Traveler Major League

Chapter 185 Death and Life

Hearing that there was such a big fish, Li Kun and the others were extremely curious. As farmers who had grown up in the inland all their lives, they had never had the concept of such a giant fish. Once you get a marked wooden sign, you are about to set off.

"Push the wheelbarrow over there before you go." The old man unhurriedly called back the three people who had walked to the door, and pointed to their cars, "Don't lose your number plate, if you lose your number plate, You can make up five dollars."

Li Kun bowed his hands and said in his heart, there is no lock here, relying on this wooden sign, he dare not put his belongings in the house, "Thank you, old man."

On the way, one person bought a small arm-long grilled fish. It was smeared with oil and cooked with fruit wood. It was very delicious and purely used to fill the stomach. Since traveling to this place, in order to save food, meat has become a big food. Most people's first choice, especially in this place where the river is rich in many products, the fish caught in winter are delicious when grilled as long as they are sprinkled with fine salt.

The so-called wharf was only three miles away from the inn where Li Kun and the others lived. It was not far from the city, and it was full of people, most of them were pushing wheelbarrows, and some were driving donkey carts. It was very lively.

From a long distance, I saw a huge monster of nearly eight feet lying on one end of the pier. The ground is all paved with cement. It is not completely level, but presents a slightly curved angle, which is convenient for washing. Several wide channels in the inclined direction often The river on the other side.

It can be seen that this is not an open-air temporary place, but a special slaughterhouse with a shed. When they arrived at the place, several people also ate up the grilled fish.

"Uncle, why is this fish so big? How did you get it here?"

Hearing his nephew's question, Li Kun didn't know how to answer, so he could only point to the huge winches at one end of the shed and said, "Look at those cows, they must have been used to drag them ashore."

"This big fish, hey, can it grow in this small river? Then can't we catch it in the small river of our village?"

"If this is caught, it's so big, wouldn't it be enough for our village to eat for decades?" Li Kun gritted his teeth, imagining the beautiful scene.

"puff."

A chuckle came, it was a young man who was also watching the fun standing aside, wearing a civil government school uniform, seeing Li Kun and the other three looking at him because of their laughter, he was not shy at all, "It was caught in the sea. Whales, according to "Zuo Zhuan·Xuan Gong 12th Year": "In ancient times, the king of the Ming Dynasty was disrespectful, and he took the whale salamander and named it, thinking that it was a big slaughter, so there was a Beijing watch to punish prostitution. "Not everything can grow in a river,"

"This is the biggest one I've caught recently. It was specially pulled here by boat along the river, disassembled and slaughtered. Not to mention the meat, the fish oil taken from this one is more than that of thousands of big fat pigs. Our big granary, there is nothing more food-saving than this. It is full of treasures. The skin can be used to make leather, the fat can be eaten, and it can also be used as lubricating oil to make soap. The meat tastes as strong as beef and has many uses. Very much."

At this time, the other teenagers who were slaughtering shouted: "Zhang Yuan, hurry up and help."

Hearing the shout, the boy who was just explaining showed off what he had learned in class, and ran over waving his hands.

The entire wooden shed also began to get busy. The large pieces of whale meat were cut by a knife and saw, and quickly turned into small pieces, which were pushed by small trolleys to several other wooden sheds for fine segmentation. Some were peeled, and some were cut into meat. , the internal organs are also placed in different categories, and there are even several bacon stone houses on the other side, which specially smoked whale meat to preserve it for a longer period of time.

As the decomposition continued, the ribs of the whale leaked out first. Only then did Li Kun know what the old man at the inn said was true. The ribs were taller than a human being, and the ribs alone were more than two meters long.

At this time, there are butchers who collect scattered whale meat and sell it on the sidelines: "Five cents a catty of meat, buy it fresh."

Soon there was a long queue in front of his stall. Only then did Li Kun understand why there were so many small carts waiting here. It turned out that they were for buying meat.

"Five cents a catty of meat is really cheap, uncle, shall we buy some too?"

