Shen Chen sighed softly, knowing that she must have been wronged, so he slowed down and said, "Come and sit at home, warm up!" ”

After entering the house, the aunt had already cooked the meal, and Sun Hongshan had also returned, waiting for Shen Chen and Erdan in some anxiety.

Seeing that the silk was following behind, wiping her tears as she walked, the two also knew what was going on. The aunt hurriedly pulled the silk to the kang and sat down, and asked her what she was angry again.

When the silk elephant saw her relatives, she cried and told her about the fact that she accidentally broke a bowl when she was waiting for the lord's house to eat at night, and the eldest wife of the He family beat her up and refused to give her food.

"Alas, this hard-working child is beaten and angry all day long." The aunt looked at the man with an inquiring gaze.

Sun Hongshan had a gloomy face, waved his hand, and said, "Let the child eat first, and then talk after eating." ”

Corn paste porridge, cornmeal cakes, spicy vegetables, and a plate of fried shredded potatoes are already a very hearty delicacy when eating is a luxury.

Speaking of which, it was because Shen Chen lived at home that the aunt was willing to spend money to buy good food.

"Don't cry, eat first." Shen Chen greeted and comforted, "Don't let me go back, you will sleep here tonight." If I hit you again, you'll run out. ”

"Child's words." Sun Hongshan smiled bitterly and beckoned Shen Chen to sit down to eat.

The silk was a little shy, and slowly let go, but he looked at Shen Chen more often, as if with envy.

bought two bottles of wine and only gave one bottle, and Sun Hongshan also had a mouthful. After two glasses of wine, there were many words, and he first asked Shen Chen and Erdan what they were doing.

Hearing that he was looking for Uncle Zhou to learn martial arts, Sun Hongshan nodded and said: "Old Zhou, well, he is a good example, he is willing to stand up for the miners, and there is a way, everyone is obedient." ”

"Really?" Shen Chen asked casually, "Has he helped our family?" ”

"Of course I did." Sun Hongshan paused and said: "They are all poor buddies, we have to be grateful for our efforts, but we can't count how much money people have taken." ”

"Oh!" Shen Chen answered, broke the cake, and gave half of it to Xiaohua.

"Da Mei, do you know why we miners are poor?" Sun Hongshan pointed to Juanzi and said: "His father has been honest for half his life, and his family will be ruined after a flood!" ”

Juanzi's eyes were wet, and she hurriedly lowered her head to cover up.

Shen Chen thought for a while, and didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "Uncle, then why do you say it?" ”

Sun Hongshan took a sip of wine and said slowly: "The hard work of digging coal is the blessing of the counter." The one who is at the head of the counter is a vampire, and the miners are naturally poor if they suck the blood of the miners by exploitation. ”

"What then?" Before Shen Chen could speak, Xiaohua spoke first, still holding a cake in her hand, blinking her big eyes and asking, "Dad, will I still starve in the future?" ”

"What to do?" Sun Hongshan said angrily: "Only when the poor buddies twist into a rope can they have the strength to fight with the counter; Either change the boundaries and not be governed by the devils and those rich people, and the poor will have a way out. ”

Shen Chen pursed his lips and smiled, this caliber is a little familiar, and the commonly used propaganda tone is it!

"Say these kids can understand?" The aunt felt that there was something wrong with this, and she was afraid of causing trouble, so she hurriedly interrupted: "Da Mei, don't go out when it gets dark in the future, you will meet a bad person or something." ”

"Okay, I won't go out if I'm okay in the future." Shen Chen agreed, then turned his head and asked Sun Hongshan, "Uncle, how is the tofu business?" ”

"There is still a small stone mill left, and the Feng stonemason in the village will give him miles, and the work will be completed in two days." Sun Hongshan was diverted from talking, and he didn't hear a lot of things, so he didn't talk anymore.

After eating, Shen Chen wanted to help clean up, but Juanzi had already taken the lead, and his aunt stopped him again, so he was not reluctant, and turned around and went back to his house first.

Now it is basically possible to determine who Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou are, but in order to catch this line, Shen Chen still needs to think of a set of rhetoric. For example, how did you run into the mountains and forests, where did the gun come from, and how did you practice marksmanship......

After experiencing all kinds of difficulties, Shen Chen has decided that it is unrealistic to want to be a lone ranger.

The identity of a woman alone is a difficult problem to solve.

Similarly, because he is a woman, if he wants to join the anti-Japanese armed forces and continue to carry a gun to fight, he still needs to prove his worth to others.

Shen Chen sat and thought for a while, then leaned on the quilt and thought, until his aunt led Juanzi in, which temporarily interrupted his train of thought.

