The drizzle fell for several days in a row, and the river swelled unexpectedly. The small river was less than three or four feet wide. At this time, the yellow muddy water had already filled the stone dam.Usually it's ridiculous, when the boat gets on and off the boat, four or five boatmen have to jump into the water, groaning, chanting, pushing and pulling in the water to make the boat move.At this time, the boat could float to the surface by itself, borrowed a little bit of paddle strength, and ran very quickly! Today, a large group of boats went down to Gaocun, twelve large and small in a row.These boats went down to the beach and passed the lock, and when they passed by the wharf of Yanmen Market, the people who drove the market knew that the ships were loaded with troops.It turned out that the pennants of various colors swaying in the wind on the canopy of each boat had already been informed to those country folks.There was a big red flag flying alone on a newly oiled five-cabin boat with two sculls, so they knew that this boat was a high-ranking officer or a family member of an officer.

Because those young buglers who love to play and have fun feel that this time they will go to Chenzhou with the regiment leader, and soon they will be able to stand on the top of Chenzhou City to compete with the Guizhou Qianjun buglers, and they will be paid as soon as they arrive at the military supply office. When I was young, I was able to go to Zhongnanmen to eat Chenzhou's unique delicious sanded buns, so I happily took out the trumpet, played it on my mouth, and blew it.Especially when the boat passed a certain small village along the river, I saw their mouths puffed up and their faces flushed.Their voices are just a few dapipipa, out of time.It seems that the trumpets at this time can only be used to express their joy, so there is no need for the horror of the Killer, the tragedy of the Charge, and the solemnity and liveliness of the Salute.They couldn't be happier.

This series of scattered sounds expressing joy spread from the mouths of a group of young trumpeters immediately.The two river banks used to be some high and steep stone walls. When the echo came, the whole valley seemed to be far away from each other.It is also very interesting to hear only the continuous Dapipipa, but can't find out the source of the sound. Each of the twelve people in the sampan was full of joy and hope.It was an August day approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although a layer of frost had formed on the roof tiles in the morning, it was not very cold after all.Brothers, it is proper for everyone to wear the gray cloth jacket issued by the regiment commander when he left.Moreover, since the water has leveled the dam, the sampan can float by itself, and there is no need for the brothers to walk ashore, which makes everyone very happy.At this time, the sixty-mile journey was already halfway through, and everyone who was tired from happiness got into the cabin and went to sleep, and the rest rolled up their sleeves to help the boat owner pull the oars.

"It's the best way to move defense like this!" Everyone thought.The only ones who feel and can express his interest are those buglers! As for the head of the team leader, he is also very happy.From time to time, he got out of the cabin, wiped his beard, and watched the soldiers cook lunch.Beside the head of the group, there is a wife who arranges flowers and applies powder, and there are two young ladies who are as delicate as foreign children; the eldest is seven years old and the youngest is three years old.They slept together in the last cabin with glass windows.Probably because there was nothing to grab in his hands, so he wiped his beard from one side to the other from time to time.

Occasionally climbed through the third cabin to tell a joke with the quartermaster.The quartermaster is addicted. When the regimental commander reaches a point in his joke, the quartermaster pushes the soaked bamboo gun over to the regimental commander's mouth.It seems that the group leader seldom refuses, but the group leader does not admit that he is an addict. — Quartermaster, listen to me.Last year, when Zixiang Commander made the book and went to the town seat, the secretary who made the book also filled the staff with a gun, haha!Where did their army get so many guns?Turns out they were bongs!When we make brochures and publish them in the future, we have to ask them not to forget the name of the quartermaster... Before the commander finished speaking, the quartermaster's bong had already been pushed over, so the only sound was the even sound of puffing.

--Ha ha!They also say my army has too many bare hands!Quartermasters all have guns, could it be... Hahahaha! --Ha ha ha ha! The quartermaster also led the gang, hahahaha, but his voice was much softer, not as loud as that of the head of the regiment. "The head of the regiment will definitely be promoted to a higher level and renamed commander or detachment leader!" This is what the gentleman from the same country said repeatedly at the banquet yesterday when he was farewell to the head of the regiment, and the head of the regiment has already heard a little bit about it. , if you are sure of this, you can be confident.In order to be optimistic about the future, the head of the group recently laughed a little more than usual.Informal haha, and it seems to be different from before.The quartermaster used to discuss privately with a quartermaster sergeant, saying that the voice of the regimental commander suddenly changed, as if the voice of some great man, majestic and generous.In fact, the group leader's recent laughter is only known to those cronies who hang boxes of cannons on the tail cabin.The head of the group once said to them that Zhen Zuo's laughter is unrestrained, worthy of a great man. Now because his promotion is about to come true, he tried his best to imitate Zhen Zuo!As for the others, like the little guard sitting by the side of the rudder tower, the boatman who kept yelling from the helm with both hands, is just like the quartermaster, he can only feel that every haha ​​comes abnormally, and he doesn't know the source.

