But since the Japanese came, Qin Shouyi began to be restless, and he often secretly hid from his eldest brother to do something that was bold in Qin Shouren's opinion.

That day, there were two drunken Japanese soldiers in the middle of the night on the way back to the barracks, trying to spoil a passing girl, Qin Shouyi saw it, and couldn't help but say, bare-handed these two drunks were beaten all over the ground looking for teeth, maybe because it was too late, pitch black, or maybe they were too drunk and delirious, anyway, these two drunks didn't see clearly who the person was, and they were beaten up by He Fang, until the Japanese soldiers patrolling the next day found these two guys with blue noses and swollen faces in the grass on the side of the road, Only then did I know that the dignified Japanese Imperial Army was actually taught a hard lesson by the Chinese people.

The Japanese soldiers did not expect that some Chinese would dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, and they were so angry that they smoked, and the next day the Japanese soldiers arrested a few villagers who were not very respectful to the Japanese on weekdays, hung them on the crooked-necked tree in the village, and whipped them to the point that they were bloody and their skin was fleshy.

Qin Shouyi saw that the villagers carried the black pot for him, and was beaten badly, so he was unwilling to give up, and the nameless fire arose, and caught more than a dozen poisonous snakes that night, and threw them into the Japanese barracks when the moon was dark and the wind was high. At this moment, the barracks suddenly exploded, looking at the poisonous snakes in the room spitting snake letters, frightened these Japanese soldiers to cry for their fathers and mothers, and three soldiers were bitten by poisonous snakes a few times, and died of poison in less than half a day.

The next day, the Japanese imposed martial law in the whole village and thoroughly investigated the murderer, but there was no result, and no one knew why the poisonous snake appeared in the Japanese barracks. The Japanese soldiers randomly selected six young male villagers on the spot and pulled them to the high platform of the school field, and then tied them up and forced them to kneel. That Ito Shaoza intimidated the villagers, and this was the end of opposing the Japanese Imperial Army.

As the chief of the security Qin Shouren was then escorted into the Japanese barracks, Ito Shaozo asked him to report the suspected villagers, Qin Shouren did not want to affect the innocent, insisted that it was the snake mountain near Penglai Village where poisonous snakes were overflowing, so the poisonous snakes climbed into the Japanese barracks, and the Japanese officers could not ask about the ugly Yinmao, and asked a few traitors, sure enough, there was a snake mountain nearby, and the village was often infested with poisonous snakes, so he no longer pursued the matter, but Ito Shaozo whipped Qin Shouren fiercely on the grounds that it was unfavorable to protect the imperial army, in order to relieve the hatred in his heart.

When Qin Shouren limped home with a whip wound, Qin Shouyi saw this, and wanted to rush out to avenge his brother, but was held down by Qin Shouren: "This whip is considered to be my lack of discipline, and I will suffer for you, but who will those six innocent villagers go to to redress their grievances?" Please don't cause trouble to the folks again. Don't think that what you are doing is unaware, you dare to say that you did not throw the poisonous snake in the Japanese barracks?"

Qin Shouyi thought that he could hide this matter, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Qin Shouren at a glance. In the face of his brother's stern reprimand, Qin Shouyi was silent, he knew in his heart that those six villagers were his substitute ghosts, and he was ashamed of these six villagers, their wives and children.

"I think you'd better go outside and hide! Don't bring any more trouble to the village, you're happy, but have you thought about the consequences? ”

"Big brother, but I can't watch those little Japan do evil here, hurt the heavens and reason, you see, since these beasts came, they either burned or robbed, the men were all arrested and sent to the coal kiln to work as coolies, and the women were ruined, what has become of our village?" On weekdays, he saw Japanese devils running rampant in the countryside and doing a lot of evil, which made Qin Shouyi often filled with righteous indignation.

