It was dusk again. Only half of the red sun was left on the western hillside, like a half-baked pancake. Smoke was rising from the small village in the valley in front of them, and more than a dozen Northeast Army soldiers were watching silently, enduring the hunger in their stomachs.
In the awkward silence, someone suddenly spoke. It was Chen Hanwen.
"A long time ago, there was a mountain. In the mountain there was a temple. In the temple there was a monk." What Chen Hanwen, a half-literary man, said was so different that even if the others did not look at him because of the quarrel, they were still listening.
Of course, you can't not listen. No one can plug their ears with chicken feathers, so the sound will always flow in.
"Everyone needs water, so this monk goes to fetch water himself every day.
But later another monk came, and there were two monks. The first monk no longer had to fetch water by himself every day, so the two of them did it.
Later, another monk came. The three monks lived together——"
"Shut your bird's mouth!" This story seemed strange at first, but any Chinese person could figure out the ending. However, it was interrupted directly by Wang Laomao!
What Wang Lao Mao was thinking was, "What the hell are you talking about, you damn scholar? Aren't you just saying, 'One monk has no water to drink, two monks carry water to drink, three monks have no water to drink?'" Damn it, do you even think your own people are monks?
"We are all from the Northeast, Old Huo, so just tell me what we should do about this?" Wang Laomao looked at Old Huo, who had a wrinkled face and a stubborn look.
By now, Wang Laomao had to admit that old people are cunning and slippery, and that old man Huotou was a very bad guy!
Everything has a reason. The reason why Chen Hanwen told the story of these three monks and why all of them are unhappy now is that we have to look back at the past.
This is undoubtedly the whole story.
When Hejiatun was attacked, Wang Laomao fled to the mountains with Hou Kanshan, Qian Chuaner, Ma Erhuzi and Erhanzi, while Shang Zhen took the old Huotou with him.
Then they heard gunshots ahead.
Without asking, everyone knew that the gunshots in the front were the Japanese army fighting with the soldiers of Liu Guodong's company who escaped first.
As a deserter, Wang Laomao certainly does not want to fight with the Japanese army again. He is running for his life. Apart from taking care of himself, no one would take the initiative to run towards the sound of gunfire.
Wang Laomao then asked them to climb down the steep slope by climbing the trees.
But who would have thought that Old Huo, who had gone down first to be on guard, fired a shot with his mountain cannon.
Mountain cannons use gunpowder, not TNT, and they fire iron sand instead of bullets, so the sound of the gunshot is naturally different from that of a rifle.
So this one shot attracted the six soldiers from Liu Guodong's company who were also fleeing.
Now that Liu Guodong's company of soldiers have come, how could the Japanese troops behind not come?
Later, Wang Laomao teamed up with Lao Huotou and his gang to repel the Japanese army's pursuit, and finally everyone escaped successfully!
This small, local ambush was fought quite well, and they also seized some weapons and ammunition.
There are six people on Wang Laomao's side and seven people on Lao Huotou's side, which makes a total of thirteen people. They are all from the Northeast Army and they all have the same idea, which is to go southwest and look for the main force. It is such a good thing that everyone can stick together for warmth!
It was just that this time they were ambushed by the Japanese army and no one had any food with them. Now it was dusk and they finally found another small village in the valley.
However, a dispute arose over which group should go down to get food, and the reason for the dispute was an accidental discharge of a gun!
They were originally two groups of people, each with their own little thoughts.
When Hou Kanshan politely asked Old Huotou if he could take people down to the village to get some food, Old Huotou glared at him and said, "I remember you said to let the elders go first. What? Do I have to get the food for you?"
Just because of what Old Huo said, the gun went off accidentally!
It is true that people from Northeast China are cheerful, open-minded and straightforward in their work, but there is also a saying that goes "they won't tolerate any grain of sand in their eyes"!
After all, these are two companies coming together. When they have a common enemy, they are united in hatred, but when there is no enemy in front of them, they all play their own games.
The reason was that Wang Laomao, the vanguard, did not want to join the battle of Lao Huotou and his men. Hou Kanshan took the initiative to let Lao Huotou go down the steep slope first to be on guard. This was a case of not knowing how to handle people, which was another way to throw sand in Lao Huotou's eyes.
And Old Huo was no pushover either. He used his mountain cannon and with a "bang" tied Wang Laomao to their chariot!
Now even Laomao Wang can figure it out. You see, the old man didn't say anything at that time, but he was very smart. What he must have been thinking at that time was, you little bastard, how dare you play tricks in front of your grandfather, you are still a little naive!
These are all the previous causes, and these are the root causes of sitting down.
So when the two groups went down to the village in the valley first to get food, the conflict broke out.
The battle took place in the afternoon. This group of people who had just formed a group did not dare to walk on the flat open ground, so they could only move in the mountains. Therefore, they did not walk much mountain roads in the whole afternoon.
In contrast, the Japanese army could march in open areas.
Since the Japanese army was able to launch a surprise attack on Hejiatun, who can guarantee that they would not launch a surprise attack on other villages dozens of miles away?
Going down to get food would involve taking risks. What if we encounter the Japanese army?
This is just like Hou Kanshan, who always ran away early whenever he encountered a battle. In the end, others fought with the Japanese army, but he ran away.
What the hell is this? Isn't this just taking advantage of others' lack of knowledge and using them as pawns?
Hou Kanshan started to act petty again, and Old Huo retorted, and then the two sides started arguing!
Not to mention that men are very generous to each other and will not quarrel over trivial matters like country women do.
Men can quarrel too.
Men just won't quarrel over trivial matters, but when their lives are involved, how can two groups of people who don't have a unified command not quarrel?
So, during this quarrel, all the dissatisfactions of both parties towards each other were brought out like a petty-minded woman!
But no matter how he looked through it, Wang Laomao never mentioned that everyone had parted ways and gone their separate ways.
Wang Laomao could see that Shang Zhen and Lao Huotou had a good relationship, and Qian Chuan'er Erhanzi also had a good relationship with Shang Zhen, even though he wasn't originally in their company. As for Ma Erhuzi, need I even mention him? Before his death, Li Fushun had designated Ma Erhuzi to protect Shang Zhen. In later times, that's what we'd call a guardian.
If he were to bring things up and Shang Zhen ran away with Old Huo, then those people would have to run away with Shang Zhen as well.
In this way, they only had him, Hou Kanshan and Chen Hanwen left in their group. Although Wang Laomao liked Hou Kanshan's flattery, could he rely on Hou Kanshan in a war? That was impossible, so how could he possibly say that he wanted to split up?
