Chapter 2 two

During the "May 1st" raids in 1942, a passing cadre who set out from Yan'an and went to the northeast via Shandong disappeared.This cadre was wearing a gray homemade cotton military uniform when he came.It was originally said that he changed into plain clothes, took a fake "good citizen certificate" and took the train to the northeast.Before the clothes were changed, the enemy came to "encircle with an iron wall".When breaking out of the siege, he was shot in the left leg and was captured by the enemy.This time, more than a dozen of those who were injured or not were captured by the enemy.A few months later, the whereabouts of these people were all known.Some were killed and some were released. According to past practice, the Japanese and puppet troops in this place caught our seriously wounded and did not abuse them. Most of them were released.When it was released, a few civilians were asked to carry it on the stretcher, and the wounded pointed out the route by themselves. When they were carried to an intermediate point, the civilians were asked to go back. The enemy did not send people to follow.Because we once caught their seriously injured numbers and sent them all back to the stronghold, the two sides have an unwritten tacit understanding.

But this cadre was not released.According to those who were captured at the same time, he was seriously injured and unconscious all the time. The Japanese army had never seen him since they carried him off the battlefield on a stretcher.This passer-by cadre has no contact with anyone on weekdays, except for night marches, and usually lives alone in the house named him at the traffic station.And when marching at night, they couldn't see each other's faces clearly.Except for the person in charge of the traffic station, no one knows his name, so he will not be betrayed by a traitor and his identity will be exposed.

In winter, a puppet army called "Gendarmerie Task Force" was dispatched from the base of Mafengwu.The team members all wear plain clothes and speak in a different way.This group of people did not participate in the sweeping of the countryside, but other puppet troops handed over documents from the Eighth Route Army, or captured prisoners, and handed them over to them.They also have the right to deal with "lawless elements" in the puppet army.Not long after they arrived, they happened to be gathering at the Hornet's Wharf, and suddenly there was a religious ceremony in the stronghold, and a few monks played and beat, leading out a coffin.In front of the coffin, a puppet soldier carried a white banner with the inscription "The Spirit of an Unknown Eighth Route Army Officer", and the members of the "Gendarmerie Task Force" carried guns to the funeral.Walking to a place where many people gathered, the funeral procession stopped. Captain Jin stood in front of the coffin and delivered such a speech: "Although the crime of resisting the imperial army is unforgivable, the imperial army still treats the captured prisoners with the spirit of warriors. Treatment, a warm welcome to those who surrender. This Eighth Route cadre expressed his surrender before he was alive. Unfortunately, he was too seriously injured and died before he could serve the Imperial Army. We are still burying him. Please send a message to the Eighth Route Army. We have done our best. The benevolence and righteousness of the samurai are welcome, and he is welcome to turn his back on the wrong path and turn to the light. We must put aside the past, and work together to build the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere..."

This incident aroused our doubts. The captured personnel of our side fought bravely and were shot to death. They always threw them in the barren cemetery in a hurry, and let the crows peck at the dogs. Why is there such a big scene this time?If the cadres really surrendered, why don't they even know their names? The superior wanted to send someone into the stronghold to find out the truth, so he chose Deng Zhiguang.Before leaving, I gave him a contact person: the false township head named Song Mingtong. Song Mingtong is also from our village.His family has a few acres of land, and he planted some of them, and hired short laborers when he was busy.His wife died five years ago and did not remarry. He only had one child who was studying in the provincial capital and living with his husband's family.He has a bit of culture, knows Chinese medicine, and can make abacus.Sometimes he taught for a few days, sometimes he did business for a few days, and sometimes he rang a string bell and went out to practice medicine.I often walk for two or three months, and no one knows where to go.But when the Japanese army raided frequently, he squatted in the village and snuggled up.The Japanese army entered the village, and the whole village ran away. Finally, they found him out of the straw pile, beat him up, and told him to raise pigs, chickens, eggs, peanuts and sweet potatoes for the Japanese army.The pigs had been chased away by the village long ago, and the chickens were carried by the old mothers and sisters-in-law to hide from the devils.He found dozens of eggs and handed over some of his own peanuts and sweet potatoes. Although the Japanese were still very dissatisfied, they remembered his name from then on.From then on, I would go to the village to look for him whenever we raided, asking him to boil water, get food, and sometimes lead the way.Once my second aunt's family had a laying hen before it could be taken away, and the devil used it as a target and shot it to death with a gun. From then on, my second aunt scolded him when she saw him, and at the age of 30, she deliberately stuck a dead man's flag on him. doorstep.He wasn't bothered about this, saying that it was the old sister-in-law, he couldn't scold the devil, who would I scold?Someone advised him, since he offended someone so much, why not go out and hide?He said that it is not easy to mess around outside, so he still stays in the village.There are several views on his refusal to leave.Some people think that he is a traitor with peace of mind, and he also got a lot of money when raising supplies for the devils.Someone settled the score, but it seems that he didn't get much advantage, maybe he got a little bit.Because the devils came more often, and each time they asked for it, the village government made a rule that how much food he raised would be reported as an account, and shared by the village.According to the accounts, he didn't have much to earn.Some people also said that he was ordered by the anti-Japanese government when he came out to support the Japanese puppet army. Otherwise, why didn't the anti-Japanese government punish him?This seems reasonable.However, during the Chinese New Year, the anti-Japanese government "supported the army and gave priority to family members" and sent red lights to the anti-Japanese families, but hung a black pigskin lamp on his door; it was depressing and dirty.It's not like he was assigned to support the Japanese army.In the end, there was a news that he no longer went out to practice medicine, because he lost his face outside and dared not go again.It is said that the last time he went out to practice medicine, he ran into a robber who robbed him of all his medicine bags and belongings, leaving only a string of bells in his hand.He ran desperately, lost his way, and it snowed heavily after dark. He finally saw a light, but when he approached, there was a lonely house watching the yard.He knocked on the door to ask for a place to stay, but the door was not opened inside.He said, "It's okay, if you don't stay here, I'm going to freeze to death and starve to death."

