Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan who ate this meal were all in a good mood, only Tang Xingying pulled Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing to keep muttering, whispering about their daughter's family.

When she returned to her room in the evening, Tang Xingying sighed and said to Liu Yimin: "Yimin, when you have time, talk to Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing, I heard that many comrades are pursuing them, including those from the Central Column, the Red 25th Army, and our Seventh Army. I asked them in the evening, and Zhao Xiaoman said that she would dedicate herself to art and never marry. Jingjing said that she wanted to be a red newspaper person and never get married for the rest of her life. I think in my heart, I'm afraid that their hearts are still on you. However, we are already married, you are also famous, and it is impossible for the Red Army to let one person marry several wives, and I do not have the kind of mind to share love with others, and if this continues, it will delay them. I feel very uncomfortable, they are so good, they have been lonely all their lives, it is so pitiful. I think they will probably listen to you, and you will persuade them to find an ideal partner to marry. Wouldn't your heart feel a little better? You won't watch the woman who likes you live without a place and be lonely, right? ”

Liu Yimin was also very depressed when he heard this, so he asked Zhao Xiaoman: "Didn't you recommend to them a few leaders of our regiment headquarters and the heads of various divisions and directly subordinate troops?" Those are all talents, like Liu Jianjian, Li Qing, Gao Yuan, Chen Dayong, Hong Chaoyuan, Zhao Shan, Lei Ming, Li Chang, Hu Laohu, Feng Dafei, Huang Su, Li Lingfeng, all of which can't be found with lanterns. Like Political Commissar Luo and Director Cai, they will all be senior leaders after the victory in the future, and their character is so good, are they too picky? ”

Tang Xingying sighed lightly again: "I recommended all of these, considering the age and education level gap, I also recommended some intellectual leading cadres of our legion, such as Chen Tong and Zhou Yi, but the two of them were very resolute, and they refused without even thinking about it." ”

Liu Yimin sighed: "These two girls, alas, are too persistent! ”

Tang Xingying twisted Liu Yimin hatefully: "It's all your fault, I think you dare to provoke others in the future!" ”

Liu Yimin looked at Tang Xingying: "I'm also innocent, you know it in your heart!" ”

Tang Xingying was silent for a long time, Liu Yimin was afraid that she would sulk, so he walked over, took her hand and sat down, wanting to comfort her a few words.

Without waiting for Liu Yimin to speak, Tang Xingying said: "I am a woman, I know the pain of women, if I fall in love with someone, I will hide it in my heart for the rest of my life, even if I marry someone else, I will not be truly happy." But I can't help this situation now, even if I divorce you and let you out, it may not be their turn, I'm afraid what you really want in your heart is Ni Hua. ”

Liu Yimin couldn't imagine that it turned out to be the innocent Tang Xingying. Now that I've become so mature, I have so many things in my heart. hugged her shoulders lovingly and said, "Silly girl, what is there to let love do, we have to have a good time, I'm waiting for you to give me a son!" Don't think about it, if you think too much, you'll get sick. ”

Tang Xingying moved Liu Yimin's hand away and said, "Don't interrupt, let me finish speaking." Come to think of it, my mother is right, this man is looking for a partner, and he can't find a girl who is too pretty. If this woman marries a man, she can't marry a man who is too good. The principle is the same, that is, if you think it is good, everyone looks good, and it is inevitable that you will fight for me and cause trouble. But I met you, and you are so good. I can't imagine what the point of my life would be without you. Think about it again, I think this way, then Ni Hua, Zhao Xiaoman, and Jingjing are probably all the same, whoever uses more affection, who is more painful. It would be nice if you were born with a romantic surname, it would be nice to be good with them, and the freshness will come back after the freshness, but you are not like that, you are not romantic or attentive, and the girls who love you are all so good, which one is better than me, and they are all in love. I'm afraid that if you leave me one day, I'm afraid that I won't be able to pull you back. ”

