During the period of the Republic of China, Xikou belonged to Shanmuqiao Township, Suining County, which was a small village and town in the southernmost part of Suining, and was only assigned to Tongdao County after liberation.

It is said to be a small village and town, but in fact, the village is relatively large, with a small street, dozens of households, and a few shops.

During the fair, mountain people from the four towns and eight villages will flock to the town to bring their own mountain goods, timber, grain and other items to the town to trade, in exchange for the salt and other items that are urgently needed back home. There are usually no people, and occasionally some passing business travelers stop here.

December 12, 1934 was a day that the residents of this small village would never forget.

On this day, the sun is warm, and the small villages and towns seem extraordinarily quiet.

It was almost noon when the tranquility was shattered. [***] The soldiers of the 62nd Division poured into the small villages and towns.

In modern terms, Ah Shui is a gangster at the mouth of the river, and the common people call him a second-rate son. At this time, Ah Shui was sitting at the door of the grocery store, secretly glancing at the bulging chest of the proprietress with his eyes from time to time. glanced at it, swallowed spit, and was still indignant in his heart: "Damn, all the good dishes are called pig arches!" ”

No wonder Ah Shui is greedy, the proprietress is indeed good-looking, medium-sized, white face, watery eyes, two dimples with a smile, when walking, the two small mountain bags in front of her tremble with the twisting of the small waist. Don't talk about Ah Shui, the last time the township chief saw her, the saliva was so bad that the two pockets of the jacket were wet, and he praised this girl for being really good.

At that time, who could do business on the street was not a human spirit! You think, if you are too loyal, you have to lose all your blood; If you are too cunning, maybe you will fall into the sheep whisker river and drown inexplicably when you walk at night that day; Let's talk about all kinds of uncles, there are too many uncles, and I can't stammer; Don't talk to all kinds of uncles, maybe one day you will be kidnapped. Therefore, in the eyes of the mountain people, the people who do business are the same as those who run the rivers and lakes, they talk about people when they see people, and they talk nonsense when they see ghosts, and they are better than foxes in the mountains.

This proprietress is also amorous, Ah Shui's greed fell into her eyes, and she secretly laughed at Ah Shui in her heart, wanting to drink the old lady's foot washing water, but there was no door! His face was full of smiles, and he chatted and gossiped without a match: "Ah Shui, why didn't you take in the woman who fled last time?" ”

Ah Shuizui glanced at it: "That woman, her head is crawling with lice, the corners of her eyes are full of eye droppings, and her body is full of dirt, and she looks upset." ”

"Roar! I didn't expect Ah Shui's vision to be quite high! Silly melon, you buy a piece of soap, boil a pot of hot water, and wash her and wash it, won't it be clean? The smile on the hostess's face grew even stronger.

"Forget it, it's not that no one wants my Ah Shui, last time that timber dealer took a fancy to my cleverness, and said that he wanted to marry his little sister to me as a guest." Ah Shui was a little proud.

"That's it, that's it, who doesn't know that Ah Shui is a clever person for dozens of miles in Fang Yuan!" The proprietress had deeper dimples, and her smile was about to overflow.

Ah Shui was even more crazy: "I've already thought about it, a manly man, if you want to marry a cousin, you can marry a sister-in-law like this, I don't want anything else." ”

The proprietress took a sip and was about to speak, when she saw that there seemed to be someone on the street out of the corner of her eye, so she said, "Ah Shui, someone is here, let's see who it is." ”

Ah Shui turned his head and looked, I don't know when many soldiers came, three or five dials, holding guns, slipping through the wall, and touched in without a sound. Looking back, mom, it's all black, it's all soldiers.

The proprietress was busy closing the door, but it was already late, and it was just such a short street, and the soldier's talk was there.

Ah Shui's cleverness came up, and he was busy greeting: "The boss is here, work hard, sit down and drink tea." ”

"Don't move, move again and I'll crash you!" The muzzle of a black hole pierced into Ah Shui's forehead. The proprietress was so frightened that she slipped into the corner with a "mom".

A crowd of soldiers gathered around.

