HCB Chapter 20 How to Play Their Value
Chapter 20 How to Play Their Value
During the period of the Republic of China, in order to maintain social order and track down deserters fleeing among the people, the government authorities specially organized a law enforcement team.
These law enforcement members patrol the streets every day, and the leading captain holds a token in his hand to show the identity of the law enforcement team and also symbolize that the law enforcement team has the right to kill first and act later.
Therefore, over time, ordinary people called the law enforcement team "big order".
Because the "Daling" has the right to kill first and act later, it often relies on its own power to blackmail businesses, theaters, hotels, etc. along the street.
As long as someone dares to refuse, the order will directly close your shop and prevent you from doing business in the name of searching for deserters.The merchants had to spend money to send away these plague gods.
However, the group of deserters who are most afraid of the "big order" is the group of deserters who often live among the people. After seeing the "big order", they tremble like a mouse seeing a cat.
After all, if the 'Da Ling' find out that he is a deserter, he will be dragged directly to the crossroads and beheaded in public to show the public!
Looking at his cousin Wu Qiusheng's performance, Lin Hongfei guessed a little bit in his heart, and without hesitation, he immediately dragged Wu Qiusheng through a narrow alley, and then took a detour back to the courtyard.
"You're back, Hongfei, who is this?" Sister-in-law Qin, the neighbor in the same courtyard, asked casually.
"Oh, my cousin from the countryside wants to find a job in the city!" Lin Hongfei made up a nonsense.
Sister-in-law Qin is a warm-hearted person. She immediately said, "Looking for an errand? The car dealership your second brother works in has recently vacated two foreign cars."
"If you think it's appropriate, you can take your relative to a car dealership."
Lin Hongfei thanked with a smile: "Okay, I will change my cousin's clothes first, and then go to the car dealership to have a look."
Back in the room, Lin Hongfei closed the door. At this time, Wu Qiusheng ran to the side of the water tank, picked up the water ladle and drank a ton of well water.
"belch!"
Wu Qiusheng burped, his face became a little better, but his expression was still nervous.
Lin Hongfei took out half a bag of snacks and handed them over, soothingly said: "Don't be so scared, those big orders are not stupid, they know that poor people live in the courtyard and they have nothing to squeeze, so they don't come here."
At this time, Wu Qiusheng's eyes lit up immediately when he saw the dim sum. He picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. He was starving.
Lin Hongfei was smoking a cigarette beside him, sighed and said, "Qiu Sheng, when did you become a soldier?"
Wu Qiusheng was taken aback for a moment, and asked in confusion, "Brother Fei, how do you know that I was a soldier?"
"Nonsense, apart from deserters, who would be so afraid of Da Ling, like a mouse seeing a cat!" Lin Hongfei laughed.
"Right!"
Wu Qiusheng smiled embarrassingly, and then narrated his experiences in the past few years.
It turned out that when the Wu family moved to the countryside, Wu Qiusheng was lucky enough to survive after being hit by a military disaster, but was dragged by another passing army to become a strong man.
Then, Wu Qiusheng followed the team to fight north and south. It's not that Wu Qiusheng didn't think about running away, but every time he saw the army's cruel methods of executing deserters, Wu Qiusheng hesitated again.
"Brother Fei, you don't know how cruel they are to deserters!"
"Put it in a sack, hang it up, and beat it to death with a stick; throw it into a dog cage and be bitten to death by a dog; tie it to the woods in the outskirts, be sucked and bitten by mosquitoes and leeches, and tortured to death." Wu Qiusheng still has lingering fears when he thinks about it now. .
"Then how did you escape?" Lin Hongfei asked curiously.
Wu Qiusheng swallowed a mouthful of snacks, and explained: "Last month, our battalion commander's mother celebrated her [-]th birthday. All the officers and veterans in the battalion went to the birthday banquet, and everyone drank too much."
"The three brothers who are close to me and I kept our eyes open, and didn't dare to drink too much, and our heads are still clear."
"So we escaped while the officers and veterans were drunk."
"Because it was a temporary idea, we left in a hurry and didn't bring much money with us. The four of us didn't dare to walk on the main road, for fear that the battalion commander would send troops to catch up with us."
"So, I took a small road, ate and slept all the way, and finally returned to Yanjing City by begging."
In Yanjing City, Wu Qiusheng was unaccompanied, except Lin Hongfei, his cousin.
Originally, he was not sure whether Lin Hongfei was still living in the courtyard, so he deliberately ventured into the city today. Fortunately, Lin Hongfei did not move.
"Where do you four live now?" Lin Hongfei asked.
"Oh, you know the tomb of Old Fu Baylor outside the city. We live in a dilapidated shed in the orchard to the west of the tomb." Wu Qiusheng replied honestly.
"In the future, what are your plans?"
Wu Qiusheng shook his head: "I don't know, the four of us have been in the army for these years, and we know nothing but shooting guns and wielding knives."
"What's more, the four of us are still wearing the hats of deserters. If we are discovered, it will be a dead end!"
Lin Hongfei nodded, frowning slightly and said: "It stands to reason that you come to join me, and I should find a way out for you and find an errand for you."
"But I'm just getting better now, and I can't take care of you."
Although Wu Qiusheng had expected such a result, he was still somewhat disappointed, with a hint of despair in his eyes:
"Oh, is it possible that the few of us have to hide like mice every day?"
Lin Hongfei patted Wu Qiusheng on the shoulder: "That's not the case, you and I are brothers, so naturally I won't watch you suffer."
"How about it, Qiu Sheng, let me think about it first, and I'll go to the orchard to find you if I have any news!"
As he spoke, Lin Hongfei took out some sets of clean clothes from the cabinet, and took out another 10 yuan:
"Qiu Sheng, take the clothes and money home first, buy more food on the way, and don't move around during this time."
Wu Qiusheng nodded. He knew that this was the greatest help his cousin could give him, so his eyes were full of gratitude:
"Brother Fei, thank you!"
"Family, if you say these words, you will be far away. Let's go, I will send you out of the city first!"
"it is good!"
The two brothers went out again, and Lin Hongfei protected Wu Qiusheng all the way to the outside of the city. The road was relatively safe, and there was no order to patrol the streets.
Saying goodbye to Wu Qiusheng, Lin Hongfei strolled on the street with a pensive expression on his face.
Four veterans who have received professional military training and have been on the battlefield are very precious no matter which army they are in.
Lin Hongfei knew this very well, so he had the idea of taking these four people for his own use.
The most difficult thing about these four people is their status as deserters.
However, in Lin Hongfei's view, this is not a big problem. Chen Fengchang also has some connections in the military, and many of his grandfather's students also serve in the military.
Through these contacts, Wu Qiusheng and others can get rid of their status as deserters.
"It's just, how to give full play to their value?"
This is a question that Lin Hongfei needs to consider at present.