With a "squeaky" sound from the door, Shang Zhen entered the dim kitchen, and then he saw the veteran wearing a dirty military uniform squatting on the ground smoking a cigarette.

The old soldier was also an old man. The old soldier smoked dry tobacco with a copper pipe pot about one foot long. The room was very warm, but the hot breath and the choking smell of smoke were mixed together, as if this was the real world.

taste.

Nowadays, the average life expectancy of Chinese people is not high, that is, around forty years old, but the wrinkles on this old man's face show that he is much older than Wang Bingbing, who is in his forties.

Shang Zhen naturally knew this veteran because he was the cook squad leader of this company.

Shang Zhen's eyes swept across the room, and there was no food on the long row of simple tables.

"Uncle, do you always leave food for me?" Shang Zhen asked the veteran respectfully.

The old soldier closed his eyes and said nothing. He just pointed his pipe pot at the big pot on the stove and continued to smoke.

Shang Zhen rushed to the big pot. When he opened the semi-circular wooden pot lid, he grinned again. He felt the pain in his arm.

There are no iron pot lids nowadays, they are all made of wood mortise and tenon joints.

This is the traditional craft of Chinese carpenters. No nails are used in the whole process, and the furniture made is extremely strong, even the wooden towers dozens of meters high.

Although it is solid, it is also relatively heavy, especially since the lid is always placed on the pot. Even if it is wet, how can it not sink?

It's just that hunger will naturally overcome the soreness and pain. After a while, Shang Zhen was sitting alone in front of the long and narrow table and started eating.

The rice is a small pot of sorghum rice, and the vegetable is stewed kohlrabi and potatoes.

The so-called kohlrabi is also called kohlrabi in the northeast and cabbage in the south. After being stewed, it tastes like pig food.

There is nothing we can do about it, simply because kohlrabi has the highest yield and the cheapest price among commonly used vegetables.

But Shang Zhen couldn't control that much. He was really hungry. After devouring his food, his deflated belly finally bulged.

Shang Zhen reached out and touched his round belly, and at the same time felt his ribs. Alas, when will he gain weight?

After finishing his meal, Shang Zhen hurriedly went to the sink, cleaned the dishes and put them back where they should be.

When it was all over, Shang Zhen still didn't forget to bow to the veteran who was still smoking dry cigarettes in "Bata" and "Bada" and said: "Thank you, uncle!"

The veteran waved his pipe again to express his gratitude.

At this time, Zhang Zhencai sat back at the long table and took out the folded letter.

He opened the letter and then carefully read the 4832 words written on it.

Shang Zhen still knows these characters and naturally understands their meaning.

Originally he did not recognize the word "Japanese pirates", but later Chen Hanwen also said the word "Japanese pirates". Shang Zhen specifically asked Chen Hanwen for advice. According to Chen Hanwen, "Japanese pirates" is a scornful term for the Japanese.

Shang Zhen looked at those words, and Li Yajuan's round and innocent face appeared in front of his eyes again.

But then he smiled and shook his head, folded the letter again and put it back into his pocket.

Regardless of Hou Kanshan or Qian Chuan'er, everyone was making noises about the fact that the female students came to see him, but Shang Zhen really didn't take it seriously.

First, he didn't think he had anything to do with Li Yajuan.

Secondly, he doesn't like the powerless and energetic feeling of female students. He still likes the kind of girls in rural areas who have thick waists and round butts. With such a physique, they can work and give birth to children!

The third thing——

But when Shang Zhen just realized his third reason, the veteran's voice sounded behind him: "Xiao Gazi, why don't you read the love letter?"

When Shang Zhen turned around, the veteran was already standing behind him, with his eyes open.

The old man didn't know how he became a soldier and the squad leader of the cooking class, but he had a problem with Kappa eyes.

The so-called Kaba eyes refer to blinking.

Normal people would blink under normal circumstances, but the veteran blinked obviously more often than others, so much so that when Hou Kanshan was chewing the veteran's tongue behind his back, he said, "Look at that Lao Deng's eyes in Nakaba every day, there's pus in his eyes."

It got stuck like that!

"What love letter? It's just someone expressing gratitude to me." Shang Zhen said with a smile. At this moment, Shang Zhen realized that the matter of Li Yajuan sending him a letter was quite a big fuss. It turned out that the veteran also knew about it.

"Then why don't you write to others? If you have to write to you, then you are still attracted to me." The old soldier laughed.

"I can't ask for someone else to marry me." Shang Zhen said again, and this was the third reason he just realized that he couldn't be with Li Yajuan, "We are soldiers fighting, so we can die.

Even after he dies, he is still a young girl, isn’t that harmful to others?”

"Well, you little bastard is different from others, you are kind!" The old man was stunned for a moment after hearing Shang Zhen's words, and then praised him with approval.

When the old man praised him, Shang Zhen became shy again.

Shang Zhen stood up to leave, but then he realized that the old man had no intention of letting him leave now.

"I heard Mr. Wang say that you went out to practice your skills. Tell me, what did you practice?" The old man asked Shang Zhen again.

"I haven't practiced much. I just want to develop my strength and practice aiming and bayoneting." Shang Zhen answered, and then he suddenly realized something.

He had heard Li Fushun say that in a company, the company commander, platoon leader, and squad leader were all veterans, and they all had real abilities.

The other people with real skills are in the cooking class.

The cooking class is definitely a good job in a company. When others go to the front line to shoot and fight with bayonets, the cooking class is generally not allowed.

But what kind of people can join the cooking class? Even relatives of the company commander may not be able to do so, but they are all veterans with profound combat experience.

As I get older and more qualified, I don't want to be on the front lines fighting and killing people. I'm still used to being in the army, so it's natural for me to join the cooking class.

Could it be that the old man in front of me also has this ability?

Shang Zhen had something in mind, and his expression naturally changed. He blurted out and asked, "Uncle, what skills can you teach me?"

"Ha!" The old man was immediately amused when Shang Zhen said this.

"I can't teach you big skills, but I can tell you a little bit about small skills." The old man said with a smile.

"Then I'll call you master from now on!" Shang Zhen's reaction was quick.

"Come on, don't be my apprentice! I don't have any tricks to teach you. What I can teach you is very simple, but it requires hard work!" the old man replied.

"That's fine, I'll learn whatever you teach me." Shang Zhen followed suit.

In fact, there was no need for the old man to tell him. Shang Zhen also understood that he wanted to accept someone as his master, but he might not want him as his apprentice.

As the saying goes, "Master and apprentice are like father and son", there is also a saying that "the apprentice has learned and starved the master to death".

China is a society with a small peasant economy.

What is craftsmanship? Craftsmanship is the person who eats!

If you have skills, you won't have to worry about yourself. Only by having skills can you earn money and support your family.

If a craftsman wants to pass on his skills to his apprentices, he must choose those with good character.

After the apprentice learns the craftsmanship from his master, he will have to support his master until he is old and die. He is really no different from his own son. This is the traditional Chinese society.

Shang Zhen's father is a carpenter. Although the carpentry work is not the best, it is also a craft work, so Shang Zhen naturally understands the truth.

"I'm not afraid of working hard. I will always kill a few more Japanese and save my own life." Shang Zhen expressed his stance to the old man.
Chapter completed!