Chapter 74 Pulled Like Noodles
Zhang Dahu, Li Jianwei and others had a good sleep. When they woke up, it was already seven o'clock and the sky was bright.
After breakfast, Zhang Dahu sat on a stool thinking about something.
"Da Hu, how do we plan to get familiar with the environment?" Jiang Wukui asked.
"Jiang Wukui, go rent a rickshaw and take Li Jianwei to this road to familiarize himself with the situation." Zhang Dahu said, pointing to the map.
"Do you really want to be my driver? I..."
"This is an order!" said Zhang Dahu.
"Da Hu, why do we go to this road to familiarize ourselves with the situation instead of going directly to our destination?" Li Jianwei asked.
"You really don't understand? Aren't you better at studying than me?" Zhang Dahu said to Li Jianwei.
"Now I know why they let you be the team leader. In fact, you are much better than me. You are bold, careful, and good at thinking." Li Jianwei said with a smile.
"Don't try to play tricks on me. Look, I will get familiar with this road. I'm not far from you. After I get familiar with this road, I will come to your side. Of course, you are also coming to our side. The three of us are not walking together in order to keep it secret and protect ourselves better." Zhang Dahu said.
"Da Hu, you haven't answered Li Jianwei's question ? Why don't we go directly to the destination to familiarize ourselves with the situation?" Jiang Wukui asked.
"Wu Kui, don't you understand what Da Hu means? His meaning is very clear . We can't try to become a big fat man in one bite! If we go directly to the destination to familiarize ourselves with the terrain, but are not familiar with the surrounding terrain, it will be difficult to find a retreat if something happens. Do you understand? This is from the outside to the inside, safety is important!" said Li Jianwei.
"You clearly knew it and you were teasing me on purpose!" Jiang Wukui said.
“Wu Kui, you need to use your brain and be more careful in everything! You will act alone many times, so you should make sure to develop this habit. Remember this. No matter what the circumstances, you should always find several ways out, not just one! Isn’t this what our instructors always teach us during training? How come you forget this when it comes to actual practice?” Zhang Dahu looked at Jiang Wu Kui. He felt that Jiang Wu Kui was indeed too honest.
"I know I am the dumbest among the four of you, and I will learn from you with an open mind," Jiang Wukui said with a smile.
"Why, you're being modest today?"
"Jianwei, if I am not humble, I will make mistakes. This mistake will not result in standing in the corner or being put in solitary confinement, but will result in the loss of my head. I don't want to joke with my head," said Jiang Wukui.
"That's true. Jianwei, Wu Kui, you have to be careful about everything, okay? Remember what Xie Mengqi told us yesterday, don't cause trouble at will, and control yourself. You guys get ready, I'm ready to go too." Zhang Dahu said.
"Remember." Jian Wei said.
Jiang Wukui was wearing a straw hat and squatting next to a rickshaw. He looked around and found that Japanese soldiers and Japanese ronin were passing by from time to time.
Li Jianwei walked into the alley ahead and saw that there was no way out. A wall blocked his view. He wondered if there would be a way out if he climbed over the wall. He looked back and saw no one. He looked left and right and saw that the doors were all closed. He wondered if this was really a dead end.
Li Jianwei suddenly climbed up the wall and saw an alley over there. He climbed over the wall and walked towards the alley. After walking for a while, he found that he could turn back to the original road. He found that the wall was added later and the original building should be the same.
Li Jianwei walked through a few more alleys and found such newly added "broken road walls" in many places. He thought about it and guessed that these were added by the Japanese after they entered the city. Their purpose was to facilitate the strengthening of management of personnel in the area.
Li Jianwei returned to Jiang Wukui's rickshaw, got on it and said, "Let's go, it's three miles ahead."
"Okay!" Jiang Wukui pulled Li Jianwei and ran southward. He ran only two miles when he saw a Japanese soldier in front of him hitting a driver with the butt of his gun. Apparently the driver was running too fast and the car rubbed against the Japanese soldier's clothes. The people in the car had already gotten off and ran away.
Jiang Wukui slowed down his car and looked at the Japanese soldier.
"Run faster! I'm in a hurry! Don't stop!" Li Jianwei said to Jiang Wukui.
Jiang Wukui knew that Li Jianwei was warning him not to meddle in other people's business, and told him to pretend he didn't see anything and just go ahead. Jiang Wukui remembered what Xie Mengqi and Zhang Dahu said, answered them, and ran forward.
Jiang Wukui pulled Li Jianwei for a while. Li Jianwei saw a bank on the side of the road. He asked Jiang Wukui to stop the car and began to wander around the alleys around the bank.
Jiang Wukui squatted beside the rickshaw and carefully observed the surrounding movements. He found that there were two plainclothes officers watching the bank. Li Jianwei also observed this.
When Li Jianwei came out of a small alley, he saw Zhang Dahu walking towards him from an alley opposite. He pretended not to know him and walked towards Jiang Wukui's rickshaw.
