Let's say that from the gatehouse of Liuwan Village, go in and walk along the road for twenty or thirty steps, there is a small alley on the right hand, that is, there is a small alley in the south of the road, and continue to walk along the road to the east, and there is an alley in the south of the road, which is Xitou Lane.

Follow this alley all the way south, about two-thirds of the way to the east of the road, there is a small alley. After ten steps in, there is a brick gatehouse on the south side of the alley. Climb the stairs and go in, it is a small patio that is square to a zhang, surrounded by brick walls, a courtyard gate on the east wall, a courtyard gate on the south wall, and this south courtyard is Zhi'er's home.

Zhi'er, whose name is Liu Huizhi, is the head of Xitou Lane, there is a flower machine in the house, the situation is not crooked, there are two daughters and a son under the knees, and the youngest son is called Liu Shui'an, nicknamed An An'an, and he has already become a family.

Zhi'er also has a younger brother who is close to the family, that is, a cousin who has just taken off his five clothes, named Liu Huiyuan, nicknamed Yuan'er. Yuan'er is sloppy, there are many babies, three sons and one daughter, and the situation is a little urgent. The eldest baby is called Liu Shuijiang, a small famous general, the second baby is called Liu Shuiyong, the little name is Yong'er, and the third baby is called Liu Shuibing, a small soldier. No, Jiang'er and Yong'er are both pulling foreign cars in Beiping, and they haven't been home for several years.

Later this day, a few old men sat in the stele outside the village gatehouse, basking in the sun. "Outside, what are you going to do?" Zhi'er asked when he saw someone walking out with a bamboo rake and a cloth bag between his elbows. "Ah, go and hold the persimmon leaves, and feed the sheep when it gets dark. "Ah," Zhi'er turned her face and continued to chat, "Come on, this year, the persimmon leaves are dry." "No, it's winter, the wind is blowing, and it's drying fast." ”

A few people were talking, and from a distance, I saw two people coming, wearing cotton hats, Chinese-style cotton clothes, and trouser cuffs, and one carrying a burden. "Zhi'er, you," Bangwa pointed to the temple slope and said, "The general who looks like your door, and Yong'er." ”

"Oh, that's it," Zhi'er stood up and looked over there and said loudly, "Jiang'er, are you back?" "Oh, Big Daddy (Uncle)," the two of them took a few steps and said, "Well, I just came back." You're all sitting here. "Ah, it's been a few years, and you two won't be coming back. "Hey, hey. ”

"Hurry back, I've walked all the way, go back and rest. "Well, hey, the city gates are installed. "Ah, good morning, you haven't come back. "Sit down, and you two will go back." "Hmm. Jiang'er and Yong'er entered the village gate.

"Hey, it's still early for the New Year, why are these two babies back? "Ah, I haven't been back for a few years, I'm afraid I'll miss the house." "Oh, why not. "Ah, it's not easy to be outside, those who are uprooted from home, their wives and babies are not in front of them, and they are lonely. ”

"Hey, Yong'er hasn't got a family yet. "Oh, dare to pick out the words. Speaking of which, isn't the baby getting older? "Hey, hey. "Ah, go out, to earn those two money." "Ah, yes. The rich one, take his wife and baby out, this has no money, this can only be like this. ”

"Haha, you're piggybacking on the old fairy. "Well, I don't mean that, oh, old fairy. "Haha, it doesn't matter. "Hey, old fairy, this Chang Zi is not crooked. "Ah, what else is going on after eating, sleeping, eating, etc." ”

"Ah, you still have to think about it. "Hehe, don't worry about that. "A few babies are in Nanjing, so the business is good, right?" "Ah, run a factory, see the sky." "That's good, it means that the business is not crooked. "Don't worry about his business. ”

"You're brisk. "Hey, hey. I dare that the baby's family can't get by, you love to worry. "Haha. And so they sat down for a while, and then went back to their respective homes.

