When Xiao Ju came back with some dead branches, Xiao Ju Niang had already set up a simple stove with Liu Zhu. Everyone was very happy to see the pile of dead branches that Xiao Ju got back, after all, except for eating something for breakfast, they had been running around on an empty stomach this day. Everyone was already hungry and their limbs were weak.

Xiao Ju Niang and He Yuanyuan lifted the bag of grain noodles on the donkey's back, took some out, mixed some water from Xiao Ju and began to make gnocchi, while Liu Zhu began to make a fire on the improvised stove.

Just as these two families were concentrating on making this dinner, the villagers not far from Xiao Ju's house and Ah Bao's house surrounded them violently, and before Xiao Ju and the others could react, some villagers rushed forward silently, and extinguished the stove fire that Liu Zhu had just raised in a few clicks.

Liu Zhu looked at the stove he had worked so hard for, and the fire was destroyed by the villagers who came forward with unkind faces, and the fire in his heart also burst up. When he stood up, he yelled at the people who broke his stove and extinguished his fire, "What do you want to do? Could it be that if there are too many people, we are afraid of you? ”

Xiao Ju looked at the unkind-looking villagers who surrounded her family, and at the same time, there were no other villagers who kept rushing towards this side, although she was a little puzzled, but she still stopped Liu Zhu's urge to beat people.

"What do you want to do? If you want to die, stay away from us! Don't implicate the people of our Chenjia Village! A young villager in the bad stove fire extinguishing sneered.

"That's it! In the middle of the night, a fire was lit in the forest, isn't this a bright report from the Japanese devils who entered the village to clean up? One of the villagers gathered around said indignantly.

"These people are not from Chenjia Village! As soon as they came to the village today, and then the Japanese devils also came, could it be that every time those devils entered the village to clean up, they returned in vain, and now they sent people in advance, and these people are those traitor spies? Some of the surrounding villagers speculated.

"Makes sense! I didn't expect adults to sell their ancestors, and even to teach children to not recognize their ancestors, and to take children to do this kind of conscience-shattering thing! Another villager sneered.

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Listening to the disdainful and contemptuous words of the people of Chenjia Village who surrounded her group, Xiao Ju also understood that because her family was making a fire in the forest to eat, she almost almost looked for the Japanese soldiers who were searching for the villagers of the Chen family. revealed the location where everyone was hiding. It also caused a misunderstanding among the villagers, who thought that they were spies for the Japanese, so all the kindness they sent to them during the day was gone.

Liu Zhu listened to the insulting and contemptuous words of the villagers around him, and his lungs almost exploded. Selling ancestors? When I was in Huaxian, I almost starved to death and didn't do it, let alone now? Doesn't this mean that he and his second sister's family will not be able to be people in the future?

Come to think of this. Liu Zhu was so anxious that he roared. "What are you talking about? What does it matter to us that the Japanese soldiers came to your village to arrest people? We were just passing by, and it was us who were unlucky! ”

And Xiao Ju Niang hugged Zhuang Zhuang tightly, stood tightly beside Xiao Ju, and looked nervously at the villagers who were getting more and more excited around her, as for Ah Bao's family, except for Old Man Jiang, he could still stand aside calmly. He Yuanyuan and Grandma Zhou had long been frightened by the posture in front of them and collapsed to the ground.

Xiao Ju looked at the villagers around him more and more excited, and frowned with a headache, it seemed that he had not thought it through, and the fire at night would indeed reveal the place where everyone was hiding, as these villagers said. But this is negligent

It has already aroused the public anger of the villagers, and no one will stop it. Nine times out of ten, this group of people will die here today because of this.

Xiao Ju's mind was nervously thinking about countermeasures. Unexpectedly, it was interrupted by Grandma Zhou's cry, "Make a fire in the forest to make food." It's all the idea of the girl in Sister Liu's family, it's not our family's business! If you want someone to settle accounts, go to them. It's really none of our family's business! ”

"Old woman, what are you talking nonsense?" Old Man Jiang looked at the Xiaoju family, whose face had become ugly because of Grandma Zhou's words.

"What am I talking about? Isn't it all Xiao Ju who told Lei Zao to eat? She went to find those dry branches, am I wrong? Grandma Zhou sat on the ground and stared at Old Man Jiang with some resentment, "Why are you protecting her?" She's not your granddaughter? Our family is going to be affected because of her! You have to figure it out, your grandson Po is also here! ”

Old Man Jiang looked at the angry villagers, and then at Ah Bao who was holding He Yuanyuan's hand, and was dumbfounded. And He Yuanyuan didn't squeak in addition to hugging Ah Bao tightly in his hand, and subconsciously stayed away from a few people in Xiaoju's family.

Xiao Ju glanced at Ah Bao's family with some coldness, and was a little puzzled in her heart, when she was in Nanyang, when her mother was sent by Liu Kun of the 'Broken City Council' to arrest people, but I heard that He Yuanyuan and Old Man Jiang had gone to stop them, why did they look like they wanted to settle with their own family now? I don't know what this family's real mind is?

