Chapter Fifty-Six: Passers-by
"Brother Cheng, they want to come and toast you. You see, "At dinner, because Cheng Sen led the team to get back a lot of supplies. Zhou Keyou ordered the kitchen to cook a dry meal for the first time, and fried ham with bean paste for the people in the base. That's not all, there are also a few cases of liquor, and everyone can drink that glass. Picking up the wine glass and looking at the white rice in the bowl, people spontaneously got up and came to Cheng Sen and them. I want to use the simplest and most direct way to express their gratitude and gratitude to Cheng Sen.
"It's done~" Cheng Sen looked at those men, women and children, stood up and said that it was dry, and then drank the liquor in the cup in one gulp. After the toast, the people dispersed and returned to their tents, smiling with their bowls of rice. Although there was only one dish, they felt very satisfied.
"Brother, you brought them this dry meal. I'm sorry! "Watching people bury their heads in the food, no one in the huge gymnasium was talking except for the sound of the collision of dishes and chopsticks and the sound of chewing. Zhou Keyou's eyes were red, and he came to Cheng Sen with a wine glass and raised his glass to him.
"It's going to get better." Cheng Sen raised his wine glass and said in a deep voice to Zhou Keyou. In this sentence, there is no lack of comfort in it. "Tomorrow will be better." This kind of wish, or blessing, is it. The desire contained in it is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Will tomorrow really be better than today? No one can say.
"Alas~ Brother, I won't tell you, don't comfort my brother. These people, you keep them at home. Do some chores, don't make trouble, they can do what you ask. But if you want them to go out and help find food or something, it's harder than going to the sky. As you can see, they would rather have a meal of gruel than go out and help find food. Today, my brother is here, and he can take care of a few full meals for them. But what would they do if my brother wasn't here every day? Zhou Keyou drank all the wine in the cup, waved his hand and said to Cheng Sen.
"Stay and help my brother, as long as my brother is willing to stay, the people below are under your control. In this base, you have the final say, how? Zhou Keyou's eyes flickered and said there. One meal of rice made Cheng Sen win so many hearts in the base, and Zhou Keyou felt a little uncomfortable. He said this because he wanted to test Cheng Sen. Is it really just a few days of transition in the base, or is there a desire to occupy this place?
Zhou Keyou's flickering eyes were seen by Cheng Sen, and he sighed lightly in his heart and said, "How can I have the leadership ability of District Mayor Zhou?" I can do it with brute force, and the rest, hehe. Besides, we are temporarily borrowing the precious place of District Mayor Zhou to rest, and we will be ready to continue our departure in a few days. The matter here has to be worried about by District Mayor Zhou. After speaking, Cheng Sen drank the residual wine in the cup with a smile, picked up the bowl and began to eat silently.
Hearing Cheng Sen say this, Zhou Keyou's heart was a little more stable. If Cheng Sen really decided to stay, he really didn't know what to do. In the competition of force, the few men under him, a few guns, are determined to fight them. Than people's hearts? It's only been a day that people's hearts are a little inclined to Cheng Sen and them, if it is a few days later, maybe the base they have worked so hard to build will be handed over to others for "peaceful evolution"!
"Just use them to help stock up on more supplies in the past few days. Find another reason to send them away in a few days, and everything will be fine. Zhou Keyou held a cigarette in his hand and put it under his nose and sniffed it. but there is a secret calculation in the heart.
"Xiao Jiang, since the establishment of the base, how has my Zhou Keyou treated you?" Zhou Keyou returned to his seat, waved his hand and called Jiang Chibing, who was eating, to him and asked.
As soon as the words entered his ears, Jiang Chibing was stunned. "Why did you suddenly ask about this?" He thought to himself. But he hurriedly replied to Zhou Keyou: "The district chief said to me that I didn't, district chief, why did you suddenly ask about this?" ”
"What if, what if. If Cheng Sen and I compete for the position of the leader of this base, which side are you on? After Zhou Keyou finished asking, he looked at Jiang Chibing's face a little nervously. Jiang Chibing can be regarded as the most capable person under him. "If Jiang Chibing threw himself on Cheng Sen's side," Thinking of this, Zhou Keyou subconsciously touched the Type 54 pistol pinned to his waist. Zhou Keyou has a gun, even his wife Wang Xiu'e doesn't know. Hiding this matter is to leave a hole card for yourself.
"What did the district chief say, don't you know what I, Jiang Chibing, am a person? When the time comes, I will follow the district chief! "Jiang Chibing is not stupid, as soon as he heard Zhou Keyou ask this, his heart was shocked." What's going on? This is for Brother Cheng. Thinking of this, Jiang Chibing didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately patted his chest there and said.
Zhou Keyou felt very happy that Jiang Chibing could follow him without hesitation. I thought to myself, after Cheng Sen and the others left, should there be an additional position of captain of the field brigade in the base. Those who can work hard, the key is Jiang Chibing's loyalty, let him be a field team captain and serve himself well!
"Little ginger, come on, smoke one. Don't get so excited. I'm not talking about what ifs, hehehe! Seeing that Jiang Chibing seemed to be very excited, Zhou Keyou smiled with satisfaction. casually threw a cigarette over, and even patted the stool next to him, asking Jiang Chibing to sit next to him.
"In this case, this kid should be flattered, right? I think that at the beginning, I could be a smoker, but the mayor and the secretary of the municipal party committee. Cheap kid. Zhou Keyou watched Jiang Chibing sit down next to him with a red face, wiped a match and lit the cigarette in his mouth, and thought secretly in his heart.
"What? Spicy next door, this old boy just had a full meal and didn't recognize anyone? Lao Tzu is looking for him! "After the meal, wait until everyone is asleep. Jiang Chibing tiptoed to Cheng Sen's room where they were resting, and whispered what Zhou Keyou said to him again. As soon as he heard Zhou Keyou say such a thing, Xu Si immediately jumped up, hung the gun on his shoulder, and was about to go to Zhou Keyou to talk.
"What are you looking for him? The base is originally owned by other people, we are just a group of passers-by, do you understand? Tomorrow we will help Xiao Jiang get a batch of guns and ammunition, and by the way, we will replenish ourselves, and we will leave here the day after tomorrow. Cheng Sen stretched out his hand to stop Xu Si and said expressionlessly.