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When you enter the water meadow, you can still clearly see the weeds and puddles, but the further you go in, the deeper the puddles are hidden, and sometimes you can't even see the puddles, but everyone understands that anything that is exposed is not the most dangerous.

The weeds and roots under the feet were strung together, and some of the ground was covered with jet-black mud underneath, and when you stepped on it with your foot, the ground and grass would move within a few feet of the surrounding ground. In order to prevent them from sinking, the three of them could only walk side by side, but in order to prevent timely rescue in case of emergency, they should not be too far apart, and they had to let the horses also take a detour, and they could not follow directly behind. Because these aquatic weeds do not have a fixed foundation, if you step on the same pile of weeds too much, the people behind you will directly sink into it.

The three of them cautiously stepped on the soft grass, and the explorers advanced step by step, and they had to pay attention to the movements of the people around them at all times, so that they could rescue them in time at any time.

At this time, straw sandals are obviously more suitable than cowhide boots, and even, sometimes, it is most suitable to move barefoot, just because sometimes, when you step on it, you will step into the mud, and you will move forward with one foot high and one foot low......

When Tashi left, none of the three of them had the heart to speak because of some reluctance and worry about the road ahead. But now, the three of them also have no intention of talking, not only because the road is difficult to walk, but also because it is too quiet, even the wind can't hang out the voice it should have, and it seems that only the three of them are left in the world, which has caused a certain depression in the hearts of the three of them, making the three of them lose interest in talking. Even the most lively Zhou Baoyu stared at his feet because he was always worried about the consequences of the swamp, completely forgetting anything else.

"Old Zhou, Baoyu, this is too quiet, the more you walk, the more depressed it becomes, why don't we sing a song to relieve it?" Zhang Qingshan, who was walking in the middle, bent down and picked up a rare dead branch, looked at the front, and then glanced at the two people around him, and asked Zhou Ping on the right.

"Okay, you get started. ”

"Just sing the song of our Red Army. Although Zhang Qingshan can sing a few Red Army songs, because of his limited level and the fact that he has been fighting since he participated in the revolution, he doesn't have much time to learn, and he doesn't care about these, so he can't sing all the Red Army songs, which is really not much. And the reason why he sang this song of the Red Army was because he joined the Red Army while listening to this song, and it was also the first song he learned after joining the revolution.

"To be a soldier is to be a Red Army...... Ready, sung!"

"If you are a soldier, you must be a Red Army, cooperate with the workers and peasants to fight the enemy, and fight all the reactionaries, and everyone will have a share of the land. Those who can work have work, and those who can plough the fields have fields, fight local tyrants, catch bad gentry, and kill him mercilessly!"

Not to mention, when I started singing, the depressing stuffiness that made people's hearts heavy was immediately swept away, and I felt that the pace was energetic.

But only Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Ping sang...... At first, Zhou Baoyu also sang two sentences, but since he hit him, he didn't step on it and almost fell, so he never sang again.

Listening carefully, Zhou Baoyu rolled his eyes the more he listened, and finally waited for the two of them to finish singing twice, seeing that Zhang Qingshan was singing more and more energetically, and he had the posture of singing for the third time, he hurriedly opened his mouth to stop: "Big brother, please don't sing, the more I listen, the more uncomfortable I become." ”

Zhang Qingshan thought that there was something wrong with his body, so he quickly looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's not because it's uncomfortable, it's because ...... Because Lao Zhou's voice is worse than that of a male duck, I want to vomit more and more when I listen to it. ”

"Get out!" Zhou Ping saw Zhou Baoyu deliberately retching, and immediately scolded angrily: "Lao Tzu sings to you, that is the blessing you have cultivated in eight lifetimes, you kid don't know what to do." ”

"Then I beg you, for the sake of my eight lifetimes and finally wanting to vomit, please, Lao Zhou, don't make me uncomfortable and want to become the ninth life, will it?"

Old Zhou's face was red, but he was still not convinced, and glared at Zhou Baoyu angrily: "Okay, come, you kid sing me a song, and let me see and understand." ”

"Aren't you embarrassed? I can't sing at all. ”

"Then what more do you have to say? ”

Seeing that the more they talked, the more vindictive they became, Zhang Qingshan had no choice but to play a round: "Okay, okay, Lao Zhou, Baoyu is still a child, what are you doing with him?"

Zhou Ping snorted and ended the bickering.

"Why don't we each tell a story, or something else?"

As soon as Zhou Baoyu's voice fell, Zhou Ping smiled at him and said, "Pull it down! Who doesn't know, you kid likes to listen to stories, but you can't tell it yourself...... If you want to hear a story, just tell it. If it makes me happy, tell you a battle story you've never heard before. ”

Zhou Baoyu was happy when he heard it, and was about to speak, but Zhang Qingshan took the lead.

"By the way, Lao Zhou, Baoyu, speaking of which, I am thinking about a few things, and now I am just here to discuss with you. ”

Seeing that neither of them made a sound, Zhang Qingshan continued: "First of all, there is the food problem. ”

"I remember that the instructions sent from above mentioned that the Central Red Army had crossed the water and grassland and walked for more than 20 days......

