War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 212 Where is Lao Tzu's anti-tank gun? ! (two in one)

In the quiet room, the metal book stopped at the blank page 11 with the sound of "cracking" pages, and the quill that fell off the cover drew a winding path hidden in the reeds. river course.

In the distance of the river, several wooden boats and motorboats with aunt's paper flags can be seen faintly, while a small wooden boat is hidden in the nearby reeds.On this small boat, there are two large poles with wild goose feathers inserted!

To Wei Ran's surprise, the handwriting that appeared under the pattern this time turned bright red again!
Character identity: Wei Ran, a tea shed clerk at Dongguan Wharf

Return condition: Assist Zhou Houpu to complete the ambush mission and take fifteen photos.

Skill task: kill the traitor Qiu Ermazi with a cold weapon
skill task?What is this?Zhou Houpu seems to be Suisui's great-grandfather?
Amidst Wei Ran's doubts, the dazzling white light had already covered his vision, and the noise of conversations came from his ears, and at the same time, he could smell the faint fragrance of tea in his nose.

"Boy Wei, bring a pot of tea!" Almost at the same time his vision recovered, he heard someone calling himself.

Following the sound, he saw an uncle wearing a long gown and a black melon skin hat, who seemed to be in his fifties. Sitting opposite the uncle at the same Eight Immortals table was a young man who looked about his age.

On the two benches of the old and the young, there is a rattan box that seems to be able to be carried on the back, and on the other side is a white cloth cover. The tiger is embroidered on the cover with its teeth and claws, and there is a row of small characters embroidered on each side "but I pray that people in the world will be free from illness, so why worry about putting medicine on the shelf to make dust."

Looking at the polished tiger brace on the table, combined with the half of the story Grandpa Sui Sui told during the Chinese New Year, Wei Ran immediately guessed the identities of these two people.If nothing else happens, the young man who looks about the same age as him may be his great-grandfather, and the uncle who is rather fairy-like should be Sui Sui's grandfather's grandfather.

"Where is your hysteria?" Seeing Wei Ran staring at him in a daze, Uncle Zhou smiled and waved at him, "Would you like me to give you a few needles? Or put a plaster on you?"

"No, no, no," Wei Ran came back to his senses, and quickly brought a rough porcelain teapot and two large bowls from the counter, and poured a cup of tea for the two men.

In addition to the stove for boiling water and a water tank with several large watermelons in the tea shed facing the street, there are only five tables in total. On the other side of the wall is a storyteller, who seems to be the owner of the tea shed, and the street opposite him is bustling with people like going to a big market.

One end of the street leads directly into the city, and the other end is not far from the city gate building. Through the city gate hole, one can vaguely see a well-guarded wharf and a large piece of sparkling water.

Turning his eyes back and looking at himself again, he was wearing patched gray clothes and trousers, a pair of cloth shoes showing big toes on his feet, a white cloth apron around his waist, and a hand towel stained yellow by tea stains on his shoulders , still carrying a heavy enamel large iron pot in his hand.

Greeted by those tea drinkers listening to books, Wei Ran carried the big iron pot back and forth between the stove and those tables, filling the stove with a handful of firewood from time to time, but even so , he still put most of his attention on the table of grandpa.

It's just a pity that the two of them seem to have come to listen to books and drink tea to rest their feet. At most, Uncle Zhou explained the distribution of acupuncture points and joints to the young man sitting opposite, as well as the method of reset.

From time to time, a few people he knew came up and asked him to take a pulse and ask for a prescription.And looking at the usual look of the tea shed owner who was busy with storytelling, he knew that this was obviously not the first time that such a thing had happened.

While Wei Ran was busy, the sun outside the tea shed gradually slanted to the west, except for the table of the master and the apprentice, the rest of the tea shed dispersed in twos and threes, and even the owner of the tea shed made a startling sound After a while, he stopped and poured himself a large bowl of crude tea that was left over from other people's drinking.

It's just that before Wei Ran, who had been busy for a long time, had a rest, a few soldiers dressed as puppet soldiers descended from the gate of the heavily defended city not far away.

These big-headed soldiers walked into the tea shed, paid the boss to buy a watermelon that had been soaking in water, and ordered a large pot of herbal tea served in cold water and a plate of fried melon seeds.

