"I'm looking for you." As he spoke, he looked around the room.

"Big brother, what's the matter, more urgent? I didn't even get dressed. Yumei asked as she buttoned her clothes. and deliberately used his body to block Wei Yin's way.

"To tell you an 'unfortunate' news, my cousin Su Cheng was killed in a battle with the security group." Finding that the mosquito net was under and there was a pile of black things in the corner of the door, he suspected that there was someone in the mosquito net, and opened Yumei with one hand, and was about to go to the bed.

"Big brother, why are you here? I've been looking for a long time. Cui Ling grabbed him.

"What's the matter?" Wei Yinlai turned his head to see that it was Cui Ling.

"Let's go! Come on! The old lady is looking for you in a hurry. Cui Ling pulled Wei Yin and left. It's dangerous! Yumei hurriedly tied the door, leaned against the door, and touched her chest with both hands.

Cui Ling and Wei Yinlai came to Wu Xinru's room.

"Grandma, I was about to say a few words to Yumei, what are you looking for me?" Wu Xinru was a little dazed when she heard this, and was about to speak, but Cui Ling rushed forward and said, "Madam, don't you want to ask the eldest brother, how many people come to our house for dinner at night?" Wu Xinru came to her senses and replied, "That's right! How many people come in the evening, I can tell the kitchen to prepare meals. ”

"About ten people, I want more rice wine, twenty or thirty catties, I want to have a drink with my brothers." As soon as he talked about wine, Wei Yinlai's eyebrows danced, and it was delicious. Cui Ling took advantage of their conversation and quietly slipped out of Madame's room.

Wei Yinlai chatted with his mother for a while, saying how they are righteous, enough buddies, willing to go to the soup for themselves, seeing that his mother is not very interested, he said: "Mom, I heard no, Cousin Su Cheng was killed by the security group during this encirclement and suppression." ”

"What? Su Cheng was killed? Yo! My poor boy, why is his life so short, I have persuaded him, don't join any guerrillas, I promised to find him a few wives to live, but he didn't listen, this time it's okay, let's die, my poor brother, dead son......" Wu Xinru took the handkerchief, pretending to cry and grab the ground. Wei Yinlai comforted his mother and said: "Mom, don't be sad, if you die, you will die, it can be regarded as a report and a report, when my younger brother was shot by the Communist Party, he Su Cheng couldn't get out of it." ”

"That's right, when he was asked to help save Jin Gui, he just refused, this time it's okay, it's his turn, he deserves it!" Wu Xinru took advantage of the situation to put away her pretentiousness. Yes! You see how fierce my mother reacted when she heard that Su Cheng was dead, and Yumei's reaction was very abnormal, in our family, who doesn't know the relationship between Yumei and Su Cheng, from childhood to adulthood? There must be something wrong with this girl, I'll have to find out. Thinking of this, he slapped his head, stood up and walked out.

"What are you going to do?" Wu Xinru asked.

"Go to my sister's."

"Where are you going?"

"Tell her about Su Cheng."

"Why are you messing with her? She's going to be sad. ”

"Mom, don't worry about it so much, she will know sooner or later."

The door was not struck, Wei Yinlai pushed the door into the room, and saw Yumei holding a wine bottle. When Yumei saw her brother coming in, she hurriedly hid the wine bottle behind her.

"Old sister, what are you doing with the wine bottle?"

Seeing that the wine bottle couldn't be hidden, Yumei thought of the words that her eldest brother said that Su Cheng was dead, so she was in a hurry, picked up the wine bottle hidden behind her, raised her neck, and "grunt" is a few sips. "Cough cough cough cough ......" choked Yumei coughed non-stop, you must know that this is the first time she has drunk in her life, this is a real spirit, you can draw a match.

"I'm nervous, what do you drink?" Wei Yinlai snatched the wine bottle, sniffed it, looked at it, and said, "This is a strong wine." ”

"Big brother! I don't want to live anymore! Yumei grabbed Wei Yinlai, shook Wei Yinlai's arm, and cried.

"Oops! What do you say, what don't you want to live and don't want to die, what's wrong? Wei Yinlai felt inexplicable, and Zhang Er was confused.

