When six of the eight Xiaoju people came to the Haozhuang ancestral hall in the snow, they found that they were already full of excited villagers, all standing or sitting together in groups of three or five, with heartfelt smiles on their faces.

When Xiao Ju entered the ancestral hall, she was immediately greeted by the little dog who had been paying attention to the gate of the ancestral hall, "Sister Xiao Ju, you are finally here!" The village chief, grandfather, and several elders are waiting for you! ”

Because of the big horn of the little dog, all the villagers in the ancestral hall immediately turned their attention to the gate of the ancestral hall, and Xiaoju and the group immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.

"You're Xiaoju, huh? Why is he so skinny and so powerful? We heard from Hao Er's family that you killed the wolf last night! So many wolves so fierce! A middle-aged old lady rushed forward, enthusiastically holding Xiaoju's hand, sighing and boasting.

"That's it! You're Xiaoju's mother, right? How did your daughter get taught so well by you? Hao Er's family and her two daughters-in-law also enthusiastically surrounded Xiao Ju Niang, and Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Sheng, Hao Er's family warmly held Xiao Ju Niang's hand, and the two daughters-in-law asked their two children to go forward and greet Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Sheng.

As for Liu Yuan, Zhou Limin, Hu Aimin and Zheng Jiaojiao, who followed Xiao Ju, they were also welcomed into the ancestral hall by other enthusiastic villagers, Xiao Ju saw that the villagers were so enthusiastic, and through her keen five senses, she felt that the enthusiasm of the villagers was from the heart, so she let everyone be dragged into the ancestral hall by the villagers. And she herself quietly pulled her hands out of the middle-aged aunt's hands.

Before many curious villagers came up, the little dog had already pulled Xiaoju into the ancestral hall and barked while walking. "Let's let go, the village chief's grandfather and a few elders are still waiting for Sister Xiaoju!"

The villagers, who were aroused by last night's incident, heard that the village chief and several elders were waiting for Xiao Ju, so they automatically and spontaneously got out of the way, and let the little dog leave the encirclement of the villagers with Xiao Ju. Xiao Ju turned her head with some sympathy to look at the seven people who had fallen into the circle of villagers instead of her. sighed in my heart, it's not easy to be a hero! It's not easy to be a hero's relatives and friends!

Soon, Xiao Ju followed the little dog to the wing room behind the ancestral hall, and there was a large iron basin in the middle of this wing room, and a fire was burning in the big iron basin. There were six people sitting around the fire, and I saw the little dog and the little chrysanthemum entering. They all looked up at them.

Xiao Ju looked at it for a moment. Soon found the youngest Hao Dayong among these six people. She hurriedly smiled and stepped forward and said, "Village Chief, listen to the little dog, are you looking for me?" ”

"I'm not the only one looking for you! Several elders in the Hao family also want to meet you! Thank you for your shot last night. Help the people in the village get rid of those banes! The village chief, Hao Dayong, smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a slit.

Xiao Ju's table last night. Let his status in the clan be raised again. You must know that at the beginning, he tried his best to persuade these elders to give the broken courtyard of Hao Shi's house in the village to Xiaoju and these outsiders, and agreed to let them settle in Hao Zhuang temporarily, but these old men were not very happy at that time. Worried that Xiaoju and a few of them will cause trouble to Hao Zhuang, you must know that there are many reasons for hiding from the military disaster in these years, there were several villages nearby that received people who hid from the Japanese soldiers, and later they were surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese soldiers, saying that the people in the village harbored the bandits.

Hao Dayong thought that the nearby villages were surrounded and suppressed by Japanese soldiers, and it was not about those anti-Japanese compatriots who went to the villages to hide from the Japanese soldiers, but that the people in those villages had betrayed their ancestors, otherwise, how could those Japanese soldiers get information and come to arrest people?

Even if it wasn't the people in the village who betrayed the Japanese soldiers, it was not united with the people in the village, and it was related to outsiders leaking their mouths, otherwise, where would the news of strangers in the village be so light that the Japanese soldiers got the news?

Hao Zhuang is different, Hao Dayong is very confident in the people of Hao Zhuang, although everyone usually quarrels over some trivial things, but once there is something, they will be united and united. Therefore, every time from the encirclement and suppression of Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers, the whole village was able to safely hide in the mountains and forests.

And that day, he was willing to accept Xiaoju and a few people, also because of the weakness of the other party's small and weak. In addition, the aura exuded from his body is not like those who have malicious intentions. I also feel that now that Japan has surrendered, ** and the communist army have just started fighting, the communist army will definitely not disturb the people.

After all, this place has been under the governance of the communist army in the past few years, and the people in the village can still get food and clothing. As for those, some** do not disturb the people, and some ** are similar to the Japanese soldiers back then, and I heard that the places they passed were like locusts crossing the border. At this time, these two armies are busy fighting for territory, how can they care about some people who desert from the army for whatever reason?

I didn't expect that the kindness at that time would save the lives of so many people in the village. It seems that this man still has to do more good deeds!

