What a beautiful white lotus

The box of books that Gu Xiuge left for Ye Rongqiu were all in foreign languages, and they were all related to firearms, including "World Light Weapons", "Atlas of Weapons", etc., and there was also a collection of essays. Ye Rongqiu opened the first one, entitled "Light Weapons" bomb feeding mechanism".These books are not brand new, and when you open each one, you can see the notes made by the owner of the book, and these notes are all in English.Ye Rongqiu found the signature of a guy named Mike on the back cover of several books. It seems that he is the original owner of the books, but he doesn't know why these books fell into Gu Xiuge's hands.Ye Rongqiu thought angrily: The bandit leader must have stolen it.Judging by the seriousness of Mike's notes, it is obvious that he intends to keep them as reference materials for himself, so why would he give them away?

The book was indeed stolen by Gu Xiuge.It was the day before he left the Central Army, and he stole it from an American firearms expert hired by the military department, and ransacked all the books he could find.It's a pity that he has never read a book, and he doesn't know a lot of Chinese characters, let alone tadpole-like foreign languages.Although Liu Wen had studied, it was a pity that he gave up his studies and joined the army when he was a teenager. He was reluctant to write, and he couldn't understand foreign languages ​​either.

Gu Xiuge left Ye Rongqiu in the shack and left. Ye Rongqiu didn't start reading immediately, but just sat there for a while.

Now he knows why Gu Xiuge insisted on arresting him. Gu Xiuge tried his best to attract others, step by step. Let him see the gun and let him go to the battlefield. He even wondered if his gun was captured by Gu Xiuge. What kind of hands and feet are moved to explode the chamber.And the black dog should have seen Gu Xiuge's plan early in the morning, but he didn't tell him anything, but planned it there by himself. No wonder the black dog suddenly told him that he wanted to learn foreign language that day.Ye Rongqiu really couldn't figure out what the black dog's intention was.There is no doubt that he is good to himself. When the Japanese army bombed Chongqing for the first time, he used his body to protect himself. He would have died without him along the way.But it should be true that the black dog doesn't like him, otherwise he wouldn't have planned everything privately but didn't discuss anything with him at all, he didn't think about his feelings at all.Ye Rongqiu thought sadly, his kindness to himself was not love, what he was telling was the truth, and those were just delusions.

Ye Rongqiu didn't want to be manipulated like a marionette. He was somewhat resistant to reading those foreign documents, but as soon as he put the book down, the bayonet that fell towards the black dog yesterday appeared in his mind, which made him excited and irritated. Get up and pace up and down the room.

A few minutes later, Ye Rongqiu sat down again and opened the collection of essays dejectedly.

The Japanese didn't come to fight that day, and the soldiers were bragging and beating in the trenches, and the day was about to pass.In the evening, Ye Rongqiu finally came out of the shack, just in time for the delivery of dinner.They are short of supplies, and they only have two meals a day. In the morning, they have pickled vegetables, and in the evening, each person has two steamed buns and some wild vegetables.

After Ye Rongqiu received the steamed buns, he went back to the trench and was about to eat when the soldier on duty with a binoculars suddenly shouted: "Hurry back to the trench! The enemy is going to shoot again!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a bang, and the enemy's shells were fired, crossed the Wangjiang River, and exploded on the west side of the river, raising dust all over the sky.

The sound of gunfire continued, and the splashed mud hit Ye Rongqiu's neck, ears and mouth, making him very uncomfortable.He pulled his military jacket up over his head.

Pihu huddled in the trench and scolded his mother, Tian Qiang roared: "What are you talking about, you bastard? Louder!"

Pihu yelled loudly: "Fucking little devil, Pao is given three meals a day! We don't even eat three meals a day!"

Ma Lin shouted: "The devil is treating guests to gunpowder!"

Pihu said: "I will let you eat my share! Cantonese!"

After a few minutes the cannonade ceased.

Ye Rongqiu's first reaction was to look at the black dog, who was sitting there in good condition, dusting off his body.Xu Shi noticed his gaze, the black dog turned his head, and Ye Rongqiu immediately looked back.Then he lowered his head and found that the steamed bun in his hand was covered with dirt and dust, he hesitated for a while, and carefully peeled off the skin of the steamed bun.

