Chapter 8 Go into the city to find someone
"Of course it's true, tell me your sister's name and appearance, what she wore when she left, and I'll go to the county seat to find it for you."
When Xi Chen said this, he could clearly feel that the child's vigilance had disappeared.
I don't know if it's Xi Chen's affinity, or the importance of my sister to the little boy.
The little boy is now like grasping a life-saving straw, and he is unwilling to let go.
The children of poor families have been in charge of the family for a long time, and the children are not very old, but they have made Xi Chen's problem very clear.
The little boy's sister is called Wang Erni, maybe at this time, most of them have such names.
He is nineteen years old this year, two years younger than Xi Chen, who joined the army in college.
The little boy's sister, when she went out, wore clothes made of old indigo cloth and two braids.
At this time, there is no mobile phone and no photos, and the clues that the little boy said are already the basis for finding someone.
Xi Chen asked clearly about the direction of the county seat, but there was one point, Xi Chen was worried that he would not be able to enter.
"Well, do you have a certificate of good citizenship?" Xi Chen asked the little boy.
If you need a good citizen certificate to enter the county, then Xi Chen can't enter.
"Nope." The little boy shook his head.
No?
It seems that this was a base area in the past, and after the Japanese army swept over, the certificate of good citizenship should also be handled from the county seat, and it may not have been popularized in the nearby villages.
In this case, Xi Chen felt that it should not be difficult for him to enter the county, and the method was very simple, selling vegetables.
Sell vegetables!
It's easy to say, but Xi Chen doesn't have vegetables, but the little boy's family has them, because his sister went to the city to sell vegetables.
Although he was a little embarrassed, Xi Chen still said: "Can you get me some food, I'll go to the county seat and find your sister." ”
Do you think Xi Chen will be a liar?
Of course, Xi Chen himself knew that he was not, but he was worried that the little boy would not know.
In fact, the little boy also thought about this problem in his heart, he thought that Xi Chen might be a liar, and he would run away with his own dishes and not go to the county seat to find his sister.
But the little boy still wanted to give it a try, and compared to his sister, these dishes were really nothing.
The little boy could not go to the county seat by himself because his sister told him not to leave the village alone.
And the little boy is too young, even if he goes, I'm afraid it won't help.
"The vegetable patch is outside, I'll take you to pick vegetables tomorrow morning." The little boy agreed to Xi Chen's request.
He wants to find his sister, even if Xi Chen will run away with the dishes, he has to give it a try.
I can't pick vegetables now, because it has to be fresh, so I can only go in the morning.
Xi Chen didn't talk nonsense, chatted with the little boy, and asked about the situation in the nearby villages.
When Xi Chen asked the little boy about the authenticity, the little boy didn't know anything, but said that when a devil came, someone would hide in the cellar.
However, the cellar is not what Xi Chen is looking for, what he is looking for is a tunnel, and there must be a village near here that is digging a tunnel.
Forget it, since the little boy doesn't know, wait until he saves his sister and come back to ask.
Xi Chen stayed at the little boy's house at night, and in these years, there are really not many people who dare to let a stranger live at home.
"I'm going to cook." The little boy went to cook, and he asked Xi Chen to eat, so that he could have the strength to go to the county seat tomorrow.
It's strange to say, the two met for the first time today and got along.
Perhaps it is not surprising that a helpless child, when he finds someone who is willing to help him, will want to give it a try, even if there is little hope.
The little boy's cooking is coarse vegetables and light rice, but it is not as hard as Xi Chen thought, there are vegetables and rice.
This is a plain area, food will not be scarce, and after being swept and looted by the Japanese army, it will not be full of food.
Xi Chen was not polite, picked up the bowl and ate, rested at the little boy's house in the evening, and prepared to leave early tomorrow morning.
The next morning, before dawn, Xi Chen was woken up by the little boy and wanted to go to the vegetable field to get vegetables.
They had to be early, because Xi Chen had to rush to the county seat, and it would be too late for anything.
Follow the little boy out and look at the buildings in the village, which may have been swept by the Japanese army more than once.
