Chapter 31 Temporary Residence in a Mountain Village
"Yo, she's still a handsome girl!" Aunt Wang's eyes widened and she let out a startled sound.
Zhao Tie smiled, put down Shen Chen's burden, and said, "Her name is Da Mei, and she is also young, please take care of her." ”
"I didn't say it, your aunt and I like my daughter the most, and I am a companion to the one in my family." After Aunt Wang found out that Shen Chen was a girl, her attitude became more warm and kind, "Da Mei is right, with a gun, it's amazing." You make it your home, and talk when you're thirsty and hungry. ”
Shen Chen took off his cloak and said with a strong spirit: "You're welcome, I'm not going to stay for a day or two and cause trouble for you!" ”
"No trouble, no trouble at all." Aunt Wang touched the kang and said, "Seeing that you are tired, I will go to bring a basin of hot water, and you can burn your feet to get rid of fatigue and sleep well." ”
As she spoke, Aunt Wang turned around and went out to work.
Shen Chen covered his mouth, yawned, and leaned on the quilt very unfiguratively.
Zhao Tie saw that everything was arranged, said a word to Shen Chen, and left.
Aunt Wang called hot water, Shen Chen washed up energetically, scalded his feet, and fell asleep on the kang in a daze.
I slept for more than ten hours. Aunt Wang's family tried to be as light as possible, but Zhao Tie came once, heard Aunt Wang say that she was still asleep, and turned around and left.
When he finally woke up yawning, Shen Chen was hungry and opened his eyes only after being alarmed.
Although he fell asleep, the gun was next to him, and Shen Chen was a treat, and when he turned over and scratched, he would subconsciously touch it, and between half dreaming and half waking up, he could sleep soundly in the blink of an eye.
When he was hungry, he slept lightly, and as soon as the gun moved, Shen Chen immediately opened his eyes vigilantly.
Seeing that Shen Chen woke up, the light disappeared suddenly, turning into panic and uneasiness, and his hand was quickly withdrawn from the gun.
Shen Chen saw clearly, it was a girl, with two braids hanging from her ears, and a faint hairy face.
"What are you doing?" Shen Chen felt that there was not much danger, so his tone softened a little, and he did not reprimand loudly.
The girl smiled a little wryly, and whispered, "I, I'll touch it." ”
Shen Chen sat up, yawned, took the clothes next to him and put them on, and asked casually, "You are from this family, what do you call Aunt Wang?" ”
"That's my mother." The girl stood by the kang, pinched the corner of her clothes with her hand, and said, "My name is Juzi, seventeen, how about calling you Sister Da Mei?" ”
"Okay!" Shen Chen didn't care that people seemed to be older than him, and he didn't wear a cloak or anything, he put on his shoes and got off the kang, looked at his watch, and said with a smile: "I've slept for so long, I'm hungry." ”
Juzi hurriedly said, "I'll go and give you a hot meal, it'll be fine in a while." So saying, he turned and walked out.
Shen Chen also followed, fetched water, washed up, and didn't have much time to return to the house, and Juzi brought the food in.
"Seeing that you slept soundly, I didn't call you, I missed several meals." Juzi was almost attentive, and with a glance in her eyes, Shen Chen knew her careful thoughts.
Two steamed buns mixed with flour, corn paste, pickles, and two boiled eggs. It seemed like such a simple meal, but Shen Chen knew that it was specially prepared for himself.
Shen Chen was also not polite, thanked him and sat down to eat.
Juzi was accompanying her, and she said, "I've seen female soldiers in the army, but they don't have your majesty, they don't have guns!" Look at you, there are two. ”
Shen Chen smiled and said, "If you snatched it yourself, it's your own!" ”
Kikuko's eyes widened in surprise, her face was full of admiration, and she said, "Then you are really amazing." I also have a gun, but unfortunately it's a shotgun, and I can only hit rabbits. ”
Shen Chen put down the porridge bowl, took the spear from the kang, withdrew the bullet, handed it to Juzi, and said with a smile: "Beat around the bush, just say it if you want to fiddle!" I'll teach you when I'm done eating. ”
Juzi smiled embarrassedly, but she didn't delay in her hand, she took it and looked at it over and over again, and fiddled with it rustically.
Now it's quiet, and Shen Chen can concentrate on eating.
After cleaning up the food like a whirlwind and clouds, Shen Chen let out a long sigh of relief, sat down in the kang, and looked at the rare and inadequate chrysanthemum with a smile.
Juzi reluctantly put down the gun, neatly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and brought Shen Chen a bowl of hot water.
