Most of the strong labor force in Chongzuo was forced to do all kinds of manual labor, so it was very difficult to see idle male survivors in the city during the day, so it was inevitable that the Saiyans walking down the street would be a little abrupt.

As soon as he left the military headquarters, Xie Tian met a patrol team, a total of ten soldiers in military uniforms, and the leader called Xie Tian and said, "Stop!" Why didn't you participate in the labor force? ”

Xie Tian hurriedly said, "I have paid my taxes this month. ”

The man glanced at Xie Tian in disbelief and said, "I'll take out the resident card and I'll take a look!" ”

Xie Tian hurriedly handed over the resident card and said, "Take a look." ”

The man looked at Xie Tian's certificate, and saw that it was indeed marked with the words and seal that this month's tax had been paid, nodded and asked, "You have paid the tax, do you still have any surplus food to eat?" ”

Xie Tian glanced at the other party suspiciously, and then remembered that normal humans must ensure the amount of food, so even if the survivors here pay their taxes, they can't stop working, after all, they still need to work in exchange for a meager subsistence food.

"If you want to earn some food, come with me, dig trenches outside the city, and give fifty grams of rice an hour." The leader of the soldier said.

"Digging trenches?" Xie Tian frowned, thinking that the Vietnamese had been repulsed, and they had suffered heavy losses, and after seeing the power of the bombers of the Chinese political axe, they would not dare to attack easily again no matter what, at this time, how could Chongzuo's army think of digging trenches again?

Xie Tian immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it." ”

"Yes." The man glanced at Xie Tian and said to a soldier behind him, "Little Liu, you take him to the north of the city and hand it over to Deputy Division Commander Wang." ”

The soldier, who was only in his twenties, hurriedly saluted and said to Xie Tian, "Come with me!" ”

Xie Tian followed the soldier to the north of the city, the soldier didn't speak, just walked on his own, asked other soldiers for a jeep, then opened the door and sat in the cab, and Xie Tian was also very conscious, opened the co-pilot's door and sat in.

The soldier didn't speak, so Xie Tian asked tentatively: "Little brother, are the Vietnamese going to attack again?" ”

"Why are you asking so much?" The soldier glared at Xie Tian and said coldly, "Do what you have to do, and don't ask about other things." ”

Xie Tian snorted coldly in his heart, but in order to find out the hidden secret, he said with a smile: "Little brother, the battle in the first two days was terrifying, and the Vietnamese had just left the military headquarters and had to dig trenches again, didn't I have no bottom in my heart, I was afraid that the Vietnamese would fight back." ”

The man shrugged his shoulders and laughed, and said contemptuously, "I'm afraid, aren't you? Wait two more days, wait two days for the military department to recruit troops on a large scale, the whole city will recruit at least 30,000 people as reserves, see that you are still strong, it is better to actively join at that time, in the future, if there is a real fight, you still have the ability to protect yourself. ”

"Recruitment?" Xie Tian suddenly realized in his heart, it seems that Liu Mingjun is not to defend against the Vietnamese, but to defend against the Provisional Military Commission, and he also knows that it is impossible for the Provisional Military Commission to recover Chongzuo by air attack, after all, there are so many survivors here, so if the Military Commission wants to send troops, it must be by land, and now he is recruiting troops and digging trenches to build fortifications, just to prepare for the political axe army.

Xie Tian followed the soldier to the north of the city, from which he had come in in the first place, and now, tens of thousands of people were scattered several kilometers outside the north of the city, wielding various tools to dig in the dirt, and seeing that the trench was at least six or seven kilometers long, and the distance of these six or seven kilometers was densely packed with survivors who bent down to dig the earth.