The master said through the door: "It's not that I don't accept you. There are sick people in my family. A woman can't bear a child. She is going to die. How can I recruit outsiders?" He said: "Oh, we are destined to be doctors, and I am the doctor." The master said: "Don't lie!" In a hurry, he immediately took out the string bell and shook it.When the master heard this, he was overjoyed, and quickly opened the door to invite him into the house. There was a midwife in the room who waited on the parturient woman. After many tossings, the parturient woman was too weak to moan, and only gasped with her mouth open. The baby was not born yet.Song Mingtong only knows how to treat combined milk accumulation, diarrhea, and doesn't know obstetrics at all.What's more, he removed the bells, and he didn't even have any medicine to treat diarrhea. How can he cure it?He couldn't back down, he would really freeze to death if he left this place with food and fire.He said with a sullen face, "Don't worry, light a fire in the side room for me, and I'll go to make alchemy. I'll finish it in half an hour, and keep your mother and child safe."

The male master only had a side building where farm tools, food and grass were stored, and a fire was lit for him there.He went in and closed the door and said, "No peeking, it won't work!" After roasting for a while, his body warmed up, and he felt that the situation was not good.What can I use to induce labor?As he was at his wit's end, he suddenly saw a wheelbarrow leaning against the corner of the wall.The wheels have been removed, and where the two bearings are, there is a pile of black oily corners stained with mud.With an idea, he scooped out the oily mud with his fingers, mixed firewood ash, and formed six black balls the size of sycamore seeds. He opened the door and shouted: "Master, take the elixir."

The master was dubious about him at first, but when he saw that the alchemy was really refined, he immediately put on a smiling face, and immediately said: "I will save people first, and I will prepare meals for the master later." Song Mingtong said: "In the middle of the night, you don't need to prepare another meal. I made this pill and lost a lot of vitality. If there are leftover pancakes and cold sweet potatoes, you can bring some, and I will fill them up first. If you have anything to say, I will talk about it tomorrow. " The host took the elixir and brought two sorghum pancakes and a plate of twisted pickles.He warmed up the pancakes and ate the pickles.There is a fire outside the body, and there is food in the belly, so I feel full, warm and sleepy, and I fall asleep by the fire without realizing it.Just as he was sleeping soundly, he was woken up by a commotion in the room, only to hear shouts: "Call Langzhong quickly, call Langzhong quickly! Don't let him go."

He heard that something was wrong, got up, opened the door and left.Hearing the sound, the master chased after him, shouting as he chased, "Sir, you can't just leave like this!" He felt that something was wrong, so he simply started to run. It was snowing outside and the road was uneven, and he fell on the ground before he ran very far.The owner caught up with him from behind. The master helped him to sit up, then knelt down towards him with a thud, and shouted, "Thank you, sir, for saving your life. The baby is born, and it's a fat boy." "Ah? Yes, I know it will be born."

"What are you running for?" "I never get thanked for saving people, I'm afraid you will thank me!" "How can I be human if I don't thank you for such a great kindness?" It turned out that there was no other reason for the mother to have a difficult labor. It was just that the midwife was a layman, so she exhausted her energy and became too weak to give birth.Wouldn't it be disgusting to eat a few "elixir" like that?When nausea occurs, the stomach convulses, and when the stomach convulses, the abdominal muscles contract.Abdominal muscles contracted, hitting sideways, pushing a child down.The master only thought that the elixir was effective, so he took Song Mingtong home and made offerings to him for several days.Seeing that the mother and child are safe and the sky is clear, I gave him a new purple cloth cotton coat and sent the doctor on his way.Although it was a blessing in disguise, he was too scared to go out to practice medicine again.

This is a rumor with no proof.But it can be seen from this that Song Mingtong is a man who is a little more scheming than ordinary farmers in the hearts of everyone, and he is not far from the big picture.