Possessed by Damei, coming to this rural area, other Shen Chen can still adapt and endure, but this bath is a difficult problem to solve.

If you're in the city, there are public baths, and women's baths are nothing new. But in the countryside, even in the county seat, it's great to have one or two bathrooms.

As for the countryside, then don't think about it. Shen Chen only hopes to have a big bathtub now, and he can soak in it comfortably, and he is basically satisfied.

But such a small request now seems to be an extravagant hope. Especially in winter, there is not even a chance to bathe in the small lake and river.

Therefore, Shen Chen can only use a wooden basin to take a hot bath, to be precise, a scrubbing bath; Don't expect a bath.

In fact, even if he was so good, in the countryside at that time, Shen Chen was also a type of person who loved cleanliness very much.

Because of the limited conditions, the poor people at that time did not say that they often bathed, and even their clothes were rarely washed. It's not that I'm lazy, it's not that I don't like to be clean, it's that I don't dare to wash more, I'm afraid of washing my clothes.

Because, for ordinary people, a piece of clothing has to be worn for a long time. The cloth is tired, and under scrubbing, it is likely to become a strip of cloth.

Washing his hair and taking a bath, Shen Chen cleaned it up neatly, and then lay down on the kang with Juzi to rest.

Juzi was originally sleeping in a daze, but after such a toss, she became more energetic, and asked for a long time, seeing that Shen Chen was really sleepy, she stopped talking and fell asleep slowly.

Shen Chen slept very deeply this night, and the next day it was not until the sun rose that Juzi called him up.

After a simple meal, Juzi led Shen Chen to Sun Hongshan's new home.

Actually, Shen Chen still has an impression of this courtyard, when he first came, Juzi introduced him to He Laocai's family.

Now, the courtyard is divided into two, and Sun Hongshan's family lives in the backyard, walking through the newly opened door in the courtyard wall. The front yard is used as a village office, and sometimes it is also used as a reception for cadres who come to the village.

Wangjiawa is a small mountain village, even if it is known as He Laocai, the place he lives in is not very luxurious.

And half of the courtyard is not too big, a large room connected to the stove room, next to which is a utility room, which was also just set up yesterday and prepared for Shen Chen to live.

Anyway, Shen Chen was still very happy to see that his uncle's family had a house and could be regarded as a villager who had truly become Wangjiawa.

"Sister, you're back!" Erdan was chopping firewood in the yard, there was no place to pick charcoal here, and when he saw Shen Chen, he immediately shouted and jumped up.

As soon as he shouted this, the people in the house heard him. As soon as the door rang, uncles and aunts, as well as Xiaohua, all came out.

"Da Mei-" The aunt stepped forward and pulled Shen Chen, looking up and down, as if she felt that she was not injured, and there were no missing parts on her body, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Sun Hongshan still stood on his feet reservedly, his eyes flashed with concern and joy, and he looked at his niece carefully.

"Sister Da Mei." Xiaohua jumped over, hugged Shen Chen's arm, and giggled crisply.

Shen Chen smiled happily, "Uncle, aunt, I'm not coming back!" It's good to see you guys. ”

"It's good, it's good." The aunt took Shen Chen's hand and let her go into the house, "I'm looking forward to your coming back, now I'm relieved!" ”

Sun Hongshan nodded with a smile and said, "You guys go into the house first, I'll go and see the kang, add some firewood, burn it dry, and you can sleep at night." ”

Shen Chen opened his mouth, but he still didn't say that he lived with Juzi, for fear of disappointing his uncle's enthusiasm.

"Damei, I'll go home first, remember the hunting!" Juzi reminded Shen Chen, said hello to her uncle and aunt again, and then turned around and left.

Shen Chen entered the house, took off all the equipment on his body, sat on the kang loosely and quickly, and looked around.

"It's a good house." The aunt was busy pouring hot water for Shen Chen, and said with a smile: "I heard that it used to be lived by the rich man's family!" ”

"I think it's average." Shen Chen felt that this rich man was only better than the villagers, and it was also limited, and the owner of this house could know.

The aunt said: "That's also better than the house of the kiln." This has its own house to live in, which is a peace of mind! ”

Shen Chen nodded, took the backpack, opened it, and took out something from it. Or it's called a gift, and it's the same thing you say, and you give it to your younger siblings.

Biscuits, candies, and dolls are for Erdan and Xiaohua; The gold rings and silver bracelets were turned out of the corpse of the devil, and they were plundered by the devils, and now in Shen Chen's hands, they are all left to his uncles and aunts.

