Chapter 1 Stranger in the Mountain Village
In the early morning, the sky was just bright, foggy and visibility was very low.
The rooster in the village is very diligent 'oh oh oh' crow, the originally silent village soon became lively, the sound of opening the door, the sound of walking, the sound of chopping wood, the sound of digging rice, the cry of children and the sound of adults beating and scolding mixed together, forming a unique scenery in the countryside.
Lei Hu slowly opened his eyes, the hard hardwood bed board made his back bones hurt, and half a month was obviously not enough time for him to adapt to such a sleeping environment.
There was already a noise in the dim room, he didn't lie on the plank bed and didn't move, he just turned over and sat up and put on the straw sandals placed on the ground, although he felt that the soles of his feet were very uncomfortable, but the current conditions were not good and he could only settle.
"Ah Hu, uncle will go to the mountain first to take a look at the trap that was placed yesterday, you will heat up the meal first!"
A slightly old voice came from the hall, and before Lei Hu could answer, the sound of the bolt of the door being removed was heard, followed by the creak of the door being opened, and a dull footstep quickly disappeared.
"Uncle, you go early and come back early, I'll cook a meal at home and wait for you to come back!"
Lei Hu was not slow, first put on a short-sleeved shirt that was absolutely not available in this era, then put on a shabby linen shirt on the outside, and also wore a cotton wool shorts jacket and shabby linen trousers on his legs, and finally tied it with a straw rope.
Whether it is a linen shirt or trousers, it looks a little short on him, and the rough linen feels quite uncomfortable clinging to his body, and it also reflects his sturdy body, as well as well-defined streamlined muscles, and at first glance he is a powerful young man.
Dressed neatly, first go to the kitchen water tank to wash up, then go to the grass hut next to the yard to open the chicken coop, and release the roosters, hens and chicks who have rested all night, and let them look for food at will.
After doing this, he stood in the soft and moist dirt yard, rubbed his hands and stared at his legs to move his body, and when his body was hot, he took a posture, playing a soothing Tai Chi routine, and his breathing became smooth and long.
There is no way, when I was sixteen years old, my body was not fully developed, whether it was bones or muscles, I was in the growth stage, I didn't dare to do those too strenuous exercises, and it was not good to practice the fighting techniques and military body boxing that I learned in the army in my previous life, and if I didn't do it well, it might damage my body.
An hour later, he immediately closed his fists, his forehead was covered with a layer of crystal sweat, his body was hot as if he was soaking in a hot spring, and his energy was indescribably comfortable.
He wiped the hot sweat from his forehead casually, picked up the flat pole and the bucket, and walked out of the door briskly.
"Ah Hu carries water?"
"Yes, Uncle Miki, are you going into the mountains?"
"Brother Tiger, let's go to the town to play together today!"
"Okay, just bring some fish and shrimp over and sell them for a few bucks!"
“……”
On the way, from time to time I met the villagers who came out early to say hello, Lei Hu responded politely, as an outsider in this poor village, he clearly felt the rejection behind the politeness of the villagers, but a group of boys of the same age, he was very curious about the tall figure of the 'strong force', and he could talk about more contact on weekdays.
His sleek head, which was very different from the half-bald braided head of the villagers, was the main reason why he was not treated well by the old people in the village, of course, he didn't care at all.
Not to mention how ugly it is to have braids on his half-moon head, he has just crossed over for more than half a month, and he can't keep long braids, so he just doesn't do it twice, and shaves his head with the help of Uncle Qin, who took him in, and pretends to be a monk first, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble because of the short hair on his head.
Even if he was rejected by the old and middle-aged people in the village because of this, he admitted it.
Along the trail to the entrance of the village, there is the only well in the village, at this time there are several young people in the village to carry water, Lei Hu is not in a hurry to say hello first, walked to the big locust tree next to him and waited for a while, there is a vacant seat and quickly stepped forward to fill the two wooden barrels, both palms up to support the flat burden and suddenly lifted, not to let the flat burden on the shoulder compact damage to the shoulder skull, then the footsteps calmly towards the house of Uncle Qin, who took him in.
