Chapter 10 The Huang family has a cellar
The young man named Lidong had a big hole in his head with the butt of a gun. As the blood flowed, it stained half of his face red. However, he was not seriously injured, and at this time, under the shaking and shouting of his sister, he gradually came to his senses. The first thing he did when he woke up was to turn his head anxiously to look for his sister.
With a slightly moaning voice, with concern for the safety of the little sister.
"Little ...... Little sister ......"
"I ...... I am here...... I'm fine! ”
At this time, Jin Tao had already judged from the light of the flashlight shaking in the distance that a large group of Japanese soldiers were rushing here, and he urged anxiously.
"Don't rush to do anything else, there's no place to hide around here. If we stay any longer, we'll all have to be beaten to death by the devils!" ”
At this time, the injured young man named "Lidong" once again showed his extraordinary courage. Just like when facing Jin Tao with a gun, he still maintained his courage. At this time, compared with Mr. Huang's son, who was grieving what happened to his parents and wife, it showed his different reaction.
"Long ...... Sir, my sister's teacher's house has a place for Tibetans! Just a few of us, I believe that we will all hide! ”
Seeing that my sister was fine, I guessed that it was probably saved by this monster-like guy in front of me, and before I knew it, "Lidong" became cooperative.
"Your home?"
Jin Tao asked rhetorically, he didn't know where to hide in the house. Moreover, the buildings here could not easily stop the movement of the Japanese soldiers, but they were afraid that they would never have a chance to leave if they were surrounded.
His attitude caught the attention of the "Lidong", and he quickly nodded, as if emphasizing that he was telling the truth.
"No, it's Mr. Huang's house, they have a place to hide underground, and they can't see it from the outside!"
His explanation immediately aroused Jin Tao's interest, and it also made Jin Tao a little suspicious. The heart said that if they had a place to hide, why should they risk running outside? Looking back at the chase that was rushing over, shaking the flashlight and torches, he asked eagerly.
"You ...... What hiding place can you have! And if you have a place to hide, what are you doing here? ”
Jin Tao's inquiry seemed to cause "Lidong" embarrassment, he coughed, and looked at Teacher Huang's son and daughter-in-law.
"Sir, you don't know. We estimated that the Japanese soldier was coming, but we were afraid that we would not be able to survive for a while, so we thought about finding some food to store at night. I just want An An to avoid these few days, maybe the national army will fight back again! ”
His answer made Jin Tao, who recalled the relevant content of the history of the Anti-Japanese War, smile bitterly in his heart, believing that no one knew the course of the war better than him.
"The national army fought back...... I'm afraid it will be 7~8 years later. But if you can find something to eat, you might still have a chance to survive the massacre! ”
But now is not the time to think about these things, they have to leave immediately, and those alarmed devil soldiers are about to arrive. He anxiously glanced at Zhang Deyi and Yao Jinsuo, who were packing up their ammunition, and they were almost ready.
"Okay, let me see your family's hideout, and if you can, let's all hide there first!"
At this time, everyone was ready to leave, and the sister of "Lidong" stood up tightly holding his arm. Jin Tao took control of the situation, making "Lidong" more respectful of him.
"Sir, please come with me, the place guarantees your satisfaction!"
At this time, Zhao Deyi appeared in front of them with Yao Jinsuo, and the two of them appeared in front of them with several rifles on their backs, and they also held several cowhide bullet boxes of Japanese soldiers in their arms.
"Alright, let's go, day. This soldier will be there soon! ”
Then the group was led by Jin Tao and the "Lidong", and walked towards the underground hideout he said. That Mr. Huang's house is not far from the observation point that Jin Tao has a fancy to. Although there are no high-rise buildings, there are also courtyard walls, which are different from other houses in the shack area, and this is a tiled house made of blue bricks. From this point of view, the standard of living of Mr. Huang's family is not too bad.
What surprised Jin Tao the most was that this courtyard did not suffer any greater damage in the artillery fire. The roof is almost intact and there are no traces of burning. A lush camphor tree in the courtyard solved Jin Tao's doubts, and a considerable canopy covered most of the courtyard. I'm afraid that from the sky, this courtyard is only a small horn under the canopy.
Seeing Jin Tao looking at the courtyard, the young man named Lidong immediately explained.
"The day before yesterday, when the Japanese plane dropped bombs, the entire shack area was burned, but only the yard of Mr. Huang's house, and not a single bomb was probably because of the tree in the yard!"
The girl who was rescued by Jin Tao, after just calming down, immediately showed a well-educated demeanor. The torn cotton jacket she wore looked completely out of place with her appearance.
"Please come with me, the place guarantees your satisfaction! Speaking of which, I have never seen a more suitable place to hide than Mr. Huang's house! As long as we're quiet and silent inside, it's all fine. But if I don't have food, I'm afraid of ......."