"Alas, the fortunes of the country are not good, and the people are not at peace, so they can only be controlled by others! Do you think you're the only one who hates little Japan? Everyone else is willing to be bullied, willing to be trampled underfoot? Willing to be a slave of the country? How many people want to die standing and don't want to live on their knees, but their arms can't twist their thighs in front of them, and their momentary courage can only backfire, and if they can't bear it, they will make a big plan. Little Japan is hateful, but it's useless to rely on a single-handed, one-man man like you, and it's not even a big problem for us?" Qin Shouren glanced at this little brother who was always causing trouble, and he was distressed and angry: "I heard that there are many strong laborers in the village who have secretly gone to the south, saying that there is a special army to fight devils, otherwise, you can also go there to find out, maybe there is still a way to live, according to your temperament, you don't know how many days to jump in this little life, sooner or later something will happen." Do you think that's the end of the Japanese soldier being bitten by a poisonous snake this time? They won't give up, so you'd better run for your life. Alas, these days, dying outside is no different from dying at home, so you can still howl a few times before you die, pull a few cushions, and die like a man. ”

"Big brother, but if I leave, will the Japanese and those traitors in the village trouble you?" Qin Shouyi was reluctant to fall in love with his brother, and was even more worried that it would affect Qin Shouren's family.

"You stay here, it's just for me to wipe your ass a few more times, you're not here, I don't have to worry about you every day, you don't have to worry about other things, just take care of yourself!"

Qin Shouyi knew that his brother said this to make him distracted, and he couldn't give up, so he made up his mind and left Penglai Village in a down-to-earth manner, so he nodded.

"Go and say goodbye to your mother!" Qin Shouren was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he was ready to send Qin Shouyi away early tomorrow morning.

Qin Shouren took off the bloodstained short coat, changed into a clean one, and pulled Qin Shouyi towards Aunt Ying's bedroom.

"Mother, Shouyi is in trouble, and I have to go out and hide for a few days."

"Shouyi, what trouble have you made again, and you have made your eldest brother difficult again, right? You're such an uneasy thing. Aunt Ying was so angry that she raised her hand and gave Shouyi a mouthful.

"Mother, don't beat him, be careful of being angry, it's not a matter of staying at home, his temperament will cause trouble sooner or later, it's better to let him go outside, maybe there will be a way to live, and he will be famous."

Aunt Ying listened to Shouren's words, and couldn't help crying, although she was reluctant, but she felt that Shouren was right, instead of letting Shouyi live restlessly here, and something would happen sooner or later, it was better to go outside and have a good life, maybe there would be a way to live and have a future.

"Mother, keeping righteousness and not being filial makes your old man worried. Take care of yourself! Shouyi kowtowed to his mother in front of the bed, said goodbye to his mother, and then turned to leave his mother's bedroom, and from behind him came the intermittent sobbing sound of Aunt Ying.

Qin Shouren asked his daughter-in-law Yueru to prepare dry food and coils for Shouyi.

Sixian suddenly ran out of the back room, pulling Shouyi's shirt and not letting go: "Second uncle, where are you going, I will also go with you."

"Your second uncle didn't go out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, what are you coaxing?" Qin Shouren waved his hand at his son.

"No, Dad, you just let me go with my second uncle, stay at home all day, don't let me go anywhere, I'm about to suffocate." Sihyun shook Shouren's arm and begged his father.

"Dad, we also want to go with the second uncle." Twelve-year-old Sihui and ten-year-old Siming also ran out of the back room.

"Go, go, you guys come and join in the fun, go back to the house and sleep." Qin Shouren glared at Sihui and Siming, and the two children didn't dare to make a sound, so they obediently went back to the house.

Qin Shouren glanced at Sixian, in a few months, Xian'er will be sixteen, maybe he will be arrested and sent to the coal kiln as a coolie, it is better to let him go away with Shouyi, and the two of them will have a good idea along the way, so he agreed to Xian'er's request: "Yueru, make a few more cakes, prepare more dry food and coils, and let Xian'er go with Shouyi!"

When Yueru heard this, she was anxious: "Xian'er is not yet sixteen, how can he leave home?"

"It's because I'm not yet sixteen that I let him go, if it's sixteen, you can't keep it if you want to, sooner or later the Japanese will be caught to do coolies, I, the chief of the guard, can keep a righteousness, do you think I can still keep Xian'er and not be a coolie?"