Lu'an, referred to as Ying, is also known as "Gaocheng". Located in the west of Anhui Province, between the Yangtze River and the Huai River, at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, the geographical sense of "western Anhui" refers to Lu'an. The name of Lu'an began in 11 B.C., Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the meaning of "six places are safe and never rebel", and placed the country of Lu'an, which has a long history. Because Shun sealed Gao Tao in six (Lù), later generations called Lu'an Gaocheng.

Lu'an is located in the Jianghuai River, east of Wuyue, west of Jingchu, north of the Central Plains, Jianghuai watershed, from southwest to east north across the region, belongs to the Huai River Basin.

In the 1st year of the Republic of China (19 years), Shou County and Huoqiu belonged to the fourth administrative inspection district of Anhui Province, and Lu'an, Shucheng and Huoshan belonged to the third administrative inspection district. In October of the same year, 55 Baojiao Huang counties on the border of Lu'an, Huoshan and Huoqiu in Anhui Province, Mall and Gushi in Henan Province were analyzed, which initially belonged to the ninth administrative inspection district of Henan Province and were assigned to the third administrative inspection district of Anhui Province in the following year. In July of the 7th year of the Republic of China, Shou County and Huoqiu were divided into the third administrative inspection district from the fourth administrative inspection district.

More than a month has passed since the battle of Chengzi Town, and at this moment, at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, a place called Yangshuping, the hard-working people are harvesting golden fruits.

Suddenly, a Shiba Inu sprang out of the woods, and it ran at a strange speed towards the village, barking backwards from time to time as it ran, as if it was followed by a monster that terribly frightened it.

"Still running! After I caught you, I skinned you and stewed a pot for my brother to drink. "The voice is beautiful, but the words that come out make people smack their lips.

With the voice, a petite body appeared in sight, and she ran significantly faster than the Shiba Inu. In the eyes of the people's amazement, she was about to catch up, and an old shout suddenly came from the village: "Miss Yuying, don't chase the dog in the village all day long, my family is pregnant with a baby in the belly." ”

Hearing this shout, the petite girl stopped her steps and said to the old woman who shouted with an embarrassed face: "Aunt Zhang, I'm teasing your family to be rich." ”

As she spoke, she wandered around the village, stopped in front of a typical emblem-style building, pushed open the door, and walked in.

The girl chasing the dog is the little girl, since the Ruichang War, she followed Sun Yumin to the north, and when she happened to pass through Lu'an, she was quiet and harmonious. Attracted by the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers, the group decided to settle down here after discussion.

Sun Yumin spent some gold bars to buy all the land from the big landlord Yang Wancai, and burned the title deed in front of all the villagers of Yangshupu, leaving only a dozen acres of land for the brothers to cultivate, and he asked Deng Dongping to take people to the city to buy a lot of food and materials for the villagers in Yangshupu, so that they could cultivate after the spring.

Living in this turbulent era, human life is as cheap as a dog, and the villagers in Yangshupu feel the same, but since Sun Yumin came with these dozens of people, they really feel the dignity of living in this world. First of all, the division of cultivated land, this is the survival of the toiling masses, although the former big landlord Yang Wancai said that he is not the kind of heinous person, but renting his land, can only let the villagers barely survive, it is really difficult to think of surplus grain, now everyone has their own land, immediately feel that there is hope for the future, this kind of gratitude to Dade is not stupid bear and Deng Dongping can understand. That's not all, the second thing these people did was to buy a large number of farm tools, grain, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, cloth, and even drove back two big fat pigs, in front of the only big house with blue bricks and gray tiles in the village, by the butcher Yang Dongshu, who lived in the east of the village, who had stopped his knife, personally slaughtered it, and set up two cauldrons on the spot, one to cook meat, one to steam rice, two meals at noon and night, and the remaining pork was distributed together with those materials. Such a big scene had never happened in Yangshupu, and this village with nearly a hundred households and hundreds of people was completely conquered by this new scar-faced young man. The most respected old village chief of Yangshupu Village, surrounded by the villagers, came to Sun Yumin tremblingly with crutches, and called him dozens of good people, speaking of excitement, he couldn't help but cry, and he was going to kneel on the spot to thank him for giving the people of Yangshupu a big way to live, and was stopped by Sun Yumin first, and he knelt down first, and said to all the villagers: "Sun is not talented, wandering in the world, but the sun is rampant, and he has fallen here for his livelihood, and now he has been taken in by the villagers, and he is grateful." Here, my grandson made a statement, as long as I eat dry food in the future, I will never let the villagers in the poplar shop drink thin, as long as I can wear warm, I will never let the villagers freeze. ”

