Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 374 Farewell
Xiaobao had no money to exchange for clothes, so he had to put his military uniform over his semi-wet underwear.

He put on his shoes and turned around to look at the child lying on the kang. The little guy was drooling and still asleep.

Qian Xiaobao went to the outer room and saw Erya cooking.One person kicks the firewood into the stove, weighs a piece of ready-made cornmeal repeatedly with the left and right hands, and then sticks it to the side of the pot with a snap.

"Your child peed on the kang, and the quilt is almost wet." Qian Xiaobao knelt down and said while helping Er Ya to light the fire.

"The kang will heat up for a while and the mattress will be dry." Erya replied.

"Why don't you wash it? It smells like urine?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"Planting the land, making tofu, feeding pigs and taking care of the children, if I wash the quilt every day, I will die of exhaustion." Erya said.

Qian Xiaobao stopped talking.It's not that Erya has changed, every family in the countryside does it like this.But he has changed, he is no longer used to this kind of life.

The person who had the greatest influence on him was Xiao Lin Xun, and Xiao Lin Xun was a person who wanted to fart in the bed and had to tear down the quilt to wash the sheets.

"The second master can help me look after the children and do some light work here. I am much more relaxed now." Erya continued.

Vegetables were stewed in the middle of the pot, with big pancakes on the sides. Erya poured half a ladle of water into the pot and covered the pot.

Qian Xiaobao stood up and walked towards the yard.

Second Master Qi was sitting in the yard braiding heads of garlic as if braiding a woman's hair.

Qian Xiaobao turned around and walked towards the steaming hut to the west.

Boss Lu poured the soaked soybeans on the stone mill with a ladle, and the little donkey pulled the mill round and round.

The back of the little donkey was worn off, revealing its pink hide.

"I was really scared last night, are you okay now?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"It's okay, I usually feel flustered. I'll be fine after a night's sleep." Boss Lu said.

Qian Xiaobao knew that Boss Lu would get up and work to make money even if he was not feeling well.

The little donkey wobbled with its tired legs, and Boss Lu beat him with a whip from time to time.

Qian Xiaobao said: "This donkey is really too small, and it won't be able to do it fast any more. Why don't you buy a bigger one?"

"When you buy a small donkey, you spend less money, and you can make money by selling it when you grow it up. If you buy a donkey that is old, it will become an old donkey after two years of work, and you can't sell it for a price." Lu Boss replied .

Boss Lu's settlement of accounts has already been calculated to the bone.

"I'll pay you to buy a mule. It will work much faster and save effort in pulling the cart." Qian Xiaobao said.

"That's great!" Boss Lu said happily.

Qian Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, this old guy didn't even pretend to refuse.

Losing interest in chatting with Boss Lu, Qian Chuanzi, Qian Xiaobao stood up and walked out.

Boss Lu suddenly walked to the door and shouted: "Mother, brother Xiaobao just said that he would buy a mule for our family!"

Mr. Lu yelled too loudly, scaring Qian Xiaobao out of his wits.

He walked to Second Master Qi to help weave garlic.

"You promised to buy a mule for their family just now?" Second Master Qi asked.

"I saw that the working donkey was too small, so I said it in passing." Qian Xiaoyi replied.

"He was afraid that you said it casually, and you would regret it in the future, so he mumbled it out loud." Second Master Qi said.

"Just buy one, what a big deal!" Qian Xiaobao replied.

Qian Xiaobao said that he was weaving garlic very quickly.In the past two years, I have practiced braiding my younger brother.

"I spend a little more money at their house, so that you won't be disgusted if you live here. I will leave some money for you, and if you want to go back to Harbin, you can go to Bamiantong and buy a ticket!" Qian Xiaobao said.

Qian Xiaobao had no parents since he was a child, and more than 100 members of Feng Maoshan's Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army died. Now in his heart, he really respects Second Master Qi as an elder.

He took out 500 yuan from his body and gave it to Qi Erye.

"You keep one hundred of the money for yourself and give Erya the rest. If I give it directly to Erya, she will definitely not take it. You will give it to her after I leave." Qian Xiaobao said.

"I can just buy a few pieces of good longevity materials with this 100 yuan." Qi Erye said.

If a person gets old, what he thinks about in his heart is to buy a few good boards to make a good coffin.

Qian Xiaobao felt a little sour when he heard that.

Stewed cabbage with tofu, scallions dipped in miso, large pancakes and a bowl of soy milk per person.

Qian Xiaobao was sweating from eating.

"It's none of your business for us to buy animals! You don't need to show off some filthy money at our house!" Erya scolded Qian Xiaobao angrily while eating.

"Brother Xiaobao also has good intentions." Boss Lu said with a big smile.

"No need!" Erya quickly pushed her man back.

The two-year-old blinked his big eyes and watched his mother get angry while eating a big pancake.

Qian Xiaobao felt very uncomfortable.Even though the Japanese now implement a supply system, Zhaodi hardly eats whole grains at home, and wears the best clothes.

"Let's go after dinner, Bamiantong has a train going west in the morning!" Erya said.

There was no way, after eating, Qian Xiaobao bid farewell to Erya's house at Erya's urging.

No matter what Boss Lu said, he would give Qian Xiaobao a ride.

When the two of them reached the entrance of the village, Qian Xiaobao said to Boss Lu: "Brother, I have already given the money for the mule to Second Master Qi. You don't need to give it away, let's go back."

Boss Lu couldn't close his mouth when he heard Qian Xiaobao's words.

"Since this is the case, I will go back first. There is still a lot of work at home. Brother, go slowly!" Boss Lu turned around and walked back after saying this.

Qian Xiaobao glanced at Boss Lu's back, turned and walked towards Bamiantong Railway Station.

Higuchi Kiichiro knelt in front of Kono Harue and bowed respectfully.

"You are the second lieutenant general to come to me after Michitaro Komatsuhara. Higuchi-kun, you shouldn't have come here." Harue Kono said.

"After receiving the order from the base camp, the Ninth Division will soon be transferred to Manchukuo and stationed in Yehe, Mudanjiang. I arrived earlier, so naturally I want to see Senior Kono." Kiichiro Higuchi said.

Like Michitaro Komatsuhara who committed suicide, he was once the head of the Harbin Secret Service, the predecessor of the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department.

Kiichiro Higuchi promoted the blowfish project when he was the head of the Harbin Secret Service.Now he is the division commander of the Ninth Division.

"Now it seems that the puffer fish project has failed. Michitaro Komatsuhara has visited me several times, but I didn't expect him to commit suicide." Harue Kono said.

"If the 23th Division instead of the newly formed [-]rd Division participated in the battle, the result would be much better!" Higuchi Kiichiro replied.

"Mr. Higuchi, don't underestimate the enemy like Komatsuhara! You are all people who are familiar with the great northern country, not those idiots in the Kwantung Army and the headquarters!" Harue Kono said sharply.

(End of this chapter)