After rinsing her mouth, Shen Chen picked up the gun, motioned for Juzi to sit closer, and began to explain to her the structure and use of the gun.
Kikuko memorized it attentively, and soon almost mastered it. I took the gun again, pressed the bullet, pulled the bolt, and took aim with it, and I had experience in using a dirt gun, and the action looked a little similar.
Juzi practiced over and over again, and finally reluctantly returned the gun to Shen Chen, and asked with anticipation: "Are you still recruiting, do you think I can do it?" ”
Shen Chen scratched his head and said uncertainly: "Well, you have to ask Brother Tie and Lao Zhou, they said it." ”
"I can recruit you, why can't I be recruited?" Juzi looked at Shen Chen and said unconvinced: "If I have to grab the gun to collect it, I will go outside the mountain to find a way." ”
Guns are so easy to grab? Shen Chen shook his head with a smile and said, "You better ask clearly first, but don't go out recklessly." ”
"Sister Da Mei, how did you join?" Kikuko felt that there was a precedent and that she was also very hopeful, so she immediately asked.
"Me?!" Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "I dare to kill devils, and I have killed several!" ”
As he spoke, he picked up his spear and made an aiming and shooting motion, with a voice in his mouth, "Bang Hook, the devil's brain bursts, like a rotten watermelon; snapped the hook, beat the devil's intestines through the stomach, and the flowers flowed all over the place. ”
Juzi frowned, looking uncomfortable, very uncomfortable with this bloody and somewhat disgusting description.
Shen Chen smiled, jumped off the kang, put on a cloak, put on a hat, and put on the big gun after tidying up.
"Sister Da Mei, why are you going?" Kikuko asked suspiciously.
"I'll go out for a walk." Shen Chen said: "Look at the terrain of this village, and then go to Brother Tie to see if there is any action?" ”
"I'll stay with you!" Juzi said: "You are not familiar with the village, I will show you the way." ”
Shen Chen nodded, waited for Juzi to get dressed, and the two went out and walked onto the street.
The small mountain village is not large, with only about 30 households in total, lined up along a street to the left and right. In this period of war, the poor and remote have become an insurance.
Stepping on the snow and creaking under their feet, the two walked from one end of the village to the other of the village, even with the introduction of Kikuko, it was only a moment.
A large compound in the village has a black lacquered gate, and the paint has peeled off a lot, becoming mottled and ugly. Next to the door was a large locust tree, covered with snow, like wearing a white hat.
"Brother Zhao, they live here." Juzi stretched out his finger and said, "This is the most decent house in our village, and it belongs to He Laocai's family." After the incident, he took his family to the south, and the house was empty. Left a housekeeper and ran away last year. ”
Shen Chen nodded and said, "I'll ask them if they're okay later, and you can take me around the village." ”
Juzi is quite willing to be with Shen Chen, she is also a woman, there is no evasion, and she really admires Shen Chen.
led Shen Chen out of the village, and Shen Chen remembered the road in front of him, which was the one they walked when they came in.
"If you want to come to our village, you can only take this road." Juzi pointed and said, "In the poor countryside, the devil hasn't seen it." The closest time, the devil arrived in Zhangzhuang, more than ten miles away, burned and killed, and the black smoke could also be seen here. ”
Shen Chen raised the telescope to look, but he couldn't see it, and the Zhang Zhuang that Juzi said didn't know that it was blocked by the mountain beam or the woods.
Turning his head, he saw Juzi looking at him curiously and enviously, Shen Chen smiled, handed over the telescope, and said, "The telescope, you can see things in the distance." ”
Of course, Juzi had never seen this thing, and even the name was the first time he had heard of it, so he solemnly took it, looked around like Shen Chen, and smacked in his mouth.
After some addiction, Juzi returned the binoculars to Shen Chen, and at his request, led him around the back of the village.
Behind the village is the hillside, and further inside is the deep mountain and old forest, Juzi told Shen Chen that there is no village and house in it!
"My father took me into the mountains to hunt." Juzi is not showing, but means that she is not an ordinary girl, "There are wooden houses on the hillside, which are to prevent wild boars, wolves, and leopards, and harm the people in the village." Not long ago, another wolf went downhill and almost entered the village to take the child. ”
Kikuko began, a little uncontrollable, and told the story about the beast vividly.
There was a ten-year-old girl in a certain village who was collecting firewood on the mountain, and before it was dark, an old wolf with a white tail quietly approached behind her.
At first, the little girl thought it was a dog and didn't take it to heart. The old wolf approached, stood up, and put his two front paws on the little girl's shoulders, and as soon as the little girl turned around, the cunning old wolf bit her throat, threw it back, and ran away on her back.
