21. Bandits are robbing

Mingcheng's father rushed to his parents, and others gossiped with Mingcheng's grandparents, talking about what happened not long ago......

That is, almost half an hour ago, when the sun had just set, a group of people entered the village to inquire about Mingcheng's family, saying that they had come to visit the old friend, and the enthusiastic villagers took them to the brick-walled house.

How do you know that this group of bandits is killed, and they came to rob at the end of the year, and two people went to the front and back doors, closed the gate to death, and did not allow them to enter or exit, showed their knives and guns, and drove out all the people inside and squatted in the patio, and everyone was not allowed to scream loudly.

The owner of the house, Grandpa Mingcheng, has seen the world and knows that when he encounters such a situation, he will not escape the catastrophe, and he can only break the fortune and eliminate the disaster, so he obediently cooperated with the bandits to hand over the money and food, just ask the bandit leader not to hurt people.

Although this bandit leader has a big beard, which is amazing, he also talks about the rules of the rivers and lakes, and says, we are here, we have no grievances with you, and we want to spend the New Year with some money and food, as long as you don't resist, you won't hurt people.

But when they were leaving, the situation suddenly changed, and the bandits came in to collect and pack money and food, and also found two long bamboos, helped a bamboo recliner with four feet, and made a bamboo sedan chair, on which were laid a few cotton quilts.

Everyone began to think that they were going to lift a fat pig or something, but this fat pig doesn't need this treatment, it can be slaughtered or knocked out and carried away directly, why do you still spread a quilt? Which play is this?

After the bandit had all his things, when he was about to open the gate and leave, a surprising scene appeared, the bearded man walked up to the big-bellied Mingcheng mother and said, Madam, please get into the sedan chair and go.

At this moment, the crowd exploded, and Mingcheng's father's second and third brothers, that is, Mingcheng's second and third uncles, were in the prime of life, so they rushed out, protected their sister-in-law, and shouted: "Didn't you say in advance, only take money and food, don't move people, our sister-in-law is about to give birth, this can't go with you."

The bandit leader saw that someone dared to resist, so he called his subordinates to come over and prepare to make a move, Ming Cheng's mother looked at the other party with a knife and a gun in his hand, and was so frightened that she burst into tears and said: "Don't kill anyone, you have something to say."

The bandit leader is quite obedient, let a few of his subordinates put away their knives and guns, and come up to rob people, where are Mingcheng's two uncles willing, and as a result, they scuffle with others, these bandits obviously have fists and feet, and three punches and two legs beat Mingcheng's two uncles to the ground.

The others were all sick and disabled, so naturally they didn't dare to go up, Grandpa Mingcheng got up and stood up, and said to the bandit leader:

"It's all about morality when you come out to do things, there is no injustice between us, I gave you all the money and food you want, you want a person, you can also give it, but my daughter-in-law here is about to give birth, and it's not a matter of going with you. In this way, you really want someone to go with you, then pull me away, my old bones can't move half of your hair."

"What if I had to ask for your daughter-in-law today?" The bandit leader said with a cold face.

"Does it have to be like this? So what the hell is going on with you? "Grandpa Mingcheng was puzzled, I had heard that bandits would take a half-old child as a hostage after robbing things, so as not to call someone to intercept and retaliate, or go to the official mansion, and after a while, there was nothing to do, and then let the person out and let him go home by himself. But the daughter-in-law is now a pot-bellied woman, and she is about to give birth, wouldn't it be a burden to bring such a person?

"There's nothing going on, I want what I want, what so much nonsense, you get out of the way"

"No, my old bones will die here today, and you can't pull people away"

"Yo, your old bones are quite hard, don't think I dare not attack you", the bandit leader said, his face was fierce, his right hand reached out to the back of the waist and pulled out a shell gun, and with a move of his thumb on the fire, he put it on the head of Grandpa Mingcheng.

The bandit leader thought that all of a sudden, but an ordinary person, would basically collapse and beg for mercy, so that the old man who was the head of the family could be scared away; Originally, he didn't think about hurting and killing people, it was all the people to the people, the poor to the poor, there was no need, and he didn't want to make things bigger, and it would be more troublesome to attract the attention of the government.

But Mingcheng's grandfather's thoughts he didn't know, he was the head of the family, and his daughter-in-law couldn't keep it, so he didn't want to raise his head to live in this place in the future. Therefore, Grandpa Mingcheng couldn't hide from him when he knew that he was coming, but he was even more fearless.

This was out of the bandits' surprise, but it angered the bandit leader even more, Lao Tzu has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for several years, and he really hasn't eaten such a sullen breath, if I don't give you some color today, how will my brothers under my hand look at me? How to convince the public? The anger on his face gradually rose, and it looked like he was really about to start.

At this time, Mingcheng's mother behind Mingcheng's grandfather stopped crying and frightened, calmly pulled away the father-in-law in front, and said to the bandit leader with a big belly: "I'll go with you, but you have to promise me that you can't hurt people anymore."

"Okay, I promise you", the bandit leader saw that there were steps to go down, so he went downhill with the donkey, and took it down.

Seeing that Ying Cheng had come down, Mingcheng's mother walked to the bamboo recliner by herself, sat down calmly, and lifted the quilt to cover her stomach.

The bandit leader waved his hand and said to the people under his hands, "Go", and the group of people opened the gate, carried it, and walked all the way to the mountains, Grandpa Mingcheng couldn't hold on anymore, and fell down, everyone carried him to the Taishi chair and sat down, looking at this scene, Grandpa Mingcheng shook his head and sighed again and again.

After a while, all the neighbors knew about it, and the three dogs came to help, and the other young people in the Wang family's compound also took up flat poles, hoes, bird guns, big knives, spears, etc., to chase the bandits.

This group of bandits carried it, naturally they couldn't go fast, and they were caught up by the villagers after a while, but the bandits were not in a hurry, of course, relying on their own guns.

In those days, some small bandits and gangs only had birds, knives and spears in their hands, robbing the homes of the poor, and the compounds of the rich could not be entered.

In fact, many small bandits themselves are peasants during the day, and at night they go to rob things under the hood, and continue to work in the fields during the day.

And the bigger bandit gangs will have a little bit of guns, although not much, but they are really powerful against the villagers, so they dare to rob the rich and big.

Of course, it may not be possible to do it openly, people with high walls and thick doors, a large number of people at home, and a little bird and spear in their hands, once they are prepared, it will be difficult.

It's just for money, not revenge or something, bandits are also people, so they don't want to risk their lives to fight hard.