Reborn in the fiery age, I am a salted fish in the mountains

Chapter 5
This time Han Xiaokang responded to the call and actively signed up for the "Pest Control Commando".

According to the reward standard set by the district office, commandos can receive 3 catties of brown rice as a daily subsidy, totaling 5 yuan in cash.

As for Xu Damabang, the production team leader, the food he approved for himself was allocated according to the standard of 10 days.

So it is 30 catties of old rice.

Han Xiaokang prepared the things to go into the mountain, and the next day, with 5 catties of rice in it, he rushed to the compound of the district office.

At home, I left 25 catties of rice for my mother, which must be able to last for a while.

As for the fact that he brought very little rice, it was because Han Xiaokang thought about his old mother, who was afraid of being hungry all these years.

If you don't leave more food for her, I won't be willing to cook more
And it doesn't matter if you bring less food.

After entering the mountains.

what's the matter,

There are also some wild cassava, taro, and wild fruits on the mountain to satisfy your hunger, right?
What's more, there are fish, shrimp, and crabs in the streams in the mountains.

Not to mention, there are countless pheasants, hares, wild goats and wild boars in the mountains
Come to the district office compound.

The yard was already full of dark crowds.

These commandos were all shouted out from the various production teams with loudspeakers by the leaders of the district office yesterday.

Everyone knows that going into the mountains to get rid of insects can be regarded as a crisis, and life and death are unpredictable.

So at this moment, there was no smile on the big guy's face, but he seemed preoccupied and even a little scared.

After the district leader finished speaking, he also praised Han Xiaokang, the first one who voluntarily signed up for the commando team.

Next is the flag ceremony.

Then there were nearly 100 big guys, led by the commando captain Lin Wenliang, carrying the bright red team flag, all the way west.

Started to go to the deep mountains and old forests.

Considering that the team that entered the mountain last time suffered heavy casualties, there were 6 militiamen with live ammunition among the commandos that entered the mountain this time, following them all the way.

From the streets of the district to the deep mountains and old forests, it is a full 35 miles.

The big guys set off early in the morning and did not arrive until the afternoon at the last village in the deep mountains: the production team of Wujiazhai.

it's here,
Everyone needs to stop and recuperate, and it will be safer to wait until tomorrow morning to enter the mountain.

In the area of ​​the Wujiazhai production team, there used to be bandits and robbers and the second child of the remnant soldier who were active on this land.

So folk customs have always been tough.

Coupled with the late liberation of the deep mountains and old forests, it has been 9 years since the liberation outside the mountains, and it has only been less than 7 years since the bandits were completely eliminated in this area.

The level of education of the people is low, and the masses are enlightened later.

To put it bluntly, it is a bit "disobedient".

therefore,

Even if the "pest control commando" sent by the district came here, they had to be honest and dare not make mistakes.

Because no one can afford it, a mistake of "undermining unity".

When Lin Wenliang, the captain of the commando, went to see the captain of the Wujiazhai production team to discuss how to arrange an overnight stay.

But they were stunned: "Our production team only has more than 30 households and about 200 people. How can we receive you guys who are nearly 100 people?
Let you live in all the houses of the members of the commune, and then let them go to the wilderness to drink dew?Do you think that's possible? "

The Wujiazhai production team is unwilling to take care of the board and lodging of the commando team.

Lin Wenliang was helpless.

In the end, he had to take his troops and sleep in a thatched hut far away from the Wujiazhai compound.

There are only 4 houses in this hut.

It is obviously unrealistic to squeeze so many people in at once.

Then only some people can be allowed to sleep in the dirt yard overgrown with weeds.

Then Lin Wenliang took the militiamen and some of the commando members who were a little more attractive, and lived in the hut.

Because Han Xiaokang is one of the commandos and an activist on the radio, he is naturally eligible to live in the house.

live in a dirt yard,

The cold and damp dew is heavy, and there are many mosquitoes and ants, which is very uncomfortable.

Although living in a house is not much better, it is much better than living in a yard.

