Chapter 20: The Traitor (Ask for Recommendations, Ask for Collections, Ask for Clicks)
As soon as Mhammad said this, Massoud also felt that Saha, who had never been sick, was suddenly sick, and maybe, it was really an urgent illness, so it was better to go and see it.
"Okay, then there's the Raum Hamad brothers." Massoud said, taking Mhammad and walking towards the village.
Behind Mhammad, Durrani and Madeem followed, and the two of them were going to follow Mhammad until Mhammad hid the truck and then returned to the base with him.
The night is already deep, the starlight is still brilliant, and the ground is in the haze.
The houses, all low and dilapidated mud houses, are the same as those seen by Mhammad in the remote mountain villages of later generations, and the local residents are all made of local materials, made of adobe from clay, and then built into houses, with a layer of mud on the outside, and a layer of wood on the top, which is also pasted with mud.
This kind of house can easily collapse if it encounters a heavy rainstorm.
In Afghanistan's big cities, such as Jalalabad, they are about the same as other foreign cities, but in the mountains, the differences are already noticeable.
As he walked, Mhammad had mixed feelings.
Now that I have crossed over here, it is not enough to just drive out the Soviets, how to make the entire Afghan people live a stable and prosperous life is what really helps Afghanistan!
"Here we are." Massoud said.
With the low courtyard wall, Mhammad felt that he could jump over the wall as long as he jumped.
And now, with Massoud here, and with Hadim, a native of his own village, Mhammad naturally can't do this.
"Smack, smack." Hadim went up first and knocked on the dilapidated courtyard door, and at the same time, shouted in a loud voice: "Brother Saha, Brother Saha, open the door!" ”
There is no reaction inside.
"Smack, smack." Hadim knocked again.
"Crunch." Inside, there was finally a sound, and as the dilapidated door shaft turned, then a sound of footsteps was heard, and someone inside came out!
"Brother Saha, how are you sick? I know a little bit about medicine, so I can show you. Mhammad said.
There was another dull sound of the doorway, and the courtyard door opened a opening, revealing a figure inside.
The body is not tall, short and thin, where is a strong man, and when I look at it again, the whole body is covered in a piece of clothing, and even the face is tightly wrapped.
Mhammad knows that this kind of clothing is called a polka, and it is a traditional garment of Afghan women that has been around for hundreds of years. A robe covers the woman from head to toe, like the one in the cover.
Before the invasion of the Soviet Union, Afghanistan was not too confined to the United States, and although women were not as open and revealing as their daughters-in-law, they were the same as women in Eastern countries. It's just that this is the case in big cities, and in many villages, women are still very traditional and conservative.
Now, in front of me is a conservative woman.
"Saha is asleep, Elder, Hadim, come back tomorrow." The woman said.
"I'm sorry, but since I'm asleep, let the Saha brothers go back to sleep." Mhammad said, "Elder, Durranny, Hadim, let's go." ”
Massoud looked at Mhammad's back and felt a little strange, tonight's trip was too boring.
After walking a few steps and turning a narrow rural dirt road, Mhammad suddenly stopped.
"Elder Massoud, I'm so sorry, I need to break into Saha's home to see if Saha is at home." Mhammad said.
Hearing Mhammad say this, several other people looked at him with surprised eyes.
"Instructor, this can't be, the Saha brothers are the sons of the former head of our Goster Village, especially since his wife is still at home, and it is very inappropriate to break in like this in the middle of the night." Without waiting for Massoud to speak, Hadim on the side had already spoken out to stop him.
Although you are an instructor, you can't do whatever you want, Saha is sick, and you should go in to visit, and Saha's wife has already said that Saha is asleep, so you shouldn't bother again, now, not only to disturb, but also to break in privately, this is the public enemy of the whole village, although Hadim is a guerrilla, he still stands unceremoniously on the side of the village.
Massoud did not speak, he knew that since this Khamad said so, it must have his own purpose.
Sure enough, Mhammad said something that surprised them even more: "I suspect that now this Sakha is not at home at all, and he ran out and reported to the Soviets." ”
Although throughout the Afghan war, most of the Afghans were on the side of the guerrillas, they opposed the Soviet aggression against them, bravely resisted, and let the Soviets fall into the ocean of people's war.
However, no matter where you are, there will always be scum, there will always be scum. There are also Afghans who will side with the Soviets, and they will act as traitors to the Soviets, leak information about the Afghan guerrillas, and some will even sit directly in the Soviets' helicopter gunships, indicate the targets to the Soviets, and bomb the places where the Afghan guerrillas are hiding.
