Shibalipu is 18 miles away from the city. When Jiang Hao entered the city gate with the wine jar on his back, it was already sunset.
There were two guys in khaki military uniforms standing guard at the city gate, with long guns on their backs. Yu Zhan'ao's memory told him that although they were wearing military uniforms, they were just the city's security team, equivalent to the police. Although they carried guns, few of them had ever fought in a war.
"Stop, what are you carrying?"
One of the guys with a crooked hat pointed at Jiang Hao and shouted.
Jiang Hao quickly stopped, looked at the other person and said, "this is the sorghum wine I brought back from Shibalipu."
"I suspect you are carrying contraband, I want to check." The crooked hat said.
"Boss, it's just a jar of wine, how can it be contraband..." Jiang Hao had just said half a sentence when the guy threw his shoulder and took the long gun in his hand. He pointed the black muzzle at Jiang Hao and shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, I said i am going to check, did you hear me?"
Jiang Hao knew the horror of the gun, and he could only retreat in the face of the muzzle, put down the wine jar and took two steps back.
The crooked hated man stepped forward, opened the wine jar and looked at it, and said to Jiang Hao: "Well, I think there is something wrong with this wine. I need to take it back for a careful inspection. You go."
Jiang Hao opened his mouth but didn't say anything.
He had seen the unreasonableness, and he was resentful in his heart. He glanced at the gun on the crooked hated man's back and left. AfterJiang Hao left, the crooked hated man smiled and said to the older soldier next to him: "Sixth brother, there will be wine tonight."
It was dark when he returned to the sedan chair squad's station. Jiang Hao's stomach was rumbling with hunger, and the kitchen was empty. He saw that there were still a few cakes in the basket, so he picked one up and took a bite.
The cornmeal pancakes were made of pure cornmeal, which was rough and irritated his throat. He choked and choked. He quickly scooped a ladle of water from the large jar with a gourd ladle and drank it down with a gulp. This was how he avoided choking to death.
Jiang Hao muttered to himself as he ate two dry pancakes with water. He felt something in his stomach and went back to his room to sleep. He had to think about what to do next.
He lived in a large bunk bed with seven or eight men sleeping on a large kang. As soon as he entered the room, he could smell a strong masculine smell. When people saw him coming back, they greeted him one by one: "Brother Ao is back."
"Yes, I'm back." Jiang Hao replied.
"The old leper in Shibalipu is about to die, but he still wants to marry a wife. Isn't this harming people? Brother Ao, have you seen the new wife? How does she look?" Someone asked curiously while lying on the edge of the bed.
"Yes, she's fine."
"What a pity. I hope the old guy doesn't faint from exhaustion tonight." Someone said with a smile.
"With that kind of character, do you think he can do it? We can only wait and see."
"If it doesn't work, come to us. We can not only carry sedan chairs, but also people. The seed is free."
"Hahaha~~"
Everyone was talking nonsense. Jiang Hao didn't say anything more. He lay down on his bunk and immediately smelled sweat.
My goodness, this smell is strong and rushes to the head.
After a tiring day, he could fall asleep in the mud. Jiang Hao endured the discomfort and thought about what to do tomorrow. Slowly, he fell asleep.
The next morning, the rooster crowed three times and everyone got up. People brushed their teeth, rinsed their mouths and washed their faces in the yard. A forty-year-old woman made cornmeal porridge and cakes for people, as well as a plate of pickled cabbage. People gathered together, eating and talking.
"Zhan'ao, the old Li family in the east of the city is getting married today. You are the main sedan chair. Let's go there after dinner." The squad leader said.
Jiang Hao drank porridge and ate some original cakes, shook his head and said, "I have something to do these days, so I won't take any more jobs. You can send someone else."
He came to do the task, not to be a sedan chair head. He had an idea last night and wanted to implement it today.
After breakfast, Jiang Hao took advantage of no one noticing, put a few cakes in his arms, put on a straw hat and went out, and began to wander around the county.
In fact, he had Yu Zhan'ao's memory and knew the basic situation, but there were some things he didn't pay special attention to before, and this time Jiang Hao understood these situations.
His idea now was to see if he could get money. With money, everything else would be convenient. Another thing was to get a gun for self-defense. In troubled times, he felt very unsafe without a gun.
He also inquired about some other situations, such as the county's security team with more than 50 people, and the head of the security team was Liu Damao, who was in his forties this year. The reason why he could become the head of the Gaomi County Security Team was because his brother Liu Dapao was the head of the 33rd Regiment of the National Army, and the 33rd Regiment was stationed less than 100 miles away from Gaomi County.
He also asked which families in Gaomi had more money, so that he could rob them if things didn't work out.
It was dusk again, and Jiang Hao accidentally wandered to the city gate. He saw the man with the crooked hat and his companions talking together.
"Sixth brother, I drank too much yesterday, and now my head still hurts. The sorghum wine in Shibalipu is really strong." The crooked hat said.
"It's good to have some to drink, but you're still complaining about it. If you have the ability, you can rob two bottles of foreign wine next time. That's what you call delicious. I saw the captain drink it before, and the wine was blood red, so beautiful."
"I dare not, but I know that I can't afford to offend those who dare to bring foreign wine, hehe."
"You're smart." Sixth brother said as he took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket. The crooked hat hurriedly said with a smile: "Six, give me one too."
"You've never bought cigarettes for yourself, and you're always using mine."
"How can I have money to buy cigarettes?" The crooked hat was not annoyed by being scolded, and said with a playful smile.
"The first thing you did after receiving your monthly salary was to go to a brothel. Sooner or later, your penis will rot."
"You don't have a wife, come here, Sixth Brother, I'll light one for you." After smoking half a cigarette, the man with the hat on his back covered his stomach and said, "Hey, Sixth Brother, I need to go to the bathroom." Then he ran out of the city.
"You have a lot of shit and urine, hurry up, the city gate will be closed soon." After saying that, he ignored the man with the hat on and leaned against the city wall to smoke.
Seeing the man with the hat on his back running out of the city gate, with the long gun behind him shaking, Jiang Hao suddenly felt an impulse in his mind.
He wanted a gun. This might be an opportunity.
Opportunities are rare and will never come again.
Rob him!
Jiang Hao lowered the brim of his straw hat and walked out. He didn't bring anything today, so the gate guards naturally didn't pay much attention to him. They just glanced at him casually and didn't look at him clearly. In fact, even if they saw him, they wouldn't remember him. They basically only look at things and not people.
The man with the hat on his back went out of the city gate and ran 20 or 30 meters to a grove of trees. This place has basically become their fixed toilet.
He found a small tree, leaned his gun against it, took off his bullet belt and hung it on a branch, untied his belt, squatted down, broke off a branch, broke it into sections skillfully, and split it in the middle with his teeth to wipe his butt later.