Seeing the old man's serious expression, Liu Kun was very strange, did he offend the other party somewhere?

In fact, he did not know that in the war years, the value of livestock that could be cultivated was far from being measured by money, so the donkey was the lifeblood of their village.

Liu Kun is not from a rural area and does not understand these things, so he is not thoughtful.

If he understood this truth, let alone offer to buy a donkey, I am afraid that he would not come to disturb the villagers.

"Inside...... Uncle, I can pay a high price, can I ......" Liu Kun asked weakly, and before he said the second half of the sentence, he saw that the old man's face was even more ugly.

Sima Jun next to him found that the situation was wrong, and immediately helped Liu Kun explain on the side: "Uncle, we want to rent our donkey to go to Hushi to find out the news, and return it when it runs out." ”

When the old man heard that he was going to Hushi, his face looked a lot better: "Don't hide it from the two of you that there is only this donkey in our village now, and if there is no him, the land of a village will not be able to be planted, so the donkey is the treasure of our village."

But since you want to use it to fight devils, then I have done this master, and I will take you to lead the donkey in a while. ”

When Liu Kun heard this, he hurriedly thanked: "That's thank you so much, now the devils are arresting me everywhere, and it is easier for me to sneak into the city with this donkey."

Uncle, don't worry! I won't use this donkey in vain, I will divide these things among the people in our village, and if I can't bring the donkey back, you can buy another one and come back to farm. ”

As he spoke, Liu Kun took out a bunch of silver dollars, probably several hundred.

Looking at the silver dollar on a kang, the old man was stunned.

At that time, a few hundred silver dollars was a huge amount of money, and you could buy dozens of donkeys.

"This ...... That's too much! ”

"Not much! I'm not sure if I'll be able to bring the donkey back safely. If the donkey is taken away by Little Japan, this money will also allow you to survive this winter. ”

The old man was silent for a moment, then nodded at last, took out a basket, and carefully filled the silver dollars one by one.

While pretending, he said, "I'll gather all the villagers together and divide the money in front of the two of you."

At the same time, I have to say hello to everyone, after all, this donkey is the only labor force in our village, and it doesn't mean that those guys won't let the donkey go. ”

"Cheng, just look at everything."

After waiting for the old man to load the silver dollar, the three of them left together, and followed him to a clearing in front of the village.

There was a large millstone in the clearing, with a donkey's sleeve on it.

On the other side of the clearing was a stick with a pestle on the ground, and the blade of a broken kitchen knife hung up.

The old man placed the basket containing the silver dollar on the millstone, picked up a stone, and went to the stick and struck the blade.

Dangdangdang......

The sound of stones striking knives spread throughout the village, and in a moment the villagers came out of their homes and gathered in this direction.

"Huh? There's nothing going on, why didn't the fifth grandfather ask us to gather? ”

"How do I know? The fifth grandfather usually doesn't go out of the house, so there should be something going on today. ”

"Who are those two people next to the fifth grandfather? It's so strange to wear! Carried a ...... Is that...... Gun?! ”

Someone saw the gun behind Sima Jun's back, and immediately turned around and ran home, bringing hoes, pickaxes, shovels and other farm tools.

"Don't be afraid, everyone! The two of them are heroes who fight devils, and everyone puts down what they are holding. The old man shouted at the top of his voice.

It's just that because his voice is too small, those old and weak women and children can't hear it at all, and they shout in vain.

Soon, the open space was crowded with people, nervously grabbing the "weapon" to confront Liu Kun.

"Let go of the fifth grandfather!"

"You two be honest!"

The villagers stared nervously at the two of them one by one, their eyes full of anger.

Except for children aged seven or eight, there are boys, and old men in their sixties and seventies, there are almost no men, and most of them are women in their fifties with children.

"Put the guys down! They're going to fight devils, let them go! The old man was a little angry, and he gasped after shouting a few words.

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, and then two women went over and helped the fifth grandfather over, and asked in a low voice, "Fifth grandfather, are they really going to fight devils?" Just how two people fight devils. I can't be lying to you, is I? You're getting older......"

"Presumptuous! Are you saying I'm confused? I'm only seventy-nine this year, and I can still tell the good guys from the bad guys. "The fifth grandfather is anxious.

He is the oldest in this village, and he is considered an ancestor.

The two women who supported her were his granddaughters-in-law, and the others were also juniors, so the old man cursed.

The two women were scolded, not only were they not angry, but hurriedly comforted the old man.

"Where is the fifth grandfather? We're not saying that you're old and confused, it's that the current little devils and dog traitors are too bad, aren't we afraid that you will be fooled? ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! Our area is controlled by devils, and many guerrillas were deceived by those puppet soldiers and two dogs and finally arrested? ”

The two women explained, but their eyes were fixed on Liu Kun and the others, especially vigilant.

The old man rolled his eyes and snorted coldly: "Okay! No need to explain! I'm not confused to that extent.

These two people are Liu Kun, who recently killed the devils in Yongxian County, and they came to us to borrow our donkeys to sneak into Hushi to fight devils, but they are not two dogs. ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Sima Jun, but ignored Liu Kun.

Sima Jun knew that everyone had misunderstood, so he hurriedly pointed at Liu Kun: "He is our captain Liu Kun." ”

Only then did everyone look at Liu Kun.

At this time, Liu Kun also knew that he should explain, so he roughly said the purpose of their trip, but he didn't say it all.

After listening to this, the villagers began to discuss.

Some people still don't believe that Liu Kun is Liu Kun, and some people are skeptical, only the two old women nodded slightly, thinking that what Liu Kun said was true.

"Fifth grandfather, you also know that our donkey is the lifeblood of everyone, just give it away, what will we do in the future? No one grows the land in a village, so what do we eat? What to drink? ”

"Yes! If we want to donate money and food, we can still take out some, but this donkey can't be given away! ”

"That's right! You can't just give it away! ”

Someone took the lead, and the villagers began to oppose it.

The old man was a little angry, his face trembled, and he said angrily: "Isn't it just a donkey?" They're going to fight devils! That's the biggest thing!

Besides, people left silver dollars as compensation, and each family could get a few dozen pieces, wasn't it enough to buy a few donkeys? ”。

The old man said, walked over to the millstone, and slapped the basket with the silver dollars fiercely.

The villagers were shocked in their hearts, and they all looked at each other and gathered around the grinding plate.