At this time, the wheat has been milled, cotton, mung beans, sorghum, and corn are growing, and the work of forking cotton and weeding is busy.

I woke up this morning, and it was a good day. After eating steamed buns, Lian'er and her mother had to make a whole thread at home (the whole thread is a process of weaving homespun cloth by the villagers in the persimmon bay area, that is, the spun thread is rolled onto the loom according to the warp. This work usually takes two people and half a day to complete). Yongwa and his father were ready to go to the field to hoe.

But who knew that the two children also woke up early and insisted on going to play in the field with their grandfather and father. Yongwa said to the child with a face that she didn't want to take: "Eh and grandpa go to work in the field, what are you going to do?"

Lian'er's mother smiled and said, "Ah, if you want to go, you can go, just bring more drinks and steamed buns." You do your work, and the baby goes to play under the persimmon tree, and it doesn't delay your business. In this way, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren came out of Nantou Lane together, passed through the south bank of Chibo, and went to the ground from the side of the big temple.

"Hey, what are these two little craftsmen doing?" asked Yun Wa, the head of the Xing family, with a small burden (the little thing maker is the affectionate name of the little boy given to the little boy by the villagers in the persimmon bay area). "Call Grandpa. Hair smiled and bowed her head to the children. "Grandpa. The two children shouted. "Well, learn to work with grandpa?" Yunwa asked with a smile. "Why don't you work?" and "Go to play in the fields," the two children replied one after another. "Haha, okay, let's play. ”

"Are you loose in the field?" asked Hairpin. "No, the grass hasn't been pulled yet. Two days ago, when I was rushing to the (temple) fair, the little sister said that she was coming with her baby and daughter-in-law today. I went to the field and got some vegetables and came back. Yunwa replied. "Oh, outside, you're going to break the bill today, haha. "Ah, hey, hey. In this way, they accosted a couple of words, and each went about his own business.

In the middle of the morning, the little girl and her party came in a carriage. Nursing into the house, Yunwa talked to her little sister for a while, and the house was busy with food. Yunwa came out and sat under the slightly gatehouse to smoke hookah. At this time, Shiki came over from the main temple.

"Outside, where are you going?" asked Yunwa. "Ah, it's fine. I was working in the field, and I remembered something, and I said that I would discuss it with you. "What's the matter? I'm still running back. "It's always a matter of urgency. ”

"Oh,, make a pot of tea. Yunwa shouted into the courtyard. "Oh, come on. The courtyard answered. "Hey, sit on this cushion. Yunwa took out a thick mat made of wheat straw from the door and gave it to Zhigui. "Hmm. So the two old men sat down and talked.

"I heard that the Japanese soldiers had reached Linfen. "Who do you say?" "I went to the county yesterday and listened to what people said. "Oh. "Oh, I don't know what's going on, we're such a big country, we can't even beat Japan, huh. ”

"Who said no, in the past, I always thought that we were powerful, uh, he was white, that's it, the whole of North China is gone, Lao Jiang doesn't count. "Returning to North China, Nanjing couldn't hold it, so I went to Chongqing. ”

"Oh, it's better to leave this mess in the Qing family. "Damn, the Qing family has abdicated for these years, and the Qing family is still to blame. Lao Jiang didn't have the ability to dominate the world, and if he hit here and there at a price a day, he didn't develop the country well. "Oh, not really. "This number is facing the top, what do you say he wants to do?" "Ah, yes. ”

"Hey, I also said that old Jiang Li. Let's just say that this old Yan we can see has also prepared for these years, so what? Listening to what you said, the Japanese soldiers all hit Linfen. "It's still too far behind. "Ah, yes. ”

"Outside, what do you think we're going to do? "I didn't have any good ideas. I think it's still what I said before, you can't exchange fire in the village. "Ah, I have told all the alleys and alleys that I have said that the firecrackers will be put in front of me, and the firecrackers will be set off whenever there is something, and those who can run will run quickly, and this can only be the case." "Ahh "Ah, it's dark, look at the village's manpower. "Ah, at least two or three people in one mouth. ”

"I heard that those who had money hid in the mountains, and some ran from the city to the villages. "Do you dare the Japanese soldiers in the mountains not to go? "Hehe, I don't think this Japanese soldier will come to the village. "What nonsense, how do you know it's not coming?"

"Hehe, what's in the city, what's in the village? "Anyway, it's here to occupy the mile, so what are you doing?" "I've been shouting for the past few days, and I'm tired of seeing no shadows. "Ah, yes. ”

At this moment, suddenly, I heard someone shouting: "Oh, no, the Japanese soldiers are coming, run." I could only hear two gunshots, but there was no shouting.

It's too late, it's too soon. "The Japanese soldiers are coming, hurry up and get on Pie," Yunwa shouted loudly into the courtyard as she took the firecracker from her forehead and set it off. Immediately, the sound of firecrackers also sounded in several directions in the southeast, northwest, and north.

Needless to say, when the sound of firecrackers was heard, the young men, the eldest girls, and the little daughters-in-law who were in the house threw their legs into the ditch, and the women, the old women, and the little babies, who had no time to run, also crawled onto their own pies.

"Let's run," Yunwa said, "and if they all run away, the Japanese soldiers should burn down the house." "Yes, let's not run. Zhigui sat down and continued to smoke, his eyes kept staring at the side of the temple.

After a while, a dozen or so Japanese soldiers came over in a lined up with loaded guns and live ammunition. Seeing that someone was sitting here and did not run, a tall Japanese soldier waved and shouted, "Hey, old man, yours, come here." Yunwa, they walked over without hurrying.