This is the visible and tangible benefit that Han Xiaokang can bring by trying to be an "activist"
Wait until the group settles down,

The big guys started chopping bamboo, ready to make rice in bamboo tubes.

Han Xiaokang took out some rice, and teamed up with commando leader Lin Wenliang and the others to make do with a meal.

Then they lay down on the floor to rest.

There are so many sloppy people crammed into the room, they don't wash their feet or brush their teeth, and they fart.

You can imagine the smell in the house
After Han Xiaokang finished his meal, he took the enamel jar to the ditch outside the house to brush his teeth and wash his feet.

Unexpectedly, Lin Wenliang and another team member named Zhou Jian were also there.

Among the hundred or so people, there are not many who love cleanliness this much.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, shaking their heads.

They all smiled wryly: This time when entering the mountain, don’t say anything about danger, it’s just the smell of sweat, feet, and farts from these rough men.
It's all unbearable.

It was hard to get through a difficult night.

Before dawn the next day, commando leader Lin Wenliang woke everyone up and started cooking.

After a hasty breakfast, the commando set off into the mountains.

The further you go into the mountains, the more difficult the road becomes.

Along the way, although the commandos were like a rainbow and red flags were waving.

But the group of men following behind were all frowning.

Into the deep mountains and old forests to kill insects?

Who knows who will destroy whom!
After walking for a whole morning, the big guys hurried and walked for more than 10 miles.

This is the real start to enter the vast mountains.

There is no road in the mountains.

Many people left, but still not there.

So we need to split thatch and find a way.

More than 100 men with bad status from various production teams are searching nervously in the woods.

suddenly!

"Ah—" a scream!
"Captain, it's not good, it's not good!"

"Huowa was bitten, yes, it's the tip of the soldering iron!"

"What?! I'll go take a look."

After a few minutes, Captain Lin Wenliang and his team arrived at the place, each of them couldn't help but gasp!
I saw that guy named Huo Wa on the ground, clutching his feet, writhing in pain among dead branches and leaves.

And beside him,

A brown poisonous snake with a pointed head and a battered skin, its tail is still curled up and twisted.
At this time, the bitten Huowa's expression had already begun to change.

Someone asked, "Captain, do you want to rub medicinal wine and snake medicine on him?"

"Some venom has entered the blood, and it's too late."

Lin Wenliang yelled, "Hold him!"

The captain pulled out the machete: "Extend his bitten foot."

"Captain, really, really want to do that?"

Huo Wa's companion was terrified: "Then how will he work in the production team and earn work points in the future?"

The captain snorted coldly: "If you want your legs or your life, you can make up your mind for him!"

Huo Wa howled, but his limbs were tightly suppressed and he couldn't move.

click-

The sole of the foot was chopped off, and blood spurted wildly.

The captain withdrew the bloody machete, "Bound his ankles to death, don't let him bleed too much. Apply antidote wine on the wound, wash it well, and then sprinkle firewood ash to bind the hemp egg. The medicine wine brought in this time is really too much." Less! I can take care of the east end, but not the west end!"

said,

The captain looked around coldly, "Next, who will open the way?"

In the deep mountains and old forests,
Those who walk in the front are the most dangerous, so no one dares to say anything.

If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, you can spray a little homemade antidote wine in time, and maybe it won't kill you.

It's a pity that the team that went into the mountain to exterminate insects this time only brought a small half bottle of medicinal wine.

This has to be given priority to the militiamen who follow behind, in case of emergency.

Therefore, a mere half bottle of medicinal wine is really a bit of a head-scratcher, and it can't be turned around.

The civilian husbands who knew that this task was dangerous did not dare to take over.

"Give him five full-time jobs a day."

Captain Lin Wenliang knew that no one would accept this terrible task.

So he can only try to see if there will be any idiots under the heavy reward. No, see if there is any brave man: "Additionally subsidize him with 3 catties of rice. Every day! I will cash it when I go back."

Still no one said anything.

It seems that we have to increase the price, "An extra 1 yuan a day will be subsidized. After we successfully complete the task, I will ask the commune for credit for him!"

Still no one dared to take the lead.

After all, food is precious, but their lives are more important.
(End of this chapter)