A small leader separated the soldiers and walked up to Ah Shui: "Honestly, are there red bandits in the village?" ”

Ah Shui was frightened like sifting chaff: "No, I don't know what the red bandit looks like." ”

The little leader asked again, "Have you been in the queue here lately?" ”

Ah Shui said: "No, there is no one when there is no market here." ”

The little boss went up and slapped him: "Damn, Lao Tzu asked you if you have been in the team, what the hell are you talking about whether to catch the market or not, don't you owe a beating?" ”

Ah Shui is really good at learning this time: "Boss, I don't know anything." The one with the gatehouse on the other side is the chief's house, so go and ask him. ”

The little leader turned to a soldier and shouted, "You, go and report to the company commander, just say that there is no situation for the time being." The rest of the people searched with me. ”

Soon, the black-pressed soldiers poured into the town. Now it was lively, the soldiers entered every door, called the door, kicked the door, smashed the door, etc., there were all kinds of things, and the quiet villages and towns immediately jumped up, crying, shouting, and fighting.

A few soldiers entered the grocery store, reached out and grabbed things from the shelves, and in a moment they made a mess of the shelves.

The proprietress hid in the corner, without saying a word, and looked at the group of robbers coldly. She knows that she can't understand the theory with this group of robbers, so take it and destroy the disaster.

Finally, these soldiers went out satisfied, and the proprietress finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly called Ah Shui to help close the door.

"Woohoo! When you see [***] coming, you will close the door, do you wait for the red bandit to open the door! ”

A gong-like sound sounded outside the door, and with a bang, the deadbolt in the proprietress fell to the ground.

The door was pushed open, and Ah Shui saw that a group of soldiers had come again, and an official in the middle was looking at him with his hands on his waist and smiling grimly. Ah Shui panicked, and hurriedly walked out and said, "The chief is hard, the chief is hard!" ”

The officer's broken voice shouted again: "Boss, we are revolutionary soldiers, and we came to chase down the red bandits in order to protect the common people. Why are you closing the door when you see us? Is there a red bandit in the house? ”

Ah Shui hurriedly said: "The chief said that he laughed, where did the red bandits come from in our small village shop!" The chief sits, and the brethren sit. Hostess, pour tea! ”

The proprietress also came back to her senses at this time, and walked over with a teapot in one hand and a few tea bowls in the other. Ah Shui hurriedly moved a small table, took a few more stools, put the tea bowl on the table, and kept shouting, "Please, please, boss." ”

When the officer sat down, the proprietress began to pour water. It may indeed be that they are tired and thirsty, and a few soldiers don't care whether the commander drinks it or not, they grab the bowl and pour it into it. The officer scolded: "Wang Ba lid drops, there are no rules!"

The proprietress hurriedly went into the house again, took out a clean teacup, washed it again, found some tea leaves to brew, brought it to the officer, and said, "Sir has worked hard, please use tea." ”

The officer took a sip of the teacup, wiped his mouth, and shouted, "Good tea, it's a fucking pleasure!" As soon as I turned around, I saw the pretty face of the proprietress. The officer was stunned all of a sudden, and only after a while did he mutter: "What a fucking handsome bird from the deep mountains!" ”

The soldiers laughed loudly. A soldier shouted in a strange voice: "The company commander is so blessed, he is going to be the groom officer again!" ”

The proprietress turned around and ran back to the grocery store.

The officer smiled stupidly, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground, not even knowing it.

The soldiers burst into laughter again. The officer finally came to his senses, looked at the laughing soldiers, spat in the palm of his hand, rubbed his hands together, and ran into the house with a thud.

A soldier proudly sang eighteen touches: "One touch, touch the eldest sister's hair......"

There was a sound of beating and scolding in the room, the proprietress scolding the beast one after another, and the officer laughing one after another.

In fact, this proprietress is not necessarily a real chaste martyr, the problem is that the time is not right, the place is wrong! So many people are watching, and the living are not allowed to pass it out? Therefore, desperately resisting, the officer was so eager that he couldn't get his hand, and with a hiss, the sound of tearing clothes came out.

"Help! Help me! "The hostess's voice was already straight.

Ah Shui can't sit still, damn, it's too bullying, Lao Tzu comes to grind every day when he has nothing to do, and he even touches his hands, you're good, pick peaches directly as soon as you come, in front of Lao Tzu's face, Lao Tzu likes the woman, and let Lao Tzu mix in Xikou?

