Chapter 14 Chapter 2 Comrade Army - Student Army

The late-planted rice that is about to mature on the Great Plains is bright yellow as far as the eye can see.Some people describe it as: it looks like a sea with turbid waves. —It is a sea, but a shallow sea.It is very shallow, shallow enough for a person to swim freely in its waves. In the center of this section of the rice sea, a cluster of lush green tile roofs emerges; moreover, there are tall and steep eaves, as well as old and horizontal saponins, cypresses and phoenix trees everywhere. Phoebe.This is a big market at the junction of Pixian County and Chongning County in the west of Chengdu: Andepu.

Today is rush day.The big roads and small roads are slippery and difficult to walk after continuous rain.But the people rushing to the market, from Erbai grain farmers to peasants, from old women holding roosters and eggs, to middle-aged women with homemade cloth on their backs and a large handful of chicken gut cotton strings, Still walking towards Chang Street like pulling strings. The venue dispersed after noon.The tea shops, wine shops, roast meat shops, and noodle shops on the market are more prosperous. He Yaoye, a well-known old tendon, wears an old straw hat that is almost off the ring, and straw sandals on his feet that he has discarded for many years. He leans on a thick leaf tobacco rod that can be used as a walking stick, and his chest is puffed out. , looking around all the way and walking towards the entrance of the field.

Several young men and two middle-aged men were sitting around a tea shop at a large square table facing the street and drinking tea. Everyone is saying hello: "Hey! Master He Yao, go have a bowl of tea." At first glance, they were all acquaintances from the neighbors. He Yaoye smiled happily, showing his gums with a few missing teeth, and the few hard brown beards on his upper lip, which looked like weasels, were also wrinkling. There were tremors on both sides of the face.Walking up the steps, shouting loudly: "Tea money! Tea money!" Ye Zi gave the tobacco rod to his left hand, freeing his stiff right hand full of knots, and bluffed into his belly pocket until someone gave him the tea money. . ——Eating tea in the country farm is still the old price for a hundred years: three coins for a bowl; you can still buy a dime, if you can find a dime. ——I just grabbed dozens of coins and stacked them on the edge of the table in front of me.

He Yaoye was wrapped in leaf tobacco—the willow leaf tobacco produced on his own head, and asked, "What news did you hear today?" "Not yet those." "Is there any comrade army?" "Is there a bang?" "Just as I was about to tell you, Zhang Mangzi also came out, bringing hundreds of people with him." He Yaoye narrowed his eyes and said, "Zhang Mangzi? Which Zhang Mangzi?" "It's Zhang Xi from the valley in Guan County!" This is indeed a noteworthy news.Zhang Xi is a pao brother in the valley of Guanxian County. He is in charge of thousands of miners. Because some of the miners are desperadoes who have committed crimes, they are in several nearby counties in Pingba. The people here almost all regard them as friends in Liangshanbo, and Zhang Xi is the brains of this group of people. Of course, he is not considered as the timely rain Song Jiang, but also Chao Gai, the king of Tota.Therefore, the news that Zhang Xi led the team out of the ravine is enough for everyone to discuss.He Yaoye asked who had such a great ability, and openly invited Zhang Mangzi out of the ravine.

One person replied: "It's not because of a word from Uncle Zhang that I typed it." "Which Uncle Zhang?... Is it Zhang Guagua from Chongyipu, or Zhang Zun from Xinchang Wharf?" "Why don't you ask! Of course it's Uncle Zhang in our new arena who has such great supernatural powers!" "That's not necessarily true. Isn't Zhang Guagua's supernatural power still small?" "When it comes to supernatural powers, there are still miles. For example, King Wu Er of Wenjiang County, Sun Zepei of Chongqing Prefecture, which one is not a three-headed and six-armed leader?"

He Yaoye took off his straw hat, tapped the leaf smoke and said: "I said, Zhang Mangzi's team has also been dragged to the new field?" "That's it!" "It will overwhelm the new venue." "Won't it be crowded? The butt is big for a small field, and it can squeeze thousands of people at once." "It's just some comrades' army, there's also a group of student troops." He Yaoye said in agreement: "I also said the same, a group of students know how to play ball, and they ran out of the school together to join in the fun."

A young man was taking a hookah stick from a middle-aged man beside him.Then he snorted and said, "Don't be so sarcastic, Mr. He Yao. You go to Xinchang and have a look. The student army is better than the comrade army." "I believe what you say." But it can be seen from his squinted eyes that were already a little dizzy, he just didn't believe these words. The young man is his old neighbor. Every year during the busy farming season, the father, son and brothers always go to He Yaoye's house to help and do short-term labor for a few days.He knows better than others the temper of He Yaoye who harms others and benefits himself, and he hates He Yaoye's superficial one-sided attitude more than others.Immediately, his dark face darkened and he said: "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, the student army is really amazing. Many people ran to Xinchang to watch them stand in line for practice, hey! It's so neat!..."

Before finishing speaking, another person interjected and asked: "Student guy, gentle reading doll, can you play tricks?" "Hmph! Gentle? Boys in their teens and twenties with average hair, all of them are as strong as bulls! Don't say they are good at juggling. Some people have seen them and they say they are good at juggling. There are many ways." The young people deliberately praised the student guys, praised and praised, and even said that there was a bull cannon in the student army, which had been polished to a bright spot, "Except for those who have studied in foreign schools, who else can let it go?" Come?"

The more He Yaoye is in front of acquaintances, the more he competes for victory.This young man is not only acquainted, but in terms of seniority and status, Mr. He Yao can't let him have the upper hand.Therefore, he flicked the leaf soot, and said with a smile: "Don't hit the shell again! When it comes to putting cattle and cannons, I know better than you. I remember beating Li Duandada and Lan Dashun during the season, Uncle Xingshun of my family is in the regiment training, and he has the military merits of firing the cannon. It is not unusual for him to be able to fire the ball cannon, one shot after another. Others put the cannon, they only pay attention to the distance and the height , The sound of hitting was deafening. My uncle Xingshun not only has these abilities, but he also hits accurately. For example, half a mile away, he hung a cloak on a tree branch, and asked him to take off the cloak so as not to hurt the branch. You see, He just tilted his head, bang! With one cannon shot, he just knocked off the cloak without hurting the branches. Everyone said that his sixth-rank military merit was due to his good accuracy in shooting cattle. … Hehe! Who can say that only students who have studied in foreign schools will be released? My uncle Xingshun is not a student, and has never studied in foreign schools. Hehe! He..."

