Chapter 11: An Immortal Conscience
Su Maosheng's prestige in the village can be said to be nothing else, not only that he did what a village chief should do, but also that he did a good job of the truth and cordiality that a villager should have. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
When the country needed it, Su Maosheng stood up without any scruples, and also took his daughter, two adopted sons, and even the whole village, which well explained the truth that "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband".
Throwing off the shabby robe, the temperament of an advanced person was vividly displayed, and he walked on the big stone platform of the courtyard dam, waiting for the villagers to gather and get closer.
After a while, the people in the village arrived, men, women and children, several generations in the same house, everyone had a small family, and even the old lady of the Xiao family, who was over nine years old, also came upside down with a stick and a hunchback.
Su Maosheng politely bowed to everyone, and said, "This bow is to thank the villagers for their support to my Su Mou's work over the years."
After speaking, he bowed again, "This bow is my apology to everyone"
The villagers talked a lot, and Su Maosheng's contribution to the village can be seen, how can he apologize?
Su Maosheng waved his hands and beckoned everyone to be quiet, "Listen to me, the reason why I apologize is because I didn't protect everyone, I didn't protect this village, of course, it is the land under our feet, the devil is here, everyone has heard of the devil's power, the devil's cruelty, if the devil enters the village, it must be a river of blood, burning, killing and looting, and there will be no grass here, the reason why I gathered everyone today is to listen to everyone's opinions."
"Village chief, the devil is here, I can't blame you, village chief, you don't have to apologize, we are all very sober, it's a big deal to do it with the devil!" A middle-aged man shouted with a hoe.
"Yes,!" Immediately, the whole village began to echo.
"What, what? Dry! The old lady of the Xiao family, who was holding a stick, walked forward slowly, the old lady of the Xiao family was a more famous old man in the village, and her husband served as the village chief in the Qing Dynasty, and finally died of illness.
So when I heard the old lady's greeting, the villagers were a lot quieter, and the old lady slowly continued, "I know that devils are hateful, but there is no need to let the whole village work hard, what about your wives and children, parents?" ”
This sentence seems to ask everyone's heart, although the old lady's thinking is a little conservative, but the traditional etiquette that has been handed down cannot be thrown away, the villagers are very quiet, and then they feel what Su Maosheng's apology is?
Liao Changsheng saw this depressed atmosphere, and couldn't help it, and roared twice, "The country is going to die, where can you go with your wife, children, and mother?" Do you want to die? ”
Liao Changsheng wanted to arouse the will of young people again, but he didn't expect to usher in a fierce stick from the old lady, "Shut up, you don't have a mother's thing!" Su Maosheng dissuaded the old lady and signaled Liao Changsheng to go farther.
Su Maosheng bowed again and said, "This third bow is a thank you to the ancestors and grandparents in the village, thank them for creating such a harmonious and united village, the old lady is right, the devil is coming, we don't need to take the whole village to fight hard, so the state has arranged a special commissioner for us to help us." ”
"The commissioner has conveyed the order from the superiors, which means that we should all evacuate, and then blow up the city of Jiguan, so as to buy more time for the party-state's army to deploy and resist the war."
"You can't blow it up, you can't move the things left by your ancestors!" They all spoke in unison, including the old lady of the Xiao family, who did not approve of it.
Su Maosheng waved his hand again to beckon everyone to be quiet, "I know that everyone is reluctant, and even more reluctant to leave their homeland, but this is the only way to save our lives, otherwise the devil will enter the village, not only will we not be able to save our homeland, but also our lives" Pointing to the young man who had just been in high spirits, he continued, "You, your wife and children, and your mother will all die, are you willing to wait for death like this?" ”
"Where can we go if we leave here?" The old lady of the Xiao family asked.
"I don't know, it may be very close, and there may never be a place to go, because if we don't drive the devils out of China for a day, we won't be at peace for a day, are you willing to be chased by the devils? Would you like to see your old mother die on the way to escape, with nowhere to be buried? ”
Su Maosheng's speech is really level, in one sentence, simple and direct, and it hits people's hearts, but any Chinese who still has a conscience cannot bear this kind of humiliation.