"This child has suffered, and there is no good meat on his body." The aunt said with hatred and heartache: "I scrubbed and scrubbed her, and there is still some medicine at home, and your uncle doesn't need it, so he will smear it on her." ”

"I'll help too." Shen Chen got up to fetch water, and while helping with the work, he comforted Juanzi, "I'll sleep here tonight and talk to my sister for a while." I'll hit you later—"

"I'll run." Juanzi pursed her lips with an ugly smile.

After scrubbing and applying medicine, Shen Chen found a clean dress for Juanzi to change, although it was a little big, it was better than the dirty clothes on Juanzi's body. The aunt spoke for a while before turning away.

As soon as the lamp blew, Shen Chen and Juanzi lay on the kang, chatting without a word, and Shen Chen was thinking about the story in his mind again.

"Sister Da Mei-" Juanzi called out a little timidly, and when she heard Shen Chen's "um" answer, she hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Is there still a lack of a ring in the master's house that bought you?" Look at how good you are, the waiting lady is kind-hearted, and the old lady also likes you, I heard Erdan say that she still wants to recognize you as a goddaughter! ”

Do you believe all this nonsense?

Shen Chen is also not easy to tell the truth, and he also knows that Juanzi has really suffered too much, and it is normal for people to be anxious to think of a way out. He was perfunctory, but he didn't dare to give Juanzi much hope.

"I can do anything, as long as I can eat enough, even if I am half full, as long as I don't get beaten." Juanzi's tone changed to pleading, "Sister Da Mei, you talk to the master!" If I go, I'll do all your work, and I'll miss you for the rest of my life. ”

"Okay, I'll say, can you bear to see you suffer as a little playmate?" Shen Chen was a little helpless, so he had to try his best to comfort, "You bear with it first, wait for a while!" ”

"I'll wait, I've endured it for two years, and another month won't be nothing." Juanzi seemed to have hope, and her tone became less depressed.

Shen Chen felt a little guilty, sighed silently, and lost the interest in chatting.

But Juanzi seemed excited, maybe he was usually too depressed, and no one talked to him, so he continued to find the topic, "Sister Da Mei, I heard Erdan say that he also wants to go to the mine to earn money to support his family." ”

"I won't let him go, it's too dangerous to go to the mine."

"yes, the overseer still likes to beat children on the head." Juanzi said, remembered something again, and said casually: "Today, when I was about to have dinner, there was a man surnamed Hong who went to He's house to complain, and I vaguely heard him say that there was less explosives to open the stone gate in the mine, and it was estimated that someone stole it, maybe it was instigated by the Communist Party." I think about it, and there is no family with the surname Gong in the village. ”

Shen Chen immediately became alert and asked, "Then what did the He family say, did you hear it?" ”

"I didn't listen carefully in the outer room, as if I was touching some melon. He Jingtang was very happy, Zhang Luo invited the surnamed Hong to drink and eat, and as soon as I was busy, I broke the bowl. ”

Touching the melon along the vine, it must be this sentence.

This guy surnamed Hong is very insidious, he didn't attack on the spot in the mine, but went to He's house to flatter and inform, and it is estimated that he can get more benefits from He's family.

"Don't tell others about this, let alone let the He family and the surnamed Hong know." Shen Chen figured it out, so he advised: "If you don't want to be troublesome, the He family and the surnamed Hong will definitely clean you up." ”

"I didn't say anything to anyone." Juanzi paused for a moment, and added: "When they discussed harming people, they all carried me behind their backs, and I didn't dare to listen, this was overheard, how dare people know?" ”

"Well, that's the truth, you're doing the right thing." Shen Chen praised and said, "Go to sleep, get up early tomorrow, you sneak back, and it's probably fine." ”

"Hmm." Juanzi answered, and stopped talking.

Shen Chen lay on the kang, unable to fall asleep for a long time, thinking about all these things, and finally came up with a rough idea, his heart was light, and he was sleepy.

………………

The sky had just turned white, and the stars were still twinkling, so the aunt came to wake up Juanzi, and Shen Chen also woke up, so she had to send her.

The aunt couldn't help it, so she let them eat indiscriminately, so she called Erdan to accompany her, and stuffed Juanzi with a bun.

It was quiet in the village, the night shift had not yet gotten off, and the morning shift had not yet left, but there were also several chimneys with smoke rising, apparently cooking for the people in the mines.

The three of them turned west after the head of the village, and there was still some distance from the He family's wide and tall mansion, so Juanzi asked Shen Chen and Erdan not to go any further.

