"They all stood up, divided the meals, and then went with Deng Zongqi to receive the punishment of whipping, and then went to the confinement room after the beating, remember, you have to be hungry for 36 hours before you can eat." Su Hao ordered.

The Xiong brothers stood up, walked to the table where the half bowl of rice was placed, and glanced at each other. Xiong Minyang said to his brother: "Brother, I'm not hungry yet, you can eat." ”

Xiong Minfan said: "Third child, didn't you listen to the master of the hundred households, we will be hungry for 36 hours." You're not hungry now, you'll be hungry in a while. I'm strong, I've been hungry for 36 hours, it's fine, you're weak, so you should eat. ”

Xiong Min looked up and said: "Brother, you should eat, you are big, the amount of food you eat on weekdays is bigger than mine, I have a small amount of food, and it's okay to be hungry." ”

"I have a lot of food, and I have a lot of food in my stomach, and you have no food in your stomach, so you can't survive three years."

"Brother, you usually let me eat, but this time it's my turn to let you. Let's eat it, brother, don't upset the lord of the hundred households. ”

"Who said that I let you every time, the third child, do you remember, last time we went to the market to sell vegetables, we lost the money, and there was one rice cake left, you let me eat, you were hungry all the way. This time, count me back to you. ”

"Brother, when I was a child, you always helped me find food, my brother owes you a lot, so you should eat......"

“……”

The two brothers, who were still fighting for rice with Pao Ze just now, actually pushed each other in the face of only half a bowl of rice in the next 36 hours. The surrounding soldiers were still in the mood of watching the excitement at first, but when they heard the conversation between the two brothers, everyone couldn't help but feel a little gloomy, and the soldiers with shallow eye sockets had begun to secretly wipe their eyes.

Country boys, who hasn't gone hungry? Especially in families with many brothers and sisters, there have been such things as giving up only a bowl of rice and a rice cake to their compatriots. In fact, when they came out to serve as soldiers, didn't they want to save the family's rations and leave them for their younger brothers and sisters who were minors?

Listening to Eri's conversation, when Zhongjin looked at the big bag of rice wrapped in a gown, the feeling of hatred and anger that seemed to be before seemed to fade a little.

"Master of a hundred households, the matter of fighting was provoked by Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin is willing to starve for the two brothers of the Xiong family for one day each, and beg the lord of the hundred households to reduce their white spoon punishment to two days. He Bencheng, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly raised his head and said to Su Hao.

"Do you have 1 day with them?" Su Hao asked quietly.

He Bencheng hesitated for a moment, kowtowed and said, "Master Baihu, this Xiong family brother is kind to Xiao Jin." During the day, when Ma Shengren was taking the school to take the school for our knowledge, Xiao Jin couldn't write a word, and it was the third child of the Xiong family who secretly told Xiao Jin, or Xiao Jin would not be able to pass the exam. Now that this has happened, Xiao Jin wants to return his love. ”

"Oh?" Su Hao replied meaningfully.

He Bencheng realized that he had missed his mouth, and hurriedly kowtowed desperately: "The lord of the hundred households forgives the sin, this matter has nothing to do with the third child of the Xiong family, I begged him repeatedly, and he couldn't help it, so he told Xiao Jin." If the lord of a hundred households wants to cure this crime, he can punish me as soon as he enters. ”

"It seems that you are quite righteous in this entry." Su Hao said.

He Bencheng said: "Xiao Jin didn't dare, but when I was a child, I listened to Mr. tell me about the loyalty of the chivalrous people in the rivers and lakes, and Xiao Jin longed for it. The brothers of the Xiong family respect and love each other, which reminds Xiao Jin of his brother, so he can't bear to see them starving and hurting their bodies, and they are willing to take a day for them. ”

"Xiao Jin is also willing to take the blame for the Xiong family brother for a day." The other three soldiers who participated in the fight also followed suit, they did not necessarily have any feelings for the Xiong brothers, but they had a very simple sense of value. They feel that at such a time, if they do not express themselves, it will be difficult to see them in the future.

"The second eldest of the Xiong family, the third eldest of the Xiong family, how do you feel about the actions of these robes?" Su Hao asked the Xiong brothers in a long voice.

Xiong Minfan turned his head to look at He Bencheng and waiting, and suddenly knelt down with a thud, beat his head and said: "Brothers, it's my second brother Xiong who is confused, and he thinks of such a despicable way to grab food with your brothers." Xiong Lao Er has already known that he is wrong, and he will never dare to let the brothers be punished on my behalf. Everyone, quickly retract what you just said, don't annoy the lord of the hundred households. ”

Xiong Minyang also knelt down with his brother and said, "Brother He, the other brothers, our brothers are wrong, and they should be punished by the masters of the hundred households." The master of the hundred households did not cut off our white spoon heads, it is already an extrajudicial grace, brothers must stop interceding for our brothers. ”

Su Hao smiled and turned around to see Hao Tong and Deng Kui. The second face was as hard as an iron plate, but there was a little relief in his eyes. In the army, the most important thing is the brotherhood between the robes, and this scene of fighting for the other party in the fight made the two hard-hearted veterans a little moved.

