Chapter 85 Oh, what a big crab!
"Oh, Song Wan, a big crab crawled by and almost bit you. Luckily, I was quick enough to use mud to beat it away!"
Song Wan was pale and cooperated very well, "Stop talking, stop talking, that thing hurts when it pinches people, luckily you found it in time."
Xiao Bai suppressed her laughter and waved her hands, "It's a small matter, but..." She turned to Director Wang, pretending to be embarrassed.
"I accidentally hurt Director Wang. The mud on your face..."
Director Wang's face turned from red to blue, as if he had overturned the color palette on the commune's propaganda board.
A smile flashed across Captain Zhang's eyes, and when he turned around, his military boots deliberately rolled over a puddle of water, and the splashed mud fell right on Director Wang's shiny leather shoes.
At this moment, a six or seven-year-old girl from a fishing family suddenly rushed to Xiaobai and said, "Sister, your braids are so beautiful!"
Her dirty little hands were about to touch Xiaobai's ponytail tied with a red rope.
"Ya Ya!" The girl's mother rushed over in panic, but was stopped by Xiaobai by waving her hand.
"This is for you." Song Wan ran over from behind, took out a brand new hairband and put it around the girl's wrist.
She took the opportunity to get closer to Xiao Bai and whispered, "Someone just came aboard to search our luggage."
"Got it. Don't alert the enemy."
Xiaobai untied the hair tie from her hair and put it on the girl's other wrist. "This way you have two and you can switch between them."
"Thank you, People's Liberation Army comrades!" Yaya's mother hugged her child and thanked her repeatedly.
In the sunlight, a bruise appeared on the inside of her left wrist.
Xiaobai was sharp-eyed and held her hand, "Auntie, you..."
"It's okay, it's okay. I fell down by myself."
After saying that, she ran away in panic, picking up the child. Before leaving, she fearfully glanced in the direction Director Wang left.
The kerosene lamp cast a swaying halo of light in the center of the cafeteria, and the braised hairtail on the eight-immortals table was emitting a soy sauce color.
Director Wang picked up the enamel pot, and the amber sweet potatoes were swaying in the pot. "Lieutenant Colonel Tang, Captain Lin, you have worked hard. Unfortunately, the island's power system is broken today, so you have to eat under the oil lamp."
Just as Xiao Bai was about to raise her glass, Tang Jingmo's chopsticks suddenly came across and pressed down on the edge of her glass: "Comrade Lin is allergic to alcohol."
When he turned to Director Wang, the corners of his mouth were smiling, but his eyes were as cold as ice, "How about I drink three cups for her?"
"Oh, this is a rare thing." Director Wang's glasses flashed a light, "My cousin's niece is a nurse in the military hospital. She said that now female soldiers in the army have to practice their drinking tolerance..."
“Bang!”
The chopsticks in Xiaobai's hand suddenly broke into two pieces. The table was instantly quiet, with only the half of the bamboo chopstick trembling between her fingers.
"Director Wang," she blinked her innocent eyes.
"Have your chopsticks been eaten by termites?"
As he spoke, he pulled out a bayonet from his tactical belt, and with a flash of cold light, he cut off the fish head neatly, "This is more convenient."
Captain Zhang suddenly laughed out loud, his one eye gleaming with joy: "What a good knife! Much sharper than the kitchen knives in our kitchen!"
"I heard that Instructor Lin is not only good at martial arts, but also proficient in various electronic technologies. Speaking of this..."
Director Wang's dark eyes quickly flashed with a gleam of light. He changed the subject and took out an oil-paper bag from his briefcase.
"I heard that Comrade Lin is an electronics expert? Can you help me find out what this is?"
Just as Xiaobai was about to take it, Tang Jingmo had already grabbed the paper bag.
He unwrapped the oil paper as if he was defusing a bomb - inside was a circuit board that had been rotten by sea water, with traces of corrosion in a strange radial pattern.
"This is..."
Xiaobai's pupils shrank slightly. She was very familiar with this form of corrosion. Only strong pulsed electromagnetic radiation could cause such ablation patterns.
"This is the only one you picked up?" Tang Jingmo fiddled with the circuit board with chopsticks and suddenly poked at a number.
"Parts produced by the East China Sea Fleet in 1974?"
Director Wang's chopsticks fell onto the plate with a clang. Instructor Zheng quickly tried to smooth things over: "It was something fishermen caught, and we couldn't identify it at the moment..."
"Director Wang!"
The commune clerk suddenly rushed in in a panic, "Your little son has a fever and is talking nonsense again! He insisted that he saw someone with blue eyes in the back hills..."
"Shut up!" Director Wang stood up suddenly, and the chair scraped against the ground, making a harsh sound.
He forced a smile and turned to Tang Jingmo: "The child is hysterical. I'm sorry to have embarrassed the comrades in the army."
Xiao Bai suddenly stood up, the hem of his military uniform swept across the edge of the table: "I know a little bit about medicine, how about..."
"No need!" Director Wang's voice suddenly became sharp, and then he lowered it quickly, "The doctor on the island checked it... and said it was malaria... the high fever caused the delirium."
Fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, glistening under the kerosene lamp.
Tang Jingmo rolled up the oil paper bag slowly and calmly: "Just right, we brought quinine."
He stared at Director Wang's twitching eyes and said, "I'll personally deliver it to your house tomorrow."
Suddenly, there was a sharp electrical noise outside the window, like an old radio station tuning FM.
Xiaobai listened carefully and heard the Morse code: [Battle Dragon - In Danger - Back Mountain].
"A toast to you all!" Tang Jingmo suddenly raised his glass and drank it all, then he winked at Xiaobai while looking up.
She understood.
With Tang Jingmo's mental power, he must have noticed the abnormality in the back mountain.
They must find a reason to leave the welcoming banquet as soon as possible and explore the back mountain.
The kerosene lamp suddenly burst into flames, casting everyone's shadows on the wall, like a group of ferocious beasts ready to pounce.
Gu Zhongzhang sat at the table like a quiet quail. When he saw Tang Jingmo and Xiaobai doing this, he understood what they meant. They wanted to escape for something.
As the strongest assistant, he had to help, so he stood up and took Director Wang's hand.
"Director Wang, why don't we go with you to visit the child now? Illness is like a mountain falling on your head, and nothing is more important than the child's health."
As he spoke, he pulled Director Wang out.
"Yes, yes, I'll go back and get the medicine, you guys go first!"
Before Xiaobai finished speaking, he had already run outside.
"No... no need, I have medicine at home. I'll go back to see the kids first, you guys do whatever you want!"
Director Wang was afraid that they would follow him, so he quickly returned with the documents.
"Don't be so polite, we really brought the medicine, and we will have to trouble Director Wang again in the future..."
Gu Zhongzhang shouted from behind, looking at Tang Jingmo with a proud raised eyebrow - What do you think, it's still me, brother, who has to take action.
The night fog covered the path, which looked like the Yellow Springs Road in the underworld. Two figures flashed by on the road, resembling the Black and White Impermanence that locked souls.
Tang Jingmo and Xiaobai crept along the gutter, shadows enveloping them like living things.
When passing by the sentry box, Xiaobai suddenly pressed Tang Jingmo's back - the sentry was holding a Type 56 submachine gun in his arms, but his head was drooping at a strange angle, and a red dot as big as a needle tip was faintly visible on his Adam's apple.
"It wasn't done by our people." Tang Jingmo sniffed the air. "Ether mixed with snake venom, a black market formula."
His voice was colder than the sea breeze. "Someone started it first."
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