Liu Yimin felt that this topic was getting heavier and heavier the more he talked about it, and he wanted to change the topic, and he was afraid that Tang Xingying would misunderstand him to avoid contradictions and not communicate with his wife. I had to follow Tang Xingying's words and say, "Xingying, when you met me, I hadn't thought about falling in love. Later, I found out that you like me, and I thought that in this era of war, human life is like grass, since you like me, I want to think of protecting your safety. That's why you let me act with me, and I want Li Chengyi to be responsible for your safety. I won't talk about the rest of the matter, in short, we are husband and wife, and we are a voluntary union. We need to live a good life and let those who care about us rest assured. As for Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing, I don't mean that myself, I don't talk to them, you have time, communicate with them more, slowly dissolve their knots, and let them have a good home. Really reluctant to get married, not reluctantly, how many talented and contributing people are single. Let this matter be natural, you don't have to think about it. ”

When Tang Xingying heard Liu Yimin say this, she felt that this was an opportunity, and she should take the opportunity to ask about her and Ni Hua. After being married for so many days, she was immersed in love, and never asked her how to deal with her relationship with Ni Hua. Since he said this, he opened his surname and said it, so that he felt uncomfortable when he thought about it. So, Tang Xingying raised her face and looked directly at Liu Yimin: "Then tell me what's going on between you and Ni Hua?" What will you do if she comes back in the future? ”

Liu Yimin chuckled in his heart, he finally came, so much foreshadowing, all for this sentence. This is his wife, since she asks like this, it means that she has always had this knot in her heart, and it is not possible to untie it. But thinking of Ni Hua's deep affection, Liu Yimin felt that he could only tell the truth, if he blindly pushed and coaxed, it would be too unmanly. He said, "Xing Sakura, since we are married, it is that I chose you." You have to be generous and don't think about these troubles. If Ni Hua comes back in the future, it will be our comrade-in-arms, and I hope you can get along well. A few days ago, when the chairman came to me, several central leaders were there, and the chairman made it clear that he would not ask the comrades about their emotional disputes in the future, and I believed that we would be able to handle them well. As for what will I do when Ni Hua comes back? To be honest, I don't know. Ignoring her and not wanting her is a betrayal of conscience! You may also know that before she left, we had made a promise to each other, and we also had the reality of husband and wife. When I was in Huaqingchi, I was very embarrassed, I didn't marry you, I'm sorry for you, I didn't marry Ni Hua, I'm sorry for her. At that time, I couldn't think of it, I wanted to become a Taoist priest in a daze, but fortunately Li Chengyi was alert and woke me up, otherwise you might not even see me. I am telling you this, it is all from my heart, except for you and Ni Hua in this world, no one else knows. I think our goal is to defeat imperialism and establish a new China, and nothing else matters. Is it okay not to talk about this issue now? ”

The more Tang Xingying listened, the colder her heart became, and she couldn't help but ask coldly: "Do you mean that after Ni Hua comes back, let her be your wife too?" ”

Liu Yimin saw Tang Xingying's face turn cold, and knew that this question could not be said again. If you keep talking, it will become more and more boring. I was also angry in my heart, so I said, "That's not what it means, how can I be so shameless and have two wives at the same time?" I mean, you are the wife I am marrying, be generous and help me resolve the conflict. Ni Hua's problem is a reality that cannot be avoided. It can only be allowed time to slowly smooth out these scars. You are forcing me so relentlessly, if Ni Hua comes back and forces me like you, tell me how I can lead the troops to fight? If both of you are so unreasonable, I don't have any meaning in living, just die on the battlefield, forget it, and I don't owe you a little favor again! ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin stopped looking at Tang Xingying, and went to bed and lay down to rest.

Tang Xingying was so angry that she was trembling, and she just wanted to pull Liu Yimin up and talk to him well. Just as he was about to stretch out his hand to pull Liu Yimin, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, what happened to him, when did he become a jealous person? Think about it again, silly girl, this is her husband, don't you push him into someone else's arms by forcing him like this? Do you have to force him to say that he doesn't want to do what he wants to do? Tang Xingying, Tang Xingying, where did you go with your gentle and lovely person? Where did the heroic spirit go? As long as you love him and be good to him wholeheartedly, what kind of dry vinegar do you eat! When I fell in love with him, I naturally took a fancy to his character and talent, don't you still believe that he has the wisdom to deal with problems? Take 10,000 steps back, that is, if he falls in love with someone else in the future, hasn't he also had his love? Compared with those who are unrequited and bitter, I don't know how lucky and how happy I am! Don't dare to be stupid, if it really makes him feel bored, then regret it is not in a hurry.