The young man asked uncompromisingly, "Is your Uncle Xingshun still around?" "His bones are already beating. Think about it, I'm in my fifties, and I was still a baby when he was practicing in the team." "Is there anyone in your family who is as good at firing bullshit as Uncle Xingshun?" "Well! That's not true." "Good way! Don't say that only students who have studied in foreign schools will be released. It's not bad. Why do you hang your mouth and say don't be a fool?" But this stopped He Yaoye, like a stone against his heart.The young man was of course proud of his victory, and the rest of the people were not worried about He Yaoye's anger, so they all laughed.

He Yaoye is a food householder, and his stomach is different after all, so he is not angry.He smoked leaves, looked at the white sky, and sighed intentionally or unintentionally: "It should be sunny too! In the future, we will have a few days of red fire and bright sun, so that we will have enough to eat!" A middle-aged man agreed casually: "Ah! Master He, you just said that? It's almost every day, and you still have enough to eat. Why do you say that? First of all, you have so many fields yourself, How much you collect and how much you count is all up to you. Besides, your harvest of leaf tobacco this year is better than last year. Besides, the owner of the field you inherited from Daoshiqiao is kind and never came to the county to clean it After you, the sky is dry and the water is flooded. It all depends on your words. If you take 10% of the money, you will get 70% of it, and if you take 80% of it, you will get 50%. !" "Ouch! Ouch! You speak so kindly of the Hao family!" He Yaoye deliberately wrinkled his face that looked like dried pears, and shook his graying head repeatedly. "There is such a kind master in the world, the dog doesn't even eat shit!" He took a puff of green smoke thickly, facing the crowd, "I tell you, it was just last month that the master's son Hao Yousan sent him away again." Someone came to add a deposit. There are dozens of acres of land in total, and now the deposit has been increased to 342 taels of silver. Cough! Do the math, is it kind or not? Cough! Silver money, hard money, three hundred and forty taels One hundred and forty taels, even if you squeeze it with yellow mud, it will swell your fingers! Think about it, how many people can hold such a heavy bet. I heard that Hao Yousan, a young man, It's a f*cking playboy, it's hard to guarantee that he will stop reaching out to me during the Chinese New Year this year, when I think of him, my brain hurts!" Several people saw his deliberate affectation, and said with a smile: "Could it be that if Hao Jiaguang increased the deposit, your rent would not be reduced? Don't deceive us, we are all tenants, who doesn't have a heart? Rice bowl? If the Hao family bets another time this year, it will be your He Yaoye's joy!" He Yaoye murmured in a low voice, "Happy? It's more like worrying." "You really know how to pretend to be crazy! I don't want to ask you, if the Hao family gives you a deposit of 80% of the land price, do you want to slaughter his land?" After picking off the leaf cigarette butts with his fingers, He Yaoye said: "Slaughter? It's so easy to say! Isn't it heavy enough for you to silence me as a two-year-old grain household? Alas! Tell you, when you become a grain Households, don’t count your income, not your output. I only count a few big bills to tell you: serious landlord money and grain,” he bent a finger of his left hand; “perennial donations,” and bent One; "Gengzi indemnity," another one; "New Deal Additional," another one; "Railway stock lease," made a fist with his left hand, and raised his fist. "In a word, if you produce a load from the field, you will lose your seven buckets. If you can't produce a load, you will have to collect enough seven buckets. You are so old!" Because more than half of what he said was true, everyone stopped attacking him. One person even said slowly: "It's not that the comrades' association has already printed leaflets. Didn’t you pay the land and food?” "That's a leaflet from the Comrades' Association. It's a good thing, but it's a pity that the Comrades' Association and the railway company have been blocked by Butcher Zhao. Now it's Butcher Zhao's world again. If he bastard doesn't punish you a few times, even if he governs benevolently, you still have to Think what benefits he will give you!" Immediately five or six mouths were scrambling to speak: "We now have a comrade-in-arms army, and I'm afraid that Zhao Tuhu will be crooked again!" "The doggy Zhao Tuhu only bullies the weak and fears the strong. The comrades' association is a group of gentle and old-fashioned, so he was bullied by him." "He bastard silently said that we Sichuan people are all barbarians, easy to bully!" "It's unreasonable to ask the Comrade Army to Chengdu Province first!" "The world will be at peace only if you drive away his assholes." "It's not enough to just drive Zhao Tuhu away..." Another middle-aged man who often traveled to Chengdu and claimed to be well-informed rushed to say: "Yes! There are also Zhou Tuzi, Tian Mangzi, and Wang Kezi." He Yaoye said: "Zhou Tuzi is a villain, I know him, he should be taken away. Tian Mangzi, Wang Kezi, what