Su Hao waved his hand, motioned to the Xiong brothers and He Bencheng to wait for the mouth, and then said, "He Bencheng, right?" And a few of you, stand up. I was patronizing the fight just now, and I haven't eaten yet. First take the bowl to eat, and then go together to receive the whipping, and after receiving it, the six of them are locked up together and are not allowed to eat. ”

"No!" He Bencheng and the others replied loudly, they still learned this from Hao Tong and Deng Kui.

"Hundred Households...... How many meals can we eat? A soldier named Yu Jun asked cautiously with his bowl in his hand.

Su Hao laughed, pointed to the big bag of rice wrapped by the Xiong brothers, and said, "This bag of rice is the six of you, and you can eat as much as you want." Just to make it clear that since you are fighting for food, then you are not allowed to leave a grain of rice, otherwise, this hundred households will punish you for the crime of wasting food. ”

"Don't dare!" The six soldiers who had committed the crime replied in unison.

The Xiong brothers borrowed a bowl from their fellow villagers in the team, and waited with He Bencheng and others to eat around the bag of rice. When scooping rice into the bowl, everyone was humble to each other, and no one was embarrassed to take too much. As a result, after each of them ate a bowl, half of the rice in the cloth bag was left, so Zhongjin very consciously put the rest of the rice into his own bowl according to the ratio of one-sixth of each bowl, and then ate it in a big gulp.

A brawl that started from grabbing food eventually turned into a bloody drama of harmonious coexistence between comrades-in-arms, which can be regarded as a god-like reversal. The onlookers were also embarrassed when they saw this, and those soldiers who had served too much food in advance also had some ashamed looks when facing their companions.

"Everyone has seen that I reduced the punishment of the Xiong brothers, what is the reason? It is because their brothers are facing half a bowl of rice and can humble each other, which shows that the two of them are still in the same heart, not a beast heart.

They knew that they would be hungry for 36 hours in the future, and in the face of half a bowl of life-saving rice, they were able to humble each other because they were brothers. So what about our big guys? Aren't we brothers?

I hope you will remember that from the moment you enter the barracks and put on your military uniform, you are my Ming army. In the barracks, every robe is your own brother, even closer than your own brother.

As the old saying goes, you have to be brothers to fight tigers, and when we go to the battlefield in the future, in the face of fierce enemies, the only thing we can rely on is your robe, which is these brothers who scoop rice and eat with you in a bucket. What is Paoze? The robe is the entrance that you can give your back to him to protect you, and it is the entrance where you can give him your life, property, and fiancée without worrying.

Since we joined the army, we will live with these brothers in the next few years, more than ten years, or even decades, eat together, and fight together. I hope that from now on, you will all regard the robes of the same camp as your brothers, and this kind of food grabbing will never happen again, understand! ”

Su Hao said loudly to all the onlookers.

"No!" All the soldiers held their strength and said loudly.

"In the future, when we cook in the camp, we will eat according to everyone's normal amount, which is almost one bucket per small flag. Whoever eats a lot and who eats a small amount of food, make it clear to each other and be humble to each other. I have given you much more of these meals than you did when you were at home, and you are fully satisfied. Everyone wants to eat more, but it's just because they were hungry and scared in the past, and they were reluctant to put the bowl when they saw the rice. Although we don't limit everyone's food rations, there is no need to waste food, right? Su Hao continued.

"Yes!" Zhongjin replied.

"Okay, after dinner, each Xiaoqi will go back to the military house to discuss this matter, get to know each other, and agree on how to get along in the future. The third small flag, your white spoon will be moved to the confinement room to be opened. After the opening, the soldiers who have not made a mistake will go back to the barn to sleep, and the six of you who are fighting will stay in the confinement room, and Ming Yao can only come out at this time, understand? ”

"Understood!"

After Su Hao said this, he waved his hand and asked Hao Tong and Deng Kui to deal with the rest of the matter. Hao Tong and Deng Kui took the soldiers to the open field outside the dining hall and asked everyone to gather in a circle to watch the execution of the six fighting soldiers.

Deng Kui personally pulled the whip in, he grasped the strength in his hand, and the whip he pulled down hit the body, which was extremely painful, but it did not hurt the muscles and bones, and it would not leave too many wounds. Rao was like this, and after this whip was struck, the six soldiers were still lying on the ground and could not move. Hao Tong called the doctor in the camp, who was a doctor who had been invited from the county seat, and asked him to apply medicine to the six soldiers.

After all was over, the soldiers of the Third Small Banner who had not been tortured helped their grief-stricken comrades to a small cabin that was temporarily used as a confinement room, and Hao Tong supervised them to go together, while the rest of the banners returned to the barracks under the unified leadership of Deng Kui, and held separate group meetings without mentioning it.

When Hao Tong and Deng Kui returned to the Baihu official office, they saw that Su Hao was asking Ma Yu to help write a banner that read:

How can he be without clothes, and he will be with his son? Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear, and share the same enmity with the son.

There will be no clothes for the day, and he will be with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd, and work with the son.