Ming Zuo

Chapter 875

Er Nan was already very pleasantly surprised by the money given by the wages.But when he received the food, he was really shocked.

The food given here is actually rice.

A full ten catties of rice is very heavy in a cloth bag, but it makes people feel very at ease.

Where is this food?

This is clearly the hope of survival.

Er Nan held the silver tightly in his hand, and held the rice bag tightly to his chest, and ran towards home sullenly.

Along the way, whenever he met people, he would avoid them far away, for fear of collisions.

Once someone looked at him twice, he would be very nervous, for fear that someone would rob him of his money and food.

After trembling all the way, I finally ran home, feeling a little more at ease.

"Quick! Hide the money and don't reveal it."

Er Nan's wife looked at the shining silver, fearing that she was about to have money, her eyes were going straight.

"Husband, did you do something bad? Return the money quickly. If the masters of the second class come to your door, you will be beaten to death."

E Nan has never been so elated as today.

"What nonsense? I earned this by working. You don't know, the new army is very good. Not only did they give money, but they also gave food. We don't have to go hungry anymore."

Feeling the temperature of the silver, and looking at the heavy grain bag in E Nan's hand, the woman's mood did not improve much.

"Could it be that the pirates are calling again?"

In Busan, the people here feel the most strongly, that is, the Dongying people across the sea.

In the war decades ago, the vicious Japanese army landed here, and then swept through the Eight Kingdoms of Korea.

Hearing Er Nan's words that the new army was not Korean, the woman thought of the terrible legend.

Er Nan shook his head, also a little puzzled.

"Although they don't speak Korean, they are also not Japanese pirates. I asked, and they all said they came from Shangguo. But they are different from the people of Shangguo. Those soldiers wear shorter clothes than us, and They all have short hair close to the scalp, more like monks."

The woman is frightened.

"Since they are not Koreans, why are they here?"

Er Nan waved his hand irritably, not even wanting to think about it.

"Whatever they do here. Anyway, as long as we work hard, we will give money and food, isn't it much better than those second-class masters?"

After all, they are all poor people, illiterate, and have no noble sentiments.With the silver in hand and food again, Er Nan's family finally laughed.

That night, Ernan's wife cooked a big pot full of rice, and the three children opened their bellies and all were full.

They were finally no longer afraid of the cold, and they slept very soundly lying on the planks.

In the faint light of the fire, Er Nan was talking to his wife in a low voice.

"Tomorrow I have to go to the pier. As long as we work hard, we can get through this winter."

His wife rarely showed a gentle smile.

"Don't get tired, this family depends on you."

Er Nan nodded slightly, and began to calculate silently in a comfortable mood.If you continue to work, how much money and how much food can you earn?

The next day, there were more and more North Koreans working on the pier.

It should be that the news has spread in the city, and everyone knows that this strange new army treats people kindly, not only giving wages and food, but also helping them survive this difficult winter.

Er Nan originally planned to work the same as yesterday, but on the way, he heard that an officer was recruiting.

"Workers who need to send things to the Nakdong River will be paid one penny for a round trip, twenty catties of rice."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar all around.

Obviously, this treatment is better than carrying them to death on the pier.

Even if you need to travel far away, it takes three days to go back and forth, but what are the poor North Koreans afraid of?

Er Nan was close, so he rushed to him immediately.

"General, I'll do it."

The officer naturally said nothing.

"Go to the back and wait."

Er Nan happily ran over, waiting to be arranged.

He happened to see his brother-in-law Li Zheng, and hurriedly shouted: "Go back and tell you Nuna, I will help the army deliver goods to the Nakdong River, and I will be back in three days."

Li Zheng didn't have any worries, and instructed: "The road is slippery in snowy weather, be careful when working, don't fall and get hurt."

The officer recruited a total of more than [-] laborers, and then assigned them a single-wheeled wooden cart.

"A group of three people, one person pulls the cart in front, and two push the cart behind. The cart must be full of things, there must be no less."

The laborers obeyed the order and loaded things onto the cars one after another.It has been loaded until it can no longer be loaded, and the convoy starts from the port.

It has been snowing non-stop for the past few days, with a thickness of half a foot.A group of people set foot on the road, trekking forward in the wind and snow, it was really hard.

There is also a group of soldiers escorting them. When encountering difficult places, these soldiers don't just watch, they even come up to help.

This alone is completely different from North Korean soldiers.

Seeing those soldiers wearing thick cotton hats on their heads, tight hoods covering their faces, and even thick cotton gloves on their hands, these North Korean laborers were all envious.

Because their faces, necks, hands, and feet were exposed to the air, they had already been blown open by the icy cold wind.

This walk lasted for more than two hours. Seeing that it was noon, the whistle sounded.

All the workers hurriedly put down the car, then slumped on the ground, trying to regain their strength.

A soldier came over and shouted, "Have a rest for half an hour and eat something."

The workers were very happy when they heard that they could eat.

Before they set off, they were all prepared. At this time, they opened the cloth pockets on their bodies, took out the rice balls that had been as cold as stones, and gnawed them with grinning teeth.

But before taking a few bites, the aroma wafting in the cold air made them salivate.

Looking at the scent, not far away, the soldiers escorting them had set up an iron pot at some point.

The boiling hot soup in the iron pot exudes a rich aroma, and the saliva of these North Korean workers is so stimulating.

They also saw that the soldiers threw a lot of things into the iron pot. Although they didn't know what it was, it still made them go crazy with greed.

The abnormality of the laborers here was discovered by those soldiers.

A man who looked like a military officer thought for a while, and then gave some instructions to the people next to him.

Immediately, a few soldiers came over with iron pans and things, and said to them: "In such a cold day, you only eat this. How can you bear it? Eat all of these."

The soldiers helped the laborers line up the iron pots, apparently to give them the same thing to eat.

When have these North Koreans who have been bullied and oppressed been treated so caringly?All of a sudden, tears welled up in their eyes.

When looking at these soldiers again, the slightest bit of fear dissipated.

(End of this chapter)