kind of people are they doing?" "Bang? Don't you even know these two people? Tian Mangzi is Tian Zhengkui, and Wang Kezi is the king!" Several people shouted at the same time: "Is it these two treasures? You should go away! You should go away!" He Yaoye went on to say: "There are a lot of corrupt officials in Sichuan. It's hard to get rid of these few people. In a word, Sichuan people should recite when they met two bastards from the Zhao family. You always You should remember? Ever since Zhao Erxun started the Economic Expropriation Bureau, none of us in Sichuan has been cut and stripped by him. When I say cut and peel, I don’t wrong him at all. .Damn it, it's getting harder and harder every day!" It was the well-informed middle-aged man again, tapping a hookah stick on the top of the bench, and said: "When it comes to the Bureau of Economics and Expropriation, I think of the case that happened in Peng County on the seventh day of this month. . . . Do you know why the people of Peng County beat up the Bureau of Economic Expropriation?" "I don't know! It's because of the woman you mentioned, Tian Mangzi, who sold her charms in the theater and caused disaster." After the middle-aged man transferred the bamboo hookah stick that was greasy and sweaty from rubbing to someone else's hand, he took a sip of tea, then shook his head and said, "It's just a pretext to moles that whore. Actually, It's because the economic and tax bureau of that dog day is too abominable!..." Before the audience could finish speaking, they all responded in unison: "That's right, it's too disgusting!..." He Yaoye especially said angrily: "In the past, being an official also required money, and there was no limitless money like the Bureau of Economic Expropriation. For example, in the past, donations were made all the year round, and the officials of the feudal lord went to the county. You have to spend your money to prepare an oil factory, invite the squires in the county to eat, and talk nicely before talking about donations. During this time, the squires have to negotiate the price. Ten thousand taels of silver can be negotiated up to eight Thousands. After the deal, the county magistrate will spread it out according to the book. But is this the way the fucking bureau is? That’s not true! Damn, the oil is gone. Cough! The oil is not unusual, to be honest Speaking of which, who hasn’t eaten the oil? Speaking of which, it’s a kind of etiquette! When officials ask us for money, they have to talk about etiquette. In other words, the fucking tax collection bureau only knows that it wants money. It wants money. Today, a notice said that what kind of tax will be collected, you are limited to pay within ten days. After paying the tax, the second fucking notice came out again, you have to pay any donations and taxes that you have never heard of since ancient times; Even the extras are out. I have lived for sixty years, and before Zhao Erxun, I have never heard of such a thing. Before Zhao Erxun, it was time for Sichuan people to memorize it. These two bastards from the Zhao family!" The middle-aged man said: "Master He Yao, you said that before Zhao Erxun, you had never heard of the killing and stripping of common people. ?” "Yeah! It's such a big deal, I've completely forgotten about it?" He Yaoye couldn't help but slapped his forehead, and slapped off a small braid that was coiled on the top of his head, and dragged it around On the back, it looks like a cauliflower snake. Several young people scrambled to say: "It's a big case. We've all heard the old people say it. They also said that Li Youheng, the admiral of the whole province, got his head off because of this case, but is it true? " "That's not true!" "Then, people in Dongxiang County were able to make trouble decades ago, but we can't come here today, why should we be punished by the Bureau of Expropriation?" The well-informed middle-aged man interjected: "The Peng County Economic Expropriation Bureau borrowed his wife to sell enchanting clothes in the theater because of the unreasonable Tang Yutong who only knew how to ask for money. For the first time, the Bureau of Economics and Expropriation was beaten." He Yaoye said: "Oh! So that's the case. No wonder, I said Zhao Tuhu is such a crooked person, why didn't he send Liangzi to Peng County to arrest him this time? Uh! He is afraid that the people will unite and cause trouble!" "It doesn't mean that he is afraid of the people. If he is afraid, he will not open the red mountain at the gate of the courtyard on the fifteenth day." "On the day of the opening of Hongshan, half of the blame is on the people of Chengdu. If there were people from West Road present on that day, I'm afraid they wouldn't beat him to pieces!" "It's hard, we people in West Road are tough." "That's why I said, once our Comrade Army on the West Road leaves, we just need to fight one ah-ho, and I'm sure we'll get his bastard out of Sichuan." He Yaoye opened his mouth, exposed his toothless gums again, and said with a smile, "That's true! I hope that butcher Zhao will be taken away. If nothing else, Sheng Xuanhuai and Duanfang will be forced to come back." A treacherous minister who returned our railway money to us. It doesn’t matter if the railway is not repaired, but