The chief of the security department, who had just been scolded by Li Yunlong, was very unconvinced but did not dare to speak up, he had just added a star to his epaulettes and became a colonel, and he always wanted to make some achievements in his work, who knew that he had just been promoted to catch up with this big and small thing, a water pump was not worth much, and it was not a big case, but such a big iron guy disappeared silently in the heavily guarded military headquarters, and this problem was serious. According to logical reasoning, since the perpetrator can unknowingly get away such a bulky thing, then the top-secret documents, guns and ammunition, including the heads of No. 1 and No. 2, are always better than water pumps, right? It's scary to think about. Could this be the work of ordinary thieves? So the head of the security department was firmly fixed on political events. He said: "Army commanders and political commissars, this is certainly not an ordinary theft case, it is very likely that enemy special elements did it, and it is a combination of inside and outside, I plan to start like this, first mobilize the files of all officers and staff in the military headquarters, go through the sieve, and then find out the key points for surprise review......

Li Yunlong unceremoniously interrupted him: "Enemy agents? Are other spies fed? Spent half a day stealing a worthless water pump? According to your reasoning, is it that Chiang Kai-shek wants to water the vegetable garden and lacks a water pump? Risking your life to steal it out and send a warship back to Taiwan? What's wrong with your brain? If you want to do a big thing, you will go to politics, and you want to get a political trial and everyone will pass the test! I wonder if this team has had such a group of bastards since the time of the Red Army, they can't fight a damn battle, they will rectify their own people, and they will devote all their thoughts to this all day long, and they have the ability to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, so they can be regarded as a soldier and a man, don't rely on the whole person to make meritorious contributions, that is called not following the right path......"

Political Commissar Sun Tai'an saw that Li Yunlong was furious, and the more he talked, the more out of the circle, and hurriedly played a round: "Lao Li, I'll discuss this matter later, let them go back first, don't we still have a meeting?" ”

After the chief of security stepped down, Sun Tai'an said: "Lao Li, why do you have to say some things so clearly? Especially for the subordinates, just understand it in your heart, we are old partners, if we change people, I won't say it, when the Soviet zone kills the AB regiment, kills the Trotskyists, and rectifies the wind in Yan'an, it is more ruthless to one's own people than to the enemy, and the lack of democratic air in the party is not a day or two, you and I are not big or small in this position, and if we want to change this situation, you and I can do nothing. Don't talk about us, how is Mr. Peng? When he was in Jinggangshan, he was 'the only general Peng', a member of the Politburo, a minister of defense, and a marshal, all of them were useless, and they became anti-party elements in one sentence. Now the situation is ...... It's better to talk less and lose more words......"

Li Yunlong sneered: "As long as I, Li Yunlong, reign for one day, there are no muddy eggs in my army who rely on the whole person to eat, whoever wants to rectify the person, will take off the military uniform for Lao Tzu and get out, it's not a big deal, anyway, Lao Tzu's black gauze hat is not big, and there is no pity to lose it, it's a big deal to go back to my hometown to farm." ”

Sun Tai'an shook his head helplessly and said: "You, this temper, that is, the light of being able to fight, there is always an old chief to protect you, otherwise I will rush at your temper, let alone be a military commander, after so many years of sports, it would be good for your brother to survive." But have you thought about it? If you don't fight in the future, how valuable are you? If you lack a guard on your mouth, which old chief will protect you again? ”

"Fuck it, dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water, Lao Tzu's temper can't be changed, and he doesn't want to change it."

Li Yunlong took the guard Xiao Wu to the station of the Liangshan detachment, and he quietly did not alarm anyone, and walked into the vegetable garden with his hands behind his back. The vegetable garden is full of sweet potatoes, and it seems that no one grows vegetables in the disaster year, so they all take care of their stomachs first, and plant whatever they have with a short growth cycle and high yield. The sweet potato seedlings are growing well, green and oily, and the ground is wet as if they have just been watered. Li Yunlong looked around and found that the terrain of this vegetable field was high, and there was a small river not far away.

