I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

It was just noon when he got home. Seeing that his father had not come back yet, Chen Feng started to make lunch. He put the leftover rabbit meat from the night before into a bowl, then went to the main room to get a large bowl of pork jelly, and took a plate of cooked sweet potatoes from the basket. He put them all on the grate in the pot to steam. After burning the fire for a while, he felt it was almost hot, so he smoked a cigarette and waited for his father.

Chen Weiping came back and saw Chen Feng smoking in the yard. He sighed, thinking that his son had forgotten to smoke after being injured. Now he remembered it again. The child is grown up and doesn't listen to him anymore. Let him be!

Chen Feng gave thirty dollars to his father, saying that he sold it for thirty-two dollars, used one dollar to buy cigarettes, and kept one dollar for himself as pocket money. When Chen Weiping heard that he spent one dollar on cigarettes, his hands trembled a little, but he quickly regained his composure and said, "Never mind. The two wild boars alone have earned the family fifty dollars in the past few days. Let him do what he wants. But he should save the money well. His son is eighteen years old and is going to get married. He will definitely have a lot of expenses by then."

In the afternoon, Chen Feng wanted to go to the fields with his father, but his father said he would not go in the afternoon. He asked Chen Feng to chop the meat stuffing, while he carried a bamboo basket to the garden to pick vegetables. Chen Feng picked out about two pounds of the remaining pickled pork from the last distribution, both fat and lean, and cut it into small pieces on the chopping board and started chopping it. It took only half an hour. His father also came back with a basket of vegetables. The Chinese cabbage was picked in sections, leaving a core every foot above the vegetable groove. Chen Feng didn't need to worry about the rest. Knowing that Chen Feng didn't like making dumplings, Chen Weiping prepared the stuffing and made the dumplings himself. Chen Feng saw a few yellow radishes in the frame. melon, and then remembered that there seemed to be a pig ear in the basin, so he found it, cut it into shreds and mixed it with a cucumber. When it was getting dark, he saw that his father was almost done making dumplings, so he picked out some large and small intestines and stir-fried them with green and red peppers, and boiled a pot of water waiting for his father's dumplings. The dumplings were wrapped, filling two lids. Chen Weiping sighed inwardly, he hadn't celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival like this for many years. He was always busy in the fields, and then came back to simply stir-fry vegetables and eat sweet potatoes or steamed bread. After the dumplings were cooked, Chen Feng took out two packs of moon cakes, and Chen Weiping put the pack that Liu Caiyun gave him back. He found a bottle of wine from somewhere, and the label was almost falling off. It was Shiliquan Wine, and Chen Feng had never heard of it.

The father and son ate dumplings, drank wine, and talked about Chen Feng's childhood with pig ears and pig intestines. It was basically Chen Weiping who talked and Chen Feng listened. Chen Feng finally knew why he had no mother. When his mother was pregnant with Chen Feng, she went to the fields to work and encountered bandits. The villagers all ran home. Chen Feng's mother was almost nine months pregnant at the time. She fell down while running and couldn't get up. She was carried home. After giving birth to Chen Feng, she almost died of severe bleeding. She was weak and sickly all the time, and finally passed away when Chen Feng was three years old. Chen Weiping drank a sip of wine. Every time he recalled Chen Feng's mother, his heart would always ache. After listening to this, Chen Feng felt very choked up and drank a bowl of wine. "Bandits, it's over for you."

The moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival was very round and bright, and Chen Feng, who was lying on the kang, could not sleep. To fight the Japanese devils, he should practice with the bandits first! He thought that the bandits might be heroes of the green forest, but he thought too much. According to his father, the bandits in southern Shandong were all scum who robbed houses and committed all kinds of evil.