"Lao Chen!" The soldier who brought Xie Tian called a non-commissioned officer who was guarding the survivors' excavation and said, "This is the worker you are looking for, you can arrange it." ”

"No arrangement." Lao Chen waved his hand and said, "Let him come over and shovel the sappers down to dig!" ”

Immediately, the soldier took Xie Tian over, and one of them handed over a sapper shovel, and the non-commissioned officer said to Xie Tian: "All the excavated soil is piled up on the south side of the trench, don't be lazy!" ”

At this time, the trench had been dug nearly half a meter deep, Xie Tian jumped in without saying a word, while digging, while paying attention to the surrounding situation, there are probably thousands of soldiers here are also involved in digging trenches, and you can vaguely see that there are many people on the east and west sides are busy, it seems that the scale of this trench is to protect the entire Chongzuo in it.

"Lao Chen, do you think this trench digging can be useful? The tricks of World War II are a little too outdated. "Send Xie Tian over, the man named Xiaoliu opened his mouth and asked the non-commissioned officer.

"Hey, hey." The non-commissioned officer smiled with a relaxed smile: "As long as the political axe sends troops over, we will cut off the road into Chongzuo, at that time, not a single jeep can drive in, not to mention other heavy weapons and equipment, the soldiers of the political axe can only march on foot at that time, in that case, our trench will be of great use." ”

The little six said with some concern: "What if the air force bombs the trenches? Isn't it about to collapse at the touch of a button? ”

"Bullshit." Lao Chen laughed and said, "What are you doing as these refugees?" When the time comes, bring them to the front of the trenches, let alone bombing, even if the soldiers shoot, they will probably tremble, you think, if the political axe wants to attack Chongzuo, it is not for these 200,000 survivors? If they kill us and the survivors, what's the point of them fighting Chongzuo? ”

A middle-aged survivor in his thirties next to Xie Tian was digging in the dirt and cursed in a low voice, "Damn bastard! When the time comes, Lao Tzu would rather be killed by the army of the political axe than let you do evil here! ”

Xie Tian glanced at him and asked in a low voice, "Dude, do these survivors know that digging trenches is to fight against the political axe?" ”

The man looked at Xie Tian in surprise and asked, "You didn't attend the mobilization meeting two days ago?" Liu Mingjun made his words clear, that is, to prevent the political axe army from entering Chongzuo, forcing us to come over and dig trenches, and said that if the political axe army attacked, even if the net was broken, they would never surrender, and any survivor who disobeyed his orders would be a dead end, so we didn't want to dig any trenches, but there was no way, if we didn't dig, we would starve and even be executed. ”

Xie Tian nodded, not only angry in his heart, but also a little worried, if Liu Mingjun and his subordinates were really ready to resist stubbornly, and used the survivors as shields, it would be difficult for the Provisional Military Commission to really recover Chongzuo, but if the Provisional Military Commission did not act, then these 200,000 survivors would survive in dire straits, and Liu Mingjun was still here to make a fortune and might even worsen.

"Old thing, can you do it? If you can't, go back to farming! Get the same treatment as others, work so slowly, you're going to fool me? Not far away, a soldier angrily insulted, attracting the attention of everyone nearby, Xie Tian looked up, but there were too many people, and he couldn't see what was going on inside, at this time, the middle-aged man next to Xie Tian sighed, and said: "Digging trenches is indeed a beautiful errand, giving more than twice as much food as other jobs, how much food is given a day for farming, three taels only, some old people also want to dig trenches, but if they do it slowly, they will be insulted and even beaten by soldiers." ”

At this time, an old man's voice came from the crowd, pleading: "Sir, I have done my best, if you think I am slow, then give me a little less food, thirty grams an hour, so that I can work a day, and I have six taels of food, barely enough for me and the boss to make ends meet." ”

Xie Tian stood as if he had been struck by lightning at the moment, and the voice was too familiar to him! It's like my own father!

Xie Tian didn't say a word, he pulled his legs and ran into the crowd, and he pushed through the crowd like crazy, and found that the old man standing in the trench at the moment was his father!

In fact, Xie Tian's father is not very old, just in his early fifties, but he hasn't seen him for nearly a year, and he is now much older than before, and his hair is mostly gray.

