Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 11 Schultz's New Mission II
Schultz closed the door and went back to his room and sat on the bed.In his right hand he drew a Tokarev pistol from his coat pocket.Inscribed in small Russian characters on the pistol holster: Ruthless to all enemies - All Comrades of the State Security Service.

During the World War Russia housed most of the German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war in Siberia.

During the [-] Revolution, a large number of prisoners of war fled south into the Northeast due to the chaos.It was at that time that the intelligence officer Schultz came to the Northeast when he mixed with these people.

In addition to being active for the first two years, Schultz has been in a dormant state for the remaining ten years.However, after the Japanese occupied the Northeast, he was employed again and became busy again.

At first, he didn't understand the meaning of such an engraved pistol given to him by his superiors.If others saw this pistol and the words engraved on it, wouldn't he be exposed?
But he soon understood.If anyone else had a chance to see the pistol it would mean he was exposed.

The pistol was not so much for his self-defense as for his own pain relief.It also allows superiors to avoid unnecessary trouble.

This is also an inevitable operation for an intelligence officer when he encounters a desperate situation.

What happened just now was just an episode.Schultz couldn't bear to watch so many anti-Japanese fighters die in front of his eyes.He also comforted himself that by doing so, he could conceal his true identity.

At this time, the Japanese will not do anything to him, a German expatriate, if they catch him.

Re-stucking the pistol, Schultz took off his coat and went to bed.

Then he heard another knock at the door.

This time he did not retake the pistol from under the bed.Because of the rhythm of knocking on the door, Schultz knew that it was his own people who came to him.

He went out of the house and opened the courtyard door.A middle-aged man in his forties stood at the door.

"Suddenly I have a stomachache. I really can't wait until tomorrow. Please help me take a look." The man said.

Schultz nodded and sideways let the man in.

After closing the courtyard door and the room door carefully, Schultz led the man into the room.

Without saying anything, the man took a note out of his shoe and put it on the table.He took another stack of banknotes from his pocket and placed it next to the note.

Schultz stood by and watched silently.

Finally the man held out his hand to Schultz.

Schultz was stunned instead.In the past few times, the man who was connected with him turned around and left without saying a word after finishing his work.What does it mean this time?
"We've known each other for two years. I've been notified by my superiors that I'm about to leave Suifenhe for a new mission. Let's shake hands once when we say goodbye, comrade!" said the man.

Schultz reached out and shook his hand.Then he opened the drawer and handed a small paper package to the man.

Inside the paper packet were several digestive tablets.

The man took the paper bag, turned around and walked out.

Schultz followed him and reclosed the courtyard and house doors and sat down at the table.

After unfolding the strip of paper and dabbing it with iodine, Schultz squinted his eyes carefully at the writing that appeared on the paper.

After a while, he took out the lighter and lit the paper.

The note said that Schultz's college classmate De Bruyne had been sent by the German government to the German Consulate in Harbin as a military attache.

The superior instructed Schultz to leave Suifenhe and go to Harbin.Look for opportunities to approach De Bruyne for intelligence work.

Schultz picked up the stack of bills again.It seems that the money was prepared for him to resume his work in Harbin.

Two days later, Qian Xiaobao appeared at Maqiao River in Muling.

There is a railway passing through the Maqiao River, and it is just at the end of the year, so people from the nearby ten miles and eight villages come here to sell things and buy New Year's goods.

Qian Xiaobao bought himself a sheepskin padded jacket.Now he has more than 100 yuan on his body, but he is a rich man!The money is enough for him to say a daughter-in-law.

He first went into a barber shop.After the hair that was long enough to be braided was cut off, a spirited guy appeared in the mirror.

"Give me a shave!" Qian Xiaobao said grandly, pointing to the fluff that had just grown on his face.

With a hot towel covering his face, the comfortable Qian Xiaobao grunted like a pig.

The shopkeeper shaves his face three times, five times and two times.It's just a light layer of fluff that's easy to shave.

Touching his face that looked like a boiled egg that had just been peeled, Qian Xiaobao patted fifty cents in satisfaction.

"It's almost Chinese New Year, so there's no need to look for it!" Qian Xiaobao said boldly, turned and walked out.

He first bought two soil baskets and a pair of shoulder poles at the market.These things are made by farmers in their own homes during slack and winter, and they are not worth a lot of money.

Qian Xiaobao first bought a large pile of yellow paper from a place that sold yellow paper.His behavior startled the boss.So much paper was burned in the grave, at least dozens of people were buried in their ancestral grave.

Then Qian Xiaobao picked up two soil baskets and started shopping along the street.

In the end, the five catties of cotton he bought couldn't fit into the soil basket, so he had to tie it with a rope and hang it on a shoulder pole.

Everyone in the market stared at Qian Xiaobao, a prodigal kid, in astonishment.

In the first year of the year, I can't make much money after working hard.Besides, even with money, you can't spend it like this.

A saying that is often said when praising a person in the Northeast is: a person is a person who is passing through life!

But the boy in front of him wearing a brand new sheepskin jacket is obviously not a person who is passing the day!

Looking at the bent pole, Qian Xiaobao also felt that he had bought too much—it would be better to buy it in two batches.

It is too tiring to walk to the destination on two legs with a dirt basket from here.

How can a living person suffocate to death with urine?
Qian Xiaobao searched around with his eyes.

"Uncle, I'll pay you one yuan, why don't you drag me to Balitou?" Qian Xiaobao asked an old man squatting on the ground smoking a pipe.

A donkey cart was tied beside the old man.

The old man looked Qian Xiaobao up and down.

"I've been to all the ten miles and eight villages. Are you from Bali? Why don't I know you?" the old man asked.

"I came to Balitou from another place to visit relatives. You know the old Lin's family in Bali, right? Lin Changling is my old man!" Qian Xiaobao said nonsense while running the train.

The old man's eyes lit up and he said, "Of course I know about Lin Changling. There is only one daughter Erya in his family, but as far as I know, she didn't get married?"

"I came here to propose a marriage and give a bride price." Qian Xiaobao continued to make up nonsense.

The old man really believed it when he saw the things in the two dirt baskets.This kid really bleeds a lot when he proposes a marriage.

He didn't see the yellow paper covered under the calico, otherwise he would have cursed.

Since it's a marriage proposal, is there any yellow paper to burn at the grave?
"Since we are acquaintances, I don't need money to give you a ride." The old man replied straightforwardly.

"Money must be given!" Qian Xiaobao said while putting two soil baskets and shoulder poles on the donkey cart.

　Leaving the cabinet, no one has said about the daughter-in-law for a long time now.Most people don't know what it means.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)