Chapter Twenty-Seven: Preparing for the Thirteenth ___ of the South

Seeing that Zhang Zhimu finally had some time, Huang Yukun came over and said: "Now there are fewer and fewer rats in the yard, and it is not enough for Saihu to catch a few for himself." This fox depends on the children to fish and feed, and I'm afraid that if I just feed the fish, will there be anything wrong. The rats outside are not easy to catch. ”

"Ahem, don't say it sooner. Well, I'll figure it out! Zhang Zhimu said. Then he ordered someone to move a large vat to a soil slope outside the courtyard to dig a pit and bury it. Make a wooden board on it, make a hole in the wooden board, install a flap on the mouth, and hang a string of bud rice grains with a rope above the flap. Tell Huang Yukun that tomorrow let the children take a long tong to get the mouse in the tank, and don't forget to bring Saihu here, Saihu can help when the mouse can't hold it.

The next day, something happened again. Xiaoqing led a few children to Zhang Zhimu and said, "The rats are too big and too big, the fox can't finish eating, Huang Yukun won't let me feed too much, I'm afraid the fox will be broken." Moreover, the rats in the tank are not the same as those at home. Q: What should Zhang Zhimu do? Zhang Zhimu said that this kind of mouse is called a vole. If you can't eat, it's easy to do, I'm looking for a few large vats, put them in the vats, and raise them first. "Huh? Can rats still be raised? The children asked, chattering.

"There's nothing you can't raise, just see if it's useful. In the future, earthworms will be raised to feed chickens. Zhang Zhimu said.

At this time, a worker who had stayed behind happened to pass by and said, "Oh, the big rat can be burned and eaten!" It's delicious! "It's a Southerner. When the children heard this, they almost threw up.

It turned out that after the house was built, except for two Shanxi people who went home, they all wanted to stay. Zhang Zhimu stayed. These southerners, although they were small, knew how to craft carpenters and masons, so they were invited when they hired people. This person's name is Lin Tao.

Zhang Zhimu thought about it, yes, in his previous life, he heard that southerners eat mice, and they have never had a chance, so I want to taste it this time. Asked Lin Tao: "Will you do it?" ”

"It's easy, we'll do it there."

At noon, Zhang Zhimu asked the children to pick four or five large voles. Lin Tao skillfully skinned and gutted the vole, and then peeled the rat skin on a wooden board and cooked it with salt. It is said that rat skin is a good skin.

Then, a large plate was braised in the red. At first, everyone didn't eat it, but seeing Zhang Zhimu and Na Lin Tao eating with a mouth full of oil, the children couldn't help it, Xiaohu tasted a little, and then ate it in a big gulp, and the other children also tasted it and began to rush to eat. Huang Yukun wanted to stop it, but Zhang Zhimu waved his hand to signal to leave it alone. Huang Yukun also knows. Zhang Zhimu is very accustomed to children, so he gave up.

After that, as long as the fox couldn't eat the vole, they all went to the dinner table. Adults also started to help the children catch voles. After other Shanxi people knew about this matter, it has always become a joke.

During this time, Huang Yukun led Sister-in-law Xu and several women, and according to Zhang Zhimu's request, made a holster for each gun with sheepskin. With the gun on his back, outsiders can't tell what it is. The bullet belt can be straddled diagonally over the shoulder, and 25 rounds can be pinned to the front and back, for a total of 50 rounds. And made a belt with shoulder straps for each person with cowhide, a circle of pockets sewn on the belt, each pocket can be filled with a **, the role of the shoulder strap is to prevent the belt from slipping down due to too heavy. Originally, I thought that I would make some more carrying harness, and I thought about it later, but the time was too tight.

After discussing with Chen Yufeng, Zhang Zhimu determined who went to kill Hu Kou and the people who stayed at home. And made a list.

The people who went to kill Hukou were:

1. Zhang Zhimu

2. Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju

3. Li Yunhe, Liu Yun, Li Wei

4. Fan Chengkun, Liu Chenghuang and other six people

5. Among the remaining workers, four were selected with flexible skills.

Sixteen people went to kill Hukou in this way.

Those who stayed at home were the children of Li Jing and Fan Liu, as well as four workers and the father and son of the Lu family.

The people who went were in high spirits. But if you don't go, you're not happy. Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng, who did Li Jing's work, told Li Jing: "The importance of the family, needless to say, why so many people don't stay, keep you Li Jing because you are bold and careful, and you can take charge alone." We don't have to worry about leaving others at home, but with you at home, we can have no worries. I hope you, Li Jing, don't live up to the trust of all of us. This is just the beginning, and there are many big things waiting for us to do nuns in the future. ”

Li Jing is also a sensible person, and when Zhang Zhimu promised to take him with him when he went south, Li Jing happily promised to guard his home and let everyone rest assured that he would go north.

Whether it is going north or staying at home, Zhang Zhimu requires that unified training be carried out.

The first is cohort training.

Zhang Zhimu asked everyone to line up in two rows and told everyone what it is to stand upright, take a break, turn left, turn right, walk in unison, stand, turn left, turn right, dissolve, assemble, report, look right, look left, look left. When Zhang Zhimu explained, everyone could still listen carefully, but when they did, it was not like that.

Zhang Zhimu shouted: "Lizheng." "When I looked at everyone again, they didn't move. Not only did they not move, but they also looked at each other and laughed. said one after another, it's useless to fix this, and everyone promises to work hard when something happens.

