A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television

The guy was kicked several times, and the guy screamed and begged for mercy: "Sir, spare my life, I won't dare to do it again. Spare my life, Sir, I have money, I have sulfa."

After Lu Cheng kicked several more times, he looked at Xiaozui on the side: "Xiaozui, how do you want to deal with this guy? If you tease the family of a soldier, it's okay even if I shoot him now. As long as you nod."

The guy who was kicked to the ground was almost scared to death, and begged for mercy: "Xiaozui, I won't dare to do it again, aunt, please beg this military master to spare my life."

Xiaozui looked at The bruised guy pulled Lu Cheng's sleeve and said, "Why don't you spare him first? I'm fine. He... he's Qi Mazi, who sells medicine on the black market. He's not easy to mess with."

"He's just a profiteer who made money from the country's misfortune. He's nothing. Since Xiaozui has said so, I'll spare your life first. If you do it again, I'll definitely shoot you. Also, take out all your belongings and money as an apology to the girl."

"Yes, yes, I'll take it right away."

As he said that, Qi Mazi took out 12 silver dollars, more than 80 French francs, and a small bag of sulfa, and put them on the ground honestly.

"Leave the gun too."

"General, I..."

Lu Cheng put his hand directly on the 20-shot box gun on his waist. Qi Mazi dared not hesitate any more and quickly pulled out the Mauser pistol from his waist and put it on the ground: "General, can I leave?"

"Go away."

The guy immediately supported himself and stood up, holding on to the wall on one side, limping away without any hesitation.

Lu Cheng put away the box gun and a small bag of sulfa, and gave all the money to Xiaozui. Xiaozui shook his head and refused: "I don't want it, it's not mine, I..."

"Take it if I give it to you. I heard what you said just now. You should be short of money now. Besides, this is the money he gave you to apologize, and it is what you deserve."

As he said, Lu Cheng directly stuffed the 12 dollars and more than 80 French francs into her hands.

"Be obedient and take it."

Hearing these words, Xiaozui was stunned for a moment, and recalled his brother, who was also like this at the beginning, always leaving all his military pay to himself so that he could eat and drink well.

"Thank you... Thank you, sir. Sir, our home is in this alley, come and sit down."

"Okay. Isn't your brother the company commander of the Sichuan Army? Why are you here?"

"My father and mother died early, and my brother went out to serve in the army. He was afraid that I would be unsafe at home alone, so he took me with him. Wherever my brother fought, he would take me there to settle down. At the beginning of the year, my brother brought me to Zenda, settled me here, and went out to fight.

In the first few months, he would write to me and send me all his military pay. But in the past two or three months, I haven't received any letters from him, so I'm very worried about him. I asked people everywhere, but there was no news."

As they talked, the two had already walked into the yard where Chen Xiaozui was. Chen Xiaozui opened the door and let Lu Cheng enter the yard, and then closed the door.

Lu Cheng looked up at the gate of the yard. The door was clean, without nails or wooden signs.

In Zenda, some women who couldn't survive would choose to be local prostitutes with half-closed doors. Such women usually hang a wooden sign on the door, with the Eight Diagrams engraved on the front. When there are guests, turn the sign to the front, and when there are no guests, turn it to the back.

In the original drama, after the plot begins, Xiaozui has become a prostitute, and the Eight Diagrams have been hung on the door.

Now, from all indications, Xiaozui has not reached the end of the road, nor has she taken that path.

Moreover, with Lu Cheng's current level of close to the tenth-level Chinese medicine, it can be roughly seen that Chen Xiaozui in front of him is still a virgin.

Nowadays, the military pay is not high, and it is all issued in legal currency. In addition, the legal currency depreciates and prices rise, even the salary of a company commander is not much.

Chen Xiaozui's brother took her to wander around and settle down everywhere. Every place they went, they needed to rent a house and buy things, which was also an expense.

Because of this, Chen Xiaozui's money was almost spent. If she still couldn't receive the military pay sent by her brother after a while, I'm afraid this poor girl would have to become a prostitute.

"Sir, please sit down. I'll pour you a glass of water."

"No need.

I'll leave after a few words. Also, my name is Lu Cheng, so you don't have to keep calling me "sir". If you want, just call me Brother Lu. By the way, how old are you this year? "

"I'm nineteen years old this year. Can I... really call you Brother Lu?"

"Of course, those of us who are fighting outside are not in the same unit, but we are all brothers. You don't have to be afraid of me."

"I'm not afraid. I know that you are as good to me as my brother. Lu... Brother Lu."

"Okay, since you call me "brother", I will take care of you in the future. I won't let you starve or freeze, and I won't let anyone bully you. I'm staying in Shelter No. 18 for the time being. If you have any problems, you can come to me at any time. Also, when you go to bed at night, block the gate to the yard and the door to the room."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Lu."

"Then I'll go back first. ”

“Don’t go, Brother Lu, stay for dinner before you go.”

“No, I just went out hunting today and had a good harvest. I’ll bring you some wild boar meat later.”

“Then I’ll take you there.” As he spoke, Chen Xiaozui saw that Lu Cheng’s clothes were a little dirty, so he said, “Brother Lu, how about you take off your clothes and I’ll wash them for you?”

“I only have this set of clothes now, and I don’t have any to change. Let’s talk about it later.”

“I still have my brother’s clothes at home, but they may be a little small because my brother is not as tall as you. How about you take off your coat first and I’ll wash it for you.”

“Okay, I’ll leave this coat here for you first.” "

Lu Cheng escaped by killing enemies all the way. He hadn't taken off his clothes for several days. They were indeed very dirty and smelled.

Leaving his coat behind, Lu Cheng took his gun, the gun and sulfa drugs he had asked from Qi Mazi, and left Chen Xiaozui's house.

Although Qi Mazi's gun was also a box gun, it was not made in Germany. It was a ten-shot box gun made by the Hanyang Arsenal.

As early as the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Mauser pistols began to flow into China.

In the West, because the Mauser military pistol was too big, too heavy, and expensive, it was not popular in Western countries.

On the contrary, after arriving in China, due to China's backward industrial level, this gun became a hot commodity. Later, it was imitated by major arsenals and played a huge role during the War of Resistance Against Japan. This gun was indispensable in various anti-Japanese war dramas in later generations.

Of course, because of the various The craftsmanship of the arsenal was uneven, and the quality of the counterfeit Mauser pistols was also high and low.

Qi Mazi was in the business of reselling medicines, and he was not short of money, so he naturally picked a relatively good gun for himself.

This one was the Mauser rifle made in Hanyang, which was slightly worse in quality than the German one, and the ammunition capacity was ten rounds, and it could only be fired in a single shot.

There were 12 pills of sulfa in that small bag. In the original play, Meng Fanle spent 5 yuan and only bought two pills of sulfa. It was Milong who was present who beat up the profiteer selling medicine, and then took half a bottle of sulfa from him and handed it to Meng Fanle.

Now medicines are in short supply and the prices are high. These twelve pills of sulfa are equivalent to the price of a brand new Hanyang rifle.

When he walked to the entrance of the alley, while there was no one around, Lu Cheng took out some medicines and surgical knives from the cross-border backpack and put them in his arms, and then returned to the refugee shelter...