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Chapter 12 Sending Food
Everything that needed to be done was done. The next step was to kill Chen Zhong. According to Yu Da's confession, Chen Zhong had been injured while chasing a guerrilla fighter and therefore had not participated in the mop-up operation. Han Hui put on a mask and went to Chen Zhong's house.

Chen Zhong bullied men and women, plundered them, and many people in Feng County hated him bitterly. Last night, she deliberately mentioned this bastard to Huang Shufen, and she hadn't expected that he was involved in the tragic deaths of her uncle's family. Therefore, this man must not be let off. Unfortunately, this bastard wasn't home tonight.

It was already past four o'clock. In the summer, it was already light at five o'clock, so it would be difficult to find someone in such a short time. After thinking for a while, Han Hui decided to deliver the food first.

On the way to Huang's house to collect food, Han Hui encountered a Japanese soldier relieving himself in the alley. She reached over, covered his mouth, and slit his throat with a knife.

"Ono, Ono..."

Han Hui noticed someone coming and immediately slipped into the space. When the person walked over, she came out of the space and killed the person using the same method.

After going to the Huang family to store the grain into the space, Han Hui left the county town.

More than four hours later, Han Hui found the cave where the food was stored.

Besides the food, Han Hui kept only pearls, jade, calligraphy, paintings, and books, which would fetch a good price in a big city. As for the radios and other items she had looted, she placed them in a vacant camphorwood box.

After putting her things away, Han Hui headed straight for the guerrilla base. Unexpectedly, she ran into the guerrilla fighter with the scar on the corner of his eye from yesterday. Suddenly, she changed her mind and immediately changed her plan.

Zhang Mancang was walking when he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head and then lost consciousness.

Han Hui looked at Zhang Mancang lying on the ground and couldn't help shaking her head. He hadn't been vigilant enough. If it had been the Japanese or bandits who came today, he would have been dead by now, and even the stronghold would have been wiped out.

After carrying the man into the cave, Han Hui took a bottle and placed it under Zhang Mancang's nose. Seeing that he frowned, she left.

Zhang Mancang opened his eyes, touched the back of his head which was aching slightly, and looked around vigilantly: "Who is it? Come out?"

After calling out several times with no response, Zhang Mancang looked at the sacks and boxes in the cave in confusion. After a moment of hesitation, he stood up and untied a sack. Seeing the white rice inside, he was stunned for a moment before untiing a few more bags.

It was all rice, nothing but rice. Zhang Mancang felt like he was dreaming. He twisted his thigh hard, the pain so intense that tears were about to come.

Zhang Mancang was very excited. It was not a dream, it was real. He found a cave full of rice.

Han Hui, perched on a tree not far from the cave entrance, saw Zhang Mancang carrying a sack of rice. A smile crossed her face. With this food, the Nanwan guerrillas and the New Fourth Army wouldn't have to go hungry in the winter.

After returning to the detachment, Zhang Mancang carried the food and went to the team leader: "Captain, I found a cave of food."

Miao He, the team leader, cursed with a dark face: "Mancang, I have a lot of things to deal with. I don't have time to listen to your nonsense."

Zhang Mancang untied the sack on the ground and said, "Captain, look, this bag of food was brought back from the cave. Captain, I'm not kidding, there really is a lot of food in the cave."

Looking at the white rice, Miao He took his men and Zhang Mancang to the cave with half belief and half doubt.

A group of people entered the cave and saw the huge sacks piled high inside. Their first reaction was to open them. They found that they were full of rice. One of the team members excitedly said, "Captain, rice, all rice! Oh my God, am I dreaming?"

Miao He was also very excited, but as a leader he had to keep his composure; how could he manage his subordinates without making a fuss? However, his wide grin betrayed his good mood.

Suddenly, one of the team members shouted, "Captain, there are many boxes here. Oh my god, they are full of silver dollars."

Miao He hurried over and found sixteen boxes in total: twelve boxes of gold and silver jewelry and silver coins, one box of guns and ammunition, two boxes of cloth, and one box of radios and other valuables. One of the team members held up the gold jewelry with both hands and said excitedly, "Captain, these gold and silver treasures can be exchanged for a lot of guns and bullets."

They were in the mountains, desperately in need of food, medicine, cloth, and weapons. Their group consisted of over eighty men, but only about twenty rifles, and they had been using bullets sparingly. Now that they had enough food, they could use the money to buy weapons.

Miao He didn't respond. With so much food and gold and silver treasures, the bulk of it must be handed over. But they had to find out where these things came from. "You just said that you were suddenly knocked unconscious, and then you were in this cave."

"Correct."

"Who knocked you out?"

Zhang Mancang shook his head, indicating he didn't know. "He knocked me out from behind, so I didn't see him. Captain, he sent us so much food and gold, silver, and jewelry, he must be a good person."

Miao He said, "Have you ever thought about how they managed to transport so much food, gold, silver, and jewelry into the mountains?"

1,800 kilograms of grain were carried into the mountains in several batches, which was less likely to be discovered if they were careful. But they did not discover the hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain they carried into the mountains, which was very unusual.

The team member who discovered the box interjected, "Captain, these are all new rice. I wonder where our benefactor got them from?"

Miao He thought about the news he had received and said, "Wasn't the Japanese granary robbed a few days ago? I guess this is the food the Japanese lost. These gold, silver and treasures must have been robbed by the Japanese as well."

He knew that the warehouse was used to store the looted supplies from the Japanese before shipping them out. He just didn't know who was the master who could empty the warehouse.

Zhang Mancang said with some regret: "It's a pity that I fainted at that time, otherwise I could have met my benefactor."

Giving them food and money, that's what a benefactor is! I was just knocked unconscious, it was a small matter, I didn't take it to heart at all.

Han Hui left after seeing Miao He and his men enter the cave. She saw three huge rocks on the mountain, and since there was no space for them, she put them in. If they didn't have enough guns and ammunition, they could use the rocks.

On the way, Han Hui met an old man driving an ox cart. Although she walked quickly, she was tired from walking so much. Since she was not in a hurry, Han Hui took a ride.

Han Hui returned to Shiling Town and asked Huang Shufen after seeing her, "Mom, has no one come to disturb you these past two days?

Huang Shufen nodded and said, "No one's come to visit, and there's nothing going on in town. Xiaoman, have you got your household registration?"

Han Hui shook her head and said, "No, the county town is in a mess right now. My second uncle said it won't be done until tomorrow. I was afraid you'd worry, so I came back first."

Although Huang Shufen had never left her house, she knew the Japanese were brutal and cruel: "Just ask someone to deliver a message. It's dangerous to run back and forth."

Han Hui changed the subject and talked about going to Shanghai: "Mom, we have to go to the provincial capital first, and then take the train to Shanghai. It's more than 300 kilometers from here to the provincial capital, and it will take about ten days to walk. We need to prepare some dry food."

Hearing this, Huang Shufen couldn't help but ask, "Xiaoman, where's your horse?"

Han Hui only said that the horse was stolen, and did not mention the bandits: "Mom, horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts are too conspicuous and unsafe. When the time comes, Xiaocao and I will take turns pulling the cart."

Huang Shufen thinks this arrangement is good, but it will make the two children more difficult.

(End of this chapter)