Xie Tian's eyes were red, and tears flowed, not only the Saiyans he controlled, but even the person who was far away in Shanghai was already in tears, at this time, the soldier standing outside the trench looked at Xie Tian's father with disdain, raised his foot and seemed to kick his father's chest, Xie Tian hurriedly rushed over, blocking the soldier and his father, the soldier kicked on Xie Tian's chest, what made Xie Tian extremely angry was that he felt that this soldier had used all his strength in the kick just now.

Xie Tian wanted to screw off this bastard's head and stuff it into his asshole, but Xie Tian knew that if he did it now, it would be almost equivalent to looking for death, there were thousands of soldiers here, and no matter how strong the Saiyans were, it would be difficult to save their lives, not to mention, there was also their own father here.

"You're nosy?" When the soldier saw Xie Tian rushing over, he scolded angrily.

Xie Tian hurriedly said: "Don't dare, this old man is just an ordinary person, if you think he is not doing well, then don't let him do it, it's a big deal not to have a piece of food." ”

"Not really, boy." Xie Tian's father hurriedly said: "If there is no food, my wife and I will not be able to live, sir, if you are angry, beat me, the old man can resist, but you should have pity on me, let me continue to work." ”

The surrounding survivors were also a little unbearable to see it, and they pleaded one after another, the soldier was a little restrained, and said coldly: "If you want to do it, you can continue to do it, and you will be paid according to thirty grams of rice per hour, if you don't do it, get out of here now, not a grain of rice will be given to you, and what you did this morning is equivalent to doing it in vain!" ”

Xie Tian's father just wanted to thank him, but Xie Tian felt pain in his heart, and he couldn't help but put his father on his shoulder, and said to the soldier: "Then don't do it, you are so old that you can't withstand such a toss." ”

The soldier sneered: "It's okay not to do it, get out, it's going to be done for nothing this morning." ”

Xie Tian didn't speak, just remembered the soldier's face, and then secretly swore in his heart that he would let him taste the most inhuman pain in the world!

Father shed tears on his back, but Xie Tian directly carried his father out of the construction site of the trench, during which no soldiers came out to stop him, and fortunately, at this critical moment of the life and death of the Chongzuo army, Liu Mingjun did not dare to provoke the anger of the public, so he could only lure the survivors to dig trenches or participate in the reserve with a slightly higher return, if the means were too tough at this time, Liu Mingjun was also worried that it would cause the survivors to resist.

"Food" Xie Tian's father was extremely anxious with a cry, Xie Tian's heart hurt like a knife, but he was now controlling the Saiyans, and he couldn't recognize his father, so he whispered: "Uncle, I am your son Xie Tian's friend, don't worry about the food problem, I will help you solve it." ”

"Xiaotian?" Xie Tian's father was immediately stunned, he had never seen a Saiyan, so he didn't know how the Saiyan would know his son's name, and after a while, he asked extremely eagerly, "Is Xiao Tian still alive?" ”

"He's alive and well, in Shanghai." Xie Tian bit his lower lip, his heart was happy and painful, happy that his parents were still alive, although he didn't know how to run to a place like Chongzuo, but fortunately they were still alive, and the pain was that his father was like this, I don't know how much he and his mother suffered and how many sins they suffered in this Chongzuo city.

"Really?" Father asked incredulously.

"Of course." Xie Tian said with tears in his eyes: "He works in the Provisional Military Commission, he is Commander Qin's henchman, with the rank of colonel, he used to look for your second elder everywhere in Yanjing, but he has never found your whereabouts, he is now in Shanghai, and he also has a girlfriend, his girlfriend is very beautiful, and she is two months pregnant." ”

As soon as the father heard that he was still talking and heard so much news about himself, he was a little incoherent with excitement, and said, "It's great that my son is still alive, my son is still alive!" Now I'll be able to see if I'm dead! Xiaotian, although your parents can't see you, but you are alive, it is the best news" Saying that, the old man actually lay on Xie Tian's back and cried, making Xie Tian also burst into tears.

