Chapter 69 Brother, You Run First
Chapter 69 Brother, You Run First
It was so rusty, luckily Awei was not scratched, otherwise, even if he was not killed by the explosion, tetanus would have taken his life.
He was so nervous that he was sweating all over and his heart was beating like thunder. He didn't want to be killed by a mine just after returning, and take Awei with him.
Li Changle took a deep breath, calmed himself, and tried to speak gently to Chen Yongwei who was holding the mine:
"Awei, put that thing down, put it down gently, gently. This thing is not a lump of iron, it is a mine! If you are not careful, this day next year will be the anniversary of our death!"
"Ah~" Chen Yongwei was stunned. He looked at the mine in his arms with his eyes wide open. "Brother, are you talking about the mine used in the war?"
"That's it." Li Changle said to him, "Brother, please let it go gently, our lives are in your hands today.
Brother, your legs can shake, but your hands must not shake. You are still a virgin, and I have a wife and son to raise. We can't become sons-in-law of Lord Hailong together!"
"Oh oh!" Chen Yongwei's legs were shaking like sieves, he gritted his teeth and looked up at him and said, "Brother, you better run first. If anything happens, my grandma will rely on you."
He felt that if it really exploded, they would be turned into minced meat just like in the movies.
Li Changle's eyes were a little hot, "Get lost, there is a tidal flat in front of you, as long as you put it down gently, it won't explode if it lands softly."
He didn't know how the mine exploded. He thought it shouldn't be so easy to explode in the soft mud.
"Yes!" Chen Yongwei calmed himself down, slowly squatted down with sweat on his forehead, put down the mine, and took a few steps to Li Changle's side.
Holding his heart that was about to jump out of his chest, he looked at Li Changle who was relieved with a look of relief, "Brother, it hasn't exploded yet!"
"Well! It didn't explode! Let's go quickly, go back to find Accountant Chen and tell him about this. Maybe the government will give you a reward!" Li Changle pulled him and turned to leave. They had to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible.
"Brother, if we are going to win an award, we should take it together!" Chen Yongwei followed with a silly smile.
"Okay, let's take it together!" Li Changle felt warm in her heart and hugged him, "We will share the hardships and the prosperity!"
Chen Yongwei nodded heavily, "We share adversity and prosperity!"
The two brothers looked at each other and burst into laughter.
"Brother, were you scared to pee just now?" Chen Yongwei said as he looked at his crotch in an obscene manner.
This guy has no emotional intelligence, no wonder no woman likes him!
Li Changle rolled his eyes at him, "You're the one who's scared to death! Let me see, is your crotch wet?"
"Go away, only my wife can touch me here!" Chen Yongwei pushed him away and ran away.
"Yuanbao!" Li Changle smiled and shook his head, then chased after him.
When the two of them walked back to the village and reached the bridge, Li Changle said to him, "Go back and tell your sister-in-law. I'll go call Accountant Chen."
"okay!"
The two men walked towards Accountant Chen's house, one to the left and the other to the right. When they arrived at the store, Li Changle looked out and saw Accountant Chen sitting on a chair listening to the radio.
"Uncle Dong, Awei is in the trench..."
Accountant Chen blinked his eyes continuously. "You said it was a big mine? How did you recognize it?"
"..."
Li Changle suddenly had an idea. "Didn't the border police station publicize it? They told us to go out to sea and fish out metal objects, and said they might have been put into the sea by spies, and asked us to report it.
It’s also shown in war movies, right?”
"Yes, yes, I forgot about this." Accountant Chen hurried outside. "Secretary Wang has gone to the town. Let's go to the village committee and call the border police station and ask them to come and take a look."
"Okay!" Li Changle followed him, "Uncle Dong, if they come to see and it is really a mine,"
He made a motion of counting money, "Is there a reward? Is it a lot?"
Accountant Chen looked at him with amusement, "You are obsessed with money!"
Li Changle smiled and said, "I'm not doing this for myself. You know that Awei's family is in trouble. It would be nice to give them a little bonus to improve their lives!"
Accountant Chen: "That's right. Once they have come to see it and confirmed it is a mine, I will mention it when the time is right."
Li Changle smiled and said, "When you are old, please say a few nice words. It would be best if you give more. As long as there are benefits, everyone's enthusiasm will be improved immediately.
It doesn't matter what you catch, fishermen across the country should be careful when casting their nets, and make sure those bad elements, spies and traitors have nowhere to hide."
"Ale, I didn't expect you to have this kind of awareness!"
Li Changle straightened his chest and said, "Without the big family, there would be no small family. The people of the whole country will work together to ensure that all the evil-doers from the country are driven away!"