As for the promotion, the wife seems to be the one who cares the most.In anticipation of this, my wife made a wish at the Tianwang Temple before leaving: If the head of the regiment gets a promotion here, on the second day of the promotion, I will order people to return home to reward the blessing of the Heavenly King, using double pigs double sheep.The Heavenly King is famous for being able to protect people from being promoted and getting rich, and what Mrs. Kuang was asking for at that time was a promise of success, which seemed to be sure! After boarding the boat, everyone has their own wishes, so she thought about the arrangement after being promoted.The first is what kind of sedan chair to buy?She thought that the old green woolen sedan chair was so pitifully old that it would not only look bad when it went out to visit guests, but also that other wives would laugh at it when they saw it.From time to time, he accompanied Huzi (that's his wife's affectionate name for the head of the regiment) stationed in small counties to clean up the village, and he couldn't scare the old villager.They would say in unison: "Wow, this is the wife's sedan chair!"It's just ugly with a beard!What's more, Huzi has been promoted to brigade commander again, and the brigade commander's wife shouldn't sit in such a broken sedan chair. ... As soon as you arrive in Chenzhou, you have to buy two new rides for Beard, one for Beard and one for yourself, so that whoever is good and who is ugly;She pondered this plan in her mind for a long time before going to the head of the group directly.

"Huzi, our sedan chair is too bad, why don't we buy two when we arrive in Chenzhou?" "Okay. You buy one, and I'll have it on the big black horse that Commander Zhang sent last time." The commander meant that when riding a horse to visit guests, it would be more powerful than sitting in a three-seater sedan chair. Riding on a horse by himself, when he came out, he looked like Brigadier Lu of the Qian Army, with more than a dozen armed soldiers running behind him, heroic and interesting! But the wife thought that the head of the group should sit in the sedan chair: "Beard, it's better to sit in the sedan chair. When you sit in the sedan chair, you look much more refined like a scholar."

"Okay, then buy two." The group leader couldn't help but say so.The head of the regiment is certainly willing to be praised for his burly appearance, but it seems that he is more sincere in wishing people to say that he is gentle and like a scholar.The head of the group can only write his own name and the word "read" after reading, so he thinks that Sven You needs it. After the matter of the sedan chair was settled, the head of the regiment rushed over to the Chief of Military Supplies to tell jokes. The second thing that bothered my wife was the matter of the future commander of the guard company.As usual, this should be given to the cronies who have followed for a long time, are reliable, and have made military exploits with the same beard.But choose from among the soldiers, which one can be used for yourself, so that you won't be in a mess with Huzi in the future?This is really embarrassing for the wife!

Zhao Fu is smart in his work, but unfortunately he is too smart in many places.If he was promoted to company commander in one day, that thing would lure Huzi to mess around the next day and help Huzi take the lead... Zuo Lianyuan is a good person, the child is very loyal and able to do things; he is reliable in doing things, and has a square face , Also known as an officer.However, his lunatic mother-in-law is very serious now. If she sees her son becoming an official, she will be even more violent! ... Then use Yang Zaicheng, after all, he is his brother, even though he is not close, he is better than others.In the past, Huzi wanted to take Xiaobaba's daughter-in-law in several times, if he hadn't told me in advance, I don't know how angry I was from that goblin!I'm afraid that Huzi will say that he is too young to be a captain.In fact, a sixteen-year-old is not too young... Adjutant Huang is in charge of these soldiers now, so he has to be the company commander.It is said that Huzi went to Aoshan the year before last and was defeated after a series of defeats, and none of the soldiers disappeared. Fortunately, he was in danger with Huzi on his back.I hate that guy can only be loyal, and being honest is useless, Hu Zi said one thing, and if the old Sao Huzi wants to mess around again, he and Zhao Fu must be the first to admit that they are matchmakers—"Madam, why don't you open the window, here It's called Qilitan, and it's very level. Many brothers jumped into the water to take a bath, so I asked Adjutant Huang to order them to get up, lest the water wash them away." At this time, the regiment leader still had smoke in his mouth, and crawled over from the quartermaster.

"Huzi, which one will the commander of our guard company send?" She asked Huzi for his opinion as if joking. "The captain of the guard?" "++, which one do you like in the guard company? I think—" "What do you think? It's early! Make a reservation before you start, don't take off the lid and get angry, haha!" It was Qitu who came, this is not surprising to the wife who is used to hearing it. "Tell me which one you like," she flirtatiously rolled her beard. "Let's say—" "Oh, try to say." She glanced sideways again. "Then——Zhao Fu." "Zhao Fu, Zhao Fu, as I expected, you only like that bastard, Beard!" At this time, the wife seemed to have seen that Hu Zi was appointed to Zhao Fu's hands, and Zhao Fu also seemed to have put on his command knife and stood proudly on the second hall of the old general's yamen in the headquarters. beard. Beard knew his wife's temper, so he kept silent, but wiped the thin hair of the eldest lady who was sleeping beside him with the hand he had just twisted his beard. "Ah! Children's hair is so soft, and adults' beards are so hard. No wonder the wife often complains that her mouth is uncomfortable, and she turns away when she reaches her mouth..." This is a new discovery for the head of the group. The so-called Zhao Fu was hanging his two feet in the water at this time, his buttocks were sticking to the side, his feet were stirring so much, he was crazy about the water waves stirred up under the oar, but he couldn't think of wearing a command knife. September 21, 1925 at Jingyi Garden