"If you buy it, you can't take it back. Besides, our village is not short of these meats, so only people here buy them, probably from the city." Li Kun pointed to the people in the queue, most of whom were dressed in factory uniforms. , Guessing that working on weekdays does not have time to hunt and farm.

While talking, Li Kun didn't stand in line, just walked to the front of the line and asked, "Brother, I don't want meat, I want two ribs, how can I sell them?"

Li Kun pointed to the two front long ribs in the distance, the milky white halo after shaved meat, the butcher patted his head and said, "Do you really want those bones?"

Seeing Li Kun nodded to confirm, the butcher turned his head and asked the young man who was dividing fish fat from the meat on the other side, "Xiao Zhang, this man wants to sell your bones." Him, those messy bones are under their control."

After Zhang Yuan's explanation later, Li Kun understood what the butcher meant. According to their previous practice, these fish bones were all to be ground into powder to make fertilizer in the field. The price sold.

"The baleen is really useful, and it can also be used as a spring, which is expensive." Zhang Yuan explained.

Li Kun turned a deaf ear to this, he didn't want whalebone, he just wanted to carry the two two-meter-long ribs back and stand at the gate of the village, looking very majestic.

Different from the bustling and chaotic outside, a meeting scene that seemed normal on the surface but full of strange atmosphere began in the city at this time.

With the stability of the situation, the young officers under Liu Ze have already reached the age of starting a family. Before that, there were more men than women, or they were facing survival crisis and encircled by the army. I am busy cleaning up the surrounding tribes on weekdays, so most of them are single.

According to the words of Lao Kong, it is a woman with imbalance of yin and yang, which is not long-term, and they are all in their 30s and [-]s. Who can not know who.

So taking advantage of the new year, nearly half of the chief officers of each army came back to report on their duties, Liu Ze held this party full of intrigues and traps.

The location of this party is in the bastion area that serves as the headquarters. In this small square in the middle of the open space, it was often used as a meeting place for military chief officers or a place for military academy classes. In this place full of male hormones, finally Ushered in another group of outliers.

There are two groups of people in the open space, about [-] men and women each sitting facing each other. The two groups are divided into multiple rows, just like a class in a classroom, except that the opposite group is another group of peers.

There are also conditions for the participants here. First of all, the men must be company platoon officers or single officers who are studying in a military academy. Similarly, the women only have one condition: they must be graduates who have passed the education examination of the girls' school founded by Liu Ze.

These two kinds of people have been influenced and educated by the program of the public association, and most of them are even members of the official public association. They are the kind of people who are incompatible with the mainstream group of Ming Dynasty.

This place is like a job fair, but time is passing by slowly, and few people on both sides dare to face the opposite sex directly. The host Liu Ze and others watching are very happy. At this time, the men and women on the two sides are clearly separated. , the behavior is also uniform.

Most of the men pretended to be calm and chatted with each other, exchanging recent knowledge and news. Many of them were students in the military academy for short-term training, and some were comrades in the same unit.

Most of the girls lowered their heads shyly, their faces were already blushing, and most of them were pinching the corners of their clothes or fiddling with their hair, their hearts beating like drums of war.

Time was running out and the military situation was on fire. According to these shy situations, it was estimated that there would be no results until dark. Seeing that there was nothing to do, Liu Ze walked along the stool to the high platform between the two groups of people.

At this moment, Liu Zexian said to the officers who deliberately sat upright: "You are all old and not young. In Daming, 20 years old and not married and having children are considered rare. Now that we are gradually stable, the next step is to promote production and construction. Good soldier, let's fight back to Daming and liberate the people all over the world."

"There are still many things waiting for us to do. You are all cadres above the company platoon level, and you will be the seeds of the expansion of our People's Army in the future."

"Looking at how awkward you are, how can you have the arrogance to risk your life to liberate all mankind?"

"Looking at the girls in front of me, they are all students of our girls' school, and they are all hard-working people from the same background as us. Without our army to rescue them, they would have been sold to other people as cows and horses. Now they are all An elite group of members of the Commonwealth."

