Daddy Xu laughed again and said, "My Daddy Xu grew up eating nests, and it's not a big scare." The Japanese would have burned down my house a long time ago, and they were going to kill my whole family, and they would have done so a long time ago, but they didn't catch us. We are all grass people, life is not worth much, if you have the ability, come and take it. Look at how capable you are, you don't have the strength to go to the Eighth Road, but to some ordinary people. Come on! Come on! I'll be waiting for you. ”

Wu Xiaoming and Li Dazhong are not popular, so they have to seize this Tian Yuaner and ask what is going on. Han Xing shook his head at them, the Japanese are despicable, but we are above board, the gentleman is not angry with the cow, and the bastard let it mess with it to the end. Besides, this Tahara Er, it is also useful to keep him, if there is no opponent in the world, it will be quite boring.

After Tian Yuaner left, Han Xing's group came over, and Han Xing first praised Daddy Xu and said, "Okay, good, Daddy Xu, I just realized that your old knowledge is still quite big." I'm going to learn from you in the future! ”

"Humph!" Father Xu said a little proudly at this time, "There is a saying, no matter how cunning a fox is, it can't fight a good hunter." In fact, these people with the surname Japan have not come to the country once or twice, they are nothing more than these two tricks. First the soft one, give a piece of candy to eat, and then the hard one, the hard one is not good, and then the soft one. I've got all the lines ready, and when I use them, I can deal with them for a while. ”

Chen Ping also complimented him and said: "Daddy Xu, you are still a good actor!" ”

Father Xu said: "To deal with these people, you can't be in a hurry, you have to grind them slowly, I don't believe that you can't grind them." ”

Since then, the Japanese have begun to hunt down and persecute Daddy Xu's family more severely.

In the autumn of 1940, the entire northwestern plain of Shandong fell into the white terror, and the devils and traitors arrested people everywhere and killed the families of the Eighth Route Army. hated Xu Yushan's family even more, and threatened to kill the Xu family.

After the departure of the Seventh Regiment, the work of the Boping Party was seriously affected, and at this time, the second and third children had already joined the party, and after the departure of the boss Xu Yushan, they also left their hometowns to go to the army. As soon as the three brothers of the Xu family left, the Xu family seemed to have no backbone, all the real estate in the family was burned by the Japanese invaders, most of the land was sold for military salaries, and the enemy was still chasing the Xu family everywhere, and the people of the Xu family really couldn't stay at home.

Father Xu presided over a family meeting at home, how can there be a way out. Father Xu also had an old mother at this time, and at this time it was already in the age of antiquity, and at this time, he was also brought to the house for a meeting.

In addition to Father Xu, the one who can talk to him at home is his wife. She stood up and said, "Our Xu family, no matter what, we have to leave our roots, and we can't let the devil take us all in one pot." Our mother's family has nothing, mainly your man's family, as long as you are here, there is hope for the Xu family. I pondered that our Xu family could only escape the search of the devils by changing its name and surname and dispersing and concealing. ”

The whole family nodded one after another, and now there is only one way.

Daddy Xu is most concerned about the oldest mother, one is the sixth and seventh is still young, and the other is the eldest child, the second and third children.

First of all, the question of how to arrange the old lady, Father Xu said to the old lady: "Mother, you also know the things in our family, there is really no way to live at home." If I send you to your mother's house to camp, I don't know if you want to go! ”

The old lady hurriedly objected: "I'm so old, I'm not going anywhere, just stay at home!" If you die, you will die in the Xu family. If the devil comes, kill it if you want to! As long as they can do it. ”

That being said, when the children and grandchildren can't be ignored, they can't watch her old man being blacked out by devils, or send her to her mother's house to camp.

The sixth and seventh children are still young and can't do without adults, and their wives can only lead them to escape from the famine and ask for food. The daughters-in-law of the eldest child, the second, the third, and the fourth all returned to their parents' homes with their children.

Father Xu took the fourth and fifth children to find the Eighth Route Army.

Since then, the Xu family has gone their separate ways, and there is no news, and this group of people does not know whether the group of people is alive or dead, whether it is a blessing or a curse, and they have lived a difficult life of living today, not knowing tomorrow.

Daddy Xu's mother, after sending her to Qiying, she couldn't eat enough all day, couldn't dress warmly, and thought about her children, grandchildren, and daughter-in-law all day long.

Xu Yushan's two children, one of Xu Yubi's children, and one of Lao Si Yuxi's children all died in several enemy sweeps.

Father Xu did not lose heart, and took the fourth and fifth children everywhere to find the Eighth Route Army, because they remembered the words of the boss Xu Yushan in their minds, that is: We will definitely come back.

In other words, the Eighth Route Army will eventually defeat the devils and will definitely return to our hometown victoriously.

The three of them persevered with such a belief, sleeping in the open air, eating hundreds of meals, and really couldn't walk, so they rested for a while, and when they were thirsty, they drank a bowl of well water. In winter, he was wrapped in a torn sleeve, and in summer, he walked naked in only shorts.

