It was 11 o'clock in the evening and it was pitch dark. Su Jin put Hanhan into the space, put on her military coat and went out with Lu Shiyi. Lin Zitao and Yun Feng heard some noise coming from Lu's house and hurriedly opened the door.
"Lao Lin, have you got the food?" Lu Shiyi looked at Lin Zitao pushing a small cart with two sacks on it. "Let Hu Zi take it. It's not safe to carry so much food."
Lu Shiyi looked at the two big sacks, considered the situation outside, and decided to let Hu Zi work hard.
"If Hu Zi drives there, everyone in the village will know." Lin Zitao smiled bitterly. "Wife, what do you think?"
"I'll send a telegram to my brother, asking him to go to the back mountain to get some food and carry it back at night." Yun Feng pondered for a moment, "The national highway is right at the edge of the back mountain where we are. It's just been built."
"Write the address to Hu Zi and ask him when he will be there!" Lu Shiyi agreed immediately after hearing Yun Feng's words.
The two couples walked towards the side door of the farm. Lin Zitao, who was pushing the wheelbarrow, thought that it was a good thing that the weather was cold now and every household had closed their windows, so they could not hear the sounds outside.
At the side door, Liu Chuchang asked the Excalibur team to open the side door, and he waited for the two couples, Lu Shiyi and Lin Zitao, to come over.
"Achang, is Hu Zi here?" Lu Shiyi looked at Liu Chuchang and asked.
Liu Chuchang nodded: "I received a call at 8 o'clock in the evening, and I can be at the location around 12 o'clock."
Lu Shiyi arranged for Liu Chuchang to wait for news at the gate, and he came to stand there after finishing his meal.
"Let's go first and wait on the side of the mountain." Lu Shiyi held Su Jin's little hand and walked in front.
Lin Zitao pushed the cart and Yun Feng followed closely behind with a flashlight. When they went out, they found that there were electric lights along the road on the side of the mountain.
"Military roads are the best. They'll make it easier for us to transport things at night," Lin Zitao told Yunfeng. "We'll have Hu Zi deliver the food we bought. Do you have a pen and paper?"
"No, what should I do?!" Yun Feng slapped his forehead, "Should I go back and write down the address and rush over?"
Su Jin listened to the conversation between Lin Zitao and Yun Feng, and took out a pen and paper from her bag.
"Sister-in-law, I have some here. Ayi said he wanted Huzi to deliver food to his home, so he just took a pen and paper and came over to write down the address." Su Jin turned to look at Yunfeng.
"My sister-in-law is very thoughtful." Yunfeng said gratefully, "Lend it to me later."
Lu Shiyi was carrying a bamboo basket with a sack inside, ready to buy some food to take back.
There is a lot of food in Su Jin's space. If he wants to avoid being noticed, he has to find an excuse to buy food.
Nearing 12 o'clock, the five people arrived at the agreed location, and Hu Zi and two retired team members parked the truck on the road.
"Tuan Lu, Political Commissar, why are you both on the farm?" Hu Zi looked at the two of them and greeted them happily.
"I came to you to buy food. You're really promising!" Lin Zitao stepped forward and patted Hu Zi on the shoulder. "Come here more often in the future."
"Political Commissar, I have made up my mind. I will live happily every day. My parents and sister are watching me in heaven!" Hu Zi completely let go after being persuaded by Lu Shiyi.
Hu Zi opened the tailgate of the car, and sacks of grain appeared in front of everyone.
"A sack of grain weighs 100 kilograms, half of which is rice, and the other half is mixed grains." Hu Zi drove to various places to exchange grain.
"Give me 400 kilograms of grains and 200 kilograms of rice." Lin Zitao spent all his money to buy grain, and the whole family had enough food to eat until the autumn harvest.
"It's the same at my house!" Lu Shiyi echoed, "Send 200 kilograms of coarse grains and 100 kilograms of rice back to the imperial capital, and I'll give you the address."
Under the street light, Su Jin wrote down the address of the compound.
"Xiao Jin, let me write it down." Yun Feng stepped forward, took the white paper and pen, and wrote the address.
As Lin Zitao took out the money, he whispered to Hu Zi, "Buy another 600 kilograms of grains. I'll give you the address later."
"Lu Tuan, Political Commissar, you bought quite a lot." Hu Zi said cheerfully, "If the mountain hadn't been closed before the New Year, I could have pulled in more food."
After listening to Hu Zi's words, Su Jin only replaced half of the food in the sack. She hoped that the food in the space could help the team members recuperate.
If you replace half of the grains and mix them together, the taste won’t be too unusual and it can slowly nourish your body.
Lu Shiyi, Lin Zitao and Liu Chuchang gave the money to Hu Zi, then took Su Jin's paper and pen, wrote three addresses and gave them to Hu Zi.
"Hu Zi, the two addresses in the imperial capital are very close, you can just deliver to one place!" Lu Shiyi reminded Hu Zi, "Also, it's best to deliver to the compound at night."
"Captain Lu, let's make an appointment at 11:30 tomorrow. I'll send it to the compound. Captain Liu, can you go over to your house to get some food?" Hu Zi calculated the time. Apart from sleeping and eating at night, he could definitely go over in the middle of the night.
"No problem!" Liu Chuchang nodded. The two courtyards were separated by a road. "Send him to the east gate of Ayi's house, which is the main entrance. The west gate of the address I wrote is adjacent to the east gate."
Hu Zi nodded, took out a pen from his pocket and wrote it down. He took the address from Lin Zitao and found that it was in Sichuan Province.
"It might take me 12 days to get there!" Hu Zi said embarrassedly, "I have to collect food along the way. I marked the food the political commissar bought."
"Okay!" Lin Zitao nodded. "This address is close to the national highway. I'll have my brother-in-law go there in the middle of the night and wait. Sending it to the village would be too conspicuous."
"Political Commissar, I'm going to the village to collect food. Look, the logistics department gave me a note saying I can stay here. Just write down your home address and I'll stay there, right?" Hu Zi chuckled, "I've helped many of my comrades deliver food, and it's all done this way."
"Smart!" Lin Zitao exclaimed.
Yunfeng stepped forward and wrote down her home address, and mentioned that the village was a very poor place, but it produced tea.
"You can collect the tea leaves when the time comes. I'll help the logistics department find things and send some off myself." Hu Zi did not hide anything in front of his own people. "Sister-in-law, you've helped me a lot."
"If you deliver it, please give them this envelope." Yun Feng took an envelope from her pocket. "Hu Zi, I'm counting on you!"
"What are you talking about, sister-in-law? I just did it casually!" Hu Zi stuffed it directly into his shoulder bag.
After the grain was unloaded, Lu Shiyi took out the grain from the three families and prepared to send it back home first.
"Hu Zi, you stay here and watch over the food. We'll send it back first and then notify the logistics team leader to come and receive it." Lu Shiyi looked at Hu Zi and said, "Move it slowly. You all have injuries."
"Tuan Lu, the ointment you gave me is very effective. Do you have any more?" Hu Zi scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Yes, I'll ask Ayi to bring it to you later." Su Jin answered directly.
"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Hu Zi felt that the ointment made by Su Jin was very useful.
Lu Shiyi put a bag of rice in a bamboo basket and put the rest on Lin Zitao's flatbed cart. Lin Zitao and Liu Chuchang took turns pushing it back.
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