Chapter 6 The sixth chapter uses chopsticks to talk about a lonely army and a good friend.

Time flies like an arrow, and it has been four years in a blink of an eye.During the past four years, Fan Jiashu and He Lina studied in Germany and never came back.Shen Guoying later participated in two more civil wars. In the end, he was relieved of his military power and worked as an apartment in Beiping.Because the political center of gravity at this time has moved to Nanjing, and Beijing has changed to Peiping.There is only one strange thing, that is, Feng Xi still lives in Shen's house.Although her madness is not cured, she will never cry, never make a scene, just sit with her head lowered while smiling, and occasionally raise her head to ask people: "Is Uncle Fan back?" Shen Guoying saw her like this , I felt that she was even more pitiful, and love was slowly born from the thought of pity, and I was more eager to cure Fengxi's illness in my heart.After such a long time, she has already recognized Shen Guoying. Whenever Shen Guoying came into the room, she would stand up and say with a smile, "You are here." When Shen Tongzhi left, she would also say "I'll see you tomorrow." Whenever there was no one in the room, Shen Guoying would pull her to sit together, and said to her in a soft voice: "Fengxi, you can't think clearly about the past, slow down." Are you slowly waking up?" Feng Xi was smiling, and asked him back: "Am I dreaming? I haven't slept yet." Sometimes Shen Guoying brought the big drum sanxian in front of her and asked, "Do you remember singing the big drum?" A book?" She sometimes thought of it, hugged the drum in her arms, and thought deeply, but after thinking about it for a long time, she immediately laughed and said it was a big pumpkin.Shen Guoying sometimes asked her to wear the clothes of a female student and put her schoolbag on her back, and asked her: "Have you ever been a female student?" When she saw the shadow in the mirror, she laughed and pointed to the mirror and said, "That female student Learn how to walk and how to talk, it’s really amazing!" Shen Guoying has tried all kinds of things like this, but she still can't wake up.All Shen Guoying's painstaking efforts have been exhausted, but she always refuses to accept it.He also had no choice but to sigh to himself: "Shen Fengxi, I have finally been able to stand up to you, and now I have hurt you for nothing! Because there is no way for you to understand how much I love you." He thought so, He also gradually put aside the plan of awakening Fengxi.

One day, when Shen Guoying came back from taking a bath in Tangshan, she saw Li Yongsheng, the former head of the Ministry, walking on the road in the car.He stopped the car quickly and got out of the car to say hello.Captain Li was wearing a woolen short jacket with a woolen overcoat on top. In the wilderness with chilly spring tides, he seemed to be shivering from the cold.Then he asked: "Teacher Li, I haven't seen you for many years, how are you?" Li Yongsheng looked around him, and replied with a smile: "Shen Tongzhi is much better than me, how can I enjoy the happiness like you. Sigh But then again, in this age when the country is ruined and the family is ruined, a soldier should not think about enjoying any blessings!" Shen Guoying saw his face, which was dark and purple, and now he came from the dust. He said: "Where do you work?" Li Yongsheng smiled and said: "A job is a job, and you don't get paid for your life." Shen Guoying said: "I've thought about it a long time ago. The country has one or two million troops. How can there be such a thing?" Paying for money? As soldiers, we should not find a way to survive, and don’t rely on the country to support us. Even if you do it, it’s meaningless if the country can’t pay you.” Li Yongsheng laughed and said: “You think I’m still here? Are you in the customs?" Shen Guoying was taken aback, looked back, and said in a low voice: "Brother Taiwan, what's the matter, are you messing around outside the customs? Starving to death is a small matter, but injustice is a big one. Why do you go behind the subjugated slaves?" What are you doing?" He said, his face darkened.Li Yongsheng smiled and said: "So, you still have the energy you had when we were working together. To tell you the truth, I'm in the Volunteer Army. There is an organization of the Volunteer Army here, and I just came here to discuss something." Point to a village outside the road.Shen Guoying shook hands with him and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I said something wrong. After all, the members of our 18th brigade are talented, so we don't eat the country's food for nothing. Why don't you take the car? You don’t even need a head of livestock?” Li Yongsheng said with a smile: “My old boss, we live a secret life in the Volunteer Army, if we can let the enemy know a little less, what are we doing to come and go so blatantly?” Shen Guoying He smiled and said: "Great, go back to the city now, don't be afraid of people's attention, you get in my car and go to my house, let's talk slowly." Come all the way home.

