Costume Mountains and Rivers

The scale of this battle was not large. After the landmine exploded, soldiers from the nearby Eighth Route Army and the National Army launched a carpet-like search in the woods like a vast ocean. Soon, the last little devil was found in a plum tree. After being shot to death, everyone cleaned the battlefield and found that it was a Japanese death squad composed of less than ten people. They climbed up from a dangerous road full of rocks in the east. .

Mo Qinghe was stationed at the eastern foot of the Hulu Mountain. I am afraid that this small team ran into Shen Peinan who had a dispute with the Eighth Route Army in the camp just after entering the mountain.

Thinking back to the cold gun in the woods, everyone felt cold sweat. Without Mo Qinghe's push, with the medical conditions in the mountains, the situation might have gotten out of control.

The defense of the whole mountain was immediately strengthened, and the number of guards doubled. The soldiers were completely undressed, and they pricked up their ears to pay attention to any disturbance in Calabash Mountain.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the gray clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, covering the moon and stars layer by layer like old cotton wool. The wind was very strong, bringing a cold and damp smell of rain.

The woods were blown by the wind and bowed their heads, the leaves swayed, and a milky white mist appeared in the mountains. The land was covered, and then the raindrops started to get bigger.It was the first rain in May, ending days of sunshine and heat.

As soon as the rain fell, the temperature in the mountains dropped sharply, and the soldiers woke up from the cold, grumbling and complaining about the fickle weather, while pulling up tarpaulin tents to shelter them from the wind and rain.

In the thatched hut newly built by the Eighth Route Army, Commander Mo sat on a "bed" made of thatch, leaning his back against the simple wooden wall, slightly closed his eyes, and listened to the pattering rain outside.A gas lamp was hung with a thin wire on the roof of the thatched hut, and it swayed gently with the sound of the wind. cold.

His eyes opened a slit, thick eyelashes drooping down, filtering his vision into a blurred halo, the gas lamp was a flickering yellow light, and the wire rubbed against the wooden beams, squeak, squeak, he listened This regular sound, I feel very tired.

The Fourth Battalion Commander pushed open the door made of straw and leaned half his body in. Seeing that Mo Qinghe was still asleep, he turned around and closed the door gently.

"Regiment Commander, the entire mountain has been searched, and no trace of the Japanese army has been found." The Fourth Battalion Commander simply reported, and then lowered his voice, "The national army also returned to the camp to rest."

Mo Qinghe clasped her knees with both hands and nodded: "Go to sleep too, tomorrow's task is still heavy."

The Fourth Battalion Commander looked at him and said hesitantly, "The Commander didn't leave, he was standing outside. When I came in, I bumped into him and said he wanted you to go out and talk."

Mo Qinghe looked out through a crack in the wall, and there was a sloping field in front of the thatched shed. Looking down, there was indeed a dark shadow standing not far away, without an umbrella, silently like a ghost.

Mo Qinghe leaned back on the bed and said lightly, "Leave him alone."

The Fourth Battalion Commander felt the atmosphere was awkward, and glanced outside. He didn't know where to put his hands, wiped the seam of his trousers, and took a step forward: "It's raining outside."

Mo Qinghe didn't answer, just closed his eyes, and made a posture to see off the guests. The Fourth Battalion Commander sighed and walked out. He is a native farmer, he sells jujubes at home, and he has seen the colorful world in the city by pushing a cart. He claimed to be very knowledgeable, so he was recommended by everyone to visit Captain Mo, but when he really got there, he was suddenly speechless.

In fact, he was in a difficult situation. Peasants are the most stupid. They work silently at home and fight silently when they go out. They feel that everything is wrong without profanity. , Standing in the room, his face turned red, he twitched for a long time, held his head up, and began to recite: "Report to the head of the group!"

"Chairman Mao taught us that the purpose of the revolution is to eliminate exploitation, eliminate classes, and create a new society in which everyone is equal, where everyone has food to eat and clothing to wear. Chairman Mao also said that no matter what you did in the past, as long as you accept the Class ideology, join the ranks of the proletariat, you are all our comrades, what is that word?"

He suddenly froze, staring at his bulging bull-like eyes, half-opening his mouth, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. He was stunned for a long time, and suddenly he turned his head and had a flash of inspiration: "By the way, we must treat everyone equally!"

Mo Qinghe opened his eyes and looked at him in surprise. The Fourth Battalion Commander ignored him, rolled his eyes, and continued to backtrack in a blunt tone: "We were oppressed by the bourgeoisie in the past, but now the workers and serfs are going to turn themselves into masters. If that Army Commander Shen gets in trouble with you again, the brothers won’t let him go, don’t care about his grandma’s cooperation! Fuck his mother with a gun!”

Mo Qinghe was originally in a low mood, but was amused by this series of propaganda slogans. The Fourth Battalion Commander finished the series like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, heaved a sigh of relief, and asked: "That Shen Peinan is so arrogant, he used to be a landlord, right? Lao Tzu, the landlord of our village, took over the most beautiful girl in the village, and paid rent to him for all the food we harvested all year round. Fortunately, the Communist Party came and gave everyone a bad breath!"

