Although the two fists can defeat the people who stand in the way, they can't stop the devil from entering the village.

When the stone pillar returned with a dozen truckloads of spring water, the workers in the vinegar factory couldn't believe it. The guys who went to fetch water with the stone pillar all raised their heads and eyebrows, swept away the decadence before departure, and felt more face-saving on their faces, and praised the stone pillar in front of others, so that those who did not go with the convoy suddenly felt that it was a big regret in life.

Seeing that Shi Zhu had done this so properly, the father and son of the Wang family couldn't help but praise him, and even showed admiration in their words.

Shi Zhu told Master Wang in detail about the roadblock on the mountainside on the way to get water, and then said: "Master Wang, in order to suppress those gangsters this time, for a while, I moved out of the name of Hu Wenchen's predecessor, and falsely claimed to be his closed disciple, hoping not to insult the prestige of Head Hu!" ”

Master Wang said: "Hey--, Director Shi, you are too worried!" The so-called teacher, preaching, teaching, and solving doubts, you are fortunate to have one or two points from Brother Hu, he is naturally worthy of being called your master, and your apprentice is also justifiable! Moreover, you can be regarded as seeking the well-being of the people around Yilu Mountain this time, how can you insult his reputation! Presumably, Brother Hu will be very pleased if he has a spirit in the sky! ”

Shi Zhu said: "If this is the case, then I dare to comfort myself a little!" Thank you, Mr. Wang! ”

As everyone celebrated, Shi Zhu didn't know that there was still one person who hated him—perhaps, most of the people in the vinegar factory didn't know who this person was. It was also after several things that the stone pillar figured out the original story.

The appreciation of the Wang family's father and son for the stone pillar is naturally not only verbal, and when the benefits are distributed at the end of the year, the young master Wang specially instructed that the first jar of the best dripping vinegar brewed this year was given to the stone pillar, which is a very high honor in the vinegar factory.

In the spring of the following year, the vinegar factory bought two new bicycles, and Mr. Wang specially confessed, one of which was only used by Shizhu alone, which gave Shizhu a lot of convenience: when the weather was getting warmer, he could often go home at night, ride to work early the next morning, and ride around during the holidays. But this kind of treatment will inevitably be jealous of some people, so the bicycle was let off a few times, and once even the nozzle core was pulled out, and then Shizhu put the bicycle as far as the eye could see, so that he was free from such troubles.

Shi Zhu had suspected certain people about this, but without sufficient evidence, he did not delve into the matter.

Since Yilushan came back from fetching water, Shizhu also had another "trouble" - Shen Lin'er, the granddaughter of Master Wang, came to him when she had something to do, and she could even be described as sticky with dog skin plaster. Shen Lin'er liked to listen to stories and tell all kinds of martial arts anecdotes when she was a child, but the girl's dancing knife and gun were not good after all, so she only learned to play the slingshot, and the accuracy was excellent.

That day, she saw that Shizhu could throw stones so accurately with her bare hands, so she often came to Shizhu in order to let Shizhu teach her this trick. The stone pillar was so entangled that she couldn't do it, so she taught her how to throw stones according to the technique of throwing darts, but Shen Lin'er's understanding was too poor, and she had studied for a long time, but she only learned some fur, and the stone pillar could only coax her to say that she had to practice more.

Shen Lin'er still didn't give up, and said to Shizhu: "The righteousness of the people in our rivers and lakes comes first, and the kindness of others needs to be reciprocated!" Brother Shizhu, since you have taught me how to throw stones, I will teach you to play a slingshot! ”

Shi Zhu saw that this little girl was talking seriously, and he couldn't bear to hurt her heart, so he reluctantly learned to play a slingshot. Although he was a little reluctant to learn, Shi Zhu was not ambiguous in learning, and soon learned to play a slingshot, which was no less accurate than Shen Lin'er, and even Shen Lin'er was quite surprised.

Seeing that Shi Zhu was already able to "get out of the school", Shen Lin'er gave him a slingshot: "Brother Shi Zhu, this is my favorite slingshot, with aiming, strong and far, now give it to you, you have to put it away!" Not to mention, Shen Lin'er gave Shi Zhu a good slingshot, and since he had this slingshot, Shi Zhu would go out to play with birds when he was free, which made life more interesting. Once, he hit something that was said to be a wild goose, and on another occasion, he hit a wild boar......

