Chapter Fifty-Three

  I burst out laughing, "You guys deserved to die at the South Heaven Gate!"

  No one went to pick up the ball on the ground, and it was picked up by Kruyber. Although he was also a player, he didn't even have the share of chasing after anyone. Now he hesitated for a while, put the ball into the basket - the basket on that side had fallen to such a level, Kruyber didn't have the ability to jump, but as long as he tiptoed, it could be put in.

  Then Krupp was stared at by everyone, and in his usual trance-like tone, he announced: "We've won."

  Among us, the most unyielding and spirited Hunan man suddenly jumped out, not with a nosebleed, but picked up the ball and furiously slammed it towards the other side's basket. It was a clever move, and also strange that Ah Yi's court was really narrow, so the ball thrown in a throwing motion actually passed through the entire court and scored in one go.

  Then that guy hugged the snake's butt again in our stunned eyes, and he slapped the snake's face with a "patter", "Win!"

  Those guys were huddled together again, continuing a kind of intimacy that could turn violent at any moment. A Yi squeezed out from among them and picked up his hat, which had been knocked off by someone.

  I bellowed at them, and I never smiled again, "You deserve to die on the Southern Heaven Gate!"

  Then a round of applause burst out monotonously, and when Ah Yi looked up, she was startled again and the hat that had just been put on her hand was blown away.

  Tang Ji clapped his hands loudly, He Shu Guang and Yu Zhi stood behind him, we didn't know how long they had been watching.

  We stopped, then Adjutant shouted "Form up" after a few seconds of stunned silence. I saw the most chaotic formation in my military career. Adjutant shouted "Attention" when we were still clustered together, and then he shouted "Salute" when half of us were finding our positions and the other half were standing at attention. As a result, the twenty or so people split into four factions: some looking for their place in formation, some standing at attention, others saluting, and some simply bewildered.

  Tang Ji always had a calm and gentle expression that made others feel like they were basking in the warm spring breeze, as if he hadn't just seen their absurd behavior. "Alright, alright. At this time, a good man should have a strong physique, able to protect the country above and defend himself below. Seeing you all like this, I'm very reassured."

  So we watched as Ah Yi stood up straight like a rifle that had just been fired, "Duty-bound! Vice-Commander!"

  "Everyone, please continue. I just happened to be passing by and thought I'd drop in. The temple has sent some new shoes, so I brought them along for you. Shoes have to fit comfortably, it's best to change into them early. There are 22 of you, right? I counted last time and there were 22."

  Unexpectedly, the deputy regimental commander came to our door to deliver shoes. We were stunned and looked at each other in dismay. Ah Yi immediately stood at attention and gave a Prussian-style military salute, "Twenty-three! Deputy Regimental Commander!"

  Tang Ji was slightly startled, apparently he had a good grasp of the number twenty-two. However, he wouldn't quibble over this distinction, "Oh no, we're one pair short."

  And Ah Hui quickly, or rather, oppressively transformed from one extreme to another, "You're not wrong. The shoes aren't missing either... Vice-Dean, someone is going to die. We can't save him."

  He Shuguang and Yu Zhi couldn't help but look at each other with disdain, as Ah Yi's face was already on the verge of tears. We were shocked and delighted, Ah Yi had finally done something useful.

  Tang Ji's hand landed on A Yi's shoulder, "That needs to be saved too."

  At this point, Ah Yi finally burst into tears. Who would have thought that he wasn't just crying for this matter? "It's really not easy, Vice-Commander. You don't know how hard it is. Over a thousand lives, and now there are only a few left. When I open my eyes, I see the living; when I close them, I see the dead. I really can't hold on anymore..."

  Tang Ji didn't waste his breath on idle chatter. Vice-Commander Tang's straightforwardness at this moment was truly to people's liking. "Where is he?"

  No need to translate, we have ten fingers pointing at the bean cake room, thirty eyes staring at where the bean cake is. Tang Ji waved one of his hands back. The soldiers he brought had just put down twenty-two pairs of shoes. They lined up and rushed straight into that room, with a momentum that made me think of the four words "like wolves and tigers".

  Full text version, updated, faster, only on Literature Network, computer station:. Support literature, support! Tang Ji now has the heart to follow us like spring breeze again. "Fortunately, it's okay. The hospital built by Americans has just been completed, that is, it was built for you. Alas, I don't want to say such nonsense anymore. Medical supplies are not lacking, but thinking and doing are never the same thing. However, a few people can still cope. I only want to tell you, Yu Shi Yu Shi, other teachers are called by their numbers, why we call Yu Shi, it's because we want you to have three words in your heart: our own people."

  Ayi burst into tears again and was patted on the head by Tang Ji, who instructed: "Use my car, hurry up and send her away."

  He Shuguang expressed a slight dissent, "The county magistrate is waiting for you..."

