In fact, Xie Yucheng's Trump is a bit nondescript, but most of the big and small leaders in the seat have traveled from south to north, are well-informed, and even if they can't speak the local dialects, they can understand some of them.

Sure enough, Xie Yucheng immediately turned to everyone and said his analysis and speculation of the situation:

All kinds of circumstances show that a major war between China and Japan will break out within a year or two. With China's current economic and defense strength, it is foreseeable that the entire southern part of China will be involved in the war.

Jieyun Village is dedicated to Emperor Guan Yue, and it is about loyalty first, how can you stay out of it when the time comes? Therefore, in the long run, Jiaoyunzhai should not only be vigilant against Naluo butchers, but also take precautions and prepare to deal with the Japanese in the future.

The fields in Jieyun Village are vast and rich in resources, so it is too wasteful to be so empty.

It is necessary to organize manpower as soon as possible to reclaim the fields in the village, so that those who can grow grain can grow grain, those who can grow vegetables can grow vegetables, and the abandoned ponds can also raise fish...... Maximize self-sufficiency, reduce dependence on resources outside the mountains, and be more resilient to wind and rain no matter what changes in the future......

At the end, Xie Yucheng wanted to make a statement to the people on the scene, if everyone agrees with his analysis, then he will stay and build the cottage before leaving. If you don't agree, then part ways early.

As soon as the words fell, the third brother and the ninth brother "snapped", fanned the stone table, and stood up: "Okay!" There is a saying that only by standing tall can you see far! Only in this way can Commander Xie be young and promising, and have lofty aspirations, so that he can see thousands of miles clearly. ”

The jade-faced rat also immediately stepped forward and expressed support, and other large and small palms responded one after another.

Niu Er, who watched the whole process on the spot, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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In the swirling clouds and mist, there are two cliffs like doors, and a turbulent flow like Bai Lian is also like rushing out of the village, roaring and jumping into the abyss below the gate of the village.

On the edge of the walled gate under the cliff, above the roaring turbulence, is a rugged sheep intestine path. At this moment, a small team of ponies is turning around, and they are swimming along this sheep intestine path.

Today is a good day for Qiao Feiyan to be specially picked, and everything is suitable for the sixth day. What's even better is that the god is in the southeast, which coincides with the location of Ganzhou where this trip is going.

When the sky was bright, Qiao Feiyan got up and packed up.

Five mules, three horses, plus a bamboo chaise longue. The three mules carried heavy silver dollars; Two other horses and two mules carried loads of mountain goods; There is also a horse empty, in order to prevent Lu Ting, a little girl, from getting tired of walking, so that she can ride.

On the bamboo chaise longue, Zhu Deshui, who had inconvenient legs and feet, was lifted. He was imprisoned by Le Wantong for many years, and his health fell into a lot of problems, so Xie Yucheng decided to take him to the hospital in Ganzhou for a comprehensive examination.

Niu Er and Ji Coop also set off with the horse team, and they will part with the horse team at the three-way intersection at the foot of the mountain and embark on the journey back to Qingluo Village.

They were sent by Xie Yucheng to return to Qingluo Village to monitor the mine and collect intelligence.

Because, according to the plan of Commander Xie, the task of Jieyunzhai in the near future is to strive to expel the Japanese in Qingluo Village as soon as possible and obtain the right to operate the mine at the same time as the reorganization.

Under the auspices of Commander Xie, the young men of Jiaoyunzhai came to a comprehensive assessment and screened out more than 130 people for special training as the main company. The original Horse Exploration Team was split into two and expanded into the Sharp Knife Team and the Fire Support Team. The women's team and the junior team were broken up, and the newly recruited dozens of brothers were mixed into the logistics support team.

A new command team was formed, with the jade-faced mouse as the captain, and the third brother, the ninth brother, Qiao Feiyan and a few other leaders who had lost their men and became bare-bones were appointed as vice captains.

The main company conducts off-the-job training, the sharp knife team is responsible for finding out information from all parties and spying on intelligence, and the logistics support team is responsible for the daily garrison and production work of the cottage.