Shen Guoying led Li Yongsheng to sit in the secret room, banned everyone from him, and then smiled at him: "Brother, I am not as good as you, but you can do something for the country and the people." Li Yongsheng sat Opposite him, he scratched his hair with his hands, smiled slightly at him and said, "This matter for me is not for the country or the people. I just ate the country's rations for 10 or 20 years, and now I'm paying back the country's 20 years." Old debt." Shen Guoying propped up the edge of the table with both hands, looked up at the sky and said: "You are less paid than me in the country, you always say that, like me, as a ruler, I am still enjoying the blessings in Beijing, AE Don't you be ashamed to die?" Li Yongsheng said: "This is something that everyone can do. As long as Shen Tongzhi has the courage, we have brothers outside the customs. You are welcome to be the commander-in-chief. There is only one level. We have no money, and no bullets. We eat and drink to ask for help from the common people, and the bullets are to grab the enemy. When there are no bullets, we only fight hand-to-hand with the enemy. Why is Shen Zhizhi willing to do this kind of hard work?" When he said that, he smiled and looked Just scratching his hair.Shen Guoying frowned, still held his head up in thought, and said after a long time: "I don't think there is a solution." Seeing him like that, Li Yongsheng couldn't say it well, so he just smiled lightly.Shen Guoying said: "Do you think I'm afraid of death and don't want to do it? I didn't say that. If I don't do it, I'm done. If I do it, I will shock the world. If you don't have money, you can talk about it; if you don't have bullets, that won't work!" Li Yongsheng looked at it. His expression and attitude did not seem to be lying, so he said: "How about following Shen's control?" Shen Guoying said: "Bullets are not something that can't be bought with money. I think if I can bring a volunteer army The number of people is not a problem, and the bullets must be sufficient." Li Yongsheng suddenly stood up and said: "Shen Tongzhi said this, can you find a way to raise money?" Shen Guoying said: "I dare not say that I am very sure , I would like to borrow chopsticks for you to come out and do something about it." Li Yongsheng didn't say anything when he heard it, and suddenly knelt down and kowtowed three times to him upright.

This sudden behavior was not guarded by Shen Guoying, and he took a step back in fright, and quickly helped Li Yongsheng up.Asked: "Brother Tai, why do you give such an important gift? I really dare not accept it." Li Yongsheng got up and said: "To be honest, it's not me who kowtows to you, but 1,500 brothers who kowtow to you for me. They are The army most feared by the enemy has made a lot of achievements in the Jinxi area in the past three months. It's just that it is short of bullets and has lost its mobility. Everyone became discouraged and dispersed. Our commander-in-chief sent me and the deputy commander to Beiping to raise funds and ammunition. However, there are too many people asking for help here. They come to help one by one and spread it on our heads. After three months. For this, I am very anxious. If Shen Tongzhi can think of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan with us, let us replenish the ordnance. Not only will this army be saved, but it will also be of great benefit to the country. Good thing. Shen Tongzhi, I believe you are not someone who can't think of this way, for the sake of the country..." After saying these four words, he knelt down towards Shen Guoying again.Afraid that he would kowtow again, Shen Guoying took a step forward, hugged him with both hands, dragged him up and said, "My God, just say what you have to say, always deal with me like this, didn't you call me, ask me, you You hit me and scolded me." Li Yongsheng said: "I'm sorry, please forgive me, I was confused." Shen Guoying said with a smile: "It's okay if you want me to help you a little bit, it's the real volunteer army. I don't know the content. Please tell me the details of the volunteer army outside the pass. I am going to raise funds from others. If they ask, I can answer them." Li Yongsheng said: "You need to know those For the detailed situation, why don't you let me introduce a person to meet you, and you will believe my words are true. Let me explain first, this person is not a man, but a girl in his twenties." Shen Guoying said: "I It is often heard that there are women in the Volunteer Army, but now it seems that this is true." Li Yongsheng said: "Of course it is true. But she is not an ordinary female soldier, but our second-in-command! It's just a layer , her whereabouts are very secretive. If you want to see her, please set up a meeting with her in the living room alone. I will bring her here after four o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Maybe you will know her when you meet her. Because of her, Not only is she serving as a volunteer now, but she did some spectacular actions in Beijing before."