they have to spit out the money. It’s such an easy job! The hard-earned money we saved up, he and I are so easy Did you swallow it by accident?" Everyone talked lively and harmoniously like this.The Maojian tea in front of everyone has turned into a bowl of boiled water.People drinking tea in the tea shop were even sparser, and it was already lunch time. Suddenly a young man asked He Yaoye: "I don't want to ask you, He Yaoye, did you donate a lot of rations for the Comrade Army?" Immediately, He Yaoye felt as if he was numb, and his nerves were so tense that they ached.While grabbing the dozens of coins stacked on the edge of the table in front of him, stuffing them into the belly pocket, he turned to ask cautiously: "Did you ask this all the time?" "Why don't you ask? Thousands of mouths need to eat!" "That's right! You have to rely on others to work hard, don't you even provide food for them?" "And you can't miss a meal." "I know that everyone is happy to donate. The widowed mother of our first insurance donated even the old bacon that was saved from cutting the millet. I just don't know that you donated a lot. I will come to your home yesterday I came here to ask, because Tammy has gone to Xinchang, so it’s too late.” He Yaoye straightened his chest uprightly, opened his eyes and said: "I have already told Baozheng that I will definitely donate, donate white rice—five—dou!" Several people were surprised and said: "Hey! Look, Mr. He Yao also made five buckets of white rice!" He Yaoye also felt that everyone was dissatisfied, so he laughed and said: "Five old fights, it's almost two hundred catties!" "That's right! Wulaodou white rice, in your eyes, He Yaoye, it's not too small..." "Ah! Listen to me, I haven't finished yet. I said, the millet is about to be threshed. I have some rice in my barn, but it's only enough for the long-term workers to eat while threshing the millet." , wait until the millet goes down the tree, and see how the harvest is, okay, I will donate another load of white rice—a load of ten old buckets!..." "It's not too bad! However, compared with us small tenants, an old burden is always less." The middle-aged man smiled and said: "You don't know, Mr. He Yao is warm-hearted and generous. Right now, he is willing to donate rice for the time being. Five old buckets and one old burden... Listen carefully, five old buckets and another old burden... I dare say that when the millet falls down the tree, He Yaoye will happily donate another old load and five old buckets!" "Hey hey!... Ho ho ho!..." He Yaoye stood up abruptly, put the straw hat off the ring on his head, and said uncomfortably: "I don't want to talk about you, I'm going home." The young man next door smiled and said, "Don't worry. We have to go to Xinchang to see the Comrade Army." "Let you go today, and I will go to see them the next day when they set off." Xinchang is located in Wuhuali, just east of Andepu. That is to say, on the plain avenue of tens of Huali from Pixian County to Guanxian County, first pass Xinchang, and then Andepu. Xinchang is much smaller than Anderpu, with only one street in total—but there are quite a lot of large yards outside the place, as well as many large ancestral halls. ——Because Zhang Zun's wharf is here, the newly established Zhengxi Road Comrade Army is also located here. The organization of the Zhengxi Road Comrade Army is as follows: its general brain has a very unique name called the President.Why take this name?Zhang Zun did not say that he borrowed it from the "Xinmin Congbao" he was familiar with, but just explained that since this person is going to be in charge of his five-way commander, he should be called the president and add the word "big". It just makes it sound more majestic.But the president is not Zhang Zun.Before it was published, that is to say, before the red newspaper was posted outside the gate of the Changshang Township Office, it was discussed that Zhang Jiexian from Chongyipu, nicknamed "Zhang Guagua", would be in charge.The reason is that Zhang Jiexian is also the leader of the Gelaohuiren brand, and he is a little older in his lineage; Zhang Jiexian is forty-three years old, one year older than Zhang Zun; of course his qualifications are higher, Zhang Jiexian is almost a public primary school supervisor, Zhang Zun is just the owner of a pawn shop. Although the latter is a martial arts scholar, the former has passed the test basket, and his status as a literary boy is much higher than that of a martial arts scholar. Finally, there is another reason, that is, Zhang Zun is the host. The Lord does not tyrannize, this is an ironclad rule of the Gelaohui on the seabed.Therefore, when Zhang Jiexian's name was announced, the whole courtyard—the big courtyard where Zhang Zun lived—approximately two hundred people cheered in unison, and a string of thousands of firecrackers was lit from the dam of the main courtyard and continued It crackled across the front yard, through the gate, and continued for a while on the threshing floor.Zhang Jiexian immediately walked to the front of the large square table surrounded by a red baize table for offering sacrifices to heaven, raised his hands high, and arched in all directions: "Thanks to the promotion of all the brothers and