kvmb Chapter 240 Wang Juan’s Experience
Chapter 240 Wang Juan’s Experience
Niu Batian also got the news here, and he came to find Lin Ruotang.
"Ms. Lin, of the two people around Zuo Xing, the shorter one is nicknamed Shadowless and is good at leg skills. It is said that he can kick a tree as thick as a bowl in half.
Gao's nickname is One-Eye. He comes from the military and is very good with a gun. He's said to be a sharpshooter. If he closes one eye, that person will die..."
Hearing this, Lin Ruotang looked unhappy.
"I'm really impressed. With such strength, wouldn't it be good to go to the battlefield?"
Hearing this, Niu Batian quickly said:
"There's a reason why these two have joined Li Qun. Wuying loves visiting brothels, while Duyan loves going to gambling houses. Not to mention possessing all five poisons, these two aren't good people either!"
Hearing this, Lin Ruotang nodded. Knowing the abilities and weaknesses of the two, it was much easier to act.
She remembered something and asked Niu Batai:
"Sister Juan, is there still no news?"
Speaking of this matter, Niu Batian frowned and sighed.
"I don't know where he's gone. Why hasn't he given me any news yet? It really makes me worried!"
Wang Juan and Hu Sanjiu were about to reach their hometown, but they encountered a marching Japanese army on the road. They had no choice but to give up this route and prepare to take a longer detour.
This is when they ran into the people sent by Meichuan Jiuhe. Hu Sanjiu covered Wang Juan's escape, and Wang Juan ran into the dense forest alone.
It was raining, making it impossible to see the road. Wang Juan's eyes were blurred by the rain.
Wang Juan didn't know how many times she fell, but she gritted her teeth, got up and ran.
The people chasing them were from the Special High Police, not useless people. When they saw Wang Juan trying to escape, they shot her.
"what!"
Wang Juan felt a burning pain on her back, her feet slipped, and she rolled down the hillside.
After Hu Sanjiu dealt with these people, he came to the place where Wang Juan disappeared.
"Sister-in-law Niu!"
"Wang Juan!"
He shouted for a long time, but no one answered.
The rain from the sky dyed his clothes red. Hu Sanjiu was shot in the shoulder, which was a minor injury for him.
He simply bandaged his wound, put the rope around his waist, and went down the hillside.
As soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he ran out of strength. He picked up a wooden stick and used it to push the
"Wang Juan!"
He shouted a few times, but the rain blocked his vision. He walked with difficulty, but still did not see Wang Juan.
He had to go find the nearby guerrillas first. His wounds needed treatment, and he also needed the guerrillas' help in finding Wang Juan.
Wang Juan woke up in a daze. She touched the oil-paper bag hidden around her waist and breathed a sigh of relief. However, her back was burning with pain.
She felt someone undressing her, and she immediately opened her eyes and saw a woman wearing a towel on her head. She was about forty years old, with gray hair and a simple look in her eyes.
"Girl, are you hurt?"
When Wang Juan fainted after hearing this, she suddenly thought that she was almost thirty years old, and some people still called her a girl.
Although Wang Juan had suffered some hardships, compared with these country women, she looked fair and her hands were delicate and clean as she had not done anything for a long time, making people mistakenly think that she was only twenty-four or twenty-five years old.
When Wang Juan woke up again, she found herself in a dilapidated thatched hut. The house looked like it was about to collapse, and there was a pile of unburned firewood next to it.
Wang Juan struggled to sit up. A woman came in from outside the thatched house. She had dark skin and rough, dry hands. She smiled at Wang Juan, revealing deep wrinkles.
"Sister, you're awake."
Wang Juan said excitedly:
"Thank you, sister. Thank you so much..."
"I saw you were shot. Was it the Japanese?"
The older sister was very excited and she stared at Wang Juan carefully.
"Yes, they are hunting me and my companions?"
Wang Juan's face changed drastically when she thought of Hu Sanjiu.
Seeing Wang Juan like this, the woman said:
"Don't worry, I saw some man's footprints where I found you, so I think he's still alive."