"Hey hey!" Pihu saw his movements and shouted, "What are you doing?"

Ye Rongqiu froze for a moment, then said at a loss: "It's all dirt."

Pihu said, "You don't want to eat it? Peel it off and give it to me, and I will eat it."

Ye Rongqiu rumbled like a child who made a mistake, and peeled off the outer skin of the steamed bun, and handed it to Pihu.Pihu threw it into his mouth and ate it. After swallowing it in one gulp, he touched his stomach and sighed, "I really miss Henan's vegetable and meat buns."

Ma Lin dusted off the dust on the steamed bun, bit off half of it in one bite, and said while chewing, "If you beat Little Japan back, there will be something to eat."

Pihu suddenly opened his mouth wide and approached him, Ma Lin pushed him away in disgust: "What are you doing?"

Pihu said: "You spray steamed bread crumbs while eating, don't waste it, spray it in my mouth. Come on, spray it like this."

Ma Lin pushed him away, rubbing the goosebumps on his body: "Fuck the street, faggot, stay away from me."

Pihu asked him: "What is a gay?"

Tian Qiang said: "He called you a chicken, a chicken that pecks other people's leftovers."

"Oh. Then give me some pecks. You can be a chicken. I'm starving to death." Pihu opened his mouth again.

Tian Qiang sneered at the side: "Henan guy, look at how promising you are. What is this, isn't it just a steamed bun? After you come back to the northeast with me, I will treat you to a bun filled with pork and green onions until you are full."

Pihu said with disgust: "Who wants to eat steamed buns stuffed with pork and scallions? I want to eat steamed buns with vegetables and meat from Henan."

Ma Lin said: "Crazy line, don't compete with us Cantonese when it comes to food."

Ye Rongqiu lowered his head, a little sad.He misses Chongqing's hot pot and spicy beef.At this time, he heard Meng Yuan pestering the black dog to tell a story, and he felt even more depressed.He really wanted to hug the black dog and swear his ownership, and he was not allowed to tell any more stories to others.But no, the black dog looked down on him at all.

A section of the trench was collapsed by the enemy's artillery. Soldiers rushed up to dig out the buried soldiers. The living were sent to the military doctor, and the dead were carried to the rear and buried. The rest mended the trench and reinforced it with wooden battens.

The gunner pestered Gu Xiuge and said, "Commander, let's fire two shots too."

Gu Xiuge said: "What are you going to fight for? If you are sure that one shot will kill a hundred of them, then go for it! Otherwise, save it for the critical moment!"

After eating the steamed buns, Ye Rongqiu climbed out of the trench again to read a book in the shack.The black dog asked him, "What are you going to do?"

Ye Rongqiu looked back at him, thought for a while, and crawled out without saying anything.

Ye Rongqiu went back to the shack and continued to read.Although he understands English, he may be able to understand it after reading a novel written in English, but this kind of professional and difficult stuff seems very painful to him. Except for the conjunctions, all are professional nouns.Fortunately, he has a good foundation in English, and he can make some guesses based on the root of the word, and he can barely understand the meaning.Apart from the language, what made him suffer even more was those calculation formulas. He had already forgotten all those complicated calculation formulas after he left school, and sometimes it would take an hour just to recall the algorithm of a formula.

There were many times when he wanted to give up, and he didn't understand why he wanted to learn these things according to Gu Xiuge's meaning.But he thought of the gun that exploded, and Heigou's words "I despise you", after a few minutes he would pick up the book again, gritted his teeth and continued to read.

He only read one paper in one day.There was no electric light in the shack, and Ye Rongqiu couldn't look at it when it was completely dark.So after dark he went out of the shack and crawled back into the trench.

As soon as Ye Rongqiu went back, the black dog came up to him with a smile, and whispered, "Nephew."

Ye Rongqiu glanced at him, but still remained silent.

The black dog said: "Buying and selling can't be benevolent. Are you going to ignore me from now on?"

