After three days, the snow was much lighter, but it was still falling. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The last bit of jerky in the hands of the brothers had already been eaten a long time ago, and yesterday the troops ran out of food, and they really fell into the point of running out of ammunition and food.

Normally, if a healthy person's body can support half a month without eating, the liver glycogen, fat and even muscle in the body can be used to consume energy to provide it.

But this is based on the premise of good health.

Qin Yuan and his soldiers had already reached the limit due to the long-term continuous fighting and marching, and the natural conditions were very harsh, without any supplies.

In such cold weather, if you don't replenish your energy as soon as possible, the whole person will soon collapse.

When the time comes, let alone going to Rehe, it will be enough to get out of this temple.

Qin Yuan's hair was almost gray in a hurry, he didn't want his brothers to throw their lives in this grassland in vain, but he couldn't come up with any solution.

Several brothers volunteered to ask Qin Yuan for their lives, wanting to go out to find food, but he refused.

He didn't want his brothers to go out on an adventure, not to mention whether he could find food, this was icy and snowy, once he went out, he couldn't say whether the brothers could come back safely in their current physical condition.

"No one is allowed to go out without me speaking, this is a death order!"

Qin Yuan's voice was a little stern, and a few brothers who asked for their lives sat back in a daze.

It is estimated that the snow outside will stop in a day or two, and once the snow stops, there will definitely be animals coming out to feed, and then all problems will be solved.

But how do you spend this day or two?

Stiffening up is definitely not the way, everyone has reached the point where the oil is exhausted, in case anyone can't survive, Qin Yuan will regret it.

Just as Qin Yuan was pondering, a brother came back from outside the door with a large piece of snow, and he was going to take his helmet and boil some hot water to drink.

In his words, if you drink some hot water, your body will be warmer and you will be less hungry.

Looking at the helmet on the fire, Qin Yuan suddenly thought of a way.

That's the boiled belt!

The belt is a good thing, although there are not many people in the team, there are many brothers with belts on their bodies, and many of them are taken from the puppet army.

In the early thirties of the twentieth century, China's industry was still very backward, and most of the belts used in pastoral areas, rural areas and even many cities were not industrially processed.

That is, there are no processes such as nitrate skin and shrinking leather, and the belt is used only after simple primary processing.

Such a belt can be boiled and eaten when forced to do so, and it is said to taste good.

Because collagen dissolves in saline. After boiling in concentrated brine in a pressure cooker, the collagen in the belt can be denatured and dissolved in the brine. Since collagen fibers are an important structure that provides belt strength, the texture of the belt will be greatly improved when collagen is dissolved.

Although there is no pressure cooker and there is not much salt at this time, none of this is a problem.

As soon as he thought of it, Qin Yuan immediately ordered to untie the belts on the brothers' bodies.

Although the big guy was a little surprised, he didn't know what this chief was going to do, but he still took off his belt and handed it to Qin Yuan.

Even Zhang Ying wanted to untie the cowhide armed belt around her waist, but Qin Yuan hurriedly stopped her.

These big men don't care, they can be used as trouser belts by tying leggings around their waists.

But Zhang Ying is a girl, and she still has to be treated differently after all.

In total, they probably got more than a dozen cowhide belts, some of which were even covered with dirt, and it was clear that none of the brothers were hobbyists, and none of them knew how to be hygienic.

There was no way, Qin Yuan pointed to a few people and asked them to wash all these belts.

The word "clean" was particularly emphasized, and he didn't want to eat it until his mouth was full of sweat.

After a while, the belt was washed clean and taken back, Qin Yuan smelled it, there was no peculiar smell, only a faint smell of cowhide.

Calling everyone together, Qin Yuan began to show everyone how to eat a belt.

The way to eat is very simple, soak the belt in water to soften, put it in a pot and boil, put some salt on it, whether it is rotten or not, it can satisfy hunger.

At this time, the big guy realized that the belt could also be eaten!

In Zhang Fenglin's words, how does this fucking scholar have a long head, how do he know so much, and he can even come up with the trick of eating a belt......

Soon a batch cut into small pieces with a bayonet was boiling in the pot.

Qin Yuan picked up a piece with a bayonet, sniffed it, and actually smelled a fragrance!

So he couldn't wait to put it in his mouth.

It doesn't feel as good as it smells in your mouth, it's a little hard and bitter, a bit like you're taking Chinese medicine.

But one thing is certain, and that is that the belt can be eaten!

With Qin Yuan's test of poison, the brothers also began to pick up the cowhide belt with bayonets and put it in their mouths. Not to mention, it's a delicacy for these hungry people for a day.

shouted that it tasted good, and even Zhang Ying tried to eat a piece.

It was snowing outside, and the hot steel helmets in the house were boiling the belts, and the brothers were enjoying themselves, and from time to time they burst into laughter.

This reminded Qin Yuan of a joke he had seen before:

It was revealed on the Internet that many large state-owned pharmaceutical factories use waste leather shoes to make capsules.

Some netizens made up a joke and said: The Red Army soldiers on the Long March were very difficult, and they didn't even have anything to eat. Later, the Red Army could only eat weeds, bark, and belts.

Passing through a small town to rest, the warriors began to cook the belt again. When the villagers saw this, they took out their shoes and cooked them for the soldiers. The head of the Red Army was very moved, so he promised the villagers: "After the success of the revolution, we must let the people of the whole country eat leather shoes." ”

Of course it's just a joke, it's not true.

But at this time, chewing the belt in his mouth really made Qin Yuan feel the difficulty of the times and the cruelty of war.

As it says in a limerick poem:

The cowhide belt is three feet long, and the grassland wasteland is good dry food.

Boiling water has a unique taste, and it is extraordinarily fragrant when cooked by wildfire.

One section is used to cook wild vegetables, and one section is used to boil fresh soup.

……

More than a dozen cowhide belts helped everyone to survive another day, and on the fourth day, everyone was still wrapped in cotton jackets and snuggled up to each other to sleep.

At this moment, I don't know who suddenly shouted, "The snow has stopped, and the sun has come out!" ”

The shouting was so loud that most of the brothers were woken up. As soon as they heard this, they closed their padded jackets and stood up, poked their heads out and looked out.

I saw that there was not a trace of clouds in the blue sky, the sun had just risen, and the earth was covered in silver and beautiful.

The slightly cool air rushed to his face, but it made Qin Yuan's eyes wet.

At the end of the line of sight in the distance, there was Rehe, and that was where Qin Yuan wanted to take his brothers!