At that time, the Japanese had occupied Haizhou for more than a year, and Guanyun and its surrounding counties and cities suffered greatly. And Banpu is the county seat of Guanyun, and naturally there are many Japanese troops stationed, with many puppet soldiers and traitors as a prestige, and people are panicked for a while, lest they lose their lives one day.

Of course, people like Wang Da Deaf in Guwei Village, although they saw the fear in the hearts of others, they didn't know what was going on, they still lived as usual, and everything outside seemed to have nothing to do with them.

As the Japanese went to the countryside to sweep up, the incidents of looting food and things became more and more frequent, many houses were burned, many women were insulted and raped, and many innocent people died. Every time Shi Zhu goes home, he will tell the old grandmother Shi Yu to pay attention to safety, in case he encounters a devil entering the village, he can run.

Shi Yushi said: "I'm sixty years old, I won't live for a few years, there's nothing to be afraid of, my little feet, where can I run!" It's you, right under the noses of the county devils, you have to be careful in everything! ”

When the summer solstice was approaching, that is, almost three months after Wang Jingwei established the (pseudo) "National Government of the Republic of China" in Nanjing, when the landlords in the county had finished harvesting and drying their wheat, the weather became hotter and hotter. When they arrived at the boundary of getting off the bus, Fu Kaizhong, the head of the security regiment, brought a small team of people to join him.

Fu Kaizhong said to the leading captain Sasaki: "Taijun, as far as I know, several big families in Guwei Village have a good harvest this year, and if you go there this time, there will definitely be a lot of food!" And there is also a 'lifting person' of the Qing Dynasty there, if he can be allowed to serve the imperial army, it will also be of great benefit to the prestige of the imperial army! ”

Hearing Fu Zhongkai say this, Sasaki waved his right hand: "Sigh!" Let's go, go to Guwei Village, yours, lead the way in front! So, a group of people went straight to Guwei Village. When they arrived in the village, they drove all the old and weak women and children who had time to run away to the intersection of the village.

When Shi Zhu went to work that morning, he always felt a little stuffy in his chest, thinking that it was hot and uncomfortable, but after resting in the shade for a while, he still didn't see any better, and suddenly his right eyelid kept jumping, and he vaguely felt that something was going to happen at home? So he took a leave of absence and rode his bicycle home.

By the time the stone pillar had crossed the four or five rivers, the villagers had been driven to the intersection.

Sasaki spoke first, and the translator he brought translated and said, "Taijun said, tell everyone not to be afraid, this time I came mainly to collect grain, as long as you pay the grain, you will all be safe." Second, we have received information that one of you is suspected of fornicating with the guerrillas, and we are now going to interrogate some of them! ”

After speaking, Sasaki pointed to the crowd a few times: "You, you ......, and you, come out!" Take! ”

Following the direction of Sasaki's fingers, I only saw a few big girls timidly hiding behind others, and the discerning people saw that the Japanese wanted to interrogate them, and they clearly wanted to spoil these girls.

Seeing that the big girls did not come out, the Japanese soldiers forcibly dragged them away, and the crying and screaming were heart-rending for a while. In order to protect her daughter, Aunt Cheng pulled up with the Japanese soldiers, but her forehead was smashed by the butt of the gun, and immediately blood flowed down her cheeks, and the person was knocked unconscious and fell to the ground.

When these girls were dragged forward by the Japanese, a person suddenly rushed out of the crowd, but this person was a deaf man, he couldn't hear or speak, he couldn't know the changes in the world from the beginning, everything had nothing to do with it, but when he saw the Japanese dragging the girl like this, he understood it, and without any consideration, he rushed out directly.

Wang Da was deaf and had a lot of strength, so he stepped forward and pushed a Japanese soldier violently, and threw the man on his back. When he was about to step forward and push away another Japanese soldier, before he could react, Sasaki pulled out his saber and stabbed it through the stomach, the tip of the knife came out of his back, and he dripped blood on the ground with a hula. There was an immediate scream from the crowd, and many people turned their faces away, not daring to look.

