It's really like when it rains it pours. Nothing has gone well in the past two days.

Ma Jun pulled Liu Jincai aside with a serious expression and said in a low voice:

"Doctor Liu just said that without medicine, eating millet porridge alone won't provide enough nutrition... The battalion commander can't hold on any longer..."

Liu Jincai was shocked and his round face turned red in an instant.

You know, Lu Zhan has always been the backbone of all their soldiers. Even though he was unconscious when he was rescued, everyone was sure that their battalion commander would get better. Although the soldiers were hungry and cold these days, they were all in high spirits and actively waiting for rescue from the organization.

If even their backbone collapses at this difficult moment, it will definitely have a huge negative impact on the psychology of others.

"What should we do? There's no medicine to be found in these deep mountains and forests. All the pheasants and rabbits have been caught clean these days. Not even a bird can be heard singing in the morning. How can we provide nutrition for the battalion commander?"

Liu Jincai was an impatient person and accidentally lost control of his voice and shouted out loud.

Ma Jun's face changed and he quickly held his shoulder, signaling him to speak in a lower voice.

Captain Lu was seriously injured, and Second Company Commander Bi Guoguang fell into the water and lost contact. Now only he and Liu Jincai serve as the pillars of the evacuation team. If they were discovered at this moment and even they were at a loss, it would inevitably cause panic among the people.

Seeing that they haven't had enough food to eat these past two days, some people are already panicking and can't stand any more disturbance.

But what the two men didn't expect was that their conversation was overheard by someone. That person was none other than Zhang Cuiyun, the wife of Director Zheng, who had previously run to the town office to ask Lu Zhan to save people.

Because of the lack of food, everyone had to drink watery millet porridge for two days. Some young boys in the town were so hungry that they could not bear it anymore. They caught all the living creatures nearby with their homemade slingshots and soon set their sights on Director Zheng, who had a big fat pig.

At first, a few people discussed the matter with Director Zheng in a friendly manner, asking him to kill the pigs and give them some meat, and they would pay them back for the pork after the flood receded.

But how could Director Zheng, who values ​​pigs' lives more than his own, agree?

This is the only sow with piglets in the slaughterhouse, and it is also the only spark of hope left in his heart. After the flood recedes, he is counting on this sow to lead the workers of the slaughterhouse to fight a comeback.

The young men said all the nice things they could, but Director Zheng was as stubborn and stubborn as a stone in a toilet. He just stuck his neck out and refused to agree. They immediately lost their patience.

They surrounded Director Zheng and started cursing him, saying he was obsessed with money and selfish, completely ignoring the sacrifice of a soldier to save him and the pigs. Now everyone was starving and had no food to eat, but he refused to kill the pigs and share them with everyone...

Director Zheng, a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, was scolded so much that his face turned red and his eyes were bloodshot.

But even so, Director Zheng did not give in. He protected the sow with his whole body and made a harsh statement - if you want to kill his pig, kill him first!

When the soldiers heard the noise and saw several people getting into a conflict, they hurried over to stop them and drove the young men back to where they came from.

Of course, those young men didn't dare to kill anyone, but killing a pig was not illegal. Before they left, they blatantly threatened Director Zheng: He had to kill the pig even if he didn't want to, otherwise he couldn't close his eyes for even a second. If he was distracted for even a second, they would find an opportunity to kill the pig and then distribute the meat to everyone.

As soon as these words were spoken, the looks people gave Director Zheng and his pig changed, which made Director Zheng feel uneasy.

As an old man in his forties or fifties, it was difficult for him to deal with these young people. If more people targeted the pig, he was worried that he would not be able to keep it.

So he asked Zhang Cuiyun to sneak to the signalman's position to find the two leaders, hoping that they could send someone to protect the pig from being killed.

But before Zhang Cuiyun could open her mouth, she heard the news that Lu Zhan could not hold on any longer. She panicked and turned around and ran away.

At this time, Director Zheng had half of his body lying on the pig's back, looking around as if facing a great enemy, fearing that someone would suddenly attack and hurt his pig.

Seeing Zhang Cuiyun running back so quickly, he frowned and said:

"Have you told the commander everything you were told? Do they agree? When will they send someone?"

Zhang Cuiyun's face was full of panic and she kept shaking her head.

Director Zheng was about to lose his temper when Zhang Cuiyun quickly ran over to him and whispered in his ear:

"Oh no! I heard we're out of medicine here. The injured commander seems to be dying. The other two commanders are trying to find him something nutritious to eat to keep him alive. Do you think I can go up and tell him about this now?"

"Originally, they hadn't thought about our pig, and I rushed over to tell them. Isn't this just walking into a trap?"

Director Zheng's face changed. What his wife said was right. If he told this matter at this time, it would be equivalent to reminding others that he had a pig, which he could kill and stew into soup to supplement the nutrition of the leader. Then his pig would definitely be lost, so of course he couldn't tell others.

But......

He thought again of the soldier who had held onto the raft while soaking in the cold water to save him. He remembered sitting on the ground after reaching shore, trembling with fear. He remembered watching the soldier, only two or three meters away from the shore, being swept away by the flood without a word. He remembered the seriously injured commander standing on the platform, shouting at the top of his lungs to persuade everyone to follow the troops. He remembered how many times he was supported by the soldiers around him on the way up the mountain. He remembered waking up from a nightmare at night and seeing the patrol back and forth not far away...

Director Zheng touched the bulging pig's belly, buried his face in the pig's back in shame, and cried silently. In the end, he still couldn't bring himself to say the words to send the pig over.

The young men who were driven away by the soldiers kept looking in Director Zheng's direction. One of them, with a crew cut, said:

"Brother Li, that old man must have gone to complain to the commander. I saw his wife running back from the communications tent. Are we still going to fight tonight?"

Li Yuan, known as "Brother Li", has a pair of sinister triangular eyes. He was the leader of this group of boys before the flood. After graduating from junior high school, he stopped studying and had no proper job. He would lead this group of boys to wander around the town all day long when he had nothing to do.

Over time, this group of people developed some bad habits and gradually turned from idle teenagers into bad youths. They occasionally did some petty thefts.

But if they really wanted to hurt people, except for Li Yuan, the rest might not dare to do so. They were only good at talking, not to mention that there were soldiers patrolling around at the moment.

Li Yuan looked at the other people who were timid and knew that nothing could be accomplished. His triangular eyes rolled around and he suddenly had a new idea.