"You said that my cousin Su Cheng was killed, what does it mean for me to live!" When Wei Yinlai heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hey, don't you just die, and you're not a husband, you will die, I'll help you find a better one, big brother." ”

"Nope! I'm going to ask Su Cheng to be a cousin. Wei Yinlai walked straight to the side of the bed, bent down, touched the gun on his buttocks with one hand, and lifted the mosquito net with the other. He looked inside the mosquito net, then stood up straight, scooped up the mosquito net with both hands, put the mosquito net hook on both sides and hung it, and said solemnly: "Old girl! Mosquito nets should be opened frequently so that the air will be good. "At this moment, the bed is empty.

"Girl! What happened to you? Wu Xinru barged in. She was worried that her son would do something unreasonable.

"Mom!" Yumei hugged her mother and cried.

"Ouch! Look at my sweethearted baby, crying like a tearful man. Wu Xinru comforted while stroking Yumei's head. Wei Yinlai was not very willing, touched the sheets, and not only found a bullet casing, but also found blood stains on the bed. All this was secretly seen by Yumei, who was holding her mother, and she was thinking about how to answer.

"Old girl! Why did you get so much blood in this bed? Wei Yinlai asked coldly, and Yumei didn't think about how to answer for a while.

"Silly boy! This is called menstruation, it is a matter of the daughter's family, why do you ask this, do you want to be a woman? ”

"That's right! Big brother, do you want to be a woman? Yumei said with a smile. Then she looked at her mother gratefully, and her mother looked at her with a smile.

"How can there be a bullet casing?" Wei Yinlai picked up the shell gun shell, put it in front of the tip of his nose, and asked while looking at it.

"The last time Cousin Su Cheng came to our house, he gave it to me as a whistle to play." Yumei walked over, grabbed it, put it to her mouth and blew it.

"It's boring to talk to you, I'm going to get my brothers ready to drink." After that, Wei Yinlai walked out of the hall and asked his men to drink.

It turned out that Cui Ling left Madame's room, returned to Miss's room, and discussed with Miss, feeling that Su Cheng was very unsafe in Miss's room, and Wei Yinlai would come back at any time. At this time, Su Cheng had also woken up from his coma, Cui Ling helped Su Cheng to the warehouse where the grain was stacked to take shelter temporarily, and took away the pile of garbage to discard, while Yu Mei stayed to tidy up the room, so as not to find anyone and arouse Wei Yinlai's suspicion.

The next night, Wei Yinlai returned home with eight or nine brothers. When the meal was served, everyone began to push the cups and change the lamps, guess the code for wine, and drink wine and eat meat happily. "It's good to come, hello brother, I respect you wholeheartedly." "Six, you're tall." "Eight horses." "Drink and drink, lose and you drink." The sound of guessing the code came and went, continuously. Cui Ling and the cooks were busy adding wine and rice. Weave through the crowd. People are gradually getting drunk, the tone of guessing the code is higher, shouting and scolding, endlessly, and drunken people abound. Cui Ling was bending over to add wine, and the thin man had a hippie face, staring at Cui Ling's plump breasts with hooked eyes, and drooling with a slanted mouth.

"Sister, your hands are so slippery, is it okay to have a drink with my brother?" The thin man grabbed Cui Ling's hand with one hand, and picked up the cup with the other hand to pour wine to Cui Ling. Cui Ling shouted angrily: "Big brother, look at your brother. Squad leader Liu Da scolded: "Thin man three, what do you want to do, you are drunk and crazy, you dare to make trouble in the eldest brother's house?" ”

"Isn't it just a subordinate, maid, what's the big deal?" Thin Zisan let go of Cui Ling's hand, threw up his neck to drink the wine in the cup, and sat down unconvinced. Wei Yinlai, who was about to drink with a cup, slammed the cup on the table, and with a "bang", the wine in the cup splashed everywhere, startling the people present, some wiped the wine splashed on their faces, and some flicked their clothes.

"What maid? She grew up in our family, she is my 'own sister', who dares to touch her little finger, don't blame me for turning my face and denying him as a brother. Wei Yinlai glanced at the brothers around him with fierce eyes, and then, waving his hand to Cui Ling, Cui Ling retreated.