Now, after nearly half a month of running-in, all companies have worked in an orderly manner according to their own division of labor. Two days ago, Xie Yucheng learned that the underground arms trading markets in Ganzhou and Chenzhou were quite active, and immediately set a strategic goal: With Ganzhou and Chenzhou as anchors, two underground transportation lines would be established respectively to be responsible for the sale of mountain goods, the procurement and transportation of arms, medicines, and cloth, and the proper collection of intelligence.

The big and small bosses immediately realized the beauty of the underground transportation line, but no one had the corresponding experience, so naturally, this burden fell on Xie Yucheng again.

Now, the horse team has already passed the mountain temple on the mountainside, and everyone has been discussing the cause of Aunt Qi's death for a while, knowing that there are still enemy spies lurking in the cottage, everyone's mood has become heavy, and they feel that the responsibility on their shoulders is heavy, and they have accelerated their pace.

Niu Er led the ox given to him by Xie Yucheng, and walked in front of the chicken coop with the mule, and saw that he came to the foot of the mountain, crossed the stream, and came to a three-way intersection, and the two broke up with Xie Yucheng and Qiao Feiyan's horse team, and went straight to Qingluo Village at the junction of Hunan and Jiangxi in the southwest.

This time, the two of them walked on the main road, which was smooth and easy to walk, but a little farther away. Hurried along the way, and when they returned to Qingluo Village, it was already the evening of the next day.

In the village, the cattle and sheep are in the pens, the cooking smoke is filled, and many families have turned on the lights. The sound of hooves and kicking resounded through the village alleys, and Niu Er, who was leading the ox, held his head high, led the chicken coop leading the mule, and entered the village proudly.

Niu Er left home this time, and if you calculate carefully, it was actually only a little more than a month, but he felt that several years had passed, and as far as the eye could see, every grass, tree, brick and tile in the village was extremely kind. When I saw acquaintances along the way, he greeted him happily from a distance.

But when everyone saw him, they all showed a look of surprise, and they avoided it without saying a word. Niu Er was a little strange in his heart, thinking that it was getting late, and everyone was in a hurry to go home, so he didn't take it too seriously.

When he arrived at the door, he remembered that the house had not been cleaned up for a long time, and it was not easy to receive guests, so he did not go in, but led the chicken coop to Widow Liu's house.

Widow Liu's house closed the courtyard door early, and a trace of cooking smoke wafted from the eaves. Niu Er went up the steps and was about to knock on the door, when he suddenly heard the girl's voice "clucking......" from the courtyard, and Niu Er heard that it was Zhu'er, the daughter of Widow Liu, who was driving the chickens back to the house.

Lying on the crack of the door and taking a look, I saw that Zhu'er was holding a broom, spreading his calves, shaking two pigtails, and chasing a few chickens all over the yard.

Niu Er patted the courtyard door and shouted, "Zhu'er, Zhu'er-"

After calling for a while, the little girl jumped to the gate of the courtyard, listened through the door for a while, and asked timidly, "Uncle Niu?" Is it Uncle Niu? ”

"It's me, Zhu'er, Uncle Niu is back!"

"Oh, Uncle Niu is back, Uncle Niu is back," Zhu'er inside the door finally heard at this time, it was Niu Er outside the door, and he actually jumped up happily, shouting, and threw the broom on the ground with a loud sound, pounced forward, and stood on tiptoe to fiddle with the deadbolt.

The door bolt sounded chaotically, Niu Er suddenly remembered that there was a big iron bolt inside the courtyard door, three feet high from the ground, Zhu'er was young, and he couldn't reach it, so he lay down in the crack of the door, looked inside, and said again and again: "Zhu'er, you are still young, you can't open the door." Where's your mother? Go and call your mother to open it! ”

As soon as the words fell, the door bolt clicked, and it was finally opened by Zhu'er, and the door squeaked open, revealing Zhu'er's surprised little face: "Uncle Niu, where have you been, Zhu'er is looking for you everywhere, but I can't find it!" ”

I haven't seen it for more than a month, and the little girl seems to have grown taller.

"Uncle Niu went to earn money, and now he has brought a lot of money back, and he wants to buy a lot of delicious things for Zhu'er to eat!" Niu Er entered the door while picking up the broom that fell on the side of the door, at this time a chick clucked, and ran past the feet of the two in a panic, Niu Er hurriedly waved the broom and patted it, but it was not blocked, and watched it rush out of the door.