The more Shen Guoying listened, the more weird he became.what on earth is this kind of happenings?Of course, now every newspaper is always publishing "Modern Mulan", maybe this second conductor is the so-called "Modern Mulan".But how do I know her?I can count some well-known ladies in Beijing. I have met almost all of them. Many of them only wear shiny shoes and go dancing at the Beijing Hotel. How can they go outside the customs to serve as volunteers? ... Shen Guoying was eager to get acquainted with this special person, so she asked Li Yongsheng what she thought.Li Yongsheng smiled and said: "There is no need to study these. Maybe Shen Tongzhi will understand when he sees it tomorrow. Just tell the concierge that when I come tomorrow, it is best to avoid the formalities of naming me. Let me keep coming in." " Shen Guoying said: "No, I will wait at the gate. As soon as you come, I will take Xiangli with you." Li Yongsheng stopped talking, stood up and shook hands with him, and said with a smile: " At this time tomorrow, we will meet at the gate." After finishing speaking, he left straight away.

Shen Guoying sent him out of the gate, bowing his head and thinking about walking in by himself.Break monsters?Li Yongsheng has such blood, but he became a volunteer soldier; I am his boss, but I do nothing!As he was walking like this, he suddenly heard a very sharp voice calling in his ear: "Has Uncle Fan come back?" When he looked, Feng Xi was standing behind a bush of flowers, and with a flash, she ran to the side. went.Only then did I understand, because I was thinking about something in my heart, and I was confused, and I didn't realize that I ran to Kuayuan, which was already outside Fengxi's room.After chasing after Feng Xi, he looked at her and said, "Why did you come to the yard to serve your old mother?" Feng Xi lifted her shoulders and laughed.Shen Guoying shook her hand and pulled her into the room; she also smiled and followed in without defying.The two old women who served her were both in the house and did not leave.Shen Guoying said: "Both of them are in the house, why did you let her run out?" The old lady said: "How can we stop her? If we really stop her and don't let her go, she will be anxious." Shen Guoying Yingdao: "I don't believe this. No one in the house can stop her. Why did I pull her in when I was outside the door?" The old lady said: "Control, you don't understand. We She doesn't pay attention to these people who walk around in front of her; only when you come, she can recognize clearly, so she is willing to listen to whatever you say." Shen Guoying couldn't help but feel moved when she heard this, thinking: This is really "sincerity, gold and stone are opened".If I continue like this, maybe my hard work will not be in vain.Yin took Feng Xi's hand and smiled at her: "Do you really recognize me?" Feng Xi nodded with a smile, put an index finger in his mouth and bit it, lifted his eyelids to him, and said with a smile: "I know you, and your surname is Shen." Shen Guoying said: "By the way, aren't you a good person when you talk like this?" Feng Xi said: "A good person? Do you think I'm a bad person?" When she said this, she couldn't help but Turn one eyeball sideways to look at people.The two old ladies quickly cast winks at Shen Guoying, pulled Fengxi away, and said repeatedly: "There are a lot of candies over there, go eat the candies." When they said that, they turned their heads and pouted at Shen Guoying again.He somewhat understood that this must be Feng Xi's madness, and she was about to flare up again, so the maid waved her out of the way, sighed, and walked back to her yard.When he walked into his yard, he suddenly remembered what Li Yongsheng said, and thought, I am a bit stupid after all. When such a national crisis is imminent, we soldiers are required to do a lot of things. For a woman who has been mad for five years?I have this kind of spirit, won't I use it in the military and make a new military invention?After such a turn, he really shifted his thinking to the issue of the Volunteer Army.

On the next day, Shen Guoying stood at the gate in person according to the appointment yesterday, waiting for the distinguished guests to come.But cars, horse-drawn carriages, rickshaws, and people on the road kept coming and going at the door, but Li Yongsheng and a woman did not come with them.Waiting for people is the one who feels the time prolongs the most. Shen Guoying waited for a long time, but still did not see Li Yongsheng coming, so she was a little disheartened. Probably what Li Yongsheng said yesterday were all nonsense, which was a bit unreliable.He was about to turn around and walk in, when he saw a broken mule cart that was probably 80% old, the blue cloth awning had turned gray and white.Pulled by a brown mule, it went straight to the gate.The mule driver, wearing a broken felt hat, covered it up to his eyebrows, bowed his head, and was half up, so he couldn't see what kind of person he was.Shen Guoying rushed forward to stop the mule, but the cart was pulled to the outer courtyard, and shouted: "This is our home, why don't you just rush in without saying hello!" He lifted his felt hat and smiled at him.Unexpectedly, Shen Guoying was startled, it was none other than Li Yongsheng, and he said "huh" unconsciously: "You are really pretending, where did you find this blue cloth robe and cloth shoes?" Socks? And this whip in your hand..." Li Yongsheng ignored his words, took the reins in his hand, and swung the car towards the inner courtyard again.Shen Guoying said: "Old Li, where are you going to take this car?" Li Yongsheng said: "Didn't you ask me to invite a guest? People don't want to get off the car outside the gate."