brothers, I am entrusted with a great responsibility, and it is inconvenient for me to resign! But brother I have little talent and learning, and I am not in the right place. I still hope that all my brothers and sisters should be around, and praise and criticize!..." Then it was announced by the President—of course, it was discussed and agreed—that Zhang Zun will be the leader of the first line.There was another burst of earth-shattering cheers, and another string of thousand-son firecrackers.The second road was led by the president and also cheered for a while, and set off a string of firecrackers.The commander of the third route was Zhang Xi who had just come out of the valley in Guan County.This time the cheers were mixed with some good-natured banter: "Hey! The Comrade Army on Zhengxi Road has become the Zhang Family Army!" "This time we work, we guarantee immediate success." "Why do you say that?" "Hey, don't you remember that the king who suppressed Sichuan was surnamed Zhang?" "Which one?" "Zhang Xianzhong!" "Bah! It's unlucky. Why don't you compare it with the third master Huanhou?" The leader of the Fourth Route is Liu Yinxi, a well-known helmsman in Guan County.Yao Baoshan, the commander of the fifth road, is the head of the loggers in the mountains of Guanxian County. He and Zhang Xi are the two town tigers in the mountains of Guanxian County. For some reason, he promised to bring a thousand people out, but he never went down the mountain.When the names of these commanders were announced, they were all cheered, and a string of thousands of sons was played. The last one to announce was Yang Gengeng, the commander of the student army.Everyone only heard that this person was a member of the academic circle, and had worked as a supervisor in a middle school in Chengdu.Probably due to the fact that there are more than 200 people, only Jiang Chunfeng, Wang Ziyi, and Chu Yong cheered vigorously. I just shouted as usual, and there was no trace of enthusiasm in my voice.On the contrary, the firecrackers that were set off were the same as the previous few strings, and they were crackling very lively. Under the command of Wulu, more than 20 brigades have been organized, and the captains are all the helmsmen on various docks. The student army is the most special.For example, Zhang Xi only brought out more than 700 mine masters from the mountains, so he formed four brigades, and each brigade could not pull more than two hundred people.The 500 or so members of the student army formed only one brigade, and the commander of the student army almost became a false name. Yang Lingeng never showed his face at all, and the captain of the brigade, Jiang Chunfeng, was actually the commander. Speaking of which, Jiang Chunfeng was just a student of the Chengdu Sericulture School. In that era when qualifications were everywhere, how could he be recognized by everyone and actually serve as the captain of the student army?According to Wang Ziyi's explanation, there are still reasons: First, he is a member of the Tongmenghui, and he also joined the Gelaohui. One of the contacts.Secondly, he is active and adventurous, and he dares to go in and out of the Army Park in Phoenix Mountain on weekdays.He fought fiercely with the revolutionaries in the new army and the Biemu team. When Zhu Zhihong—that is, Zhu Shuchi—came to Chengdu to hold a shareholders’ meeting and secretly gathered members in Chengdu to discuss major issues, he followed him as the school supervisor. Cao Du participated once.Secondly, Chengdu had just gone on strike, and he had seen some signs of it, so he didn't discuss it with other members, and even Supervisor Cao didn't tell him, so he rode alone to Xinchang and Chongyipu to find Zhang Zun and Zhang Jiexian. Made some deployments to take advantage of the opportunity. Wang Ziyi said: "If it weren't for that, how could the Comrade Army on Zhengxi Road be established so quickly, and within a few days, thousands of people could be gathered, and it was organized?" It was later proved that some comrades in western Sichuan, southern Sichuan, and northern Sichuan responded, although it was not entirely because of the words of Zhang Zun and Zhang Jiexian that they responded one after another, but it can indeed be said that the Zhengxi Road comrades opened for other comrades. Leading the way and setting an example.Of course, Jiang Chunfeng played some role in this process. Others don't know it, but Zhang Zun and Zhang Jiexian certainly understand it.Therefore, after the establishment of the student army, he was specially recruited to serve as the captain. Under the student army brigade, four squadrons can be organized at once, which is beyond the expectations of ordinary people. When he was planning to set up the Zhengxi Road Comrade Army to replace the weak Comrade Association organized by a group of Mr. Gentlemen, he never expected that as soon as the news spread, people from Pi County, Chongning County, and Guan County , Chongqing Prefecture, Dayi County, Pujiang County, Wenjiang County, Shuangliu County, Xindu County, Xinfan County, Xinjin County, Hanzhou, Jianzhou, Chengdu County, Huayang County, these small and medium-sized Hundreds of students came to the school, clamoring: They are also part of the nation, they