Zhu'er exclaimed as she chased it out: "Uncle Niu catch it, catch it, don't let it run, it's dark outside, but it will be eaten by foxes." ”

Niu Er turned around and chased.

The chick jumped down the steps and ran a few steps, but was frightened by the snorting ox and mule in front of the door, and hesitated to pause, apparently frightened.

Niu Er was afraid that it would continue to move forward and be trampled by cattle or mules, so he did not dare to continue to approach.

When Bamboo came to the door, he slowed down, slowly descended the steps, slowly approached the chick, and slowly stretched out his hand, trying to hold it.

When it saw that it was about to reach it, it suddenly chirped again, plucked up the courage to drill straight between the legs of the ox, and stood in the chicken coop behind the ox, and stomped its feet violently, making a loud sound, and the ox and the chick were frightened at the same time. The scalper mistakenly thought that the chicken coop was going to hit it, and instinctively flicked and kicked all four legs, and dodged forward.

The chick turned around, chirping, like a spinning top, dripping around the four ox legs that were trampling around, jumping up the steps, running between the two legs of the ox, and returning to the courtyard.

At this time, I only heard the pleasant voice of Widow Liu in the courtyard: "Zhu'er, who is it?" ”

Niu Er pushed open the door, and saw a fair-skinned, good-looking woman, holding a bamboo fire clip, standing in front of the somewhat hazy light of the ear room, Niu Er's heart suddenly seemed to be vigorously kneaded, and he jumped up with a bang, he opened his mouth, but felt that the voice was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't make it at all.

"Is it the second Niu brother?" Widow Liu seemed to be in disbelief, and said hesitantly, "You, you're back!" But in just an instant, she recognized Niu Er, hurriedly put the bamboo fire clip in her hand towards the wall of the ear room, stepped forward, and greeted: "It's all at home, what are you still doing in a daze, come in!" ”

When she came to the door, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the chicken coop outside the gate, as well as the ox and mule carrying things, she stopped a little unexpectedly, and looked at Niu Er inquiringly: "Brother, is this your friend?" After Niu Er nodded, she pulled the door door again, opened the door completely, and greeted warmly: "This brother, when you get here, you are back home, please come in, please come in." ”

"Bhoo, hello, sister-in-law." The hen's coop glanced at the two men on the steps, and responded cautiously, while holding firmly on the ox rope and the mule bridle, so that the two animals would not stumble and hurt the man.

"My sister-in-law is right, when you get here, you are back home! You're welcome, Brother Ji. Niu Er turned around and went down the steps, smiled happily at the chicken coop, stretched out his hand to take the ox rope, beckoned the chicken coop, and the two dragged and dragged the oxen and mules full of things into the door.

Bringing the oxen and mules into the courtyard, unloading the mountain goods and herbs for cover, the second ox saw that there was no one around, then took out the guns and hid them in the empty cattle pen.

At this time, there was still a glimmer of light in the sky, and the widow Liu, who had always been thrifty, rarely began to light the lamps, and all the oil lamps were lit under the ears and kitchens of the hall, and the flickering dim fire made the courtyard of the house covered with a layer of warm light.

Widow Liu added a handful of firewood to the stove and began to make dinner. He also asked Niu Er to go to the chicken coop to catch a chicken and slaughter it to entertain the guests. Niu Er went to the chicken coop and grabbed an old hen, wiped his neck, scalded it with hot water, plucked a few hairs indiscriminately, and threw it to the chicken coop to cook, and he went to the house beam to carry the wine gourd, and went to the shop of Wang Mazi at the entrance of the village to drink.

At this time, it was already dark, Wang Mazi and his wife had dinner early because they rarely went to the ground, the woman carried a bucket of pig food in the backyard and called to feed the pigs, Wang Mazi guarded a dim butter lamp alone, smoking dry tobacco, waiting for the last few evening guests.

"Yo, a bag of cigarettes after a meal, a race over the living immortals. Mazi, you're so comfortable! Niu Er stepped into the canopy and quipped.

