1942, I lived on hunting

As expected, the Chinese love to watch the fun, and soon a group of people gathered around Li Hao. However, the simple villagers were also very sensible. They just stood by and looked at Li Hao, with smiles on their faces. When they saw Li Hao turn around, they smiled and nodded.

The children were more active, running around Li Hao and the other two, chasing each other. They were all skinny and small, wearing ill-fitting clothes and shoes. As soon as Li Hao saw these black mud monkeys, he wanted to tease them.

He took out a handful of candy from his pocket and called them over to eat it, which frightened them so much that they all shouted, "Jap devils! Jap devils!"

Li Hao was stunned. Zhang Lianshun, Qiao Dadong and the people around him laughed. Someone had told the children that the Japanese used candy to lure innocent children to reveal information about the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. These children simply thought that strangers who took the initiative to give candy were all Japanese devils! They would not betray the guerrillas for candy, but the long war made them know how terrible the Japanese devils were. When they saw Li Hao's behavior, they were scared and screamed.

Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong knew that Li Hao had no shortage of candy. Seeing that he sincerely gave candy to the children but scared them away, they took the candy from Li Hao, called the children to gather around, gave each of them a candy, and then explained to them that Li Hao was one of them, a friend of the guerrillas, and a great hero! Li Hao blushed with praise!

The aunties were the most enthusiastic. After making sure that Li Hao could understand their dialect, they asked Li Hao how old he was and whether he had a wife. They probably wanted to be matchmakers and help Li Hao find a wife. As a result, Li Hao decisively guided the topic, saying that he was only 15 years old, still young, and there was no need to rush. It was just that Qiao Dadong was not young anymore and it was time for him to find a wife!

This trick really worked. Qiao Dadong was surrounded by enthusiastic aunties who introduced him to others. One said that my niece was pretty, another said that my niece was efficient at work, and another auntie directly used her ultimate move, saying that my youngest sister from my mother's family had not been engaged yet, and that she had a thick waist and a big butt, so she would be good at giving birth. Everyone who saw her said that she was a good girl who could give birth to a son!

Qiao Dadong's face turned red, as if white smoke would come out of his ears in the next second. He was so scared that he quickly pulled Li Hao and Zhang Lianshun to flee. I can't stand it. Most people can't stand the power of these aunts!

The three of them broke through the siege and came to the threshing ground behind the village. The soldiers who were not on a mission today were training here. Today's content was to familiarize themselves with new weapons. After all, many soldiers had never touched the Type 38 rifle and needed to familiarize themselves with it as soon as possible. In addition, because of the Type 99 light machine gun, they also had to train machine gunners and ammunition operators. This type of machine gun was extremely difficult to serve and required special training. There were also grenade launchers, which was even more difficult. As a temporary instructor, Zhu Laoliu was sweating in a hurry. There was nothing to teach about this weapon. It was enough to know how to use it roughly. Whether the shooting was accurate or not required the veterans to sum up their own experience in actual combat one shot at a time. Even if they were taught, it would not be of much use!

The soldiers' physical fitness has not yet been improved and strengthened, so today's training is still of low intensity. It is estimated that as the soldiers can eat enough and their bodies recover, they will start training in other areas.

Li Hao followed and learned for a while, then left with Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong to wander around other places.

Li Hao and his companions wandered to the entrance of the village and saw that the sentries on duty had been replaced by a group of teenagers who were about the same age as Li Hao. Each of them was holding a Type 38 rifle that was taller than him, and they were energetic and conscientious in their duties. It was just that the ill-fitting tattered cotton jackets lowered their image a bit, but they themselves did not think so. Instead, they felt that they were very energetic and handsome. When they saw Li Hao and his companions coming, they saluted very formally, and Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong also returned the salute very formally. Li Hao felt embarrassed, but now he was no longer a soldier, so he could only stand at attention to show respect.

After seeing the sentries at the entrance of the village, Li Hao and his men did not disturb them from performing their duties conscientiously.

Li Hao turned around and became interested in the well at the entrance of the village. When Li Hao was a child, there was also an old well in his village. The well platform made of bluestone was always covered with moss, and the pure wood windlass creaked when it was shaken. When he was a child, Li Hao always liked to follow his grandmother to fetch water by holding her clothes. Only at that time would his grandmother allow him to lie down at the well mouth and look at the reflection on the water surface. There were blue sky, white clouds, tree shadows, and a simple child's grimace in the reflection! When Li Hao was a child, he heard from his classmates that sometimes he could find toads or snakes in the well, but he never saw them once. At other times, he was not allowed to step on the well platform. Every time he found Li Hao and his friends playing by the well, his grandmother would always pull him over and spank him, and would chant: One person does not enter the temple, two people do not look at the well, and three people do not lift the tree. But he was too young at the time and did not know what that meant!

Li Hao is very enthusiastic about turning the windlass. There is a well rope wrapped around the windlass and a small iron bucket is tied to the lower end. Li Hao likes to watch the ripples on the water surface caused by the bucket and then return to calm, like a broken glass mirror that will be mended by time after a while.

Whenever a villager came to fetch water, he would crank the handle of the windlass with great interest, scooping water for the villager. When he heard someone praise him, "Well done, kid!" Li Hao would smile happily.

He was not shy when he met young girls and wives who came to fetch water. He still cranked the winch enthusiastically, not caring about others' rejection. Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong were speechless. They held their foreheads and sighed that Li Hao was really crazy. They could already imagine the topics of the villagers' evening chats, and this guy would definitely be one of them!

When it was almost dark and the villagers and comrades no longer came to fetch water, Li Hao sighed and walked back with Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong. On the way, they happened to meet a young soldier who came to call them for dinner.

When they returned to the courtyard where Captain Li lived, dinner was already on the table, and Captain Li and the instructor were waiting for him to eat together. Zhang Lianshun and Qiao Dadong were about to go back after sending Li Hao back, but Captain Li stopped them and said that they had brought their meals back together, so they could eat here too.

Several people gathered around the table to eat. There were not enough stools, so the little soldier ate standing up. The food that Li Hao had not finished in the afternoon was still on the table, with one egg missing and a few plates of pickled vegetables. Dinner was cornmeal and sweet potato porridge, two grain-flour steamed breads per person, and the extra sweet potatoes were served in a large bowl.

Li Hao picked up a steamed bread. He didn't know what it was made of. It was black with a hint of red and tasted sweet. It was pretty good. He pulled his bowl closer, leaned over the edge of the bowl and gulped down the porridge. He would occasionally pick up some pickles and chew them with a crunchy sound. He ate them with great pleasure.