A group of people were sitting or lying on the ground in the yard, the numbness on their faces clearly visible.

Li Jinglin has been awake for a week. During this week, he has deeply understood that the Republic of China is really a society where individuals cannibalize people.

Don't look at the understatement in the textbook, as if it can be summed up in one sentence. Only those who truly live in this era will understand the cruelty of reality.

In his opinion, without a house or savings, working to make money is already a very difficult life.

But compared to his current situation, it's really nothing.

Initially, he was somewhat intimidating in everyone's mind, but after a few days, everyone realized that the captain seemed to have been blown away, so they gradually lost their awe and stopped treating him like a clove.

Li Jinglin now thinks the same as everyone around him, which is to fill his stomach.

He had never been hungry before, and for the first time he felt how uncomfortable it was to be hungry.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to find some good friends in the town, but after witnessing two defeated soldiers being shot to death by the military police, he completely gave up the idea.

He couldn't understand. Don't these defeated soldiers know the importance of weapons?

As long as you have a gun in your hand, why can't you get some food?

Because at this time, in the whole yard, only Hai Sheng had a Zhongzheng spear, and Liu Mazi, a Hunan guy, had a horse-brand gun with no bullets, so it was useless.

There is also a Hunan guy in the yard who is Erxiao. He is called Erxiao by both names, but he and Liu Mazi cannot urinate in the same pot. The two of them might as well be close to other people. No one knows the specific reason.

I don't have the inclination to inquire.

"The lid of the bastard is dripping. If there is chili pepper, it will be beautiful!"

After saying this, the second child glared at Gouchun, the youngest person in the group who was from Shandong.

Gou Chun is from Teng County and is only seventeen this year. The Japanese went south along Jinpu Road, and the Guo army retreated all the way. Gou Chun was captured on the way home after cutting the pig grass.

Then he followed the army in retreat, from Shandong to Hubei, from the Yellow River to the Yangtze River, and from the north to the south.

Since the big man was also from Teng County and was a veteran with seven or eight years of service, we took him and continued to retreat to the shelter.

Somehow the three of them got along very well, and they were considered a famous clique in the courtyard.

Gou Chun grinned and said, "Er Xiao, your chili pepper is so spicy that it makes me cry. You can eat it too."

Er Xiao angrily kicked the other person, "You bastard, why are you so happy!"

Haisheng from Zhejiang intervened and said, "Do you want steamed buns? (What to eat at night) Sleep well! (Want to sleep)" (will be changed to Mandarin in the future)

Zhao Tietou, who was born in the Northwest Army, muttered, "It's been so long, and if no one cares about it, we will all starve to death!"

Banya, the Henan man, snorted and said nothing.

On the first day after waking up, the head of the shelter saw that Li Jinglin was from the Central Army and was a captain, so he decided that this guy was a well-connected master, so he specially gave him half a bag of stick noodles, which was considered a good relationship.

Unexpectedly, a week passed without seeing such a person mentioned above, so I stopped caring about him.

On the third day after Li Jinglin woke up, they ran out of supplies, and the shelter no longer took care of their food rations.

Fortunately, everyone was sympathetic. In the past few days, when everyone came back from looking for food, they also invited Li Jinglin to eat together.

Li Jinglin also knew that this situation would not last long, but he knew his own affairs well. He was completely a fake. Apart from using his skin to get some food at first, when his true colors were exposed, he completely lost his mind.

"Chief Li, don't you remember even one of your colleagues? You can find someone who can talk to you and recruit us!"

Looking at Liu Mazi who was talking, Li Jinglin smiled bitterly and thought to himself: In this era, you are the only ones I know, who else can I know?

As for the direction of the war in the future, he still has some impression, or if he goes to the United States now, he will have a way to make money.

But this was in the Republic of China, a highly hierarchical society, and it was not easy to get ahead.

If he didn't talk about anything else but his background, he couldn't explain it clearly.