Li Yunlong's eyes rolled and he suddenly smiled, and he asked Xiao Wu, "Guess where the water for watering the vegetable garden came from?" ”

Xiao Wu said: "The vegetable field is high, and the water level of the river is low, so you can only rely on manpower to carry water to water the land. ”

Li Yunlong snorted with his nose: "I don't believe that Duan Peng and Lin Han are so diligent, can they use their strength to carry water?" Let's take a look, if there is no name in this, I will not be surnamed Li. ”

Xiao Wu walked to the end of the irrigation canal and found a square cement pool, from which it seemed that water was gushing out. Li Yunlong said: "Use your brain, there will be no spring under this pool, right?" ”

Xiao Wu said in confusion: "Then where did the water come from?" ”

"Stupid, you just don't use your brain, this water is brought from somewhere else, and there is a hidden pipe buried under the pool."

When they came to the river, they found a brick hut standing alone by the river, and at first glance there was nothing special, as if it were the keeper of the vegetable garden. The doors of the hut were locked, and the windows were sealed with thin planks, so that no one outside could see what was inside. If you take a closer look, you can see some fame. The steep slope on the riverside of the hut was hollowed, and the river led directly to the bottom of the hut, and it was impossible to see anything underneath the hut, because there were some broken wooden planks nailed to obscure the view of the hut. Li Yunlong smiled: "Look, Duan Peng's fox tail is hidden here." ”

Xiao Wu said: "Oh, I see, this is a pump house, and the river water is pumped into the hidden pipe from under the hut, and then gushes out of the pool through the hidden pipe, as if there is a natural spring in the pool. ”

Li Yunlong sneered: "The camouflage is good, even the power cord is buried in the ground, Duan Peng and Lin Han, a pair of fools, would rather go to such great lengths to steal the water pump and bury the culvert to disguise it, than bother to carry water to water the ground." ”

Xiao Wu said with admiration: "It's still someone else's brain, like me, with an elm pimple head, I can't think of this trick even if I die, so I can only use my strength to carry water." ”

Duan Peng and Lin Han are taking the soldiers to train on the beach, the training subject is to grab the knife with their bare hands, the soldiers are in pairs, standing in the chest-deep sea water is splashing, except for the dagger is a fake knife made of rubber, the rest are real kicks and real fights, not even wearing protective gear, some from shallow water to deep water, fighting under the water is inseparable.

Two fighters climbed ashore drenched, one covered his bleeding nose, and the other walked with a limp, scolding uncleanly: "Fuck, your fucking hands are so black, where are you soft to hit ......"

The side that took advantage was very modest: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I can't help it, who made our fists too hard." ”

Duan Peng and Lin Han saw Li Yunlong coming, and hurriedly ran over to salute.

Li Yunlong said with a stiff face: "Your detachment's side business is doing well." ”

These two guys are such smart people, they immediately guessed Li Yunlong's intentions, how could they lie in front of this respected military commander.

Duan Pengxin said bluntly: "No. 1, I did the thing, you have the final say on what to do." "A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

Li Yunlong pretended to be confused: "What did you do?" I stopped by to see your training. ”

Duan Peng smiled bitterly and said: "You came here in person, it must be because of the water pump, and I can hide the little disguise I made, but others can't hide it from you, the military commander." ”

Li Yunlong secretly praised this extremely smart guy in his heart, his brain reacted too quickly, just in the blink of an eye, he immediately judged your intention and the degree of mastery, and then simply admitted it, never going around in circles. Li Yunlong said: "Okay, happy, since I said it, then I won't go around in circles with you, then talk about the reason for you stealing the pump, if you can convince me, you can stay with the pump, I will never pursue it, if you can't convince me, then I'm sorry, the pump will be returned to the original owner, as for you, at least it will be a major demerit." ”

Lin Han said: "No. 1, you seem to have found the wrong person, I did the thing, does Duan Peng have the ability?" He will brag, thinking that this is a face-revealing thing, insisting that he did it, and he will brag with others in the future. ”

Li Yunlong sank his face: "Don't come to this set, a squad leader, a political commissar, no one can run away if you want to punish you." ”