Wang Juan felt relieved and whispered:
"Sister, my name is Wang Juan. You can just call me Xiao Wang. How should I address you?"
"My name is Miao Cuiyun."
Miao Cuiyun was a little stunned. No one had asked her her name for a long time, and she almost forgot her name.
"Thank you, Sister Miao."
Miao Cuiyun hesitated for a long time and said to Wang Juan:
"Xiao Wang, it's not that I don't want to take you home. You know that the village chief is very strict in arresting anti-Japanese elements. If you are discovered, ten families will be punished together, and it will implicate all ten families. There is no guarantee that someone will inform on you..."
Wang Juan's face turned pale. She said quickly:
"Sister Miao, please don't say that. If I implicate you, I won't be at peace even if I die."
"Pfft, don't say that, it's unlucky. Look, you're living a good life now!"
After Miao Cuiyun finished speaking, she took out the food she had brought with her, some flour made of unknown substance, only a small handful, and said with a distressed look on her face:
"This is what my husband left me when he was still alive. It's not mixed with grains or other messy things. I'll cook it for you."
Wang Juan watched Miao Cuiyun cooking and took out three dollars from her bag.
"Sister Miao, thank you for your hard work during this period..."
Wang Juan's bag was placed next to her, but no one opened it. Wang Juan knew that Miao Cuiyun was a simple and kind person. Although they were poor, they had backbone.
Miao Cuiyun didn't answer, so Wang Juan said:
"Sister Miao, you see I'm injured and have been bothering you for a while. Take this to exchange for some food. I can get out of bed now and cook for myself."
Miao Cuiyun agreed, but she only took one dollar to exchange for food.
Wang Juan knew that she was a kind person, so she grabbed two handfuls and put them in her pocket. The two of them struggled for a long time, and Wang Juan finally gave them away because she pretended to be in pain.
Wang Juan hid in this place and began to recuperate.
Although Hu Sanjiu didn't find Wang Juan's body, he knew she was still alive and might have been rescued by a fellow villager, so he felt relieved.
While Wang Juan was recuperating, she also learned about Miao Cuiyun's family.
She was only thirty years old, but looked forty-five. She had two children at home. Her husband was drafted into the army and died.
Wang Juan didn't say that she was about the same age as her. There was no need to say these things to make herself look younger. If she were placed in Sister Miao's environment, she might not be as good as Sister Miao.
One day, Miao Cuiyun was washing wild vegetables in the ditch when she saw a group of Japanese soldiers wandering towards the village. She dropped the wild vegetables and ran while shouting at the top of her voice,
"Run! The devils are entering the village!"
"The devils are coming!"
As she shouted, men, women, young and old in the village came out, and every household carried things.
Miao Cuiyun was worried that Wang Juan would be discovered halfway up the mountain, so she handed the basket of food to her ten-year-old eldest son and also handed her five-year-old youngest son to her eldest son.
"Take your brother and follow the villagers to the mountains. I have something to do halfway up the mountain."
Children from poor families have to grow up early. Ten-year-old Goudan is no longer a child, but half a man in the family.
He tightened the rope of the backpack, took the only farm tool in his hand, the sickle, and asked nervously:
"Mom, are you going to find the person you saved?"
"Well, Mom was worried that she didn't see the Japanese invaders entering the village and would be discovered by them..."
Goudan looked at his mother, feeling sad, but he knew that the man might be the Eighth Route Army, an army of ordinary people. Tears flashed in his eyes, and he choked up and said:
"Mom must come back!"
Miao Cuiyun touched her eldest son's head, then her youngest son's face. Just as she turned around and took two steps, Goudan ran up to her and handed her an old sickle that was thrown on the ground and no one wanted it.
"Mom, take it!"
Miao Cuiyun took the sickle, nodded, and strode away.
When Goudan saw his mother running away, he hurriedly pulled his younger brother and followed the villagers into the mountains.
The Japanese couldn't find any food in the village and planned to go to the mountains to look for it.
Unexpectedly, a Japanese soldier appeared in the forest. When he saw Miao Cuiyun's figure flash by, his eyes turned away, and he followed Miao Cuiyun in a wriggling manner with his legs spread wide.