Chapter 74: Preparations Before the Storm
"I already have what you mean," at noon, Cuiyu panted and returned to the house, and after talking for half a while, she couldn't go on, took a glass of water and drank it all, and took two long breaths, and then said to Qiao Xiaojing, "Everything that should be arranged has been arranged, and Uncle Li is very interested."
"What's the matter?" Qiao Xiaojing was drawing something on a piece of paper, looking very engaged, and did not look up when she spoke.
"What," Cuiyu looked at Qiao Xiaojing and said puzzledly, "So forgetful? Last night, you gave the order seriously, I basically didn't sleep, I went to implement the work early in the morning, I won't forget it so quickly, right?"
"Such an important matter," Qiao Xiaojing said with a little embarrassment, "How could I have forgotten it?" I just had other things in my head, and I didn't turn a corner for a while. Tell me, Dazhi, Dazhi is in the hands of the devil, what will happen now?"
"This," Jade said in a deep breath and in a heavy tone, "In the hands of the devil, can you still ...... It's hard to say, but I hope he can survive this!"
"He shouldn't be in danger of his life, right?"
"I hope not. ”
"I must have suffered a lot of sins, tortured, tormented, abused......"
"That's for sure. ”
"As long as he lives, he must be rescued. ”
"Hopefully, we'll be in time. ”
"I think that with the wisdom and courage of Dazhi, it should not be a problem to deal with the devil for a few days, he should still be alive. ”
"I think so. ”
"Why are you like this," Qiao Xiaojing stood up suddenly, threw the pencil in his hand on the ground, and said angrily, "Dazhi is a comrade-in-arms who was born and died with us, our little brother, have you forgotten that before we came here, we stayed on the mountain, you and Boss Wu went down the mountain to find water, he was worried that you were in danger, and he almost fought with me, but now that he has fallen into the hands of the devil, you are not worried at all, not sad at all, too indifferent, too ruthless!"
Cuiyu looked at Qiao Xiaojing with a sad face helplessly, shook her head helplessly, her lips moved a few times, as if she had something to say, but in the end she still didn't say it.
"The devil's tunnel," Qiao Xiaojing rubbed her face with her hands, and said bitterly, "The grave of the devil in the mouth of the common people, that is a grave, now that Dazhi is trapped in it, he can still have his good fruit to eat, tortured, maybe all kinds of torture have been tasted, but what about us? stay in this place all day, nothing can be done, nothing can be done." ”
Cuiyu took a deep breath, and wanted to step forward to comfort Qiao Xiaojing, who was tormented by troubles, raised her right hand, which was about to be placed on Qiao Xiaojing's shoulder, but suddenly stopped in mid-air, hesitated for a moment, and put her arm down again.
"I really don't understand," Qiao Xiaojing then complained, "I really don't understand, so many people have nothing to do all day long, and they don't want to think about how to save Dazhi and how to get out of the current predicament......?"
"Is this fair? Could it be that you are thinking about saving Dazhi, and the others have not thought about it?" Cuiyu really couldn't listen to it anymore, so she argued with Qiao Xiaojing, her purpose was not because she was wronged, but because she was worried that other comrades would hear Qiao Xiaojing's radical words, which would affect the unity of the Creeper Special Operations Group.
"Have you thought about it?" Qiao Xiaojing turned around, stared at Cuiyu and said, "Have you really thought about it?"
"Is it," said Jade, "that everything has to be put on the lips, and that there are things that need to be put into practice, not by words, and I have never believed that complaining can save Dazhi from the devil's grave." ”
"Yes," Qiao Xiaojing said, "how well it is said, what a good thing to say! There are things that need to be put into action, and complaining about not being able to save Dazhi from the devil's grave is true." But is there action? where is the action?"
"What do you want to see?" Jadeite asked coldly, "I really don't know what you want to see?" The comrades almost didn't close their eyes, they were busy with their own business early, they probably haven't even drunk a sip of water until now, and you're complaining here...... I know you're stressed, I know you're upset, but you can't deny everyone's efforts just because you're stressed, because you're in a bad mood.
Qiao Xiaojing bent down and picked up the pencil on the ground, sat on the small stool with her eyes closed, and slowly closed her eyes.
"Well, I'll take your lead for now that you don't want to see me!" Jade turned and walked out of the house.
At this time, in front of the dilapidated mountain temple in the suburbs, Ah Zi and the big man were secretly rummaging over the stones with a few villagers, knocking and beating, a busy scene.
