Chapter 17
Yu Fu soon "received" a reply letter.
Of course, Yu Fu did write a letter to his hometown, but no one can tell what the content was.
In view of his family's opinion, Yu Fu went to Delin Middle School to ask Yi Hanxing for a week's leave, with the reason being that he wanted to go home and persuade his family to continue his studies.
After hearing the reason why Yi Hanxing asked for leave, his friends were quite worried. Even though Yi Hanxing comforted everyone, they were still worried.
This Sunday, Yi Hanxing boarded a ship to go home. Yu Fu specially asked someone to buy a second-class ticket. They set off from Shanghai early in the morning at dawn, went upstream, and arrived at the Yangtze River coast in southern Anhui in the afternoon.
After getting off the boat, Yi Hanxing could reach his brother's base in the Dabie Mountains in a day's walk north, and his hometown in half a day's walk south. However, the arsenal was located in the base in the southern Anhui mountainous area, and its location was secret. After all, during this period of time, the concealment of the arsenal was far more important than convenient transportation. So after getting off the boat, Yi Hanxing did head towards his hometown.
After Yi Hanxing got off the boat, the people who came to pick her up from the Southern Anhui base quickly connected with her.
"Fortunately, the political commissar told me in advance that the person he was going to pick up was a young comrade, otherwise I would have almost missed you." The young man who came to pick up Yi Hanxing said with a smile while driving the donkey.
"Stop talking! I watched you run towards the seven or eight-year-old girl nearby. If I hadn't stopped you in time, you would have been exchanging signals with that little girl!" The middle-aged woman accompanying the pick-up complained, "Don't you think about it? How could you let a child that age go alone?! If the people around you see that you can even mistake the young lady's age, they'll be suspicious!"
The middle-aged female comrade and the comrade driving the cart played the role of a pair of servants, driving a donkey cart to pick up an unimportant young lady from the master's family. To outsiders, this was in line with the local logic and the plan was flawless. However, some people's eyes were not very good. When they heard the word "female comrade", their eyes went to the little girl.
"I'm here with you, sister! Besides, I heard the political commissar say that she was a young comrade, but I didn't expect that she is not a very young comrade. At her age in Huizhou, she would have been married, and in two years, she would have been a mother." The young man said with a smile.
"I've said it so many times, that's a feudal custom, we must resolutely ban it! Women in the base area must never get married and have children at the age of twelve or thirteen!" the middle-aged female comrade emphasized.
"Yes, yes, I remember it clearly! I will never forget it!" The young man said, and quickly changed the subject: "Little comrade, sit tight! We are going into the mountains. If you feel dizzy, don't look down the mountain."
The roads in the mountainous areas of southern Anhui are difficult to travel on, with rugged mountains and steep peaks. In later generations, it was famous for its beautiful scenery, but now it is famous for its inconvenient transportation. When the donkey cart passed through the hilly areas around Anqing and Chizhou, the mountains began to rise.
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Don't worry about me, I'm from around here too, I'm used to it." Yi Hanxing said with a smile.
"Oh, you're from Huizhou too!" The young man slapped his thigh and said, "Fellow countryman!"
"I'm from Anqing Prefecture." Yi Hanxing explained.
"Then why didn't you let me stop just now? We can rest in the mountains for a night, and we can rest near your home for a night. You can also go back home to visit." The young man said this. After hearing this, the middle-aged woman felt sorry for Yi Hanxing. Nowadays, people are reluctant to move away. It is indeed a pity not to visit home when it is so close.
"There are many people talking and the mission is important." Yi Hanxing didn't want to explain why he ran away from home with his eldest brother. The matter was too complicated, so he picked the mission as the most important reason.
"Yes, yes." The middle-aged woman said quickly, "The mission is more important."
"Comrade, what is your mission? Our political commissar seems to take it very seriously." asked the young man.
Yi Hanxing smiled and said nothing.
"How did you learn the confidentiality regulations? I will make you copy them when you get back! I will naturally tell you what you should know, and don't be idle and ask about what I haven't told you." The middle-aged female comrade taught him a lesson.
"You are also a teacher at the base?" Yi Hanxing immediately reacted after hearing this.
"It's mainly because we have so few people in our base area and the leaders are usually busy, so I've been teaching the night school literacy class part-time." The middle-aged woman waved her hand, "I can't really be considered a regular teacher."
"You're the women's director of our village!" the young man said, and stopped the donkey cart. "We're here. This is a small hut on the side of the road. It's dark inside, so there shouldn't be anyone. Let's stay here for the night."
The roads in the mountainous areas of southern Anhui are difficult to travel on. Even with a flashlight, it is still not safe at night. So after passing the hilly area, the donkey cart stopped after only about ten minutes and continued on its way.
"Okay, the old rules. You stay for the first half of the night, and I'll stay for the second half. We'll clean up and boil some hot water." The middle-aged female comrade said as she took down two quilts from the cart.
Only then did Yi Hanxing realize that he had been sitting on a quilt, not a layer of cloth on straw.
The three of them rested on the side of the mountain for the whole night. Yi Hanxing had no experience in keeping watch in the mountains, so he didn't bother to be polite with them. After thanking them for their hard work, he reviewed what he had memorized and closed his eyes.
As soon as the sun rose the next day, the three of them set out again. After going around in circles, they arrived at the base at noon.
"Hello, Comrade Ye Mang! I am the political commissar of the troops stationed here. The Shanghai Municipal Party Committee sent me a telegram before, saying that you are here with the solution to the arsenal problem?" As soon as he got off the donkey cart, he was handed over by two people to the regimental office. The political commissar sitting in the office did not beat around the bush and asked directly to the point.
"Hello, yes, I brought the solution ideas given by the experts." Yi Hanxing nodded.
"Is that in the ceremony?" The political commissar said, and wanted to take the small bamboo box in Yi Hanxing's hand.
"No, no, no, these are just my clothes." Yi Hanxing quickly dodged the hand that the political commissar stretched out. If it was taken away accidentally and his hand was about to open, and someone saw my clothes, how embarrassing it would be!
"So...what's the solution?
The political commissar asked.
“It’s all in my head.” Yi Hanxing tapped his solar plexus.
Because all the papers and writings would be searched when leaving Shanghai, and Sun Chenghua's drawings were quite sensitive, the solution he considered was to memorize them and then make a copy. Speaking of the person in the Shanghai Municipal Committee who could leave Shanghai and at the same time understand some principles and would not misremember the contents of the drawings, Yi Hanxing was naturally the most suitable one. This was why when Yi Hanxing said that he wanted to go home to visit his relatives, Yu Fu and Zhuzi immediately reacted.
Anyway, Yi Hanxing is already very skilled at things like endorsements.
The political commissar glanced at Yi Hanxing in slight surprise, then said, "I'll take you to the arsenal right now, and you go over and talk to the technician!
Yi Hanxing, who was planning to use pen and paper to make a copy, said: ...That's fine. If the language is unclear, I can just draw pictures while I'm talking. There must be pen and paper in the arsenal~
While Yi Hanxing was communicating with the technical workers of the arsenal, Zhou Yuetong said worriedly to Zhou Yizhi next to him during the physics experiment club's activities, "I don't know if Hanxing can convince her family when she goes home. Is she not going to come back?"
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with your partner?" Yang Qin, who followed Sun Cheng to the club activity, overheard it and patted Zhou Yizi on the shoulder and asked.
"We are not in that kind of relationship! Don't talk nonsense and ruin my reputation!" Zhou Yizi's cheeks flushed red.
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