It has been several years since we met, and Zhou Yougen's appearance has changed a little. He is still so tall, but he has become much thinner and even his chin is a little pointed. Li Qinglin calculated with a finger. Zhou Yougen is two years older than him, and this year he is twenty-two years old.

Li Qinglin held his hand tightly and said, "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive. As long as we are not beaten to death by the Japanese, we will still fight the Japanese in the future."

Li Qinglin looked behind him while saying that, and saw that the man who came with Zhou Yougen also stood up with a smile. This man was in his thirties, not tall, and indeed looked like a scholar. This man looked very familiar at first glance, but Li Qinglin couldn't remember what this man was named for a moment.

Li Qinglin nodded to the visitor and then asked Zhou Yougen: "Yougen, you are back, how about Dugui and your sister-in-law Xiuzhi? Are they okay?"

Zhou Yougen's eyes dodged a little, and he didn't answer the conversation immediately. The person standing behind him said, "Commander Li, I haven't seen you for many years, hello."

Seeing that the visitor greeted him, Li Qinglin had to put down Zhou Yougen's hand first and said to the visitor: "Please sit down first, I don't know you are..."

Zhou Yougen said: "Qinglin, why don't you know him anymore? He used to be Teacher Liu from our Wenmiao Primary School. Teacher Liu is now the political commissar of our Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. He brought back this time the advance battalion of our Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. Now he is our highest leader."

Li Qinglin suddenly remembered the name of this person. He was Liu Zhenghong, a teacher at the Confucius Temple Primary School. Liu Zhenghong once notified himself to take the primary school graduation exam, and at noon on the day of the exam, he and Duoqiu invited Liu Zhenghong to have a meal.

Liu Zhenghong's appearance evoked many memories of Li Qinglin. He remembered that there was another notice that Liu Zhenghong wanted to arrest him, saying that Liu Zhenghong promoted theories of different parties. At that time, Li Qinglin thought that Liu Zhenghong was a Communist Party, and now it seems that this is true.

Li Qinglin still remembers that Liu Zhenghong fled at that time. After the escape, he even asked Qian Duogui to buy a gun, but later he disappeared for some reason. Now it seems that Liu Zhenghong must have gone to Yan'an.

Li Qinglin quickly stepped forward and saluted and said, "It turns out that the teacher is here. The student is really rude."

Liu Zhenghong also replied with a military salute and said with a smile: "I haven't seen each other for a few years, and my students have become the famous Commander Li. It is my greatest pleasure to be a teacher."

"How dare students forget about the teachings of Mr. Wang. We are all descendants of Yan and Huang. How can the upright Chinese become slaves of Japanese pirates? When dealing with vicious jackals, we can only pick up the gun and fight with him and fight these Japanese dwarfs back to the East." After being reborn, Li Qinglin actually only worked as a student of Liu Zhenghong on the day of the graduation exam. His tone now is naturally spoken according to the identity of the real Li Qinglin, and these words can be considered appropriate.

"Okay, I'm right, I'm right. Commander Li has a patriotic feeling, which is completely consistent with our party's view on fighting against Japan and saving the country." Liu Zhenghong said.

"I dare not, I just did what a conscientious Chinese should do." Li Qinglin said ashamed.

But what he is most concerned about now is Jiang Xiuzhi and Qian Duoqian, so he turned to ask Zhou Yougen and said, "Yougen, haven't you said Duoqian and your sister-in-law about Xiuzhi. Are they okay now?"

Zhou Yougen replied: "Brother Duogui has been hired by the military factory now. He is very skilled and is the technical backbone of the factory. The military leaders are very fond of him."

Liu Zhenghong said, "Commander Li, the box cannon made by Qian Duogui is almost becoming a famous brand in our military region. According to him, he still teaches him how to make guns. He always calls you his master."

Li Qinglin smiled and said, "I am not his master. I just helped him improve his technology."

Liu Zhenghong said: "This is not simple either. There are many people who can make box cannons, but there are not many masters who are fast and good like him. Especially the 20-shot German made by him, which is exactly the same as the original. Now it is almost becoming the standard equipment for our subordinate commanders. Oh, and another thing, that is, the "Mechanical Mapping" you bought for him, the vernier caliper, the vise and the hand-cranked grinding wheel, all of which have solved many major problems for our arsenal, and now they have become the hearts of the factory. This is your credit."

Li Qinglin smiled and said, "I didn't know how expensive I would participate in the Eighth Route Army at that time, otherwise I would buy more at that time, so we would make a contribution to the anti-Japanese war in advance."

Li Qinglin stopped talking and then asked Zhou Yougen: "Where is your sister-in-law Xiuzhi? Where is she now?"

Zhou Yougen's face changed significantly, and he stammered: "Sister-in-law Xiuzhi, she, she..."

Zhou Yougen "she" for a long time but didn't say the following. Li Qinglin felt that Jiang Xiuzhi must have encountered some problems and was likely to get some bad news in the end, so he kept saying: "What's her? Why are you hesitating about? Say it quickly."

Zhou Yougen hesitated for a moment and choked and said, "Sister-in-law Xiuzhi is gone."

According to the local dialect, "dead" means that this person has died. Li Qinglin's eyes are all open and asked in a deep voice: "Why did she not have it? Say it more in detail."

Liu Zhenghong said: "Comrade Jiang Xiuzhi is a good comrade. After joining the ** team, she started as a health worker and later served as a confidential worker. She is loyal to the Party, not afraid of dirt, not tired, not afraid of hardship, she works hard and hard. She works hard to learn culture, constantly improves her political and ideological level, and is hardworking and has always been a model in our team. This time the army needs to open up new bases. Considering that she is a local and has a tenacious and sturdy work style, her superiors specially selected her to come to northern Henan as an advance cadre."

Speaking of this, Liu Zhenghong took Li Qinglin's hand and said, "Come on, everyone will sit down and talk slowly."

As he said that, he turned to Zhou Yougen and said, "Come on to bring a cup of hot tea for Commander Li. He will definitely be cold after riding a horse for the past half day. Now it's time to drink some hot tea to warm your body."

After Li Qinglin sat down and drank a few sips of hot tea, Liu Zhenghong continued to introduce: "We drove here from the departure point four days ago, but we just walked a day and met the Japanese devils and puppet troops. Our army was just established, and most of the soldiers had no combat experience. They were surrounded by the Japanese and puppet troops shortly after the fire exchange. The battle was too sudden and too intense. Many of our soldiers died heroically. At night, we took advantage of the darkness to break through. The breakthrough was relatively successful, but the troops were bitten by the Japanese and puppet troops as soon as the troops broke through. The soldiers of our army were still very tough. They marched continuously without food or drink in this winter, and ran for two days and two nights."

Speaking of this, Liu Zhenghong sighed and said, "Just the next day, Comrade Xiuzhi and many other comrades with poor physical fitness were so angry that they vomited blood because of overdrawing their physical strength. Many comrades along the way sacrificed their blood because of excessive vomiting of blood. Comrade Xiuzhi also died because of excessive overdrawing of physical strength. "...
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