Wang Yanru stayed at the Biandan Stone Bridge all afternoon, and no matter how Li Tianxi and Xiao Yuying persuaded each other, she refused to leave.

How can you make a pregnant woman stand for a long time? How can you let a pregnant woman blow the wind in the wind for a long time?

When he couldn't be persuaded to move, Li Tianxi temporarily asked the soldiers to set up a pavilion behind the boulder, and asked people to move a chair down the mountain, so that she could be settled.

Wang Yanru is now an ant on a hot pot, worried about the life and death of her father and godfather, and worried about the safety of her husband and third brother. If she hadn't had a strong stomach, she was afraid of hurting the little life in her womb, and with her character, she would definitely go to Foziling to see what was going on.

The sound of guns and cannons in the distance has been echoing in the mountains, and Wang Yanru's heart is beating sharply with this sound, tears flowing down again and again, being dried by the wind again and again, and then flowing again and again.

Finally, the silhouette of the procession appeared at the foot of the mountain, and the lookout post said something that made Wang Yanru both hopeful and nervous: "It is the team that transports the wounded has returned." ”

Sure enough, the words of the lookout post did not disappear, and a person rushed up at the end of the mountain road, this is a lurking post released from a distance, and the lurking post like this person released four people, divided into two groups and lurking on both sides of the mountain road, and now there is a person back, apparently going up the mountain to call for help.

The third brother must not be in this team, Wang Yanru is most worried about him, she is absolutely at ease with her husband, her skills are like that, how can the devil hurt him. And Wang Youcai himself is a powerless prodigal, Wang Yanru will naturally worry more about him.

"Company Commander Li, here are our wounded and sacrificed brothers, we have to send some people down to help."

The lookout post shouted from across the cliff.

Wang Yanru eagerly wanted to meet the wounded to see if there were any people she was worried about, but was stopped by Li Tianxi and said: "Brother and daughter-in-law, you can't go over, there is the boss, and they will be fine with the good army." ”

Li Tianxi doesn't like to talk by nature, but in order to dissuade and comfort Wang Yanru, he almost finished what he said for a week this afternoon.

"I'm not worried about Shanjun, but I don't know if my father and godfather, as well as my third brother, will be okay."

Wang Yanru's tears that she finally stopped were seduced by this call again.

Li Tianxi was silent, he was wooden and would not comfort people, not to mention that there was a crying woman in front of him now.

Li Tianxi sent people to the mountain to call down the other two platoons of the second company to go down the mountain to assist in transporting the wounded up the mountain, and several hygienists from the clinic also went down the mountain.

The first to be carried up by the four people on the stretcher was the more seriously injured more than a dozen wounded, seeing the injuries of these seriously injured on the stretcher, Wang Yanru was shocked, she had long forgotten to cry, she was born rich and noble, how had she ever seen this kind of tragic image, after following Zhou Shanjun, although Yang Shupu had fought a few battles here, but she had not had contact with the wounded soldiers, today's scene is the first time to see, how can a girl like her control her panic.

She was so frightened that her feet went limp, and she almost sat on the ground, but fortunately there was Li Tianxi by her side, and he supported the little woman, and then helped her to the pavilion and let her sit down on the chair.

The seriously wounded were followed up the hill by some lightly wounded, most of them were not seriously injured, and even most of them walked up on their own, and only a few with leg injuries were supported or carried up the mountain.

After the two groups of wounded men came up, it was a long time before the brothers who had died were carried up the mountain.

Lao Gou, the barefoot doctor on the mountain, stood on the opposite side of the cliff with two soldiers carrying a big gong, ready to welcome the heroic souls of the fallen soldiers home, and the cliff had already prepared firecrackers all the way, which was the old rule of the Biandan Village, which was retained and continued after Sun Yumin knew about it.

When the first four-person stretcher appeared on the other side of the cliff covered with a white cloth, Wang Yanru almost collapsed, and the deep and sad sound of the gong seemed to break her heart.

Lao Gou led the two soldiers who played the gong to walk in the front, followed by Wang Youcai and the stretcher carried by the other three, the sound of the gong and Lao Gou's tear-jerking shouting requiem, so that a man like Li Tianxi wet his eyes with tears.

The second stretcher was carried up by Zhou Shanjun with three soldiers, followed by more than a dozen stretchers covered with white cloths, which were the people who died in Yangshupu's expedition.