"Huh, Niu Er?" Wang Mazi looked up and saw that it was Niu Er, as if he had seen a ghost, and he was so shocked that he choked on a few puffs of smoke.

Niu Er was a little strange: "What's the matter, Mazi?" If you haven't seen you for a few days, you won't recognize people? He put the wine gourd on the counter and shouted, "Beat two catties of rice and half a catty of fried peanuts." ”

"Ouch, Second Brother Niu, why did your old man come back again," Wang Mazi came back after a long time, stood up, and picked up the wine gourd, "People all say, they all say that you and Liu Tou were killed by robbers on the road, and the village has spread all over the village." Unexpectedly, you came back after all. ”

"Hey, I said pockmarks, think about it, my Niu Er didn't miss you a piece of anise, why are you cursing me?"

"Oh, Second Brother Niu, you can borrow me ten guts, and I don't dare to curse you. Everybody says so. Who told you not to come back sooner? Wang Mazi moved the oil lamp closer, took a funnel and inserted it into the mouth of the wine gourd, then bent down, removed the lid of the wine urn, carried a hanging spoon, and carefully filled the wine into the gourd, "It's all from the Chen Mansion." ”

Only then did Niu Er realize that when he came back from this trip, his mood was very different from the past.

According to his past temperament, as soon as he returned to the village, he should go to Chen's mansion, hand over the messenger first, and then go back to his own home. But I don't know what happened now, I forgot about this stubble.

After thinking about it, Young Master Qinghua has always been good to himself, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart, so he softly warned himself that he must go over to see him quickly after dinner.

After drinking, Niu Er returned to Widow Liu's house, and saw that the chicken coop had not yet taken care of the chicken, so he couldn't help but hurt him a few words, and then went out again, and went to Chen's house to find Chen Qinghua on an errand.

Chen Qinghua was not at home, and it was the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion who saw him. When he saw Niu Er, he was also shocked.

It turned out that since they followed Xie Yucheng away, everyone had been counting the days and waiting for them to come back. After the expected day, they still did not return. Chen Fu sent several people in a row, searched all the way, and went all the way to Tanghu Wei, and inquired about people when they met, but they never found any clues, and they couldn't find any news.

Everyone said that about bad luck, he met a robber on the road and was killed.

But because there is no conclusive news, no one dares to make a conclusion.

Their respective families were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, circling in circles, gathering at the gate of Chen's mansion every morning and evening, waiting for the latest news. Widow Liu has also come several times, hoping to get news from Niu Er.

But a few people seemed to have disappeared from the world, and they could not find a trace of them, nor did they find any clues. After a long time, Chen Qingcanghua was also annoyed by their family, and was about to go to the county to report to the official and ask the county to send police officers down to investigate the case.

Now, when the housekeeper saw Niu Er coming back, he panicked and asked Liu Tou and the others why they hadn't come back, and Niu Er told him about the bandits on the road, saying that he was taken captive by the bandits, and he had already been separated from Liu Tou and others.

The steward took out a piece of ocean and gave it to him, and told him that since he had returned, he should stay at home and not wander around. Young Master Qinghua will be back soon, and he will definitely be questioned.

Niu Er resignedly agreed, said goodbye and went out, while throwing the ocean, while returning to Widow Liu's house, at this time Widow Liu had already fried a few dishes, set up the dishes and chopsticks, and waited for him to start the banquet.

Niu Er laughed and threw the ocean to Zhu'er casually:

"Zhu'er, Ming'er, let's go to Xikou Town to play and buy a lot of delicious and fun food!"

"Oh, wow, wow, Uncle Niu is rich, Uncle Niu is rich, Zhu'er is delicious!" Zhu'er happily slid off the bench, jumped over, took Niu Er's hand, and came to the table to sit down.

"Zhu'er, don't shout, it's a big night, what are you yelling about?" Widow Liu scolded softly, and glanced out of the house with some concern.