Alas, whatever, as long as he likes himself and loves himself, as for whether he has someone else in his heart, don't care about him, who makes his man so good and so loved?

Tang Xingying, who had figured it out, slowly calmed down, lay on the bed, stretched out her hand to pull Liu Yimin, and said softly: "Yimin, it's me who is not good, I shouldn't force you." I thought about it, I love you, and I have become your wife, and I should be very content. As for Ni Hua, Zhao Xiaoman, and Jingjing, you can watch it, don't let them be too pitiful. I went back and talked to Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing, trying to make their minds turn around. You don't have to shy away from talking to them, taking them out for a walk, getting to know more of our cadres, so that they can discover the advantages of those comrades. If it really doesn't work, then let it be. I felt sorry for them, so I was angry with you, don't take it to heart. If Ni Hua can come back and participate in the revolution in the future, then I don't have anything to say. She has such conditions, for you, I don't want anything, thousands of mountains and rivers rushed back, such an excellent girl, and such a high medical skill, participating in the Red Army is the blessing of our Red Army, and it is also your blessing. You can handle it yourself. I love you, you are my life, my God, I won't say anything about what you do. As long as you know that I am your wife, that I love you more than they do, that I am willing to lay down my life for you. ”

As he spoke, tears flowed out of his eyes. Liu Yimin felt uncomfortable when he heard this, and he couldn't love it, so he gently hugged Tang Xingying in his arms and kissed the tears on her face dry. Then he untied the jade Buddha given by Chen Jingtang from his neck, handed it to Tang Xingying, and told her that this is Mr. Chen Jingtang's heirloom, it is a mutton fat jade Buddha, very valuable, together with a few poems written by [***], they are all priceless treasures, and they must not be lost. When you have a child, bring the Jade Buddha to the child and bless the child with a safe life.

The two of them talked for a long time, and then they rested.

The next day, Cai Zhong and Luo Ronghuan brought the regulations on the marriage conditions of the cadres of the Red Seventh Army, I don't know what the two old revolutionaries think, the hard surname condition turned out to be the legendary "258th Regiment", that is, over 25 years old, eight years of military experience, and above the regimental level cadres.

After Liu Yimin saw it, he joked: "Fortunately, I just got married, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to meet two of the three hard conditions." ”

Cai Zhong asked: "Does the commander of the regiment mean to change it again?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "I suggest that these three hard conditions be separated, and any one of them can be achieved. That is, cadres above the regimental level, cadres and soldiers with more than eight years of Red Army military experience, and cadres and soldiers over 25 years old, so it is a little more humane. ”

Luo Ronghuan thought about it for a while, and said that there were too many people over 25 years old, so it was changed to more than 30 years old, so it would be more satisfying.

In this way, the marriage conditions of the Red Seventh Army were introduced, and the legendary "258th Regiment" was indispensable to the "38th Regiment" as long as one was satisfied.

Tang Xingying quickly connected Cai Zhong, the woman was a cadre of the field hospital, one of the three nurses rescued by Liu Yimin from Xinwei, named Ren Ying, and Chen Tong's right-hand man. Tang Xingying was familiar with Ren Ying when she was taking care of Liu Yimin in Chengdu, and knew that she was going to the Soviet District from Shanghai to join the Red Army, and asked Chen Tong to understand, Chen Tong immediately strongly agreed, and directly called Ren Ying over, let her and Tang Xingying talk for two hours, knowing that the other party was Cai Zhong, Ren Ying did not hesitate at all, and directly followed Tang Xingying to see Cai Zhong.