There are also small packets of salt, which are expensive things in mountain villages, much better than small salt (salt boiled by ordinary people in saline-alkali soil).

"Rice?!" The aunt took the cloth bag, looked at the crystal grains of rice, and exclaimed.

Since being ruled by devils, rice and white* noodles are not something that ordinary people can eat. If you are caught stealing, you will be arrested and sent to prison for the crime of economic crimes.

"If you don't have a few catties, you can just boil a porridge and taste it." Shen Chen smiled and said, "What's missing at home, just a little money, but there is no place to buy some things if you want to, right?" ”

Sun Hongshan pushed the door in and said, "When you come back, you don't lack anything." This time I can spend the New Year at home, but don't tie my head and leave. ”

Shen Chen said: "I gave a few days off, and I will go back to the team on the fourth day of junior high school." ”

Sun Hongshan nodded and said: "Being able to settle in Wangjiawa and have his own house, the village chief said that it was explained by the district, and this is also thanks to you." But in the army, don't work too hard, in the end, it's a girl's family, always rushing ahead, fighting life and death, it's not your turn, right? ”

"With so many men, how can it be my turn?" Shen Chen said with a smile: "It's just to do some chores and run around with the troops." ”

In this way, the family put down their snacks somewhat, and the atmosphere of small talk became relaxed and cheerful.

"Sister." Erdan looked at Shen Chen's long spear and short spear enviously, reached out and carefully touched it through the holster, and asked, "I see that everyone else has one gun, why do you have three?" ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "The guerrillas take care of me, and they are afraid that I will be in danger, so they will give me two more." ”

Xiaohua is not like a boy, she is interested in guns, she has sugar in her mouth, she eats it sweetly, she peels another one and stuffs it into Shen Chen's mouth.

"Your uncle is going to go back to his old business and get a blacksmith shop after the New Year." The aunt said about her family's life plan, "In the spring, if you open a few acres of hillside land, this family's chewing and wrapping will be almost enough." ”

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "Opening a blacksmith shop here, I'm afraid there isn't much business, right?" ”

Sun Hongshan said: "If you catch some chicks at home, your aunt can still weave." Wait until tomorrow to go to the big market, buy some cotton thread, and then buy a loom, and it's all there. ”

"yes, you don't have to worry about being at home when you're outside." The aunt smiled: "As long as the devil doesn't come to the scourge, life will go on." ”

"There will be a big set tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?" Shen Chen was a little curious and asked, "This is the New Year soon, where is the big set?" ”

War is a contest of comprehensive strength, and military, political, and economic are all indispensable. The Japanese have realized that it is difficult to achieve complete victory by military attack alone, and political and economic warfare have become more and more important.

In dealing with the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, in addition to military blockade, the Japanese also adopted the policy of economic blockade, combining military and economic forces to carry out strangulation warfare.

A military blockade is the digging of a blockade trench at the edge of the base area. In order to cut off the communication between the base areas and between the base areas and the outside world.

The economic blockade, on the other hand, is mainly to wantonly plunder manpower, material, and financial resources in enemy-occupied and guerrilla areas, and to monopolize trade. At the same time, it is forbidden for daily necessities to flow into the base areas, and various means are used to purchase materials from the base areas.

It can be said that this blockade policy is vicious, with strategic materials in the occupied areas being plundered in large quantities, and the people being levied a variety of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which in turn are used to invade and massacre the Chinese people.

At the same time, the blockade also exacerbated the difficulties in the anti-Japanese base areas.

In order to smash the economic blockade of the Japanese army, various forms of effective struggle began to be waged in all base areas.

Politically, a vigorous propaganda work was carried out to expose the enemy's conspiracy to carry out an economic blockade and economic plunder. Educate the masses not to invest in the enemy and not to sell strategic materials to the enemy.

In order to break the enemy's monopoly on trade, the base areas sent underground workers to the enemy-occupied areas to secretly purchase arms, medicines, steel, and communications equipment.

At the same time, it organized and encouraged traders to transport the necessary daily necessities for the masses and troops from the enemy-occupied areas to the base areas.

The opening of bazaars and the strengthening of the circulation of commodities are among the measures taken in the base areas.

In the face of the difficulties in the base areas caused by the economic blockade of the Japanese, the governments of the base areas also adopted some flexible policies. On the one hand, he vigorously advocated self-reliance and hard work, and on the other hand, he also did business with speculative businessmen.

Among the speculative businessmen, there are guys with complex backgrounds and vast powers; There are also those who risk their lives to engage in smuggling from the occupied areas in order to make money; It is more advantageous to the enemy and puppet officer who is two-faced and three-stabbed.

