Chapter 110 Where to find the best quality!
"Where are my parents?" After a long time, Meng Fanle asked in a hoarse voice.
"I don't know the exact location, but I believe we'll be able to find out soon. What? You want to meet them?" In fact, Cun Yunsheng knew the exact location of Meng's father, but in order to make the lie perfect, he had to pretend that he didn't know.
"I don't know. Let me think about it." Hearing that there was no specific location, Meng Fanle seemed relieved.
He really didn't want to face his pedantic father, who acted so high and mighty and liked to put on airs like a scholar.
"Don't you want to ask your father in person whether your survival is an embarrassment or a pride for your father?" Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.
Hearing this, Meng Fan opened his mouth wide and seemed to have stopped breathing.
It took him a long time to come back to his senses, breathing heavily.
"Commander, you are really a worm in my stomach." Meng Fan looked at Cun Yunsheng with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
"So, Commander, do you think I am embarrassed or proud?"
Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng took a look and then said lightly.
"Before this, you were embarrassed. After all, our country has been lost, and you and I have survived for six or seven years. But from now on, you will be his pride."
Meng Fanle looked at Cun Yunsheng deeply, and an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart.
"Thank you, Commander."
"Okay, let's go in and see what these orphans need. After all, they are all poor people caused by the war." Cun Yunsheng nodded and pushed open the door of the courtyard.
The orphans inside were squatting on the ground, reciting the Three Character Classic with Shangguan Jieci in front of them.
Looking at Shangguan Jieci on the podium, Cun Yunsheng nodded secretly, exuding the charm of a mature woman from head to toe.
Shangguan Jieci obviously noticed Cun Yunsheng, and then asked the older students to lead everyone in reciting the previous text.
"You're here. Thank you very much for what you did last time. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid my father-in-law would have been left dead in the wilderness." Shangguan Jieci's soft voice made Cun Yunsheng feel much better.
"You're welcome. It's just a small matter." Cun Yunsheng waved his hand and asked after looking at the other party.
"Ting Fanla, you want to talk to me about something? Is there any difficulty?"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Jieci did not hesitate and spoke directly after thinking for a while.
"We have enough basic living supplies, but we lack teachers. As for Chinese studies, I can barely teach them for now, but I can't do anything else. I need you to find some teachers."
"There is also a lack of tables, chairs, benches, blackboards, chalk, etc."
"Life is fine, but life is a bit hard. I'm not complaining about the food. Compared to before, it's already very good and I can eat enough every meal."
"It's just that there is a lack of meat. Children are growing up and need more nutrition."
Cun Yunsheng nodded in agreement with Shangguan Jieci's suggestion.
"You're right. Children are growing up and they really need more nutrition. I'll ask someone to send some eggs over later."
"As for your other requests, I'm trying to find a solution, but it will take me some time."
With these words, Shangguan Jieci breathed a sigh of relief.
"I thank you on behalf of these children."
"I want to thank you for allowing them to study in this chaotic world. This will be the most important experience in their future lives." Cun Yunsheng glanced at the children, then chatted for a few more words, and left with Meng Fanle.
"Captain, you can stay for dinner." Meng Fanle joked.
"Okay, stop worrying about trivial things. Where are Long Wenjian's people?" In order to bring back the replenishment battalion, Cun Yunsheng sent Long Wenjian out to be responsible for the support.
After all, the weapons and equipment of the replenishment battalion are not very good. If they encounter the Japanese army, they will definitely suffer a great loss.
So for safety reasons, Cun Yunsheng sent Long Wenjian out to meet up with the replenishment battalion. According to the route, they should have met by now.
"According to the distance we traveled, we should have met each other. However, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the radio signal is not very good, so the communications battalion has not received the telegram yet." Meng Fanle explained.
"I hope nothing happens." Cun Yunsheng nodded and said with some concern.
In fact, Long Wenjian's trip was quite smooth. He saw people from the replenishment battalion before he even got close to Nujiang River.
"Are you from the Sichuan Army's Supplementary Battalion?" Long Wenjian asked in confusion, looking at the endless team in front of him.
"Yes, are you from the Sichuan Army? I have never seen you before." Xing Jiuhong looked at Long Wenjian in front of him with some confusion and asked doubtfully.
Before the Sichuan Army set out, he knew all the company-level officers in each battalion, but he had never seen Long Wenjian.
But the person who was sent by Cun Yunsheng to pick them up must be a close confidant.
So Xing Jiuhong subconsciously suspected whether this guy was a fake.
"I'm from the Sichuan Army Corps, a messenger of the regiment commander. My name is Long Wenjian." Long Wenjian coughed lightly and then briefly introduced his origins.
Hearing that the other party was from Myanmar and had joined the Sichuan Army, Xing Jiuhong suddenly realized what was going on and immediately explained.
"The supplementary battalion had only about 500 people at the beginning. Later, more and more deserters from Zenda were defeated. In order to have a bite to eat, those deserters begged to join the supplementary battalion. We had no choice but to soften our hearts and take them in. Who knew that the number of people would increase?"
Long Wenjian took a deep breath, looked at the other party, and asked solemnly.
"Can you tell me how many people are there now?" "More than 1,500 people. I have registered them all." Xing Jiuhong said hurriedly, but did not hand over the roster. He would never hand over the roster before meeting Cun Yunsheng.
