Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Courage to Take the First Step!

After eating a meal at Wu's house, Zhao Tiehu was not in a hurry to leave. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Instead, let Wu Xiaowu lead him and walk around the village. In addition to conducting terrain reconnaissance, Zhao Tiehu also learned that there were many young people of the same age as Wu Xiaowu in the village.

Most of these are young people who are Wu Xiaowu's childhood friends, and most of them stay at home and farm. For Wu Xiaowu to go to Jinzhong City to learn to cook, these young people are very envious.

'Brother Wu, is Jinzhong City fun?' Isn't it very lively, the streets should be crowded, right? Have you ever been on a train? ’

Looking at these gossiping playmates, Wu Xiaowu really wanted to say, 'I didn't go to Jinzhong at all'. But he still said: "I went to the city to learn a craft, not to play." It's like that in the city, there's nothing to be afraid of. ”

There are many mistakes in saying this, this is also the truth that Wu Xiaowu knows. On the other hand, Zhao Tiehu, who was on the side, said in a timely manner: "Since you all want to go to Jinzhong City, why don't you go and see it yourself?" Jinzhong City is not too far from here, right? ”

'Brother Zhao, we're not city people like you. Out of this elm society, I don't know where my feet are going next! No one is leading, how dare we walk around, this army is chaotic, walking around will kill people! ’

Regarding the helplessness of these young people, Zhao Tiehu also knows that this is the gap between education and ideology. In fact, if you really want to get out of this village or even Yushe, as long as you take the first step, the next road is actually not so difficult.

But the problem is that it is often this first step that makes many young people daunted. Not all people have a heart that dares to try and take risks. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the young talents of the small village have been passed down from generation to generation, and they have all nested in the village to farm.

In their opinion, maybe this is the fate they were born with!

Looking at these young people who yearn for the outside, but don't dare to take the first step, Zhao Tiehu is also very clear. With a little guidance, these young people will be good soldiers, and they may change their own destiny in the future.

But at this time, Zhao Tiehu will not be in a hurry. For him, the detachment needs to recruit new recruits, but it also needs to be selective. Not anyone, is eligible to join his detachment and become his subordinate.

Just when Wu Xiaowu was surrounded by the young people in the village and asked, a young man seemed to be very eager and said, "Brother Xiaowu, you should go out when you come back this time, right?" If you go out, will you take me with you? I want to go to town? ”

Faced with this young man's inquiry, Wu Xiaowu didn't know how to answer for a while. On the contrary, Zhao Tiehu, who was on the side, answered the conversation in a timely manner and asked with a smile: "Why do you want to go out and have a look?" Don't you know that the world is very chaotic right now? ”

In response to Zhao Tiehu's inquiry, the young man smiled bitterly: "I also know that the world outside is very chaotic, but I still want to go out and find a way to live." It's the worst of all, and it's good to find something to do that can support yourself.

I'm too old to stay at home every day, so I'm going to serve those places, right? And I'm the eldest in the family, and I have to support the family after all. The harvest of the land at home is not good, and I am afraid that I will not be able to pay the rent this year. If you don't go out to find something to do, I'm afraid you'll have to beg for food. ”

In the end, it's all about poverty. For many young Chinese people today, many of them have the urge to think about change when they are poor. Perhaps it is this impulse that makes many people still embark on the road of resistance against Japan even if they don't want to.

Many of their requirements are very simple, just for a bite to eat, just to be able to survive in this troubled world. It seems that going to be a soldier to eat food is a way to find death. But in fact, this is also a helpless choice to survive in death.

After all, even if they stay in the village and live a life without fighting. Now that the little devils who have occupied the Yushe Society, how can they let these young people live such an ordinary life? Catch strong men as coolies, and the little devils often do this!

Listening to the young man's words, Zhao Tiehu thought for a while and said, "Going to the city to find a job to do, I'm afraid it's not a good way out." In fact, Jinzhong is also very chaotic now. It was precisely because of the chaos in the city that Xiao Wu and I thought about coming out to avoid the limelight.

If you want to go to the city to find a job, I'm afraid it's not easy. But if you're looking for a place to eat, I can figure it out for you. It's just that you can endure hardship? You know, the job I'm looking for you can be very fortunate, even dangerous. Afraid? ”

'I'm going to starve to death, that's all that's in charge. As long as Brother Zhao is willing to give me a chance, I will not be afraid of hardship or tiredness! ’

'Okay! Then I have written this down, and when I leave the Yushe, I will let Xiao Wu inform you when I arrive. In the past few days, I should stay in the village and Yushe City for a few days, and when I go back, I will take you away!" ’

After these words were uttered, many young people were indeed moved. It's just that they don't know that Zhao Tiehu's so-called hard and dangerous work is actually to participate in the Eighth Route Army to fight devils.

