Chapter 40: Huzhuang's Cave Life (4)
Maybe everyone has a sense of crisis about their future life, and the three families dug wild vegetables and dug until dark before going down the mountain. When going down the mountain, Xiao Ju found that there were a lot of people going down the mountain at this time, and it seemed that not only their families wanted to dig up more wild vegetables and store them, but this time the wind hit the wheat and caused the wheat harvest in the field to decrease, which once again broke the dream of everyone in Huzhuang. At this time, wild vegetables are in everyone's eyes, and they have become a life-saving food.
Although Xiaoju knew that her family did not worry about this food, she didn't want to be a maverick and set up her own house as a target in the village, so she also relied on her mother every day, accompanied by the Peach Blossom family and the Hu Tian family, and went out early and returned late to find something to eat and store it.
During this period, Xiao Ju Niang and her wife also met the Hu family who also went to dig wild vegetables on the mountain several times, but it may have been scared by Xiao Ju that day, and when they saw Xiao Ju glaring at them, they actually avoided from a distance, which made Xiao Ju feel funny, it seems that the Hu family is a group of people who bully the weak and are afraid of the hard.
Before we knew it, we were stuck in August again, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the wild vegetables on the mountain were getting old, and it was hard to chew them at all, and most of them could only be swallowed. And the little grain collected by the families in the village has long been sent by the puppet county government to collect it. Not many families have paid enough food taxes!
Families that have not paid enough food taxes have been asked to make up for it with money or grain savings, but now that the harvest has been bad for almost three consecutive years, and there is no food, which family still has surplus money and surplus grain? Soon, all the families in Huzhuang fell into sorrow.
On this day, Xiao Ju Niang and her family still came to the small intersection of the mountain early in the morning and waited, but she didn't expect that today's Peach Blossom Family and Hu Tian's family were full of excitement on their faces when they came over, which made Xiao Ju Niang and her feel strange when they looked at it.
Zhuang Zhuang has been strong for so long, but he and Hu Tian have become iron buddies, and as soon as they met at this time, they rushed to the mountain with great interest, saying that today they were going to see who dug more wild vegetables. And Peach Blossom approached Xiaoju mysteriously. Xiao Ju looked at Peach Blossom's expression with some amusement, and cooperated to lower her body and let her come to her ear.
"Xiaoju, tonight, the people in the village are going to rob the richest Hu rich family in Hu Zhuang!" Peach Blossom said in a mosquito-like voice in Xiao Ju's ear. But this news was like thunder in Xiao Ju's mind, and she was shocked.
Xiao Ju hadn't asked yet, but she heard the mother who had been walking towards the mountain with Peach Blossom Niang and Hu Tianniang screamed, and then fell silent again. She knew that what Peach Blossom said must be true, and the mother over there must have been too surprised after hearing the news, so she screamed.
Peach Blossom saw that Xiaoju didn't have much reaction when she heard the news, thinking that she didn't believe it, and lowered her voice and said, "This thing is true!" It was my second uncle who came over last night to say it! Let my mother take her family to take advantage of the chaos and carry some food back! Then you will go with you! ”
Xiao Ju listened to Peach Blossom's explanation, and recalled in her mind the scene of the villagers eating big households in the movie of the previous life, and couldn't help but shudder, when she was in the county seat last year, although because of her hearing, she heard a lot of sounds similar to the victims entering the house and robbing the big households, but after all, she didn't see it with her own eyes, it was just a conjecture.
But now this kind of thing is about to happen around her, not to mention that she has a small space that no matter who knows, she will covet it, and it is fake not to be afraid and panic in her heart.
Peach Blossom saw that Xiao Ju's face suddenly turned pale, thinking that she was frightened because of what she said, so she reached out and patted Xiao Ju's shoulder with a smile: "Why are you so timid?" Come to think of it, if it does, then we can survive a few more days, and I won't be sold by the family! How nice! ”
Then he turned to a hateful tone and said, "Hmph, we people do things every day, but we are going to starve to death!" And Hu Fuhu's family doesn't have to do anything, but the granary is full of grain! It's long overdue to rob him! ”
Xiao Ju listened to Peach Blossom's words, and was half silent! She kind of understood in her heart why MAO's war strategy of encircling the city from the countryside was successful! Yes, people are going to starve to death, what can they do if they don't rob or rob? What can't people do in order to survive? All you need to do is find a conscientious excuse for your actions!