Duan Peng said with an awe-inspiring expression: "The reason is very simple, the brothers can't eat enough, which has affected their training, and their physical fitness is not as good as day by day. There are no soldiers in our detachment, all of them are officers, and the youngest of them is also a second lieutenant, you know, the standard of rations for officers has been reduced to 27 catties per month, and then 5 catties are subtracted to support the treasury, and one catty is used to support the disaster area, and only 21 catties are left. The country is in difficulty, and we need to tighten our belts, so we have nothing to say, just save and eat. Since last year, more and more family members have come to visit relatives, in fact, what is visiting relatives, they are all hungry in their hometown, and they come to our team to ask for help, and some families of seven or eight have come, and they don't plan to leave if they stay. Who doesn't have relatives? Are we embarrassed to watch people starve? But with this little bit of food, even if you eat your own ration, it's only seven taels a day, not to mention that there are so many family members? As a military officer, I have no right to stop the training subjects prescribed by the detachment, but to be honest, we can no longer do high-intensity training, and many brothers are starving and fainting on the training ground. Since the beginning of this year, I have stopped the daily physical training of 5 kilometers of cross-country training, I don't know how long this situation will continue, I want the brothers to conserve some energy, minimize some exertion, and in two months, the sweet potatoes we planted should also come down, and then the situation will be better. If we didn't have this pump, we would have to carry water to water the ground, but the brothers really don't have the physical strength to do so. Besides, the logistics department has several idle pumps, and I went to ask for them, but they didn't give them, and I would rather let the pumps sit idle in the warehouse. As the saying goes: 'Three is better than one steal.' I stole it, but I am not going to review it, and I am not going to admit my mistake, because although I am not so ...... Regular, but for good reason. As for the punishment, I didn't think about it, because that's not my business, it's up to you to think about it. ”

Li Yunlong was silent.

Several special forces with the rank of lieutenant squeezed over and said to Li Yunlong: "No. 1, you can simply give our detachment a collective punishment, and if you want to save a little trouble, you can exempt the collective first-class merit, and no one owes anyone any merit." ”

"Yes, this is a good idea, if it doesn't work, we will be exempted from the collective first-class merit, and then there will be a collective demerit punishment, and it doesn't matter if we suffer a little loss."

"Anyway, we can't let the captain and the political commissar carry it by themselves, the matter is done by everyone, everyone in the whole detachment has a share, just dispensing the captain and political commissar, we have all become turtles with shrunken heads."

Duan Peng lowered his face and glared at him and said, "What are you doing?" Do? What's the matter with the heckling? How do you talk to Number 1? Are there any rules? Get out of here! ”

The team members muttered unconvinced and dispersed.

Li Yunlong said with some difficulty: "With so many family members coming to the army, is your food long gone......?"

Lin Han said: "It's okay to eat it with wild vegetables, No. 1, you don't have to worry about it, this is not a matter of any unit, the whole country is starving, the troops still have food rations, and the countryside is miserable." Lin Han's voice was low.

"Is the situation really so bad in the countryside? What have you heard? Li Yunlong asked.

Duan Peng and Lin Han, the two tough guys, were in tears.

Duan Peng said: "The situation is even worse than imagined, last month my hometown brought a letter, saying that my mother is starving to death, and my father is about to die." Lao Lin's family is in Wuwei, Gansu, and they are poor in good years, let alone now, his two brothers are starving to death, and his father and mother are fortunate to die early, otherwise they ......"

Lin Han wiped his tears and said: "There is an officer in our detachment, his home is in Xinyang, Henan, where the disaster is the worst, the whole village is starving to death, the province sent militia to block the intersection and not be allowed to go out to beg for food, and his family of more than a dozen did not survive." When he heard about it, he didn't want to live anymore, so he put a pistol on his head to set it on fire, but someone else found out and stopped it. I was afraid that something would happen to him again, so I had to put him in a confinement cell. No. 1, I, who is a political commissar, should have done ideological work, but I don't know what to say, more than a dozen people in other families are starving to death, and I will tell others a big reason, isn't this looking for scolding? Besides, I'm confused myself, what's wrong with our country? Didn't you just finish it***? So much steel has been smelted, even Britain has surpassed it, and tens of thousands of catties of grain can be made on one acre of land, and I heard that the central leaders are worried about what to do with too much grain to eat......"