As soon as Zhang Qingshan said this, Zhou Ping took it over: "I also remember this...... Okay, I won't interrupt, Lao Zhang, you continue. ”

"Think about it, the Central Red Army crossed the water and grassland, although the people were sleepy and lacking horses, and they lacked food and clothing, but their advantages were also obvious: they were numerous, they could help each other, and they could also be precise in direction...... Our advantage is: we have enough food, and we can carry it, easy to move forward, but the shortcomings are also extremely prominent, that is, the manpower is thin, not to mention the direction of judgment, the key is that we must always be careful...... Comparing these with each other, I think, in terms of speed, several books are about the same. In other words, it will take more than 20 to 30 days for us to get out of the water meadow victoriously. So, I'd like to discuss with both of you: in order to keep the food as good as possible, we have to change the three meals to two meals for the rest of the road. What do you two think?"

"I agree. ”

"I agree, and besides, I also found a little ......" Zhou Ping stepped on a few pieces of hard horse manure under his feet, picked them up and put them directly into the cloth bag hanging on a horse behind him - after picking them up for so long, he became accustomed to nature, and he was able to grasp cow and horse manure with his hands. It can even reach the point where Tashi was looking for dry cow dung in wet cow dung, and there will be no more disgusting and dirty thoughts, because everyone realizes the meaning of Tashi's original words: In such a barren place, anything that can make a fire is precious. On the contrary, it is poor and exquisite, that is, to joke with oneself and the lives of others. He said calmly: "You two have not found it, the deeper you go into the water meadow, the more difficult it is to find this firewood." Not to mention the dead branches, even these dried cow dung, dry horse manure and the like are becoming more and more difficult to collect. Therefore, from the perspective of saving firewood, two meals are more reasonable than three meals. ”

"Okay! That was unanimously approved. Zhang Qingshan nodded and said with a smile: "Second, when the Central Red Army crossed the grassland, because of long-term fatigue and malnutrition, coupled with hunger and illness, many comrades fell behind, and most of them fell here forever, but some comrades who fell behind successfully returned to the team because of mutual help...... I think there is a good chance that we will meet comrades who have fallen behind. Moreover, I dare to conclude that these comrades who have fallen behind must have nothing to eat, so in order to give them an extra bite to eat, I think that from now on, we should save food and add half of the wild vegetables to each meal. Do you two agree?"

"Agreed. ”

"Agreed!" Zhou Baoyu was also an activist, and preemptively said: "We have rested in the tribe of Lausanne for several days, and we have long since recuperated our bodies. In the past two days, I have eaten beef and barley flour for every meal, and my physical strength is definitely much stronger than that of those comrades who have been hungry for many days. But all of us are revolutionary comrades and should help each other and overcome difficulties together, so we should take other comrades into account in everything we do. ”

"Yo he~!Baoyu, when did your ideological consciousness become so high?" Zhou Ping said with a smile: "When I was in the Lausanne tribe, I didn't know who it was, and I actually risked losing my brain to grab food from the enemy's mouth for a piece of cow bone, at that time, why didn't I take into account other comrades who were starving and cold?"

"Lao Zhou, are you looking down on me? Let me tell you, at that time, I was also thinking about other comrades, but at that time, it was useless to think about it, it was better to eat and drink enough, take care of my body, and find other comrades as soon as possible. ”

Zhou Ping laughed, but didn't answer, because what he joked about this time was indeed a bit heavy, and for a veteran, it was a little unkind.

"Thirdly, do you notice, Tashi is always holding a rope in his hand as he advances, and according to him, this is to be able to rescue people who have fallen into the swamp at any time. I think what he said is very reasonable, I think, the bundle of rope is too long, and it is a little inconvenient to use it when there is an emergency, so I still cut out two sections slightly, one for me and Lao Zhouren. In case of an accident, you can rescue at any time...... No, the more I think about it, the more I think it's possible, and the more I talk about it, the more worried I become. Old Zhou, you hurry up and cut the rope on the horse behind you in two. ”

"Good!"

"Big brother, why don't you give me a paragraph?" This guy is really a clever ghost, and he immediately heard the true meaning of Zhang Qingshan's words, but he still straightened his neck unconvinced and shouted: "Don't you look down on me and think I have little strength?"

"Baoyu, it's not that you don't think you're weak, but you don't know how hard it takes to pull him out once you're in the trap swamp. Just like Tashi said before: I and Lao Zhou either fell in, relying on the other two, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to pull out, so once one of me or Lao Zhou has an accident, I can throw the rope over to rescue as soon as I walk in the middle, and you or Lao Zhou must wait for the sinking speed of the trapped person to be controlled, and then use the horse's strength to pull the trapped person out...... Got it?"

Zhou Baoyu lowered his head, pursed his lips, and muttered: "Speaking of which, it's not that I am small and have no strength." ”

Zhang Qingshan just didn't hear it, and said the next thing.

But no one expected that the water meadows were so dangerous that his fears would be fulfilled so quickly......