who was 'smoking' a hookah next to the car: "Do you know where Zhang Yue lives?" ”

"Zhang Yue?" The uncle stopped his 'smoking' cigarette and asked with some doubts: "Didn't he die on the battlefield?" The pensions have been paid, you are ......"

"Oh!" Xiao Wang hurriedly replied: "We are Zhang Yue's comrades-in-arms, and we are here to see his family!" ”

"Oh!" The uncle sighed, glanced at us with some appreciation and admiration, nodded and said, "It's still good for you!" There aren't many people like you now......"

Then he hesitated, pointed forward with a hookah, and said, "Not far, just ahead, there is a mulberry tree in front of you when you turn a corner!" ”

"Comrade! I'll take you there! A young man wearing a military uniform but not buckling an armed belt greeted him and said enthusiastically: "I am a friend of Zhang Yue, my name is Xu Ning." We originally planned to join the army together, but unfortunately my father was sick and I delayed it for a few days, but I didn't expect him to ...... in a few days."

It is very common for people to wear military uniforms in this era, perhaps because everyone is proud of being a soldier, so real military uniforms and fake military uniforms are particularly sought-after in this era, I know that my soldiers often keep a set of military uniforms and are reluctant to wear them and send them home, family members, relatives, or friends are proud to get a set of real military uniforms, and those who can't get military uniforms will also find a similar hat to wear, so don't think that those who wear military uniforms are soldiers in this era.

Under Xu Ning's guidance, we found Zhang Yue's home very smoothly, Xu Ning stepped forward to tap the 'door' for us without saying a word, and shouted loudly at the inside while patting: "Aunt Li!" Aunt Li...... Ah Yue's comrades-in-arms have come to see you! ”

"Squeak!" Out of it came a peasant dressed in coarse rags who looked like he had just returned from working in the fields, chewing the rice in his mouth and asking, "Are you Zhang Yue's comrades-in-arms?" ”

"Yes!" I nodded.

"This is Zhang Yue's eldest brother!" The young man explained to us, and then said to the 'woman' who came out with the farmer still holding a rice bowl in her hand: "This is Zhang Yue's sister-in-law......

"Hello big brother! Hello sister-in-law! Hearing this, my hometown and I hurriedly greeted him with a smile, and the hometown people enthusiastically handed a cigarette to my eldest brother.

The eldest brother took the cigarette unexpectedly and asked a little stiffly, "Are you Zhang Yue's comrades-in-arms?" Are you here to deliver something to Zhang Yue's mother? ”

"Oh! Yes...... "I hurriedly grabbed two 'chickens' from the car, and the people from my hometown also grabbed a duck and a large piece of pig 'meat' and brought them up.

"This is all made up by comrades-in-arms, not a tribute!" I say.

However, the eldest brother didn't seem to be satisfied with these, and he didn't mean to welcome us into the house to sit down, he took the things and asked coldly, "My family Zhang Yue...... Did he leave anything behind when he died! ”

"Oh! You see, I forgot about it! The hometown man patted his head, took out the letter from his arms and said, "This is the letter left by Zhang Yue to you, and ...... And fifty bucks! ”

The people in my hometown didn't explicitly say that the money was also made up by the soldiers, maybe it was so that they could accept it!

"Fifty bucks?" The eldest brother's words made us stunned on the spot, he frowned and said, "Zhang Yue, he owes me a hundred miles, leaving only fifty?" ”

The scene became very awkward for a while, and I didn't know what to say when I looked at each other from my hometown.

At this time, Xu Ning shouted at a 'woman' who came back wearing a straw hat and carrying a bamboo basket of pigweed: "Aunt Li! Zhang Yue's comrades-in-arms came to see you and sent things......"