The main hall of this house is like most courtyards in China. On both sides of a tall hall are two rows of wings. The gatehouse served as a kitchen, and the huge canopy of trees completely obscured the fire in the sky, leaving the courtyard in almost complete darkness.
There were two small suites in the hall, and after entering the room, Lidong let out a low sigh like a moan. The wound on his head just now gave him some symptoms of a concussion, so he sat down on a chair in the hall when he entered the house, and then instructed his sister.
"Ah Xue, you can light the lamp, just a little light!"
The girl named Ah Xue, that is, the woman rescued by Jin Tao, entered the side room of the hall, and immediately the sound of wiping matches was heard.
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Then there was a little light, and then a lantern brightened the room with its dim light. The girl named Ah Xue carefully twisted the fire so that people could only make do with the furnishings in the house.
"The hiding place is under the bed, I'll go in first......!"
Jin Tao lowered his head and turned on the flashlight, he found that this was really an ingenious and secret place. A closer look at the entrance revealed that there was a movable door mounted on the wall, and some bricks were fastened to the wooden shafts that looked like a wall. At this time, the girl with the lantern was trying to move her knees and burrow into a small hole.
"Is this house built with a sandwich wall, and if there is, it's a good hiding place."
Although Jin Tao is satisfied with the hidden hideout, he should pay more attention to the safety around the hideout. After all, this kind of hidden place of a single family that is not connected, if it is not good, it will be blocked by the Japanese soldiers and unable to get out, then it is really bad. Now with some care, this place is not easy for others to discover.
"Well, it's a nice place, I don't know how big it is!"
At this time, Lidong, supported by Mr. Huang's son, also followed. The wound on his head had even been bandaged with strips of cloth torn from the uniforms of Japanese soldiers.
"It's big enough, almost the size of an entire hall. I heard that when it was built, the foundation was so big. It's just that if we all hide inside, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat food for a few days! ”
Jin Tao is not a fool, he can hear "Lidong"'s worries. Looking at Mr. Huang's son on the side, his eyes flashed with the same worry.
"Don't worry, with the three of us here, we can always find something to eat. Is there anything in the cellar that holds water, and if you don't have water, you will die! ”
He had wanted to go out and find some food to come back now, but he was trapped in such a place, and he was afraid that he would not be able to survive long without water and food supplies.
"Yes, there was a water tank there, and we filled it up before we went out!"
"Okay, let's all go down, I'm afraid the Japanese will come and search for it in a while. As for food, if I could, I'd go out in the middle of the night to find it! ”
When Jin Tao entered the cellar of the Huang family, he couldn't help but sigh that the people's minds were ingenious enough, and at the same time, he couldn't help but curse the warlords in China who waged wars for their own selfishness, and forced the people to become.
A horse lamp can illuminate the entire cave in the ground, so that people can easily see the situation in the house, and Jin Tao has to admire the foresight of the family.
Judging from the underground space, I am afraid that it is about the same size as the hall on the top. It is estimated that the second floor was built at that time, but one of the first floors was repaired to the ground. The basement is quite large and made of green bricks, and the walls are also painted with lime. The space is large enough for not only the existing people to stay, but even for everyone to lie down without feeling cramped in the slightest.
In the corner of the basement was a bundle of straight bamboos as thick as a tea stalk, and I don't know what it was intended for. At the moment, they were all placed in the ground, and they were connected with ropes to serve as beds. In addition, the boxes in the house, which are now filled with stools, are full of books.
The basement is connected to the exit by a narrow wooden staircase, and from the height of the staircase, Jin Tao can judge that this basement is about 900 cm ~ 1 meter below the ground. Since there was a vent in the house that led to the outside, Jin Tao used a wooden board to completely cover the entrance.
That way, even if there is some noise in the house, the sound will not reach the outside.
One of the two vents, connected to the brick chimney of the home. The chimney is creatively divided into two passages with bricks, so that it does not affect the smoke exhaust of the stove at home, nor does it affect the ventilation in the basement. There is even a stove in front of the vent in the basement, presumably using some charcoal to cook on this stove, so that you don't have to worry about being discovered by people outside.
"Alas, what kind of foresight, this is all forced to do nothing!"
The one who sighed at Jin Tao in front of him was Teacher Huang's son. After a brief period of sorrow in the last days, people still have to face the harsh reality. Jin Tao is trying to bring them to their senses from their grief, and at least he needs to make them understand that now is not the time to pay tribute to their loved ones.
"Come get some water, we're going to have to live well anyway!"
At this time, Jin Tao used the porcelain cup found by the young couple of the Huang family as the master, and poured a cup of jasmine tea for each of them. I believe that after working for half the night and experiencing so many things, there is nothing more refreshing than this.