Tang Qiao, who was holding Li Ziyuan, saw the contents of the stoneware pot and covered his mouth suddenly. The pot is filled with black beans and wild vegetables, and there is a pot of mushy porridge that I don't know what it is, and it exudes a strange smell. The small amount of sorghum rice in the pot can almost be easily counted.

Tang Qiao's previous family, although it was not a big family, was at least a medium-sized family. Otherwise, there will not be a few children who will at least graduate from secondary school. In this year, except for the normal schools, the rest of the schools have to be studied, but it is a lot of money. It is not possible to provide for all the children to study without a certain economic foundation.

Therefore, although Tang Qiao can't be said to be brocade clothes and jade food since he was a child, he has not suffered much. Later, my fiancé was a doctor, and the Western medicine of this year was definitely a high-income class. Later, although he was forced to marry Wang Tieshi, that guy was dressed and fed all day long in order to please her.

Mentally depressed is depressed, but after all, he has not suffered much in life. Later, he sneaked out to join the Eighth Route Army, although the life in the army was much more difficult. The daily diet is basically coarse grains, and there are almost no fine grains. In these years of famine, I even sometimes have to eat black beans. You can't see the oil star in the food, and you can eat to your heart's content.

But in the case of the people's full support, the most is to mix some pumpkins. But something like today, which seems to her to be a pot of pig food, is the food of this family. This is something that Tang Qiao didn't expect and never experienced. Especially in this family, there is also a pregnant woman who has been pregnant for seven or eight months.

Looking at the contents of the stoneware pot in front of him, and then looking at the faces of the landlord's family with vegetables, especially the pregnant belly of the landlord's eldest daughter-in-law. Li Ziyuan sighed and put the bowl of noodles in his hand in front of the pregnant woman. Pointing to the noodles, he said, "Sister-in-law, you are now eating two people for one person, and you are the most in need of nutrition." You ate this bowl of noodles and eggs. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan turned his head to the landlady and said, "Auntie, we live here, and we have already caused you a lot of trouble. I have your wishes, but you really don't have to worry about us anymore. Since this bowl of noodles has been made, it can't be restored to its original state, so I think it's better to let the people who need it the most nutritious. ”

"What are we people fighting for? Is it for the sake of our next generation, not to go through the suffering that our generation has experienced? As long as the children can grow up healthy and healthy in a peaceful environment in the future, and do not repeat the suffering and bitterness of their parents, we will not shed blood and sacrifice in vain. ”

"Besides, I'm a solid person, and I've not been injured once or twice, so I don't need these nutrients. You are old, your sister-in-law is still pregnant with a child, and everyone needs nutrition more than us. In these years of famine, you would rather tighten your stomach than pay the public grain on time, which is already the greatest help to us. ”

After listening to Li Ziyuan's words, the eldest lady pushed the noodle bowl back again: "Head Li, this is not good." You went to the battlefield to fight devils, and even gave up your life, can your aunt still feel sorry for such a bowl of noodles? As long as the devil is driven away, can we still miss the stutter? You are so badly injured, eat more good food to recover faster. ”

"It's just that the eldest lady's family is poor, and she can't afford to cut some meat for you. This egg was laid by his own chicken, but unfortunately there was only one chicken left. Child, you listen to the eldest lady and eat this bowl of noodles and eggs. Let the wound heal as soon as possible, raise the body strong, and kill a few devils and two dogs. ”

Li Ziyuan shook his head and still didn't eat the bowl of noodles, and pushed the noodles down in front of the pregnant woman. I squatted in front of the dining table, directly filled a bowl of wild vegetable paste, and opened my mouth to eat it. Seeing that Li Ziyuan ate so sweetly, Tang Qiao wanted to persuade him. But swallowing his saliva, he still didn't say anything.

After eating, Li Ziyuan wiped his mouth, then stood up and said to the eldest mother: "Auntie, look, I have eaten everything." I can't eat this bowl of noodles now. Let's let my sister-in-law eat it, and give birth to a strong little warrior for us when the time comes. ”

"And, my aunt, you are more delicate than I thought. This black bean and wild vegetable paste is much better than when we crossed the meadow, and the wild vegetables boiled cowhide are much more delicious. I'm also a person who came out of suffering, and I eat whatever I give with a strong mouth. Don't get used to me, or I won't be able to eat wild vegetables anymore. ”

Looking at the bowl of noodles that Li Ziyuan refused to move, the landlady sighed. Shaking his head, he put the noodles in front of his daughter-in-law. With red eyes, he said: "Alas, you guys, what time have you been here, you are so badly injured, and you have any discipline all day long." What are you going to the battlefield for, aren't you still for our people, what can you do if you eat a bowl of noodles from your aunt. ”

Regarding the eldest mother's complaint, Li Ziyuan smiled and didn't say anything. He said to the pregnant woman who hadn't moved the noodles in front of her, "Sister-in-law, eat quickly." Now you can eat alone, and two people make up for it. When our Dr. Yang comes back, I'll ask her to come and check your body. ”

After persuading the pregnant woman, Li Ziyuan didn't say anything more, and turned around and left directly. Tang Qiao, who was following behind, hurriedly followed and supported him. After returning to his bedroom, Li Ziyuan looked at Tang Qiao in front of him and said, "You know why I criticized you." Let's not talk about our discipline, let's just say that the life of the fellow villagers is so hard, can I eat this bowl of egg noodles? ”

