I went down the road and walked eight or nine miles to the ravine, and in the afternoon I arrived at the temporary headquarters, and the name of the mountain village was Xizhuoma Village.

The chief of staff, Ma Biao, and Ma Biao's staff teacher came out to greet them and entered the house with a few words of greeting. Ma Biao's temperament has obviously improved, and he is really "moving his qi and nourishing his body"; It's already "planned" and "flexible". Also coming out was the staff officer of the teacher Ma Biao named Xu Enze, who has now been appointed by the chief of staff as the deputy chief of staff of the lieutenant colonel.

Before I came, they should have been discussing the layout issue, less than three sentences, Ma Biao and his teacher discussed it in a quarrel mode, one blew his beard and stared, relying on his loud voice, and the other was slow and meticulous. Since the chief of staff arranged for Ma Biao to be the deputy detachment leader, he himself has degenerated into Buddhism. I guess I was upset, so I said that I would listen to your report tomorrow, and I took myself and Daria out to see the scenery. Xishuima Village is the convergence point of three large ravines nearby, 5 kilometers to the east to the ravine is the main road to come, 15 kilometers to the west of the ravine is the headquarters of Tang Guangpei's guerrillas, and the north to the ravine can reach Linxian.

The chief of staff led us back, and on the south side of the ravine was a high mountain with thousands of walls, and at the foot of the mountain a small river meandered eastward along the mountain. The chief of staff pointed to a small canyon and said, "Sir, this is one of the three strongholds, and it is also the main stronghold, and the locals call the canyon Lingquan Gorge. ”

If you see a small frozen ditch stretching out of the canyon.

"The canyon is not long, 3 miles into the end point, there is a cave, the local people call it the Monkey Spirit Cave, the mouth is small and the inside is not small, the sappers are expanding and renovating, and the arsenal is also installing equipment in it. Go 3 miles to the north, the mountain village is called Shuiyu, and there is also a cave in the mountain one mile, the local people call it Qinglong Cave, which is the second stronghold; There is a high mountain on the right side of the ditch, there is no name, we called the pass cliff, the sappers also found a cave behind the peak, the sappers plan to break through the cave, and establish a control position in the direction of the road, and the enemy will not want to pass through the road if he does not knock out this position. Fortunately, the hardness of the rocks in the mountains is not high, and it is relatively easy for sappers to dig holes. There is a place called a kiln in the south, and the technicians have renovated it, and now they can fire clay cement and white ash. Some loess was found in the ditch to the north, and a kiln for burning bricks and coke was built. ”

While listening to the introduction of the chief of staff, I looked around and felt that the overall choice of places was good, which was a relatively small limitation. When passing by a house, there was an old lady standing at the gate of the courtyard holding a bowl, and a little girl of six or seven years old holding the old man's leg tightly; When he saw me looking over, he said, "Descendant, rest your feet and drink saliva!" ”

I walked over and took the black pottery bowl, drank the half bowl of water that had been cold, and said, "Thank you, auntie!" When the bowl was handed over, the little girl snatched it and ran back to the house. The old lady looks old, and if the wind is stronger, it will be blown away, and the cotton clothes on her body are already patched and ready-to-wear, and there is a faint smell of rancid smell on her body.

The little girl came out of the house and brought out another bowl, but fortunately it was hot! The little girl looked at it and showed a big head, and a pair of big eyes appeared on the big head. Take the hot water left at the bottom of the bowl and drink it all in one gulp. handed the bowl to the eldest mother, picked up the little girl, and before the girl's mouth opened and there was no sound, a piece of chocolate reached the little girl's mouth. The little girl's hair was dry and scorched, and there were lice looming in her sparse hair, and the little girl's whole expression was uninspiring; The thin ones are already skinny, indicating that malnutrition has reached the extreme; The small face is clean except for the front, and the rest of the place is black. The little girl tasted the sweetness, and thought about letting her grandmother taste it too, so she took out another piece and asked the little girl to give it to her grandmother, who was reluctant to ask for it.

He said: "If your grandmother eats it, I will give you another piece, and if you don't eat it, you won't give it!" "Take out another piece yourself. This time, the little girl stuffed the chocolate directly into her grandmother's mouth.

"What's your name?"

"Uncle, it's called Erya!"

