eurekapd Chapter 152 It’s Snowing
Chapter 152 It’s Snowing
"Old Li, no, now the team is scattered and divided into small units. It's too risky for us to have hundreds of people here.
Moreover, the higher-ups asked us to temporarily avoid the sharp edge and preserve the strength for the war of resistance. It is better not to be impulsive. You don't want to be the director of the clothing factory anymore, do you? "Old Zhao grabbed Old Li's arm and hurriedly stopped him.
"Old Zhao, you are too soft-hearted. You won't allow this or that. You can't just let your brothers wait to die!
Reconnaissance platoon, check if there are any landlords or puppet soldiers who are close to the Japanese devils nearby. I, Lao Li, will take my brothers to teach him a lesson. "Lao Li snorted a few times and asked the reconnaissance platoon members beside him.
"Yes!"
"Commander, the brigade commander has sent someone." At this moment, a bald young man strode over from outside.
"Why are you panicking? Where are the people?"
Although Lao Li said this, he still straightened his clothes, adjusted his military cap, stood up straight and went to greet him.
"Hello, Captain Li. The headquarters has allocated a batch of red wound medicine to the brigade. The brigade commander asked me to bring some to you." After the young soldier said this, he took a cloth bag from his horse and handed it to Lao Li.
"Damn it, what is this old brigade commander up to?
Is the sun rising from the west? He has always been the one congratulating me, Old Li, on my wealth, why is it the other way around today? "Old Li took the bag with a delighted look on his face and looked at the more than 20 kilograms of red wound powder with both surprise and joy.
"I don't know about that. I only know that this was shipped from Qin Province by the headquarters." The communicator said, shaking his head while holding back a smile.
"Never mind. As long as it's in my hands, it's better than nothing." Old Li laughed.
After seeing the messenger off, Lao Li handed the letter to Lao Zhao to read, and then shouted for the medical worker.
"Medic, please take a look at this red wound medicine and see if it can be used." Old Li stuffed the cloth bag into the medic's hands.
"Captain, these are all top-quality blood-repellent medicines. As long as we don't have a major war, there will be enough for our regiment to use until the end of the year." The medic said excitedly.
"Ha! This time the brigade commander is really generous.
Here, you divide up the red wound powder, leaving enough for the regiment headquarters, and I'll have people take the rest to the other two battalions." Old Li waved his hand and said.
"Yes, leader!"
"Old Li is a good guy. The headquarters contacted a patriotic Chinese, and this batch of drugs was half-sold and half-given away by that Chinese.
In the future, the brigade will provide a batch of medicinal materials every two months, but that patriotic Chinese likes to collect meteorites and raw jade.
The brigade asked us to collect these two materials later. The rewards are generous. One meteorite will reward two big fat pigs or 500 kilograms of salted duck eggs. "Old Zhao said excitedly.
"Damn it, this overseas Chinese must be a wealthy man! So generous.
By the way, I, Old Li, know about jade, it's quite valuable, but what is that meteorite? Why is it so valuable? It sounds like a stone." Old Li's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he asked quickly.
"Meteorites are rocks that fall from the sky. Many people abroad collect them and they are valuable.
However, there is no market for meteorites in China. At most, they are sold as strange stones. "After all, Lao Zhao is a college student and has some knowledge about meteorites.
"Ah! The stones he dropped from the sky are still stones. Can they turn into gold?
I, Old Li, don't care whether it's a meteorite or not. Old Zhao, you are a cultured person, so you should pay more attention when the time comes. I, Old Li, am very greedy for big fat pigs and salted duck eggs. "Old Li got a headache when he heard something that had nothing to do with the war, and said with a big hand.
"Okay, I got it. This is also a side mission assigned by our superiors. Our main purpose as soldiers is to fight." Old Zhao said after closing the letter.
"You, Old Zhao, are more conscious. You deserve to be the political commissar of our independent regiment." Old Li laughed.
While the Red Army was distributing the medicinal herbs they had obtained, the National Government and the Qin Army were also taking frequent actions.
Liu Naichao from the National Government counted all the donated medicinal materials as money, and those at half price were sold at a price higher than the market price.
