Chapter 129 A Salesman's Panic
After Lei Shouren was put in a sack, he went around shouting that he would find the people who plotted against him and take care of them when the time comes.
It was just a blind act, and he didn't see clearly who it was. Even if he had suspicions in his mind, there was no evidence.
In the end, the only option is for the mute to eat Coptis chinensis and not be able to express the pain.
Only two insiders, Lin Hongfei and Ma Yuechuan, would secretly have fun secretly.
Fighting can add a bit of fun to everyone's monotonous military school life, at least making it less boring.
In addition to daily classes and courses on the training ground, the military academy also organizes field training. At first, Lin Hongfei thought it was quite novel. A group of people packed up their bags, left the school, and ran to the wilderness to set up tents, dig trenches, and repair
fortifications.
However, after coming here two or three times, Lin Hongfei felt that this was really a torturous thing and it would be more comfortable to listen to the lectures in class.
On this day, Lin Hongfei and other fifth-term trainees were taken to the wild for training as usual. It was already the beginning of winter and the weather was getting colder.
But the strong young men like Lin Hongfei still took off their shirts, holding shovels and pickaxes to dig and dig in the ground.
On the side, the instructor in charge of field training was patrolling back and forth while cursing and saying:
"Dig a trench, 5 feet wide and 4 feet deep!"
"Look at what you guys dug. Is this a trench?"
"A whole ditch!"
"Speaking of dung ditches, during this training, if someone poops, urinates anywhere, or fails to defecate in the designated area, you will see if I will chop you up with a bayonet!"
Upon hearing this, the student nicknamed "Lively" whispered in a low voice: "A bayonet can't do it. I have to use a kitchen knife to cut off my thing."
"Um?"
When Lin Hongfei heard this, his face was filled with questions. Is this showing off?
After a lot of trouble, trenches, temporary bunkers, frontline command posts, etc. were all completed one by one, and an infantry position that began to take shape appeared in front of Lin Hongfei.
Only after actually entering the military academy did Lin Hongfei realize that even digging trenches and repairing fortifications required a lot of knowledge. It was not just about digging a trench with a shovel.
For example, the trench cannot be built into a straight line, but several protrusions and corners must be deliberately built. In this way, once a grenade or artillery shell hits the trench, these protrusions and corners can well offset the shock wave of the explosion.
At the same time, each combat position must be divided into high and low positions. For example, the position of the machine gun position in the rear row must be set higher to avoid accidentally injuring comrades in front.
After the construction of the fortifications was completed, Lin Hongfei and others took a break. The cooking team in the distance also set up large pots. The cooks in aprons were wielding kitchen knives and chopping cabbage into pieces.
"Oh, it's boiled cabbage again. I don't even need to look at it. Just by smelling it, I know it's fucking meatless this time!" Ma Yuechuan said helplessly while smoking a cigarette.
"It's good to have Chinese cabbage, but if it's not the New Year or the festival, you still want to eat meat?" Huo Zheng said to the side.
Ma Yuechuan sighed and showed a nostalgic expression: "Oh, I miss my mother's pot-wrapped pork, the white meat with sauerkraut, and the stew with blood sausage!"
"Hey, that's a fragrance!"
Lin Hongfei chuckled: "Yuechuan, let me teach you a trick. After you serve the boiled cabbage, you close your eyes and keep chanting in your mouth: This is not boiled cabbage, this is not boiled cabbage, this is pickled cabbage with white meat.
This is pickled cabbage with white meat.”
"It's guaranteed to work!"
"Pull me down, aren't you kidding yourself?"
Ma Yuechuan laughed and put the cigarette butt in his mouth. The next second, Ma Yuechuan screamed, which shocked everyone!
"What's wrong, are you stepping on the cat's tail?" Lin Hongfei asked.
At this time, Ma Yuechuan covered his mouth and threw the cigarette butt to the ground. While sucking in the cold air, he cursed: "Damn it, I'm just talking to you, so I put the burning side of the cigarette butt into my mouth!