"Where is Auntie now?" Xie Tian opened his mouth and asked, "How is she now?" ”

"She's sick and lying in the dormitory, I have to go back and tell her the good news!"

The survivors in Chongzuo City had no cars available, so Xie Tian ran all the way with his father on his back, and according to his father's instructions, he finally met his mother in another self-built house less than a kilometer away from Zhao Lei's residence.

At this time, the mother is bedridden, and has not woken up, the conditions here are very poor, there are two bunk beds in a bungalow, but at present there is only the mother, she is sleeping on one of the lower bunks at the moment, the father just wanted to call the mother up, Xie Tian pulled him out, and said: "Let the aunt rest for a while, it's not too late to tell her the news again, uncle, what kind of disease does the aunt have?" ”

"It's supposed to be tracheitis." The father sighed and said, "I have been coughing for more than a week, and now I am coughing up blood and fever, but the army has looted all the medicines in the city and left nothing for the refugees, so I have not been treated."

Xie Tian hurriedly said: "I'll figure this out, I know a doctor here." Immediately, Xie Tian said, "When Auntie wakes up, take her to the doctor's house." ”

"Doctor? Is it your friend? Father asked hurriedly.

Xie Tian nodded and said, "It's a doctor from the military health station, why don't you carry your aunt over now, I also live there." ”

At this moment, there was a violent coughing sound in the house, Xie Tian and his father ran into the house almost immediately, Xie Tian saw his mother lying on the bed and opened her eyes, her face was pale, there was no blood at all, and her heart was dripping with pain.

Xie Tian was like a fish in his throat, and his mother was swallowed back by himself when he reached his throat, his father squatted at the head of his mother's bed, held her hand tightly, choked and said: "Su Zhen, tell you a great news, Xiaotian is still alive"

"Really?" The mother suddenly seemed to come to her senses, struggled to sit up, and asked in great surprise, "Really?" ”

Then, my father told my mother everything he had just said, and then my mother was immediately relieved, wiped her tears and said excitedly: "Lao Xie, now I can leave with confidence." ”

"No, it won't." The father rubbed his mother's hand, shook his head and said, "You can survive, don't all the political axes already know about the existence of Chongzuo?" The political axe will not ignore here, all you have to do is stick to it. ”

Xie Tian opened his mouth and said: "Uncle and aunt, let's go to my friend now, I have a satellite phone, you can talk to Xie Tian directly." ”

"Really?!" The second elder was excited again, he didn't expect to be able to talk to himself, their excitement was incomprehensible, the mother struggled to get up, Xie Tian carried the mother on his back, and took the parents' bedding and common supplies, and then took them to Zhao Lei's house.

Xie Tian spread a bunk on the floor in the next room, and used two futons to keep his mother from getting cold, and then took out all the food he had left, handed it to his parents, and said, "Uncle and aunt, you eat something first." ”

"This gentleman." The mother said with an urgent face: "Can you let me talk to Xiaotian on the phone now?" ”

Xie Tian said distressedly: "Auntie, don't worry, you can find him whenever you want, but now, you and your uncle have something to eat first, and after eating, I will contact Xie Tian immediately." ”

"Listen to this gentleman." The father comforted the mother and said, "The child is doing so well in Shanghai, what else do you have to worry about?" Come, I'll feed you something first, and when you're full, you'll have a chance to see your child again, and maybe you'll be able to hug your grandson. ”

After all, his face is very unfamiliar to his mother, and he wants to feed her, but he is afraid that she will not be adaptable, so he has to hand it over to his father, and Xie Tian himself, he stood next to him while watching, while racking his brains in his mind, no matter what, no matter what he tried to do, he would bring his parents back to Shanghai safely, so that they could live a stable life! If anyone dares to stop in front of him, then he will be killed by God, and Buddha will be killed by God!

(To be continued)