"Whoa! Don't hurt the harmony between our brothers for women, come on, come on! Everyone drinks, drinks. Squad leader Liu Da started a round, and everyone drank again. Liu Da helped Wei Yinlai fill up the wine, put his body close to Wei Yinlai, and said: "Big brother, in fact, Cuiling's little girl looks quite smart, why didn't you marry her?" Wei Yinlai hurriedly made a gesture and said, "Stop, 'rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest'." Wei Yinlai stood up, raised his glass, and said to everyone: "Brothers, fill all the wine, and listen to what the eldest brother says." After he was full of wine, he continued: "Since the encirclement and suppression, the ** guerrillas have been scattered in all directions, and our Tanliang Self-Defense Force has arrested many wandering bandits, which is inseparable from the efforts of everyone here. Again, I would like to give you a toast! ”

"Willing to serve the eldest brother!" "!"

The banquet lasted until late. During this period, Cui Ling secretly took some food to Yu Mei, and Yu Mei sent it to Su Cheng when no one was paying attention.

"The most dangerous place, but also the safest place". In this way, under the careful care of Yumei and Cuiling, Su Cheng recuperated safely for two days. Then, embarked on the journey back to Sujiaping.

Chen Bing of the Self-Defense Corps led his men and horses to search for the scattered guerrillas from village to village and house to house in this area. They came to Sujiaping and searched from house to house, but found nothing. Chen Bing still did not give up, and asked the soldiers to gather all the villagers in the grain drying field.

"Fellow villagers, fathers and elders, I, Chen Bing, came to your Sujiaping this time, not to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to arrest the Communist Party guerrillas. Who among you is the Communist Party? Who are the guerrillas? Stand up for me, Lao Tzu is not to blame. Those who are willing to expose will be rewarded. If it was found out, Lao Tzu would pull it out and shoot him. Seeing that no one answered him, he continued: "'Look up and see, look down. 'It's all from the villagers, don't embarrass Lao Tzu, say it quickly! There was silence in the crowd, "Good! Don't say yes, do you? Chen Bing waved his hand and shouted, "Flat Dan!" A soldier took a pole from the villager's hand and handed it to Chen Bing, who took the pole for a moment, looked at the soldier with squinted eyes, and scolded: "You are stupid! Who told you to take the burden? ”

"Report to the Captain! That's what you just called. The soldier said with great certainty.

"What do you want to do with a flat shoulder, do you want me to beat you up with a flat burden?" A "snap" gave the soldier a flat shoulder on his buttocks, "Get out!" Silly boy. The soldier failed to please him, touched his nose and retreated. The villagers laughed out loud when they saw Chen Bing's funny appearance and the embarrassed appearance of the beaten soldiers. Chen Bing turned around, faced the soldiers, pointed at one person and shouted, "Chang Biandan!" ”

"Here!" The soldier ran over and saluted, saying, "Captain! What are the commands? The soldier who had been spanked just now touched his buttocks and thought, Oh! I understood that the captain must have thought that my flat shoulder was not long enough, and he wanted to find a long flat burden. "Biandan, why didn't Lao Tzu call you for Lu just now?"

"Report to the Captain! I thought the chief was looking for a flat burden, so I didn't dare to come out of the ranks. ”

"Now, what are you doing again?"

"Report to the Captain! It's because the chief's name is Biandan, so I'm out of the ranks. ”

"Wow" everyone present laughed.

"Mother's, Lao Tzu will give you ......" Chen Bing raised his palm, stopped in mid-air, and then put it in his pocket and touched it, and said: "This person named Bian Dan is an errand in my Self-Defense Forces from the next village, I believe you also know him, today I want him to tell who is a guerrilla in your village." Chen Bing pushed the "flat dan" to him. "Bian Dan" pointed to a man and a woman who were about 40 or 50 years old, and said: "Their son, Su Cheng, is a guerrilla. With a wave of his hand, four soldiers escorted two out of the crowd. Chen Bing took out a handful of oceans from his pocket, tossed it lightly in his hand, lifted it into the air, and said, "See?" All this money is "flat". With that, as soon as the palm of his hand was loosened, the ocean of white flowers fell to the ground and scattered all over the ground. Chen Bing patted the "flat dan" and motioned for him to pick it up. "Flat Dan" picked up the ocean on the ground: "Xie Lu, Chief Xie!" Thank you, sir! Happily ran back to the queue. Chen Bing said proudly: "Do you see it?" Having said that, so many white oceans of flowers are in hand, which is better than you working hard and tired, and you can't earn one or two oceans a year. Anyone else to say? ”

"Sir! We all like the ocean, but we don't know which one is the Communist Party and which one is the guerrillas. Someone among the villagers said.

