If we talk about how people are evaluated in this world, the human heart is like a scale, and everyone will weigh it for themselves.
Others will never treat you in any way just because you are eloquent. Although some people may think you are enthusiastic, they may also think you are a talkative person who likes to deceive people.
This is exactly the case with Hou Kanshan. From the first moment the students came into contact with Hou Kanshan, they saw that he was very noisy and always "stepping on" Shang Zhen. Although they didn't say it on the surface, they actually had no good impression of him.
On the contrary, although Shang Zhen is taciturn, which may make people think that he has no interest, he also makes people feel that he is honest and trustworthy.
What's more, after asking this question, the students realized that Shang Zhen was still a new recruit.
In the students' eyes, a new soldier like Shang Zhen was honest and simple, without the ruffian spirit of an old soldier. He also knocked down several Japanese soldiers with a machine gun in front of them. How could they not find him likable and respectable!
Along the way, the students asked Shang Zhen questions all over the place, but Shang Zhen was reluctant to say much, so as not to annoy Wang Laomao, so they continued on their way.
They originally ran away from the vicinity of Jinzhou City, but this time they had to turn around and go southwest through Jinzhou City.
In order to avoid the Japanese army, the road they chose was to the west of Jinzhou City.
When Wang Laomao felt that they were close to Jinzhou City, he told everyone to be careful, and even Hou Kanshan, who was always talking nonsense, became quiet.
Their caution is naturally not unnecessary.
Although they had avoided Jinzhou City and were traveling through hilly areas, they still saw Japanese convoys from afar on the road, and everyone had to hide in the mountains and forests.
Since they couldn't take the good roads, they could only take the small paths in the mountains and forests. In some places, there were no roads at all. When they encountered high mountains ahead, they had to go around to a flat and feasible place. In the end, they had to avoid the Japanese troops on the road.
In this way, their speed naturally cannot be increased.
By the time it got dark, they had only walked more than forty miles, and at least they had bypassed Jinzhou City.
When it got dark, they naturally had to spend the night in the woods and eat some dry food, but the food they brought was only enough for tonight's meal.
There's nothing we can do about it. We can only think of a solution the next day.
This time they were heading southwest and saw a village in the distance on the way.
Wherever there is a village, there must be food. However, Wang Laomao did not go to the village to look for food because he thought the food they brought with them was enough for today.
After all, this area is close to Jinzhou. Who knows whether the Japanese army's influence has extended here? It would be very troublesome if we encounter traitors.
Shang Zhen sat cross-legged in the dark night.
He was thinking about what these people should eat tomorrow.
Logically speaking, such things should not be his concern, and eating is not his own business.
But the problem is that he can eat it.
Only when he is full will he feel full of strength and be able to exercise. If he only exercises without eating, how can he make his body strong?
And right next to him, Qian Chuan'er was talking to the students.
Qian Chuan'er and Hou Kanshan are both very talkative.
But the problem is that Hou Kanshan’s ability to speak is called diligence, while Qian Chuaner’s ability to speak is called obedience. So who do you think these students are willing to pay attention to?
Qian Chuan'er told the students about the war that had happened in recent days.
He talked about the Japanese army's air bombing, the rampant tanks, the deafening artillery fire, and the bloody battles fought by the Northeast Army with flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Qian Chuan'er was an excellent speaker and his words frightened the students.
But Shang Zhen really didn't want to hear about what happened on the battlefield.
His third brother Li Fushun was killed on the battlefield, as were many officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army.
At that time, it was a separation of life and death for the dead and the living, so why bother to say it again? Wouldn't that be like opening a scar that had just scabbed over?
However, while those people were talking, Shang Zhen heard a word from Zhang Xiaoyan that moved his heart. Zhang Xiaoyan said, "Today's life is like yesterday's death."
The seven students including Zhang Xiaoyan are all college students of Northeastern University, which is the highest institution of learning in the three northeastern provinces.
Compared with Zhang Xiaoyuan and others, Shang Zhen is not even a junior high school student, and they speak in a very literary way.
For example, Shang Zhen still didn’t understand the so-called “Jiujiu Lao Qin”, so he thought that maybe Lao Qin should be a person’s name.
This situation is similar to when a person with the surname Zhang is called Lao Zhang, a person with the surname Wang is called Lao Wang, and a person with the surname Li is called Lao Li.
However, Shang Zhen could understand the following words "No ceasefire until blood is shed and death occurs". When he heard those words for the first time yesterday, he felt a sense of bloodiness.
But today, even though his blood was boiling, it cooled down, simply because he remembered his mother's words, "Live well and find yourself a wife."
And now Zhang Xiaoyan's new words unknowingly aroused Shang Zhen's interest again.
What does this mean?
Shang Zhen simply sat a little further away from those who were talking, and he began to ponder over these words.
Was yesterday's death a thing from a previous life, or was it a rebirth in this life?
Shang Zhen is not well educated, but he also knows about the existence of past and next lives.
He couldn't help but recall that he seemed to have seen several people in ancient clothes dying in front of him.
Could that be his past life? Shang Zhen shook his head slightly. This was too mysterious.
However, Shang Zhen soon had a new idea.
It turns out that I am just a country boy.
Because he was naughty and restless since childhood, he didn't even learn his father's carpentry skills.
Originally, if the Japanese, yes, those students called them Japanese invaders, if the Japanese invaders had not invaded the three northeastern provinces, he would definitely have been a big-eyed carpenter in his life, nailing benches and tables for ordinary people and making wedding boxes and so on.
But now that he has joined the Northeast Army, he has embarked on a completely different path in life.
The original naughty and timid boy has "died", and now he is a soldier of the Northeast Army and has killed Japanese soldiers.
I have to make good use of the present, keep my body in good shape, improve my marksmanship, and then save some money to find a wife.
Perhaps, this is what life is like today.
Shang Zhen was lost in thought until he felt sleepy and fell asleep while leaning against a big tree.
The night grew darker.
Gradually, the voices of all the people who were talking became quieter and quieter and they all fell asleep.
Under the starry sky, the night is as cool as water. Whether it is the seven college students who have been sleeping in the open air for some time, or veterans like Wang Laomao, will anyone think of his mother's arms in his dreams.