Here Shen Guoying hadn't answered yet, suddenly someone in the hood agreed and said: It doesn't matter, you can get off the car anywhere you want.A boy in a student uniform jumped out of the car.But although he is wearing a male student's uniform, his face has the appearance of a woman, and his voice is very sharp. Judging from his age, he is about twenty or more, but his figure is very short, not like a man.Shen Guoying was stunned and wanted to say something to him, but he had already taken off the hat on his head, bowed to Shen Guoying with a smile, and said, "Shen Tongzhi, should I take the liberty of coming?" These few words were completely feminine accent, and he has black hair hanging out from his head.Shen Guoying looked at Li Yongsheng and said, "This is—" Li Yongsheng smiled and said, "This is our deputy commander, Ms. Guan Xiugu." Hearing this, Shen Guoying couldn't help but have a question in her heart: Guan Xiugu?This name is too familiar, where have I heard it. ... Guan Xiugu smiled at him and said, "Where are we going to talk?" Shen Guoying saw that she was not shy, but she was quite moved by it, and immediately led Guan and Li into the inner living room.

The three sat down as guests and hosts, and Xiugu first said: "Mr. Shen, I am here today. I have two things to do. One is for business and the other is for private. Let's talk about business first. Our volunteers marched ten and a half times. Eight times, cut off the Pseudo-Fengshan Road, ran out of bullets, and many brothers dispersed. Now I want to raise a sum of money to buy bullets. The bullets are bought outside the customs. We have a source. The price is very expensive, the lowest price , It costs 80 cents a grain, the expensive one is as expensive as 1.20 cents, and the bullets worth 20,000 to 30,000 yuan are not enough to fight a war. It is best if the Guanli can provide us with bullets, but not our bullets, and give us more money It is also possible. Mr. Shen is a young hero, a patriotic soldier, and has occupied an important position in politics. Regarding my request, I dare to say that it is obligatory, and it is also possible. So I heard Li Tuan If it is too long, I will come to visit immediately. Doesn’t Shen Tongzhi want to know our detailed situation? We have a list, you can take a look. It’s just that this thing can also be forged. If you want evidence, I have it ready.” She said, The sleeve of the right hand was rolled up, revealing a round lotus-like arm, but there was a big scar in the middle.Shen Guoying was a soldier, of course he recognized it, it was a bullet wound.She put down her sleeves, raised her right foot, and placed it on the side of the chair. She rolled up her trousers, revealing another jade leg. There was also a big scar on her calf.Shen Guoying looked at her face, which was dark and full of wind and dust. Looking at her arms and legs now, they were as white as snow and tender as crisp. She was really a young and beautiful girl.His old daydreams, but Xiugu was calm, she put down her trousers, smiled at Shen Guoying and said: "This cannot be faked. However, if Shen Tongzhi wants to know the details, it is best to follow us to the front line Go and have a look. Are you willing to go?" When he said that, he looked at people with a slight smile.

When Shen Guoying saw Guan Xiugu speaking like no one else, she couldn't help feeling a great impulse in her heart. She suddenly stood up, slapped the table and said, "I believe what Ma'am said. It's just that I, Shen Guoying, am so ashamed! I am a soldier and a teacher. Above, I haven’t failed the lottery once, but it’s better for Ms. Guan to lose the lottery again and again. She is worthy of the true qualities of a soldier. Ms. Guan is a weak girl who can give up her life and fight for the personality of the country. Can’t I contribute to the country? Okay? Well, without further ado, I will accompany you to the outside of the pass to have a look. If I can find a chance, I might be able to raise tens of thousands of bullets." Xiu Gu stretched out her hand suddenly, and gave him a look. He said: "This is great. As long as Mr. Shen is willing to plan bullets for us, we don't need any money." Shen Guoying said: "If the bullets are available, how do we transport them to the front?"Said: "You don't have to worry too much about this, as long as you have bullets, we have a way to send them to the front. Now that there is something to discuss about business matters, we can talk about private matters." Shen Guoying thought, what private matters do we have?This is broken!If you want to know what private matter she said, I will explain it next time.