"Didn't Mr. Li say that there is something important for us to do?" said one of them, "why did you bring us here to beat stones, what kind of thing is this? I don't think we are like the laborers who built the Great Wall in ancient times, and we don't look like we are doing great things at all." ”
"That's right," said another fellow, "that's what Old Man Li said when he came to me, he didn't say that he told us to run so far to beat stones." ”
"Can you two tell us about it?" Another fellow stopped what he was doing, walked to the big man and Ah Zi, and said with a smile, "We're not really here to beat the stones, are we? What are we going to do, don't worry, we are all people with no character problems, and we will definitely not talk nonsense, if it is really a big thing, even my wife and children will not say it." ”
"Talking counts?" Ah Zi stood up and looked at everyone.
"Count, count......" the crowd nodded.
"As long as you promise not to tell your wife and children, then I'll tell you." We didn't come out to beat the stone this time, but the stone had to be beaten, because we had to make a bomb with a dirt method, and we had to use a bomb we made ourselves to blow up the devil's tunnel, which is what you call the devil's grave. ”
"Will this work?"
"Make a bomb out of stones?"
"It's not a joke, is it?"
"Never heard of ......"
There was a lot of suspicion and doubt, and the villagers looked at each other, none of them believed Ah Zi's words.
"Tell you," Zi motioned for silence and explained, "I'm not joking with you, and besides, we don't have time for that. She pointed to the big man who was squatting on the ground and working, and then said to everyone: "This one, he is not only an anti-Japanese hero, but also an expert in bomb making, and the bombs he made with local methods can kill many devils." I remember when we were in the guerrillas, we were on an assault mission, and we sacrificed a lot of fighters in the face of one of the devils' bunkers, but we couldn't break through the devils' firepower network, what should we do? All the people were helpless, and at this juncture this comrade appeared, and he handed us the bombs he had made with the local methods, and one of our fighters risked his life to throw his bombs at the devils' bunkers, can you imagine what the final result would be?"
"What's the matter?
"Is it crooked?"
"Probably ......"
"Okay, okay," Ah Zi said, "you people, I don't know what you think, so I'll reveal the answer." When this home-made bomb was thrown at the devil's bunker, all our comrades, including me, didn't think it would have much effect, but what I didn't expect was a thunderous sound, and the heavens and the earth trembled, only to see the devil's bunker like popcorn, splashing everywhere with a bang, and the exploding devil's body flew into the air like a broken kite, and the most incredible thing was that the top of the bunker, the roof-like thing, it actually flew up to a height of several feet!"
"Wow, that's amazing!"
"It's so powerful, it's amazing!"
"I really didn't expect that a bomb made of local methods could blow up the roof of a house into the sky......
After listening to Ah Zi's introduction, the villagers all showed surprise on their faces, and their hesitant and slightly melancholy expressions disappeared, followed by smiling faces filled with spring-like warmth and reverent eyes cast at the big man.
"And to make this kind of earthmat bomb," Ah Zi continued, "you have to use small stones, which are the necessities for making earthmare bombs, so to speak, and now who of you thinks that the work we do is simply beating stones? Who else thinks that what we do is a small thing? And the water thinks that we are like laborers for Qin Shi Huang to build the Great Wall?"
"So," said an older fellow, "what we are doing now is a big thing, a big thing to blow up the devil's grave! Then let's do what the two chiefs ask, hurry up and do it, and strive to blow up the devil's grave as soon as possible." ”
"Okay!"
"Good ......" The villagers firmly believed in Ah Zi's words, and they did a great job one by one.
"I don't see it," everyone was working, Ah Zi also started to work, the big man came to her, lowered his head and glared at Ah Zi and whispered, "You can even make up stories, and you make up quite a wonderful story, when do you say I used an earthwork bomb to blow up the devil's bunker? Is there such a thing, how could I not know? Aren't you lying?"
"Isn't this a need for work," Ah Zi said with a smile, "You have to let them see hope, so that they will have passion and motivation to work, otherwise in this wilderness, when will they be able to complete the task assigned by the team leader?"
"Yes!" the big man nodded, a sly smile on his face......
In a dilapidated courtyard in the town, Uncle Li and Boss Wu were taking five or six middle-aged men to bundle the wheat straw that had been dried and soaked in the morning into a bundle......
"Okay, great, I don't believe that the devil's authenticity is solid!" Qiao Xiaojing said to herself in the room.