Li Yunlong felt dizzy, his whole body suddenly trembled violently, he tried to calm himself, and interrupted Lin Han's words sharply: "Don't say it, remember, don't say this kind of thing to anyone in the future." I'll figure out a way to deal with food, and I'll do ...... There will always be. Oh, I'll say hello to the logistics department, even if the pump is sent to your detachment, remember, no matter what the reason, stealing is wrong, you have to review, and you must resolutely stop it in the future, otherwise you won't steal to the bank? ”

"Thank you, Commander, we have washed our hands of gold and will be good citizens from now on." Duan Peng replied.

Li Yunlong took a few steps and remembered something, he turned around and asked, "That water pump is a very bulky thing, how did you make it?" Duan Peng was just about to answer, but Li Yunlong waved his hand again and said, "Forget it, don't say it, I thought of you as soon as I heard about this, who else has this ability?" On the other hand, if you don't even have this ability, do you dare to call it a special detachment? ”

Li Yunlong returned home and saw Tian Yu coming down from upstairs. He asked, "How much money do you have at home?" ”

Tian Yu replied casually: "It seems that there are more than 2,000 yuan, what do you want to buy?" ”

Li Yunlong was taken aback when he heard this: "Why do you have so much money?" Are we rich? ”

Tian Yu said: "I didn't save money on purpose, my monthly salary was put in a drawer, and I didn't save the rest except for expenses, I counted it a few days ago, and I knew that there were more than 2,000 yuan." ”

Since 1955, the state has implemented a wage system, and according to Li Yunlong's level and various subsidies, there are nearly 300 yuan. Li Yunlong is a person who is accustomed to the supply system, and his concept of money is very vague, thinking that it is enough to eat, wear, drink, drink and smoke, and the generals of the same level as Li Yunlong are not rich as him, and at that time, the state encourages more children, which family has at least four or five children, although the salary is high, but there is no surplus.

Li Yunlong became excited: "Ha, I didn't expect us to become rich people in a daze, it seems that it is still very easy to get rich, give me all the money quickly." ”

When Tian Yu figured out that Li Yunlong was going to go to the bazaar to buy some grain for the Liangshan detachment, she immediately issued a warning: "First, grain is purchased and sold by the state, and it is illegal for individuals to buy and sell. Second, it is also illegal to have food to be sold in the bazaar, only on the black market. Third, the armed forces have a clear stipulation that servicemen on active duty are not allowed to rush to buy grain, non-staple foodstuffs, and daily necessities at local markets. If I hadn't had them, I would have bought them, and the kids would be starving. ”

After Tian Yuyi reminded him, Li Yunlong vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a rule, and he hesitated a little.

Secretary Zheng came to Li Yunlong to report to work, and saw that the army commander was scratching his ears and cheeks and couldn't think of a way. After he asked what was going on, as soon as his mind turned, the idea came, and a sentence made Li Yunlong's mouth suddenly. He said: "Military commander, this regulation is limited to servicemen on active duty, and the difference between the black market and the bazaar is even more difficult to distinguish, only the industrial and commercial departments have the right to inquire about the legality of the goods sold by the traffickers, and ordinary people have no right or obligation to check the legality of ordinary goods. ”

Li Yunlong suddenly opened his mind: "Yes, yes, why am I dizzy?" Isn't Mama Zhang an ordinary person? When you are hungry and have a few dollars in your pocket, what kind of law did you break by buying something to eat? In this way, the money was sent to Zhang's mother, counting the salary, it is people's freedom to be willing to buy food, can we manage it? Secretary Zheng, you have to testify to me, it's not that I violated the rules. ”

Zheng Bo smiled slightly: "No problem, I am a witness." Who can take care of my things when I give them to others? Lao Tzu gives it to whoever he likes, doesn't it? Of course, the mutual gift between citizens is protected by law, and this is your freedom. ”

"Okay, you tell Duan Peng to send a few people to change into plain clothes to help Zhang's mother carry things and help the people work. But there is one thing, Zhang's mother can't lose a pound of things she bought, and she will carry them all back, if she encounters a nosy ...... Let this kid solve it himself, grappling can't be learned in vain, I don't know anything anyway...... Grain in disaster years has no price, and you can buy it if you like to buy it or not. ”

More than 2,000 yuan bought back more than 500 catties of cornmeal, which is more than 4 yuan per catty.