"You're right. Look how good life is now. We don't have to worry about pirates when we go fishing, and we don't have to worry about bandits robbing us when we go out to do business."
Accountant Chen paused for a moment and said, "Those dog spies left behind by Wanwan are still unwilling to give up. Sooner or later, they will all be brought out for trial."
Accountant Chen called the border police station in Jinxingdeng Village and told them the location of the mine. Then he followed Li Changle towards the gate.
Just after crossing the bridge, Chen Yongwei and Ge Changfa also arrived. "Fuck, how did you two mine the sea? You even found mines!"
Li Changle smiled and patted Chen Yongwei, "Ask this guy, he was the one who discovered it, and he almost scared me to death!"
Ge Changfa stepped forward and embraced Li Changle, "Come, let me feel it and see if your crotch is wet?"
"Get lost!" Li Changle grabbed him with his backhand, "You're back so early, have you completed the task assigned by your wife?"
"When I saw Ma Yun running, I ran away immediately." Ge Changfa said to Accountant Chen, "Uncle Dong, so many people went out to sea before the typhoon passed. Why didn't the village loudspeaker give any warnings?"
Accountant Chen spread his hands and said, "Why didn't I warn them? I told them the typhoon hadn't come yet, and they were panicking like they were out of food. What could I do?"
Li Changle: "Isn't this typhoon a big one?"
"According to the prediction, it's not likely to be a big deal, but we can never predict what God is going to do, so it's better to be safe than sorry!"
Accountant Chen thought of those people in the village who risked their lives for money, and recalled the time when the households were not divided. When they went to work, they either slacked off or were lazy. When the horn sounded for the end of work, they all ran away faster than rabbits.
After the households were divided into different groups, all the slackers disappeared. Everyone was as active as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Even the lazy guys became model workers.
The three of them chatted as they reached the edge of the trench. When Accountant Chen and Ge Changfa saw the large rusty mine, they opened their mouths in surprise.
Li Changle looked at the two of them with pride, "Scary, right?"
Ge Changfa's eyes widened, "Damn, it's all rusted like this. If it explodes, we'll all be turned into a paste, right?"
"It's not as bad as a meat paste, but it's almost like being torn apart by five horses."
Accountant Chen didn't dare to go closer to take a look. He stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck. "It must have been left over from the battle with the Japanese and Chiang Kai-shek."
Ge Changfa pulled Li Changle and said, "My hair stands on end just looking at this. Let's go back to the gate and wait." "Uncle Dong, the border police station should be here by now, right?"
"We should be in the village now."
……
Over there, officers from the border police station rode into the village on three-wheeled motorcycles. When they heard that a large mine had been discovered in the trench, the adults and children in the village followed them and ran towards the gate.
Li Xiaozhou ran into the house and said, "Mother, Xiaoyang, Xiaotao, and Laowai have all gone to the gate to check for bombs. Father is there too, so we have to go too."
Li Xiaohai put down the jar in his hand and said, "Mother, I want to see it too."
"Okay, let's go check it out." Zhou Ruonan stood up and dusted himself off. "Have the border police arrived?"
"Here they are, on a big motorcycle." Li Xiaozhou pulled his brother outside, "Sister, aunt, let's go see the big bomb."
"Where is the big bomb?" Li Xiaoqing ran out of the house.
Li Xiaohai said: "My father and Uncle Wei found the gate in the trench."
"Come on, let's go and take a look." Mrs. Li also came out of the house, closed the door, and followed Zhou Ruonan and her two children to the gate.
As soon as I went out, I heard people talking about Li Changle and Awei finding a mine while mining in the sea.
It was a rare occasion to see such a lively scene, so almost everyone in the village came out.
When we got there, we saw that the grove, the edge of the trench, and the saline-alkali land were all crowded with people, all craning their necks to look at the mudflats ahead.
Zhou Ruonan and Mrs. Li climbed up the slope with their children and saw Li Changle. "Your father is there! There are two policemen too."
Li Xiaohai pulled Li Xiaozhou, stood on tiptoe and shouted at the top of his voice: "Dad, we are here..."
Li Xiaoqing also stood on tiptoe, "Uncle San can't hear you."
Li Changle, who was on the tidal flat, looked at the increasing number of villagers and felt that people of all generations had the same enthusiasm for watching the fun.
It’s a pity that there were no mobile phones back then, otherwise if I posted it on WeChat Moments, people all over the country would follow and watch.
After checking, the two policemen from the border police station said, "Captain Zhou, it is indeed a mine..."
