Qianli didn't speak.

This is a heavy topic.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Xu Qing replied: "Without fighting, our hometown might be like this..."

The North Korean girl fell silent.

Seeing that the scene was a little frozen, Qianli waved his hand and said: "Girl, we won't disturb you anymore, everyone is here, we will retreat immediately!"

Seeing that everyone was collecting things, the girl quickly said: "You don't have to go... I am only one person, you can just rest here without worrying about me."

"Thank you for your kindness." Qianli shook his head, "Our army has regulations and we cannot disturb the common people at all. I thought of staying here for a night because I saw it was a ruin. Now that the master is back, we naturally have to leave."

Girl: "You... are the real people's army."

The Seventh Company was here to make all preparations for the battle. They only had a roll of bedding and carried all other weapons and equipment with them. They did not leave even when sleeping. Soon, everyone left on their backs and headed for the mountain.

Xu Qing couldn't help but look back. The North Korean girl was still watching them from a distance at the door.

While going up the mountain, Xu Qing was a little worried: "Is she going to be in danger if she stays there alone?"

Qianli shook his head: "It's more dangerous to follow us."

Xu Qing thought about it too.

After going up the mountain, they walked along the route and unexpectedly discovered a cave, which was an unexpected surprise. Along the way, few of them found such natural caves. Most of the mountains in North Korea are steep and dangerous, and there are few caves.

After carefully exploring inside, there was no danger. Everyone stopped and prepared to rest here for the night.

However, after the commotion just now, everyone was no longer sleepy. The night watchers continued to watch the night, resting, and occasionally some people sat up and chatted for a while.

After a while, Zhang Xiaoshan, who was watching at the entrance of the cave, suddenly poked him:

"That little girl is here again!"

"What?"

Xu Qing was a little confused. Looking back, under the moonlight, he saw the Korean girl named Jin Xuhua coming down the mountain on the trail where he had just come.

"Is she going to be okay?"

"Don't let your guard down and report it to the company commander. After all, we are not familiar with them..."

Zhang Xiaoshan went back to report, and he stayed and continued to watch.

I saw this North Korean girl carrying a big earthen pot on her head, holding it with one hand, walking slowly up the mountain step by step, and soon arrived in front of the cave.

Xu Qing hesitated and asked, "Miss Jin, what can I do for you?"

He has very good eyesight, and even in the dark night, he can clearly see the girl's big, shiny black eyes.

She said abruptly: "I saw that you were heading here. There is only one cave nearby, Hanshui Cave. I knew that you must have come here, so I thought about it and brought you some leftover food at home..."

Xu Qing quickly waved his hand: "We can't take your food..."

"No! This is what I gave to you, not what I took. Thank you for coming to help us fight the Americans."

She hurriedly put down the earthen pot and revealed the contents: corn, steamed buns, cakes, sweet potatoes, dried wild mushrooms, and some ingredients he didn't recognize.

Xu Qing had no choice. They had good intentions, and seeing her standing there unwilling to leave, there was no way he could force her to leave.

It happened that Qianli and others also came out. He quickly told everyone her purpose of coming.

"Little girl, we can't accept this."

Qianli looked at the earthen pots and food on the ground, raised his head and said, "When we came here, there were regulations that we could not touch the plants and trees of the North Korean people without permission! What's more, if you gave these to us, what would you eat at home?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he had said something stupid.

He was about to explain his apology: "I'm sorry, I..."

"It's okay!" The girl smiled and didn't seem to care. "Grandma, although Abbaji died under gunfire, if he knew you were coming to fight, he would definitely agree to give us food to you."

After speaking, she was afraid that the soldiers would not believe it, so she added: "If you... don't accept it, I can wait here forever."

Everyone tried to persuade her a few more times, but she remained unmoved and actually sat down on her knees outside the cave.

It was almost early in the morning, and the weather was getting colder and colder, reaching almost ten degrees below zero. Everyone was shocked by this calm and stubborn girl.

Qianli and Meishan discussed it and said, "Miss Jin, we really can't harvest your grain, but it's so cold outside. If you don't want to go down the mountain, you can come in first to avoid the cold."

She nodded slightly and followed everyone into the cave without saying a word.

Everyone had no choice but to let her go. They just paid more attention as long as they didn't touch their equipment and belongings.

After entering the cave, the soldiers calmed down again. Jin Xuhua herself found a clean ground and sat down cross-legged. She opened the earthen jar and placed it on the ground, and took out the grain bit by bit and placed it on the ground.

There was also a box of kimchi inside. Once opened, the alluring aroma of sweet and sour food made everyone's throats roll.

But under the gaze of company commander Wu Qianli, they all turned their heads away reluctantly.

She couldn't help laughing when she looked at everyone, and then asked softly:

"Can I follow you?"

Xu Qing looked at Qianli, but he didn't say anything, so he had to answer on his behalf: "I'm afraid not, the place we are going to is too dangerous."

"I can be a hygienist and I can also cook."

"We... have our own missions, and all we bring is dry food."

The girl was silent.

Everyone couldn't bear it. Lei Gong smiled and said: "If we don't talk about this, since we can't sleep, why not come and sing?"

Mei Sheng frowned: "You can't sing, your voice will reveal your position."

"Then sing softly."

This time he said nothing.

"What to sing?"

Xu Qing asked softly.

Everyone was silent, but Zhang Xiaoshan stood up and said, "Then let me start the song! I will sing Katyusha for everyone. Has anyone heard it?"

Yu Congrong was the first to clap: "Of course I have heard of it, sing quickly, sing quickly!"

"Yeah." Zhang Xiaoshan was not polite, coughed twice, then sat and sang softly:

"While pear blossoms are blooming all over the world,

Soft gauze floats on the river.

Katyusha stood on the steep shore,

The song is like bright spring light,

Katyusha stood on the steep shore,

The singing sounds like bright spring sunshine.

Ah! the singing voice of this singing girl,

Follow the bright sun and fly away.

Soldiers heading to distant frontiers,

Convey Katyusha's greetings.

Soldiers heading to distant frontiers,

Convey Katyusha's greetings..."

He is from the capital, with a Beijing accent, and sings in a dignified and low voice. Even though his voice is not loud, he still makes people immersed in it.

There were soldiers in the Seventh Company who were art soldiers, and they had accordions, and Mei Sheng also brought a mouth organ, but during this important part of the march, they did not play, but hummed along with the songs.

After the song was sung, all the soldiers clapped their hands slightly, feeling a little lost in thought as they felt the familiar red song in a foreign country.

Jin Xuhua looked at everyone: "Can I...sing you a song?"

Lei Gong smiled and nodded: "Of course."

Xu Qing, Yu Congrong, Ping He, and Qianli Meisheng all put aside their thoughts and looked at her quietly.

She stood up generously and danced unexpectedly. As she danced, she smiled and sang:

“??????????

??????????

??????????

??????????…”

Yu Congrong asked in a low voice: "Is this a Korean folk song?"

Mei Sheng said: "Yes, Arirang's Song."

Jin Xuhua seemed to notice everyone's doubts, and changed her next sentence to Chinese:

"Arirang, Arirang, Arirang!
To be continued...