Another day began, and Wang Laomao took them on their journey again.
Although they all knew that they had nothing to eat today, they were not too worried.
As for these people, the seven students had been out of Shenyang for several days. They sometimes took a convenient car, but most of the time they just walked out of the passion of youth.
So they also experienced hunger.
This time they have "bodyguards" like Wang Laomao, so they naturally have hope for Wang Laomao and the others.
And Wang Laomao, who used to be a bandit and is now a platoon leader, certainly has no reason to worry.
They are six soldiers now, all of them have guns, and some even have two guns, such as Shang Zhen and Erhanzi. They say they have guns but want to starve them to death in the mountains. Is that possible?
Whenever we come across a village, even if we have no money, we can use our guns to exchange for food. If we can't get it, I, Wang Laomao, can just be a bandit again. We don't kill people or harm young girls or wives. Can't we just steal a pig?
So when the soldiers said they had no food, Wang Laomao glared and said, "Don't we have guns?"
The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is very cruel. They set out early in the morning and walked until noon, but they still hadn't met anyone, and everyone became hungry.
When people get hungry, their eyes glow green. They look at each other, then at Wang Laomao, then at the guns in their hands.
What's the point of having a gun? It can't be used to make a living!
But everyone, whether they were students or soldiers, just looked at each other and no one spoke.
That's naturally because everyone is afraid of Wang Laomao, who has absolute authority.
But Wang Laomao is not blind, so how could he not notice the gazes of these people?
Wang Laomao still looked nonchalant on the surface, and even said shamelessly, "Think about it, I was hungry for two days, but now I am full of life, right?"
But he was naturally secretly anxious in his heart.
Wang Laomao's words made the soldiers and students look at each other in confusion. They all thought to themselves, "That's not what you said yesterday." Then they all looked at the guns in the soldiers' hands!
They just looked at the gun and didn't dare to say anything. Wang Laomao was angry and amused, thinking, this is just your silent protest!
In this silent silence, with everyone's thoughts active and their stomachs rumbling, everyone walked forward for a distance, and then Wang Laomao called a halt.
At this time they came to the entrance of a valley.
The Liaoxi Corridor is long and narrow.
Wang Laomao and his companions naturally did not dare to walk along the flat area in the middle. They were moving along the edge of the mountain on the right.
The advantage of choosing this route is of course that they can avoid the Japanese army. If they encounter the Japanese army, they can also retreat to the mountains.
The valley in front of us is still very spacious, with a river several meters wide in the middle.
Wang Laomao waved his hand without hesitation and took the lead to go into the valley along the river.
Wang Laomao's actions undoubtedly brought hope to the hungry people.
The Liaoxi Corridor is long and narrow, so to the west of the Liaoxi Corridor is a long and narrow mountainous area.
Where there are mountains, there are valleys; where there are valleys, there are rivers, because the mountains are the watersheds of the rivers.
If you walk along the river, you will naturally find houses.
Everyone was filled with hope again.
But at this moment, Wang Laomao, who was walking in front, was thinking in his heart, there must be someone there!
Wang Laomao walked into the valley without hesitation, but in fact he was just guessing.
He is not a local, so how does he know that there must be people living upstream of the river?
At this moment, he felt that he was the leader of a flock of sheep. Whether the lambs, rams and ewes behind him could find grass depended on him!
His calmness and nonchalance were all fake. How could he not be under pressure?
This is also a quality that a commander must possess.
All commanders have to consider the morale of their subordinates. Sometimes they know there is no hope, but they must never give in on the surface. Only in this way can they give their subordinates confidence.
The valley is still very wide, and the river in the middle is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, with dense willows growing on the banks on both sides.
The terrain was gradually getting higher, and Wang Laomao's eyes were always fixed on the front.
It's noon now. Although people nowadays don't necessarily eat three meals a day, you can't guarantee that some families will light a kang or something at noon.
You know what, this time Wang Laomao really made the right bet.
After they walked some distance into the valley, they finally saw wisps of smoke rising ahead.
There was a commotion in the team, smiles broke out on everyone's face, and their pace quickened involuntarily.
But at this moment, Wang Laomao, who was walking in the front, suddenly said, "Ma Gan'er, you and these students stay here, and be careful to hide!"
Shang Zhen was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied "Yes".
This is the army, so Shang Zhen naturally has to obey Wang Laomao's command.
But he and those students couldn't understand why Wang Laomao wanted to keep them.
How could Wang Laomao explain to Shang Zhen why he did this? An order is an order, and you have to execute it whether you understand it or not.
Shang Zhen had no choice but to stay with those students, while Wang Laomao took the remaining four soldiers and went to the place where the smoke was rising.
"Why doesn't the platoon leader take them with him?" Seeing that they were far away from Shang Zhen and the others, Ma Erhuzi asked Wang Laomao.
Ma Erhuzi's idea was very simple. If he took Shang Zhen and those students to his fellow villager's home, maybe they could have a hot meal.
"You're so stupid! Why bring them along?" Wang Laomao said angrily. "What if the locals don't give us food?"
Although Wang Laomao didn't say it explicitly, Ma Erhuzi understood it.
What if the people don't give us food? If we have no other choice, we might as well resort to robbing them with guns.
As the saying goes, can a living person be killed by holding his urine? Can a gun still starve him to death?
But people have to have dignity and trees have to have bark. How could they snatch food from ordinary people in front of those students?
At this time, Shang Zhen and those students who were standing behind and watching them walk away, how could they know what Wang Laomao was planning?
"Let's go!" Shang Zhen tilted his head and led the way to the willow bushes on the left.
The valley is vast and only the willow bushes can hide people. Since Wang Laomao asked them to hide, where else can they go if not there?
After entering the willow bushes, Shang Zhen found a place where he could see outside and sat down, then raised his rifle again. Although he was also very hungry, he had not forgotten to practice aiming.
After the students got into the willow bushes, the three girls began to whisper to each other and then went inside.
Shang Zhen had nothing to be surprised about.
During today's journey, Wang Laomao was not with him at all but walked ahead, so he was naturally going to look for someone.
Shang Zhen was with these students, and the students were hungry, so naturally they didn't talk much.
But once you walk for several hours, no matter whether you are a boy or a girl, you will always need to go to the bathroom.
Shang Zhen thought that the three female students were going to the toilet and naturally didn't take it seriously.
But just as the willow leaves were rustling, Shang Zhen suddenly heard a female student scream "Ah".
Shang Zhen, who was sitting on the ground with a gun in his hand, quickly released the gun with his left hand, pressed the ground and stood up. He turned around and went inside.
But he also felt that it was inappropriate and he didn't want to see anything he shouldn't see.
So they asked, “What’s wrong?”
At this moment, he heard Li Yajuan's voice coming from the other side of the willow bush: "Shang Zhen, come quickly! There's a cornfield on the other side of the river!"