Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

"The internet is truly amazing and convenient; you can learn anything from it!"

Xia Weiwei couldn't help but sigh, "Unlike us, who can only learn through hands-on instruction!"

Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she quickly asked, "Hongwei, do you have any videos on your website about making guns and cannons, or medical surgeries?"

"There's definitely no such torture device!"

Ma Hongwei shook his head and said, "In the 1980s and 1990s, because there were many guns in civilian hands, there were many vicious murders, so all the guns in civilian hands across the country were confiscated."

"I do have surgical videos, but they require a lot of modern medical equipment, which may be different from what you had in your time. I can look for them, but they might not be useful."

After a pause, Ma Hongwei said, "I think there are a few books that you might find useful."

"Book?"

Xia Weiwei was somewhat puzzled.

"It's the 'Barefoot Doctor's Handbook,' the 'Militia Military Training Handbook,' and the 'Friends of Dual-Use Personnel!'"

Ma Hongwei said: "Among them, the Barefoot Doctor's Handbook is a practical medical handbook compiled in the 60s specifically for medical personnel at the grassroots level in rural areas."

"Before the 1960s, the Ministry of Health only provided services to the urban population, which accounted for 15% of the national population, and mainly served the leading cadres, while the vast majority of farmers did not receive medical care."

"At that time, the 830 million people enjoying publicly funded medical care consumed more money than 5 million farmers!"

"Therefore, the great leader issued the June 26 Directive, proposing to shift the focus of medical and health work to rural areas."

"To ensure that farmers have access to and can afford medical treatment, methods have been summarized and barefoot doctors have been trained across the country. This 'Barefoot Doctor's Handbook' will be far more useful to you than a few surgical videos!"

Later generations often said that barefoot doctors were incompetent and had crippled or ruined many people.

But they never considered that before barefoot doctors existed, rural people didn't even have a place to get medical treatment, and if they got sick, they could almost only wait to die.

Only those who survive can discuss the aftereffects; the dead cannot be discussed with that information.

A foreign professor said, "Even the most powerful US government translated and printed the Barefoot Doctor's Manual."

"Our great leader truly has the people at heart!"

Xia Weiwei was very touched.

She never imagined that the great leader always cared about the peasants and had never forgotten them.

Ma Hongwei nodded emphatically: "Without the great leader, there would be no new China, nor would we be where we are today!"

"The other 'Militia Military Training Manual' was written by military personnel specifically for training militia members. It includes knowledge on military training, wilderness survival, and weapons use, and can teach people how to quickly build a fighting army."

Ma Hongwei continued, "At that time, in order to resist the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, we had to form more than 5,000 militia divisions across the country. Every village had its own militia, which was called '700 million people, 700 million soldiers, and 10,000 miles of camps across the country.'"

"The last book, 'Friends of Dual-Use Military and Civilian Talents,' was edited after the major military downsizing in the 1980s. It is a comprehensive guide covering multiple fields such as agriculture, water conservancy, and machinery."

These three books are known as the three essential divine books that every time traveler must carry, so naturally their functions are extremely powerful.

In addition, Ma Hongwei also recalled that books such as "Five Small Industrial Technology Series", "100,000 Whys", "Simple Explosives Production Method", "Atlas of Grain Storage Pests" and "Radio Principles" were also very useful.

Xia Weiwei asked, "Hongwei, the Soviet revisionism you just mentioned, could it be the Soviet Union?"

"Although it's the same country, Soviet revisionism is Soviet revisionism; their ruling class has already turned its back on the people..."

Ma Hongwei said, "It was precisely because they made corrections that the organization disintegrated in 91."

"In our time, the Soviet Union no longer exists, and many socialist countries have been peacefully transformed into capitalist countries."

"What?"

These words had a tremendous impact on Xia Weiwei.

Since the October Revolution broke out in Russia, the New Culture Movement has been promoting the October Revolution and Marxism in an all-round way.

These progressive young people were exposed to new ideas at such a time.

The Soviet areas in China were all named the Chinese Soviet.

She never imagined that the Soviet Union would turn into Soviet revisionism and eventually collapse.

Ma Hongwei reminded them, "Hurry up and eat. These noodles can't be left out for long, or they'll clump together and won't taste good!"

As he spoke, he tore open the packaging of a braised chicken leg and a corn hot dog and put it into the other person's bowl.

"Thanks!"

Xia Weiwei thanked her again.

Ma Hongwei said, "There's no need to be so formal with me."

Feeling heavy-hearted, Xia Weiwei found that nothing she ate tasted as good as before.

After breakfast, Xia Weiwei stacked their bowls together and said, "I'll go wash the dishes!"

"Alright, then the task of washing the dishes is yours, Comrade Xia Weiwei!"

Ma Hongwei nodded.

He likes to cook, but he doesn't really like to wash dishes.

Now that someone is helping him wash the dishes, he's naturally happy to have some free time.

Following Xia Weiwei into the kitchen, Ma Hongwei explained, "This is dish soap, which can effectively remove grease. But when you use it, be sure to use a small amount and rinse it several times with tap water."

"I see."

Xia Weiwei replied.

Ma Hongwei didn't linger. He ran to the front, opened the roller shutter door of the supply and marketing cooperative, and started business.

Although there are fewer people in the village now, and the supply and marketing cooperative doesn't make as much money as it used to, business still has to go on.

He opened JD.com and searched for books like "The Barefoot Doctor's Manual" and "Militia Military Training Manual," but found that none of them were self-operated.

However, the delivery time from third-party platforms is usually three days or more.

"If it can't arrive tomorrow, then I'll just buy it from Pinduoduo!"

Ma Hongwei shook his head.

He uses JD.com because it delivers goods quickly.

If you buy it before 11 a.m., it will be delivered in the evening.

Orders placed at other times will be delivered the next day.

Without speed, he naturally wouldn't place an order on JD.com; Pinduoduo's prices are much more attractive.

Ma Hongwei thought to himself, "If we want them to use it immediately, we still have to print it out directly!"

Although he has an unused laptop at home.

However, I only have one laptop, and the battery is already depleted. It has to be shut down after less than two hours of use, so it must be kept connected to a power source.

The anti-Japanese base area in the Taihang Mountains was located in a poor mountain valley, where there was no electricity available.

It would be better to just print them all out, and make several copies.

In this way, not only can the Taihang Mountains use it, but it can also be sent to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.

Most importantly, once it's copied onto sheets of paper, it can be directly copied down.

Copying hundreds of sheets of paper at the same time is much faster than copying one by one on a computer.

"Oh, and I also have the WeChat contact for the print shop in town!"

Ma Hongwei said, "I can have that guy start making copies right now, make a dozen or so copies for me, even if it's a bit pricey."

When he first started writing novels part-time, there were no electronic signatures, so he had to print out contracts, which cost him a lot of money from the town's copy shop.

In the beginning, Ma Hongwei was so busy printing and signing contracts that hardly anyone read the books, and he didn't even earn back the contract fees and shipping costs.