The villagers were very sad, and the older ones couldn't help but shed tears, and maybe everyone had a question in their hearts: "Why is there a war?" ”
The old lady of the Xiao family didn't speak again, and returned to the crowd with a stick, and said, "Village Chief Su, my husband handed over the village to you, I believe in you, we listen to you, what do you say?" ”
"Listen to you, Village Chief Su, we all listen to you!"
Su Maosheng's touching words brought the village together again, and the next work was easy to do, Wu Ting sincerely admired Su Maosheng's ability at this moment.
"Thank you for believing in me, in fact, when Changsheng and Pengfei came back with that inexplicable bomb, I didn't know that the devil was coming, what should I do? But the state did not give up on us, and sent us a commissioner, so we should also obey the orders of the state, but not now, since the country needs to buy time, then we should also show our patriotism and do something for the country? ”
Speaking of this, Liao Changsheng was excited, with so many years of getting along with Su Maosheng, he could easily guess that the next thing to talk about must be fighting devils.
As expected, Su Maosheng continued to ask, "Are you just doing nothing and waiting for the devil to come?" ”
The villagers replied loudly, "No, no!" ”
"Shall we leave our homes and do nothing about it?"
Su Maosheng's voice was even more sonorous: "So should we do something?" ”
"Fight devils, fight with them!"
At this time, everyone was immersed in a high-spirited atmosphere, and Su Maosheng took the opportunity to say, "Okay, very good, I discussed with the commissioner and decided to set up a militia team to protect the safety of the village and take on the heavy responsibility of fighting devils!" ”
Wu Ting nodded, looking at so many young people who were willing to fight devils, she was very pleased, and said, "Liao Changsheng borrowed five spears, yesterday we killed more than 20 little devils, and we picked up more than a dozen guns and one machine gun, so the militia team we organized is about twenty-five people, you can ask me to sign up immediately!" ”
As soon as Wu Ting finished speaking, aspiring young people flocked to it, and were intercepted by Su Maosheng on the way, "Those who have parents over seventy in the family can't sign up, and those who have children under the age of five can't sign up!" ”
This unwritten rule has rejected a lot, but everyone knows that Su Maosheng did this also for the sake of the family to rely on, and the young fever who failed to get his wish just left in frustration, without making too many useless struggles and justifications.
There were just twenty-five people who signed up, Jin Pengfei handed out all the guns, and the young people's eyes were shining, but they didn't know how to use this thing.
Wu Ting looked at this group of militiamen who had no rules at all, and after the roll call, she said, "Now we nominate a militiaman, as the captain of our team, everyone can freely nominate them, or they can recommend themselves!" ”
As soon as Wu Ting finished speaking, the unified answer she heard was "Liao Changsheng!" Liao Changsheng forgot the cruel stick of the old lady of the Xiao family, and when he heard his name, he was extremely excited, and ran over with his injured arm on his face, with a smile on his face.
Wu Ting actually had a candidate in her heart, and it was also Liao Changsheng, after all, he was the only one in the village who had really killed the devil, and what the devil was most afraid of was this kind of deadly character.
"Liao Changsheng, now that you are the captain, you still have to do a lot of work, only if you make progress, can you lead everyone to progress, starting tomorrow, I and the village chief will teach you military knowledge and cultural knowledge, and Comrade Zhang Ersil will teach you marksmanship, go back and clean up!" Wu Ting made the final arrangements.
When Zhang Ersil heard the word "comrade", he touched the back of his head, became happy, and did not come back to his senses for a long time.
"Changsheng, Pengfei, you have to fight for your father, for the village, for us Chinese, when you are injured, then go to the devil for a vote!" Su Maosheng took his two adopted sons and walked into the room.
"Dad, that's a must, your two sons were born to fight devils!" A few people burst out laughing.