"Hubei is in the southeast of Jinjin, although it can't be said to be a poor place. It can be a major drought for two consecutive years, coupled with frequent sweeps by the Japanese puppet army. The villagers here are living very hard now. In order to support their soldiers, they all tightened their belts. I'd rather go hungry myself and give us the last bit of food. ”

"Sometimes it's just a bowl of noodles and an egg, maybe it's their last bit of savings. Those of us need to know what we're doing, and we can't forget what we're doing. Tang Qiao, I'm not criticizing you. It's just to let you see what kind of life these people who support us are living. ”

"In the future, you must not take these things, even if the villagers take the initiative to send them, you must not ask for them. What the fellow thinks is the matter of the fellow, and we must pay attention to try not to cause trouble to the fellow. The people of Taihang Mountain have made the greatest contribution to us. We can't ask for anything more, or what else would we call the people's soldiers? ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan sighed and didn't say anything. Just quietly looking out the window at the sky where the rain has stopped, but there is still a bit of haze. Li Ziyuan, who had just subsided with a high fever, was obviously still a little weak. After saying this, I felt a little tired.

The most important thing is that he doesn't know what to say to Tang Qiao now. The thing he did to Tang Qiao last night really made Li Ziyuan a little speechless. It's better when there are outsiders, but when the two of them are alone, Li Ziyuan still feels quite ashamed in his heart when he looks at Tang Qiao.

Compared with Li Ziyuan, who had some ostrich attitude, Tang Qiao over there was standing there not knowing what he was thinking. The experience just now made Tang Qiao feel like waking up from a dream. It was the first time she really saw the lives of ordinary people in the Taihang Mountains, and she experienced a rare baptism in her heart.

The two of them were silent like this, and it was not until Chang Juan's arrival that this strange, even somewhat oppressive tranquility was broken. At present, the Japanese puppet army in Ludong has basically withdrawn from the base area. He has been taking local cadres and the county brigade to fight guerrilla Changjuan in Hubei, and on the way back to the county government station, he hurriedly came to visit after learning that Li Ziyuan was wounded.

It's just that Chang Juan didn't expect to see Tang Qiao in Li Ziyuan's room. The two of them felt a little surprised when they met, but they also knew that Tang Qiao was Chang Juan, a nurse. Although he felt a little uncomfortable about Tang Qiao's appearance in Li Ziyuan's room, he didn't say anything.

After all, Li Ziyuan is now a wounded and needs a person to take care of him. And Tang Qiao, a woman, is not like Yang Jing, who chased from the General Hospital of the Military Region to the army. The most important thing is that Tang Qiao has already been married, regardless of whether her marriage is voluntary or not. But for Chang Juan, Tang Qiao is already a married person after all.

Compared with Yang Jing, who was born as a high intellectual, Tang Qiaoyuan has no threat in Chang Juan's heart. So for Tang Qiao, Chang Juan did not have the same sense of rejection as Yang Jing. At least in Chang Juan's heart, Tang Qiao is far from being an enemy in the love field. It's just that Chang Juan, who doesn't know what happened to the two of them last night, is really a little underestimated this time.

Of course, Chang Juan, who was physically and mentally exhausted at the moment, didn't have the heart to consider whether the relationship between Li Ziyuan and Tang Qiao was really that simple. Tang Qiao's eyes when he looked at Li Ziyuan, was there something wrong. When Li Ziyuan likes a woman, will he care that she is already married.

I don't know that Li Ziyuan had a bitter love affair with Liu Cui before, if it weren't for the opposition of Liu Cui's father-in-law, I'm afraid I can only be sad Chang Juan. I didn't know that this Tang Qiao in front of her, compared to Yang Jing, who seemed to be an opponent, was probably the biggest enemy on her love path.

In terms of Li Ziyuan's sense of responsibility, since he has done something, he naturally will not ignore it. Although Li Ziyuan took Tang Qiao as Liu Cui last night, after all, things have happened. With Li Ziyuan's personality and personality, he would never do such a thing as not admitting it after eating.

And now Tang Qiao has found a sense of security that he has never felt in Li Ziyuan's arms. Will you really give up and treat things between two people as if they didn't happen? Chang Juan is not Tang Qiao, so naturally she would not think of these things. Chang Juan, who was still a little careless in this regard, finally ignored the woman in front of her.

During this time, Chang Juan was quite tired. Liu Yanlai went to study at the party school, and the entire work of Hubei was pressed on her as a girl. Coupled with the counter-sweep during this period of time, clearing the walls and fighting guerrillas, not eating well and sleeping well, Chang Juan looked unusually thin.

And for Chang Juan, the end of the anti-sweeping operation does not mean that she can completely relax. The devastated villages are restored, the villagers who have been robbed of food need relief, etc., and there are a lot of follow-up things waiting for her. She is far from the time when she can rest.

The Japanese puppet army's sweep of various anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines has never been mild-mannered. Whether it is dominated by the puppet army or the Japanese army, the damage to the base area is quite large. Fortunately, because of the short duration of this sweep, the damage was relatively small compared to previous years. But the pressure of post-war recovery is also quite high.