Tian Yu said: "Mom Zhang, you didn't bargain with others? Even if it's a disaster year, it's expensive enough. ”

Li Yunlong was very satisfied, he said happily: "Mother Zhang, don't listen to her, it's not expensive at all, what is the money?" It's paper, you can't eat or drink it in a drawer, but food is a real thing, it can save people's lives. ”

For this little food, a fierce quarrel broke out between Li Yunlong and his wife. After the grain was bought, Li Yunlong ordered all the people to transport it to the Liangshan detachment, and there was nothing left in his own house. Tian Yu knew the weight of the Liangshan detachment in Li Yunlong's heart, and also expressed her understanding for her husband to use all his savings to buy food, the problem is that more than 2,000 yuan is not a decimal amount, the money has been spent, and she will be satisfied with even 50 catties left in her own family. Li Yunlong doesn't know that this family is also starving, even if the adults don't eat, it's not too much to leave some food for the children, right? It's good now, the money is gone, and the grain is gone, Li Yunlong doesn't even mean to discuss it with his wife, as if this matter has nothing to do with Tian Yu, which is too much. When Tian Yu just said this very euphemistically, Li Yunlong jumped up when he heard it, and said angrily: "That's military food, no one can move it, and if it does, it's corruption." At the time of the war, whoever dared to embezzle military rations would not be able to say anything, and be shot! I said, why are you getting lower and lower in consciousness? Not even as good as ordinary people? ”

Tian Yu felt greatly insulted, and she also shouted angrily: "How did it become military rations when I bought it with my own money?" I want to keep some for my children, but how did it become corruption? Why are you so unreasonable? ”

Li Yunlong retorted-for-tat: "Your money? Will you make money? Can you build one for me? Where does your money come from? The money issued by the state is used by the state, which is justified. ”

Tian Yu was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, because Li Yunlong's thinking logic was extremely chaotic, and even messed around, according to his logic, Tian Yu was equivalent to spending money to buy the hat of a corrupt criminal. She tried her best to restrain herself, put her voice softer, and said patiently: "Lao Li, let's stop quarreling, okay?" We adults can make do, but the children can't starve, you see Xiao Jian is thin like that, he is growing his body, and Zhang's mother, she still has to work every day. ”

Li Yunlong was not accommodating: "The children can't be special, the whole country is starving, it doesn't matter if the children suffer a little, otherwise they will have to become the embryo of the young master, when I am Li Yunlong's son, I have to learn to endure hardship." Zhang's mother is her own family, I didn't treat her as an outsider, I said, a family, share blessings and hardships, there are as many as I have her, and if there is nothing, they will be hungry. ”

Tian Yu couldn't control it anymore, she felt that the blood all over her body rushed into her brain, and shouted desperately: "You are really a cold-blooded animal, I really regret that I was blind and married you who has no heart......"

Li Yunlong was also enraged, and he roared: "You dare to scold? You repeat? He raised his hand suddenly, hesitated for a moment and changed his mind, grabbed a teacup and smashed it on the floor, he roared, "You get out of ...... me"

Tian Yu said coldly: "Okay, you finally said this, this house is lived in by the state-rationed general, of course I don't have this qualification, it seems that I should go." She turned and went upstairs to pack her clothes.

Li Yunlong sat on the sofa gloomily, panting heavily, he didn't care about it when he was angry just now, he dared to say anything unpleasant, but he regretted it as soon as he said it, this was a bit too much.

Zhang's mother came over and whispered to him: "Chief, you said that we are a family, if you didn't treat me as an outsider, my wife would have to say a few words about you." ”

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Mother Zhang, of course you can say it, I'll listen." ”

"You are a big man, you shouldn't be in charge of living at home, we haven't told you, you don't know that our family is about to stop, do you know how much Xiao Tian eats every day? I don't even have three taels, I want to keep a few more mouthfuls for the child, where can I find such a daughter-in-law? You also hurt people. Did you know or not? Your daughter-in-law is so hungry that she has become a handful of bones, she has no menstruation, she is only in her 30s, such a good daughter-in-law should be offered like a bodhisattva, why do you open your mouth and scold people to drive people away......"

Li Yunlong was trained to hang his head and say nothing, letting Zhang's mother count down.

