Xiao Ju Niang and Zhuang Zhuang waited anxiously outside, but because Xiao Ju said, she was not allowed to go in if she didn't call, otherwise there would be danger inside, and everyone would get in, but it blocked her retreat, and she couldn't escape. So the two girls were just in a hurry outside the cave and turned in circles, and they didn't dare to go into the cave to see.

At this time, seeing Xiao Ju with a face full of mud came out of the hole, Xiao Ju Niang was relieved, and Zhuang Zhuang was even more exaggerated, regardless of Xiao Ju's hands and body were covered with mud, so he threw himself on her, and said aggrievedly: "Sister, you have been in that hole for a long time, and my mother does not allow me to go in to find you, Zhuang Zhuang is so worried!" ”

Xiao Ju was in a good mood because she had solved the hiding place. Stretched out his dirty fingers and wiped them off his strong face, and his strong and clean face suddenly became a flower face. Zhuang Zhuang was a little unhappy now, and turned his head to complain to Xiao Ju Niang, "Mother, look at Sister, she bullied me!" As he spoke, he lifted his dirty face and let Xiao Ju Niang see it.

Xiao Ju Niang couldn't help but smile when she saw the strong flower cat face. I wanted to help Zhuang Zhuang wipe his face clean with his hands, but he didn't expect to wipe the wider the range, and finally Xiaoju had to take out a sweat towel and pour some water in the water bladder to wet it, so that he could wipe the strong flower cat face clean.

Looking at the dense forest that began to darken, Xiao Ju asked her mother to take the bag of egg cakes and water bladders fried in the morning, and took Zhuang Zhuang into the cave first, while she found an excuse to go to the toilet, and after leaving the cave for a while, she dodged into the space.

In the space, she boiled a large pot of water, washed her hair and bathed well, and finally fried a large pot of Chinese cabbage and braised potato chips and served them out with two clay bowls in the space kitchen.

When she brought these two fragrant vegetables into the cave, although Xiao Juniang was a little strange, she didn't ask, and Zhuang Zhuang would have been smiling so long ago that he couldn't see his teeth as long as he saw what he was eating. Xiaoju was most worried about her mother's reaction, and seeing that she didn't ask much at this time, she was secretly relieved. The family of three happily ate dinner in the dim light.

As for the light, Xiao Ju dug a small hole half a meter wide and one meter high in the wall of the hole, and then put the tung oil lamp that she took from home and brought out of the space in the small hole in the wall. If it weren't for this lamp, the hole was so deep and there were no doors and windows that opened outward, and the only entrance and exit was made so small by Xiao Ju, then the three of them would really stay in the dark all day.

When Xiao Ju Niang saw Xiao Ju bring back the two bowls of vegetables, although she felt strange, there was a voice in her heart telling her that Xiao Ju had this ability. As for why, Xiao Ju Niang felt that Xiao Ju had sued her before, but because her mind was not clear some time ago, although she recovered a little now, she still didn't think about it. So I didn't ask more.

What's more, the wheat in the field is not yet ripe, and most people don't even have to eat black noodles, let alone white noodles! Since Xiaoju can get something to eat, let's eat it first! Xiao Ju never thought that her mother would have this kind of thought, otherwise she wouldn't be nervous.

This lady ate a beautiful meal, and ate all the two watts of vegetables that Xiao Ju brought back, and after Xiao Ju cleaned up the things, Xiao Ju Niang blew out the tung oil lamp, and the family of three nested in the thick wheat straw pile, covered with a broken, but clean and warm quilt, ready to rest. After all, after running all day during the day, it didn't take long for them to fall asleep.

Xiao Ju and the three of them hid in the cave for five days, during which the lady also came out of the hole, but she was frightened back to the cave by the sound of gunshots not far away. In the days that followed, panicked footsteps passed by the entrance of the cave from time to time. From time to time, the sound of adults crying and children coming into the cave.

Fortunately, this hole is very tightly covered by dense vines, and if you don't deliberately come forward to look for it, there is no way to find the hole behind the vines.

Xiao Ju Niang may have felt something, she has stayed in the cave quietly with Zhuang Zhuang for five days, only Xiao Ju has gone out from time to time to get some food and came back, and at the same time, there is also the smell of inquiring about the news.

After Xiaoju's actual investigation, she found that several families were scattered about a thousand meters away from the entrance of her house's cave, and these people looked at Xiaoju as a little girl, and they mistook each other for children from other families, so they didn't care.