Before Wei Ran put all the things ordered by these big soldiers, one of the big soldiers had already walked to Uncle Zhou, sat down on the bench and said with a sad face, "Doctor Zhou, take a look at my lower back!" , I have been in pain for several days, just waiting for you to come over."

Uncle Zhou put down the tea cup in his hand unhurriedly, and said gently, "Pick up the jacket and let me have a look."

Hearing this, the big soldier immediately lifted up the hem of his clothes, turned around and exposed his thin spine.Wei Ran, who had been watching secretly from the side, vaguely saw that there seemed to be a small note between the fingers of the chief soldier lifting his clothes.

Uncle Zhou took the note in the opponent's hand calmly, and then reached out and pressed his hand on the former's lower back. The big soldier immediately grinned, which attracted the ridicule of his companions at the table not far away.

"You haven't moved less these two days, have you?" Uncle Zhou retracted his hand and asked with a smile.

The big soldier said with a bitter face, "It's not that bad."

"Did you take a shower after moving things?"

"No!" The big-headed soldier straightened his back with great effort, "The sun is too full this noon, and I'm sweating all over my head when I stand still, why don't I splash a few times in the water?"

"Let's put a plaster on it first. I'll come back tomorrow. If it still hurts, I'll give you two injections. But don't go into the water for the next two days. You're so excited after taking a shower in the water after moving your things." After finishing speaking , Uncle Zhou turned his head and said to the young man who was watching, "Shoutian, heat up the plaster."

Han Shoutian?It seems that he is really his great-grandfather.Wei Ran has no doubts at this time, he has heard this name from Suisui's grandfather more than once, so he naturally fits the name.

While he was dating relatives, his youthful grandpa Han Shoutian, who was almost a few years younger than him at this time, had already taken out a small black pot from the rattan box beside him, and walked familiarly Go to the edge of the stove where the water is boiling, and place it on the mouth of the stove to heat it slowly.

At the same time, one of the other big soldiers put down the watermelon he had eaten, and enthusiastically went to Uncle Zhou's side to complain about his discomfort, or get a few needles, or ask for a prescription, or like The big soldier at the beginning came to apply a plaster.

The second big-headed soldier hadn't finished dealing with it yet, Han Shoutian had already boiled the plaster, and the big-headed soldier who seemed to have a problem honestly lifted the hem of his clothes again, allowing the former to put a hot plaster on it. Attached to the back of the waist.

After dealing with these big soldiers, Uncle Zhou picked up the tea bowl and took a sip without haste, then got up and said, "Shoutian, it's almost time, we should go home."

Han Shoutian, who had been sitting obediently by his side, immediately stood up after hearing the words, settled the tea money, carried the rattan box on his back, and went out under the guise of a tiger.

Do you want to keep up?
Before Wei Ran could make a decision, the owner of the tea shed also said in a hoarse voice, "Boy Wei, let's close the stall too."

"Oh come on!"

Wei Ran finally took back the steps he was about to take, and patiently helped him stack up the tables, chairs and benches, following the example of the tea shed owner, he stacked them together and tied them with hemp rope.Then they collected those porcelain pots, tea bowls, iron pots for boiling water, two unsold watermelons and a bag of roasted seeds and nuts. Afterwards, even the unburned firewood was doused with water and hung on the front of a wheelbarrow.

Under the sweltering sunset, the owner of the tea shed was pushing a wheelbarrow in front, and Wei Ran was awkwardly picking up a pole with tables and chairs hanging on both ends. The two of them made two trips before they picked up all the things to the adobe at the end of a small alley. wall yard.

"It's today's wages and tomorrow's firewood"

After the tea shed owner waited for the last shipment to be delivered to this small courtyard with only three green brick houses, he took out a few colorful paper tickets from his pocket and handed them to Wei Ran, "Remember to clean out all the teapots and tea bowls tonight." , if it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we’ll get out of the stall earlier.”

"Okay." Wei Ran took the money and was worrying about where to stay at night, but he didn't want the tea shed owner to hum the opera, turned his head and walked away with the bag of roasted seeds and nuts in one hand.