When Cai Zhong saw Tang Xingying leading a female comrade in, he immediately realized what was going on, and his dark and thin face flushed, which made Tang Xingying laugh in his heart. directly introduced Ren Ying to Cai Zhong, and briefly introduced the situation of Cai Zhong she knew to Ren Ying. Then he said directly: "Director Cai, in our legion, Sister Ren is an old Red Army, she has never talked to someone before, she has a certain understanding of you and a good impression." Don't think that you are a leader, you are now a bachelor looking for a partner, cherish Sister Ren and win her heart with your actions. Okay, I'm leaving, you guys talk. ”

After speaking, Tang Xingying went to Luo Ronghuan to report Ren Ying's situation, Luo Ronghuan was very satisfied when he heard it, and praised Tang Xingying for being smart and using her brains.

Tang Xingying smiled and said, "Then I'll draw a line for you, right?" ”

Luo Ronghuan was also a little moved, thought about it and said, "If there is a suitable one, it is okay." But I'm older, so don't look for those little girls in the Seventh Legion. If you have the opportunity, see if there is a suitable one on the side of Shaanxi Kang Ming Boiled Political Axe. ”

Tang Xingying nodded: "I remember, the political commissar will wait for the good news!" ”

After waiting for seven or eight days, Shen Qianyi finally came back from Tongguan and told Liu Yimin that the 11th Division had arranged for the troops to start mining, and judging from the ore mined, it was a rich ore.

Liu Yimin asked Shen Qianyi not to stop, to prepare immediately, and set off with him to find coal mines and iron mines.

Shen Qianyi now admires Liu Yimin for throwing himself to the ground, and he will prepare as soon as he agrees.

On June 5, Liu Yimin, Cai Zhong, and Zeng Zhongsheng left Xi'an and marched towards northern Shaanxi.

Shen Qianyi found more than a dozen teachers and students studying physics and engineering from Sun Yat-sen University and accompanied him.

Liu Yimin then remembered that this Sun Yat-sen College was the original Northwest University, and after Liu Zhenhua besieged the city, the teachers and students of Northwest University fled and died, and suffered heavy losses. After driving Liu Zhenhua away, it was renamed Sun Yat-sen College. Although the strength of the school is not as good as before, there are still some excellent teachers.

In order to speed up the march, Liu Yimin brought the few cars in Xi'an, and asked these teachers, students, and the reporters of the art troupe and the Zhanqi newspaper who accompanied them to visit the Red 27th Army to sit on, and himself, Cai Zhong, and Zeng Zhongsheng rode horses with all the first battalion of the guard battalion.

When he set off, Liu Yimin found that there was an extra woman beside Tang Xingying, and when he asked Tang Xingying, he knew that it was Ren Ying from the field hospital. Liu Yimin immediately told Tang Xingying to take care of his sister-in-law, and Ren Ying's face was flushed.

Cai Zhong saw Liu Yimin making fun of Ren Ying, and laughed.

When he walked to the road, Liu Yimin laughed at Cai Zhong's speed too fast, and asked him to talk to the object, not to let him marry his wife immediately, at least he had to talk for a while.

Cai Zhong immediately said that it was too late, and he couldn't catch up with the commander in a hurry.

A few people talked and laughed, and the team marched very fast.

When he arrived in Tongchuan, Liu Yimin inspected the troops of the Third Division stationed in Tongchuan, and the art troupe gave a special performance.

Because he was in a hurry to rush to northern Shaanxi, Liu Yimin set off after resting in Tongchuan for one night. Zhang Hongtao proposed to send troops to escort him, and Liu Yimin said with a smile: "You look down on the combat effectiveness of the first battalion of guards." ”

Zhang Hongtao was still not at ease, so he quietly sent the newly established cavalry battalion to set off in advance, open the way in front, and inform the Red 27th Army to pay attention to the response.

At this time, the wheat is ripe, the field is golden, and the wind blows, urging a ** golden wave, which looks very beautiful.

Liu Yimin was in a happy mood, and when he was resting halfway, he picked up the painting folder he brought from Xi'an, and drew a few sketches for Tang Xingying with this wheat field as the background, and prepared to use the sketches as the basis for returning home, and paint a few oil paintings under the name of "The Female Red Army by the Wheat Field", which can be regarded as a dowry for Tang Xingying. Unexpectedly, Tang Xingying saw that Liu Yimin had this ability, and couldn't wait, so he had to finish painting before leaving.