"Yours, inform the people in the village, all go over there, and the Taijun will speak. The tall Japanese soldier said. Yunwa and Zhigui looked at each other and were about to leave. "Hey, old man, yours, stay. A Japanese soldier who looked like an officer pointed at Yunwa and said. So, Shiki went alone.

After a while, the old people of the village came. The officer-like Japanese soldier stood in front of the temple and shouted, "Don't be afraid, you, the Imperial Army is here to help you build *****." Today, the Imperial Army does not fight. Yours, which one, the village chief?" "Village chief, stand up, the imperial army, the task must be assigned." The tall Japanese soldier chimed in.

"Eh, it's the village chief. I saw Xiangwa walking a few steps forward with a cane and said. "Yours," the Japanese soldier looked at Xiangwa and asked, "Village Chief?" "Well, it's the Village Chief." Xiangwa replied.

"Shout," the Japanese soldier swiped his mustache twice and said, "Yours, the work of the levy, grain, pigs, sheep." "Oh, Taijun, the village is small, and the harvest in the field has not been good in the past few years, and the grain was levied for the World War II zone before, and there is no surplus food at home. "Well, yours, disloyal to the Imperial Army. "Oh, Taijun, I'm telling the truth. ”

"Well," the tall Japanese soldier pointed a gun at Xiangwa and frightened, "Yours, no." Xiangwa's face turned pale with fright, and a cold sweat broke out. "Yours, no," the officer waved his hand at the tall man, and said to Xiangwa: "Yours, tomorrow, send to Qingxi, this is the order." ”

"Do you hear that?" "Yours, do you hear clearly, this is an order." Otherwise, this is it. The tall Japanese soldier said sharply, and fired two shots into the sky.

Xiangwa didn't talk back. The farmer dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and stood there silently, motionless. After the officer-like training, the tall man said to the village chief: "The imperial army is hungry, you can arrange for dinner." Xiangwa was embarrassed, but she was afraid that it would be unfavorable to the villagers, so she still endured her unhappiness, walked up to Yunwa and whispered: "Hey, brother, there is no way, find two people to go to E's house and prepare food for these dogs." Yunwa agreed.

"Hey, you're talking about it?" asked the tall man. The village chief said to ask him to find two people to help cook. Yunwa replied. "Roar. Missy Missy. In this way, the devil signaled, and everyone dispersed.

The devils followed Xiangwa in a dog-like procession, walked to Nantou Lane, and entered the courtyard facing the alley in the Gaomen Building, where the seventy-year-old woman was at home alone, very nervous, afraid of offending the Japanese soldiers and causing trouble, so she hurriedly poured tea.

After a while, three people from the village came in, bringing some vegetables. Xiangwa took out good wine, asked people to kill a few chickens, and began to cook. Say fast and fast, in more than an hour, the meal of more than a dozen people will be ready. After a full meal and wine, the Japanese soldiers swaggered out of the courtyard. Xiangwa sat down and ate shisha steadily.

As soon as he came out of Liu's house, the devil appeared in his original form, carrying a gun and going door to door to find the flower girl. A few of them failed, but in the house opposite the door of the alley, two beautiful women were scolded. It turned out that Lian'er and her mother were hiding in the ditch, and when they saw that half a day had passed, there was no movement, and they thought that the Japanese soldiers were gone, so they came back to prepare to cook, and they were caught by the Japanese soldiers.

Lian'er's beauty is obvious at a glance. Although Lian'er's mother is over half a hundred years old, she is a beauty herself, and her charm still exists. Needless to say, the mother and daughter were in a catastrophe, and after being spoiled in turn, the devil left satisfied. How can the woman of the village stand this, at the moment, the two of them are crazy and crying and shouting to the northeast ditch edge of the Dragon King Temple, but when the villagers heard the sound and rushed over, the mother and daughter had jumped off the deep ditch cliff.

"Quick, hurry down the ditch and save people. More than a dozen people panicked and rushed down from the fork in the ditch. Subsequently, those who got off the door panel from nearby people also ran down the slope to Nangou. When everyone arrived at the bottom of the ditch, the mother and daughter had already fallen to the ground, their faces covered with dirt, and they had no breath.

When the mother and daughter were lifted up from the ditch with anger and pity, Yongwa and his father also returned from the field with their two children. Suddenly, the cries and scolding were chaotic, and the two babies cried even more pitifully. This night, Yongwa's family stayed awake all night.

Early the next morning, Xiangwa sighed and came to Yongwa's house, and said to Fazi: "Hurry up and send the people down, it's too late to hit the grave, so I'll go to which trench to idle." If you don't have wood (the persimmon bay area calls the coffin wood), use the forehead first. "You have to go over the first seven." ”

"Oh, it's different from usual now, if people fall, you and the baby's family can arrange it at any time, otherwise, staying here will make a mistake. At this time, we can only take care of the living first. "It's right to think about it, so I found a big guy and buried the mother and daughter simply.

It was also after lunch on this day, the village chief summoned the chief and the patriarch to discuss the matter of the Japanese soldiers forcing food in the village. Everyone quarreled fiercely, and they couldn't unify their opinions for a long time. Some people say to give, some people say not to give, and some people say to look at other villages.

If you don't, the village may face disaster immediately. In desperation, he finally chose to give a little less: half a wagon of grain, a few pigs. The grain is shared equally among all households, and the pigs come out of one alley.

Surprisingly, the village chief said that he was already a dying man, so he should take someone and drive to deliver it. Although everyone is a little worried, there is no better way, so they will take the stage to step down.