"Liu Mazi, shut up. If you keep chirping again, I'll kill you. Chief Li's injuries are not healed yet. Is it a trivial matter if he hurts his head? He must be suffering from amnesia. In our place, there is no other way to treat this disease except to invite a great immortal."

There is no cure at all!”

Xu Dayong helped him get through, and then threw pebbles at the big guys, "Big guys, it's your turn to find food today, try your best to get some hard goods."

Xu Dayong did not arrange for him to find food, probably because of his captain's rank, but he thought it was more because of the half bag of stick noodles.

Unfortunately, this situation was destined to not last long. After thinking about it, he followed the big three out of the yard.

This was the third time he had come into close contact with the Republic of China. Xingou Town was not a small town, but after the influx of thousands of defeated soldiers, even the largest town seemed crowded.

Similarly, the influx of defeated soldiers also brought prosperity to the local black market.

There are a lot of things to buy and sell on the black market, and you can exchange money for anything.

Belts, clothes, kettles, bayonets, ammunition, and guns can all be exchanged for money on the black market.

In fact, most of what the defeated soldiers received in exchange was food and medicine.

There is only one main street in the town, and there are always military police patrolling. The military police passed by Li Jinglin, glanced at him, did not take him seriously, and continued to patrol along the established route.

Li Jinglin was very hungry, but he still dressed neatly. He knew very well that people rely on clothes. If you want to fool others, you must first cover yourself.

Arriving at the only pawn shop in town, Li Jinglin adjusted his military uniform, took a deep breath and stepped in.

The counter was tightly covered, with only a small window. Inside was an old man in his sixties or seventies, fiddling with something there.

Li Jinglin came to the front, took off his watch, and handed it over.

"Shopkeeper, let's see how much this watch of mine can be used for?"

The old man first lay on the counter and looked at Li Jinglin, then glanced at his chest and gave him a slight smile, "Sir, please give me a slap on the eye."

Li Jinglin was a little nervous, but on the surface he didn't miss anything. After all, he was also an actor. Although he was an extra, he knew that the old man in front of him couldn't see any flaws at this time.

The watch he bought was a high imitation Longines watch, also known as a fake watch.

The old man picked up the magnifying glass and took a closer look. He found that this watch was extremely well made. Although the material was ordinary, it could be seen that the craftsmanship was top notch.

You must know that all watches in the Republic of China were imported. Although Li Jinglin's watch does not contain gold, at least its appearance is much higher than most watches.

After pondering for a moment, the old man raised his head and stared at Li Jinglin and asked, "Sir, do you want to live or die?"

Li Jinglin's acting skills exploded instantly. After hesitating for a moment, he could clearly see the reluctance, embarrassment and the pain of urgently needing money in his eyes.

"It works!"

The old man's expression relaxed and he said, "It's worth fifty yuan of French currency."

"Want the ocean!"

"Ocean twenty bucks!"

"Forget it, I won't do it!"

After Li Jinglin finished speaking, he was about to take back the watch. The old man did not stop him. Instead, he said with a smile, "Sir, I am the only pawnshop in this town, Su Ji. If you don't pawn with me, sir, there will be no place to pawn!"

The hand that touched the watch suddenly stopped, and Li Jinglin said angrily, "Just the brand Longines costs more than twenty dollars!"

The old man chuckled and said, "Sir, you are a sensible person. If you do a good job, it won't be too high. You have to let me earn some money, right?"

"I bought this Swiss luxury watch in the United States for two hundred dollars, which is equivalent to five hundred oceans. What you gave me is less than 10%!"

"Sir, what you said, can it be the same now as before? In this way, if you die, I will give you seventy yuan. If you die, the maximum is thirty yuan. Sir, which one do you want to choose?"

Li Jinglin gritted his teeth secretly, but he was actually happy inside, "Eighty yuan, and I also want fifty kilograms of polished rice!"

"Seventy yuan plus thirty pounds of brown rice!"

"Seventy-five yuan plus fifty pounds!"

"Seventy-two yuan plus fifty pounds, stop, sir, this is the highest price. If the price is higher, I would rather not do this deal!"
Chapter completed!