  "I said: 'The patient fought bravely at Nantian Gate, using his body as a gun mount, fearless of the hail of bullets...'"

  Tang Fu decided, "I'll take it there myself. We can discuss it with the county magistrate another day."

  The bean cake has been carried out of the house by that group of wolves and tigers, Hao Shouyi shouting "Good heavens, what are you doing?" from behind until he saw our small formation and fell silent.

  The bean cake was surrounded and went out, we followed behind with a loud noise. I gently pinched one to stop A Yi's sorrow - as the highest official of the shelter, he had to see him off.

  If Dou Bing were awake, he would be scared out of his wits. If Dou Bing were clever, he would think about what he had become. At most, he was only one twenty-third of the living being who came back from Nan Tian Men, that's all. Three-tenths of my tears are because of sensitivity, two-thirds of my tears are for disillusionment and loss, and I couldn't believe that the second person in the Zen Da list, ranked before the county head, would make a special trip just to deliver twenty-two pairs of shoes to us.

  The bean cakes were loaded onto the vehicle, and the guards also got on. Tang Ji had one foot still on the step, and he looked back at us with a bow. Poor Mudan and Manhan, they had been trying their best to stand up straight like door gods.

  The mystery was finally revealed.

  "Oh, Captain Lin, you are both loyal and brave, with outstanding military achievements. You have been promoted to Deputy Regiment Commander, concurrently serving as Instructor."

  "Wha..." A Yi suddenly started coughing violently, I had never seen anyone choke on their own saliva like that.

  Tang Ji smiled kindly and said, "You don't care about fame or fortune, how can we?"

  We watched as Ah Yi finally stopped his cough, but the muscles on his face were twitching. I can be sure that it wasn't excitement but huge panic, good heavens. He couldn't even handle a basketball game.

  A Yi's voice trembled with fear, "Which... which group?"

  "Chuan Army."

  A's voice trembled with surprise, "Which Sichuan army corps?"

  "Let's go." Tang Ji didn't seem to want to explain any further, and judging by Ah Yi's courage - actually, all of our courage - we didn't dare ask again. Tang Ji got on the car without hesitation, the car started without hesitation, taking away Dou Bing and our huge doubts.

  Hao the veterinarian is still delighted for us, who have already lost our joy, "I'm going to burn incense now. I've been chanting all along, 'Little bean pancake kids, can't just go like that.' Little kids are saved!"

  But no one responded to him.

  "What's the gang?"

  The snake's butt also asked: "What team are we?"

  "It's the Chiang Kai-shek faction... but which faction is the Chiang Kai-shek faction?" I also wanted to find someone to give me an answer, unfortunately, what I saw was Krupp. Then Krupp immediately began to feel guilty and muttered: "I don't care."

  Bu Lai said: "I only know who is the deputy team leader."

  "There's also a supervisor. What's a supervisor?" asked Snake Buttocks.

  "Not spicy answer: 'It's the kind of person who doesn't go themselves, but takes a gun and forces you to waste Japanese bullets.'"

  "It's a good job. I want to do it."

  "You dare to mess with me and I'll chop you to death." Wu Lai threatened Snake Buttocks.

  We slowly walked away from A Yi, if we were the tide, A Yi was now the rhinoceros that divided the water, although not so powerful, but he indeed separated us at a distance of one or two meters from him. We reunited after bypassing him.

  A Yi stood there, staring blankly at the car that had long since disappeared into the distance.

  I was about to follow the crowd into the gate, when I turned my head and saw A Yi standing alone, feeling a bit unbearable. So I called out to him: "A Yi, it's better to worry about ancient people than to worry about yourself, it's less troublesome." But then I suddenly thought of something, "Why do I always feel like something is missing today?"

  Ayi Chong said as I turned around, with a mix of gratitude and deep sorrow. "We've always been missing something."

  But I've thought of something, "What about dog meat?!!"

  While Ni Dan and Man Han were recovering from the door god's spell, Man Han lazily replied to me: "Ran out early in the morning. With a 'whoosh', that dog was like a canine cannonball."

  I'm stunned. That dog was so important to me, in an instant I felt like Ah Yu, losing my soul and falling apart.

  I and Hao veterinarian turned in the streets of Zenda, the old man had walked lame, but still did his best to follow my big strides.

  And no matter what kind of bullet the dog bullet is, at the speed of dog meat, it's likely that it has already rushed out of Yunnan. In this chaotic and famine-stricken world, there is also a greatest possibility. That is, it has already rushed to some butcher's stall, been skinned and disembowelled, and its meat used to create value for the hungry Zen masters.

  A Ya's promotion was originally unimportant, now it is even more unimportant, half of the people killed their way to Chan Da and started searching.

  I'm ready to part with the dragon, but I'm not ready to part with dog meat, or die.

