I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

It was already midnight when the team returned to Shengqiang. Each person received ten Singapore dollars. Together with the watches, gold rings and other things they searched from the Japanese, some people's income even exceeded one or two months' salary.

Xiao Hulu and Shen Zhong also have a lot of money. Shen Zhong is not short of money, but he earned it through hard work, so he cherishes it very much.

"Xiao Zhong, Xiao Hulu, everything has been put into storage, why haven't you gone back yet?"

"Mayor Chen, we would like to apply for a pistol, the kind of bastard pistol that no one likes from the Japanese."

Chen Guoqing looked at the two half-grown children with a smile. There was no need to ask, it must have been Xiaohulu's idea.

"Hulu, tell me, what do you want to do with the gun?"

"Practice shooting, so you can have a chance to kill the devils and protect the Holy Spear City and your family."

This reason was so strong that Chen Guoqing had no reason to refuse.

"You're tired after a tiring day today. You'll take a rest tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow you'll attend the city defense army's morning training. It won't affect your school and work. You can get a gun after a week of training. Don't get a box gun. I'll give you a Browning directly."

"Thank you, Brother Chen"!

Little Gourd was so excited that he even forgot to call the mayor.

Li Ergou and Ding San completed the defense mission and met in Shengqiang City. They were still at Lao Wu's Danxian Lamb Soup Restaurant. There were only two people, a pot of lamb soup and a bottle of Lao Tao's high-proof liquor.

"Brother Ergou, it's so satisfying to fight the Japanese. It was so satisfying today. Do you think the Japanese will dare to come again after this battle?"

Li Ergou slurped the mutton soup and added chili oil and vinegar. Feng Ge liked this soup the most and influenced Li Ergou invisibly.

"If they are not stupid, they will not come. But we are not afraid even if they come. There are three gates on the road. It will be easier to fight them if they dare to enter the woods."

"What is the next plan? Do we need to go back and occupy those small towns?"

"We have given up on those things for now. As long as there are enemies, our safety cannot be guaranteed. We will deal with it after we have the coastal defense force. Brother Heiwa has occupied Luogan City and is vigorously building it. The next step is to ensure the smooth flow of the route from Shengqiang City to Luogan."

"Brother Ergou, I really don't understand. What's the point of running Luogan City when it's so far away? Isn't it close to the sea?"

"That's the strait. The captain will control the strait sooner or later."

Ding San took a sip of liquor and laughed:

"What is the purpose of controlling the strait, collecting shipping fees?"

"Then I don't know. How about I ask for you?"

"Come on, you're just looking for trouble. Don't let the captain think I'm idle here. Brother Ergou, stop drinking. The rest is mine. Go home and find your wife tonight!"

Li Ergou chuckled:

"No, that won't work. You have to sleep in the command room tonight. Xiaoya and I have agreed that God knows whether the Japanese will retaliate or not. You dare not leave your post without permission."

It was still dark, and Little Gourd and Shen Zhong couldn't sleep. Shen Zhong slept on Big Gourd's bed. They were harvesting cabbages today. The tender cabbages were more than two feet tall, but there seemed to be no plans to do anything else. It might be because the weather was too hot.

There is no school today, and Shen Zhong and Xiao Hulu don’t have to be on duty. Helping the family harvest cabbages is a job that the two boys really enjoy.

Grandpa still had to work on the street, and father went to the carpentry factory early in the morning. Originally, it was only mother and grandmother who picked cabbages, but now with the addition of three children, the five of them walking on the ridge of the field were particularly eye-catching.

"Xiaoguai, you are here too!"

When Xiao Yaya saw Xiao Guai, she quickly ran to Xiao Guai's vegetable garden. The two were good classmates and were very familiar with each other.

Uncle Chen was still watering the plants. Someone had built a piece of iron pipe for him, but he used a scoop to scoop water into the pipe and then into the vegetable ditch.

"Uncle Chen, are you watering the vegetables again?"

Xiao Hulu and Shen Zhong knew about Uncle Chen's situation, Captain Leng Qiang's father. However, they could only keep it to themselves and could not even tell their biological parents.

Uncle Chen looked at Xiao Hulu and Shen Zhong with a smile. He liked children very much, especially Xiao Yaya and Xiao Guai. However, the two little ones went to play in the water together.

"Xiao Hulu, Xiaozhong, come and help the family harvest the vegetables."

"Yes! I planted too many cabbages and we can’t eat them all. The logistics department is coming to collect them today, so we’ll pull them out and prepare them first."

"Good boy, go quickly"!

After Xiao Hulu and Shen Zhong went to their own vegetable garden, Chen Weiping patted his sore waist, and Liu Minggui came over from his own vegetable garden with a pipe in his mouth.

"Old brother, take it easy! You still act like you are eighteen or twenty-three years old. Why do you grow so many vegetables? You can't eat them all. The ones grown in the yard alone are not enough for you to eat"!

Chen Weiping took the tomato handed over by Liu Minggui, rinsed it with water, and broke it open with force. The inside was full of sand and looked very sweet.

"People are destined to work hard and cannot rest. If they do, they will soon get sick. I'd like to grow some vegetables to earn some pocket money and buy some more Tao's liquor to save for my children when they get married."

Liu Minggui grinned and said, "You need to save more. Your son is too playboy. He is always eyeing the pot while having the food in the bowl. I wonder how many wives he plans to marry. I know of three or four of them!"

"Don't cook at noon. Caiyun's mother said she learned how to make noodles from Teacher Liang. What about tomato and egg noodles? Come to my house to eat and have a drink of wine."

The Xiaohulu family is already busy. After pulling out the cabbages, they need to cut off the roots and pick off the leaves that are covered with dirt, and stack them neatly in bags beside the vegetable patch. Someone will come to collect them at noon.

Seeing that her family was busy, little Yaya didn't have time to play anymore and came back to help carry the cabbages, and brought back a little darling with her.

The vegetable fields are busy, some are preparing to sell cabbage, some are selling coriander, and some are selling spinach, tomatoes and cucumbers.

Near noon, teams of workers harvesting vegetables entered the fields. Xiaohulu's family sat down to rest at the edge of the vegetable patch. The workers began to weigh the cabbages from three acres of land, weighing a total of more than 800 kilograms, which cost 21 Singapore dollars, equivalent to a month's salary for a strong laborer.

After Little Gourd Lady collected the money, she didn’t have to take care of the vegetables herself, as the staff would pick them up at the field and take them there by car.

"Mom, should we continue to plant cabbages on this land?"

"No more planting. We'll turn the soil over tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and plant tomatoes next time. Team leader Zhang said that too many people are planting cabbages, and if we plant more, the price will drop."

"Then let's plow the soil in the afternoon! Brother Zhong and I don't have to be on duty."

"Kid, you can't rest when you're not on duty! Don't worry, I'll turn it over for two days. Your father has a holiday the day after tomorrow. Let him turn it over if he can't finish it."

Shen Zhong likes this working atmosphere very much. The whole family is busy working together for life and harvest. After finishing the work, he always has a sense of satisfaction that he cares about very much.

"Auntie, please turn it over in the afternoon! Uncle is the one who works the hardest at home, so let him have a good rest during his day off."

Hulu Niang looked at Shen Zhong's smiling face and she really couldn't bear to ask the head of the family to plow the soil. She had planned to do it herself. It was only three acres of land, but the child still felt sorry for her elders.

"Okay, then we'll turn it over in the afternoon. We'll go back and cook first. There's no rush. Take a rest after dinner before coming out. The sun is too hot."