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Chapter 31 Listen, someone is singing?
Everyone was speechless for a while, looking at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Qianli didn't speak.

This is a heavy topic.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Xu Qing sighed: "If we don't fight, our hometown may be like this..."

The North Korean girl fell silent.

Seeing that the scene was a little frozen, Qianli waved his hand and said, "Girl, nothing in the room has been moved, so we won't bother you anymore. Everyone is there, let's get out of here!"

Seeing that everyone started to pack up their equipment, the girl hurriedly said, "You don't have to rush away... I'm only alone, you can just rest at my house and don't worry about me."

"Thank you for your kindness." Qianli shook his head and said, "Our army has regulations not to disturb the common people in the slightest. Before seeing the ruins here, we thought about staying here for one night. Now that the master is back, we naturally want to return the property to the original owner."

The girl said: "You are the real people's army."

Qilian was here to make all the preparations for the battle. It was nothing to make a roll of bedding. He took all other weapons and equipment with him, and he didn't leave when he slept.Soon, everyone put their backs on their backs and left to go up the mountain.

Xu Qing couldn't help but look back, the North Korean girl was still watching them from afar at the door.

While going up the mountain, Xu Qing was a little worried: "She will not be in danger if she stays there alone?"

Qianli shook his head: "Following us is more dangerous."

Xu Qing thinks about it too.

After going up the mountain, they walked along the route and found a cave by accident, which was a surprise.Along the way, few of them found such natural caves. Most of the mountains in North Korea are steep and steep, and there are few caves.

They carefully probed inside, and found that there was no danger, so everyone stopped and prepared to rest here for the night.

However, after the commotion just now, everyone lost their sleepiness, and those on night duty continued to stay on duty at night, resting, and occasionally some people sat up and chatted for a while.

After a while, Zhang Xiaoshan, who was watching at the entrance of the cave, poked him suddenly: "That little girl is here again!"

"What?"

Xu Qing was a little confused.Looking back, with the help of the moonlight, I saw the North Korean girl named Jin Xuhua who just came down the mountain just now came again on the trail.

"Is she all right?"

"Don't let your guard down, report to the company commander, we are not familiar with him after all..."

Zhang Xiaoshan went back to report, but he stayed and continued to watch.

I saw the North Korean girl with a big earthen jar on her head, holding it with one hand, walking slowly up the mountain step by step, and soon came to the cave.

"Miss Jin, what's the matter with you?" Xu Qing hesitated and asked, his eyes were very good, even in the dark night, he could clearly see the girl's big shiny black eyes.

She said crisply: "I see you are going here. There is only a cave called Hanshui Cave nearby. I know you must have come here. I thought about it and brought you some leftover food at home..."

Xu Qing quickly waved his hands: "We can't take your food..."

"No! I gave it to you, it's not taken. Thank you for helping us fight the Americans."

She hurriedly put the crock down, revealing the contents: corn, steamed buns, cakes, sweet potatoes, dried wild mushrooms, and some ingredients he didn't recognize.

Xu Qing couldn't help it, she had good intentions, seeing her standing there unwilling to leave, it was impossible for him to drive her away.

It happened that Qianli and others also came out, and he hurriedly told everyone why she came.

"Little girl, we can't accept this." Qianli looked at the earthen pots and food on the ground, looked up and said, "We had regulations when we came here, and we can't tamper with the plants and trees of the Korean people, let alone give these to the North Korean people." Us, what do you eat at home?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he had said something stupid, his expression changed, and he immediately explained and apologized: "I'm sorry, I..."

"It's okay!" The girl smiled, and she didn't seem to care. "Although Grandma and Abaji are gone, if I know that you are here to fight, I will definitely agree to give you our food."

After she finished speaking, she was afraid that the soldiers would not believe her, so she said, "You... If you don't accept it, I can wait here forever."

Everyone persuaded her a few more words, but she was unmoved, and really sat down on her knees outside the cave.

Seeing that it was early in the morning, the weather was getting colder and colder, and it was almost ten degrees below zero. Everyone was shocked by this calm and stubborn girl.

Qianli discussed with Meishan, and said, "Miss Jin, we really can't collect your food, but it's so cold outside, if you don't want to go down the mountain, you can come in first to avoid the cold."

She nodded slightly and followed everyone into the cave without saying a word.

Everyone had no choice but to follow her, but they were more careful, as long as they did not touch their equipment and items, and repeatedly ordered the soldiers to supervise each other, and Qiu would not commit any offense.

After entering the cave, the soldiers calmed down again, and Jin Xuhua herself found a clean place to sit cross-legged.She opened the crock and put it on the ground, and took out the grain little by little and put it on the ground.

There was also a box of kimchi inside. When it was opened, the sweet and sour aroma made everyone's throats roll.