She is afraid of being seen, not only will she be scolded, but Shen Chen and Erdan may also be a little troublesome.

Seeing Juanzi walk away, the figure disappeared at the door of the compound, and after waiting for a while, they didn't hear the scolding, and Shen Chen and Erdan turned around and left.

"Sister, what Master Zhou said is tomorrow." Erdan saw that his sister was not going home, but going to the outer village, thinking that he was going to send him to play with the knife because of an errand, so he hurriedly reminded.

"I know." Shen Chen didn't stop and said, "There is something else, I want to talk to Master Zhou." ”

Erdan hurriedly followed, and didn't ask much.

On the way to Waihu Village, there were already sporadic miners walking by, and when they were about to arrive at the village, Shen Chen and Erdan happened to meet Lao Zhou and a few miners.

"Uncle Zhou." Shen Chen took the lead in greeting and stopped on the side of the road, "You stand for a while, I have something to tell you." ”

Lao Zhou was a little surprised, but he still said to the miners, stopped himself, and said to Shen Chen with a smile: "Say, what's the matter, why are you in such a hurry, you came before dawn." ”

"Erdan, stay away, don't listen to adults' affairs and children." Shen Chen said and walked a few steps to the side, stopping to look at Lao Zhou.

Lao Zhou smiled and followed, but his heart was not as relaxed as he looked, and he joked: "Adult's business, you girl is still mysterious!" ”

Shen Chen didn't have a smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "There is a boss surnamed Hong in the mine, and he found that there was less explosives to blow up the stone gate, and he suspected that someone had stolen it. I'm afraid that the mine will be searched strictly today, so please ask Uncle Zhou to tell others and be more careful. ”

The expression on Lao Zhou's face froze, and then he grinned again: "Those overseers are suspicious all day long, and they are afraid of stealing coal, copper moraines, and workers are lazy!" We are doing right, walking right, our hands and feet are clean, and we are not afraid of him finding fault. ”

Shen Chen smiled, nodded and said, "I can't find the stubble, that's not good?" Uncle Zhou, I'm done with my business, you're busy with you, I'll go home. With that, he turned and left.

Lao Zhou looked at Shen Chen's back, hesitated, closed his open mouth, and didn't say anything more.

Although he was still very suspicious of what Shen Chen said, Lao Zhou hurriedly informed the miners of his development, don't smuggle explosives out today, and don't make any suspicious moves, especially pay attention to the supervisor and the boss.

The day passed like this, but the well was surprisingly calm, calmer than ever.

Not to mention the tight-guarded, even the overseers and handles who often wander around the alleys on weekdays to supervise the work of the miners are also missing, not to mention the head surnamed Hong and the worst hemp pole.

At noon, Erhuzi was a little impatient, and secretly came over and said to Lao Zhou: "Uncle Zhou, there is always no one in the room today, and it is more loose than before. ”

The chamber is a small hole dug like an earthen kiln on the side of the alley, which stores some mining materials and paving boards, which are specially used for devils and cabinets to go down the mine to rest.

Lao Zhou and the others stole the explosives from here, and then hid them in the calcium carbide lamp and brought them out.

Lao Zhou was actually very anxious, and he couldn't wait to get all the explosives at once so that he could carry out the bridge bombing operation. But Shen Chen's words made him vigilant, and today's abnormal situation made him even more suspicious.

"Don't be anxious, I don't look like something is right today, we can't get into other people's ways." Lao Zhou pressed his urgency and comforted Erhuzi with a calm and compositive attitude.

"But this opportunity-" Erhuzi sighed helplessly, "Okay, I'll listen to Uncle Zhou, I'll endure it today." ”

Erhuzi left, Lao Zhou was still a little worried, and took advantage of the lunch meal to walk away again and remind the others.

In the midst of speculation and doubt, it was finally time to get off work, and the miners went up the shaft in tank cages, and immediately felt the tension of the atmosphere.

There was a circle of mine guards standing around the wellhead, as if they were facing a great enemy.

All the workers in the mine who went down to work stood aside, and He Jingtang sat on a circle chair at the counter, scanning the miners with a cold face, and behind him stood hemp poles and Hong handles.

The miners looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. Hong leaned his head closer to He Jingtang and said a few words, and He Jingtang nodded.

"In the past two days, I lost something in the mine, who took it from the room, and I made it clear in front of He Counter, they are all villagers in the village, and there are a lot of people in He Counter, and I don't plan to do anything."

Hong put his head as if he was confident, stepped forward and said loudly: "But if you don't confess now, when you catch the handle, then don't blame the counter, send them all to the imperial army, it will be the crime of killing the head." ”