Chapter 38: The Way of the Way
"Stop!" Seeing that Qiao Shuangxi was going to take the lead in taking away the brothers from Qiaojia Village, Cuiyu didn't dare to bow her head and sigh anymore, she knew that as long as these people went out of the gate of the tofu factory, it was possible to encounter the devils, for them who had no combat experience, this was undoubtedly death, she ran to everyone, blocked the way, and shouted, "You, where do you look like revolutionary soldiers?"
Everyone stopped, looked at each other, and then turned their eyes to jade.
"Hmph," Qiao Shuangxi said disdainfully, "Maybe you don't know how determined we are, tell you that from the moment we ran out, we have already determined to dedicate all our strength to the anti-Japanese work, maybe only a small effort, even if it is the head of the master." You ask us where we look like revolutionary soldiers, but I want to ask you, where are we not like revolutionary soldiers?"
"Good, very good!" said Cuiyu, "your words are very powerful and impassioned, and I am even a little moved when I hear it, but I still have to pour some cold water on you, let me ask you, can you be regarded as a revolutionary soldier with full enthusiasm and crazy impulses, can you fight with well-trained, insidious and vicious devils and traitors?"
Including Qiao Shuangxi, everyone was suddenly stopped by Cuiyu, their eyes were in a trance, and they didn't know how to respond.
"As revolutionary fighters," Jade said, "we need passion, we need passion, we need courage, but we also need discipline, because only strict discipline can produce strong combat effectiveness--- discipline is the means to make us more united, it can keep us in lockstep, it can make our loose fists clenched together, the power of a fist is limited, maybe it can only break a lump, but all the fists are clenched together, and punching at the same time will have the power of earth-shattering." ”
Qiao Shuangxi and the others nodded their heads in unison, although most of them were illiterate farmers, but the truth of what Cuiyu said was still understood, which was the same as a common saying often said by the countrymen: "A pair of chopsticks is gently broken, and a pair of chopsticks are tightly hugged into a ball" is the same reason, so everyone's excitement has become much calmer, and they no longer squeeze forward.
"Since you all agree with what I said," Jade continued, "it means that we have a common understanding, and we can sit down and talk calmly, right? We're a group, a revolutionary group, and we have to have a discipline for everything, and what is it? It's a word you've been hearing a lot lately--- discipline. ”
"I want to ask everyone," said Jade, seeing that everyone seemed to be listening to her, and she spoke more calmly and confidently, "Let's take an analogy, we are going to drive a cow now, and Double Happiness and Mao Dan are pulling the reins of the cow, and they are running to pull the tail of the ox, and the two of them are dragging to the east, and the others are dragging to the west, so what will happen to this cow?"
"Needless to say," Mao Dan said first, "Brother Shuangxi and I dragged forward, and the others dragged back, if this cow didn't go upside down, it would be strange!"
"Why do you say that?" asked Jade.
"It's simpler," Mao Dan said proudly, "Anyone who has planted the land knows the reason for this, and it is not necessary to move forward by dragging the head of the ox, and now there is a group of people dragging the tail of the ox, so it is even more impossible for the ox to go forward." If the force of the cow's tail is very strong, the cow will not be able to hold it and will retreat, if it does not retreat, then its tail will definitely break in two. ”
"Yes, yes, Mao Dan is right. The older sac nose nodded.
The others, including Qiao Shuangxi, also nodded, indicating that Mao Dan's words were true.
"Oh," Jade nodded and said, pretending to be enlightened, "I see, if this is the case, what do you think should be done?"
"This ......" Mao Dan paused for a moment, his eyes were like two oil-soaked beans in his sockets, and then said, "This is easy to do, they can only let go of their hands, as long as they let go of their hands, Brother Shuangxi and I can let the cow go forward." ”
"What is the reason?" Cigarette Bag disagreed with Mao Dan's statement, he waved the dry tobacco pot in his hand, and said with a straight face, "Why do we have to let go, you and Shuangxi are the only two people who pull the reins of the cow, and there are many people who pull the tail of the cow, such a large group of people, we can't let go because you two pull the reins of the cow, right? I know you want the cow to go, we also want the cow to walk, if you and Shuangxi are interested, you can let go early, won't the cow go with us?"
"Yes, yes, yes, you should let go. ”
"Well, how could you two have so many of us?"
"Why don't you two turn around and follow us. ”
"Nonsense, how can we give up?"