At a glance, this heart-touching white cloth made Wang Yanru suddenly feel very guilty, if it weren't for her blind request, these people might not have died.

The stretcher carried by Wang Youcai deliberately stopped in front of her, what did this mean, how could Wang Yanru not know, she didn't dare to uncover the white cloth, even if her trembling hand reached out to the white cloth, she didn't have the courage to uncover the white cloth.

Looking at her with tears rippling in her eyes, Wang Youcai couldn't bear to ask her to open the white cloth, stomped his feet, and led the soldiers to follow the three doctors Gou who played the gong to open the way, and Zhou Shanjun was the same, but he was very concerned about his wife's body, and after passing in front of her, he said to Li Tianxi: "Brother Li, please help me bring Xiaoru up, thank you." ”

As after every battle, there was no joy after the victory, and there was sadness that spread throughout the mountain.

There is not much space on the top of the mountain, but Sun Yumin still found a good land for the brothers who died in battle, and today, there are hundreds of graves there, which are the brothers who have sacrificed their lives from the establishment of the Yangshupu Volunteer Corps to the present.

Now that there are more than a dozen new souls to this land, Liu Wenzhi and Gu Hongying, who led the people on the mountain to welcome the return of the warriors, were also embarrassed and full of pain.

Wang Yanru, supported by Li Tianxi, also walked up, and an afternoon of waiting made this pregnant woman very tired and haggard, which made the little girl and Chen Lai very distressed, and after the two handed Chu Jiu to Gu Hongying, they walked to her side and supported her left and right.

Although the white cloth has not been uncovered, everyone knows that the two stretchers in the front must be related to Wang Yanru.

Zhou Shanjun has been worried about his wife, and when he saw her sad appearance, he couldn't bear it, and said to Wang Youcai, who lowered his head and didn't speak: "Third brother, don't let Xiaoru see the remains, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it." ”

Wang Youcai raised his head and glanced at him, then at Wang Yanru, and nodded silently.

"Make a book of the fallen brothers, then change them into clean clothes, and wait for the eldest to come back and preside over the cremation and burial ceremony."

Although Gu Hongying's words were very cold, all the people present could hear her pain, although the dead brothers were not those who were reorganized into the second company on the mountain before, but the station of the first company has always been on the mountain, these brothers have great respect for this red sister who is in charge of logistics, and she can even recognize most of the soldiers in the first company, including the dozen or so brothers who are now under the white cloth.

"What about these three?"

It was Li Tianxi who spoke, and he had already learned from the soldiers who came back that the first three stretchers were outsiders, not brothers of the Yangshupu Volunteer Regiment.

"They are?"

Liu Wenzhi asked.

"Wang Degui, Hu Hailong and Mrs. Hu!"

Li Tianxi didn't speak, he just looked at Zhou Shanjun, and Zhou Shanjun was also silent, but Wang Youcai said it loudly.

His words made Wang Yanru unable to bear it anymore, and immediately fainted, but fortunately, with the support of Chen Lai and the little girl, she did not fall to the ground.

Zhou Shanjun ran over quickly, he picked up the poor woman, and walked towards the house. This kind of occasion is completely inappropriate for her to stay here, and it is not good for her or the fetus.

"Let's cremate first, and wait for the boss to come back before making a decision!" After Liu Wenzhi finished saying this, he asked Wang Youcai again: "What do you think?" ”

"I want them to be buried alone, so as not to disturb the resting place of the brethren." Wang Youcai is very resolute, he is no longer the idle son, not the Wang translator who spends all his days drinking, since Wang Yafang used his life to prove it to him, his heart has died. Although Wang Degui's death caused a ripple in his already calm heart, he was not very sad, and the words he said were also thoughtful.

"My father will definitely not be buried in the resting place of the brothers, and there are many brothers whose deaths are related to him, and even if the brothers do not embarrass him, no one will welcome him." Wang Youcai explained: "My father and Uncle Hu have been friends of life and death for more than 20 years, where is my father buried, I think Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu are willing to follow, please Chief Liu Chengquan, give them three coffins, let them have a whole corpse." ”

Liu Wenzhi already knew the customs here from Gu Hongying's mouth when he spoke, and Wang Youcai said this, how could he refuse, even if he didn't give him face, he had to take into account Wang Yanru and Zhou Shanjun, and immediately nodded and said: "Of course it's okay, but where are you going to bury them?" ”

"I thought about it on the way here, my father is sorry for the poplar shop and the flat dan village, and sorry for the villagers in ten miles and eight townships. He doesn't deserve to be buried on the mountain, I plan to bury them on the other side of the cliff, and guard the stone bridge that God gave us every day in the future, which can be regarded as atonement for his evil deeds over the years. ”

Wang Youcai's words were very emotional, not only the filial piety of the son of man, but also the responsibility of the soldiers of the Yangshupu Volunteer Regiment.

