Xiao Ju took off the water bladder he was carrying and handed it to Zhuang Zhuang, who was choking on the hard corn tortilla at this time, rolled his eyes, took the water bladder handed over by Xiao Ju, drank a big sip of water, and swallowed the dry corn tortilla.

Although this dry tortilla is indeed not delicious, this guy also knows that now is not the time to dislike it, so he honestly swallows it with a mouthful of water. Xiao Ju looked at the sensible Zhuang Zhuang and felt very relieved in her heart. Thinking about Grandma Zhou, who is a little disrespectful because of her old age, she is even more proud of her younger brother's ability to judge the situation and endure hardships and stand hard work at a young age.

And Xiao Ju Niang told Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Ju to eat slowly from time to time, don't choke, and her motherly heart is fully revealed. And the water bladder kept tossing and turning in the hands of several people in Xiaoju's family.

Patriarch Chen saw that the people of the Xiaoju family cared for each other, and he was also a little moved in his heart. I couldn't help but ask with some concern: "After the Japanese soldiers leave, do you plan to continue to go to Wuhan?" ”

Xiao Ju listened to Patriarch Chen's somewhat worried tone, and was stunned for a moment, and asked a little puzzled: "Grandpa Chen, are you unable to go to Wuhan?" ”

"It's better not to go! Wuhan has been occupied by the Japanese for six or seven years, and it is now under the control of the Japanese! What's more, in the past few years, the national army, the communist army, and other organizations have fought fiercely with the Japanese soldiers, and the supervision in the city is very strict, and the people in the city and the countryside cannot move indiscriminately.

The local residents are issued with a 'good citizen certificate', and residents who hold this "good citizen certificate" must put the certificate on their bodies every day for random inspection. In Wuhan, many major roads have set up checkpoints, and people who do not have a "good citizen certificate" may be arrested at any time.

In addition, the Japanese army bound all residents to every 10 households, and promised each other that they would not violate the management of the anti-Japanese army and would not participate in activities such as underground resistance organizations. If any one of the 10 families commits the above acts, the other nine families may be implicated or even killed.

Those like you who fled to Wuhan from other places will not be able to obtain a certificate of good citizenship at all. And if you go to Wuhan so rashly, and you don't have a certificate of good citizenship, you will be arrested and beheaded as a 'communist bandit' at that time! I advise you not to go! Patriarch Chen looked at the family's blank face, and he didn't understand the situation here at all. I couldn't help but persuade.

Xiao Ju listened to the words of the old patriarch of Chenjia Village. There was a 'boom' in my head, and I was stunned. After thinking about it for a long time, she forgot that Wuhan had fallen into the hands of the Japanese as early as October 1938. And now it's 1944. She didn't even think about such an important thing?

In other words, this place has been occupied by the Japanese for six or seven years. For such a long time, the Japanese must have been relatively strict and in place to supervise Wuhan. As Patriarch Chen said, there is no proof for this. If you don't have an acquaintance as a guarantor, you will definitely die when you enter the city.

"Grandpa Chen, is the countryside strictly controlled?" Xiaoju asked a little anxiously.

"Strict! How not strict! It was okay before, but it was just a while later, and the guards from each village were sent to check whether there were strangers staying in the village. Not in the past two years. Japanese soldiers often enter the village, not only to grab food and women, but also to arrest communists!

If they are accused of "gangsters", the entire village will suffer! Dengjia Village and Wujia Village, which are not far from us, were all slaughtered for this reason! You don't know, it's really miserable! As Patriarch Chen spoke, his tone began to choke.

"So when the villagers heard that the Japanese soldiers were coming, they dragged their families into the mountains and forests to hide?" Xiao Ju is a question though. But in fact, I have long been sure that this is the root cause.

"Hmm. The little girl is very smart! But there is another reason, that is, in the past two years, the Japanese soldiers have been very strong. This is also to avoid being captured by those Japanese soldiers! Patriarch Chen sighed and said.

Xiao Ju Niang and Zhuang Zhuang didn't understand these things, so they didn't care much. But Liu Zhu was still deeply touched by the capture of Ding by the Japanese soldiers, and after listening to Patriarch Chen's words at this time, he was also worried. In addition, Patriarch Chen also said that Wuhan had been occupied by the Japanese, and he also had some resistance to going there.

"Xiaoju, let's not go to Wuhan!" Liu Zhu looked at Xiao Ju in the faint moonlight.

At this time, because Xiao Ju listened to these words of Patriarch Chen, her heart became bitter, and she didn't check it, which led to her current passive situation. At that time, He Yuanyuan persuaded her to go to Beiping, but she only considered the itinerary and whether there was a train, but she only took into account the most important point, that is, Beiping also fell into the hands of the Japanese as early as July 1937, half a month after the '77 Incident'.

Xiao Ju was secretly glad that she was bumped into by them in Chenjia Village because of the devil's routine entry into the village to sweep, and then she was woken up by Patriarch Chen. Otherwise, the family was killed inexplicably, and they don't know what happened!

"Grandpa Chen said this, we can't go to Wuhan! Are we going back to Nanyang again? Xiao Ju was a little entangled.

"That's not good, Nanyang can't go back!" Xiao Ju Niang, who had not been silent, objected.

"Grandpa Chen, can these few people in our family temporarily stay in Chenjia Village, and wait for August and September next year, and then we will find a way to leave!" Xiao Ju thought that after August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered, and the family went to Wuhan to settle down at that time, which should not be a big problem.