The National Government's army group has no shortage of medicine. Although they don't treat their soldiers very well, they still have what their regular troops need.
Therefore, this amount of medicinal materials was just a drop in the bucket for the national government, and they were all sold out by Liu Naichao before they were even shipped out of Qin Province.
After this series of operations, Liu Naichao earned tens of thousands of dollars, won favors from many generals, and received praise from the two Chens. It can be said that he killed many birds with one stone.
Moreover, these tens of thousands of dollars were paid once every two months. Liu Naichao had only saved less than 100,000 yuan after working in the Central Bureau of Investigation for so many years, so he attached more importance to the Yanhuang Alliance.
Whenever he has time, he drinks tea and eats with several hall masters of the Yanhuang League. The relationship between the two sides is very good now.
As for the Qin army, General Sun, who was far away in the Central Plains fighting against the Japanese, came back in person by train after hearing the news.
Hou Xiaoge also admired this Qin army general very much, so he met him in person and the two sides discussed some cooperation. If the cooperation is really achieved in the future, it will give the impoverished Qin army a sigh of relief.
The Qin army did not disappoint Hou Xiaoge. All the food donated by the Yanhuang Alliance was transported to the Qin army's jurisdiction in the Central Plains to provide relief to the victims.
On the other side, Master Ba did the same. Except for medicinal herbs and eggs, all the other grain and meat were given to the victims as relief as soon as they arrived in Yanzhou.
And now Mr. Ba is reclaiming a lot of land in Yanzhou. The famous Nanniwan was opened this year.
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"It's snowing! It's snowing!"
One morning in early December, Hou Xiaoge was still sleeping soundly in her warm bed when she was awakened by her elder sister's voice in the yard.
"Heiwa, get up and sweep the snow. After sweeping the snow, you have to help your uncle set up the stall because the road is bad today." Wang Maimiao shouted from outside the house.
"Okay, got it, I'll get up right away."
"Hiss! So cold."
Hou Xiaoge picked up the cotton-padded jacket and put his arm into it. He shuddered and gritted his teeth to force himself to put on his clothes.
"Damn it, I've learned some fake martial arts. I can kill a cow with one punch, and I'm still afraid of the cold." Hou Xiaoge shivered and muttered as he put on his clothes.
Hou Xiaoge, who didn't believe in evil, took off his cotton jacket and put on long johns to keep warm in the cave.
Hou Xiaoge waved his red fist in the house for half an hour until his whole body became hot and steam came out of his head, and then he stopped.
I put on my cotton jacket and went out, and when I looked up, endless white came into view.
"Wow! Why did it snow so heavily last night?" Hou Xiaoge was shocked when he saw the two-foot-thick snow.
"That's right! I've never seen such heavy snow in one night in the Central Plains. Even if there was, it was only in the coldest days of winter, and it would only snow so much in two or three days.
Fortunately, the villagers listened to my son and dug caves, otherwise, we wouldn’t have such thick snow this winter.” Wang Maimiao was pushing snow with a wooden bench, looking terrified.
"Can we still set up a stall in such heavy snow? Forget it! This road is probably impassable, and it's easy for the animals to fall if we go out." Hou Xiaoge also said while holding a long bench and pulling the snow.
"I don't know about this. Then you should go next door and ask your uncle to see how he arranges it." As Wang Maimiao spoke, he exhaled long puffs of cold white smoke from his mouth.
“There is a small hill outside our village, so we definitely can’t set up the stall today.
Mom, you don't want to do this job anymore, go cook! Wait for me to come back and do it.
In this winter, I just want to eat some cornmeal, boil it thicker, and check if the pickled radish I made is done, and then make some fried radish." Hou Xiaoge is now used to calling her cheap mother dear, and since she can't do without a piece of meat, it doesn't matter.
"I know. You are becoming more and more picky, kid. You even splash oil on the food you eat. If your father were here, he would beat you to death." Wang Maimiao rolled his eyes at Hou Xiaoge and scolded with a smile.
"The family is well-off, but he is still stingy with food. What's the point of that person living?" Hou Xiaoge snorted and walked out of the door in the snow.