"But I see that your team has more than 1,500 people." Long Wenjian frowned and couldn't help but said as he looked at the endless army.
"There are more than 1,500 people registered. The rest of the defeated soldiers heard that we were going to Myitkyina, so they secretly followed our team, which led to the current situation." Xing Jiuhong spread his hands, indicating that he had no choice.
You can't just send someone to drive them back, can you?
After all, his legs are longer than his, so if he wants to follow me, then he can follow me.
"So, tell me, how many people are there? I see that your team has at least two thousand people." Long Wenjian suddenly felt a headache. This was completely different from the order he received before setting off.
A thousand people at most!
Two thousand people have it.
The little supplies he brought were not enough to feed these people.
With so many people pouring into Myitkyina, is the Sichuan Army planning to take over?
How many thousand people in a group?
Will the Americans agree?
Long Wenjian couldn't help but feel a little worried.
He didn't know that Cun Yunsheng wished there were more people.
"It should be more than that. I think there are at least 2,500 people." Xing Jiuhong scratched his head and said embarrassedly.
"Did I cause trouble for the commander?"
"I don't know if it's troublesome or not. I only know that the supplies I brought may not be enough. You may have to eat compressed biscuits every day from now on." Long Wenjian spread his hands helplessly and said.
Originally, he had brought some canned food with him, thinking that they would need some energy to replenish themselves after a long journey. However, with so many people, not even one can be given to each person. The only thing he could get was some compressed biscuits.
But that thing just fills your stomach, it doesn't contain much nutrition.
And that stuff is so hard to swallow.
At least unless it is absolutely necessary, Long Wenjian really doesn't want to touch compressed biscuits.
When Xing Jiuhong heard about eating compressed biscuits every day, his eyes lit up. This is a good thing.
You know, if the order doesn't come, I'm afraid the replenishment battalion will have to eat grass every day.
Aren’t compressed biscuits much more delicious than banana leaves?
"That's enough, that's enough. It's good to have compressed biscuits to eat." Xing Jiuhong quickly said that compressed biscuits were pretty good.
Only Long Wenjian curled his lips, and it was obvious that he had never eaten anything good.
"What's wrong with that guy? He's still carrying so many books? He doesn't look like he can hold on until Myitkyina? Is he also a deserter?" Suddenly, Long Wenjian pointed at the thin figure in the distance and asked in confusion.
"Hey, stop talking. That guy is so stubborn. He insisted on following us and fighting, and even asked me to give him a gun. Because he loves reading and is a student, everyone calls him a little bookworm." Xing Jiuhong couldn't help but complain when he saw the little bookworm.
"He is just a nerd who has no idea how cruel war is."
"Besides, I doubt he can even lift a gun with his physique. He told me to go back to study hard but he didn't listen."
"There's really nothing we can do about him, so let him be."
Even Long Wenjian can't do anything about this nerd. The man has firm beliefs, what can he do?
But the little bookworm obviously heard the conversation between the two people.
"Although my body is not strong enough, I can bear it."
"I know you look down on me, but it doesn't matter, I will definitely persevere."
"I hope that when we get to Myitkyina, I can be given a gun so that I can go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese." The little bookworm came over and said loudly without fear.
The old soldier on the road looked over, found that it was the little bookworm, and continued on his way, too lazy to pay attention to this stubborn guy.
"Fight the Japanese? Have you seen the Japanese? Do you know what the Japanese look like?" Long Wenjian's venomous tongue is no less than Cun Yunsheng's, and it is even more powerful than Meng Fanle's. Originally, he didn't want to pay attention to this guy because he knew that this kind of person is stubborn and just ignore him.
But if the other person insists on getting close to him, then Long Wenjian will naturally not tolerate him.
"I don't know, but I'm not afraid of death. I can die together with the Japanese." The little bookworm's words left Long Wenjian completely speechless.
What else can I say?
He could only look at Xing Jiuhong, as if he wanted to ask, where did you find this top-notch product?
Send it back to him quickly. If we take it to Myitkyina, won’t the commander be furious?
Xing Jiuhong also looked at him innocently, he couldn't send him away.
The other person insists on staying, what can he do?
No food for him?
They can eat grass!
Don’t give them drinks?
People can drink dew!
He really had no way to deal with the other party.
"When we get to Myitkyina, you'd better pray that this guy doesn't cause any trouble. Otherwise, the commander will definitely not let you off easily." Long Wenjian was too lazy to pay attention to the little bookworm. Instead, he spoke to Xing Jiuhong with a serious face.
Hearing this, Xing Jiuhong's scalp went numb. He could only pray in his heart that the little bookworm would not cause any trouble when he arrived in Myitkyina. If that didn't happen, he would just give this guy a gun and let him go to the battlefield. After he saw what war was like, he would probably calm down.
War has little to do with scholars like them!
"Give this guy two cans of food and compressed biscuits, so he won't starve to death." In fact, Long Wenjian still admired the other party's character. If all soldiers were brave and fearless, perhaps things would not have become so bad.
Hearing this, Xing Jiuhong looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that Long Wenjian would be so kind.
There will be more later!
(End of this chapter)