"Good! Good! Good! Nobody said yes, right? Chen Bing gritted his teeth, he walked to Su Cheng's parents and said, "Say it quickly!" Where is your son Su Cheng now? ”

"He hasn't come back, how do we know where he is?"

"Don't say yes, do you? Come! Pull them out of the gang and kill them. "The four soldiers were about to escort Su Cheng's parents to be shot.

"Wait!" A broken cry came from the crowd, and a middle-aged man walked out of the crowd and walked straight towards Chen Bing.

"Captain Chen, do you still know me? I am Su Mingli, deputy head of Tanliang Township. ”

"Oh! It's Township Chief Su, why are you here today? ”

"I have something at home, and I just happened to come back to take a look."

"Since my brother is from this village, he must know who is the Communist Party and the guerrillas in the village?"

"The son of these two people, Su Cheng, went to become a guerrilla, which I know. However, in the process of this encirclement and suppression, this boy has been beaten to death by the security team in Laojun'ao. ”

"Really? Did you hear that? This is what happens when you are a guerrilla and go against the Nationalist Government! Chen Bing said loudly to the villagers.

"Captain Chen, I think forget it, these two sons are dead, it's useless to shoot them, the villagers, for my sake, I went around them this time."

"Alright! Since you are talking brother, I will give this face and spare the lives of both of them. However, capital sins can be avoided, but living sins cannot be escaped. Someone's coming! They set fire to their house. See who dares to oppose the Nationalist Government in the future, and they will end up. ”

"Captain Chen, you think it's better to forget it......" Su Mingli demanded.

Chen Bing turned around, ignored Su Mingli, waved his hand, and the soldiers piled dry firewood and straw around Su Cheng's house and lit the fire. In the scorching summer, even the wind blows in a heat wave. The wind fueled the fire, and the fire quickly engulfed the entire house, and the smoke rose to the sky, which could be seen from several kilometers away.

"My house, my son......" Su Cheng's mother cried and threw herself into the burning house, Su Cheng's father hugged her, and the mother's hand was stretched out to bring her son and the house intact to come back, and the father hugged his mother, looking ahead, his eyes were full of anger.

At this moment, Su Cheng had returned to Sujiaping and was lying on the hillside not far from the grain drying field. Watching the soldiers of the Self-Defense Corps exert lewd threats on the villagers, I was so angry that my lungs exploded. When he saw that his house was set on fire by the Self-Defense Forces of Dog Day, his eyes were on fire, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he gritted his teeth and pulled out his shell gun, trying to rush up and fight the enemy desperately. He leaped to his feet and pounced on the enemy. Just as Su Cheng jumped up and pounced on the enemy, his body was heavily pressed under him. What kind of person is Su Cheng, with a lot of kung fu, how can he allow people to sneak attack? At the moment when he was thrown to the ground, his arms were stretched to the ground with his strength, and he rolled to the side with the momentum, and his body flipped over, but he rode on the man, and at this time, Su Cheng's gun was already on the man's head.

"Don't shoot! My own person, I am Lin Yi. Su Cheng fixed his eyes, and sure enough, it was Lin Yi, so he grabbed him and rolled over, and the two rolled to a place where no one could see, let go of each other, and sat up.

"Why are you here?" Su Cheng was surprised and puzzled.

"It's ......a long story," Lin Yi was about to continue, but Su Cheng couldn't wait to interrupt Lin Yi's words: "I'll talk about it later, help me kill these wild boys first (carving)." As he spoke, he pulled up Lin Yi and wanted to rush out.

"Nope! Can't hit. There are too many enemies, and to go out is to send them to death. Lin Yi grabbed Su Cheng and didn't let him go.

"Is it a brother? You don't help, do you? Su Cheng sank his face and said angrily.

"It's not that we don't help, 'the gentleman takes revenge, it's not too late for ten years', the enemy is trying to find us, this is good, we have to send it to the door automatically, isn't it in the enemy's arms?"

"I don't care! I can't even protect my home and parents, so what kind of guerrilla am I? Su Cheng was really angry.

