march to victory

"Old Zhou, how do you know this? Did you ever work as a blacksmith?"

"I did. However, I only worked as an apprentice for more than half a year. I really couldn't stand the master's bullying, so I beat the master up and ran away."

The people who listened only paid attention to the history of his apprentice, but forgot the main point—how did he know this?

In fact, this is Zhou Ping's intention to confuse the public, because his analysis cannot withstand scrutiny, it can only be so.

However, regarding Zhou Ping's experience, everyone did not express any abnormality. After all, most of the people who participated in the Red Army were poor people. Naturally, they had all kinds of hardships and experiences.

After a while of tapping and correcting, Zhou Ping handed a fishhook to Zhang Qingshan, and sighed deliberately with confidence: "Oh~! It's been a long time since I made this, it's a bit imperfect, but I'll make it It’s enough to use it.”

If he showed off so much, everyone could understand that he was joking, but Zhang Qingshan handed him the second needle without saying a word: Don't you like to show off?have to!I will endure it and let you continue to show off. Let's talk about it after these three needles are turned into fishhooks.

Zhou Ping didn't think much about it, he was still talking about the old days while tapping.

But I have to say that although he is an apprentice in a blacksmith shop, an apprentice is much better than a person who doesn't understand this trade.After a while, the three hooks were all done.

Zhang Qingshan pinched the third fishhook in his hand, and then retaliated viciously: "Old Zhou, I didn't mean you, didn't I just get three fishhooks? Are you showing off so verbosely? To tell you the truth , if it’s not that I’m too lazy to do it, or else, in your time, I’ve finished ten fishhooks. Hmph! You didn’t even become a master, you little apprentice who was kicked out by the master halfway, you still have a face in front of me Show off?"

After finishing speaking, Sa Yazi ran away.

The angry Zhou Ping froze for a moment, then stood up furiously and pointed at Zhang Qingshan and roared: "Zhang Qingshan, you are crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, boy, wait for me and see how I will deal with you in the future."

The only thing that came back was Zhang Qingshan's unscrupulous laughter.

Qin Fang and Zhou Baoyu also twisted the three dropped threads, and the three couldn't wait to pass the thread through the pinhole at the back of the fishhook, success!

All three of them laughed happily, as if they could eat fish in the next second.But laughing and laughing, the laughter of the three of them turned sour. In the end, the three of them stared at each other, and gradually, their expressions became strange.In the end, Zhang Qingshan asked, "Which one of you prepared the bait?"

Seeing the two foodies shaking their heads at the same time, Zhang Qingshan ordered angrily: "Then what are you waiting for, why don't you go dig earthworms with me to make fishing bait? It's almost dark."

The three of them ran towards a relatively humid place yelling as if they had been shot with stimulants... Zhou Ping and the three looked at Zhang Qingshan and the three of them as if they were children, having a great time playing, and they all smiled helplessly. This can also be regarded as a rare way of leisure and happiness when everyone is busy on the road and chatting for a rest.

Zhang Qingshan drew out his bayonet and began to dig a hole, Zhou Baoyu also dug fiercely with his bayonet one meter away.But after digging for more than ten times, seeing Qin Fang obediently squatting aside, watching and churning the fishing line into balls, Zhang Qingshan gave her a strange look and asked, "What are you squatting here for?"

"I don't have a bayonet or a dagger, how can I dig?"

"You don't know how to use your hands...forget it." With tools available, asking a nurse to dig by hand really made Zhang Qingshan a little speechless.Besides, she is a little girl anyway, so she doesn't dig if she doesn't dig, and she doesn't worry about the little earthworms she digs.

"Go to Lao Zhou and look for it to see if there are any longer branches or sticks, which can be used as fishing rods later."

"it is good!"

After Qin Fang happily ran to find the fishing rod, Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Baoyu dug a hole like a competition.

But what is depressing is that they both dug more than a foot deep, but still did not see a single earthworm.Unbelievable, he dug a small hole half a meter deep, but still did not see a single earthworm. Zhou Baoyu gave up first: "Brother, there is not even an earthworm in this damn place. Now, there is no bait, how can you fish?" ah?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qingshan, who was about to continue digging with a bayonet, fell back like a discouraged ball, panting heavily, and said: "There is always a way, but you have to let me take a breather." .”

"How? How? How many earthworms did you dig?"

Hearing Qin Fang's expectant tone, Zhang Qingshan turned his head to look, but saw Qin Fang holding a few torches, looking at them expectantly, and carefully searching around them with his eyes, hoping to find somewhere A few earthworms, but it turned out...

"Brother-in-law, why are you looking at me like that? An earthworm?"

Zhou Baoyu turned back to look at her angrily: "Stop talking, this damn place doesn't even have an earthworm, are you angry?"

"How could there be no earthworms in the field? Let me try." Qin Fang was also anxious, threw away the torch she was holding, ran to the edge of the deep pit, stretched out her hand to dig the soil.Zhang Qingshan quickly sat up and pulled her: "Okay, Xiaofang, don't try it, Baoyu and I have tried it many times, if it doesn't work, it won't work."

"Brother-in-law~! Now that I have everything else, the only thing I need is the bait. You should think of a way!"

Seeing Qin Fang's anxious expression, and Zhou Baoyu's disappointed expression, Zhang Qingshan thought for a while and said, "How about this, Xiaofang, go to Old Zhou's place and ask for some shredded beef, and see if I can buy it." Effective... let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor!"

However, fishing is a job of skill and endurance, so you really can't think of a dead horse as a living horse doctor!

The three of them brought their equipment, tied two torches into one with cloth strips, and used it as a fishing rod. After some manipulations, they threw the bait into the water, and then squatted by the puddle full of confidence, their eyes unblinking. Stare at the clear water.