  Hao Lao Tou fell behind in my enthusiastic rush, he could only lean against the wall to catch his breath, his voice was hoarse from running. Have you ever seen an old man's voice go hoarse? "Wait... wait... wait..."

  I suppressed my anxiety, "Can't wait a little longer."

  Hao Shouyi panted and said: "Just... just arrived."

  So I stopped looking at him and turned to look around the alleys in all directions, hoping to catch a glimpse of Dog Meat's shadow on one of the paths. When I turned back to look at Old Hào again, he was sliding down the wall with his back against it, finally thudding onto the ground with a long sigh.

  I rushed over to him and added such accompaniment as he fell: "Hey? Hey! Ahhh!"

  Beaten and scolded by me, the old man gasped for breath and coughed while fending off my blows, "Nothing... nothing. Didn't sleep last night, just catching my breath... don't hit me."

  I found that I was worried too much, so I leaned him against the wall to catch my breath. "I knew it didn't want to stay with us, it wanted to do great things and would leave sooner or later," I said.

  Hao Shouyi was a bit dazed, "Mí Lóng? Mí Lóng is fine."

  "Dog meat! What great things can a stray dog do? His great thing is to put a dog leash around his neck and have his wife lead him, even the little brat can lead him."

  "Hmm... that's not it either... what's the hurry?" The old man was right, I shouldn't be in a rush. That would only let people know how jealous I had become. So I calmed down.

  "I'm craving dog meat," I said.

  Hao Shouyi let out a long, mournful sigh. "Alas, I shouldn't have said that. Good people never get a good ending."

  "Dog meat? Dog meat is dog's flesh. A dog that can only stare and bite people, isn't even a good dog."

  Hao nodded, "Yes, yes, it's a dog. Good people will have good endings, really, I was just choked with anger earlier."

  I looked at him, he looked at me.

  I know, he knows, we're both beating around the bush on this one thing. It's not the fierce battle at Nantian Gate, but the desolate days after the battle that make us feel... about that person...

  Dog meat can only remind us of one person.

  So I gritted my teeth and said, "That guy is too much like dog meat. If dog meat were to stand up, shake off its dog skin, it would be him."

  Hao Shouyi laughed so hard he was almost choking, "You're making me gasp for air, just a little - but he really does look like a dog."

  "I just think he's kind of interesting," I said.

  "Enna."

  "Look at him back then. Interesting. Said some believable things." I felt a bit down, "Not as fun without him."

  "Yeah." The old man was a bit boastful, "When I was with the turtle egg (a slang term for a foolish person), I felt like I was of the same age as you young turtle eggs."

  We remain silent.

  After a while, the old man said: "I've caught my breath."

  "I'm out of breath," I said.

  So we continued in silence. I gasped for air because I didn't want to cry.

  The twilight of Zen is approaching.

  He came out of the house with a look of surprise on his face and gazed at the twilight and mountains.

  A row of soldiers standing at attention gave him a rifle salute, and the dead man looked at him with an expression of a death row inmate pondering his executioner - if the death row inmate still had the heart to ponder.

  You can also say that the courtesy was not for him, because Yu Xiaoqing stood beside him, coldly sweeping his eyes, with one hand opening and closing the gun holster as if unintentionally.

  Die die die started drooling with laughter, maybe that's called fearless, but it's just drooling. "Switch guns? Type 79 is okay, good gun."

  Yu Xiaoqing's expression didn't change, "What business do you have with me?"

  Dead, dead, turned his head, and changed color. On the empty land outside the teacher's office building, a huge dog chased after a soldier who was running wildly with his arms waving - actually, the soldier just thought he was being chased by the dog - at the same time, two soldiers were chasing after the dog from behind, rushing towards this side with the speed of a cannonball.

  "Get back! Don't...!" he shouted loudly until his voice was hoarse.

  The sound of the impact was clear to everyone, the dog cannonball directly hit the **, its dog head position was just right on the vital part, and ** let out a miserable cry and squatted down.

  Yu Xiaoqing looked at this scene with a strange expression, and the dog licked his face in extreme pain.

  "Get on the bus." Yu Xiaoqing said.

  He struggled to get on the car with his waist, so Yu Xiaoqing had to use a gunner to come up and support him.

  "Dead dead asked: 'My dog?'"

  "No dogs allowed in my car."

  Then he died and got into the car, the car left, the dog meat surrounded the gun hand who was standing still, turned around and started chasing after the car.

  Yu Xiaoqing's jeep was racing wildly in the suburbs, although there were roads, it looked like they were racing wildly in the wilderness.

  Die die die, tightly holding on, the car was overturned, but Yu Xiaoqiang felt comfortable as if he was about to fall asleep. Die die die, turning his head back to look at the grassland and forest behind him, the dog cannonballs were faintly visible within.

  "It's too slow," Yu Xiao Wei said.

  Then Zhang Lixian, who was driving, drove the car so fast it almost flew up.