Wang Xuexin's injuries are almost healed, except that the wound on his abdomen hurts a little when he stands up straight, his legs hurt a little when he walks, and his hands hurt a little when he turns over...it still seems to be not healed.
This was the only period of time when Wang Xuexin came to this world without a mission, which made him a little confused as to what to do.
Speaking of modern times, you can watch TV and leave your mobile phone alone. If not, reading novels is also a good idea.
But there were no electrical appliances in this era, and all the lighting used were kerosene lamps or even pine lamps. The only reason we had a flashlight was because the arsenal couldn't afford an open flame.
As for entertainment, the most common one is chess.
The conditions in the border area are poor. The chess pieces are all handmade. The chess board is made of old newspapers with a few lines drawn on it. The chess pieces are made of irregular wooden blocks with words engraved on them. One side is painted with ink, placed on the wooden table, and then a few people play.
He got up excitedly:
"General!"
"Hey, do you know your tricks?"
"Didn't you say that the horse is running away from the sun, bullying others or something like that?"
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The few players playing chess were all wounded soldiers sent from various armies. Without exception, they all survived serious injuries. One of them, Lao Wei, had his left leg amputated. Given the conditions of the field hospital at this time, it was a miracle that he survived.
He was also open-minded. He used crutches all day long to watch people playing chess, but he didn't dare to play because he said his skills were too bad for fear of being laughed at. He just watched and had fun.
As soon as they saw Wang Xuexin, they called out affectionately:
"Hey! Xiao Dongbei, come and kill a few rounds?"
"I wasn't satisfied with it yesterday, let's continue today!"
"You're a good chess player, why does your chess piece stink so much?"
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Wang Xuexin blushed a little. It's not that he didn't know how to play, he was a little better in modern times.
The problem is that people in this era have no entertainment and spend all day doing this. Some of them are very good at it. How can Wang Xuexin be their opponent?
But Wang Xuexin is not afraid of losing. He keeps losing after fighting and fighting, and even resorts to back-stepping when nothing happens, causing everyone to make a fuss about it.
It was okay anyway, so Wang Xuexin responded: "Who is afraid of whom? Just come!"
Then he rolled up his sleeves and went into battle.
He was beaten in just two starts, and Wang Xuexin couldn't stand it any longer.
Lao Wei came up and handed Wang Xuexin a cigarette and said: "Think about it before making a move. Don't think about eating others!"
Wang Xuexin took the cigarette and looked at it, and said "yo": "Filter! Old Wei, are you getting rich?"
No wonder Wang Xuexin said this.
During this period, the border area was in a state of extreme shortage of auxiliary coins.
The reason was that an agreement was signed during the cooperation in the Anti-Japanese War. No banks were established in the border areas, no currency was issued, and legal tender was used uniformly.
The three divisions of the Eighth Route Army were paid with French currency.
There is nothing wrong with this. The problem is that the military pay is only given in legal currency of five yuan and ten yuan, and the people do not have small change, that is, they lack small denominations of auxiliary coins.
You must know that five yuan is the monthly salary for the top commander of the Eighth Route Army. At this time, one hundred yuan of legal currency can probably buy a pig, and three yuan can buy a decent table of food and drinks. You can't find five yuan for ordinary purchases.
As a last resort, people could only use stamps as supplementary coins, or use coupons issued by Guanghua Store, also called "Guanghua coupons".
Many soldiers in the army use cigarettes. The cheapest cigarettes are hand-rolled cigarettes, which are cut tobacco made by fellow villagers. You can get a roll of any paper and it costs ten cents. Cigarettes seized from the Japanese are rarer and cost two cents.
Filters are even rarer, worth two points each.
When soldiers seize this thing, they are usually reluctant to smoke it. A pack of twenty sticks can be replaced with ten pounds of wheat. Even if they want to smoke it, they do it secretly.
At this time, Lao Wei acted like a filter, which was quite different.
The soldiers started shouting:
"Old Wei, can you give me one too?"
"Okay! This person who is usually so quiet will startle people when he makes a move!"
"I'll have one too!"
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Lao Wei was also generous and divided them out one by one. After a while, the bottom of the pack was gone.
Wang Xuexin looked at Lao Wei's legs and became a little worried: "Don't you keep some for yourself?"
"It's okay!" Old Wei raised his head: "I still have some more!"
When Wang Xuexin heard this, he felt more and more something was wrong. Lao Wei had been amputated for a while, so it was impossible to get the filter from the Japanese. So where did these cigarettes come from?
Thinking of Wang Xuexin, he stopped playing chess. He helped Old Wei aside and said, "Old Wei, your body is like this. If you have a lot of money, leave more for yourself!"
"Don't worry!" Old Wei smiled, came up and said, "Xiao Dongbei, I'm not hiding this from you. I've found a way in my family, and I'm really rich!"
Wang Xuexin said "Oh", if the family gets rich from business, that would also be a good thing for Lao Wei.
But I'm still wondering. Most of the land in the border area is self-sufficient. How can anyone make a fortune overnight?
When Old Wei saw Wang Xuexin's disbelief, he came up to him and said mysteriously: "Xiao Dongbei, you usually take care of me, and I won't hide anything from you. In Chenjiacun, you get a pound of wheat for a dime!"
"What?" Wang Xuexin was so frightened that his hands shook and his cigarette almost fell to the ground.
At this time, the market price of wheat was four cents per pound, but some people charged ten cents per pound... This was more than double the price.
"You don't believe it?" Old Wei said: "I don't believe it either! But my wife came to see me yesterday and said that she had sold all the wheat in the house! Think about it, you can use the money you earn to buy wheat elsewhere.
, and then sell it to Chenjiacun, how much money can you make from it? Do you have to worry about the future?"
Wang Xuexin's expression changed and he said: "Old Wei, listen to me and tell your wife to stop immediately!"
"What?" Old Wei was a little confused: "Why?"
Wang Xuexin didn't have time to explain, so he just dropped the word "immediately", then turned around and walked quickly to the headquarters.
The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became. I ignored the throbbing pain of my wound, and soon I turned from walking to running.
On the road, she met Su Xin who was rushing to the hospital. When she saw Xiao Dongbei like this, she hurriedly chased after him: "Classmate Xiao Wang, your injuries are not fully healed yet! Slow down..."
Wang Xuexin had no time to explain, so he turned around and said, "Save more food!" and ran all the way to the headquarters.
The security guard had already recognized Wang Xuexin, so he went in immediately to report without checking.
The commander-in-chief was busy dealing with the blockade at this time, and new situations emerged on the front line. The Jinsui Army found various excuses to blockade the Eighth Route Army as expected by the commander-in-chief.
He and the chief of staff were worrying about this matter.
As soon as he heard that Xiao Dongbei was coming, the chief immediately responded: "Let him come in so that he can come up with ideas!"
The chief never expected that Xiaodongbei not only failed to solve the problem, but also came with a bigger problem.
As soon as Wang Xuexin entered the headquarters, he said: "Commander, it's bad! The Japanese have brought in fake money! They are buying grain in large quantities!"