"Erya! A good name, a name for the famous article written by our ancestors! ”

While saying that, he carried the little girl into the house, there was only one scoop of water in the water tank, and the grain in the urn was up to two catties, the salt tank was empty, there was hot water in the pot, the firewood and grass by the stove had been cleaned, the water was just hot, and the degree of leaving the water was too far. A broken mat and a broken quilt with exposed cotton on the kang in the bedroom are nothing else, and the four walls of the house are not enough to describe the poverty of her family. Before the time of the green and yellow, the grandparents and grandchildren had to go out to beg for food if they wanted to survive.

Holding Erya in his left hand, he picked up the flat pole on the side of the water tank with his right hand, hooked the bucket, and put the flat pole on his shoulder. Ignoring Li Daze, who was hesitant to take the flat shoulder, he talked and laughed with the little girl. Follow the path of the little girl to the well and put the child down. There is no wheel at the wellhead, it is difficult to put down a bucket, hook one with a flat pole, put it on the surface of the water to stir the water surface first, pour the bucket down the water and fill it, and put it out with both hands, haha, the craft is right! concocted it in the same way, and provoked a check. This life or the first time to carry water, a previous life? Haha, picked for decades.

Walked up to the little girl, took her by the arm, lifted her and picked her up. It doesn't matter if you don't support the flat shoulder, the balance is found, and the pick is lifted, and it's very easy. Yes, I won't be tired, I'll not. walked to the chief of staff and Li Daze, and Li Daze must take it. Then take it, this guy's level is still a little worse, although he has also carried the burden.

Even the chief of staff was surprised: "Sir, is it still a playboy?" ”

"Haha, Chief of Staff, it's not a devil to make trouble, I must still be in Germany now, drunk and dreaming of death, living a happy life."

The eldest lady rolled up her sleeves and looked at the abscess on her arm, which had a sore bigger than a copper coin.

He instructed Li Daze to say: "There must be water in the jar, grain in the urn, firewood by the stove, salt in the salt jar, and then find five catties of fresh pork ribs and a bubble of fresh sow feces, which must be the sow's, and a large tile." Borrow the biggest wooden basin in the village, bring my backpack, and do it! ”

When people are poor, the worse the living environment conditions becomes, and the lower their ability to resist diseases. While holding the little girl, she chatted with the eldest lady. Originally, there were four people in the family, and the son and his wife went to the city to work to subsidize the family after the autumn harvest every year, and came back before the Spring Festival for the New Year. Even after going out last year, he never came back, and the village also sent people out to look for it, but he has never found his whereabouts. The eldest mother fell ill all of a sudden, barely survived, or left a sore behind, and it has not been cured, but fortunately, the villagers helped to farm the land, so she barely survived, and the idea that the things at home could be sold out were sold out. The eldest lady already has the will to die, but she has a granddaughter, and she doesn't even dare to die!

thought that Li Da was a smart person, who knew that this guy also had no life experience. Not to mention fresh meat in the current village, there is not much salted meat. ran to consult Ma Biao, and then got the idea, bought a pig to kill, sent someone to the sow pen with piglets, and waited for the sow to poop.

If you see that you have ten pounds, you will set aside half of them. Others have the pork cut into small pieces and put it in a pot to boil the meat. I found a few stones in the yard, put tiles, and let people dry the pig on a slow fire. The smell of pig overflowed, and it directly smoked Dalia away. On the contrary, the chief of staff was full of interest to see what he was doing. As soon as the smell of meat came out, the child's saliva was dripping and dripping.

After boiling the pot on low heat for half an hour, seeing that the child couldn't help it, he took out three pieces of meat and added a small half bowl of soup to the child. I fished five pieces of meat and added half a bowl of soup, added a little salt and handed it to the eldest mother, but they didn't dare to give them more meat. Put the wooden pot directly next to the stove, this is the warmest place in the house, scoop the soup from the pot into the wooden basin, add water to the pot and continue to cook. Pick up the water with a scoop to speed up the cooling, try the temperature is about the same, and say to the little girl who is looking at her with an empty bowl: "Let's take a bath first, and then eat after washing, if you don't wash it, you can't eat it." ”

Rolling up his sleeves, he stripped the little girl naked and put it in the wooden basin, and after thinking about it, the scissors cut all the little girl's hair and threw it into the stove pit. Seeing that the little girl was drowsy, he dragged her head and made her lie in a wooden basin, and when the soup was cold, he added heat. Half an hour after the child wakes up, then it's time for the real bath.