"Don't even think about it, we're never going to give the reins of the cow......"
"Pulling each other is definitely not the way to ......"
In this way, everyone quarreled, this time except for Qiao Shuangxi and Mao Dan, the rest of the people had the same ideas and opinions, they all thought that either Qiao Shuangxi and Mao Dan let go, or they turned around and joined their team.
Qiao Shuangxi and Mao Dan naturally didn't want to accept their opinions and tried their best to refute them, but after all, the two of them only had two mouths, how could they fight for more than ten mouths......
At breakfast time, the smell of food wafted from the ravine, and after a while, two men walked towards the cell where Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi were, one of them had been here the night before, and this person was the guy who had unlocked the lock. He was joined not by the man who had carried the food box last night, but by another young man.
Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi both stood in front of the window and could see the visitors clearly.
"Who is it?" Qiao Xiaojing deliberately asked when she heard the sound of unlocking.
"Deliver food. The young man with the box answered, and looked up at the window.
"We're starving to death, come in!" Qiao Xiaojing said again.
"Come in?" the guy who picked the lock said with a cloudy face, with a complaint, "We want to come in too, but how can we get in if this broken lock can't be opened?" The man gritted his teeth, kept twisting the key, and muttered to himself: "I don't know how many times I've said it, this broken lock can't be used, it can't be used, but no one listens, really...... What's the use of keeping a broken lock? The lock cylinder has long been rusted, and it is difficult for the key to insert it...... I'm annoyed, I've never seen such a difficult lock to open, it's harder than fighting......"
"It's all like this," perhaps, the young man with the food box really didn't want to listen to the endless chatter of the lockpicker, he said lightly, "many things are similar to this lock, and no one wants to pay attention to them when they don't use them, so if it's broken, it's not necessary." When it's time to use it, it's either a problem here or there, anyway, there has to be some trouble with people's hands, and then I remember that I should have taken care of it earlier, or replaced it with a new one that is easy to use. ”
"Yes," said the lockpicker, who changed his posture and was tired and panting, "When you don't use it, you reflect it to the leader, and no one pays attention to it...... Oh, it's always like sitting on the back of a knife, moving to the left hurts, and moving to the right, it hurts. ”
"What can I do?" the young man sighed, "this lock is broken, and it should have been replaced, but it has not been replaced, and there is no extra lock, so it can only be improvised." I can see it, anyway, I can't rush it, so you can try patiently!"
"I said," Qiao Xiaojing heard this, stood at the door and shouted, "Are you letting the two of us eat, it's been a long time, and I just heard the lock click non-stop, but there was no trace of the food for a long time?"
"What are you yelling about?" The person who picked the lock was already very annoyed, but when he heard Qiao Xiaojing's words, he became even more angry, and said coldly, "If you have the ability, you can come out by yourself, and the food is at the door." Really, it's annoying enough, and you're still desperately urging, do you think we don't want to give you food? Unless it's uncomfortable, or we won't give you food at the door......
"Let's hurry up!" Qiao Xiaojing also replied coldly.
"Hmph," the locksmith sighed disdainfully, "I wouldn't have come to pick the lock if it hadn't been for the director's order!"
"Director?" Qiao Xiaojing pointed to the door and whispered to Ah Zi, "Could it be that mysterious person......?"
In the backyard of the tofu factory, there was a dispute, Qiao Shuangxi and Mao Dan had dry mouths, and they were so angry that they blew their beards and stared at them. They were also a hundred unconvinced, and they were cold-eyed......
"You are the most knowledgeable person in our world," Qiao Shuangxi said to Cuiyu in the face of the death button in front of him, "Then you tell us, like this, if you encounter it, what will you do?"
"Do you really want to hear me?" said Jade.
"Of course. Qiao Shuangxi nodded.
Everyone else also expressed their desire to hear Jade's thoughts, and they all focused on Jade, waiting for Jade's opinion on how to deal with this matter.
"Well," said Jade, "since you have a disagreement and want to hear what I can do, let's sit down and talk about this seemingly simple matter that contains a lot of truth." ”
Jade returned to the eaves and sat down on the steps with Dazhi, followed by the others, who had been so angry and anxious to leave the tofu shop that they had forgotten that emotion, but who were now much quieter, and seemed to be back to the calm state they had just come in.
"Let's talk about it quickly," Qiao Shuangxi urged, "We are all looking forward to your handling opinions, I believe it must be a solution that can be accepted and convinced by both of us!"