No wonder it was recorded in this period of history that in order to survive, some victims not only helped the Japanese soldiers lead the way for a few steamed buns given by the Japanese soldiers, but also helped the Japanese soldiers to attack their own countrymen! Although some people in later generations defended these people, saying that it was because of the inaction of the national government at that time, the national army's rampant conquest exploded, but in Xiaoju's view, betrayal is betrayal, for the so-called survival, even the bottom line of being a human being can be unlimited, no matter how many helpless reasons this kind of person has, it is unforgivable!
From the point of view of the shape shì at this time, the storage of his own small space, even the mother can not reveal half a point! One more person knows about it, which means that the secret is no longer a secret. I also use my own meditation to insist on it every day, but unfortunately there is no martial arts secret book in the space, you must know that if you can learn some kung fu, your heart will be more solid.
Xiao Ju was thinking about kung fu in her heart, and Peach Blossom didn't hear Xiao Ju's words for a long time, thinking that she was really scared by this incident, so she didn't say anything more.
Alas! If only in modern times, I would have learned some taiquando by myself! I didn't expect that the lack of sports back then would cause today's regrets! Xiao Ju spit fiercely in her heart! However, although he did not follow the trend to practice Taiquando, the school's physical education teacher taught Tai Chi and Baduanjin.
She doesn't remember Baduanjin very well, but because of Tai Chi after graduation, she still practiced it in the playground of the community a few times every day when she was free, and it is still deeply imprinted in her mind. She has heard a lot about the legend of Taijiquan, and the founder of that year, Zhang Sanfeng, heard that he has become a generation of grandmasters. It's just that in modern times, it has been reduced to a set of fitness boxing.
No matter what, I have no other choice, it's better to practice and see if a miracle happens? Xiao Ju's mind spun fast, but her footsteps did not stop at all, and she followed everyone towards the mountain.
Because everyone's hearts were pretending to be the news of robbing Chen Fuhu this night, they were absent-minded about pulling wild vegetables this day. It was only about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and I went down early.
It seems that not only the three of them are like this, but when they met those villagers who also went home early when they went down the mountain, seeing everyone's tacit looks, Xiao Ju knew that this matter was true.
After going down the mountain, saying goodbye to Hu Tian's family and Taohua's family, Xiao Ju Niang hurriedly carried a basket full of wild vegetables, and kept urging Xiao Ju and Zhuang Zhuang to hurry to their residence.
Although Xiaoju was a little puzzled, she didn't ask, just pulled Zhuangzhuang, and tried hard to follow her mother's footsteps and rushed towards her cave. As soon as she returned to her residence, Xiao Ju Niang opened the gate and let Xiao Ju's strong enter, and then carefully looked around the cave, feeling that there was no one nearby, so she entered the cave and sat down next to Xiao Ju, and asked with a little eagerness: "Xiao Ju, how many things can you change at the same time?" ”
Xiao Ju was stunned for a moment, and replied a little dumbfounded: "A few hundred catties should be no problem!" Of course, this is just Xiao Ju's subconscious words, and she has a faint guess in her heart about what her mother wants to say.
"Enough! A few hundred pounds, enough for us to survive for several years! Xiao Ju Niang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mother, do we also want to follow everyone to rob Hu Fuhu?" Xiao Ju asked the guess in her heart. At the same time, I was still a little secret, after all, Hu Fuhu was my mother's owner, and it seemed that the treatment given to my mother was not bad, and at the same time, any leftovers were allowed to be taken home. You know, most owners don't allow workers to bring food home.
"No way! Let's live first! I can only be sorry for Hu Dongjia! Xiao Ju Niang's expression was gloomy.
"Got it, mother!" Xiao Ju said helplessly. I didn't expect that when I came to this time and space, I would become a robber by a person who was highly educated and came from a society where private property was sacrosanct.
"Xiaoju, when you can get more, you can get more, so that you can help the Hu Tianjia and the Peach Blossom family! But be careful not to be discovered! Xiao Ju Niang was silent for a while, and then spoke again.
Xiao Ju listened to her mother's sentence of 'be careful not to be discovered', her heart was warm, and she nodded obediently: "Mother, don't worry!" Daughter is so smart! ”
Xiao Ju Niang said some words of advice to Xiao Ju in a low voice, and then took Zhuang Zhuang to clean up the wild vegetables that she pulled back today. But Xiao Ju first found out the few broken grain bags that were left in a small space at home.