The onlookers stepped back in a hurry, and when they saw Li Changle and the two policemen still standing there, they became bolder and took a few steps forward.
The older policeman said calmly, “Both fuses are broken, so unless it falls due to gravity or is thrown into a melting furnace, it won’t explode.
Fortunately, you didn't sell it to a recycling station as scrap metal, otherwise, you would be in big trouble."
Accountant Chen smiled and pushed Li Changle and Chen Yongwei forward, "Captain Zhou, after Chen Yongwei and Li Changle from our village found out, they thought of your publicity and rushed back to the village to report the news immediately.
When I found out, I called you right away. Comrade Li Changle also said that it doesn’t matter what you get, the army and the people are united, and we will make sure that those bad elements, spies and traitors will have nowhere to hide.”
Captain Zhou looked at the two men with admiration, "Comrade Li Changle is right. There are still many bad elements who want to bring down our country. As long as the army and the people are of one mind, those bad elements will not even have the soil to survive."
"Captain Zhou, rest assured. We will keep our eyes open and not let go of any bad elements or the spy devices they put in the sea."
Li Changle added, "Of course, if there are substantial rewards, everyone will definitely be more active."
Chen Yongwei looked admiring and said, "My brother is so brave that he even dares to ask for benefits from the police."
Accountant Chen's mouth twitched a few times, and he criticized Li Changle in his heart, "This guy is really obsessed with money, and he takes advantage of every opportunity!"
Captain Zhou looked at Li Changle with a smile in his eyes. "After we send the mine back to the police station and report to the higher-ups, we will award you with certificates and bonuses."
He looked at the crowd and said, "Fellow villagers, if you find strange metal devices when you go fishing or dredging in the sea,
Or the things in our posters, report them to the border police station or the Maritime Safety Administration in a timely manner, and there will be rewards as long as they are true. "
Someone in the crowd was brave enough to ask, "Captain Zhou, is there really a bonus? Is it a lot?"
"It depends on the situation. The more destructive you are, the more bonus you will get. We will also hold a public meeting to praise you and give you a commendation. It will also help your children with their studies and entrance exams."
"Is it still necessary to record the merits? Is it the same as your meritorious service?"
"Yes, five years ago a fisherman in a certain province won first-class merit, and the state gave him a bonus."
"Oh my god, first-class merit, plus a bonus!"
After hearing this, everyone became excited and expressed their opinions, "Don't worry, Captain Zhou, we will be careful when we cast the nets, and we will report to you if we catch anything that doesn't look right."
Captain Zhou was very happy to see everyone so enthusiastic. "Okay, I'll wait to hear good news from everyone."
The young policeman brought over the basket he was carrying, picked up the mine and put it into the basket. Seeing this, Li Changle hurried forward to help lift it up.
The young policeman exchanged a few polite words with him, and the two of them walked towards the three-wheeled motorcycle parked at the gate.
Li Xiaoyang saw Li Changle helping to carry the basket, and excitedly shouted to his friends around him: "Uncle San, I'm here!"
Li Xiaotao looked very proud. "Look at my third uncle. He was the one who saw the mine! He even bought us meat-filled biscuits. They smelled delicious!"
"Your third uncle is the best. My uncle is very stingy and won't buy anything for me..."
Li Changle saw the two brothers standing by the trench and glared at Li Xiaoyang, "Take Xiaotao to the saline-alkali land, or he will fall into the trench later."
"Oh oh!" Li Xiaoyang hurriedly took Li Xiaotao's hand and followed.
Zhou Ruonan and Mrs. Li, who were standing on the slope, also saw Li Changle and hurriedly took their children towards the gate.
Li Changle and the police put the basket in the truck bed. Captain Zhou and Accountant Chen also came. He waved to the villagers who were watching:
"Everyone is back. Those with children should keep an eye on them and make sure they don't fall into the mud or the ditch."
Accountant Chen: "Okay, Captain Zhou and the others are going back too. Everyone else has gone back too."
When the villagers who were watching the fun saw the three-wheeled motorcycle start, they all followed and walked back.
Li Changle turned around and saw Zhou Ruonan and the others, "You guys are here too!"
"Dad, Dad!" Li Xiaohai and his brother happily ran over and held him, "We were calling you over there, but you didn't hear us."
"There were so many people buzzing around, how could I hear you?" Li Changle looked at Zhou Ruonan, "I didn't call you because I was worried about safety."
"I know. We came along because so many people came to watch the fun."
My brain was confused and I got the order wrong just now. I have corrected it now. I am sorry friends.
(End of this chapter)