"It's okay, sister-in-law. Not anymore. ”

Niu Er invited the chicken coop to sit in the chief, and then picked up Zhu'er and sat beside him, looked at the chicken coop opposite with a smile, and introduced to Widow Liu:

"Sister-in-law, this is my newly sworn brother, I have run all over the three rivers and five lakes, and I have also been a gunman and a swordsman before, and I am a real man who does not frown when he goes up the knife mountain and the sea of fire...... In the past month or so outside, I have to be taken care of by this brother, and my brother has also made a small fortune, and I will ...... in the future In the future, our days will not be so bitter. I won't be bullied like before! ”

As he spoke, Niu Er pushed the rice bowl in front of him in front of Widow Liu, "Sister-in-law, let's have some wine today and celebrate well!" ”

"Oh, that's good." Widow Liu responded with a smile, then carefully picked up the wine gourd, first poured half a bowl of soju for the chicken nest and Niu Er, and then poured some in her own bowl, accompanied them nervously, and slowly drank it.

After the meal, Niu Er and the chicken coop were half drunk, Widow Liu fetched two buckets of water for the two, Niu Er took the chicken coop to wash up, then arranged for him to sleep in the ear room, and invited Widow Liu to sit at the table, first took out a flower cloth and handed it to her.

Then, without waiting for her to ask, he took out two heavy packages, one large and one small, put them on the square table, and opened the small package layer by layer, revealing a pile of red paper bundles inside, picked up a bundle casually, handed it to her, looked at her quietly, and smiled silently.

"What is this? Money? Widow Liu had already guessed a few points, she didn't move, she only looked up at Niu Er intently.

"Open it and take a look, don't you know?" Niu Er said with a smile. Seeing that she didn't move, he reached out and grabbed the bundle of red paper, holding it for a while, but he didn't break it.

Niu Er was in a hurry, slammed hard, snapped, and the bright silver dollar burst out, crashed into Widow Liu's arms, scattered on the table, rolled off the head of the stool, and fell to the ground with a crisp sound...... The silver dollars were shining one after another, jumping on the high and scattering joy, like elves, running all over the ground and all over the house.

Under the lights, Widow Liu, who had a good appearance, was stunned all of a sudden.

Niu Er was also stunned, the whole person was like a stone statue, pinching two empty bundles of red paper, standing stupidly beside the table, unable to say anything.

The room was suddenly so quiet that even the sound of the night wind blowing the fallen leaves in the courtyard became faintly recognizable.

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The night was deep, and the moonlight was like water, covering the ground.

Niu Er had slept with the chicken coop in the ear room, sleeping loudly.

Widow Liu gently covered the door for them and tiptoed out.

I went into the inner room to look at the bamboo, and saw that she had kicked the quilt, so I gently pulled up the corners of the quilt and covered her with some, and then went out to the courtyard, taking advantage of the moonlight, fetching water on the well platform, and slowly washing the clothes of the four people.

After a short time, the clothes were washed, and the bamboo poles on the open-air loofah rack were taken, and the clothes were re-erected under the eaves of the courtyard and dried. When he saw that the oxen and mules brought back by Niu Er had no fodder, he went into the empty bullpen and took some grass out and sprinkled it on them, and then came to the well and carried a bucket to draw water.

The bucket popped and was planted under the well, and the bright moon at the bottom of the water shook with it, and the rippling moonlight made her eyes tremble.

Shaking the well wheel, the well wheel made a squeaking sound, in the quiet night, it was heard far away, and Widow Liu hurriedly slowed down, making the sound of the well wheel quieter.

The water was fetched and handed to the two animals, who looked at her, as if they had approved of her, and meekly bowed their heads and licked the water and hay.

Widow Liu decided to get up early tomorrow and cut two bundles of fresh silk thatch to feed them. She knew that there was a silk grass on the edge of a waterhole by the stream at the head of the village, which was green and delicate.

Gradually, the sleepiness came up, but Widow Liu was afraid that the dew at night would be too heavy and let the two animals catch a cold, so she waited quietly for them to finish gnawing the grass on the ground and drank the water, and then led them into the empty cattle pen one after another, and tied them one by one.

She was about to retreat when she heard the clatter of the mule's hooves, and she looked strangely to see a bulge of grass there, and drove the mule away, and when she opened it, she saw a bundle of glittering spears in the moonlight, lying peacefully on the edge of the wall, like a bundle of oily and slippery hardwood firewood.

With a bang, the frightened Widow Liu was so frightened that she stumbled and sat on the cold threshold of the bullpen.