Geng Jinyan was stunned for a moment and said, "They are...... They saved me, otherwise I would have been tortured to death by foreign devils, they are Chinese who came back from overseas, and they came back to fight foreign devils, and now Dagukou, Tianjin City, and Tianjin Concession are all occupied by them, and the foreign devils have let them be killed, and they have also caught thousands of foreign devils and locked them up?"

When the man heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said: "It turned out to be true, the Boxers really came back again, and I knew that the foreign ghosts would not be better." ”

Geng Jinyan was a little puzzled, and said, "What Boxers? What have you heard?"

The man said: "Two days ago, someone came back, saying that the Boxers had come back again, and this time the Boxers invited the masters, ancestors, and grandfathers on Penglai Immortal Island overseas, all of them are old immortals with boundless power, and a few five elements thunder sank the foreigners' warships, and the foreigners died with a finger of their hands, and a hundred foreigners could be blown away with a single breath. But after looking at everyone again, he was a little hesitant, because the appearance of these people could not be compared with the old immortals.

Geng Jinyan listened, and also a little crying and laughing, she had participated in the Boxer Rebellion before, of course she knew that the so-called invincibility of the Boxers was unreliable, and she got along with the Boxers for more than ten days, and saw that it had increased a lot, and the Travelers had never taken the Boxers' magic skills seriously, so Geng Jinyan said: "Don't listen to the rumors outside, they are not the Boxers, they are Chinese who came back from overseas, but they are much more powerful than the Boxers, and it is true that they are here to fight foreign devils." After a pause, Geng Jinyan said: "That's it, Uncle Six, my family can't live in it now, let them come to your house to sit for a while, and tell you slowly." ”

The man's face changed, and he said, "This ......"

Geng Jinyan said: "Don't worry, they are not foreign devils, let alone the Qing army, and they will not mess around." And we'll just sit for a while and leave. ”

The man also knew that he couldn't excuse himself, and seeing that Geng Jinyan was so sure, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to the house first." ”

It turned out that this person's name was Geng Liu'an, and he was a relative of Geng Jinyan's family, because he was in the same village and had a good relationship, so Geng Jinyan had always called him Sixth Uncle, but in fact he and Geng Jinyan had no direct kinship. This situation is very common in rural China, even in the old time and space, the people in a village are more or less related.

And Li Songchen asked Geng Liu'an's family situation again, Ju Geng Jinyan said that Geng Liu'an's family is also a self-cultivated farmer, the family has 15 acres of land, has three children, a daughter, the eldest son and the second son are adults, so the family's labor force is sufficient, and the family conditions are similar to Geng Jinyan's family, and it is slightly better.

After listening to Geng Jinyan's introduction, Li Songchen also nodded and said to Luo Yue: "Platoon Commander Luo, there are so many of us, it is impossible for all of us to go in, so you go in with us, and let the other soldiers stay outside and rest on the spot." ”

Luo Yue also knew that there was indeed something wrong with these dozen or so people entering the house, so he nodded and immediately arranged for the other soldiers to rest on the spot, and Li Songchen, Luo Yue, Gao Jun, Xie Tao, and Geng Jinyan entered the house.

As soon as he entered the house, he smelled a smell of mildew, and the others couldn't bear it, but Gao Jun frowned, but he didn't say anything.

I saw that there was no furnishings in the room, but there was a table in the center, two benches next to the table, and a cabinet against the wall. There was also a young man at the table, about ten ** years old, a man and a woman, two teenagers, fourteen or fifteen years old, when they saw everyone coming in, they were all vigilant, but when they saw Geng Jinyan, they smiled and came over to call "Sister Yan", and Geng Jinyan also went to talk to them, and it seemed that they were indeed very familiar with this family.

At this time, Geng Liu'an came out of the back room with two benches and said, "That's how it is at home, how many ......."

Li Songchen hurriedly greeted him, took the bench from Geng Liu'an's hand, and said, "Fellow, you don't have to be busy, let's do it ourselves." ”

Geng Liuan was also a little flattered, of course he could see that Li Songchen was the head of this group, and he was probably still an official, but he didn't expect to be so polite, so he hurriedly said: "There, there, the family is very easy, condescending to all the masters," turned his head and said to Geng Jinyan: "Yan Xiao, what do these masters call them." ”

Geng Jinyan said: "Sixth uncle, you can call the chief, this is Chief Li, Chief Luo, Chief Gao, and Chief Xie." ”

Geng Liu'an heard this, although he felt that this title was very strange, but he didn't ask much, and hurriedly beckoned his children to boil water, and repeatedly apologized: "We are poor in the countryside, and we don't have any good things at home to entertain a few leaders, so we can only drink a bowl of hot water." ”

Li Songchen hurriedly stopped him and said, "Fellow, don't be busy, what about we bring our own water?" ”

Seeing that Li Songchen's attitude was so polite, and there was no arrogance at all, Geng Lu'an couldn't help but be surprised, is this still an official? The biggest official he has ever seen in his life is only a county order, and the official he can contact is a tax collector, in fact, strictly speaking, a tax collector is not an official, but a official, but in front of Geng Liu'an, he also has his eyes on the top of his head, and every time he comes to the village to collect taxes, he is full of style, and he looks much more majestic than Li Songchen.