"It's not a matter of care, if we go out and die, think about it, your Abba and Mom will be very sad, are you filial? This is called unfilial piety. Besides, if you go out, you can't get back to the house, the house is burned, you can still rebuild, and if the people are gone, what will you take revenge? Hearing Lin Yi say this, especially when he said that he was not filial, Su Cheng was poked in the sore spot, you must know that Su Cheng is a well-known filial son, and he dare not disobey the wishes of his parents.

"Then what do you say?" Su Cheng's anger gradually subsided.

"Let's hurry up and find the captain, only by relying on the strength of the guerrillas, we will have a chance to take revenge."

"Good! Let's go. ”

"Let's go!" The two quietly left Sujiaping. On the way, Lin Yi asked Su Cheng: "I obviously saw you being blown off the cliff, no one will suspect that you sacrificed, you must know that the cliff is so high, and there are rocks all over the place, even if you are not killed, you will have to fall to pieces." Su Cheng smiled and said, "God kept me useful, and directly threw me into a pit full of thick vines and grass, so that I escaped death." ”

'Your life is so big!' If you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a good life in the future. Lin Yi sighed. Su Cheng spread out his palm to show Lin Yi the lines on his palm, and then pointed to his nose and said, "I remember when I was a child, my father took me to the market, and on the way back, I met an old man. The old man was in tattered clothes, dirty, and lying on the side of the road, unable to move. Abba has a very good heart, and if others can help in trouble, he will try his best to help, and everyone in this area knows that he is a good person. After learning that the old man was thirsty and hungry, he fed the old man with water, took out dry food from the cloth bag and gave it to the old man to eat, and when he left, he gave the old man all the money from selling food. You must know that in the market, I asked Abba to buy some winter melon candy to eat, but he refused to give it. But for such an old man who is not related to him, he is so generous. Sometimes I really can't figure out what Abba's picture is. The old man was full of food and drink, took the money, and was very grateful, saying that he had nothing to reciprocate, and he was sorry not to go, so he must show something. The old man took my hand and said to my father, 'Well, when I was young, I walked between heaven and earth, learned a lot of physiognomy, and made a living by predicting the good fortune and evil of others. If you can trust me, I want to help you do the math for your son, so that I can repay you for your charity, how about it? Although Abba did not believe in such things, when he saw that the old man was sincere, he said no more. The old man spoke amazingly, and said that Abba had four boys and one girl, and Abba didn't feel anything when he heard it, and the villagers around him didn't (didn't) understand? The old man continued; 'You are the second in line, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, born very white, unlike rural people, the bridge of the nose is high and straight, and the roots are sunken, and you will live in the city most of the time in the future, but there are many hardships when you are young, and you will live well when you are old. Looking at palmistry, the emotional line is complex, and the relationship and marriage are changeable. Judging from the gossip fate, this child's life is like a cat, and his life is also nine lives, and he is often in great trouble but does not die, and the blessings are endless. Among the brothers and sisters, only this is the most promising...... ' The old man finished speaking and walked away. The old man's words only echoed my Abba and Aunt's inner expectations, especially my Aunt, who didn't let me do housework since I was a child, and asked her what she was doing, but she didn't say anything, which made the other brothers and sisters have opinions. Lin Yi listened to this story and sighed: "You can't die if you blow up, you can't die if you fall, your life is not big, it's settled." What touched me was that your father was a very kind man, and the old man, whether he was right or not, could be regarded as having the heart to repay his kindness. If people have good deeds, they will be rewarded! ”

Su Cheng asked why Lin Yi appeared in Sujiaping, and where did the troops go? Lin Yi went from Laojun Pass to fight and block, to Mawei Village to save the people, to the enemy ambush at Biandan Ridge, and then to the melee between the enemy and me in Liangyou and Dadeng, the troops were scattered, and told it in detail, it was thrilling, life and death, and sometimes the heart beat faster and the emotions were excited; Sometimes his expression is solemn and his face is dark; Sometimes he was in a cold sweat and pale. Su Cheng sighed: "I didn't expect that I woke up under the cliff and recuperated from my injuries for two days, and such a tragic battle happened here, thrilling and unprecedented!" Captain, they're here now, are you okay? I really want to find them sooner, I miss them. Lin Yi was deeply touched and said with expectation: "Yes! I miss them too. Let's go northeast, maybe we will meet them, you know, the captain must also miss us scattered comrades, waiting for us. Thinking of this, the two of them suddenly lifted their spirits and accelerated the pace of catching up.