In the spring of 1941, the three of them went to a village in Qihe County for dinner, and saw a well-disciplined team living in the village, which looked like the Eighth Route Army. Father Xu went up and asked, "You are the Eighth Route Army!" ”

"Yes, we are the Eighth Route Army, this old man, how do you know?"

Father Xu smiled, held the hand of the Eighth Route Army soldier tightly, and said, "Child, my three children are all Eighth Route Army, what is the Eighth Route Army like, how can I not know." I can find your Eighth Route Army, quickly lead me to meet your leader. ”

The soldiers standing guard saw that their families were coming, and hurriedly led them to meet the leaders of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army stationed here is the three brigades of the Fourth Division. Wang Kekou, the political commissar of the brigade, asked Father Xu: "Who else is in the family?" ”

Lao Wu Yuzhen hurriedly said: "I still have the eldest brother, the second brother, the third brother, my parents, and my mother. ”

"What are they doing?"

"My elder brother is the Eighth Route Army, the eldest brother Xu Yushan, the second brother Xu Yuchen, and the third brother Xu Yubi."

"Xu Yubi, I know, your third brother is here with us." Political Commissar Wang Kekou said.

As soon as they heard that Xu Yubi was here, the gentlemen were so happy that tears flowed out of their eyes. Political Commissar Wang hurriedly asked someone to make a hot meal.

The three of them had been wandering for nearly a year and had a hot meal for the first time. After eating, Political Commissar Wang sent someone to send the three of them to the divisional headquarters to meet the third child, Xu Yubi. It turned out that after the third child found the unit, he had been working in the fourth division, and at that time he was the reconnaissance and communications staff officer of the division.

At the headquarters, the three of them saw the third Yubi, and the father and son all cried after meeting. While crying, he cried about these sins suffered by his family.

Father Xu said to the third child: "Child, the family has made the little devil miserable, and there is no way to go back." Let's never separate in the future, let's fight the devil together to take revenge! ”

At this time, Lao Wu Yuzhen looked at the third brother from head to foot, and touched the gun on the third brother's back, with envy in his eyes, and asked, "Third brother, what gun are you carrying?" ”

"Box guns."

"Have you ever killed a devil?"

"I've been killed for many miles."

"Let's fight devils together, if you dare to fight devils, I will also dare to fight devils."

The third brother Yubi said: "Fighting devils is not something that anyone can fight, fighting devils requires learning martial arts, and I graduated from Military and Political University." I'll talk to Commander Liu Zhiyuan, let the fourth and fifth brothers study. ”

As soon as they heard that they could go to the school of the Eighth Route Army, the fourth and fifth children jumped up with joy. When the troops saw that Father Xu had nowhere to go, he was persecuted so badly by the devils, so they left him in the logistics agency as a cook, and the fourth and fifth children were also left behind by the troops.

Han Xing inquired and heard that Father Xu was still alive, so he was nested in the fourth district, so he hurriedly found it.

When Han Xing saw Daddy Xu, he also felt extremely sad, he hadn't seen him for more than a year, and he had almost changed a person, his face was darker and older. Han Xing saw him and said, "Daddy Xu, it's really not easy for you, how did the Fourth Division arrange you to be a cook here, can you still be a cook?" ”

Father Xu thought that the army was going to chase him, so he said to Han Xing angrily: "Commander Han, you can't say that, where do I still have a home now, the army is my home." I'm going to die, I'm going to die in the army, and I have nowhere to go anyway. ”

Han Xing said to him, "How can a person like you be a cook!" Cook, you're trying to do it. ”

"Aren't you worried about me," Father Xu was angry, and he was about to argue with Han Xing to understand, "Tell me, where am I sorry for the troops, and how much anti-Japanese work have I done?" I'm getting a little old now, but it's always okay to cook a meal and give the soldiers a little hot soup and hot rice! ”

Han Xing didn't want to mess with him, so he had to say, "I mean, a character like you, the cooks are blind to the materials." Seed companies, feed companies, breeding companies, vegetable greenhouses, piles of work in the field, how can you hide here to be idle, you have to continue to carry heavy burdens! ”

When Father Xu heard this, he dared to love Han Xing, this is not to drive him away, smiled, and said to Han Xing: "Commander Han, as long as it is the work of the Eighth Route Army." From being a seed worker to being a cook, I will do whatever you want me to do, as long as the army and the government don't push me away, I can do anything. ”

Han Xing took his hand and said, "If you can't find a talent like you, why should I let you go." If anyone picks you up, I'll be anxious with him. ”

In May 1940, the fourth and fifth children were sent to study at the second branch of Kang University.

At that time, the fourth Yuxi was only 16 years old, and the fifth Yuzhen was only 14 years old, and he was the youngest student in the school. But Yuzhen studies very hard, is smart and clever, and is very endearing. Like the adults, he stood guard, sentry, marched, and trained, never lagging behind, and was often praised by his chiefs.

One day, the school had an encounter with the enemy in the green camp of Ah Cheng, which was the first time that the fourth and fifth children fought with the enemy. The fifth brother showed great bravery in the battle. Afterwards, the fourth asked the fifth: "Are you afraid?" ”