Liu Yimin thought that he had time, so he told Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng to take the team to go first, leaving Li Chengyi and Yilian, and they caught up later.

Liu Yimin, who calmed down, asked the soldiers to bring stones on the side of the road, supported the case, spread out the canvas, and began to paint. While painting, I thought about the female Red Army soldier who fell behind on Miaoling Road on a snowy night, the boss's daughter during the battle in Qingxi Town, the cousin of Deng Xihou, who was graceful and luxurious during the battle in Hanyang Town, the female team leader of Huangsi Village, and the beautiful bride at the wedding, the more I thought about it, the more excited I became, and my mind was full of Tang Xingying's beauty, gentleness, bravery, and strength, and the colors kept changing under my hands, and I drew 3 pictures in one go.

After Tang Xingying saw it, she only felt that the women in the world were the happiest, and she didn't care about the guards and soldiers next to her, she hugged Liu Yimin and kissed her, and then whispered into Liu Yimin's ear: "I love you to death, my man!" ”

Liu Yimin laughed, told Li Chengyi to put away his things, turned around and picked up Tang Xingying, put on his war horse, and led the guard company to chase the troops.

Tang Xingying didn't expect that the set of oil paintings painted by her lover would be so valuable in the future, although the collection bidding price was slightly lower than Ni Hua's portrait, but it was also a sky-high price that shocked the world. Especially after knowing that this was painted with stones temporarily supported on the marching road, it set off a wave of Liu Yimin's oil painting art research fever, and Liu Yimin had the laurel of "oil painting master" on his head.

That night, the team camped in Central County.

The central county is later Huangling County, Liu Yimin told Li Chengyi to prepare memorial items, and got up in the morning to lead the team to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum in Qiaoshan to pay tribute to the Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of humanity.

The Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum is a beautiful place.

Liu Yimin asked the first battalion of guards to line up in front of the main hall and salute the statue of the Yellow Emperor. He took Tang Xingying, Cai Zhong, Ren Ying, Zeng Zhongsheng, Shen Qianyi, Zhao Xiaoman, Jingjing, and Li Chengyi directly into the main hall of Xuanyuan Temple, and with the help of the management personnel, they put sacrifices and incense.

Liu Yimin stood still in front of the statue of the Yellow Emperor, took out the memorial words he had written last night, and read aloud: "On June 8, 1935, Liu Yimin, a descendant of China and commander of the Red Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, together with his wife Tang Xingying, director of the Political Department Cai Zhong, chief of staff Zeng Zhongsheng and comrades presented a tribute in front of the seat of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of Chinese humanities:

Chaos begins to open, and everything is clouded. My ancestor Gongsun Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, made jade bows and arrows, created writing, taught the people to agriculture and mulberry, established the heaven and earth branches, and created the Chinese civilization, which has been inherited for 5,000 years!

Since the ancestor Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, down to the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the state of etiquette and civilization are famous all over the world, and our Chinese people stand proudly in the forest of the world's nations. There are generations of heroic martyrs, and there are virtuous ministers in the world, inheriting the legacy of Xuanyuan's ancestors, opening up the territory, protecting China, educating all the people, and returning to the sect, and there are 40,000 people and more than 10 million square kilometers of land today.

Today, there are island-yi clowns, who do not measure their own strength, take the way of destruction by themselves, invade my Chinese territory, kill my innocent people, plunder my assets, and commit heinous crimes, and people and gods are angry!

The people are not talented, I am willing to swear in front of my ancestors, unite comrades, lead the people, rise up to fight, fight hard, destroy the invaders, save the people from fire and water, and return peace to China!

When he said to sweep away the wolf smoke, the people should come to Qiaoshan in person to pay tribute to my ancestor Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor.

Kneel down and pray, may my ancestors bless him!

Feast! ”

After reading the sacrificial text, Liu Yimin led everyone to perform three kneeling and nine bowing bows.

(To be continued)