When Sasaki tried to pull back the saber, he was grabbed by Wang Da Deaf's hands, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it out, and blood slowly dripped out of Wang Da Deaf's hands. Sasaki didn't say a word, he took out a pistol directly from his waist and shot Wang Da Deaf in the forehead, and with a "bang", the blood-dripping hands hung down. Sasaki kicked it again, and then pulled out the saber, and then wiped the blood on the knife on Wang Da Deaf's body and inserted it back into the scabbard.

The crowd was so quiet at this time that no one dared to stand up, and could only watch as the girls were dragged away by the Japanese.

After a while, Sasaki said to the crowd: "I heard that there is a Qing Dynasty 'lifting people' among you? Come out on your own! ”

At this time, Zhang Kunqian walked out of the crowd slowly, and the person next to him automatically made way for him. When he arrived in front of Sasaki, Zhang Banxian raised his head: "I am, what are you looking for me?" ”

Without waiting for Sasaki to speak, Fu Kaizhong preemptively said: "Old thing, it's not honest when you see Taijun!" Taijun respects you as a talent, and wants you to serve the imperial army, thank you Taijun soon! ”

"Do you want me to be a traitor and lackey for the Japanese like you? I can't afford to lose this man! Insulted the eighteenth generation of ancestors! ”

"You old dog, don't want to ......" Before Fu Kaizhong finished speaking, he was glanced at by Sasaki and asked him to step back, and then he let go of the hand that grabbed Zhang Banxian's collar, nodded and retreated to the side.

Sasaki stretched out his hands and straightened the collar of the half-immortal, "Old man, don't be afraid, we are here to establish a new order in Greater East Asia, coexistence and common prosperity!" If you were a 'lifter' in the Qing Dynasty, your literary skills must be extraordinary, and I just want you to write us some articles praising the exploits of the Japanese Empire. If you write, the credit will be great! ”

"You Japanese came to China to plunder my land, rob me of money and grain, lewd my wife and daughter, killed my people, did all kinds of evil, and committed heinous crimes, even worse than birds and beasts, and even shamelessly asked me to sing praises for you, it is a dream! Today, even if I am broken to pieces, I will not write even a word for you and other beasts, and I will never be a traitor and lackey, and I will insult my innocence! After some righteous words, Zhang Banxian spat at Sasaki's face again, and then turned his head to the side.

The translator next to him naturally had no way to translate, but Sasaki already understood what Zhang Banxian meant, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the foam on his face, and then revealed his true form, grabbed the corner of Zhang Banxian's clothes, and scolded: "Horn Ga! Old guy, toast and don't eat and drink! Then he ordered the leader of the puppet army to tie Zhang Banxian to a tree.

Just as the two puppet soldiers were stepping forward, Da Mao suddenly rushed out of the crowd, shouting for them to let go of his grandfather. When the devil came, Da Mao's mother Zhang Zhushi was not at home and hid, but he and his father, a young man, didn't have time to run away.

As soon as Da Mao went up, he squeezed Sasaki's hand hard, but his strength was too small, and when he saw that he couldn't break it, he bit Sasaki hard.

Sasaki yelled "Horn Quack", shook the big hair to the ground, and looked at the two rows of tooth marks on his little arm, which had oozed a little blood, and the pain was terrible. Annoyed and angry, Sasaki angrily pulled out the saber at his waist and viciously slashed straight at Da Mao.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Banxian was willing to agree, and out of instinct to protect his grandson, he immediately opened his arms and opened his eyes wide, like an old hen protecting a little chick, and blocked Da Mao before Sasaki's saber fell.

The knife fell, and a long knife mark slanted from Zhang Banxian's left shoulder to the lower part of his right abdomen, Zhang Banxian fell down in response, and blood kept gushing out from the wound, staining his clothes and the ground. Da Mao saw his grandfather falling, crying and shaking, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" Hurry up! But no matter how he swayed, Zhang Banxian didn't make the slightest movement, and in Da Mao's opinion, his father fell down, as if the sky had fallen.

At this time, the leader of the puppet army walked up, and when he saw that Sasaki was already sweating, he handed over a towel: "Taijun, you dissipate your anger, it's so hot, it's not worth it to get on fire!" Why don't we get down to business first and let them hand over the grain first? The puppet army leader was also covered in sweat at this time, and the reason why he said this was because he wanted to go back early to cool off.