"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Everyone burst into laughter!
Lin Hongfei was even more happy. He didn't expect to see a wave of reverse smoking with his own eyes.
But before he had enough fun, he felt a burning pain in his fingers. He subconsciously shook his hand and realized that the cigarette butt in his hand was almost burned out.
Squeezing the shriveled cigarette case, Lin Hongfei found that there was no cigarette inside. He was not satisfied yet and asked: "Who still has cigarettes? Give me one."
Everyone shook their heads: "We've finished smoking. This field training came suddenly, and we didn't even have anything in our pockets."
Not satisfied, Lin Hongfei scratched his scalp uncomfortably and could only endure it. However, it was his turn to be on duty tonight, and it would be really difficult without a cigarette to support him.
At this moment, the bustle on the side pointed to the path in the distance and said: "Hey, there is a loader there, why don't we go and have a look and see if he sells cigarettes."
A salesman is a profession that in old age carries rattles and burdens, carrying various commodities, and travels through the countryside to sell them.
They carried a load, with a large box on one end and a large basket on the other.
The large box contains various kinds of needles, threads, daily necessities, and some candies, preserved fruits and other food. The large basket at the other end is used to hold old things, grain, etc. exchanged from the villagers in the countryside.
At that time, transportation was very underdeveloped, and some villages were located in remote areas, so it was very troublesome to buy some daily necessities.
Therefore, these salesmen have become the only channel for rural people to purchase daily necessities.
Whenever a salesman shakes a rattle and makes a "dong-dong-dong" sound, people will realize that the salesman is coming, and then they will quickly walk out of the house, either carrying old items from home, or holding a bowl of grain, and use this
The most primitive way of exchanging things for things is to obtain urgently needed daily necessities from the hands of merchants.
At this time, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up when they saw the salesman carrying the load. Lin Hongfei stood up directly and strode towards the salesman, with Ma Yuechuan following behind him, making the two of them lively.
"Wait a moment!"
"Hey, bro, wait a minute!"
Lin Hongfei shouted while walking.
However, the salesman didn't seem to hear it and continued on his way.
It wasn't until Lin Hongfei ran forward and patted the salesman on the shoulder that he stopped him.
"I said, don't you have good hearing? I call you so many times!" Lin Hongfei said with some dissatisfaction.
A flash of panic flashed in the salesman's eyes, but he quickly calmed down and said flatteringly: "Hey, boss, I'm really sorry, my hearing is really not very good, please don't mind!"
The salesman's accent was a little stiff, but Lin Hongfei sounded familiar, but he was in a hurry to buy cigarettes and didn't remember where the dialect was from.
Lin Hongfei looked directly at the box at the end of the load, flipping through it and asked, "Do you sell any cigarettes here?"
The salesman shook his head: "No!"
"Where are the tobacco leaves?"
"nor!"
"Why are you a salesman if you don't have anything?" Lin Hongfei said dissatisfied.
The salesman also looked helpless: "Boss, we usually only sell needles and threads. We have never sold cigarettes. Besides, the people in the village grow their own tobacco leaves, so they don't need to buy them!"
Lin Hongfei suddenly felt helpless. At this time, he saw three packages of peanut kernels and four packages of broad beans in the box. They were all fried and crispy and fragrant.
"Okay, let's buy some fried peanuts and broad beans. Chewing these things can relieve boredom!"
At this time, Ma Yuechuan and Noisy also rushed over. Lin Hongfei took out these packets of peanut kernels and broad beans, put them in their hands, and said, "I bought these packets of peanut kernels and broad beans."
"Is there anything else?"
I did a small business, but the salesman didn't look happy, but looked a little nervous.
At this time, Lin Hongfei's hand accidentally touched a piece of black cloth, revealing one end of a roll of white paper.
"Hey, they sell straw paper. I'm worried. I don't have any straw paper with me. I'll have to use earthen garbage to defecate tomorrow."
"I bought this toilet paper too!"
Chapter completed!