But under the gaze of company commander Wu Qianli, they all turned their heads reluctantly.

She couldn't help laughing at everyone, and then asked softly:
"Can I follow you?"

Xu Qing looked at Qianli, but he didn't speak, so he had to answer instead: "I'm afraid not, the place we are going to is too dangerous."

"I can be a hygienist, and I can also cook."

"We...have our own tasks, and we bring dry food."

The girl was silent again.

Everyone couldn't bear it, Lei Gong said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, since you can't sleep, why don't you come and sing?"

Mei Sheng frowned and said, "You can't sing, your voice will reveal your position."

"Then sing softly."

This time he didn't speak.

"Sing what?" Xu Qing asked in a low voice.

Everyone was silent, Zhang Xiaoshan stood up and said: "Then let me start! I will sing a Katyusha for everyone, has anyone heard it?"

Yu Congrong was the first to clap his hands: "Of course I heard it, sing it, sing it!"

"Yeah." Zhang Xiaoshan was not polite, coughed twice, then sat down and sang softly:

"Just when pear blossoms are blooming all over the world,

A gentle veil floats on the river.

Katyusha stood on the steep bank,
The song is like a bright spring,
Katyusha stood on the steep bank,

The singing is like the bright spring scenery.

what!The song of the singing girl,

Fly with the bright sun.

Warriors going to the far frontier,
Convey Katyusha's greetings.

Warriors going to the far frontier,
Send Katyusha's greetings..."

He is a native of the capital, with a Beijing accent, and he sings in a dignified and deep voice, even if his voice is not loud, it still draws people into it.

Some of the soldiers in the Seventh Company were from art soldiers and had an accordion, and Mei Sheng also brought a melodica, but during this important march, they didn't play it, but hummed along with the singing.

After the song was sung, all the soldiers clapped their hands slightly, feeling a little lost in the familiar red song in a foreign country.

"Can I...can I sing a song for you?" Jin Xuhua looked at everyone and said suddenly.

Lei Gong smiled and nodded: "Of course."

Xu Qing, Yu Congrong, Ping He, including Qianli Meisheng all put down their contemplation and looked at her quietly.

She stood up generously and danced unexpectedly.As she danced, she smiled and chanted:
"



......"

Yu Congrong asked in a low voice, "Is this a Korean folk song?"

Mei Sheng said, "Yes, the song of Arirang."

Jin Xuhua seemed to see everyone's doubts, and changed the next sentence into Chinese:
"Arirang, Arirang, Arirang!
Climb all the peaks of Arirang,

Arirang has only twelve peaks,

How willingly do you leave me behind,

You will be homesick within ten miles away..."

Yu Congrong clapped his hands: "Love song!"

Xu Qing: "Why, I don't like to listen to it. Katyusha is also a love song."

"I love to hear it, why don't I love it? She sings so beautifully!" Yu Congrong shook his head.

Lei Gong nodded: "What a voice, if it wasn't for war..."

He didn't say any more.But everyone knew what he was trying to say.

Most of Qilian have never heard of this folk song.

But even so, everyone can tell that this is not just a song about love, the beautiful melody contains a kind of inner inner peace, a happy and peaceful life, and they can hear it in her singing. An inexplicable feeling that is deep yet alive, sad yet optimistic.

At such a time, such a song was sung by such a little girl who had just lost her family, what a sad past emotion it must be?
Everyone looked at her, and felt more and more pity for this beautiful and smiling Korean girl.

And Jin Xuhua was dancing lightly in the cave, turning around lightly in a small area, humming softly, smiling on her face, as if she was not sad.

She deliberately lowered her voice, but she still couldn't hide her oriole-like voice, lingering and slightly sad, bringing everyone back to their hometown, to the motherland...

"Arirang, Arirang, Arangli,
Step by step up the Arirang Hill.

Arirang Hill, ah Twelve Hills,
The twelve hills are your beautiful spring scenery!
My lord has traveled a long way across mountains and mountains,
In the clear sky and the dark night, the sky is full of stars,

That mountain over there is Mt. Baekdu, right?

In the winter solstice and the twelfth lunar month, there are Jindal flowers blooming..."

At the end of the song, she held her skirt and bowed slightly. All the soldiers clapped their hands gently, but there was no sound.But at this time, silence is better than sound.

When she sat down again, Xu Qing asked, "What is Jindal?"

"Azalea, the national flower of North Korea."

"It's also my favorite flower," she said with a smile.

"Snowing……"

Just as he was talking, a soldier muttered softly.

Xu Qing looked up to the sky from the entrance of the cave, and saw flakes of snow falling densely, like a dream, like catkins falling from the sky, more like a shuttle of bullets.It's going to be very cold tonight.

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(End of this chapter)