Liu Wenzhi and Gu Hongying couldn't refuse his proposal, and they believed that Sun Yumin was here, and they wouldn't deny the idea.

"Then do as you wish, but there are no ready-made coffins on the mountain, and the brothers are buried in the urn when they go, so you may have to bring someone to do it yourself."

Gu Hongying is a woman, and they are more emotional than Liu Wenzhi, even if they hated the people of Foziling before, but people die like lights going out, and the recommendation in her heart has long passed, and now she only has sympathy for Wang Yanru and Wang Youcai.

On the mountain, they were busy treating the wounded, making books, purifying their bodies, changing their clothes, installing altars, and preparing for burial ceremonies for the dead brothers, while a truck led by Sun Yumin, loaded with food, money, silver, weapons and ammunition, and soldiers of the first and third companies who had returned from the convoy also began to move things up the mountain.

This is not a small job, more than 1,000 meters of mountain peaks, the car can only drive to the foot of the mountain, a truck loaded with supplies, although the soldiers of three companies are mobilized to move up, but the progress is still very slow.

Liu Wenzhi was a little incomprehensible, and asked: "Boss, a lot of grain has been stored on the mountain, isn't it good to pull these to the poplar shop for storage?" ”

"No, we all have to go up the mountain."

Sun Yumin didn't give any room for negotiation at all, and directly refused, and did not give any reason.

"I can understand the weapons and ammunition going up the mountain, but it will be very difficult for the brothers to carry all this food up the mountain, and the big guy has just finished the war, and he hasn't even drunk a sip of hot soup."

Liu Wenzhi did not give up and continued. But in exchange for Sun Yumin's reprimand: "The brothers are tired, don't we still have more than 1,500 recruits?" Aren't there still poplar shops and the folks of eleven villages? Let everyone come to help and distribute a part to our villagers, no matter what you and Sister Hong think of, in short, I want all these food and supplies to go up the mountain tonight. ”

After Sun Yumin said this, he threw his hands up the mountain, not because he didn't want to say it, but because he really couldn't tell this old subordinate that in winter, a famine that was a hundred times more serious than last year would sweep through the three provinces of Shandong, Henan, and Anhui, and thousands of people would starve to death in the wilderness, and the plague would also be concurrent on a large scale; And the food on the market is firmly controlled, hoarded, and the country is in trouble; Japan's local resources are seriously depleted, and the logistical supply of the devils who have invaded half of China will soon have problems, and the Japanese army, which originally disdained the surplus food of the common people, has also begun to clear the countryside on a large scale, and the three-light policy will soon be implemented. If you don't prepare at this time, when this winter comes, this place will be a dead place like other places, if this is the case, won't Sun Yumin live one more life than others in vain?

"Boss, Boss......"

Liu Wenzhi chased a few steps and shouted twice, but he didn't pay attention to Sun Yumin, and let the emaciated figure disappear on the mountain road, he couldn't help muttering: "I really don't understand what he is thinking, not to mention spending a lot of money to buy back a bunch of salt and grain from Shanghai, and now he has brought back so much grain, and he is not afraid of putting it on the mountain." ”

"The owner must have his reasons for deciding to do this, let's just do it, and don't get angry with him." Gu Hongying comforted on the side.

"Let me say, it's okay to put this grain in the poplar shop, why do you have to move it up the mountain?"

"The proprietor may be worried that these grains will be placed under the mountain, and if this happens again, even the poplar shop will be abandoned, and the grains will be cheaper."

"But ......"

Liu Wenzhi wanted to say something, but Gu Hongying interrupted him and said, "Okay, let's not discuss this matter anymore, since the owner has decided, let's just do it, hurry up and arrange manpower." ”

Two or three thousand people were busy until midnight, and then all the materials were carried onto the flat stone, all of them were so tired that they didn't want to move, but even if they were tired, no one complained, everyone knew that these were the bosses, and the proprietor prepared rations for everyone, if they complained about their work, then what else was worth doing.