Needless to say, the return of Jiang'er and Yong'er made Huiyuan and his wife's daughter-in-law happy. That night, the whole family had a fried rice together.

In this north, noodles are the main food, and rice refers to noodles. The fried rice that the villagers in the persimmon bay area say is also very simple to make, that is, first mix the noodles, roll the noodles, cut the noodles, and make the noodles ready for use. Then cut the vegetables into flag flower pieces or small squares.

In fact, picking vegetables, washing vegetables and cutting vegetables can be interspersed in the process of mixing noodles flexibly, because the noodles are not reconciled all at once, and the process should be put down from time to time, let it wake up, and then again, so that the noodles are in place, delicate, lubricated, energetic, and have a good taste.

That is to say, after the noodles are cut and the vegetables are also cut, pour some oil into a large iron pot and heat it, put salt, concoction (five-spice powder), and sweet noodle sauce on top of the dishes, pour them into the pot together, fry them slightly, half-cooked, pour water, pour enough water until the noodles are enough, and bring to a boil.

Then put the noodles in and eat them when they are cooked. Fried rice is simple to make, there are noodles and vegetables, meat and vegetables are matched, and it tastes like noodles with soup, which is fragrant.

After eating, when the little baby fell asleep, Jiang'er said, "Dad, Mom, the Japanese are coming." "Oh. "Ouch. Jiang's mother and daughter-in-law both opened their mouths and said with panicked faces. "Where?" asked his father. "It's to the Northeast. ”

Yong'er chimed in. "It's not that the price of the two is back, Beiping is starting to be chaotic, and people are panicking. "Oh, the outer mongrel. ”

"Let's get ready. "Outside, how can you prepare?" "Then you can't ......" "It's too early to hit us." "That's not necessarily, people say that the Japanese guns are powerful. Yong'er interjected. "Oh, this is too big, it's better to discuss it with everyone in the village tomorrow. "Oh, yes, go to sleep. ”

"Well, listen to what you said, my forehead is pounding, so how can I fall asleep. "Oh, it's not today, it's not tomorrow, it's early, what are you thinking about it right away? ”

In this way, Huiyuan's family talked about it, and they went back to their respective houses to rest.

It's just that as soon as Jiang'er returned to his house, his eyes lit up when he saw his daughter-in-law. No, I haven't come back for a few years, so I don't hurry up, I got on the kang, took off three times and five divided by two, got into the quilt, blew the lamp, and I was in a hurry to go to my daughter-in-law for a while, and then I fell asleep.

The next day, Jiang'er first went to the uncle next door, that is, Zhi'er, and Zhi'er went to the village chief, and summoned the Lu chiefs, patriarchs, and more capable people from each lane to the village office. There weren't enough circle chairs to sit on, so I moved some stools from nearby people.

Jiang'er and Yong'er first briefly talked about the Japanese occupation of the east that they had heard in Beiping, and the atmosphere of surprise, tension and even fear in the room was overwhelming.

The village chief said: "I'm afraid other villages don't know about it, and the town office hasn't said it." That's a big deal. Let's discuss and prepare early. "Well, what are you going to do? Everyone sighed, revealing a look of helplessness and even fear.

"If the country is backward, it is certain to be bullied," the old fairy opened her mouth after smoking a pot of hookah: "That year, the baby came back and said how powerful Japan was after the Restoration, and that it was necessary to save the country through industry and set up a factory." I thought about it for two days. You said that this country is no longer good, can we still keep this family? I ruthlessly sold the house and land, and brought the money to Nanjing with the baby. Well, if the baby wants to be loyal to the country, we can still hold back. The old fairy stopped talking, lit the hookah, and smoked again.

"Oh, that's where you are," interjected the old man named Bangwa, "not easy. This is the spirit of serving the country and saving the country through industry. ”

"Haha, that's a big deal. However, there is no need to be afraid of the Japanese coming. The old fairy continued. "Oh, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, what's the use. Zhi'er chimed in.