Sasaki put the saber back into the scabbard and said to the puppet leader, "Okay, just do as you say!" At the same time, Fu Kaizhong, the head of the security regiment who got off the car, had already brought the village elders Xia and Ding, Liu and several other big families to the front, and several people were timidly bowing their heads and not daring to speak.

Looking at the stone pillar again, when Sasaki shot Wang Da Deaf, he heard the sound from afar, and immediately knew that it was Wang Ba Box, and immediately realized that the situation was wrong, so he hid the bicycle in the thick weeds on the side of the road, and quietly touched the entrance of the village, and met the golden retriever who came to greet him on the way, biting the corner of his trousers, and seemed not to let him go to the village.

When the stone pillar approached the entrance of the village, everything could be seen clearly, and he found that his grandmother was also in the crowd, and he immediately became worried, but the gun on his waist did not have bullets, so he did not dare to act rashly.

At this time, the stone pillar looked up and saw a hawthorn tree next to it, with lush branches and leaves, and it was already full of pimple-sized hawthorns, which were not yet ripe. The trees were densely crawling with itchy people, which also attracted the attention of the stone pillar, and he frowned and thought about it, and planned to use these itchy people to cure these devils and puppet soldiers.

Shizhu first learned the method of monkey grenade traps, carefully concentrated some itchy peppers on three small hawthorn branches, and then quickly braided a few thin grass ropes with some long grass, connected to the branches, and the other end was horizontal on the road, about ankle high from the ground, as long as the grass rope was tripped, the branches would be pulled down, and the itchy peppers on it would naturally fall on the faces or bodies of the people behind.

Once everything is set up, the next step is to find a way to lure people over. The stone pillar found a few lumps on the ground and applied the itchy hairs to them with hawthorn leaves, ready to find an opportunity to hit them with a slingshot.

At this time, the leader of the puppet army was saying to the landlords: "The prince limits you to hand over 300 loads of grain, otherwise you will all die!" ”。

These landlords were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak, only the village elder Xia said: "Taijun, these three hundred quintals of grain are 60,000 catties, this year's harvest is not good, and we have handed over all our grain, and the number is not enough!" ”

"It doesn't matter if you harvest it or not, you can't pay less than one or two of this grain, otherwise, you will see the fate of the two of them!"

After the leader of the puppet army finished speaking, Sasaki pulled out his pistol and pointed it to the front: "Hand over all the food, or I will kill you all!" ”

At this time, the stone pillar saw the opportunity and knocked out a lump, which hit Sasaki's clothes impartially, dozens of meters away, and the lumps fell on Sasaki's clothes and had no strength, but the stone pillar didn't need strength, as long as it could hit Sasaki's body. Maybe it's because of his clothes, Sasaki didn't get itchy this time, he just looked at the lump that fell to the ground, and he didn't care that someone called him specifically, he just felt that it flew by accident.

The stone pillar then hit a second lump, this time on the right track, and the lump had just landed on Sasaki's collar. Sasaki flicked it with the back of his hand, trying to brush off the lump, but this time it was good, just touching the itchy hairs on the neck and the back of the hand, and it was like a fire in an instant, and he was screamed by the spicy, and patches of red bumps immediately appeared on the neck and the back of the hand.

Sasaki immediately realized that someone was secretly attacking, he looked into the distance, saw the shadow of the stone pillar, pointed a gun in the direction of the stone pillar, and shouted to Fu Kaizhong: "Chase me!" ”

Fu Kaizhong led a few people to chase after the stone pillar, followed by a few Japanese soldiers.

When Shi Zhu saw that someone was chasing him, he was secretly happy in his heart, so he retreated and hit them with a slingshot, although it did not spicy to those people, but led them step by step to the hawthorn tree. The puppet army also fired a few shots at the stone pillar, but the marksmanship was too poor to hit anyone at all.

Seeing that Shi Zhu didn't have a gun in his hand, the group of people chasing him had no scruples, just rushed forward, paying attention to their feet.

When they arrived at the hawthorn tree, the first two puppet soldiers tripped over the thin straw rope, and one of them tripped and fell to the ground, and the hawthorn branch that was connected was naturally pulled down, and the people who followed behind were miserable, and the branch hit them directly on their faces and necks, and they were immediately itchy and spicy; The two branches that were not pulled down were also spilled down because of the pulling and shaking, and fell on the clothes of the Japanese who followed behind, and they were rubbed on the back of their hands without paying attention, and immediately bulged red bumps, and the pain was uncomfortable.