Xiao Ju couldn't think it through, and she didn't have time to think about it, if she didn't calm down the villagers around them at this time and explain the truth of the matter clearly, these people in her family would really not end well!

"Do you have any trustees here? I want to make it clear to you, the trustees! Xiao Ju amplified her voice with a little breath, suppressing the chaotic voices of the surrounding villagers.

"What is there to say? Everyone has eyes and can see clearly! You guys are trying to light a fire and report to those Japanese soldiers! After being quiet for a few seconds because of Xiao Ju's words, some of the villagers shouted with disdain.

"That's it! It is! What is there to say! "Many villagers began to echo again.

"Everyone simply beat these traitors to death, and help avenge the villagers who killed the Japanese soldiers before, which can be regarded as a harm to everyone! Save these people from harming people from other villages! Someone among the villagers mentioned yì.

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The villagers began to complain about the atrocities of the Japanese soldiers, Xiaoju looked at the situation and was about to get out of control, but he couldn't think of a good way to solve this misunderstanding, and more importantly, in front of these villagers, the people who could talk to the main thing didn't seem to be found, and they were all ordinary villagers.

In desperation, she had to quickly find a thicker one to hold in her hand from the pile of branches she had cut back, and Liu Zhu looked at Xiao Ju's movements, and also found a thick branch to hold in her hand and stood beside Xiao Ju Niang.

At the moment when the battle between the two sides was about to break out, an old voice came from the periphery of the villagers surrounding Xiao Ju and them: "What are you doing here?" Still not big enough? Can't attract Japanese soldiers? Don't you want to live anymore? Spread it out for me! ”

The villagers, who were still making noise and were about to make a move, heard the old man's voice, and immediately fell silent and made a gap.

Through that gap, Xiao Ju saw several middle-aged men and an old man in his sixties and seventies, and the old man's face was full of anger at this time.

"Grandpa Chen, it's not that we are all ignorant and noisy here. It was these outsiders who actually lit a fire in the forest, and if we hadn't discovered it early and put out the fire, those Japanese soldiers would have been attracted by these outsiders. A bold villager was scolded by the old man, and when everyone was silent, he explained it.

"Now that the fire is out, what are you still doing here? It's too long? The old man glared at the bold young villager with some impatience.

"Isn't everyone suspecting that these outsiders are spies who help those Japanese soldiers! So......" The young villager had some hesitant explanations.

"Spies?" The old man glanced at Xiaoju's family and Bao's family a few times with doubtful eyes, "This old old, small one?" ”

"Grandpa, we're not spies! We came from Henan to escape the famine! Xiao Ju straightened her small body and explained word by word.

"Well, listen to the accent from Henan!" The old man frowned, his face full of puzzlement, but he still waved his hand at the bold young villager, "Chen Yanzi, you let people disperse!" With so many people gathered here, if the Japanese soldiers really came to find it, it would be very dangerous! ”

"Yes! Grandpa Chen! The young man called Chen Yanzi shouted to the crowd: "Folks, the old patriarch has spoken, everyone disperse first!" This matter will be left to the old patriarch to deal with! ”

As soon as Chen Yanzi's words fell, the surrounding villagers quickly scattered away, leaving only the old man and a few middle-aged men who came with him. Xiao Ju's heart, which had been tense, was let go.

"What's going on? Can you explain this to me? The old man, who was called the patriarch by the villagers, looked at Xiaoju's family and Bao's family with a stern expression.

"It's none of my family's business! It was Sister Liu's family who insisted on making a fire to eat! Xiaoju hasn't answered yet, and Grandma Zhou, who has been sitting softly on the ground, is busy washing up her family. Although Old Man Jiang and He Yuanyuan did not agree with what Grandma Zhou said, they did not speak out to explain.

Xiao Juniang just hugged Zhuang Zhuang wholeheartedly, but Zhuang Zhuang had red eyes, bit his lip tightly, and stared at Grandma Zhou who was crying and muttering with some hatred. As for Liu Zhu, he looked at Old Man Jiang with disdain. Old Man Jiang lowered his head a little ashamedly.

Xiao Ju didn't bother to pay attention to everyone's thoughts, but just looked at the old man sincerely, "Grandpa Chen, we are really disaster victims from Henan, thinking of Wuhan." Unexpectedly, when I was resting in your village, I heard someone in the village beating a gong and shouting, 'The devil is coming', so I followed everyone to this forest.

Because I hadn't eaten anything for a day, after stopping in the woods, I wanted to get something to eat, but I didn't expect that I couldn't make a fire, because making a fire would attract Japanese soldiers! It's our fault! But we are really not spies as everyone says, and we have not betrayed our ancestors! ”

"The little girl is quite bold! Although Grandpa believes what you say, he also has to think about the lives of so many villagers, and this matter cannot be the slightest bit wrong. In this way, during the time of hiding from the Japanese soldiers, you people will follow me and not leave a single step! If someone sneaks out of my sight, don't blame grandpa for being ruthless! Patriarch Chen looked at Xiao Ju and finally said soft-heartedly.

"No problem!" Xiao Ju replied briskly. (To be continued.) )