These can't help but Zhang Zhimu, seeing everyone laughing there, Zhang Zhimu didn't say anything, and stood there. When everyone had laughed enough, they saw that Zhang Zhimu didn't move, and didn't say anything, so they all stopped laughing and looked at Zhang Zhimu. Seeing that everyone stopped laughing. Zhang Zhimu asked, "Have you laughed enough?" Didn't laugh enough, then laughed. ”

Seeing that Zhang Zhimu's face was not good, no one dared to laugh anymore.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't laugh anymore, then listen to my first password." Attention! Seeing that everyone was still slow, they seemed to be moving. Zhang Zhimu's face changed, and he walked to the front of the team step by step, from left to right, at close range, staring at them one by one. Everyone who was watched lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Zhang Zhimu.

Seeing that Zhang Zhimu is very serious about doing this, no one dares to slack off.

Back to the front, Zhang Zhimu said: "Fangcai, I heard someone say that when there is something, I promise to work hard." But what I ask you to do today is to save your life when something happens. From now on, if anyone feels that he doesn't need to train anymore and can be out of the ranks, I don't force everyone. Does anyone want to be listed? ”

Seeing that everyone didn't move, Zhang Zhimu said: "Since everyone is willing to participate in the training, then listen to my command and make the first move." All of them are there, and they stand upright! "This time everyone moved. It's just not standard yet. Zhang Zhimu explained again. Everybody's serious, and then it's easy. After a day of training, by the end of the night, it was already a bit of a look. The next morning, the queue was drilled again, and in the afternoon they all went to the river to start gun practice. First aiming. Zhang Zhimu told everyone that they should first form a line at three points, and then hold their breath when pulling the trigger, and their hands must be steady. Then, he talked about some simple tactics, such as alternate cover, alternate loading and shooting, etc. As you know, this is a life-saving technique, so it's extra serious. The training effect is very good. found that the twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old child had exceptionally good marksmanship, Zhang Zhimu gave the two of them a few more bullets, and the two of them really lived up to their expectations, the gun was on target, and it didn't take too long to aim. Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, no wonder it is said that sharpshooters are born, and it is true.

In front of the two, Zhang Zhimu told Li Jing that after they left, they would leave some bullets and let them lead the two to hunt in the mountains, so that they could practice guns and hunt some prey to improve their lives. Zhang Zhimu also knew that sharpshooters were also fed with bullets. Later, each person voted for one**. Zhang Zhimu knew that there was no time to train properly. Let's play when you have something.

Then Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng spent a lot of energy studying what goods to bring to kill Hukou. During this time, Yan Boju came to join in the fun when he was fine, and also helped the staff officer bring some things. After receiving the fruit, a lot of cloth, tin ware from Shanxi, silk from the south, tea bricks, salt and sugar were purchased. Zhang Zhimu also asked Li Yunhe to beat ten sabers with good steel, and after polishing them sharply and brightly, the blades were quenched. He wrapped the knife in the clay of the jar and wrapped it in sulfur powder, and put it on the fire to heat it. After it cooled, the blade of the knife was jet black, and only the knife was polished, and the scabbard was matched, ready to be taken to the mouth of the killing.

Everything is ready, Yan Boju is going home, and Zhang Zhimu has to inform Li Mao. Zhang Zhimu, Yan Boju, Li Yunhe and Chen Yufeng set up a carriage and prepared to go to Xiurong, and there was still something to pull back. When the few people were about to leave, Huang Yukun said that they would also go into the city, buy something and buy a cart of grain, so that one cart would not be enough, so he caught up with the ox cart again. But the oxcart was too slow, so Li Yunhe drove the carriage and Chen Yufeng and Yan Boju to go first, and Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun drove the oxcart slowly. Of course, the two of them were very happy, talking and laughing and slowly driving the ox cart. Zhang Zhimu looked at Huang Yukun's freshly washed hair combed brightly, and his face looked very white and tender. Just looked at it a few more times. Huang Yukun pretended to be angry and said, "Hurry up and don't look at it again." Zhang Zhimu didn't speak, he reached out and grabbed Huang Yukun's hand, Huang Yukun pretended to struggle a few times, and let Zhang Zhimu hold it. Zhang Zhimu is a weathered person who knows what to do when and when.

There was a forest next to the road, so Zhang Zhimu drove the car off the road, followed the gap between the trees, drove the car to a clearing in the woods, got out of the car, tied the oxen to the tree, padd the wheels with stones, and used the top bar to hold the car up. Huang Yukun asked what are you doing here? Don't you want to show off your face? In fact, Huang Yukun already understood what Zhang Zhimu was going to do. Zhang Zhimu didn't speak, Zhang Zhimu knew that what was needed now was action, and any words were superfluous. Taking off the coat on his body and covering the cow's head, Zhang Zhimu felt that the cow's two big eyes were now redundant. Then he turned around and hugged Huang Yukun, Huang Yukun struggled for a while, and also hugged Zhang Zhimu......

After that, they lay down in the car together, and no one spoke. Before leaving, the two tidied up their clothes, leaned on the car and hugged each other, and neither of them spoke for a long time. In the end, Huang Yukun pinched Zhang Zhimu's ear with his hand and said, "Go to Xiurong and buy food!" ”

Zhang Zhimu felt that he could get things done before leaving, and he was very satisfied. Drove the car onto the road and said to Huang Yukun: "I will go to kill Hukou tomorrow and wait for me at home." ”

Huang Yukun said, "Okay, I'll wait for you." You have to be careful. Originally, Huang Yukun felt that there was a lot to say. But once this happened, everything was unnecessary. Men and women are like this, as long as they pass this hurdle, the relationship will be different all of a sudden. It's a magical change.

They didn't know that as soon as Chen Yufeng's carriage arrived at the horse market, they were surrounded by people.