The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2335 Naming
Wherever there are people, there are conflicts. To put it in a more formal way, some are called contradictions between ourselves and the enemy, and some are called contradictions among the people.

In the same way, when everyone is stirring the big spoon together, who wouldn't want to scoop up some dry rice from the bottom to eat, and who would be willing to just drink that clear soup?

In the general direction, everyone was fighting against Japan, which was called the Anti-Japanese National United Front. However, there were still conflicts between parties, and the same was true within each army. This was the case with Xiao Boji in the 226th Regiment.

At this time, Shang Zhen knew all about Xiao Boji's situation. He was now attacking the rear of the Japanese army in Dahongshan. But he also had troubles. However, compared with others, his troubles this time were happy troubles in a sense!

Because he was with the remaining thirteen young girls and wives in Yaomei Village.

Originally, he rescued more young girls and wives than this, but those who didn't want to fight went to live with their relatives.

As for the existence of the little leopard, it’s just like that. Having this little guy can be completely ignored when there is no war!
Therefore, Shang Zhen could only be happy and worried.

Just think about it, thirteen young girls and wives, the oldest one is not even older than him, and the youngest is only fifteen years old this year. He has to lead these thirteen young women to fight against the Japanese for the time being and teach them how to shoot guns. He is surrounded by the "chirping of swallows and orioles".

His job was as the director of a Women's Rescue Association. It couldn't be said that Shang Zhen was a rough man, but it was the first time for him to face so many women at the same time, and it was really difficult for him.

"Your name is Cuiping?" Shang Zhen pointed at a woman hesitantly.

"No, you guess." The young woman at least temporarily forgot the sadness of her family being killed by the Japanese army. Shang Zhen's arrival and bringing them three rifles also aroused the young woman's hope of avenging her family.

"Let me guess?" Shang Zhen was a little confused, so he tried to ask, "Xiuping?"

"Xiuping, it's me." Another woman spoke.

"Xiufen?" Shang Zhen asked again.

The young woman continued to shake her head.

"Xiuzhi?"

"Guizhi?"

"Gui Lan?"

"Osmanthus fragrans?"

"Cuihua?"

Shang Zhen tried to ask a few more questions, but he only got laughter from these young girls and wives. If we follow what Wang Laomao said, Shang Zhen, you little bastard, you are just making fun of me!

If we call it according to Chen Hanwen’s original statement, it will only make people laugh!
It is really troublesome to get familiar with women. Shang Zhen felt a headache.

It was difficult for him to use the military style to discipline these young women, because he also knew that these young women had lost their families and relatives. He always had to be careful about the methods and ways when dealing with women, right?

It is impossible to make these women forget the national hatred and family feuds. He just hopes that he can make the wounds of these young women heal as soon as possible in some light-hearted and funny way.

Just as those young girls and wives were laughing at Shang Zhen's embarrassment, Shang Zhen suddenly slapped his thigh.

The sound of Shang Zhen's clapping was so loud that not only did the young girls and wives stop laughing, even the little leopard who was practicing aiming nearby was frightened by Shang Zhen and pulled the trigger. Fortunately, he did not load the bullet into the gun chamber!

"I know!" Shang Zhen suddenly said to the woman whose name he had just asked. "I know?" The woman was surprised, "Then what is my name?"

"You call me boss!" Shang Zhen said firmly.

"Boss?" The thirteen women and the little leopard holding a rifle asked in surprise.

"Yes!" Shang Zhen answered loudly, "From now on, you can call me boss!"

"You are the third, you are the fourth, you are the fifth, she is the sixth..., she is the eleventh, she is the twelfth, she is the thirteenth, she is the fourteenth!" Shang Zhen pointed his fingers at the older girls, "Yes, it's settled!" Shang Zhen's tone was firm and unquestionable!

"Why did you decide like that? Why am I the seventh child? I'm two years older than her!" a woman asked in confusion.

"What I say counts! I am the superior and you are the superior?" Shang Zhen said domineeringly.

After Shang Zhen said this, the one called Old Seven had no choice but to agree.

Why did Shang Zhen give these women names, no, to be more precise, numbers? The reason was that he had no idea what the names of these women were.

People of the same era all have common characteristics when they are named.

In this era, women were always named Xiuzhi, Cuifen, Xiulan, etc., just like in later generations, there would be a large number of domestic pet cats named "Zhaocai". The principle is the same.

Shang Zhen was too lazy to guess just now. He estimated that if he guessed again, it would not be Cuiping or Yuping or something like that. He would have to guess "Zhang", "Wang", "Zhang Wang", "Wang Zhang" and so on!

There is nothing wrong with Shang Zhen’s idea.

How high is China's literacy rate today? It is said that the literacy rate of Chinese people did not exceed 1% in the late Qing Dynasty, and it was only 8% in the Republic of China.

They don’t even know how to read and they favor boys over girls. Some girls are born without names, and after they get married, their names are the combination of their husband’s surname and their own, right?

If you look around the graveyards nowadays, you will see that many tombstones or wooden plaques used as tombstones have "The Tomb of the Late Eminent Mother Zhang Wang" or "The Tomb of the Late Eminent Mother Wang Zhang" written on them. What's so strange about this?
This time, Shang Zhen used his own impressions of these women and his guess as to their ages to number them, which would make things much easier for him. He would remember these women quickly.

For example, the youngest one here is only fifteen, and he is “Old Fourteen”!

Of course, just as the seventh brother said just now, I am two years older than the sixth brother. Why am I the seventh brother and he is the sixth brother?

But how could Shang Zhen tell her the truth? In later generations, it is called emotional intelligence, and nowadays it is called being cunning. How could Shang Zhen say to Lao Liu, "Lao Liu, you look a little too good and old, so you are Lao Liu"!
"That's not right!" At this time another woman raised a question. She was the third child whom Shang Zhen had just named.

"What's wrong?" several people asked at the same time.

"According to the commander, I am indeed the second oldest among us, but why am I the third oldest? There are thirteen of us, so why is there no second oldest?" the third oldest asked curiously.

The question asked by the third brother was a bit stupid without him realizing it.

Girls are girls, and girls from the mountains know little about the ways of the world. She didn't know why Shang Zhen didn't name these little girls "Lao Er".

"Who said there is no second child?" Shang Zhen said seriously, holding back his inner smile, and then pointed at the little leopard and said, "He is the second child."

No matter how simple and honest the girl from the mountains was, she was a married woman after all. She could hear the hidden meaning in Shang Zhen's words and finally burst out laughing.