The villagers in the village still live in the village.
To put it bluntly, when the Japanese army came to sweep, they ran, and when the Japanese army went back, they came back.
Because they don't know where they can go, this is their home, their roots.
They can still eat here, and if they leave here, they will sleep in the wilderness and have no food.
The vegetable patch is well cared for, there are not many types of vegetables in it, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and the like.
Xi Chen went with a woven basket, got two baskets of vegetables, and picked them back with a flat pole.
Don't say it, two baskets of vegetables are still quite heavy, Xi Chen has been exercising for a while, and now there is no big problem.
When Xi Chen returned home, he just took a sip of water and was ready to go.
There is still some distance from the county seat, and Xi Chen has to rush over in time for everyone to buy vegetables in the morning.
The little boy sent Xi Chen to the entrance of the village and looked at Xi Chen who was leaving.
"Are you really going to help me find my sister?" The little boy looked a little worried, he wasn't worried, it was impossible, he and Xi Chen were also strangers.
"Don't worry, I will." Xi Chen has promised the little boy that he will definitely go.
Let the little boy go back first, and Xi Chen will go on the road alone.
Carrying two baskets of vegetables, I can only rely on walking, and I have to rush into the city early to sell vegetables.
The farmers who sell vegetables in the city have to enter the city very early, and if Xi Chen goes late, it will make people suspicious.
Now the sky is still bright on the road, and Xi Chen has also seen some people who are similar to him.
It seems that they all go to the city to sell vegetables, and some women pick more vegetables than Xi Chen's, and they go faster than Xi Chen.
At this time, Xi Chen suddenly discovered that his attribute power was one, and some of it could be explained.
After all, he exercised, and he also exercised for such a period of time, but these working people, they engaged in manual labor day after day, year after year.
Their physical fitness is very strong, which also strengthens Xi Chen's determination to become stronger.
The county seat is far away, and it will be tiring to walk non-stop with two baskets of vegetables.
However, Xi Chen told himself that he couldn't rest, and he must break through himself.
Those who traveled all the way, some of them would stop and take a break, but Xi Chen told himself that he couldn't.
I may not walk as fast as them, but I can't rest, I have to exercise, I have to go beyond my limits.
Xi Chen relied on one breath, picking up two baskets of vegetables, all the way non-stop.
Along the way, Xi Chen passed through many Japanese artillery towers and checkpoints, but they all passed smoothly.
Because Xi Chen really doesn't have any weapons on him, just some dishes, just like everyone else.
And along the way, sweating profusely, no one couldn't get along with him.
Xi Chen, the county seat, has already seen it, and the city gate is full of people queuing up to enter the city.
Because it was early in the morning, most of the people who entered the city, like Xi Chen, came to sell vegetables.
To make a living, the people in the city wanted to eat vegetables, and the peasants from outside the city came into the city to sell vegetables.
The Japanese army will not stop the vegetable sellers, they also want to eat vegetables, and they stop these farmers who sell vegetables, what do the people in the city eat and drink the northwest wind?
"Queue...... ...... queue"
"Check the ...... one by one"
"I've all stood up, my hands up, and I've been searched."
The people who were responsible for the body search at the door were some two devils, that is, the puppet army and the like.
The puppet army also carries a gun on his back, and the Japanese Arisaka Type 38 rifle, a gun with a sense of age.
Xi Chen had seen it in the museum before, and now he saw it with his own eyes, and it was a bit like a world away.
When it was Xi Chen's turn to check, Xi Chen had already put down his dishes and took out a few cucumbers from the basket.
"A few military masters, eat cucumbers to quench their thirst, they are all washed and clean."
Xi Chen smiled and handed over the cucumber in his hand.
"You kid, you're quite sensible, why haven't I seen you before." One of the puppet soldiers took a cucumber and stuffed it into his mouth, and when he took a sip, the juice splashed.
Xi Chen was worried that these puppet soldiers would ask him this, so he washed a few cucumbers at home.
If you want to get close here, as the saying goes, you don't want to hit a smiling person, Xi Chen just wants to get a routine.