"That's it. In the history of your foreign countries, there are few foreign invasions, far away, all of them are chaotic, and those who are close are the Mongols and Manchus. In the end, it wasn't that we Han people assimilated him. ”

"Hehe, it's not the same thing, Japan wants us to destroy the country and destroy the species, and that guy is powerful. Jiang'er couldn't help but interject.

"Yes, Wa is right. Japan has long had bad intentions," the old fairy continued, "You are young, you don't know. In addition, Yunwa, Bangwa, and Xiangwa, when we were young, Japan and Russia fought in our northeast, and Japan won. Since then, Japan has not left the Northeast, and it has not been a year or two since it wanted to swallow the Northeast. "Oh, no. ”

"The point is, if you don't listen to the generals, Lao Jiang won't fight, the Northeast Army has withdrawn to Guannei. "That's it, if you don't fight this and withdraw it, you can't understand this. ”

"I dare that he doesn't want to fight, I'm afraid he can't beat others. "If you can beat it, if you can't beat it, you have to fight it." Otherwise, what is this unit doing? This is not the case. ”

"I don't know what it looks like, they are all warlords, they are all afraid of running out, they dare not be like Lao Yan, when they reach the critical point, no one will work hard, they will all play their own small abacus. "Oops, this bastard. "Oh, it's useless to say, the key is how to get it now." "Ah, yes. ”

At this time, the atmosphere became lively, and everyone came up with ideas: "I think we only have to save ourselves, nothing more than self-defense and hiding." "Ah, yes. "Hide, you have to get a good nest to hide, like this wife's house, women's house, and little baby's house, then you can only hide." "Hide, where do you hide?"

"Damn, hide in a secluded nest. Mr. Wu in Nantou Lane, have you seen you for a while?" "Hey, you really haven't seen you for a while. "I guess eighty percent of the people who got the letter and hid early. "Well, maybe. ”

"Oh, you've turned him upside down. You see this old couple has been in the village for a few years, and what other relatives have been here?" "That's not right, maybe I went somewhere, not necessarily because I got the letter and hid." ”

"You don't underestimate this Mr. Wu, you look at how people usually talk. As the old saying goes, the awake are halved, and the wise are left alone. That name has a history. "That's right. ”

"This surname Wu is indeed quite mysterious, you seem to have been in our village for several years, and no one knows the details. It doesn't look like it's an escape. "Where is the escape, buying a yard and a land in the village? ”

"Hmph, what is his point. "Hehe, naturally it's not as good as you, but it's better than you. "Haha, you still say that you may be here to hide. "Well, it's possible. ”

"Oh, what are you doing, hurry up and discuss what we are going to do now. "What can we do? We only have self-defense, what else can we do." Isn't there a native gun, the Han family. ”

"Fanwa wants to teach everyone to learn how to make a spear. When the time comes, just like that Zhuge Liang, he will also arrange the formation, and each will fight his own. "You can't fight hard, eggs can't touch stones." ”

"Ah, just like what the Romance of the Three Kingdoms said in the Water Margin, you have to talk about strategy. "It's complicated. "Sure. Firing is not for fun, and the gun can grow eye sockets. If you don't have a formation, how can you do it? It's going to be a loss. ”

"Hey, besides, everything valuable and important inside and outside the house is packed together. "What?" "When the time comes, I'll leave." "What about the ones that can't be taken away?" "Oh, I found a nest in advance and buried it deeply." ”

In this way, everyone has been talking for a long time. Later, the village chief still left a few old families, saying that it was more cost-effective. The atmosphere is still not relaxed. But the old fairy is the old fairy, and he still didn't forget to tell you a joke.

It is said that when he went to the North Village in the New Year, he was on an old man who told a fortune, and someone asked about the New Year, and the fortune teller only said the four words of sunrise in the East China Sea. People asked what they meant, but the fortune teller didn't say a word, shook his head and turned away. The old fairy said that it was only in the past two days that he realized that the Japanese were coming.

Everyone laughed and went back.