"Little girl, it's not that grandpa doesn't want to help you, but this household registration is strictly checked, if the number of people in the family and the number registered on the household registration are not right, then they will sit together, and everyone in a village will suffer!" Patriarch Chen's face was helpless.

"Xiaoju, why don't we just hide in this mountain forest until August or September next year! It's better than running around outside and running into those Japanese soldiers! When Liu Zhu heard Patriarch Chen's words, he only felt that his head was big, and in his uncomplicated mind, he only thought about how to keep the second sister's family safe.

"Well, my uncle's idea is not bad! Mother, what do you think? Xiaoju decided to listen to everyone's opinions more and stop talking about it. You must know that her omission this time was not small, and she almost lost her family's life because of this omission.

"My mother thinks the idea of the pillar is good. Anyway, when we were in Hujiazhuang, in order to hide from the Japanese soldiers, our mother and wife also hid in the mountains and forests behind the village for a period of time, and our life was not sad. "In Xiao Ju Niang's heart, as long as the family of four is safe, not to mention hiding in the mountains and forests, it's nothing, and it's not without food or drink! As for Zhuang Zhuang, after gnawing on those hard tortillas, he fell asleep in Xiao Ju's arms, and he was afraid for a day. I was already tired and sleepy.

"Since my mother and brother-in-law both think it's better to hide in the mountains and forests. So be it! When the Japanese soldiers are gone, we will look deeper into the mountains and forests and find a comfortable place to stay. Xiaoju didn't have a better plan and place to go for a while, so she decided to hide in the mountains and forests of Chenjia Village for a while, as her mother and uncle said.

Patriarch Chen stayed here and said so much to Xiaoju's family, in fact, there was also the meaning of observation and temptation, after all, what happened just now was so big. He was also afraid that Xiaoju's group of people was really as the villagers guessed, and they were traitors who helped those Japanese.

After the conversation just now, Patriarch Chen had already let go of the doubts in his heart, and he was already very sure that the two families in front of him were really refugees from Henan.

"Big niece, you're also tired for a day, find a way to rest. I'm going to go back early tomorrow morning! Patriarch Chen stood up as he spoke.

"Still on your way tomorrow?" Xiao Ju Niang asked a little puzzled.

"Hmmm! Now we are not deep enough, if the Japanese soldiers search the forest, it will be easy to find! To be on the safe side, we will continue to walk inside tomorrow. Rest well now, and I won't bother you. I'm going to see the people who are at vigil today! Patriarch Chen said as he walked towards the place where the villagers were lying in a row.

Old Man Jiang and He Yuanyuan had been watching Xiao Ju's family all the time, and after seeing that the old man got up and left, Old Man Jiang instructed He Yuanyuan: "Ah Bao, mother, you hurry up and take Ah Bao over now." Probe that Sister Liu's tone. Let's see if we can make her soft-hearted! ”

"That Sister Liu doesn't have any idea at all, I think their family is the little person named Xiaoju who is in charge. I think you're looking for the wrong person! Grandma Zhou said coldly on the side. Her observation was correct, but unfortunately, no one listened to her.

When He Yuanyuan hugged Ah Bao and quietly came to Xiao Ju Niang's side, Xiao Ju Niang was hugging Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Ju, wrapped in the bed quilt and entered a state of sleep.

"Sister Liu! Sister Liu! He Yuanyuan hugged Ah Bao, squatted next to Xiao Ju Niang, and screamed in a low voice.

When Xiao Juniang heard He Yuanyuan calling her, she didn't even raise her eyelids, and fell asleep with her eyes closed. For Bao's family, because of the friction between the two families along the way, she has already rejected them in her heart, and at this time, she doesn't want to pay more attention to them. This is also a kind of self-protection for people who are not very capable, I can't afford to hide if I can't afford to provoke it, right?

He Yuanyuan screamed for a while, and found that the lady was sleeping soundly with each other, and she couldn't hear her cry at all, in fact, she wanted to step forward and shake the sleeping three people awake, scolded bitterly, and let out the depression in her heart!

Why does the family sleep so sweetly, while a few members of their own family are frightened and can't sleep? But she didn't dare, knowing that if she did that, there really wouldn't be any room for retraction.

Because of Xiao Ju's deep sleep, He Yuanyuan did not achieve his goal in the end, so he had to take Ah Bao back to the place where his family stayed.

Old Man Jiang saw He Yuanyuan come back, and asked a little anxiously, "How is it?" So what did Sister Liu say? Promise you to go with the two families in the future? ”

"Dad, they're all asleep, they can't wake up, let's talk about it tomorrow!" He Yuanyuan said a little depressed.

"Asleep? I think it's pretending to be asleep, right? People don't want to pay attention to you at all! Grandma Zhou was pouring cold water on the side.

"You still say? Isn't it all you, who chattered crookedly along the way, and thought that you were still the old lady of the Jiang family's compound? Now in the eyes of others, we are beggars! Maybe it's not even as good as a beggar! Old Man Jiang yelled angrily at Grandma Zhou.

In fact, he was very scared in his heart, afraid that he would be abandoned by Xiaoju's family, and then their family would return to the situation before Nanyang. At the same time, he was also afraid of death, thinking about the big mansion and fields in his hometown, as well as listening to his son's words and depositing a large amount of money in the bank, he was unwilling. If he hadn't arrived in Beiping, he would have died, and he wouldn't know who would have been cheaper for his hard-earned money and land! (To be continued.) )