Jiang Wukui also saw Zhang Dahu. He knew that this was the intersection of two streets. Three miles away was the Japanese army's confidential communications center. He didn't know how strictly the Japanese guarded that place. He really wanted to take Li Jianwei over to take a look. However, Zhang Dahu said that they absolutely could not go there today and they had to familiarize themselves with the environment first.
Jiang Wukui followed Li Jianwei's instructions and headed west, which was the direction Zhang Dahu came from. At this time, Jiang Wukui was confused again. He thought, Zhang Dahu had already gone there to observe, so why did he go there again?
Li Jianwei certainly knew that this was a cross-observation, which could complement the careful observation and there was also a difference in time. More importantly, the people had changed and it was not the original people who were wandering around, which made it easier to hide and would not attract people's attention.
After a morning of driving, Jiang Wukui was a little tired. In fact, Zhang Dahu and Li Jianwei were also a little tired. Although Jiang Wukui pulled the cart hard, he took a break while waiting for Li Jianwei.
When Zhang Dahu and the other two returned home, Jiang Wukui said, "I am so angry! I watched the Japanese bully the Chinese, but I couldn't do anything!"
"You take action? What is our mission? Is it to let you vent your anger? Let me tell you, if you don't control yourself, we won't even finish our mission and we'll go to see the King of Hell!" said Zhang Dahu.
"I know , but when I see Chinese people being bullied, I get angry!"
"You are angry, who wouldn't be angry? As long as you are Chinese, you will be angry! Jiang Wukui, let me tell you, when you see someone getting angry, pretend that you are not angry at all, that's what you have to learn!" Li Jianwei said, "I know this, the instructors have trained us on this, but when I really saw such a thing, I felt very suffocated!" Jiang Wukui said.
"Okay. Stop complaining! One of you cooks while the other picks vegetables! After dinner, let's share what we observed today. Especially Wu Kui, there are many places that you haven't observed on the ground, so you should listen carefully to our explanation and analysis!" said Zhang Dahu.
"Da Hu, do you really think you are the team leader? Why are we cooking? What are you doing?" Li Jianwei said with a smile.
"Me? Jianwei, if I were a girl, I would never marry you. You are so fussy. You said that after you get married, you won't let your wife work alone? Let me tell you, I won't be idle. I will supervise you two to see who is lazy." Zhang Dahu said with a smile.
"Hmph! So conceited! A leader of a three-man team, yet you really think you're an official." Jiang Wukui said.
"Okay. You two keep busy, I'll go out and walk around for a while. Although Xie Mengqi said it's safe here, we still have to be on guard. It's better to be safe than sorry!" Zhang Dahu said as he opened the door, looked around, and went out and closed the door.
"Wu Kui, did you see that? A team leader is a team leader. He works hard and considers our safety! Compare yourself with Dahu. Tell me, are you qualified to be the leader of this three-person team?" Li Jianwei said as he picked vegetables.
"I know I can't do it. Jianwei, you know Dahu's intention no matter what he does. You are still very competent as a team leader." Jiang Wukui said with a smile.
"There's a gap between what he did and what I knew his purpose was, and what he could think of earlier, you know? Although Dahu is impatient sometimes, but have you noticed that he is very cautious when it comes to safety issues?" said Li Jianwei.
"That's true. Jianwei, you tell me, if Que Dongjin was here, he would definitely be the team leader." Jiang Weikui said.
"Of course. Que Dongjin has excellent grades, not just because he can endure hardships. He has a flexible mind, quick reactions, thoughtful considerations, and is calm and composed in everything he does. This is something the three of us can't compare to. I admire him. Think about it, if he wasn't excellent, why would we send him to study abroad? Wouldn't that be a disgrace to our country? Dongjin is a rare talent! I wonder how he is doing abroad? I also don't know if he can fight alongside us when he comes back in three months." Li Jianwei said.
"Now that Dongjin is back, he will definitely be able to fight alongside us and become our leader," said Jiang Wukui.
"It's good to be able to fight with us. Wu Kui, you miss Dong Jin, right? Do you think Dong Jin will miss us? I heard that there are foreign girls in their special training team. Will he have fun with the foreign girls and forget about us brothers?" Li Jianwei said with a smile.
"Is Jianwei the kind of person who values women over friendship? I think if it were you, it's possible! Didn't you see that Dahu also values brotherhood very much? For the sake of brotherhood, he took Gao Weilan's thing and twisted it, haha, she screamed in pain." Jiang Wukui said with a smile.
"That's right, that's right. If it were me, I would also grab it and twist it hard. Not only did I twist it, I also pulled it hard, and it became like noodles!" Li Jianwei said with a smile.
"You, are you bragging? I think it's you. You can only touch her gently to please her!" Jiang Wukui turned his head and looked at Li Jianwei. "You are a pretty boy. You can't be trusted. I don't believe that you are as loyal to your friends as they are."