want to join the army, they want to take their guns to oppose the autocratic demon king Zhao Erfeng, the traitors Sheng Xuanhuai and Duanfang, and the unscrupulous Sichuanese who betrayed their hometown Li Jixun, Gan Dazhang, Song Yuren, they did not hesitate to sacrifice blood! Zhang Zun and Zhang Jie discussed for a long time.At first, I praised these young people for their enthusiasm and courage.Later, when I considered how to settle this group of people, it became a problem. Zhang Zun stuffed his chubby body on an old-fashioned grand master's chair, bent his short legs and squatted on the edge of the chair, picked his nostril with his right index finger—a finger like a little carrot, and said: " What are you talking about! Let them all be included in your team, okay? Hengshun has your students in it." Zhang Jie first bit the mouthpiece of a long-leaf tobacco rod with his teeth, leaned on the corner of the square table, scratched the stubble of the beard on his thin cheeks that would never be cleanly shaved with five fingers, thought for a while and said: "It's still not good." .I know the temper of a student boy...and we must not get along with those brothers...Brothers heard and listened to the teaching, as long as the brothers speak up, it is equivalent to an imperial decree, do whatever it is called, there will be no The second sentence. The student doll...cough!...that's naughty! Whatever you say, they will ask you why....Together, there will inevitably be conflicts...how many things will happen instead. " "Then, say hello to two days of leisure, and send them home." Zhang Jie spit on the floor first, still looking at a thin loquat tree in the courtyard, slowly shook his head and said, "No way! They won't agree to you....their enthusiasm is so high...you will definitely I can't suppress it...I think it's better to wipe it along the fur." Zhang Zun looked at the nostril-picking finger with great interest, flicked it to the ground again, and said, "How do you wipe it along the fur?" "I think so..." As a result of the discussion, Yincai decided to gather all the students who joined the army together and form a separate student army besides the Five Route Comrade Army.There are four squadrons organized under the brigade, each squadron is organized into three sub-units, each sub-unit is organized into three sub-units, and each sub-unit has 13 to 17 members. Why is there a "not waiting"?Because the students like to find their own classmates, or find their own fellow-townsmen and colleagues to form a team, they don’t listen to the team leader to form a team according to the roster, they clamored: "We can no longer follow the way of dividing classes in the school, that way, It’s too unfree!” Their first purpose of joining the army was to fight for freedom.They were very familiar with the popular saying at the time: "Give me liberty or give me death!" There were ten students from Chengdu, even though no two of them were in the same school, and even though they were from different places of origin, because they all came from Chengdu and liked each other, they naturally crowded together and refused to separate them.But ten people really cannot form a team.In desperation, a student from Huayang County Qianxici Primary School, a public Shiyangchang Primary School student, and a private Shibantan Liao's Primary School student were arrested with great effort and formed a small team.Among this team, Wang Ziyi had the highest qualifications, a student of the Normal School in Tong Province, and a member of the Tongmeng Association; he was also the oldest, already twenty-two years old.Therefore, he was pushed to be the captain of the first team of the first unit of the first squadron, and he was forced to take off the myopia glasses he had worn for several years and pack them in his luggage.It is said that no soldier wearing glasses has ever been heard of since ancient times. Among the comrades in Zhengxi Road, the number of student troops is small, and the average age is very young. Among them, there is only one person who is 24 years old, and that is the captain Jiang Chunfeng; Nineteen-year-olds are the most; there are dozens of people as young as fourteen or even thirteen.Take the guy, no better than other teams.In addition to seventeen open fire guns and a cast iron bull cannon that I don't know where to find, there are the most spears-spears, which are a new weapon.It probably evolved from a mixture of old weapons such as spears, lances, guns, and throwing guns.The form is on a green paulownia stick head about four feet long and roughly the size of a wine glass, with an iron object that looks like a dagger and a spearhead.This iron vessel is no more than six or seven inches long, with a pointed head, a broad body, a thick belly, and two sharp-edged blades.It is said that Chongqing prefecture has the best steel fire, and half of the spears used by the students are made in Chongqing prefecture. —The second is the knife.There are also many types of knives. There are Nanyang knives with handles, chopping knives without handles, waist knives, and sabers.In addition, there are a few claw forks, and some short weapons such as iron whips, iron copper, and copper hammers.The captain Jiang Chunfeng used a Qingfeng sword.Team