Anyway, no matter who you are, as long as you can bring in the things that are urgently needed, the local government will not only grasp them, but encourage them.

Marx once said that as long as there are several times the profit, the businessmen are not afraid to kill their heads, that is, they will risk killing their heads.

What's more, some in-demand materials, such as Western medicine, once shipped in, will be several times or even more than ten times the profit, and the temptation is still quite large.

After the devil's sweep was over, the people in the base area also suffered a lot of losses, and many items needed to be purchased in order to live again.

Therefore, this big market was opened in time for the year, so that the people could trade goods, and the place was in Zhangzhuang.

This was something that the district had planned as early as when the devils began to retreat, and Shen Chen had been in the guerrillas, so he didn't know about it.

"Let's all go to the big market tomorrow!" Sun Hongshan said with a smile: "Familiarize yourself with the surrounding villages, and Damei will also need to add a new dress." ”

Shen Chen laughed twice, he didn't like any new clothes. Besides, he also promised Kikuko to go hunting!

"Hunting?!" The aunt thought for a while, looked at her husband, and said inquiringly: "Then let's catch up with the big gathering the day after tomorrow and go together to be more lively." ”

Shen Chen scratched his head, it seems that this episode has to be rushed, he is really too lazy to move. Except, of course, hunting.

It's just that this hunting, when Juzi came to him, Shen Chen felt deceived by this girl.

"Shall we go?" Shen Chen looked at Juzi and felt that this girl was performing.

Juzi nodded, seemingly a little frustrated, but she didn't pretend to look like it, "My father went into the mountain without making a sound, really." But where he's going, I know, we can catch up with us when we leave now. ”

Follow you, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up, right? Shen Chen seriously suspected that this girl was deliberate, just to be free and free without her father's control.

Seeing Shen Chen's suspicious expression, Juzi's eyes rolled and he smiled a little flatteringly, "We have two guns, which are much more powerful than my father's old musket." With your marksmanship, you can do any prey, right? ”

Shen Chen was unmoved, and deliberately stretched.

"Sister Da Mei-" Juzi sat next to Shen Chen, put her arm around his shoulder, and said with a grin: "I know your age, half a year younger than me!" But I still call you Sister Da Mei, just because you are responsible, know more than me, and your marksmanship is even better. ”

Shen Chen smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, even Sister Shousheng wants me to appreciate it, I really can't do anything about you." ”

After a pause, Shen Chen said, "However, we have to tell the eldest lady and don't let her worry." Don't worry, I'll go and say, I'll definitely let her old man agree. ”

Juzi blinked and said, "If my mother doesn't agree, then we won't go?" Just find a place outside the village, let's go shoot, it's good! ”

Shen Chen rolled his eyes when he heard this, can that gun be shot casually? In the deep mountains and old forests, it is good to say, at most, the prey is frightened and does not dare to approach; Outside the village, it would be bad if it caused chaos and commotion among the villagers.

"Sister, take me with you when you're hunting!" Erdan listened to it beside him, and his heart was itching, and he felt that if he followed, he would not be able to shoot so much or twice.

Shen Chen looked at his younger brother, hesitated, and did not agree immediately.

Erdan hurriedly said again: "Sister, I have the strength to help you carry things." I'm also obedient and don't run around screaming. ”

"Take Erdan with you!" Juzi said good things for Erdan next to her, "If it weren't for Xiaohua being young, I would have wanted to take her with me." ”

Shen Chen snorted and said, "You are bold, but you are not allowed to take children into the mountain in the future." Hunting isn't dangerous, it's so simple. ”

Kikuko smiled and said nothing.

Shen Chen looked at Erdan's expectant expression, nodded slightly, and said, "Wear more, let's go." ”

Erdan immediately jumped up and put on a padded jacket, and the locomotive hat did not fall.

Shen Chen said to his uncle and aunt, a little vague, Sun Hongshan thought that he was going into the mountain with the old king, and he was more relieved, and after a few words, he let Shen Chen and them go.

When he arrived at Juzi's house, Shen Chen told Aunt Wang that he was going to go into the mountains to find Uncle Wang and hunt by the way.

Aunt Wang hesitated, couldn't bear to refuse Shen Chen, so she instructed Juzi directly. Don't go too far into the mountains, don't take the road you haven't traveled before, come back quickly if you can't find Uncle Wang, don't stay in the mountains for too long, etc.

Juzi agreed, pretending to be well-behaved, and when she went out, she couldn't close her mouth with a smile. I borrowed a sled-like transport from an acquaintance's house, and the three of them left the village and went into the mountains.