The back of Fu Kaizhong's hand was also spicy, burning and painful, so he went to the ditch and grabbed a few wild mint leaves, crushed them and rubbed them on the back of his hand.

At this time, the scorching sun was scorching, the heat was unbearable, just now everyone just cared about chasing, and as soon as they stopped, they were all sweating, and the stone pillar had run away without a trace, Fu Kaizhong took his subordinates back to restore his life. When he arrived in front of Sasaki, Fu Kaizhong lowered his head, "Taijun, my subordinates are incompetent, we were run away, and we fell into his trap, and we were so ...... by the itching and spicy people!" But I think the man only has a slingshot, and he is a thief, not like a guerrilla. ”

"Run, run! It's just a little thief! Sasaki picked up the mint leaves handed by Fu Kaizhong and wiped the back of his neck and hands. He was about to talk about the grain again, when suddenly the scorching sun was covered by black clouds, and there were a few muffled thunders in the sky for no reason, and the surrounding grass and trees immediately swayed and rattled, and he saw that a torrential rain was coming.

The leader of the puppet army immediately stepped forward and said: "Taijun, look, it will rain soon, I'm afraid they will not be able to walk for a while after handing over the food." Why don't you catch a few of their family members, ask them to hand over their food within a time limit, and send it to the gendarmerie themselves, what do you think? ”

Sasaki looked up at the sky, it was already cloudy, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Okay, let's do it first!" They are allowed to deliver all the food to the gendarmerie by sunset tomorrow! ”

After getting this order, Fu Kaizhong accurately pulled out Ding Facai and Liu Shanxiu from the crowd, and brought the two to Sasaki, "Taijun, the Ding family and the Liu family are the two big families in Guwei, these are their sons and daughters, as long as they hand them over, others dare not pay them!" Otherwise, all the other family members will be arrested! ”

"Take it away!" With a wave of Sasaki's right hand, the puppet army and the Japanese soldiers gathered together and escorted Ding Facai and Yanagiyama Xiu back to Yishan. Afterwards, Fu Kaizhong took his subordinates back to the street - incredible, they didn't burn a house before leaving!

Ding Facai shouted as he walked: "Dad, I don't want to die, help me!" ......" Liu Shanxiu saw Ding Facai like this, and said contemptuously: "What are you shouting, it's like a bad seed!" What are you afraid of? It's a big deal! ”

Master Ding and Master Liu watched their children being taken away, and they wanted to save them, but they didn't dare, so they could only be stunned there and didn't dare to squeak.

Seeing that the Japanese were walking away, Shizhu dragged out his bicycle and hurried to the village. Soon after, some of the villagers who had just escaped also returned one after another.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, Shizhu heard a burst of crying, and Wang's deaf family was carrying his body away, crying all the way. Zhang Banxian's eldest son Zhang Youcai and youngest son Zhang Youhua had just returned, and they were carrying a door panel towards the entrance of the village, ready to carry their father's body back, while Da Mao had been crying and shouting beside him.

After a while, there was another flash of lightning and thunder in the sky, and a heavy rain followed.

Shi Zhu followed the Zhang family for a while at first, after all, he was still very sorry and sad about Zhang Banxian's death, and wanted to take a few more looks. When the rain came, he quickened his pace and hurried home. When he walked to the side of Zhang Banxian's body, he inadvertently saw that Zhang Banxian's fingers seemed to move, Shi Zhu thought that his eyes were in the water to see the flowers, and after looking carefully, the hand really moved a few more times.

"Little uncle, I saw that Second Daddy Zhang's hand just moved!" Shi Zhu said to Da Mao's father, Zhang Youhua.

"I can't help it! Pillars, I'm afraid you're wrong! Zhang Youhua raised his head in front of him, thinking that the stone pillar was wrong.

At this time, Da Mao suddenly shouted: "Uncle, Mm, you guys take a look, Daddy's hand is really moving!" ”

Hearing this, the Zhang family hurriedly put the door panel on the ground, and took a closer look, not only their fingers, but even Zhang Banxian's eyelids were moving. Zhang Youcai put his finger on his father's nose and looked at it, and sure enough, there was still gas! At this time, the Zhang family was filled with joy and sorrow, and Zhang Youhua said to Shizhu: "Zhuzi, please help carry my father, I will go to the hospital to invite Mr. Yang to take a look!" With that, he ran to the hospital.