leader Wang Ziyi used a pike, which was very inconvenient to practice, because without glasses, he couldn't see clearly at a distance of more than ten feet.The uniforms of the student army, like other teams, are all carry-on clothes.Only a small number of people wear gym clothes, sun hats, and green cloth Chaoyuan shoes. The student army is not good at wielding weapons. The disadvantage is that they are small and not strong enough.But it's commendable to drop the guy to get some strides.Because no matter where the students come from, they have all learned gymnastics, and it doesn't take much effort to go down to the playground. Four squadrons—twelve squadrons—thirty-six squadrons naturally stand shoulder to shoulder. Neatly.As long as you say "stand upright!" and "look right-up!" can almost be played with ink lines.Even if the three small queues are lined up, "start-go!" from one end to the other end, there is still not much difference.I once did exercises twice, and caused a sensation in the surrounding area, saying that the student army is the courage of the Zhengxi Road Comrade Army. On the day of departure, before dawn, Xinchang Street and the ridges and ditches on both sides of the main road leading to Pixian County Chengguan were already crowded with people.Sure enough, Master He Yao also came from five miles away to see off the comrade army, mainly the student army. The student army ranks behind the second comrade army and before the third comrade army; the first comrade army is the vanguard, and the fourth comrade army is the fourth comrade army. ——Yao Baoshan's Fifth Comrade Army hadn't left the mountain yet.Because waiting for his team, it took a few more days. ——The first squadron, the first squadron, and the first squadron lined up in front of the student army.Team leader Wang Ziyi was wearing gym pants, a sun hat, and Chaoyuan shoes, with a small bundle on his left shoulder and a pike on his right shoulder, with a pair of protruding eyes, and a solemn look on his face. Staring blankly ahead, he walked beside Chu Yong of the first team. Chu Yong still wore the same clothes, only a cotton belt was tied around his waist, and the front and back of the jacket was pulled up and tied into the belt.There is also a small bag on the left shoulder.Because he was only wrapped in sweats borrowed from Luo Qixian and his own short jacket with small sleeves of Yuanqing cloth, the burden was smaller than Wang Ziyi's.Of course, there is also a spear dart on the right shoulder. He was walking in the queue, not as serious as Wang Ziyi and the others, so he could clearly see the men, women and children who were crowding on the street and on the side of the road to see them off.All of them put on enthusiastic faces, some were just laughing, some opened their mouths and shouted something.Although I haven't learned how to slap my hands and shout farewell in the city, I can't help but dance with my hands and feet.The children were still running along with the team, yelling, "I'm going too! I'm going too!..." If they weren't scared and pulled back by the adults, many children would have followed them all the way to Pixian County . Chu Yong became happy, turned around and said to Wang Ziyi, "Really, I didn't expect that even if you can't find foreign drums and foreign horns, you should learn from Zhang Jie and they get some Guoshan horns to play a few toots." "why?" "He Xiao asked, isn't it a strong military appearance!" On the morning of July 15th, the shareholder representatives who lived in the railway school guest house had already had breakfast, and some of them had already got up to go to the railway company.朱之洪——他的号叫叔痴——在后阶沿漱口洗脸完毕，刚刚折身走进寝室，一个姓邬的绵州代表问他道：“你今天还是要去开会吗？” “自然啰。” 姓邬的代表笑了笑道：“我已告了假了。” “为啥要缺席？” “我的胆子素来小，我怕危险。” “危险，有什么危险？莫非你听见啥子消息，有人要捣乱会场吗？” “就是听见有人说，昨天赵季和已叫洋务局照会各国洋人，要他们连夜连晚迁到四圣祠教堂去，以便他派兵保护。据说，今天城里要出事。说不定就要在会场上逮人哩。” 朱之洪心头一紧，连忙追问道：“你听哪个人说的，可不可靠？” “一个川北代表说的。他说，昨夜有人来向张表方告密，叫表方他们赶快逃走的好。” “他们逃了不曾？” “他们不信赵季和会翻脸。” “他们为啥不把这消息转告给众人呢？” "I do not know." “你估定赵季和会在会场逮人吗？” “我不敢估定。不过我宁可信其有。” “你决定缺席了？” “假都告了，我为啥还去出席？”姓邬的代表又笑了笑，问道，“你真个要去开会吗？依我愚见，莫去吧。” “自然不去啦！只是今天不去，以后又如何喃？” “我倒没有想到以后的事。今天我决计找朋友打一天麻将，消遣消遣。” “对，我也找朋友去。” 朱之洪找的朋友，就是劝业道办的蚕桑学堂监督曹笃表字叔实的。 他挥着一把广东大蒲葵扇，绕着旧皇城西边御河，走进旧皇城的厚载门，来到蚕桑学堂门口时，身上的汗水已把白麻布长衫的背心全浸湿了。蚕桑学堂内内外外一片桑林很是茂盛，原来就是前几年周善培所培植的湖桑。这时，火辣辣的太阳晒下来，使人感到湖桑益发绿肥得可爱。学堂侧就是那座有名的煤山。——煤山，不如叫作煤渣山，本是铸造制钱的宝川局烧剩的煤炭渣子，日积月累，二百多年来竟自在旧皇城的东北角空地上堆成这么一座圆锥形的小山，几乎比北校场的五担山还高，在平坦的成都城内真要算是唯一高地。宝川局废了，局址已改建为劝业道衙门，煤渣山的四周也被青草装饰起来，渐渐改变了那副可厌的面貌。 朱之洪一直走到绿荫深处监督室，把门帘一掀。曹笃正在房间里，穿了件白洋纱汗衣，一条细发辫盘在头上，提着笔，伏在书案上写什么东西。 “写些什么？一定是见不得人的东西！”朱之洪故意提起嗓子一嚷。 曹笃连忙把写的东西向抽屉里一塞，惊惊张张回头看了看，方嘻开阔嘴一笑：“是你！”又把写的东西从抽屉里取出，向桌上一放道，“猜得对，硬是见不得人的东西。” “是什么？”朱之洪一面把白麻布长衫脱下，撂在靠壁一间行床上。并且拿起桌上的瓷茶壶就向一只茶杯里斟。 “没有茶了，等我叫小工去冲了来。”曹笃果就朝着大开的窗子，提起嗓子大喊小工。 “你这里真清静。我一直走进来，除了传事室一个传事在那里扫地外，就没碰见一个人。” “若是不罢课，你来试试看。”他把茶壶递给走来的小工，嘱咐加一些茶叶，而后问坐在窗前椅上的客人，“你们今天休会吗？怎么这会儿跑到我这里来？” “因为有事和你商量。……说不定还要搬到你这清静地方来住几天哩。” 朱之洪把那姓邬的代表所说的话重诉一遍后，道：“我不知道你这里有没有这类的消息？” 曹笃一面注意地听，一面搔着油晃晃的绛色脸巴上的络腮胡子碴儿道：“我这里是城市山林，哪有什么消息！”他沉吟了一会儿，“张表方他们不信老赵会翻脸，这是他们没有吃过专制政府的亏，仗恃他们是绅粮，是议员。在我们革命党人看来，老赵不但会翻脸，还一定会杀人哩。” “你这样看，可有什么根据？” 曹笃回身把适才从抽屉里重新取出、放在书案上的那张纸取来，递给朱之洪，道：“你看看这是什么。” 朱之洪一看第一行上的四个字“普告汉人”，立刻就跳了起来道：“是不是《民报》特刊'天讨'里面的那篇文章？” “怎么不是？”他还补足一句，“自然是的。” “你抄下来做啥？” “不是为了散发出去，唤起黄帝魂，高揭革命旗，难道还为了别的？” “你一个人在搞吗？” “那倒不止。第二小学那班朋友听说都在散发。” “是不是也像朱国琛搞的《川人自保商榷书》那样到处散发？” “那倒不像。