Xiao Ju felt very strange when she saw that these people seemed to be fleeing, and everyone was running to the depths of this dense forest with their belongings on their backs, and these people actually built several sheds, as if they were planning to live for a while.

After getting acquainted with the children of those families, Xiao Ju learned the truth of the matter, it turned out that the Japanese came to Huzhuang to catch the strong men and used them to pick up military supplies to the front line, and heard that the Japanese were fighting everywhere.

Xiao Ju remembered that in modern history, it was recorded that the northern Henan and southern Jinnan areas of Henan, Lanfeng, Shangqiu and other places were occupied by the Japanese during this time. Huaxian should belong to the occupied area. Now that I think about it, it's no wonder that you will see Japanese soldiers showing off their might in the county.

Because early yesterday morning, when someone was tending to the crops in the field, he saw the Japanese driving in the direction of Huzhuang, and since Huaxian County was managed by the Japanese and the puppet army, they would often go to each village every other day to catch the strong men, the first two years of the drought, the land was confiscated, and some people in each village automatically went to do things for the Japanese in order to survive, and were scolded by other people in the village for being people who had forgotten their ancestors.

The people in each village also automatically and consciously dissociated themselves from these people, for fear of being scolded for betraying their ancestors and forgetting their ancestors. Therefore, the person who saw the Japanese driving towards the village hurriedly ran back to the village to inform everyone to hide, and the Japanese came to arrest Ding again. Xiao Ju heard a large number of footsteps running towards the depths of the dense forest yesterday, which were made by the people in the village entering the dense forest.

As for the gunshots heard in the past few days, it was the Japanese who went into the dense forest to search for and arrest people. It seems that many people in Huzhuang have been arrested again this time.

Listening to the two little children who were familiar with herself, no more than ten years old, Hu Dazhuang and Hu Dali talking to her helplessly about these things, Xiao Ju had some illusions, the inside of these two little children in front of her was even more vicissitudes than her thirty-year-old inside! Could it be that the disaster is so precocious?

In this era, the shackles of national disasters, family feuds, disasters and famines are pressed on them, and these children have no childhood to talk about for a long time! Thinking about it, even a child who is four or five years old is already sensible and distressing, and the helplessness and desolation of the two nearly ten-year-old children in front of him are not so abrupt.

When Xiao Ju told Xiao Ju Niang about the news she heard and the situation of the five families living near the entrance of the cave, Xiao Ju Niang was not surprised at all, but just sighed and said, "These damn Japanese! Then he asked, "Xiaoju, what are the names of the two children who told you this?" ”

"Mother, it's called Hu Dazhuang and Hu Dali! It's two brothers! Many of his people have escaped from his house! Their grandparents, parents, and several uncles and uncles escaped! Xiao Ju replied.

"Oh, it's Hu Daqiang's family! The people in this family are all good people! You can ask them about something! After Xiao Juniang heard this, she only said this, and didn't ask anything more.

"There are four more families! Listening to Hu Dazhuang and Hu Dali, it is Hu Daniu's family, Hu Gouzi's family, Hu Xiaoqiang's family, and Hu Shi's family. I didn't go to see these families, they all listened to Hu Dazhuang and Hu Dali! ”

Xiaoju said to her mother.

"Hu Daniu's family and Hu Shi's family, it's no big deal for you to go over and take a look, it's just Hu Gouzi's family and Hu Xiaoqiang's family, don't go. The mothers-in-law of these two families are amazing! Xiao Ju Niang told Xiao Ju.

"Got it! Mother, in fact, I don't want to get close to any house! When I was in the village before, our family was too poor, and the people in the village didn't like me and Zhuangzhuang! I don't like them either! Xiao Ju pouted.

"Yes, mother, those boys in the village love to bully Sister the most!" Zhuang Zhuang, who had been quietly nesting in Xiao Ju Niang's arms, also raised his thin head at this time and complained.

Xiao Ju Niang listened to Zhuang Zhuang's words, her eyes were a little dark, she raised her hand and touched Xiao Ju's head and said, "Mother knows, it's all to blame!" I can't protect you! ”

Xiao Ju saw that her mother was about to be sad again, so she hurriedly interrupted: "Mother, it seems that I haven't heard any more gunshots in the past two days, or I will go back to the village tomorrow to investigate?" ”

"No! Look at when the houses near us leave, and we'll go back after them! Xiao Ju Niang said a little cunningly. When Xiaoju heard this, she was also a little impressed with her mother. Unexpectedly, although my mother has never read a book, she also knows how to borrow? Let others take the lead, and the safety factor of your own family is much higher!