It was daybreak. After dinner, Dad went to the fields again without letting Chen Feng follow him. Things were simpler from now on. All the sweet potatoes were put into the well. While picking up the dried sweet potatoes, he waited for the recently wiped ones to be dried. Chen Feng did not force them. He had to wait for Zhang Liang who might arrive at any time. Not only would he accompany him hunting, but he also had to ask about the situation of the nearby bandits. Heiwa still came early. Seeing Chen Feng sitting on the stone mill smoking a cigarette as if waiting for someone, he did not disturb him. He went into the main room and set up the old sleeve, ready to respond to Brother Feng's call at any time.

Zhang Liang came. He was even more anxious than Chen Feng and had a very strong desire to hunt wild boars. This time he only brought one person, the captain of the servants, Wang Hanqiang. He introduced Chen Feng to them, tied the horses to Chen Feng's yard, and the four of them packed up and went into the mountains.

After entering the mountain, Chen Feng and Zhang Liang walked in front. Chen Feng intentionally or unintentionally asked about the bandits nearby. Zhang Liang was not particularly familiar with them, so he asked Wang Hanqiang to follow and introduce the bandits to the two of them. Wang Hanqiang knew all about the bandits:

Since the death of Sun Meiyao, no bandit forces were willing to occupy Baoduqiao anymore. There were three gangs of bandits around. One was Lin Guangqing, who occupied the Big and Small Qingshan Mountains, and had more than fifty men under his command. The other was Teng Jinzhen, who occupied the Guishan, Sheshan, and Huangshan Mountains, and had more than one hundred men under his command. The other was Lu Huaimin, who occupied the Laoyingshan Mountains, and had seventy or eighty men under his command.

The three bandits are not good guys. They have plenty of money and guns. They control a large area and commit robbing, highway robbery, kidnapping and extortion. They do almost all kinds of evil.

Chen Feng was silent for a moment:

Are there no good people among the bandits? Are there any good people like the outlaws?

Wang Hanqiang was somewhat disdainful, but this was his young master's friend, and his young master respected him very much:

The bandits join the gang first and take lives. Will the bandit leader believe them if they don't have lives in their hands? These people deserve to be beheaded a hundred times. Which young lady from a wealthy family dares to go out casually? If they are kidnapped, not only will they have to pay a large ransom to redeem them, but even if they are redeemed, it's over. They will either hang themselves or jump into the river.

After that, he said fiercely:

Sooner or later I will go up the mountain and kill them all.

Chen Feng didn't know what hatred Wang Hanqiang had with the bandits, and looked at Zhang Liang in confusion.

While Zhang Liang was waiting for two people, he said:

Hanqiang's sister was kidnapped by bandits from Daqingshan when she returned to her parents' home. Her husband's family paid the ransom but still lost two lives. The mother-in-law hanged herself after seeing her daughter-in-law dead and her grandson gone. My family is still a relative of Hanqiang's sister's husband's family. I started buying guns and recruiting people last year in order to avenge the dead souls one day. This is also the reason why Hanqiang followed me. Why? Brother Chen Feng is also interested in bandits?

Chen Feng said ambiguously:

My mother's death is related to them. Now I will eliminate the bandits nearby.

Zhang Liang looked at Chen Feng and didn't think he was joking:

If you can defeat the bandits in Daqingshan, I will bring Han Qiang with me to join you.

Chen Feng stretched out his hand:

It’s a deal!

Zhang Liang's eyes flashed, and he looked at Chen Feng seriously. Seeing Chen Feng's determined expression, he thought it was very difficult, so he didn't hesitate. If he could really do it, it would not be a loss to follow him. He pointed his fingertips upwards and shook hands with Chen Feng:

It’s a deal!

Chen Feng took them around the hills near Baoduqiao for a whole day. He even fired a shot in the air to see if there was anyone on the mountain. He decided to go up and take a look when he had time. This place would be a good place for a training camp.

After a day, they still didn't encounter any wild boars, but they shot two badgers and four rabbits. Chen Feng also shot down an eagle, which made Zhang Liang quite satisfied. He returned to Chen Feng's house and declined to stay for dinner. It was getting late, so they rode back to Beizhuang.