Tian Yu packed up her clothes and went downstairs with her travel bag, she changed into a new military uniform, wearing a beanie military hat, wavy long hair poured down from under the military hat on her shoulders, and the three-star captain rank on her shoulders reminded Li Yunlong that she was not only a wife, but also an officer.

Li Yunlong didn't seem to have apologized to anyone when he was so big, he opened his mouth with great difficulty, but he didn't say anything......

Tian Yu said to Zhang's mother: "Zhang's mother, I'll tell you when I settle down." I'm gone, goodbye! After speaking, she didn't even look at Li Yunlong and walked out the door.

"Stop!" Li Yunlong shouted, jumped up from the sofa and jumped to the door to block the door.

Tian Yu stopped, looked at him coldly and said, "Please get out of the way." ”

Li Yunlong stubbornly blocked the door and said, "You can't go." ”

"Why?" Tian Yu asked.

"Because...... I seem to have made a mistake just now, and I don't know what to say. Am I saying the wrong thing? I don't seem to remember exactly. ”

"No, you didn't say the wrong thing, you just told me to get out, it's not a mistake, I'm not going to get out?"

"No, you must be mistaken, I didn't say that, how can I say such a bastard? Mom Zhang, did I say that? You see that she didn't hear it, so you must have misremembered. Come on, come on, you sit down first, listen to me, you don't care about this moment if you want to go, listen to me and then leave, I will never stop you, okay? ”

"Yes, I'll listen to you, please."

Tian Yu sat down. Li Yunlong was sitting in a precarious position, his face looked very tired and heavy, and he said bluntly: "I just said the wrong thing, I take it back, and now I apologize to you, please forgive." Living in a room, the horse spoon touches the edge of the pot, it is inevitable to bump and bump, and the momentary angry words cannot be taken seriously. If your anger is not gone, you can scold me for a while, I won't talk back, and now I'm going to talk to you about another thing. Recently, I often recall the past, and I think of many things in the past, big and small things, Chen sesame seeds and rotten grain, think about it, it doesn't matter if I think about the past, I can't stand it, I panic, and I can't even sleep. I think of the Huaihai Campaign, how the battle was fought at that time, how the marching route was taken, how each battle was commanded, which battle was fought in front and which battle was behind, hey, I can't remember clearly, I only remember that the battle was fierce at that time, but the food was very good, ho, rice and white noodles, pork stewed vermicelli, eat as you like, and drool when you think about it. ”

"When I think about it, I don't think it's right, as if there is something particularly impressive that I haven't remembered yet, oh, why did you eat so well at that time? Huaye and Nakano have a combined army of 600,000, how many pork stewed vermicelli noodles do they eat in a day? This means that the logistics support work was very good at that time, there were many Yellow Flood areas on the Huaihai Plain, and the yellow mud soup had no knees, not to mention planting crops, walking was a problem, and the people in the Yellow Plain were miserable, where could they afford so many troops. So where did so much rice, white flour, and pork come from? It was transported from Henan, Shandong, Hebei, these old liberated areas, it was pushed by more than one million former migrant workers with a wheelbarrow, now I remembered it, I was most impressed by that year, it was this million former migrant workers, when I stood on the roadbed of the Longhai Line and looked around, good guys, on the big roads and small roads on both sides of the railway, on the fields, all over the mountains, the front team that could not see the end at a glance, the dust rolled up in the sky was hard to cover the sun, and the sound of thousands of creaking wheelbarrows was like a tsunami. I'll never forget that scene for the rest of my life. The cart seems to be a family unit, with the husband pushing the cart, the daughter-in-law pulling it in front, the old man holding the handlebar, and the eldest daughter pushing it on the side, hungry to nibble on hard buns, thirsty to drink water from the roadside ditch, wipe his mouth and continue to move forward, bags of grain, bundles of military shoes, boxes of ammunition are pushed to the front line in this way. ”