Angry. Ah Shui picked up a wooden stool and rushed to the house. A [***] soldier didn't even look at it, raised his hand and shot Ah Shui down on the threshold.

The sound of gunfire woke everyone up. The enemy officer burst out of the room, holding his pants in one hand and a pistol in the other, and shouted: "Which one shoots?" ”

"Report to the company commander, this kid took a stool and wanted to go in and beat you." The soldier who fired the gun replied with confidence.

The officer's eyes rolled a few times, and he went up and slapped the soldier: "Wang Ba Gaidi, I finally met a red bandit spy and let your kid be killed." If you catch it alive, you will be rewarded with 5 oceans, but now you can only be rewarded with 2 oceans. Wang Ba cover drops, don't you have a grudge against money? ”

The soldier's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stood upright: "The company commander taught me a lesson." ”

The officer tied his pants, thought for a while and said to the soldier: "This guy is a red bandit spy, the boss must be a red bandit woman, report to Shangfeng, I killed a red bandit spy in a row, captured a red bandit woman, and cost a bullet." Now you go and arrest that red bandit woman, look at it, if you let you run away, Lao Tzu will kill you. ”

The soldier said yes and rushed into the house, and in a moment pushed the proprietress out.

The proprietress no longer had that watery style, dull, and muttered two words in her mouth: "Beast!" ”

Hearing the gunshots, he knew that something had happened to the grocery store, and the guy from the store next door hurriedly ran to call the security chief.

When the chief saw it, the gangster Ah Shui fell in a pool of blood, and saw that he was not alive. Look again, a group of [***] soldiers also arrested the grocery store proprietor. Hurriedly stepped forward to block the way of the [***] soldiers: "Sir, why do you kill people casually?" ”

Where did the officer see the security chief of this small village in the deep mountains!

"Wang Ba lid drop, which crotch is rotten to reveal you? So bold, dare to stop the army of bandits? I think you're tired of it. ”

In these years, being a security chief is either a bully or a human spirit, where can you not see what kind of cat is boring! He scolded with hatred in his heart: "What [***], eating meat and not spitting out bones, is purely a bandit." ”

scolded in his heart, but he still stepped forward and whispered to the officer: "Sir, the man's death is dead, just dig a pit and bury it." You can't take this woman away, this is our township chief's favor, if you take it away, I won't be able to be the security chief. ”

The officer was originally greedy for beauty, and wanted to take the boss lady away and occupy it for a long time, but when he saw the boss lady's dull gaze, he was afraid that this woman would be stupid and become a burden. He said to the chief of security: "The brothers have worked so hard to run such a long way, and finally caught a red bandit woman who attacked [***], what do you say?" ”

The chief hurriedly took out a few silver dollars from his pocket, stuffed them into the officer's pocket, and said, "The chief has worked hard to suppress the bandits, and he has the right to pay for the tea of the brothers." ”

The officer didn't blink: "What kind of tea?" I don't even have cold water to drink! ”

The chief had no choice but to borrow 30 silver dollars from the owner of the shop next door to the grocery store and stuff them into the officer's hands.

The officer took out a silver dollar, put it to his mouth and blew it, put it to his ear and listened to it for a while, and then there was a smile on his face: "Bao Chang, brother will give you face, and this red bandit woman will be handed over to you." You tell her that the next time I come back from the bandits, I'll have to drink tea in her shop! ”

"That's, that's, I'll tell her."

The team finally started, but the originally quiet Xikou was a mess, every household was crying and scolding, and many people came from the sound of clanging and clanging, and the chief knew that it was repairing the door that was smashed by [***].

Ah Shui has been buried, he is a gangster, he has no family, and the [***] officer said that he is a red bandit spy, and no one dares to say anything. So the chief of the security guard called two guards to carry him out, and dug a pit and buried him.

The grocery store was closed, and the proprietress was sent directly back to her husband's house, who had been driven back. The matter seems to have passed, only the blood stains of Ah Shui on the threshold of the grocery store can't be washed off, and the sun shines on, black and red, looking indescribably weird and hideous.