However, the fishes didn't give the three of them a lot of face.Especially once I saw a big fish weighing two or three catties swim straight under the bait in the middle and touched it a little.Just like this, the eyes of the three people were shining, and their hearts were in their throats. They held back their breath, fearing that even the slightest breathing sound would scare away the big fish, so they just waited for the big fish to take a bite. After swallowing the bait, the three of them pulled the rod to celebrate.

Unexpectedly, this big fish turned around gorgeously, flicked its tail, and swam away slowly.

An angry Qin Fang yelled at this stupid and stupid big fish for being disrespectful and wasting everyone's energy... She was better, she was just cursing.

But Zhou Baoyu on the side didn't treat the fish with the kind of forbearance he did when he treated Qin Fang. Angrily, he pulled out the grenade on his waist and twisted the cover. If Zhang Qingshan didn't stop it in time, he would definitely throw a grenade to fry the fish.

In the end, it was Zhou Ping who called them to eat, and the anger of the three was suppressed a little.

Just like this, the three of them felt very unhappy, but they still had to look forward to it with their last hope.No, the three of them were holding bowls, facing the direction of the three fishing rods, sitting side by side.No one was in the mood to talk, and while eating in a muffled voice, they kept their eyes on the fishing rod all the time, hoping that some stupid fish and blind cat would be hooked like a dead mouse.

Fishing is a test of patience.

Qin Fang obviously did not have such patience.

After the meal was finished, but not a single fish was caught yet, her patience was finally exhausted.Putting down the bowl and saying to Zhou Baoyu, "You come and finish the washing", regardless of Zhou Baoyu's complaining eyes, he sat down beside Zhang Qingshan, pouted his lips, and whispered in extreme disappointment: "Brother-in-law, beef is not as good as fish Eat, I want to eat fish."

Zhang Qingshan squinted at her and didn't reply.

"Brother-in-law, if you can help me get a fish, I promise not to bully Baoyu in the future. And, I will definitely listen to you. And, I'm not greedy..."

A lot of guarantees are enough to prove that Qin Fang, a snack foodie, now has a deep resentment towards fish, almost to the point of obsession.

Zhang Qingshan turned his head to look at her, took a deep breath, looked in the direction of the fishing gear, but still didn't make a sound.

"Brother-in-law~!"

Under this begging, Zhang Qingshan turned his head and looked at her again, he thought of something, gritted his teeth, threw the cigarette butt away, and said: "You wait here, but don't tell anyone." He got up and walked towards the horse Going forward, he took out the big knife stuck in the soil halfway, and inserted it back into the scabbard on his back.

Immediately, he took out two torches and turned to look at everyone.

Seeing that Qin Fang didn't know what to say to Zhang Qingshan, Zhou Ping was a little worried when he saw Zhang Qingshan walking towards the horse with a gloomy face.Then Zhang Qingshan pulled out two torches and looked back.

The two looked at each other, Zhang Qingshan smiled and nodded to Zhou Ping, Zhou Ping opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but seeing Zhang Qingshan's eyes, he subconsciously glanced at Qin Fang with his head down, and turned back to face Qin Fang again. Zhang Qingshan nodded with a smile: Sometimes, there is no need to express in words between people, a look is enough.

Zhang Qingshan held the torch, lit a cigarette, and walked towards the fishing gear.

Others thought that he would put away his fishing gear and go fishing elsewhere, but only Zhou Ping understood: If it was really that simple, Zhang Qingshan's eyes just now would not be so gloomy, revealing a bit of fortitude.And it was this kind of fortitude that expressed Zhang Qingshan's determination, so Zhou Ping didn't say a word.Nodding his head, he just reminded Zhang Qingshan to be careful.

Sure enough, Zhang Qingshan ignored the fishing gear, walked directly into the water and grass, and walked slowly into the distance.

"Old Zhou, what is Lao Zhang going to do?"

Zhou Ping smiled at Peng Bing and said, "I don't know, but he seems to have something to do."

"You and him are old partners, why don't you ask?"

"Old Peng, how long have you been with Old Wu?"

"Since we participated in the revolution, we have been in the same platoon."

"If Old Wu is desperately trying to do something, it's difficult for others to say, but it's the right thing, what would you do?"

"That's nothing to say, of course I have to help..." Before he finished speaking, Peng Bing understood.He looked at the back of Zhang Qingshan who was gradually going away, then at Qin Fang who had been sitting there with his head bowed, and finally looked at Zhou Ping. He nodded. Although he fell silent, his eyes showed admiration.

Qin Fang finally understood that it was her constant persecution that made Zhang Qingshan take risks.Now she regrets it very much, even she doesn't have the courage to turn around and face Zhou Baoyu and the others, but she just can't open her mouth and make up her mind.

Watching Zhang Qingshan's figure drifting away, she seemed to have figured out something suddenly, gritted her teeth, mustered up the courage to stand up and run to Zhang Qingshan: "Brother-in-law! Wait for me...Brother-in-law! Wait for me, I will follow you!" You go together..."

"Go and stop her!"

Peng Bing immediately pointed at Qin Fang and called out to Zhou Baoyu.

"Forget it, let her go, anyway, this place is not far from Lao Zhang, she can catch up..." Wu Shaohong, who had been touching her left ankle, stopped suddenly: "This girl is stubborn, if you don't let her If she goes, I'm afraid she will live in guilt for the rest of her life."

"It's too dangerous. No way! Baoyu, bring a few more torches and ropes to catch up. By the way, don't forget to bring some food. In the evening, I will put a torch here to show you Direction, waiting for you to come back safely."

"it is good!"

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