Mo Qinghe hummed, and said with a smile: "Let's take it as it is, it must be a big landlord."

The blush on the face of the Fourth Battalion Commander has not faded away. Hearing this, he clenched his fists and his teeth itched with anger: "I knew that the Kuomintang oppressed the people, and there is nothing good about it."

The two of them were talking, when the door was pushed open again, Xiao Shuanzi crossed his arms, took a hiss of cold air, muttered how cold he was, stepped in, and wondered: "Hey, the battalion commander is here too! "

He is the youngest, and everyone treats him as a child, so he has no taboos. He crawled onto the bed, crossed his legs, put his hands in his sleeves, looked at Mo Qinghe with great interest, and his eyes sparkled: "Team leader , They didn't tell me, so I came to ask you directly."

He leaned forward and leaned forward: "What is your relationship with that Kuomintang?"

Mo Qinghe's face darkened, and before he could answer, the Fourth Battalion Commander became anxious, saying that he had finally managed to make the regimental commander laugh, but this ignorant little bastard came to disturb him again, and stretched out his hand to give him a clue: "My lord's business!" , your child is asking nonsense! It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"

Xiao Shuanzi was robbed and felt very bored, so he yelled at him: "You know what! When I went up the mountain that night, I saw him touching the head's face!"

"What's wrong with touching your face?" The Fourth Battalion Commander glared at him, "It doesn't matter if you touch your dick!"

Xiao Shuanzi couldn't close his mouth in surprise, and turned to Mo Qinghe: "No wonder the leader is angry, when did he touch your dick? I'll go to him to settle the score! My mother said that the place where you pee is only It can be touched by the mother-in-law, but no one else can!"

The Fourth Battalion Commander was extremely embarrassed, dragged Xiao Shuanzi up from the bed, and was about to slap him: "Such a big man, why don't you feel ashamed, let you yell, let you yell!"

Talking like an old man teaching his son, he pulled him out. Xiao Shuanzi was very wronged, he was dragged to the door and still held on to the wall, and he shouted at the commander of the fourth battalion unwillingly: "Everyone is worried about the commander. They didn’t dare to come again, I was anxious to see them, I said you wouldn’t go, and they wouldn’t let me go, I’m kind... Hey you stupid ass, stop shooting, my head hurts!”

Little Shuanzi was swept out by the Fourth Battalion Commander like a gust of wind, and the door was closed with a bang. The two of them shouted and shouted all the way, their voices became lower and farther away, and finally they could not be heard at all.

Mo Qinghe sat on the bed for a while, leaning on the window to look out, the mountain stream was surrounded by thick mist, the path was pitch black, the wind blew a little, but the rain kept falling, the leaves dripped and dripped down, Small rustling sounds echoed in front of and behind the house, and the obliquely flying raindrops weaved into a dense net, making it difficult to distinguish the direction, as if time had stopped.

On the small slope outside the house, Shen Peinan stood quietly, neither approaching nor leaving, with his back straight, standing like a pine tree.

Mo Qinghe realized that the halo of the gas lamp in the room would expose his figure completely, so he quickly retracted into the quilt, grabbed a large handful of dry straw to hide himself, the comrades' visit just now made him feel very warm, Thinking of Shen Peinan, chills ooze from his heart again. At first he thought it was because of the rain, but then he realized that he was feeling sad.

Mo Qinghe is the least sad person. Even when he received the letter of breaking up the relationship back then, he just gave a wry smile. Relatives left one by one, and those he admired left him clean like throwing a burden. He felt that his fate It's really not good, but it's just a wry smile.Now he is buried in the thick haystacks, and the dim light squeezes him into a square inch where there is nowhere to escape. With his eyes closed, he thinks of a rainstorm many years ago, when he was in a large courtyard in Beiping City. Collecting A Niang's body, Shen Peinan was wet all over, hugged him and said he loved him, Mo Qinghe recalled his body temperature at that time, and felt sad, as if his parents had died again.

He thought, what the Fourth Battalion Commander said was right, he and Shen Peinan had long since completely had nothing to do with each other.Then he decided not to be disturbed by the past, got up and turned out the gas lamp.

Just as the light in the thatched shed was dimmed, a shout came from outside: "Mo Shaoxuan, get out of here!"

Then the voice became soft again: "Xiao Mo, come out and listen to me to say a few words, and then sleep after listening."

"If you don't come out, I'll shout to you every sentence!"

The voice just fell.The light came on all of a sudden, and the door made of straw and wooden slats opened suddenly, emitting a light yellow light all over the place. Mo Qinghe opened an umbrella, walked through the low fence wall and the muddy mountain road, and walked slowly to Shen Peinan. in front of.