Listening to these rumors in the mountains, Shen Chen just laughed, thinking that it was impossible.
It's just that the wolf bit a little girl to death, and after continuous transmission and processing, it turned out to be like this. There are even bizarre stories of wolves who will learn to cry children and take the opportunity to bite the old lady who opens the door.
Although he saw that Shen Chen didn't believe it, Ju Liao still kindly told him what to do if he met a wolf. What "the wolf is a steel head and iron tail, a tofu waist, and a hemp stem leg", what "the dog is afraid to bend over, and the wolf is afraid to aim".
"There is also an old wolf in the mountains, who is about to become a sperm, and I heard that the hair on his tail is white." Juzi is still telling stories, listening to the tone, she is convinced, "Everyone in the neighborhood knows about it, but it is powerful and cunning." My father went into the mountain several times, but he didn't hit it. ”
It's just a cunning old wolf, and he can become a spirit, so he can't become a monster?
Shen Chen listened and looked around. This village is almost surrounded by mountains and forests, and it may not be easy to completely prevent wild beasts.
But this village is indeed relatively safe, there is no strategic value, and it is easy for the villagers to run into the mountains, as long as the warning is timely.
As he was talking, he saw several people appear on the hill and walk down the path of the hillside.
Shen Chen looked at it with a telescope and recognized it as Lao Zhou, Erhuzi and other miners, but the other person did not know.
Handing the binoculars to Juzi, Shen Chen asked, "Who do you see who is wearing the fur jacket, it's from the village, right?" ”
Juzi just looked at it slightly, and then laughed happily, "That's my father, and he is carrying the prey on his back!" ”
You're old enough, Dad.
Shen Chen thought about it again, the age gap between Aunt Wang and Juzi is not small! felt that she should not be the only daughter in the Juzi family, but she was afraid of touching the sore spot of others, so she didn't ask.
Lao Zhou and the others walked downhill, and they also saw Shen Chen and Juzi in the distance. The main reason is that Shen Chen's dress is relatively special and easy to recognize.
Shen Chen didn't leave, since he met, he simply asked here, if it was okay, he wouldn't go to the big courtyard.
Lao Zhou and the others went to hide the sulfur, not far from the village, and were led by Ju Zi's father and hid in a cave. Wait for the sweep to pass, then take it out.
Not far away, Lao Zhou raised his hand to say hello, "Da Mei, and Juzi." What are you doing here? ”
Shen Chen waited for Lao Zhou and them to get closer before he spoke: "I want to be familiar with the village, so I asked Juzi to lead me out and go around." ”
"Familiar with the terrain?" Lao Zhou asked, and without waiting for Shen Chen to answer, he nodded and said, "It should be like this." Although this village is remote, I don't dare to guarantee that the devil will definitely not come. It's always good to be prepared. ”
Shen Chen smiled and greeted Juzi's father, "Hello, uncle." ”
Wang Lao Zhuan laughed and said, "Da Mei, I heard what Lao Zhou said, but she is a great girl." I'm lucky to have a wild wolf today, and I'll go back and cook meat for you to eat! ”
Shen Chen tilted his head and looked, he was also a little curious, could it be the old wolf who had become a sperm? No white hair, that shouldn't be.
"Not the old wolf." Juzi said on the side: "The old wolf's tail is half-cut, and he was hit by a clip, and he bit off his tail and escaped." ”
The poisonous snake gnaws the wrist, and the hero breaks the arm. If this old wolf has this ruthlessness, it is really powerful.
Shen Chen nodded slightly, and his original contempt was reduced a little.
The wolf may not be so cunning, fighting with people, it is nothing, as long as it can survive, it is strange not to become cunning.
A few people said hello and walked towards the village together.
"Uncle Zhou, let's not do anything for the time being, right?" Shen Chen opened his mouth and asked, "If you have any plans, tell me in advance, I can be prepared." ”
Lao Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "Zhao Tie and Zhu went to find their superiors and contact other guerrillas. I think it will be a few days before we hear from it. Well, you can settle down and get some rest. ”
Shen Chen nodded, stretched out his finger and pointed to the distance, and suggested, "Uncle Zhou, is there a guard post there?" In case an enemy comes, you should be able to buy more time to evacuate. ”
Lao Zhou looked at the place pointed by Shen Chen, and said with a smile: "I have eyesight." But don't worry, there's Murakami's message tree, no problem. ”
Shen Chen smiled, feeling that it was not in vain, at least he could really rest assured.