After Shi Zhu helped carry Zhang Banxian back, he waited for Dr. Yang to come before he went home. When he got home and saw that everything was fine with Shi Yu's family, he was slightly relieved.

Later, Shizhu heard that Zhang Banxian had been rescued, although the wound was deep, but it did not hurt the vital point, and he just passed out at that time, and was agitated by the rain, and returned to the sun. But the long scar on his body and the pain and fear in his heart can never be erased, and every time it is windy and rainy, the scar is surprisingly itchy, and Zhang Banxian needs to take it from time to time. What's even more strange is that after that, Shi Zhu didn't seem to hear Zhang Banxian tell people all kinds of news from nowhere, and he didn't hear it for the last time until Zhang Banxian died.

After a few hours, the rain stopped, the sun showed its head again, and the weather became hot again, until it became cooler in the evening. This season is like this, the rain comes in a hurry, and it goes quickly! Wang Da was deaf and died, the Japanese left, Zhang Banxian was rescued, everything was like this weather, and the rain was sunny and the sky was clear, but the few girls who were ruined by the Japanese seemed to be forgotten by the people.

That night, it was so dead that only the croaking of frogs could be heard.

In the early morning of the next day, the villagers heard the howling sound again, heartbreaking, people thought that Wang Da Deaf's family was crying and mourning, but they heard that the sound was far more than one, and it did not come from the direction of Wang Da Deaf's house. After inquiring, I found out that it was a few girls who were ruined by the devil yesterday, and they looked for a short time at night.

Two hanged themselves from the beams of the house, and two hung themselves from trees, both wearing red shoes. The daughter of the Jiang family in the west of the village did not see her early in the morning, and later the family followed the footprints on the ground and found her body in the four or five rivers, in addition to red shoes, she was also wearing a red dress, and when the family found it, the body had become swollen.

"These girls are so pitiful!"

"Isn't it, it's all to blame on those extinct Japanese devils, they won't let them go if they are ghosts! ......”

"It's good to be dead, it's innocent, and it's still sinful to be alive!"

"It's all been done by others, can you still have a face to live!?"

Apart from that, no one said anything more, and even if they wanted to, what could they say? Are you going to find the devil to avenge them? Even if the families of these girls don't dare, what can outsiders do?

After hearing the news, the village elder Xia specially went to a few houses to take a look, and left some money, and that's all he could do. Immediately, he immediately went to Master Ding and Master Liu's house to discuss the matter of sending food to the Japanese, after all, everyone was afraid that the Japanese would come back.

In fact, at dawn, the Ding family and the Liu family had already begun to prepare food, and their children were taken away by the Japanese, fearing that something would happen, so they did not dare not prepare; Several other big families did not dare to slack off, lest the next one arrest their families. This saved Lao Xia a lot of tongue, he only needed to arrange some people to send the food.

Several families scraped together, together with last year's old grain, and finally collected more than 200 loads, and they all reluctantly handed it over.

After so many loads of grain were handed over, these big families didn't seem to be affected, and they still had to live how they lived. As for other people, it seems that they have not been affected, and they have to live how they should live.

This time, the grain was personally escorted by Steward Ding and Steward Liu, and after the ground was a little dry in the afternoon, they led more than 20 carts straight to the Yishan Gendarmerie. When they arrived at the gendarmerie, they had the audacity to report three hundred quintals, and those errand men were too lazy to count the sacks one by one, turned a blind eye, collected the grain, and went to the devil to report like this, and then released Ding Facai and Liu Shanxiu.

Seeing that people came out safe and sound, Steward Ding and Steward Liu finally relieved themselves and greeted their little proprietors.

Liu Shanxiu saw that the housekeeper came to pick him up, and he was full of joy: "Uncle Liu, I'm worried that you won't be able to catch up today!" You see, I don't have anything! Let's go, let's go home quickly, so as not to worry! Ding Facai was unhappy: "Why did you come!" It's too slow! I've been locked up for a day and a night, and I haven't eaten or slept well! Let's go, hurry home, go back and make up for it! ”

So, the group walked back in the glow of the setting sun and the sunset, and the shadows stretched longer and longer, until a full moon appeared in the sky.