Liu Ze turned around and faced the girls who were still shy and said, "The group of people in front of you are all the backbone officers of our People's Army. I have already reached the age of getting married and having children, and now I don’t even have a partner. Although I have settled down now, but look around, there are so many red-haired man who struggled to survive in the primitive tribal society waiting to be liberated. In Daming, there are still Many compatriots, sisters and poor people need to be rescued, comrades, time is running out."

Liu Ze waved his hands and shouted: "Today is to let you get to know each other. If you see each other, you will be everywhere. We people will pay attention to the equality of men and women. Love is based on the common ideals of both parties, and we must also talk about agreeing with each other. This is for you. An opportunity for each other is also an order, during this Chinese New Year period, give me to solve my personal problems."

Looking at the two sides, there is still no movement, especially the girl's side, with her head hanging down to her chest, very shy.

"Now I order: everyone stand up." Liu Ze shouted, there was a clatter of sleeves rubbing against each other, and everyone stood up and stood at attention.

"Girls, officers, don't whine, this is an order, charge towards the empty seat next to the person in front of you."

As soon as the words fell, the group of boys came to their senses first, rushing to sit next to the girls, and the vacant seats they had reserved for a long time finally came in handy, and most of the girls responded shyly Listening to the questioning of the young man around him, the best group of people in this era stepped on the first step of love.

Zhang Gou'er was the first officer to rush out. While he was sitting on his seat, he aimed at a girl. The girl's body looked so thin in this cold weather. So charming.

From that moment on, he decided not to marry her. None of the girls here can compare with her. Nodding his head, his flushed cheeks were on fire.

As soon as he heard Liu Ze's words, Zhang Gou'er ran up without hesitation. Seeing the girl's wide eyes, flickering eyelashes, and wide mouth, he suddenly felt flustered and his mouth was dry. I don't know what to say.

Zhang Gou'er sat next to the girl, and only then did he regain his senses, but his breathing was still rapid, his heart was beating so fast that he was about to jump out, and his voice became soft like the wind.

"Girl, what's your name?" Zhang Gou'er didn't dare to look at her.

The girl also seemed frightened and forgot to answer for a moment.

"Where do you work? I am the commander of the fourth company of the first battalion and the first battalion."

"How old are you? I'm nineteen."

At this time, the girl said weakly: "I was just assigned to the confidential department."

Zhang Gou'er didn't seem to hear it, and was still talking about his own situation: "I... no, my hometown was hit by a disaster in Yijun County, my parents starved to death, and I was the only one left. I only had two bites of food with my second uncle, and then I followed the commander to travel north and south to liberate the poor."

"This is the second time I've come to Hongmaoman. Look at me." As he said that, Zhang Gou'er lifted his shirt to show the girl the scar on his abdomen. This action completely frightened the girl. The long strip climbed from his belly button to his chest like a centipede.

Only then did Zhang Gouer realize the abruptness of his actions, "This is left over from the attack on Sanyuan County. Most of my platoon was killed and injured. Fortunately, it was protected by armor, otherwise I would be punished."

The little girl was a little distressed, and it was the first time she looked up at Zhang Gou'er's face, and the slightly immature face was full of determination, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt. I am much luckier than those comrades who died. We, no, we can fight back sooner or later, break the old society, and liberate everyone." Zhang Gou'er said me for a while, and then changed Speaking of me, I want to show that I am not so rustic with standard words.

"My parents were both killed by the army in Anjiaping Village, Ganquan County. I was the only one who survived and was hidden in the cellar. Later, I was rescued and returned to Luochuan Camp to go to school." The girl was still weak. As she spoke, she seemed to be shy, but her weak words were full of fortitude, "My name is Li Zhilan."

This blind date lasted from the afternoon to late at night, and finally ended in the embers of the bonfire. Couples of men and women got acquainted with each other shyly and half-heartedly. meeting.

Whether you get married first and then fall in love or fall in love first and then get married, it has become a choice.

(End of this chapter)