But this is still not something to say at this time. In the final analysis, even if it is to recruit new soldiers, Zhao Tiehu also needs to take the time to examine the character of these young people. If the inspection is qualified, he will consider absorbing it into the team.

Even in later generations, there is a process of political review for conscription. In these years, doing revolution is a work of losing your head. Pulling someone in casually will not only harm the other party, but also may harm yourself. This kind of thing, Zhao Tiehu thinks that he should be cautious!

As Zhao Tiehu expected, the young people who were the first to open their mouths and wanted to go out of the village, and the rest of the young people who also didn't want to stay in the village all the time, also found Wu Xiaowu one after another, hoping to help them get out of the village and see the outside world.

But for Wu Xiaowu, he couldn't give these young people a real answer, he could only tell these young people that the specific things still depended on Zhao Tiehu. If Zhao Tiehu was willing to help, he wouldn't have anything to say.

Facing Wu Xiaowu's entanglement, Zhao Tiehu said very calmly: "Xiaowu, they are all your childhood playmates, and they all hope to have a new life." As long as they are willing to endure hardships and are not afraid of death, they will one day get ahead when they join the army.

If they can join the detachment, I will do my best to teach them the skills to survive on the battlefield. You have not been in the army for a short time, and you should know that fighting is not a joke, it is a dead person.

But even if they don't join the team and stay in the village to farm and work, do you think their lives will be peaceful? To put it mildly, if you don't drive away the little devil for a day, the world will not be peaceful.

Trees die, people live, this is what the old man often says. If they are really willing to join the Eighth Route Army, I am willing to give them a chance. It's just that I also have to examine whether to recruit them into the team. ”

Perhaps Zhao Tiehu didn't expect that what he did in Wujia Village today would make Wujia Village a famous general village in Yushe in the future. The young people who went out from this village have developed a lot in their later military careers.

These young people who came out of the village during the Anti-Japanese War really got the opportunity to change their fate. Even if someone died in the war, for most young people, it was indeed their luck to meet Zhao Tiehu.

And these young people who walked out of Wujia Village would call Zhao Tiehu an 'instructor' or 'old chief', in order to thank Zhao Tiehu for the opportunity he gave them, as well as the kindness of teaching and preaching.

When observing Wujia Village, Zhao Tiehu naturally couldn't help but take a look at the mansion where Wu Laocai lived. Seeing Wu Laocai's mansion and even arranging a family with a gun, Zhao Tiehu was indeed a little surprised.

On the contrary, Wu Xiaowu said very calmly: "Captain, the world has been chaotic these days, and they, the rich people, are also afraid that someone will beat their ideas." The entire Yu Society, but all the rich landlords in the family, have raised a group of gun-wielding families.

Most of the family members raised by Wu Laocai are some of his relatives and nephews. It's just that although there are not many members of his family, most of them have been soldiers and mixed in the army for a while, and later returned to the village to take care of Wu Laocai's family.

In fact, his son was able to be the battalion commander of the Jin Sui Army, and I heard that he also spent money to give gifts to the senior officials of the Jin Sui Army. Now that his son is a little devil's dog, it is estimated that he is also afraid that someone will find trouble, so he has added some gun-wielding family members! ”

'No problem! Tonight, I'll take someone inside and talk to him. Next, we want to harvest all the grain in the village before the little devil arrives. Without the support of this guy, it is estimated that there will be some trouble.

I also want to see if this guy is really dead set on the little devil. If that's the case, I don't mind beating the rabbit this time and killing him. In any case, people like him are also the targets of our attacks. ’

'Captain, I listen to you! What do you say, then do it! ’

'Well, go back first!' Wait for us to go to the entrance of the village and discuss it with Chengwu and them. I walked around the village before, and found that the mountain behind the village should be used as a temporary camp, so I will stay on the mountain for the next two days and camp overnight!

Starting tomorrow, with your village as the center, we will take a look at several villages around it. If nothing else, your villages close to the highway will become the key villages for the little devils to collect and grab grain in the next step.

In order to ensure the safety of the villagers, we also need to prepare a plan for evacuation in advance. Once the big army of little devils attacks, it is necessary to transfer as many people into the mountains as possible. Otherwise, when the little devil sees that the food is gone, he will definitely vent his anger on the people. ’

Compared with many ordinary people in Yushe today, they all feel that the little devil should not be able to get along with ordinary people like them. Zhao Tiehu knew very well that those little devils who went to the countryside to participate in the sweep did not have the quality of a soldier at all.

To put it bluntly, it's a bunch of brutes with guns. If you don't prepare early, I'm afraid that people will inevitably suffer!