Why did Lao Wu retain this problem? In the final analysis, it was the root cause of the war.
That winter, the weather got cold so fast that the army's logistics could not keep up. Until it snowed, Lao Wu was still wearing autumn clothes.
At that time, artillery fire was raging all over the place, and Lao Wu and the others were in a blockade area. In order to force them to come out, the enemy set up checkpoints in various places, and the inspections were extremely strict. Even if there were supplies, they could not be delivered to the soldiers at all.
The comrades in the logistics department also tried their best, but were forced to do nothing in the middle. In order to deliver the cotton-padded clothes to the soldiers, comrades from the logistics department directly used their bodies to transport the supplies.
Those comrades in the logistics department chose to put on the cotton-padded clothes that needed to be transported, and then took off the cotton-padded clothes after handling the inspection.
On a very cold day, in order to leave an extra cotton-padded coat for the soldiers, the comrades in the logistics department chose to go back in single clothes. When passing the sentry post, they had to pretend that they were not cold at all.
But even so, the cotton-padded clothes shipped over are just a drop in the bucket and not enough to make a living.
At that time, Lao Wu and his squad had to fight guerrillas with the enemy in the mountains and forests in order to delay time for the large army.
In order not to be discovered by the enemy, they did not even dare to stay warm, so they could only rely on a few chili peppers carried by a certain comrade from a spicy area.
If anyone feels that he can't hold it any longer, take a bite of chili pepper.
Chili pepper is very spicy. If you eat it directly, your whole stomach will burn.
But it was with this little heat that they survived the war.
From then on, Lao Wu had a habit of not liking anything spicy. No matter what dish he ate, he always put some chili pepper in it. Feeling the burning sensation brought by the chili pepper made him feel comfortable.
Zhao Wenzhuo fell silent as he thought about it. It was not easy back then, but today's life is hard-won! It was all done by thousands of people like Lao Wu, piece by piece.
The atmosphere at the scene was somewhat silent, but Director Wu finally broke the silence himself.
"This is the only thing I've ever had in my life. Your sister-in-law also knows this problem of mine. In previous years, she would take advantage of the cheap prices of vegetables in autumn and buy a lot of chili peppers. When the weather is good, she would dry them into dried chili peppers and save them for winter consumption."
Having said this, Director Wu's face relaxed, and there was an unstoppable smile between his brows and eyes.
But in an instant, his eyelids drooped again: "But there are few vegetable sellers this autumn, and there are not many chili peppers on the market. Your sister-in-law went to several villages to buy some.
Because there wasn’t much, your sister-in-law made it into chili noodles for me after drying it in the sun. She thought that she wouldn’t put it in the vegetables and would make some to mix with when eating vegetables, so that she could save some money.
We can survive until next year.”
Director Wu said, with a toothache expression on his face: "You also know that my sister got into a fuss two days ago. It doesn't matter that she made a fuss. She also broke things at home. She gave me all my can of chili noodles.
wasted."
Director Wu couldn't help but cover his heart as he spoke, feeling so distressed for him.
There was a jar full of chili noodles, which his wife had traveled a long way to buy.
Then he looked at the sky. The weather was not good at that time. In order to dry these few chili peppers, his wife had to go through a lot of trouble. But if something went wrong, his wife would quickly put away the chili peppers for fear of getting caught in the rain.
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After struggling for more than half a month, the peppers were completely dried.
After drying, his wife put it in a pot and fried it until crispy. After frying, she used a garlic mortar to pound it bit by bit into chili noodles.
His wife's hands were left with several blisters in order to pound the chili noodles.
His stupid wife wanted to hide it from him at first, but if he hadn't noticed that something was wrong when she was doing something, she would have been hidden from him.
That bit of chili noodles was really hard-earned, and it was so smashed by his prodigal sister. If it weren't for the fact that his father was still around, he would have wanted to slap her hard and let her know how good it was.
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After the can of chili powder was smashed, he hadn't eaten chili for several days, and he felt very uncomfortable.
If he hadn't been so busy these days, he would have asked his old friends for help.
Although Zhang Yu didn't know the specific reason, just by looking at his uncle's face, he knew that there was something hidden behind Director Wu's liking for chili peppers.
Thinking of Director Wu's experience as a soldier, Zhang Yu suddenly thought of something. He turned to look at Director Wu, and then at Zhao Wenzhuo. At that moment, he seemed to have guessed something.
Facing his nephew's eyes, Zhao Wenzhuo nodded, which confirmed his nephew's suspicion.
Zhang Yu licked his lips, not knowing what to say. For New China, the older generation has paid too much.
Uncle Wu is a relatively good person. Although he has suffered hardships and suffered many problems, he has seen New China and seen that the country is getting better and better.
There are many more people who died on this road and will never see the aftermath.
Zhang Yu lowered his head to wipe away the tears that had appeared in the corners of his eyes. He raised his head and squeezed out a smile, trying to break the silence at this moment.
"Isn't it just some chili noodles? I don't have much else, but I still have chili. Uncle Wu, I don't care how much chili you want to eat."
As Zhang Yu spoke, he opened another lunch box, revealing the pickled vegetables inside. He pointed at two of the pickled peppers and said, "How about this kind of pickled pepper? Don't tell me that it doesn't look good, but it's definitely strong enough."
, I met an old lady selling chili peppers there in the fall. Seeing that she was having a hard time, I gave her a round roll.
It was quite hot during this time and it was hard to put the chili peppers in, so I just pickled them and made a big jar full of them.
I didn't taste it carefully when I was marinating it. I didn't know it was so spicy. When it was marinated, I realized that it was so spicy that I couldn't eat it.
Because it's too spicy, my sister-in-law and the others can't eat it at all, and I don't know how long I'll be able to eat it.
It just so happens that Uncle Wu, you like spicy food, why don't you try to see if you can eat this kind of food? If you can, it will help me digest it."
Zhang Yu said, and made a troubled expression: "Uncle Wu, you don't know that this big jar of chili peppers makes me really worried. Eat it, it's too spicy. I've eaten two or three steamed buns. This
You may not be able to finish even one small pepper, so don’t eat it. If you leave it for a long time, you will worry about it spoiling.
Don't underestimate these peppers. It was a troublesome time to pickle these peppers. I made them according to the secret recipe I found in the book. In addition to salt, there are also a lot of good ingredients. It would be all in vain.
, that would be a pity!”
As soon as these words came out, when Director Wu looked at the pickled peppers in the lunch box, his eyes couldn't help but shine!