Ye Rongqiu snorted.

The black dog is very open-minded, he had nothing to be angry with Ye Rongqiu, but Ye Rongqiu didn't want to talk to him.Speaking of it, he did have something wrong. In other places, he was benevolent to Ye Rongqiu, but there was one thing he did that was extremely unkind, and that was that he kissed Ye Rongqiu.When the third master Huang pestered Ye Rongqiu back then, Ye Rongqiu hated him so much. He would die after being kissed by the third master Huang. It seemed that he hated a man close to him.But Ye Rongqiu let him kiss and hug for so long, and the two of them slept together with their buttocks naked, he almost pushed the hammer into Ye Rongqiu's body - in fact, he almost pushed it, only a few centimeters away.He didn't prepare himself to live with Ye Rongqiu, so he rashly dragged Ye Rongqiu into the water. It was not unreasonable for Ye Rongqiu to get angry and beat him up, so it's better for him to make up with him.

The black dog whispered: "Don't say anything else, I don't even say that I am your cousin, we are still fellow villagers. It's okay if you want to leave, since you stayed, you still plan to ignore me for the rest of your life?"

Ye Rongqiu was so angry that his liver hurt.The black dog actually said that the two of them are fellow villagers so casually? !So the relationship between the two of them for so long was dismissed by him as a fellow? !

He said viciously, "What do you think of me?"

The black dog thought for a while, then said awkwardly, "Eldest nephew?"

Ye Rongqiu was so angry that he clenched his fists.

The black dog looked at his face and changed his tune: "Friend?"

Ye Rongqiu closed his eyes.

The black dog said: "Then let me be a fellow... Ordinary fellows are fine, you can't treat me as an enemy, right?"

Ye Rongqiu was furious, and then felt wronged and wanted to cry.Gritting his teeth, he said, "Go to hell." Then he climbed out of the trench again and walked towards the shack.He asked Gu Xiuge to get a flashlight, hid in the hut and continued to read, frantically writing calculations, regardless of whether the calculations were successful or not, and then just scribbling on paper.After a while, he threw the pen aside heavily and lay down on the table crying.He didn't find himself crying so much before. Since last year, his life has become more and more chaotic and worse every day. He is about to be suppressed and crazy. Tears are his only way to vent.Now he really wants to throw himself into the arms of the black dog, let the black dog touch his head to comfort him like before, the embrace of the black dog is even more reliable than his father, but this time his pressure comes from the black dog.

Ye Rongqiu finally felt that he was ridiculous.Ever since he was still in Chongqing, every word Heigou scolded him was correct.What is he?Why should you be proud?Just like now, he can only cry, and he still wants to rely on the black dog.

After being frustrated, Ye Rongqiu got up from the table, wiped away his tears, wrung out his nose, and continued to study the calculations.If he insisted on making some achievements, he must make that bastard Heigou regret it!

When Ye Rongqiu came out of the shack again, it was already dark.His eyes ached from reading in the weak light of the flashlight. Now that the original light outside was dim, ghosts appeared again when he saw things, so he could only squint his eyes and take small steps towards the trenches.He walked to the edge of the trench and was about to climb down, but accidentally tripped over a stone, and he fell straight down.

"Oh!"

Ye Rongqiu threw himself directly into a person's arms. The guy was hit hard enough by him, and he breathed heavily in his chest for a long time before exhaling.At this time, the soldiers in the trenches were already asleep, and Ye Rongqiu hurriedly apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." His hand touched the man's chest twice, and he froze—the feeling was too familiar, so he couldn't die, so he hit it The black dog next to him.

The black dog moaned weakly: "Turtle son...it hurts me to death..."

Ye Rongqiu climbed off him and silently shrank aside.The black dog was still moaning softly, but he lay there motionless.It was only then that Ye Rongqiu remembered that there was still a deep knife wound on his back. He was afraid that the wound would be torn and he couldn't move due to the pain, so he felt guilty and heartbroken.But he didn't know what to do, so he moved a little closer to the black dog, and said stiffly, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

At this time, the black dog was still in the mood to joke: "Your baby, if you want me to hug you, just say so, and just pounce on you if you want to. I almost made you feel bored!"

