Chapter 5 Starting to go into the mountains

Author: Riding an ant to the market

Chapter 5 Starting to go into the mountains

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

According to the reward standards set by the district office, the commandos can receive 3 kilograms of brown rice per day, a total of 5 yuan in cash.

As for the production team leader Xu Damabang, the grain he allocated to himself was based on a 10-day standard.

So that’s 30 pounds of old rice.

Han Xiaokang prepared his things for going into the mountains, and the next day, he took 5 kilograms of rice among them and hurried to the district office compound.

At home, I left 25 kilograms of rice for my mother, which must be able to sustain me for a while.

As for the fact that he brought very little rice, it was because Han Xiaokang considered his mother, who had been afraid of hunger in recent years.

If I don't leave more food for her, I won't be willing to cook more food.

And if you don’t bring enough food, that doesn’t matter.

After entering the mountains.

What's going on,

There are also some wild cassava, taro, wild fruits and other things on the mountain to satisfy your hunger, right?

What's more, there are fish, shrimps, crabs and other things in the mountain streams.

Not to mention, there are countless pheasants, rabbits, wild goats and wild boars in the mountains.

Arrive at the district office compound.

The courtyard had long been filled with a dark crowd.

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

Everyone knows that going into the mountains to exterminate pests is full of dangers and life or death is uncertain.

So at this time, there was no smile on everyone's face, but they looked worried and even a little scared.

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

Next is the flag presentation ceremony.

Then a large force of nearly 100 people, led by commando captain Lin Wenliang, carried the bright red team flag and headed west.

Start heading towards the deep mountains and old forests.

Considering that the last team that entered the mountain suffered heavy casualties, the commando team that entered the mountain this time also included six militiamen with live ammunition following them all the way.

It is a full 35 miles to walk from the district streets to the deep mountains and old forests.

Everyone set out early in the morning and didn't arrive at the last village deep into the mountains until the afternoon: Wujiazhai Production Team.

it's here,

Everyone needs to stop and repair, and it will be safer to enter the mountain early tomorrow morning.

In the area around the Wujiazhai production team, there have always been bandits and bandits, and the remnants of the army were active in this land.

Therefore, the folk customs have always been strong.

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

The education level of the people is low, so it takes a while for the people to become civilized.

To put it bluntly, he is a bit "rebellious".

therefore,

Even if the "pest control commando" sent by the district arrived here, they would have to be honest and not dare to make any mistakes.

Because no one can afford a mistake that "undermines unity".

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

But he was scolded: "Our production team only has more than 30 households and about 200 people. How can we receive nearly 100 men like you?"

Free all the houses of the commune members for you to live in, and then let them go to the wilderness to drink dew? Do you think it is possible?"

The Wujiazhai production team was unwilling to take care of the commando team's food and accommodation.

Lin Wenliang was helpless.

In the end, he had no choice but to take his men and horses and sleep in a hut far away from the Wujiazhai compound.

This hut has only 4 rooms in total.

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

Then only some people can be allowed to sleep in dirt yards overgrown with grass.

Then Lin Wenliang took the militiamen and some of the commando team members who liked him a little, and lived in the hut.

Because Han Xiaokang was a commando and an activist on the radio, he was naturally qualified to live in the house.

Living in a dirt yard,

The cold, dampness and dew are heavy, and there are many mosquitoes and ants, making it very uncomfortable.

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

This is the visible and tangible benefit that Han Xiaokang can bring by trying every means to be an "activist"

Wait until the group settles down,

Everyone started chopping bamboo and preparing to make bamboo tube rice.

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

Then they all lay down on the floor to rest.

There are so many sloppy people crowded in the house, not washing their feet or brushing their teeth, and farting like ping ping ping ping ping ping ping ping.

You can imagine the smell in the house

After Han Xiaokang finished eating, he took the enamel basin to the gutter 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 hundreds of people, there are not many who love cleanliness so much.

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

Everyone smiled bitterly: Don’t talk about the dangers when entering the mountains this time. 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.

When it was dark the next day, the commando leader Lin Wenliang called everyone up and started to light a fire to cook.

After a quick breakfast, the commando team set off deep into the mountains.

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

Although the commando team was full of momentum along the way, the red flag was waving.

But the group of men following behind all looked sad.

Go deep into the mountains and old forests to eliminate pests?

You can’t tell who will destroy whom!

After walking all morning, everyone hurriedly hurried and walked more than 10 miles.

Only then did we really start to enter the vast mountains.

There is no road in the mountains.

There are many people leaving, but still no one.

So we need to split the thatch and find a way.

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

Sudden!

A scream of "Ah——"!

"Captain, it's not good, it's not good!"

"Huo Wa was bitten by a soldering iron head!"

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

A few minutes later, Captain Lin Wenliang and his team arrived at the place, and everyone couldn't help but gasp!

I saw the guy named Huowa on the ground, covering his feet and writhing in pain among the dead branches and leaves.

And next to him,
To be continued...