Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

"Okay, that's all I have to say. I'll go back and see the details this time!"

Zeng Jiwen cheered up and spoke to a few people.

"Okay, be careful along the way."

Zhou Xi nodded and said.

"It's a pity that I missed it this Spring Festival." Zeng Jiwen sighed with a smile.

"Hey, come on, if you hurry up and can get home before the Spring Festival, that would be great!" Wang Zhuo said jokingly.

"It depends on the situation. If the results of this discussion are good, let my sister-in-law and the others come to Tainan!"

Zeng Jiwen looked at Zhou Xi and Huang Hanjia and said.

"It's no use for you to keep separating like this."

"Then it depends on you." Zhou Xi said with a smile.

After they finished talking, they walked for a while and then Zeng Jiwen stopped.

"Okay, just send it here!"

Several people nodded.

After saying that, Zeng Jiwen mounted his horse and set off with the guard company.

After half a month of travel, I finally arrived at my home, Liqu Town, not far from my home, on the afternoon of the 18th.

Zeng Jiwen rode on a warhorse, followed by a guard company, and rushed forward quickly.

Suddenly, Zeng Jiwen saw a figure next to a big tree at the bottom of the hill not far away. He quickly pulled the reins in his hand and the warhorse slowly stopped.

At this time, the house was covered with snow, and sporadic snowflakes were floating in the sky.

Zeng Jiwen looked at the figure in the distance and fell silent for a moment.

Wang Hongzhi, the company commander of the guard company, was puzzled when he saw the division commander's expression, but he still ordered the troops to stop.

Just as he was about to ask the division commander, suddenly, Xiao Cheng, the guard next to Zeng Jiwen, pulled Wang Hongzhi and signaled him to take the troops forward and leave only a few people behind.

Although Wang Hongzhi was puzzled, he immediately reacted when he saw the figure not far away. He smiled and nodded in agreement, then left a guard squad to follow Xiao Cheng, and led the team forward.

Zeng Jiwen got off the horse and ran quickly towards the big tree not far away.

When Zeng Jiwen arrived not far from the big tree, he looked at the figure less than ten meters away in front of him and walked towards him slowly, steadily and powerfully.

Under the tree, a short-haired woman wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army was wearing a military cap covered with snow.

When she saw Zeng Jiwen walking towards her, the tenderness in his eyes was visible to the naked eye.

The two of them looked up at the same moment, their eyes met, and time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Zeng Jiwen strode forward, walked up to the woman, and shook off the snow on her military cap.

"You've been waiting for a long time, right? Xilan," Zeng Jiwen said softly.

Shu Xilan smiled, tears welled up in her eyes, but a happy smile graced her lips.

"I just arrived not long ago and saw you come back."

Zeng Jiwen hugged Shu Xilan tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to use his body to protect her from all the coldness in the world.

The heavy snow gradually began to fall heavily. From a distance, it looked like a layer of holy white veil was covering the long-awaited reunion of the two.

"Thank you for your hard work~"

Zeng Jiwen hugged Shu Xilan and spoke softly.

"Nothing~ I'm fine."

After the two let go, Shu Xilan touched Zeng Jiwen's cheek and couldn't help but say.

"You've lost weight~ It's dangerous ahead~"

Zeng Jiwen held Shu Xilan's hand and smiled softly: "It's okay, you know that the devils can't hurt me~"

After saying that, Shu Xilan took Zeng Jiwen's arm and the two of them slowly walked towards home.

Along the way, Zeng Jiwen and Shu Xilan were walking in front, and the guard Xiao Cheng and the guard squad were slowly following not far behind them.

As they walked, the two began to express their longing for each other after not seeing each other for a long time.

"Xi Lan, come back to Tainan with me this time, and let Comrade Zhong Sheng stay there." Zeng Jiwen said to Shu Xi Lan.

Shu Xilan heard what Zeng Jiwen said.

"Can we withdraw from there?" Shu Xilan looked at Zeng Jiwen with some confusion.

Zeng Jiwen nodded.

"The mustache just signed an agreement with Britain and France, and I'm afraid they won't abide by it at all. Except for the covert line, all our visible personnel can withdraw from Delin."

Zeng Jiwen said to Shu Xilan.

Shu Xilan nodded without asking why. Over the years, Zeng Jiwen had never made a mistake in his judgment.

Since Zeng Jiwen did this, there must be a reason for it.

"As for the assets we can't withdraw, we'll exchange them for centrifuges and some other industrial equipment. I'll send a telegram to Sorge and ask him to help us transport them back."

Shu Xilan was a little surprised to hear Zeng Jiwen's words.

She didn't expect that Zeng Jiwen was actually connected with Sorge.

But Shu Xilan didn't ask any more questions, just nodded.

"I'll go see the teacher when I get back later. I'm afraid I've been a bit busy these past few days. I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Zeng Jiwen felt a little apologetic.

Shu Xilan shook her head.

"It's okay. I'm afraid you'll be too busy when you get there."

After arriving home, Zeng Jiwen put down his luggage and settled it in the temporary dormitory, then walked towards a cave.

Zeng Jiwen came to the outside of the cave yard and saw the scene inside, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

At this time, the snow had stopped and the snow around the yard had been cleared.

In the yard, a man sat next to the stone mill in the middle of the yard, holding a wooden pestle in his hand, leaning forward, and constantly pounding in a stone mortar next to the stone mill.

It makes a thump-dong-dong sound.

Zeng Jiwen walked into the yard. Just as the guard beside him was about to report, he saw Zeng Jiwen shushing at him.

When the man holding the wooden pestle stopped and was about to take the peppers from the side and put them back into the mortar, suddenly, a hand holding a handful of peppers put them back into the mortar.

The man holding the wooden pestle was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look over.

A thin but smiling face appeared before him.

"Teacher Yang~" Zeng Jiwen called happily.

Teacher Yang looked at the person who came and immediately reacted.

"It's Jiwen~" After saying that, he stood up happily.

"It's okay, Teacher Yang, just finish this chili first."

After saying that, Zeng Jiwen took the wooden pestle from Teacher Yang's hand and prepared to continue grinding the remaining peppers.

Seeing Zeng Jiwen trying to take over his job, Teacher Yang immediately quit.

"Give it to me. I'm not an old man. I can still do this kind of work."

After saying that, he took the wooden pestle as Zeng Jiwen said, sat down and continued to grind the chili peppers.

While grinding the chili peppers that Zeng Jiwen had just added, he said to Zeng Jiwen with a smile.

"Although the winter in the north isn't as cold and damp as in the south, it's still very cold."

"A few days ago I said you might not arrive before the Spring Festival, but I didn't expect you to actually make it."

Zeng Jiwen chuckled when he heard what Teacher Yang said.

"If it were last year, I really wouldn't be able to catch up."

"This year, the Japanese troops in North China have begun to withdraw. This route is basically a safe zone, so the journey is relatively fast."

As Zeng Jiwen spoke, he added another handful of chili peppers into the mortar.

When Teacher Yang heard Zeng Jiwen's words, his face was also very happy.

"You're doing very well in North China~"

"Honestly, this is beyond my expectations. I thought it would take you several years to gain ground in North China, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly."

It can be seen that Teacher Yang was very happy about Zeng Jiwen's arrival.