Before Xu Ning finished speaking, the 'woman' called Aunt Li rushed to us in three steps and two steps, without caring about the presence of our comrades-in-arms, he grabbed things with his eldest brother, and scolded while grabbing it: "You damn it, Ah Yue's pension has been given half of it, and now you still have the face to take things?" ”

The eldest brother did not show weakness, and shouted at Aunt Li: "Abba's funeral doesn't need money?" coffins, wine, singing...... What is not money? I just took back what Ah Yue owed me, and now there are still fifty yuan missing! ”

I and the people in my hometown looked at Xu Ning beside me suspiciously, and Xu Ning whispered to us: "That's the case, Zhang Yue's father happened to pass away when he went to be a soldier, and the funeral was done by the eldest brother, all of whom 'spent' more than 400 yuan, and the eldest brother said that he was half with Zhang Yue!" Zhang Yue's pension has been made up by 100, and now you have sent another 50, which is still 50......"

The people in his hometown couldn't help but be stunned, and said to himself with a pale face: "No wonder! No wonder at the time of war...... We are all desperately 'smoking' cigarettes, but Zhang Yue wants to cut off the cigarettes! It turned out to be to save this money! dripping ......"

Speaking of which, the hometown gritted their teeth and scolded, and then put on a posture to rush up and teach the incompetent eldest brother a lesson, but Xiao Wang and I stopped it.

He is Zhang Yue's eldest brother, what can we do with him? We couldn't do anything but be cold, except to lament the injustice of fate to Zhang Yue, and the last few people could only return to the jeep and leave the village with a stomach......

"How did Zhang Yue die?" After the jeep drove away for a long time, I asked sullenly.

"Let the ghost blow up the cannonball!" The hometown replied with a slightly choked voice: "Just when we were attacking Tongdeng when we retreated, a shell came and the whole person scattered, leaving nothing!" ”

After a pause, the hometown man smiled miserably and said, "If the body can be found, I think he should still have the money he saved to return to his eldest brother!" Why do you think this man is ......?"

I can't go on talking about the rest of the words, in fact, I can't figure out how his eldest brother can be so impersonal, and he doesn't miss brotherhood at all. The younger brother 'forced' him to pay back the money when he was desperate with the enemy on the battlefield, and now the younger brother is still chasing him after him when he is dead......

Thinking of this, I shouted to the driver: "Xiao Wang, drive the car back!" ”

Xiao Wang stepped on the brakes, stopped the jeep, turned his head and persuaded: "Battalion commander!" I think it's better to forget it, there will be any kind of person in this world, and I want to beat that guy up, but ......"

"I'm not going to beat him!" I sighed and said, "I want to send another fifty dollars......

"What? Send another fifty bucks? The hometown people rubbed it and turned around and objected: "Why does he want money?" I didn't beat him up and snatched it back, so let's give him money? ”

I smiled wryly and said, "I just don't want to...... Zhang Yue has sacrificed all this and has to let people collect debts, let's go and make up for the fifty yuan! ”

As soon as I said this, the people in my hometown were stunned, and as soon as I was weak, I sat back in my seat, and tears flowed down my eyes.

Xiao Wang nodded, and asked while turning the front of the car, "What about the shortage of money?" ”

"I have to give less to the families of other soldiers!" I replied helplessly, "If we can come back from the battlefield alive in the future...... Make up for them again! ”

After thinking about it, Xiao Wang took out a few banknotes from his pocket and handed them to me, saying, "Take this money first, there are more than fifty yuan, and I originally wanted to send it to my family!" ”

"Thank you!" I glanced at Xiao Wang with emotion, and took it without delay: "I'll find a way to return it to you when I go back!" ”

"Thank you?" Xiao Wang replied with a wry smile: "I don't need to pay it back!" You are all people who are fighting hard against the Yue ghosts on the battlefield, can we still let you owe money and carry debts in the rear? Not everyone is like the big brother one! ”

I couldn't help but be silent when I heard this, and sometimes I thought about it...... It is really not easy for the soldiers to die and live on the battlefield, just like I also experienced such a thing during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, after the soldiers went to the battlefield, they dragged down their families for various reasons, some fathers died of illness because no one took care of them, some wives could not be treated in childbirth, and some families did not know what happened to them......

Now I know a little bit more, it turns out that even if we sacrifice, we may still be in debt! RO！ ~！