has lived with her mother for so long, and a lot of big and small things have happened, but Xiaoju has never seen her mother so anxious and flustered as she is today. Along the way, the mother's footsteps were only fast and not slow, and she didn't think about whether Xiaoju and Zhuangzhuang's short legs could keep up with her steps, but kept urging her children to walk quickly, as if Hujiazhuang behind her was a fierce beast.

Although Xiao Ju didn't figure out what made Niang afraid of Hujiazhuang like a tiger, it was not a good time to ask, so she had to trot all the way to keep up with her mother's footsteps, and Zhuang Zhuang had already climbed on her mother's back, and ran towards the county seat on her back.

After running wildly for half an hour, Xiao Ju Niang finally left Hu Jiazhuang far behind, and then Xiao Ju Niang's pace began to slow down, but it was still faster than the usual normal hurry.

Zhuang Zhuang heard the sound of his mother's breathing that was out of breath because he was in a hurry, and he was clamoring to get off and leave by himself, and his mother was not like the ignorant ones at the beginning, blindly burying her head in the road. Instead, he really put Zhuang Zhuang down, and at the same time, because he was a distance away from Hujiazhuang, the whole person relaxed a lot.

Xiao Ju was about to ask her mother why she wanted to leave Hujiazhuang with her and Zhuang Zhuang in such a hurry. Before he could say this, he heard a dense and neat sound of footsteps coming from the only official road leading to the county seat, accompanied by the sound of people shouting loudly to give way.

On the official road, they also headed towards the county seat, but the pedestrians who walked in front of Xiao Ju Niang were avoiding both sides of the road at this time. Xiao Ju Niang reached out a little nervously to grab Xiao Ju and Zhuangzhuang, and avoided the grass outside the official road like everyone else. At the same time, he whispered in a stern tone: "Xiaoju! Strong! Wait a minute, don't make a sound! We can't afford to mess with those people! ”

Although Zhuang Zhuang is small, he is also a thoughtful little person, at this time he listened to his mother's words, closed his mouth tightly, and pointed at his little head with a stern face. And Xiao Ju, not to mention, from the dense footsteps and slogans that were getting closer and closer, she guessed that it was the army that was coming in their direction! From the slogan with a Henan accent, Xiao Ju knew that it should be a puppet army stationed in the county.

Fortunately, it is a puppet army, at least there is a little Chinese conscience, and it is not enough to kill civilians for fun. But if it is the Japanese army, it is difficult to say! I heard from people who returned to the village last year that it was difficult to escape with Japanese soldiers and save their lives. Especially when encountering Japanese soldiers who have lost the battle, these ordinary people are simply the objects used by the other party to vent their anger, and they are often surrounded by the other party and killed.

A few minutes later, a team of nearly one or two hundred heavily armed puppet soldiers hurried through the eyes of Xiao Ju Niang, and after the other party left for a while, Xiao Ju Niang and his wife came out of the grass next to the official road. Xiao Ju looked in the direction where the puppet army went, and found that the puppet army was rushing towards Hujiazhuang.

"Xiaoju, what are you still looking at? It's important to hurry! After Xiao Ju Niang pulled Zhuang Zhuang for a while, she found that Xiao Ju was standing in a daze and didn't follow, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry, this little Nier, who is usually very smart, why did she become stupid today? And when is this, there is still leisure in a daze!

Xiao Ju hurriedly ran a few steps and caught up with the mother and Zhuang Zhuang who were waiting for her in front. At the same time, he explained: "Mother, those people with guns just now seem to be heading towards Hujiazhuang!" ”

"Are you sure?" Xiao Ju saw that her mother heard what she said, although she asked her rhetorically, but her face showed a clear look, and then thought that as soon as she came out of Peach Blossom and Hu Tian's house today, she hurriedly took her and Zhuang Zhuang out of Hujiazhuang, and wondered if her mother had already guessed that there would be officers and soldiers entering the village?

"Mother, did you guess it a long time ago?" Xiao Ju finally asked out of her mouth.

"Hmmm! I didn't think about it that much! But this morning, when I saw the tragic situation of Peach Blossom Niang's death, and the people who went to grab food were more or less injured, I felt that this thing was not good!

In addition, when my mother was a cook in Hu Fu's house, I heard the little girl waiting in the inner courtyard say that Hu Dong's family and the puppet government in the county are very familiar! It seems that the whole family moved to the city last year because they were sealed as an official!

And last night the people in the village went to rob his compound and killed so many people, he was willing to stop? If no one escapes to report to him, we can hide it for a while, and we don't have to go so quickly! But if someone escaped last night and reported to Hu Dongjia, then Hu Zhuang would definitely be in a big disaster today! When Xiao Ju Niang said this, she only felt that her 'bang' heart had not calmed down.

"In that case, why did you take me yesterday and follow them to grab food?" Xiao Ju looked at her mother with a look of the rest of her life with a puzzled face.

"Didn't you think it was borrowed? Plus I didn't expect to die! I thought that so many people would beg those rich families to keep food, and they would be soft-hearted and borrow some food! After all, they are all villagers! You can't watch everyone starve to death, right? Otherwise, if you kill me, you won't take you to do such a dangerous thing! Xiao Ju Niang explained with some shame.

Xiaoju listened to her mother's explanation and only felt speechless. Alas, is it stupid to say that the mother is stupid? At this time, she saw the severity of the incident clearly and understood, you said she was smart, she was obviously robbing food, but she still thought that the person who robbed the grain would be in harmony with the person who was robbed!

Xiao Ju didn't say anything more, just reminded: "Mother, let's go quickly!" If you don't hurry up, when it gets dark, you won't be able to enter the city! ”

When Xiao Ju Niang heard this, she ignored the shame of taking her daughter to grab food last night, and hurriedly pulled Zhuang Zhuang to greet Xiao Ju, and walked quickly in the direction of the county seat. Xiao Ju thought about the information that her mother had just revealed while walking, that Hu Fuhu was familiar with the people in the puppet government in the county, and was made an official? Isn't that a traitor?

You must know that Huaxian is an occupied area by the Japanese army, and the puppet government and puppet army of Huaxian County are all for the Japanese army, according to the modern name, that is the lackey of the Japanese. It seems that this rich Hu can even sell his ancestors, and he is definitely not a good person! In this way, the people of Huzhuang are in danger! I don't know if the group of people who took the lead in grabbing food thought of this? Is there a way to deal with it? Xiaoju followed her mother to the county seat with a nervous heart.

As soon as she entered the county, Xiao Ju found that it was different from when she left, although the city was still full of victims, but they were all old and weak women and children, and those young and middle-aged people were gone. Thinking of the arrest incident in Hujiazhuang some time ago, Xiao Ju also had some guesses about the whereabouts of those young adults.

Thinking of Zhuang Zhuang saying that his father also came to the county to look for a job, she guessed that nine times out of ten he was also arrested by Japanese soldiers. Although he is not ashamed of the stupidity of his father and the machismo of his wife and children, he is still worried about his safety.