Chapter 474 Good Medicine

He was too old and injured, and was afraid that he would become a burden and consume the few resources.

So he ate less and drank less to save resources, tried not to cause trouble to anyone, and finally left quietly.

There are many touching stories like this in history books, especially in this special period.

Jiang Wanwan did not expect that such an example would appear in front of her like this.

The old Red Army soldier in front of her was very ordinary, just one of the thousands of Red Army soldiers, but he was not so ordinary, and he had a spirit that ordinary people could not reach.

Jiang Wanwan was very happy that her tongue was not so clumsy after being trained in the supermarket, and she persuaded this old Red Army soldier.

Watching the other person eating and drinking happily in front of him, his movements were not elegant, but they made people very happy.

After finishing half a bottle of canned food, the old Red Army raised his head and held the bottle, letting the last bit of juice fall into his mouth. He

licked his lips and exclaimed: "It's so sweet, sweeter than the honey in the beehives I dug in the mountains when I was a child."

"Did you also dig beehives when you were a child?" Jiang Wanwan asked with a smile.

The old Red Army immediately raised his head proudly and said: "Of course, I tell you, my life experience is not simple!"

Then, the old Red Army began to describe his past life.

It was indeed magnificent, and Jiang Wanwan listened very attentively.

A few minutes later, the old Red Army soldier concluded: "My life has been full of ups and downs, but every time I encountered a desperate situation, I was always accompanied by good luck."

"For example, this time, I was so hungry that I had no strength to walk, and I thought I was going to die here, but just before I fell, I met you, girl, like a miracle."

"For example, a few years ago, a bullet ten meters away was coming towards me, just a little bit away from my heart, and I survived, just like a miracle!"

The old Red Army soldier said excitedly, and casually opened his collar to reveal the gunshot wound near his heart.

Just looking at the location of the wound, you can imagine how thrilling it was at that time.

"And I believe that not only I, but also our country is like this. Even if we are in a desperate situation, there will definitely be good luck and miracles."

The old Red Army said excitedly, and Jiang Wanwan was excited and even excited.

Because, compared to the old Red Army who was just looking forward to it, Jiang Wanwan knew very well in her heart that the good luck, miracles, and even miracles that the other party talked about had already appeared.

That miracle is now not far ahead, leading everyone out of the grass, leading everyone step by step towards the glorious new China!

After the old Red Army calmed down, he realized what he had done, and closed his collar a little embarrassedly.

While moving his right hand, he accidentally dropped the things in his upper left pocket to the ground.

Looking at the small white medicine bottle that rolled to his feet, Jiang Wanwan picked it up and handed it over carefully.

The heavy weight made her curious and worried, "What kind of medicine is this?"

Could it be that the old Red Army had other illnesses besides the wound on his leg? The

old Red Army took the medicine bottle, carefully checked the bottle cap, and after making sure there was no leakage, he said mysteriously.

"This is a rare life-saving medicine in the grassland. Even the battalion commander came to borrow it from me several times!"

Life-saving medicine in the grassland? What could it be? Jiang Wanwan was full of confusion.

How come she had never heard of it before? What kind of life-saving medicine is there in the grassland? There is no record of it in history books, right?

"Don't you know? Then I'll let you see it." The old Red Army showed his interest.

He gently twisted the bottle cap and then handed it over carefully.

Jiang Wanwan came forward curiously, but before she could take a closer look at what was inside, she was hit by a pungent smell that made her sneeze.

"This... Ah, what kind of medicine is this? Why does it smell so... Ah, it irritates my nose!"

Jiang Wanwan covered her mouth and nose with her hands, but she still couldn't stop sneezing.

Seeing that she was not used to it, the old Red Army took back the medicine bottle, carefully covered it, and put it in his pocket.

Then he explained: "This is ginger and chili water. Of course it irritates your nose, but it's also a good thing."

Ginger and chili water? Is this medicine?

Jiang Wanwan was full of questions, and asked in confusion: "What disease does ginger and chili water cure? And what does it have to do with crossing the grassland?"

"Cure colds!" The old Red Army soldier blurted out, and seeing that Jiang Wanwan still didn't understand, he explained again.

"Before crossing the grassland, I heard from the villagers living nearby that the temperature difference between day and night in the grassland is large, and people can freeze to death at night. Everyone was anxiously looking for various winter clothes, but there were tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers, where could they get so many clothes!"

"So I thought of a crooked way, and asked the villagers to buy all the ginger and chili, chopped them up and added water to make this bottle of ginger and chili water. When I couldn't stand the cold at night, I took a sip, and that's how I managed to hold on until now!"

"Isn't this spicy?" Jiang Wanwan blurted out.

"How can it not be spicy? It's so spicy that it only makes me cry. But it has to be spicy, so spicy that my whole body is hot, so that I can survive the cold and rainy night!"

The old Red Army said, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "It's the last two days when I went to the toilet, I suffered a lot!"

"How can a hero shed tears after bleeding! Don't worry, old man, I won't let you cry in the future nights!"

"Ha, I'm an old man, I dare not call myself a hero!" The old Red Army waved his hands again and again, and then wanted to ask how to make him not spicy? But he found that the other person had already stood up and walked away.

Jiang Wanwan didn't know what expression was on her face at the moment, but it must not look good, because her heart was aching.

Eating poisonous vegetables, belts, and leather shoes to resist hunger, wearing single clothes, and drinking ginger and chili water to resist severe cold.

These things one after another refreshed Jiang Wanwan's understanding of the Red Army, the Long March, and crossing the grasslands.

She thought that the martyrs had suffered such and such hardships before the prosperity of China.

But it turned out that what she thought was just the tip of the iceberg.

There were many more sufferings that she didn't know, and even couldn't even imagine, which were crushed by the martyrs again and again...