CHAPTER XXXIV
The purpose of the Redcoats is to drive out the Free Army and save the people from the dire situation, but they do not dare to act rashly, because the Free Army is strong, and if they do not make a comprehensive plan, the Red Coats will suffer heavy losses.
There are many places similar to Newtown, where the people are enslaved by the Free Army, and the Free Army disregards the freedom of others for the sake of their own freedom, which causes many people to be dissatisfied.
After careful consideration, the Redcoats decided to abandon the attack on Newtown and instead go to another place to fight. At nightfall, the Redcoats bypassed Newtown and headed north.
In the middle of the night, the Redcoats came to a mountain that stretched forward and they needed to climb over it. But the night is too dark to go any further, and the warriors need to rest. So, the Redcoats set up camp at the foot of the mountain. Although they were all sleepy, they were even more hungry, so they built a bonfire at the foot of the mountain and cooked in a pot. They don't have much to eat, just some hard steamed buns. There were wild vegetables everywhere, and many red-clothed soldiers went to pick wild vegetables, and they picked a lot of wild vegetables, picked them clean, washed them beside the mountain stream, and put them in a pot to cook. They have salt and spices, and they are boiled together in a pot. Many of the warriors used a large pot to cook wild vegetables, and Meng Hai used his own pot to cook wild vegetables, and around Meng Hai's pot sat Ye Duhong and a few other warriors, who stretched out their hands to bake the fire, and the red light of the fire illuminated their bodies, especially the smile on their faces was evident in the night. They were undoubtedly happy, and it was a pleasure to be able to look at so many wild plants when they were hungry. The wild vegetables were shabu in the pot, and Ye Duhong swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
One day in Ye Duhong's childhood, his mother angrily left his father to go to his parents' house because of a quarrel with his father, his mother's departure made Ye Duhong curious, Ye Duhong didn't know why his father scolded his mother, took a towel to whip his mother, kicked his mother, when his mother left, Ye Duhong was in the room with his father, at night, Ye Duhong was very hungry, so he told his father that his stomach hurt, and his father heard Ye Duhong's stomach screaming, laughed at Ye Duhong, said manly, stomach screaming, shame, shame, Ye Duhong really thought that being hungry was a shameful thing, and didn't dare to make a sound, but his stomach still made a loud noise。 Ye Duhong cried because of hunger, and his father didn't want the neighbors to hear the child's cry, so he asked Ye Duhong to keep his mouth shut, and his father promised to cook food for Ye Duhong. Father is spinning in circles, he can't make noodles, can't make steamed buns, can't make noodles, can't fry ointment, he's an idiot when it comes to cooking, but he insists on saying that he is a superb cook, and sometimes he insists on making it. However, tonight Ye Duhong cried so fiercely, he didn't want Ye Duhong to eat food that he couldn't swallow, so he said to make twist flowers for Ye Duhong. Ye Duhong sat on the bed and waited, saw his father holding a few twist flowers in his hand, his father put the twist flowers on the table, and went to get a big yellow basin, the twist flowers were broken in the basin by his father three roots and two roots, his father brought a hot water kettle, the water of the warm pot was poured on the twist flowers, the twist made a fine sound, and the father put seasoning in the basin, and then the father told sù that Ye Duhong could eat it. Due to hunger, Ye Duhong picked up chopsticks to eat, and his father also picked up chopsticks to eat, they almost rushed to eat, and soon, they ate all the twist flowers, leaving the spicy soup. Father and Ye Duhong drank the soup separately, and the soup was really spicy. They were sweating from their food.
Ye Duhong was beaten by Meng Hai, Ye Duhong woke up from memories and contemplation, when Ye Duhong came back to his senses, the dishes in the pot were already cooked, several soldiers picked up chopsticks, you fought for me to eat the wild vegetables in the pot, because of the seasoning, so it was very delicious. This scene of eating wild vegetables is a bit like Ye Duhong's childhood experience of eating boiling water and soaking twist flowers with his father, and Ye Duhong somehow cried, and tears fell down.
Meng Hai asked Ye Duhong why he was crying, and Ye Duhong said that the fire was very bad. They gulped down wild vegetables, and then drank the salty soup from the pot.
After eating, the fighters had to sleep. It was late at night, and Duhong and Meng Hai came to the nest made of grass, the grass was the hay chosen, and they could feel the temperature of the grass when they slept. Meng Hai said to Ye Duhong, what do you want. Ye Duhong replied to Meng Hai that the earth is our bed. Meng Hai smiled and lay down.
Meng Hai asked Ye Duhong if he was homesick, and Ye Duhong said, how can there be a home, the home is long gone. At this time, Ye Duhong's heart was chaotic, and the chaotic things and chaotic feelings were twisted together, and Ye Duhong felt so uncomfortable. At the beginning, Ye Duhong had the enthusiasm to avenge the weak, but when he became a red-clothed soldier, Ye Duhong realized the difficulty of things, and walked for a day today, and all the soldiers were tired of walking non-stop all day. Lying in the grass nest, Ye Duhong wants to sleep but doesn't want to sleep, wants to sleep because he is too tired, wants to rest as much as possible, doesn't want to sleep because he has this rare time at night, just so much time can be freely disposed of, Ye Duhong can be homesick, he can also think of women, his thoughts gallop on the earth. Ye Duhong gradually fell asleep in the midst of contradictions, and he could feel that he was about to have a deep sleep.
On the night when Duhong had a full meal, I thought of my mother who went to my hometown, and I thought about my father at home, I don't know what happened between them, they made a lot of noise, and it was very discordant. However, Ye Duhong is still full, boiling water to soak twist flowers, very spicy and fragrant, this is probably something that Ye Duhong will remember for a lifetime. At that time, Ye Duhong had imagined how good it would be if one day in the future, he could have such a hearty meal. As a result, many years later, Ye Duhong and his comrades-in-arms had a hearty meal.
At the same time, Su Yu was sipping his self-brewed fruit wine underground, looking at the bright moon in the sky, enjoying all kinds of leisure and comfort. She was wondering where Ye Duhong was, what she was eating, and where she was sleeping. Su Yu once played in the butterfly forest with Duhong and Meng Hai all night, so they set up a tent to rest, and that night, they lay in comfortable sleeping bags, looking at the starry sky in the skylight, and their reverie was infinite. Su Yu thought that Ye Duhong must be sleeping in a tent, and he must have a spear in his hand. Obviously, Su Yu's conjecture was wrong, she didn't know Ye Duhong's current situation at all.
The sky is higher than anyone else, the people under the sky have different lives, some people are laughing, some people are crying, the people who cry can't see the people who laugh, the people who laugh can't see the people who cry, it's very likely, you're crying, the people next to you are laughing, it's also possible, you're laughing, the people next to you are crying, so there is comedy and tragedy in the world, and comedy and tragedy are very cleverly stored in the world. Su Yu finally felt sleepy, she lay on the comfortable bed and fell asleep peacefully.
Before dawn, the horn sounded in the air, and the elongated sound made Ye Duhong's whole soul tremble, how sleepy Ye Duhong was, but no matter how sleepy he was, he had to listen to the order, this was the horn of the order to get up. Ye Duhong got up very painfully, he couldn't open his eyes and put on his clothes, and when he finally put on his coat, he quickly got up, rubbed his face, and went to the team. The army is strict, they have to get up early every day, they have to run to the battle team, and if someone is late, they are punished. Of course, Ye Duhong didn't dare to slack off, so he got up and ran to the team.