These thoughts in Hao Dayong's heart naturally did not show them on his face at this time, he stood up from the fire as he spoke, stretched out his hand to pull Xiao Ju to his side, and stood in front of the five elders in the village.

Xiao Ju looked at the five old men in front of him who looked to be at least fifty or sixty years old, at this time, the faces of these five people were all smiling kindly, and one of the oldest old men looked at Xiao Ju with a smile and squinted his eyes before saying, "Miss Xiao Ju, last night, we Hao Zhuang people thank you very much!" You can stay in Haozhuang for as long as you want! If you want to live in Hao Zhuang from now on, a few of our old men have discussed with Hao Dayong, and the house of Hao Shi's family will belong to you! and gave you the land of his former family! ”

Xiao Ju listened to the old man's words, and he didn't come to his senses from this news for a long time, and Hao Dayong couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw Xiao Ju's surprised look, you must know that this building was mentioned by him. Xiao Ju's martial arts are beyond his imagination, if he can stay in Hao Zhuang, let the young men in the village follow her to learn a few tricks, and then form a team to protect the village, even those who have guns can also fight.

"This ......" Xiao Ju naturally couldn't reveal her identity, and after a while, she said with an embarrassed face, "We also want to settle down in Haozhuang!" The villagers in Haozhuang are very good, but my brother-in-law and father haven't found it yet! At that time, when we left Muyang City, we said that if we were separated on the road, we would gather at a place in Lincheng County. But now it's cold, and my two younger brothers are too young to be afraid of accidents on the road! So I thought that after this winter, when the spring flowers bloomed, I would go to the place that was set to see! ”

"That's it!" Several old men listened to Xiao Ju's words, and there were disappointed expressions on their faces. You must know that early this morning, Hao Dayong told them about last night's events and told them about his idea of keeping people, and they all agreed. can kill so many wolves by one person, if you can stay in Haozhuang, then the safety in the village will at least be much stronger than now!

Hao Dayong listened to Xiaoju's words, although he was also a little disappointed, but everyone said that there were relatives who were separated and wanted to find them, so it was naturally difficult to stop them. But soon Hao Dayong's head turned, and he smiled again, "Xiaoju, let's do it!" When the weather warms up next year, you and your family will go to find your separated relatives, if you find your relatives and have no place to stay, we welcome you to bring your family to settle down here.

Now we will help you keep the small courtyard where you live! If there are too many people, we will set aside a homestead next to that small courtyard for you to build a house! Don't even want a penny, it should be a gift for the clan to welcome you to settle down! ”

Although Xiao Ju knew that these heads of Hao Zhuang had such excellent conditions, what was the purpose of it! But I was still a little moved in my heart. At the same time, I also think highly of these elders and village chiefs in Haozhuang, I didn't expect that in this era in such a remote and backward mountain village, there will be people who will realize the importance of talents? Will it be like the company in the previous life, in order to retain talents, and offer preferential treatment? No wonder the people in this village are obviously better and more orderly than the other villages they pass by along the way! It turned out to be a good leader!

"Good! If we don't have a place to go, we will definitely return to Haozhuang to settle down! At that time, I will have to trouble the village chief and the elders to take care of it! "Everyone's kindness, Xiao Ju naturally won't refuse. Who knows how the tide of battle will change next year? What is the specific situation here in Shandong? Although she knows that the final winner is **, but the process and details are not very clear, if you don't find a team, you must have a place to stay, Haozhuang is a good place, the villagers are also good, it is a best choice.

Several elders in the village and village chief Hao Dayong listened to Xiao Ju's words, and the smiles on their faces began to bloom again. Then Hao Dayong said again, "Xiaoju, the wolves you killed last night, today I asked the good hands of the village to peel off the wild things, peel off those wolf skins, and deal with them." It should be ready in two days. When the time comes, I'll let the puppy bring someone to your house to make a mattress or winter coat, which is very warm. ”

"Village chief, you don't need to send it to my house, right? When the time comes, you are in charge and let people divide it! "Xiao Ju didn't expect the village chief to be so kind, it was dozens of wolf skins, and Xiao Ju was killed with a hoe, and there was no damage to the wolf skins, which was worth a lot of money.

"How's that going to work? Last night, none of our people in the village made any efforts! Thinking about so much wolf meat, there are only a few people in your family, and you can't finish it! And Zhuang Li also wants to celebrate this matter, so I didn't keep you. Those wolf skin villages naturally can't be greedy, they can only belong to you! Otherwise, the rules of the village will be broken! Hao Dayong's face was blank, and he said without a hint of a smile. And the five elders also echoed Hao Dayong's words in unison.

Xiao Ju thought that there were three kang in the place where she lived now, and it was not cold to sleep at night, the only disadvantage was that the winter in Shandong was very cold, the snow was big and thick, and the cotton jackets worn by their group of people spent the winter in this place, which still seemed too thin. Now that there are wolf skins made, if everyone makes a wolf skin jacket, this winter will be better. Everyone doesn't have to go out all day long to nest on the kang. (To be continued......)