"I watched that scene and my heart was blocked. Enemy planes flew over and dropped bombs and strafed, and the migrant workers could only lie on the spot, and the bare plain had no shelter at all, where did you hide? Under the guise of who counts whom. When the enemy plane left, the flow of people continued to move forward, and I saw with my own eyes that half of the head of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy had been knocked off by a bullet, and an old man was holding the child crying, and he also took off a handkerchief from his head that was so dirty that he could not see the color and tried desperately to wipe the child's blood, and the handkerchief was dyed red. The surrounding villagers said that this old man is such a single seedling, and it is a single transmission for three generations. As soon as I heard this, my nose was sour, and I didn't know what to say at that time, so I asked the soldiers to bury the corpses, and at the same time helped the old man and said: 'Old man, the kindness of the common people to our team cannot be repaid in our lifetime, and we have nothing to repay, what we can do is to beat hard, defeat the rule of the Kuomintang, and establish a new China, so that we ordinary people can be fed and clothed, and can live a good life. The old man wiped his tears and said, "Chief, if the family doesn't speak two words, the people are for our team, and who is our team for?" This is our own team, we don't care who cares? Chief, you ask the brothers to build a grave for my baby, and when I come back after delivering the military rations, I will take my baby home. Chief, I don't have to stay long, I'm in a hurry to wait for food, I have to catch up with the team quickly. After the old man finished speaking, he picked up the handlebars and left. After listening to the old man's words, I couldn't hold back anymore, and tears flowed down my face. ”

"At that time, the third regiment of our division was passing by the main road in a marching column, and I ordered the troops to stop advancing, and I took the old man's hand and shouted to the soldiers: 'Comrades, this old man's only son has just died, he came from our old area, walked thousands of miles, the only son died, and the old man still insisted on sending military rations to the front line. Comrades, this is our people, and our contingent owes the people more than enough. Comrades, no matter where you go in the future, no matter how big an official you become in the future, you must remember today, remember this old man, and remember to repay the people's kindness! Comrades, our team is a team of iron, our soldiers are iron-beaten men, the sky is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, the heavens and the earth are not respected, the ghosts and gods are not respected, our knees have not been weak, but we respect the people and our parents, if we want to kneel, we will kneel to the people, kneel to our parents. Now listen to my command, the whole regiment kneels, and ask the old man to bow down to all the commanders and fighters of our three regiments. Then he knelt down. The third regiment was a reinforced regiment at that time, there were more than 5,000 people, 5,000 people, and the five-foot-tall man stood like a forest. With a password, more than 5,000 men pushed the gold mountain and poured the jade pillar to their knees, and they will never forget that scene for the rest of their lives......"

Li Yunlong said emotionally, he felt hot all over his body, and he was depressed and depressed for many days, and he wanted to vomit as soon as possible. He ruthlessly ripped off the collar of the military civilian clothes and tried to calm down his emotions: "Alas, I've been insomnia lately, thinking about it, thinking about it, I have a headache, I, Li Yunlong, have no culture, I don't understand this doctrine or that theory, and I'm not interested in understanding it, but I only admit one principle, that is, no matter what doctrine you have, you have to let the people be fed, clothed and warm and live a good life, otherwise it's not worth the bullshit, and I don't believe you when you say it." What were the bases of the Red Army in those years? Jinggangshan, Ruijin, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Sichuan, Shaanxi. Why build bases in these areas? Why not in Shanghai and Beiping? Just because these areas at the junction of several provinces are poor, and the enemy's rule is relatively weak, if people are poor, it is easy for them to revolutionize, and it is easy to rebel. In fact, at that time, the party never spoke of doctrines and advanced theories to the illiterate peasants, and the slogan for mobilizing the peasants when the Central Soviet Region was established was very simple: 'Down with the local tyrants and inferior gentry, eat sweet potatoes.' You see, how simple it is, you can eat sweet potatoes. ”