At this time, Geng Jinyan looked left and right, and said, "Sixth uncle, what about the aunt and eldest brother, why didn't you see them and go to the ground?"

Geng Liu'an's expression changed, he sighed, and said, "Your aunt and your eldest brother are gone." ”

Geng Jinyan was stunned for a moment and said, "How can my aunt and eldest brother ......?"

Geng Liuan smiled bitterly and said: "What else can it be, of course it was done by foreign devils, that day foreign ghosts came to our village, and your aunt's legs and feet were not good, so I took your little brother and sister to run first, and your eldest brother carried your aunt behind, but they were one step slower and were killed by foreign devils." As he spoke, he wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and Geng Liu'an's children couldn't help but cry.

When everyone heard this, they felt very uncomfortable, and judging from what they saw and heard along the way, what happened to Geng Liu'an's family was by no means an exception, Geng Jinyan said: "Sixth uncle, the aunt and the eldest brother are gone, you can also see a little bit, and there are younger brothers and younger sisters to take care of you." ”

And Li Songchen also said: "Yes, fellow, just look away, and don't worry, this kind of thing will never happen again in the future, and you will never be bullied by foreign devils again." ”

Geng Liu'an listened, then suppressed his sorrow and said, "The chief is right. Then he said, "Yanzi, you and the chiefs have come to the village, is there anything wrong?"

Geng Jinyan said: "It's Chief Li who wants to come to the village to investigate, there are some things to ask you, and you will answer Chief Li truthfully later." ”

Geng Liu'an nodded and said, "Whatever Chief Li wants to ask, as long as I know it, I will answer it truthfully." ”

Li Songchen smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just some trivial things, how many families are there in the village now?"

Geng Liu'an thought for a while and said: "There are about one hundred and twenty or thirty households, if you came a few days ago, there were not even a hundred households in the village, and many people have come back these days, and they have brought back some news from the outside, we know that the foreigners in Tianjin have been defeated by you." ”

Li Songchen said again: "I heard Geng Jinyan say that there are several big landlords in the village, I don't know if they have all come back?"

Geng Liuan shook his head and said, "No." He turned to Geng Jinyan and said: "Yan Xiao, you know, there are four big families in our village, you brought the Boxers back to destroy the Guo family, and the Zhou family later moved the family to Tianjin City, only a few people were left in the village to watch the house, and the Liu family and the Huang family did not move away, as a result, the foreign devils came to the village, and the whole family was killed by the foreign devils. The Huang family was miserable, a large family was killed by foreign ghosts at home, and there was blood on the walls and on the ground, and then several of our families who had just returned to the village discussed, and it took four or five days of work together to bury the people of both of them. ”

Li Songchen said again: "When we came to the village, we found that the crops in the fields had not been harvested, and after you returned to the village, what would you rely on to live? ”

Geng Liu'an hesitated for a while, then looked at Geng Jinyan, as if he had made up his mind, and said: "I won't hide it from the chiefs, in fact, after the foreign ghosts were killed, we didn't run far, we hid in the nearby mountains for some days, and when we left, we brought some food, and those that couldn't be taken away were buried in the ground at home, and when I came back, I dug it out, and I could live a few more days. As long as you survive until this year's crops are harvested, you will be able to deal with this year. After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Songchen again, feeling a little uneasy.

Li Songchen saw it, thought about it, and immediately understood what Geng Liu'an was worried about, he was afraid that he would tax the countryside, thinking of this, Li Songchen took off the backpack on his body, opened it and took out a bag of rice from it, about four or five kilograms, which was prepared when he left the concession, and he and Xie Tao carried two bags on their backs.

Li Songchen gave the rice to Geng Liu'an and said, "If I disturb you for so long today, it will definitely delay you to do a lot of farm work, and this bag of rice should be regarded as a little reward for us to thank you." ”

Geng Liuan was indeed worried that Li Songchen was going to collect taxes from the village, so he inquired about the grain situation of each household, but he didn't expect Li Songchen to send a bag of rice to himself, don't look at this small bag of rice, but the value is immeasurable at this time, because in the troubled times, you can't buy rice with money, so you waved your hand again and again, and said: "I can collect your things, saying such a conversation, it's nothing, and I can't delay farm work." ”

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