This kneeling remark made the villagers of the entire poplar shop cry and knelt down to return the salute. Even the old village chief Yang, who was already in the age of the curtain, had to kneel down and return the salute, and was stopped by Liu Wenzhi with a stupid bear, he said: "Old village chief, if you kneel down here, how can our owner still have the face to stay in Yangshupu Village." ”

The old village chief sighed: "In his lifetime, it is really a blessing to be able to meet such a great and good person." He personally reached out to help Sun Yumin, then took Sun Yumin's hand, and said to all the villagers: "From today on, Mr. Sun is the owner of the entire Yangshupu Village. ”

"I can't do it, I can't do it." Sun Yumin hurriedly excused himself, he said: "Old village chief, you are exalting me too much, the kid is immoral and incompetent, how can he afford to be called the owner, everyone should call me by my name." ”

"Don't shirk, having an owner like you is a blessing for our poplar shop. Besides, this is just a title, it is the recognition and respect of our poplar shop folks, Mr. Sun must not shirk again. When the old village chief said these words, the spit sprayed on Sun Yumin's face, which made him very embarrassed.

Since then, the entire poplar shop, young and old, from top to bottom, from the old to the young, have begun to call Sun Yumin the owner.

In fact, the word "owner" is not unfamiliar to him, since he was a child, he followed the master to run east and west for the owner of Hengyang City, but he didn't expect that after all these years, so many people actually call themselves the owner, although this owner is not the kind of meaning that ordinary people call it, but at least it shows that these simple folks, recognition and respect for themselves.

After the villagers in Yangshupu began to call Sun Yumin the owner, slowly the stupid bear also began to call him the owner, except for the little girl, who still called him brother.

From the first day of settling in Yangshupu to now, almost a month has passed, and everyone adapts quickly, and basically they will not be idle, especially the silly bear and the little girl.

With brute strength, Silly Bear wanders around the village every day, helping one family pick up a few loads of grain, helping another family dig a pond or heavy physical work that others can't do, and he has contracted it all by himself. This is also the main reason why silly bears are loved by all the villagers.

Among the people who came with Sun Yumin, the stupid bear is one extreme, and the little girl is the other extreme. When she was bored, she would chase the chickens and dogs, and in less than a month, almost all the poultry in the poplar shop had been plagued by this little ancestor, especially the dogs of a village, and when they saw her coming, they immediately hid far away.

No, I just drove the pregnant of Aunt Yang's family to run away, for fear that it would become a delicacy in her mouth. The villagers in Yangshupu are very tolerant, and they are not angry because of her ignorance, but they all love her, not just because he is the sister of the owner.

Sun Yumin likes to play chess with Liu Wenzhi when he is fine, perhaps under the influence of Chen Bui, he pretends to be old at a young age, wearing a green shirt, and carrying a cane that he doesn't know where to go, looking like he has reached the curtain year.

The little girl objected for a few days at first, yelled at him a few times, and pestered him to change into a dress or other clothes, but as soon as she left, Sun Yumin put on the cyan robe again. After repeating it a few times, the little girl was also dumbfounded, and no longer made any noise, but as soon as she saw him wearing the long gown that she hated, she immediately walked away, according to her, out of sight.

In the late autumn evening, the red glow reflects the smiling people. Sun Yumin stood under the eaves, looking at every villager who passed by with a smile, greeting them and sharing the joy of their harvest.

Dai Cunxiang took Zhou Shanjun and Xiaoshanzi back from afar, and in the morning they went out to hunt in the depths of Dabie Mountain.

In the era of war and chaos, the beasts on the mountain have been almost beaten by the hunters in the mountains who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and sometimes the people in the nearby mountain villages are forced by life to hunt in the mountains in desperation, so it is also difficult to go into the mountains to hunt and have too much harvest.

But with the monster Zhou Shanjun here, it will never make the three of them go home empty-handed. No, Xiao Shanzi was happily coming with two pheasants and a roe deer with a stick.