"Co-author, this is my home?"

Wei Ran turned his head and looked at the small courtyard behind him, then at the tea shed owner who was almost at the entrance of the alley, and finally looked at the paper tickets in his hand, closed the wooden door of the small courtyard, and followed the memory The direction in which Uncle Zhou's master and apprentice left.

It's a pity, until he exchanged the few paper tickets in his hand for various food, not only did he not find the two of them, but he almost got lost.

But the harvest is not without, after more than an hour, at least my stomach is full, and I accidentally found a church in the city with a plaster flag hanging on the roof, and I saw teams of little devils, at the same time He also found out from a newspaper picked up nearby that the current time should be after late June of 1941. As for how long this dilapidated newspaper was out of date, he didn't know.

It took a lot of effort to return to the small courtyard at the end of the alley. After Wei Ran used the top door bar to prop up the two old door panels, he took advantage of the last ray of the setting sun to look at the not-so-big courtyard.

Not counting the three low green brick houses, the corners of the three walls are filled with firewood and bundles of dry reeds that seem to be only used as firewood. In the middle of the yard there is a luxuriant persimmon tree and a well.

The conditions of this role are pretty good, why did he go to work in a tea shed?

Wei Ran muttered to himself, and walked carefully into the main room of the three blue brick houses.There is a stove on each side of the not-so-large main room, but the pot on the east stove is gone, and the west pot is still there, but you can tell from the rust spots that it has not been used for a while. .

Going to the rooms on both sides to have a look, except for the two quilts on the top of the kang, which are barely clean, it can be regarded as a barren house without even a chair.

Sitting down on the edge of the Kang, a slender Mauser bayonet suddenly appeared in Wei Ran's left hand.Now this cold weapon is available, but he has never even seen the traitor Qiu Ermazi mentioned in the return mission.

What made him even more confused was that although he saw his great-grandfather Han Shoutian and his master Doctor Zhou today, the Zhou Houpu mentioned in the return mission was Suisui's great-grandfather, or Doctor Zhou's son. I didn't see it at all, which is a bit troublesome.

Putting away the temporarily unused Mauser bayonet, Wei Ran then appeared in Wei Ran's hand with a sidearm with a suppressor twisted on it.

He took a look at the magazine and saw that it was full of bullets. A satisfied smile appeared on his face. It is good news that the bullets of 44 can be used in 41. It is even more good news that the silencer can be brought over. .

"Now let's see if the magazines in the food box are there"

Wei Ran retracted the pistol and took out the food box. What made him both happy and disappointed was that there was indeed a magazine on the first floor of the food box, but there was only one. Fortunately, this magazine was full, not as before. Only give 10 rounds.

In addition, the seasonings he purchased before are quite a lot.Looking at the second floor of the food box, the chocolates that he tore off the packaging in advance were also full.

"It's not bad, at least this magazine is full, now it depends on how many shells the anti-tank gun has to use!" Wei Ran threw a piece of cream chocolate into his mouth in satisfaction, and then put away the food box, Prepare to take out the big killer that you got not long ago.

However, this time, even though he had made preparations in advance and put his left hand close to the ground in order to avoid crushing the kang, the anti-tank gun did not come out!

"Failed?"

Wei Ran's left hand exerted all his strength, but it was still empty.If you don't believe in evil, try to summon the saber again, this time it will not be affected.

broken!Broken Broken!What about my anti-tank gun? !
Panicked, Wei Ran put his pistol on the edge of the Kang, and then tried to summon the medical kit, kerosene lamp, camera, semi-automatic rifle and even guqin in the metal book.

But after some experiments, he found that only the anti-tank gun with its own gun carriage, semi-automatic rifle and medical kit could not be taken out!As for other things such as kerosene lamps, telescopes and guqin, etc., they are not affected at all.

Without heavy firepower, no suppressive semi-automatic rifles, and no life-saving medical kits, how the hell can you play?
When Wei Ran was at a loss for what to do by this sudden situation, there was a sudden gunshot outside the yard, followed by a series of hasty whistles and gunshots!

Subconsciously looking at the window, after realizing that the window sills covered with window paper could not let him see the outside, Wei Ran immediately put away all the things on the kang and ran out of the room.

