Chen Fan held the dog beating stick in his right hand and waved his left hand, "Hey, is this Lujiawan Team 5?" ”

The big yellow dog at the front was about to give a warning, when he heard the greeting, his eyes straightened for a moment, and he instinctively "whined" twice.

Chen Fanxi smiled, "It's really here, fortunately, it's not wrong, can you help me call someone, or you can take me there." ”

The big yellow dog tilted his head twice, and suddenly turned to face somewhere to his left. The dogs behind him were still staring at him intently, as if he had a flower on his face.

Chen Fan followed the sight of the big yellow dog, and saw more than a dozen men standing in a row in the ditch not far away, only their heads exposed, looking at him intently.

That little look is like looking at a psychopath.

They were working when they heard a dog barking, and they saw it.

Whenever this person can shout a word, someone will stand up, but he doesn't say a word, what is the situation of a dog barking?

Chen Fan's face stiffened slightly, but in a blink of an eye, he returned to normal, and waved his hand in a friendly manner, "Are you busy?" ”

A man in his twenties and thirties nodded indifferently, "Ah, digging soft-shelled turtles." ”

Only when the words came out did he react, "Who are you?" What do you bark at a dog? ”

It is written in the militia textbook that most of them, whether they are spies or thieves, will train dogs with one hand, not how well they train dogs, but through some skills and tools to keep dogs from barking. This man has never seen him, and he doesn't talk when he comes, he only barks at the dog, and he is the kind of bad person.

Didn't you see that the dogs didn't bark anymore!

Chen Fan didn't know that he was being suspected, so he pointed to the dogs and snorted, "It's nothing, teasing the dogs." ”

Then he walked to the ditch and said loudly, "My name is Chen Fan, and I am from Team 5 ,......."

Without waiting for Chen Fan to finish speaking, the man's eyes lit up, but his vigilance did not decrease, "Is there a certificate?" ”

As he spoke, he climbed up with all his might, and when he came up, he pulled a handful of dry grass, wiped the mud on his hands, and held the wooden shovel in his hand tightly. The people who were still in the ditch also walked to the mud pond one after another, and they could rush up at any time.

Chen Fan felt a little numb in his heart, and immediately took out the letter of introduction and opened it and handed it over, "The letter of introduction opened by Captain Yang." ”

The man pinched the edge of the letter of introduction with his fingers, looked at it carefully, and frowned tightly, "Why is your letter of introduction unsealed?" ”

Chen Fan looked at him puzzled, "Didn't Captain Yang say that the official seals are all in the brigade, and he just needs to sign it?" ”

The man suddenly looked at the payment, and it was indeed Yang Chuanfu's words, so he grinned, "Oh, yes, that's right." ”

Then he looked at Chen Fan, "You are Master Chen, welcome, welcome." ”

Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief, and while talking politely, he took the letter of introduction back into his pocket.

Noticing that he was holding a wooden shovel with mud, he asked, "How many soft-shelled turtles have you dug up?" ”

I looked into the ditch again, and saw that the mud at the bottom of the entire ditch was turned to shreds, and six bamboo baskets were resting in the silt, all of which contained more than half a basket of soft-shelled turtles, of different sizes.

The man reached for his pocket, but it was empty.

When I came out to work, I only brought loose cigarettes on my body, and it was nothing to invite guests to smoke loose cigarettes, many of them in the countryside were like this, that is, the previous roll had been smoked, and the current roll was a little too late, so it was natural to put my hand down.

Then he said with a smile, "I haven't dug much now, I dug a lot in Qingtang yesterday afternoon, and I turned over the nearby ditch again in the morning, and dug a lot of big ones, and now there are some small fish left." ”

Chen Fan looked at the turtle in the basket with the size of the sea bowl, thinking about the big basin he picked up, and couldn't help but nod slightly, "It's indeed a little small." ”

When the man heard Chen Fan say this, his face suddenly changed slightly, "Master Chen, can't these little turtles be made?" ”

Chen Fan hurriedly shook his head and said with a smile, "No, no, you can do it, let alone such a big one, even if it is the size of a child's palm, you can do it." ”

"Huh?"

The man's eyes widened and he looked at him puzzled, "What can you do with such a small piece of meat?" ”

Chen Fan grinned, "The mosquito legs are still meat, the palm-sized soft-shelled turtle, it can also take a few bites, it is used to make soup, it is fresher than the old soft-shelled turtle." ”

Hearing Chen Fan say this, the man couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, and the dozen or so people who were still busy in the ditch next to him also laughed.

They all made the mosquito legs also meat amused. If the mosquito legs can be eaten, the mosquitoes in the village will be extinct if they are kept and eaten.

A joke that instantly closes the distance.

The man raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the woods, and said with a smile,

"This is not the place to talk, let's go, I'll take you to the brigade headquarters, there are many dogs in the village, and it's easy to be chased if no one takes them."

Chen Fan smiled and arched his hand, "Then thank you, by the way, I haven't asked for advice on what to call it?" ”

"Thank you, you should be. My name is Zhang Wenliang, you call me Lao Zhang, the Three Tigers, I do three at home, and everyone in the team calls me the Three Tigers. ”

Zhang Wenliang said as he walked, "After Captain Yang came yesterday, our whole team was looking forward to eating soft-shelled turtle meat, and we finally looked forward to you." ”

Chen Fan ⚆_⚆, it's just one day, so exaggerated?

……

Lujiawan Brigade Headquarters.

Captain Zhang Changjiang, deputy captains Ye Shubao and Xiao Liewen, and team leader Zhang Guangwen of Team 5 were sitting in the reception room at the door smoking cigarettes.

Ye Shubao yawned, "Lao Yang said that Chen Fan came over in the afternoon, and he didn't say what time it was, do you want to send someone to urge it?" ”

Zhang Guangwen smoked a cigarette, "It's only less than 1 o'clock, Lao Yang is killing New Year's pigs in the house today, and he must invite him over to eat pig-killing dishes, eat and drink, and it's not unusual to come over at two or three o'clock." When no one came at 2 o'clock, let the three tigers ride over to have a look. ”

The waters of the Jiangnan area are vertical and horizontal, and there have always been more boats and fewer horses. However, in the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, the small days in the north began to be equipped with mechanization, and a large number of war horses, pack horses, mules and donkeys that were eliminated were all stuffed into the southern troops.

Because of the vertical and horizontal waterways here, the car cannot drive far to cross the river, which is inconvenient for mechanized troops to carry out operations, but mules and horses are more suitable.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, these cattle were captured, and the excellent war horses and pack horses were naturally taken away by the large army, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled were left in the local area, which was used to cultivate the land and pull carts.

If it weren't for the fact that a large number of people were killed more than ten years ago to make food, and the cost of raising horses was too high, maybe a horse farm could be set up now.

Although the number of cattle is far less than it was then, there is no shortage of calls, and each squad has a few mules, horses or donkeys, and when there is an emergency, they ride over, although they are not fast, but they are better than walking.

Ye Shubao nodded, "Okay, then wait." ”

After a pause of two seconds, he asked again, "Guangwen, this time I invite someone to come and teach how to make soft-shelled turtles, which is to turn waste into treasure, and to add upload art, how are you going to return the gift?" ”