"During the War of Liberation, the reason for mobilizing peasants to join the army was also very simple, what should you do if the Kuomintang wants to snatch your land just after the land reform has been divided? Join the army and defend the fruits of victory. Speaking of a thousand ways and ten thousand, the hope of the common people is to be able to cultivate their own land and live a good life, and the requirements are not high. The question is that the people have made great sacrifices to help us gain power, have we fulfilled our original promises? Are the people living a good life? That's why I'm irritable and can't sleep. I feel ashamed in my heart, I am ashamed to have a fever in my face, damn, I am tossing, I have to toss my life, ***, steelmaking, fifteen years more than the United Kingdom, an acre of land to make hundreds of thousands of catties of grain, there is so much food that I have to worry, I am so worried that I have no place to pass. Shit, to hell with it. If you have the ability to toss, you must have the ability to be responsible, and wipe your ass by yourself. Ding Wei was right, he knew this, Lao Tzu should not have been a Red Army back then. After so many years of fighting, the people have paid so much, it is easy for New China to be founded, shouldn't it be good to repay the people? In the past few days, I have walked around the regiments below, and there is no cadre to see, only soldiers. Chatting with the soldiers, it doesn't matter, listening to it makes my scalp tingle and tremble, no dynasty or generation has starved so many people to death. Where are the most dead? The old district, the old district that raised us and helped us back then. It has been 11 years since the liberation, and the people in the old areas have not only not lived a good life, but have been starved to death in large numbers......"

Li Yunlong choked, big tears rolled down, he wiped away the tears fiercely, but the tears kept flowing.

Tian Yu was greatly shocked, Li Yunlong's tears were precious and did not flow easily, and once they flowed out, they often broke people's livers and intestines. In the huge shock, Tian Yu suddenly felt that it was impossible for her to leave this man, and she didn't even think about it, once she lost him, half of her life would also be gone, and she had lived with this man for more than ten years, how much did she know about him? She grabbed her husband's hand tightly, tears welled up: "Please forgive me, I shouldn't have quarreled with you, your pressure is too great, please say everything in your heart happily, I'm listening, I'm your wife......" She finally cried.

"It's miserable, it's so miserable, in the Xinyang area of Henan, some villages have become dead villages, and the whole village has starved to death. Some village party secretaries took the whole village to go out to beg for food, but the province sent people to block the intersection and forbid them to go out to beg for food, saying that it was to smear the face of socialism, and as a result, the whole village was starved to death. Who gave the order? It really should be traced and traced, this kind of person's conscience is already black, how can he be an official? If I had been there at the time, Lao Tzu would have risked his life and would have taken out and shot him first. A soldier of the Liangshan detachment, except for him, the whole family was starved to death, and he didn't want to live anymore, so he pulled out a gun and wanted to commit suicide, so I went to the confinement room and released him and said, 'Why do you want to hit yourself in the head?' You should beat me, the country is like this, everyone who is an official has a share, and no one wants to escape responsibility. I, Li Yunlong, should be killed, who made me timid and afraid to speak? Who made me afraid to take off my black gauze hat? I'm a fucking soft-boned, a seed. It's because I have too many soft-boned officials like this that I made the country like this. I slapped the bullet on the table with my pistol and said, 'If you want to be angry, take a shot on my head, who made me the supreme commander of this unit?' I'm sorry for the people, I'm sorry for the people, I deserve to eat a peanut on my head, and I deserve it. If you have a wronged debtor, you will not be right to hit yourself on the head, and if you die, you will be unjustly killed. What I want to say now is, please forgive me once, or spare me once, so that I can have a longer memory in the future, do more good deeds for the people, and make meritorious contributions to atone for my sins. If you say you want to forgive me and see the aftermath of me, but as soon as I go out, you want to hit yourself on the head, it's not interesting, first of all, talking is not a word, not a man. If you have revenge, you should beat me if you are angry with me, and if you don't dare to beat the enemy, you will not be a man, I will look down on you. In this way, he promised not to die, and promised to speak his word. That's when I dared to go. ”

"Alas, the more I think about it, the more shameless I become, I, Li Yunlong, have never been a bad seed on the battlefield, why do I become more and more cowardly? I used to think that I was a good man, but now that I think about it, I am a shit, a soft egg. Who are the heroes? Who is the tough guy? It's Mr. Peng, Ding Wei, and your father Mr. Tian, I, Li Yunlong, am a rough person, my brain is late, and I have offended Mr. Tian, but I am not stupid, I was wrong before, and I can't be wrong again in the future, I want to live with my conscience. The great kindness of the common people, others have forgotten, I have not forgotten, others do not report, I report. ”

Tian Yu hugged her husband with her arms and gently pressed her cheek to her husband's chest, her healthy and powerful heart sounding like a drum, full of vitality. She silently thought, how long can this heart beat? I hope it will be longer, and when it stops beating, is it necessary for my heart to still beat?