The two were very close, but neither could touch the other, the space under the umbrella was airtight, Mo Qinghe hid himself inside, and raised the edge of the umbrella a little, he saw Shen Peinan's face turned pale from the cold rain , The rain soaked the brim of the hat, dripped down against the cheeks, and boiled down to a crystal bead on the chin, dripping down.

The wound on the left arm was covered with a thick bandage, soaked by the rain, and a large pool of dark red blood seemed to be splashed with ink.

Holding the handle of the umbrella, Mo Qinghe said calmly, "What do you want to tell me?"

Shen Peinan originally thought that he must have hid himself and cried secretly after being scolded by him, but now he saw Mo Qinghe's expression was calm and his eyes were not red, but he was standing in the rain like a fool, I was dumbfounded for a while, and then forgot to think about what to say, and said in a muffled voice: "I was wrong about what happened tonight, and I don't want to get angry, it's just that show you guys are performing..."

Mo Qinghe let out a short sneer and looked at him with raised eyebrows.Shen Peinan quickly regained his composure, and his tone became cold: "Captain Mo, I don't mean to interfere with your entertainment activities, but please take a look at the situation around you and your hat when you are blatantly defying the government. This badge on it."

Mo Qinghe's military cap is pinned with the Kuomintang's blue sky and white sun cap emblem. In fact, since the Southern Anhui Incident three years ago, the relationship between the two parties has deteriorated, and everyone has not worn it very much.Hearing what he said, Mo Qinghe put the handle of the umbrella in the pocket of her neck, took off her hat, took off the badge, and stuffed it into her pocket.Shen Peinan laughed angrily at his small movements, and reached out to touch his face, but Mo Qinghe turned his head to avoid him, Shen Peinan's hand was hanging in the air, so he had no choice but to pat him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: " The child has a temper, and he is still so stubborn."

"When I first joined the army, I was sent to Whampoa for advanced studies. Chairman Jiang was the principal of the military academy. Although we didn't often have the opportunity to meet each other, the friendship between teachers and students is unforgettable."

Shen Peinan waved his hand slightly towards the hillside behind him, his eyes fell on Mo Qinghe, his eyes became kind and patient like a brother, and he spoke slowly to him word by word: "Even if the chairman has all sorts of dislikes against your party, he is My chief is the chief of all the soldiers here, if you arrange it like this, if I don’t yell at you, they will stab me in the back and say that I am a traitor to the party-state.”

He wiped the rainwater off his face, put his hands on Mo Qinghe's shoulders, got closer to him, and said with a smile: "Honey, I was shot by a little devil, and now my arm hurts badly, don't be angry with me." It's cold tonight, you go to my place, I'll sleep with you in my arms, okay?"

Mo Qinghe stepped back and hit a small round stone with his heel. Half of the stone was sunk in the mud, and the other half was washed slippery by the rain. He almost fell down. In order to maintain his balance, he took a few steps back again and again. .Mo Qinghe didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of Shen Peinan, so she tensed her face and looked at him warily.

His retreat was originally unintentional, but in the eyes of the other party, it became a complete resistance. Shen Peinan said what he saw and reasoned, and apologized in a low voice. The brow furrowed again.

He has been fighting in the military all these years, relying on being a tough guy with real guns and guns, he has never turned down his face to beg anyone, and now facing Mo Qinghe, he can be called a copper pea that does not get into oil and salt, He felt that he could neither hit nor scold, and felt that he was at the end of his rope, so he tightened his eyebrows, trying to find a way to make peace without hurting his face.

In Mo Qinghe's eyes, Shen Peinan's expression was another very familiar gesture of impatience, and he was also clear about the indifferent attitude of "don't be here and shameless" in his next step, Originally moved by his gentleness, when he saw his face, he immediately felt that this string of words was just a way to calm things down, and his heart turned cold again.

Just as a gust of wind was blowing the rain, the big pagoda tree above the head shook for a while, and the oval leaves fell all over the two of them. Mo Qinghe lifted a fallen leaf from his shoulder and threw it aside. He said lightly: "I understand all these, and you don't need to teach me any more. I also apologize to you about the show."

Shen Peinan immediately showed a relieved expression, and raised her hand to embrace him, but Mo Qinghe dodged slightly and dodged.

"Brother Shen." Standing in a safe place where no one can touch him, he raised his head, and his eyes scratched Shen Peinan's face from under the edge of the umbrella, with a bit of contempt in his eyes, "I just want to ask you one thing, this matter If you don't understand, there is no need for us to meet, and you don't have to call each other baby, I was not lucky to be your baby before, and I don't want to be now."

"What am I in your heart?"

After Mo Qinghe asked this sentence softly, the smile in Shen Peinan's eyes grew stronger, the fine lines at the corners of his eyes stretched slightly, and he took a step forward: "Fool, don't you know this, you are my little bird , I am willing to pamper and love you..."

"It's been seven years, and you're still talking nonsense to me!" Mo Qinghe suddenly let go of her hand, turned around and left, the umbrella fell heavily behind her, and with a bang, the light smoke and rain in the mountains were startled, It shattered a dream that had been held in his heart for many years.