Dai Cunxiang was not as happy as the two little guys, and after signaling the two to go back first, he walked to Sun Yumin, who was looking at him intently, and said directly: "Boss, we have to find a way to get weapons." ”

"Weapons? What do you want a weapon for? ”

"When I went hunting today, I accidentally walked to another village, and wanted to go into the village to find food, but I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the village, I was pointed at the head by several people with guns." Dai Cunxiang was still angry when he talked about this, and he followed up and said, "Boss, guess what guys are these guys carrying?" ”

Sun Yumin shook his head and said nothing.

"They actually use a brand new mid-formal." Dai Cunxiang looked even more angry, and there was a lot of resentment in his tone: "During the last war, I saw that many soldiers of the old 58th Brigade were carrying old sleeves and Hanyang, and at that time I asked myself, is the government really poor like this? Although the 22nd Division is not as good as us, it will not let the soldiers under him take a guy who is not even as good as a burning stick, and go to the battlefield to fight with the devils. ”

"And then?" Sun Yumin looked at him with a smile and asked, "What does this have to do with us asking for weapons?" ”

"Owner, I was really angry at the time and wanted to clean up this guy. But was stopped by Zhou Shanjun, guess why? ”

"Because he found something that amazes you even more." Sun Yumin still smiled and said, "If I'm right, there should be a machine gun aimed at you in the dark." ”

"Exactly," Dai Cunxiang said, "I found that there are at least two Czechs in the shadows who are aiming at us." ”

"People didn't surprise you, what are you doing with such an atmosphere?"

"Boss, aren't you angry? **There are no weapons on the front line, but these landlords and old fortunes use such good weapons to raise a wave of idlers. ”

"Do you still think you're a **? Cunxiang, the life and death of ** in the future have nothing to do with us. After Sun Yumin said this, he sighed again, turned around and walked towards the house with his hands behind his back.

"Boss, even if it has nothing to do with us, at least we all have the ability to protect ourselves! The devils have already occupied Lu'an, and they can't tell when they will come here. ”

After hearing this, Sun Yumin stopped, but only stayed for a second, and then walked into the room again, leaving Dai Cunxiang with a disappointed face.

At dinner, Sun Yumin didn't come out, and I heard the little girl say that he was alone in the study in a daze, as if he was thinking about something.

Dai Cunxiang thought that his words in the evening had collided with him, or that he had touched something, and he felt that he had no intention of going, so after eating two bites hastily, he came to the outside of the study.

Standing at the door, I saw Sun Yumin standing in front of the window like a statue, staring at the towering Dabie Mountain standing in the dark not far away, his eyes were confused, and people couldn't believe that this was still the invincible and dominating boss!

"Cunxiang, you're here."

"Yes, Boss." Dai Cunxiang didn't know where Sun Yumin learned that he was coming, obviously he didn't even turn his head, and he didn't make a sound.

"Come in and sit!" Sun Yumin still looked into the distance and did not look back.

Dai Cunxiang walked in, sat on a chair near the window, and looked out along Sun Yumin's line of sight, but it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.

"Cunxiang, I know what you want to say here, but don't say it, because what you said earlier is all right."

The sudden change in Sun Yumin's attitude caught Dai Cunxiang off guard, and he didn't know what to say all of a sudden.

"Cunxiang, do you think it's dark this night?"

"It's dark."

"Why is it so dark?"

"Because the light of the moon and the stars is obscured by the clouds!" Dai Cunxiang didn't understand why he would go into the night, and out of respect for him, he answered the sentence that even children knew the answer.

"And is there a time when the night is darker and more terrible than now?"

"Yes!" Dai Cunxiang replied categorically, he said: "Before dawn is the darkest and most terrifying time. ”

"Yes!" Sun Yumin sighed and said: "You are right, although the poplar shop is calm today, the horror and disaster brought by the devil are like dark nights, and they are about to cover here." ”

He paused for a moment, and then said, "Since the villagers trust me and treat me so kindly, then I have the obligation to let them live and not let the iron hooves of the devil trample on them. ”

When he said this, he finally turned around and said, "So I have decided, starting tomorrow, I will take you with me to build the poplar tree into an iron plate!" ”