朱国琛的那篇东西，只商量四川人怎样才能自由、独立，没有一句革命、排满的话，所以印刷公司还敢接手代印。一印几百份，自然可以到处散发，甚至可以散到各衙门去。《普告汉人》这篇东西，哪个敢出头拿去印？就敢拿去印，印刷公司也不敢接手的。记得有人说过，只卢师谛前年借第二小学的油印机偷偷印刷了一批，也不过十来本，不够散发。我们才来抄写。抄多少，散发多少，为数有限，拿效力说，自然不会有朱国琛的《川人自保商榷书》一下来得那么大。” 朱之洪把《普告汉人》交还给曹笃，一面点着头道：“不错。所以我很疑心老赵今天若是有什么举动，或者就为了朱国琛的那篇《川人自保商榷书》。” “嗯！十有七八。……”他忽然若有所悟地问道，“他们君主立宪派对于朱国琛这篇东西，是怎么样的看法？是不是疑心到我们革命党人搞的？你直接探询过他们没有？” “我怎么好直接探询他们呢？看样子，他们并不疑心是同盟会人搞的。听到彭兰棻向别人议论，他们认为是官场中的维新派搞的，意思还说是为他们张了目了。” 曹笃又嘻开那张海口，发出一种真诚笑声道：“啊哈哈！那么，人家说蒲伯英聪明绝顶，罗梓青伶俐过人，看起来也不见得啰！” 他们就这样潇潇洒洒地谈说到吃了午饭，又喝了几杯热茶。朱之洪把脱下的白麻布长衫重新穿上。 曹笃随着也站了起来道：“我说，不如再坐一会儿，谈谈我们在目前究竟该做些什么事。” “不用再谈了。成都这方面没有我们的势力。既然很多盟员都散而之四方，倒不如去外州县发动的好。如其成都有了什么变动，那更是机不可失。” 这时，天色已变，原先火辣辣的太阳已经被灰扑扑的云幕遮住；灰云上面还腾起一堆一堆的乌云。 曹笃把朱之洪送到学堂门口。两个人还没有握别，忽然极远地方传来一阵刚能听得见的响声，声音不大，却是很异样，而且是陆陆续续响一阵又一阵。两个人都怔了怔。 “是打瓮雷的声音吗？” “不像，倒像在放鞭炮。” “哦！是的。今天是中元节……” 本学堂的传事同着几个住堂学生慌慌张张从厚载门那面飞跑过来。只管被监督拦住问话，都顾不得平日的监督尊严和他们应有的礼貌，每个人都脸色苍白地乱喊着：“快把大门关了……制台衙门开了红山！……巡防兵杀出来了……见人就打……满街都是打死的人！……” 两个人也就伙着奔回来的人跨进学堂，把大门紧紧关上。 但是在监督室面对面地坐了一会儿后，朱之洪头一个开了口说：“这会儿又无声无响的，该不会是谣言吧？” 曹笃也点了点头：“人心这样浮动，是谣言也说不定。” “即使老赵在会场逮人，也不会闹到流血呀！” “自然啰！不管怎样，也没有叫巡防兵遍街杀人的道理。” “坐在这里，耳目太闭塞了，不如亲自到街上去看看。若果不是谣言，我们也好打主意啊。” 曹笃同意了，也穿上一件白麻布长衫，顺手把钱包向衣袋里一塞。两个人不顾传事、学生们的劝阻，走出绿荫四合的学堂。但是在走到西顺城街，遇见陈锦江之前，他们还是同街上的普通百姓一样，并不晓得事情的真相，只是惊惊惶惶地捏了两把汗。 曹笃像获得至宝似的，一把将身体长得颇为结实的陈锦江从满街奔走的行人行列中拉到街边，问道：“说是巡防兵遍街杀人，可是真事情？” “没有的事，”陈锦江呼着热气，并用手巾擦着额上的汗珠道，“只听说制台衙门把一些去请愿的百姓打死了不少。” 朱之洪插嘴问道：“请愿？” 曹笃连忙介绍说：“这位是朱叔痴先生，铁路公司的股东代表，从重庆来开会的。”又凑着陈锦江的耳朵说道，“也是盟员。”赓即转向朱之洪说道：“这位是陈锦江，陆军里一位督队官，也是……” 朱之洪在曹笃暗示之下，忙把右手的四个手指屈着伸过去。陈锦江也照样把右手递来。两个人的手指互相钩连着摇了摇，在不懂暗号的人看来，只觉得两人在行握手礼。 客气之后，陈锦江四面看了看，街上急匆匆、闹嚷嚷的行人已经稀少了。遂低声说道：“朱先生，我劝你立刻回重庆的好。” “立刻？” “嗯！是的。赵大人已经把蒲议长、罗副议长以及几位议员、几位学堂监督都逮去了。听说铁路公司、铁道学堂两处都派巡防兵围得水泄不通，大约是股东代表都跑不脱。看光景，赵大人是安心办人的。” 曹笃问道：“你说百姓们请愿，为了什么事去请愿？” “就是为了请愿释放蒲议长他们。” “为啥又打死人呢？” “那便不晓得了。我正在小淖坝我母舅家吃供饭，听见院门口枪声很密，跑去一打听，才晓得是那回事。” “难怪你穿上了便衣。……此刻到哪里去？” “回凤凰山营盘。” 这时，东边天际又涌起一阵乌云。但又不像是云，因为下面还现出一派殷红色影。陈锦江说，恐怕是下东大街火烧房子。大家相信成都的消防办得好，这火绝不会成灾，也就不去注意。 曹笃接着问道：“你们陆军里头还是跟以前一样吗？” “是的，还是赞成同志会的人多。这情形，朱统制很清楚，所以赵大人一直没有调动我们陆军。” “巡防兵的人数多，还是你们陆军的人数多？”朱之洪很有意思地问了这么两句。 “我们陆军人数多。” “能不能发动一下？” 陈锦江皱起眉头沉吟道：“不行，我们的盟员既少，又都是下级官兵。一些得力朋友不是清查出来杀了，就是跑了。何况队伍当中，人心又不很齐。不用说管带以上多数是外省人，就是本省人，存心升官晋级的，大概十分有九，其余一分，也没有啥子大志，如其同他们说到什么非常举动，包得定他们会去告发的。” 朱之洪道：“假使有了机会呢？” 陈锦江立刻很严肃地说：“自然，决不放过！” 等到陈锦江告别向北门走后，朱之洪用嘴朝他背影一努，问曹笃道：“这个人怎么样？” “不很清楚。仅只由我的学生蒋淳风介绍谈过一次，看来还是个热血男子。” 朱之洪不由叹了一声道：“你们成都盟员真是一盘散沙！学界的朋友简直就不和军界的朋友联络联络。” 曹笃强勉笑道：“岂止不和军界的联络，就是同一学界的人，也是素不相侔的。这都吃亏四川的支部，自从黄理君、谢慧生两人逃走后，一直没再成立的缘故。唉！目前不说这些了，陈锦江劝你立刻回重庆，你意下如何？” “自然三十六计，走为上计。难道还回铁道学堂去自投罗网吗？” “有盘缠没有？”曹笃已把衣袋里的钱包取出。 “有的，裹肚兜里银圆铜圆都有。” “一定不够，十二站路程，够远啰！” 朱之洪接过他分来的五块银圆，一面向裹肚兜里塞，一面低声说道：“不管怎样，老赵既然下了手，四川一定不会安定的了。这倒是我们的好时机。重庆那方面我们人多，我回去一联络，绝对有办法。你，留在成都呢？还是照我起先所说，到外州县去发动？” “成都是一塘死水，周孝怀先生早已说过，何况老赵大兵坐镇，要搞也搞不出个名堂，我一定走。下川南是我熟游之地，同盟会还剩有一些根基，我决计到下川南去发动。不过在成都住了一年，就这样轻手轻脚地走了，未免对不住老赵。我此刻就到农事试验场去找朱国琛做个商量。” 朱之洪疑心他要去行刺赵尔丰，遂定睛看着他道：“你莫非……” “绝对不是的，你放心！我只想利用他逮人这件事，帮他把声威远播一下罢咧！” “那么，祝你马到功成，我们就这样分手吧！……请你告诉朱国琛，叫他赶快到重庆来，不然就回他荣县原籍去躲一躲。我非常疑心老赵今天逮人，导火线就是他的那篇东西。成都耳目众多，目前虽没人晓得，将来难免不会败露的。……” 曹笃折转身，打从旧皇城的东边御河，绕到皇城坝，经由三桥、红照壁，走入南门大街，一直朝南门走去。 越走，街上的情形越是不好。走在街心的人都在开着小跑。有的披着一件布汗衣，有的穿一件蓝麻布背心，每个人脸上都带一副惊魂不定的样子，连站在两边铺门外看热闹的男女老少都一样。 曹笃起初还从从容容在走，及至走过上南大街，听说文庙前街已经有人被守街口的巡防兵打死了，生怕碰上了巡防兵，不知不觉便随着一伙要赶出城去的乡下人放开两腿跑起来。 挤出城门洞，挤过南门大桥，行人没有那么慌张，曹笃才放缓了脚步。 农事试验场里高高低低的植物很多。两个工人正拿着铁锹蹲在一列香樟树下不知搞些什么。 曹笃还未走拢，便大声问道：“喂！你们的场长呢？” 两个工人都认得他。其中一个站了起来说道：“是曹先生。场长才进里头拿药品去了，你要找他吗？” “就是要找他。” 刚一进房门，曹笃便叫了起来：“大祸临头了，亏你还有心情搞这些事情！” 本来满面带笑预备欢迎他的朱国琛——因为从窗玻璃上已经看见他了——猛地脸皮就绷紧了，并且变得惨白，张大口把他盯着。 曹笃一面挥着一把黑纸折扇，一面向椅上坐下，说道：“朱叔痴先生讥诮我的学堂是'别有天地非人间'。我说，你这里倒配得上这一句李太白的诗。我问你，今日今时，城里头正在杀人流血，难道你一点消息都不晓得吗？” 朱国琛虽然还是站在当地，可是显而易见他的两条腿已经有点抖了。 “杀人？……杀的什么人？……是不是……” “莫把你吓坏了，坐下说吧。杀的是一些百姓，倒与我们无关。但是蒲殿俊、罗纶一班人却被赵尔丰逮了去。……” “啊哟！原来如此！这怎么说得上大祸临头？”朱国琛才舒了一口气，脸上也有血色，“你真会散谈子，委实吓了我一大跳，我默倒是我的什么事情发作了。” 曹笃认真地说道：“正是由于你的事情发作，所以我才赶来报信的。” “！又在散谈子啦！何必哩！”朱国琛却不相信了，反而露出一丝笑意在没有合拢的嘴角上。 “不是散谈子。告诉你，蒲殿俊他们之落难，就由于你的那篇妙文《川人自保商榷书》惹的祸。现在逮了人、杀了人不算事，还要清查那篇煽动革命的主犯到底是哪个。想想看，这算不算是你的事情？” 朱国琛的眼神又闪动不安起来。抓起桌上茶杯，喝了一口。鼻翅两旁沁出很多微汗。结结呐呐地说道：“真是这样，我就跑他娘的，看他杂种到哪里清查！” 曹笃嘻开大嘴笑道：“你还是相信了！……我说的话也并非全是虚谎。朱叔痴先生已经出东门走了，走之前，就再三托我转达你。说你的事情迟早总要败露的，与其坐等拘囚，甚至变为刀下之鬼，不如趁早丢官，即时回荣县吃老米饭去。” 朱国琛蹙起两道淡得几乎看不见的眉头道：“一个区区场长算是什么官啰，我有什么舍不得丢的！只是……唉！我那东西还有些没有散完。……” “赶快拿出来烧毁它。难道你还想捎起走吗？” “要是放在身边就好啰！”朱国琛更焦愁起来，“偏偏放在陕西街一位姓刘的朋友家里。” “也不要紧，明早进城去把它烧了再走。” 朱国琛站了起来道：“为什么明天去？此刻去，不好吗？” “还是明天一早去的好。一则，现在城内乱得很，只有出城的人，没有进城的人；二则，我还有点事情和你商量……” 曹笃这才把他早在心头想到的一些事，正正经经地说道：“我真没想到蒲殿俊、罗纶他们会这样地得人心。听说制台衙门开枪流血，就因为去请愿的百姓多得数不清，并且声势汹汹，大有不立刻放人便要和老赵拼命的样子。老赵害怕得要命，才叫开枪打人的。因此，我想到，不如就利用这种人心，把各处同志会发动起来，给老赵一个遍地开花，使他坐困成都。十根指头按不住十个虼蚤的时候，我们就到各州县去揭起革命旗帜，截留赋税，招兵买马，堂堂正正闹他一个天翻地覆。只要占领几个重要城池，我们就把军政府成立起来，你说好不好？” 朱国琛定睛看着曹笃那副自信甚坚的神态，不由点头说道：“好倒好，但你现在怎样发动呢？” “就是这点要商量啦。” “电报是打不出去的。” “岂只打不出去。就打得出去，又怎样打呢？那么多同志会，难道每一处都打一封电报吗？” “当然不能。有些州县就不通电报。” “还有乡镇。重要的是乡镇上的同志会。我晓得乡镇上的同志会都是和团防局在一起的，一发动，人就多了。” “那么，写张传单，用邮政寄出去，每封信才两分钱，比打电报又妥当，又省俭。” “哼！你还不晓得，就是省内邮政也不通啦！老赵早已手谕邮政局停止收发一切函件。”曹笃连连搔着络腮胡子碴儿，显得有点着急样子。 这时，进来一个小工，把左腋下搂着的一大抱同样长、同样宽、同样厚、全都刨得光光生生的木片，和右手端的一个盛满墨汁的陶土盘，向长案上放下道：“场长写吧，都弄归一了。” 朱国琛挥着两手说道：“拿出去！拿出去！这时候不写。……咳！以后都不写了。” 那小工好像受了什么委屈似的，当下鼓起眼睛，满脸不自在地抱怨道：“你说的今天一定要，催得人扑趴跟斗地弄好了，又不写啦！” “不写就不写，怎么样？” “我敢怎么样！现在你是场长，该你歪！” 曹笃知道这个小工就是朱国琛的一个亲戚，大概行辈比朱国琛还高，所以才敢于这样顶嘴。遂问道：“预备写什么用的？” “地上那些植物品种名牌已经被雨淋坏了，打算换一换。” 曹笃把木片看了一眼，估计一下，约摸有四寸多宽、两尺多长、三分多厚，每片下面又钉了一根细竹片作为插在泥土中的脚子。 这时，那个小工的态度已经和缓了，转向着曹笃说道：“曹先生，劳累你代为写一写吧。白丢了，也太可惜。别的不说，单是刨光打磨，就累了我一整天。” “你亲手做的吗？” “我本来是做木匠活路的。” “你一共做了好多？” “七十三片。还有二十来片没把脚子钉好。”他又回头向朱国琛说道，“钉子没有了，买不买？” “我已说过不写。——不写就是不用了，还买钉子做什么！” 做过木匠活路的人一下又冒起火来，叫道：“硬是不写吗？那我拿去丢在河里，等球它漂到东洋大