After such a short time, the gunshots that rang out from time to time were getting closer and closer. When he opened the courtyard door cautiously, he immediately saw two figures coming from the short road less than two meters high at the end of the alley more than ten meters away. Turn over the wall.

"Doctor Zhou and grandpa?"

After Wei Ran recognized the two figures he had been looking for for more than an hour, he immediately ran over without thinking.But then he was resisted by a rough handle in Uncle Zhou's hand.

Wei Ran glanced at the hammer of the soil gun that hadn't been pulled at all, and then at the wound on the thigh of his great-grandfather Han Shoutian, who was hit by a bullet, and quickly said in a low voice, "It's me! Wei Ran from the teahouse, Mrs. Zhou"

Wei Ran got stuck in the middle of speaking, he didn't know what to call grandpa, after all, there was no one in the family who was so senior and still alive.On the other hand, at this time, there seems to be a risk of being called a fool by the other party and getting a few needles in the head.

"I know it's you, but who else do you call your wife?" Uncle Zhou put away his gun and let Wei Ran help him up Han Shoutian who was shot in the thigh.

"Aren't I being nervous with a gun?"

Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he saw a strong man with a box cannon in his hand and was about to shoot from the broken brick wall behind the master and apprentice.

There was no time to react, Wei Ran raised his left hand, aimed at the opponent and pulled the trigger.Although the gunshot suppressed by the silencer was much quieter, it was still clearly audible, but it sounded a little weird.

Afraid that the two masters would see something, Wei Ran put the gun back into the metal book before they turned their heads, and at the same time covered it with a shake of his left hand on his back.

At the same time, the strong man with the gun in the eyebrow also loosened his hand and slipped down, but the box cannon in his hand fell down the low wall.On the other side of the earth wall, there was a burst of exclamation and noisy footsteps.

"Are you nervous?" Uncle Zhou looked at Wei Ran strangely.

Wei Ran didn't care about that, bent down and picked up the box cannon and a brick at the base of the wall, first pointed to the small gate that was still open in his yard, and then shouted loudly, "Run, you guys! Someone will answer you at the entrance of the alley." Us! I'll give them a grenade first!"

Before he finished speaking, he threw the half of the brick in his hand to the other end of the broken brick wall, and then, amidst the sound of the opponent falling down, he and Uncle Zhou supported Han Shoutian, who was shot in the thigh, into his small room. hospital.

It wasn't until he used the door bar to push the two wooden doors to death silently again that the three of them breathed a sigh of relief one after another, and in the alley that was only separated from them by a wall, there were once again chaotic gunshots.

He waved his hand to signal the master and apprentice to hide behind the pile of reeds in the corner, while Wei Ran walked to the edge of the well, filled a wooden bucket with water from it, and moved a table and a stool , unhurriedly brushed up the teapot and bowls that were full of bamboo baskets.

After such a short time, there were already messy gunshots and curses after discovering that he had been cheated outside the small courtyard.Immediately afterwards, the two broken door panels that were held up by the top door bar were slapped with a bang.

Wei Ran put down the teacup that had only been filled with water once, trotted over quickly, and asked pretending to be scared, "Who is so?"

"Hurry up and open the door!" The person outside the door shouted impatiently.

After deliberately hesitating for a while, Wei Ran opened the courtyard door carefully, and then saw a little boy wearing silk clothes, holding a box cannon, and a traitor head in the middle, but his height was even 1.6 meters. Humpty Humpty came in.

"Why haven't you opened the door for so long?" the short fat man asked, and walked in with two puppet soldiers behind him.

"How dare you?" Wei Ran stammered deliberately, "Two people ran over just now, if I didn't close the door quickly, I'm afraid they would have broken in."

"Boss Qiu, he's a guy from the Dongguan tea shed," said one of the puppet soldiers dressed up, "This kid is famously honest, so he probably wouldn't lie to us."

This jumper-like thing is the traitor Qiu Ermazi?
Wei Ran, who was following behind, glanced suspiciously at the traitor who was at most as high as his shoulders, and was already wondering if he should just give him a backstab.

　Allow me to delay for two days, forgive me

　　
　
(End of this chapter)