Chapter 10: Smoke and Ashes

The fire grew bigger and bigger, and finally climbed the entire wall on the east side of the second floor, and began to advance towards the roof beams.

Four men, bare-bottomed, cowered near the staircase by the west wall. Blouses, trousers, hats, leggings, cloth shoes, underwear, etc., were hung around them, and some were fanned in their hands.

Wang Lao, who was sitting a little in front, finally couldn't stand it anymore, and moved back vigorously. "Ahem, ahem, no, no, it's not just fucking hot, ahem, why is the smoke so big? Mother, I've borrowed it, I have to go down the stairs to catch my breath and cool down. ”

Zhao Yong leaned against the wall comfortably, the fire was burning on the opposite side, and the wall on this side was hot, making Zhao Yong hum comfortably. "Uh-huh, platoon commander, aren't you looking for guilt when you get so close, I think this fire is just right now, cough cough, the cold air of the night is coming out now, alas, alas, alas, this is called a Tongtai! ”

"Platoon leader, is it watering now or waiting?"

"Mother, you don't care if you love to water it or not. Ahem, I have to catch my breath first, oops, it's much cooler when I go downstairs. ”

Seeing that Wang Lao went downstairs with his bare buttocks, he didn't care, and the big man couldn't help but ask Hu Yi next to him: "That Hu ...... Brother Hu, what do you say?"

The eldest man and Hu Yi look the same age, and I wanted to call Hu Yi's name, but for some reason, when I faced Hu Yi, I couldn't help but become a little shorter, as if I owed Hu Yi Dayang, I didn't know why, and I changed my name to 'brother'.

Hu Yi shook off his half-dried leggings and looked up at the fire, "It doesn't matter. Didn't the platoon commander say that it doesn't matter if it burns out. ”

Hearing Hu Yi's feedback, the big man put down the buttocks that had been raised, sat down steadily, and continued to wave the pants in his hand, covering the hot fire from time to time, his face was covered with sweat, and it was really not good if there was nothing in his hand to block it. The laundry that hung around was smoky and steamy under the roaring firelight, merging with the black smoke that permeated the ceiling, and drifting out of the shattered windows and bullet holes. Rolled into a thick black plume of smoke and floated over the Victory Harbor.

The silly boy searched the neighborhood and found only twelve potatoes, and two eggs appeared in an empty chicken coop, which were probably dropped by people who had not paid attention when they fled. Putting the eggs in his pocket, he was wondering if he should go somewhere else and go around, when suddenly there was smoke billowing from the small building outside the two alleys, and the fire had already escaped from the wall on one side of the house. Immediately panicked, spread his legs and ran back. As soon as I entered the door, I felt a heat wave on the shop, and I saw a person on the stairs, sitting on the stairs bare, with a dark face and a face that could not be seen clearly. Frightened, the silly boy clenched the potato bag in his hand, quickly took a few steps back, leaned against the door frame, and was ready to flee at any time.

"Look, you little bunny, come in and dry your wet clothes first. ”

"Platoon commander?"

The silly boy climbed up to the second floor with his bare ass and his clothes, and ho! This is called a hot, this is called a choke. Involuntarily raised his arm to block the blazing fire, and said casually: "Ahem, this is too hot, isn't it more convenient to light the stove downstairs." Cough. ”

A word woke up the dreamer, and the three big men looked at each other's appearances, and they couldn't help but giggle.

Suddenly――

Silly boy: "Brother Hu, why did this spark fall from above?"

The big man: "The fire is coming from the beams! Ahem. I'm ...... day."

Hu Yi: "Calm down, hand me the water, express the water." Hurry!"

Zhao Yong: "Oh, my mother, my head...... Let me go down first. ”

Wang Lao picked: "Confused! Take off all your clothes first." ”

......

The fog cleared, the entire port of victory became clear, and the long-lost sunlight began to peek through the clouds, bringing an unreal feeling, as if it had never been born.

Towards noon, the gunfire on the pier finally died down and gradually calmed down. This vanguard devil unit only had a squadron of more than 200 people, and because it was not blocked all the way, it left the main force far behind and marched forward lightly and quickly. It stands to reason that they stopped after arriving at the south bank of the Huangpu River, and it was safest to be responsible for collecting the ferries in advance, but they thought that the squadron was retreating, without heavy weapons, only a few crooked handles and grenadiers, and they crossed the Huangpu River directly, wanting to occupy the north bank wharf first to provide convenience for the follow-up troops, but they did not expect that there would be an oncoming squadron at this time. After the 2nd and 3rd Battalions arrived at the riverbank, they basically controlled the situation by attacking from both sides and charging with a charge, and wiped out the remnants of the enemy with losses of nearly the same proportion, and the victorious port now belonged completely to the 638th Regiment.

Twelve potatoes and two eggs were buried in the ashes on the second floor of the small building and cooked, Wang Laojiao and Hu Yi each took three potatoes, and the rest each had two potatoes, and the two eggs went to the stupid boy.

The second floor of the small building was completely burned out, and the branches and branches were all black and full of ashes, and there was still smoke. If it weren't for Hu Yi and the big man fighting the fire, it is estimated that the first floor would not be able to be saved, and it would have to be burned down with the second floor. The reason why Hu Yi led the big man to put out the fire was not to protect the people's property and people's lives, but to leave the hot first floor that had been baked by the fire and sleep in it.

As it turned out later, Hu Yihe's big man's behavior was worth it. At this moment, the people in the third row have eaten and drunk enough to wash their grimaces, and slept soundly on the warm ground on the first floor, which is hot and warm, just like a hot kang at home, and there is a sense of intimacy and security when you go up on the pillow, and you don't want to get up. The third row unloaded all the tiredness and sleepiness, lazily turned over, and used a dream to temporarily forget the cold and damp Jiangnan outside the wall.

Wang Lao slept comfortably and woke up, now the big man Zhao Yong and the stupid boy were still snoring on the ground, and Hu Yi was sitting against the wall at the door wiping his gun.

"Xiaohu, have you slept well?"

"I've gone to bed, I've woken up early. ”

After being silent for a while, Wang Lao asked again: "What did you think about the private release of deserters?"

Hu Yi replied without raising his head: "If you have anything to think, just let it go." At that time, I wanted to put it, so I put it away. ”

"Although this is a violation of military law, I think you are doing it benevolently. ”

Hu Yi stopped what he was doing, was silent for a while, and said solemnly to Wang Laojiao: "Brother Wang, I, Hu Yi, am not afraid of violating military law, but I have never sympathized with them. I let them go just because I was too lazy to shoot at them. Do you believe it or not?"

Wang Lao looked at Hu Yi's solemn expression, deep and indifferent eyes, he didn't know what to say for a while, he couldn't guess Hu Yi's thoughts, but he could understand the meaning of this sentence. I had to reply as if I didn't understand: "I believe it." ”

The atmosphere fell silent again, and Hu Yi continued to wipe the gun in his hand, but the few words of conversation with Wang Lao opened the floodgates of Hu Yi's memory again......

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