Ye Rongqiu said aggrievedly: "You! I didn't mean it!"

The black dog noticed that Ye Rongqiu was really upset, and waved his hand weakly: "Okay, okay, I'm not kidding you. Please help me see if the wound is open again." He barely supported the wall of the trench straighten up.

Ye Rongqiu leaned over and squinted his eyes through the moonlight, but he couldn't see clearly in the dark light.He stretched out his hand cautiously, and gasped when he touched the black dog's back: his hands were all wet, it was the blood of the black dog.

Ye Rongqiu was distressed, blamed himself, and sad, and lowered his head decadently and remained silent.The black dog turned his back and touched his hand, and also touched his hand full of blood.He noticed Ye Rongqiu's depression, and joked with a smile: "You smear some of this blood on your face, black dog blood, exorcising evil spirits, so you can sleep well at night."

Ye Rongqiu was so sad that she wanted to cry.

The black dog sighed and said in a low voice, "You help me prick."

Ye Rongqiu obediently tied the bandage on his wound tighter.It's a pity that there is no hemostatic medicine here at all, and that's all he can do.

The black dog had an injury on his back and he couldn't rely on it. Lying on his stomach was not a problem. He changed a few moves, finally lay down on his side, and patted Ye Rongqiu's leg: "Let me take a pillow."

Ye Rongqiu straightened his legs obediently, and the black dog put his head on his lap, and asked hesitantly, "Your son...will you still have trouble with me in the future?"

Ye Rongqiu snorted awkwardly: "It's my fault today. I will ignore you in the future. You and I are not in the same way, so don't recruit me again." He still remembered Heigou's sentence "We are not in the same way." , I can't forget it all the time.

The black dog gave a low laugh, then sighed again, and said, "It's up to you. Rest early, I don't know when the devil will come again."

Ye Rongqiu sleeps very little every day, because he has too many thoughts, and his stomach is heavy.He closed his eyes, and the scenes of these days began to appear in his mind again.The heavy weight of the black dog on his legs reassured him, but it also made him uneasy. He always wanted to wake the black dog up, for fear that the black dog would bleed to death like this.He hates the black dog so much, and likes the black dog so much. It would be great if the black dog also liked him.

At night, Ye Rongqiu had many random dreams. He dreamed that his gun didn't explode, and the black dog was still alive and well, repelling the Japanese attack, and took him back to Chongqing.The dream was so beautiful and unreal that he suspected that he was dreaming in the dream, so he turned over and woke up.

The black dog woke up too, but his face was very bad, because he bled a lot last night, so he looked very weak.For breakfast, Ye Rongqiu brought two nests and pickles, he ate half of one, gave the rest to the black dog, and said with a cold face: "It's too bad, I don't want to eat it."

Pihu yelled from the side: "Hey, big brother, grandpa, don't eat it and give it to me."

Tian Qiang elbowed him back.

The black dog didn't say anything, took the food from Ye Rongqiu's hand and ate it in two bites.

After breakfast, the Japanese army rewarded the soldiers with artillery fire.After enjoying the baptism of artillery fire, Ye Rongqiu crawled out of the trench in disgrace, and entered the shack again.He opened the book he hadn't finished reading yesterday, and continued to chew on the difficult content.Yesterday was the hardest, because he couldn't understand any of his professional terms, so he could only guess based on the context.However, there are only a few professional terms that come and go. After you guess it, the following articles will be easier to read.

Ye Rongqiu read a page, raised his head, and saw Gu Xiuge standing at the door, looking at him with interest.Seeing him look up, Gu Xiuge walked in with a smile and stuffed two eggs into his hand: "College student, eat more to nourish your brain."

Ye Rongqiu collected the eggs, peeled one and ate it, and put the rest in his pocket.

After Gu Xiuge left, he picked up the book again and read down seriously.Heigou once said that he thinks it is right now. The reality cannot be changed by accepting it or not. People don’t live for one breath, accept it, and let themselves live better.At least next time, he hoped his gun wouldn't blow up again.