Although there are relatively few such people, even if one appears next to them, it will pose a great threat to themselves.
Therefore, Mhammad would now rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one. This Saha was too sick at the right time, and what Massoud said casually just now made him suspicious, and after knocking on the door just now, Saha's daughter-in-law opened the door, which confirmed his judgment even more.
It's late at night, and if Saha had fallen asleep a long time ago, then his wife should have slept too, and should Afghans wear clothes when they sleep? That's absolutely impossible!
After Hadim knocked on the door, Mhammad listened carefully, and there was no sound of clothes inside, and then the door opened, and the woman came out and opened it!
Even if Saha was asleep, he wouldn't let his wife open the door in the middle of the night. Moreover, the woman was so fast, there was only one possibility, she didn't sleep at all and waited in the house all the time!
What to wait for? Naturally, she knew that her husband had run away, so she was waiting for her husband to come back! Moreover, she should know what her husband was doing!
Since the woman's whole body was shrouded in the polka, Mhammad didn't see the woman's eyes, but listening to the voice, he was pretending to be calm and flustered!
This Saha, there are too many doubts, now, just need to go in and take a look, and you can uncover the mystery!
If he had known about Saha's dwelling, Mhammad himself would have touched it. And now, with the elders of the village around him, as well as Hadim, Mhammad knew that he had to inform them first.
As soon as Mhammad's words fell, Khadim's face changed: "Brother Saha, will you be a traitor?" Impossible, impossible! ”
"It's impossible, just go in and see." As he spoke, Massoud had not yet spoken, and had already strode back.
"Instructor, no." Hardim followed behind, for Goster Village, this behavior of the instructor is very inappropriate, he wants to stop the instructor!
It's a pity that this instructor ran like the wind, and then, under the starlight, the instructor kicked the low courtyard wall with his right leg, and with both hands, he had already jumped into the courtyard.
"Boom!" Then Hadim heard a voice, "Oh no, this instructor is really violent, and with such a kick, he kicked the door of the Saha brothers' house open."
At the same time, Hadim hesitated in his heart, the instructor is so violent, and the next moment, I am afraid that the amazing screams of the Saha brothers' wives will come out, and the whole village will hear it, and then, they will come to help the Saha brothers and beat the instructor violently, if the instructor fights back, it will be a bigger conflict.
What to do?
Hadim was outside, not knowing whether to go in or not, and waited for a while, but did not hear the screams inside.
What's going on?
Later, Elder Massoud and Durrani also followed, Durrani was still a little apprehensive in his heart, this instructor has always done his own thing, arbitrary, this time, he broke into other people's homes directly, if it spreads, will it be said that the instructor went to steal women? Here, this is a very serious crime.
With an indescribable disappointment on his face, Elder Massoud said to Hardim, "Let's go in through the door." ”
"No need." A voice came from inside, and Mhammad had come out.
"Let's go, you can explain to the elders." Mhammad can also be heard talking to another person.
This person is undoubtedly Saha's wife, and at this time, the three of them already know that I'm afraid, Saha's brothers, are really not in it.
Muhammad jumped over the wall into the courtyard and kicked the door open, and in the dilapidated room, there was no one but Saha's wife, shivering on the broken bed.
The Saha brothers, who are trusted by the villagers of Goster Village, definitely have a problem!
"Dana, what the hell is going on, didn't you say that Brother Saha was asleep just now? Isn't he sick? Seeing Mhammad escorting Saha's wife out, Hadim immediately asked.
Dana didn't speak, and under the cover of the polka, Dana lowered her head and didn't say a word.
"Dana, you also know that the village hates traitors very much, and if you don't speak, then you will be charged with the same crime as Saha." Elder Massoud finally spoke, and what he said was very powerful and authoritative.
By now, Massoud was convinced that this Saha brother must have been a traitor, in fact, just when Mhammad said that Saha was a traitor, he had already thought that a few months ago, Saha had gone out of the mountains once and only returned three days later, and after that, he became interested in the news of the guerrillas, and often went to the homes of Aga and Hadim to ask this and that.
At that time, Massoud didn't hesitate much, but now, as soon as Mhammad said it, he connected these things.
So, while Khadim prevented Mhammad from breaking into Saha's house, Massoud did not.
Now, he just hopes that Dana will be able to tell Saha's whereabouts, otherwise, Dana will be a traitor just like Saha.