After more than half a month, it was not until a few days ago that I slowly adapted to my current life, how aggrieved.
There is no mobile phone, no computer and no Internet, and the food is all old rice and wild vegetables, not much oil, water and not much salt, and the taste is simply hard to swallow.
And this, according to the words of the village boy, is still living a good life, and the poor households in the village eat all the chaff!
He slept on a hardwood plank, but fortunately, he had experience as a soldier, and such a bed was barely enough.
The thatched house is connected to the pigsty, the smell is quite touching, there is no straw paper to wipe the buttocks, it is a relatively soft plant leaf that is used, and every time I use it, I always feel that the buttocks are not wiped clean.
Fortunately, I lived in the countryside for a period of time when I was a child before the crossing, and I can still help with the housework of the farmer, although the surrounding environment is dirty and messy, but I always avoid the embarrassment of being disdained by the surrounding villagers.
In the process of contacting and communicating with the half-eldest son in the village, as well as Uncle Qin, who took him in, he also knew that it was the late Qing Dynasty, and this was a poor village under Chancheng in Lingnan Province, and there was a small town ten miles away nearby, so much he could know.
If you come, you will be safe!
Lei Hu can only comfort himself like this, his body was very weak when he just crossed over, if it wasn't for the kindness of Uncle Qin, who took him in, rescued him who passed out next to the path leading from the village to the town, and brought him home to recuperate, Lei Hu is afraid that it would be difficult to survive.
"Ah Hu, Ah Hu is not good, Qin Laosan has fallen down from the mountain!"
As soon as he walked to the door of the adobe courtyard of Uncle Qin's house with water, he saw a middle-aged villager with a dignified face running over in a hurry, and he couldn't care about the clothes on his body pulling out a few holes, it was a villager named Li San in the village.
Frame dang!
The wooden barrel filled with water fell to the ground, Lei Hu didn't care about the well water that was dumped, threw away the flat pole and rushed over in a few strides, grabbed Li San's arm, and said hurriedly; "Third Uncle Li, what are you talking about, Uncle Qin, what's wrong with him, he fell off the mountain?"
"Yes, yes, Qin Laosancong, fell down from the mountain, you go quickly, go and see ......"
Li Laosan was sweating profusely and looked panicked, out of breath and out of breath, and pushed Sang Leihu to hurry up and hurry up.
"I'll go!"
Lei Hu didn't care about a lot, he was so anxious that he spread his feet and ran towards the back mountain, and he didn't bother to say hello to the villagers on the way, and he was full of anxiety and secretly prayed: Don't have an accident, don't have an accident!
Running wildly on the muddy trail in the countryside for three or four miles in one breath, the ankles of the exposed straw shoes were cut by weeds, branches and leaves, and they couldn't take care of it, and when they ran to the foot of the back mountain, they saw several villagers gathered together, and the one lying on the ground in the middle was Uncle Qin, whose life and death were unknown!
"Uncle Qin, Uncle Qin, what's wrong with Uncle Qin?"
Pushing away the villagers who were blocking the road, Lei Hu rushed to Uncle Qin, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, his eyes were red, and his heart was extremely uncomfortable......
Uncle Qin's condition at this time was very bad, there were many abrasions and falls on his body and face, the most serious was the shocking reflexed left hand, he was unconscious, he was bleeding from his mouth and nose, if it weren't for the slight rise and fall in his chest, he couldn't see it really far away, and he thought that Uncle Qin fell to death directly.
"Hurry up, why don't you go to the town to invite Langzhong?"
Lei Hu squatted down, carefully checked the injuries on Uncle Qin's body, and couldn't help but scold.
With his shallow experience, Uncle Qin has injured his internal organs, and it is not good to move lightly at will, otherwise it is likely to cause secondary damage.
Right now, he could only squat on the ground and carefully observe Uncle Qin's state, and his heart was as anxious as fire.
The villagers gathered next to him showed embarrassment on their faces, their eyes flickered and they didn't dare to snort, and they didn't even have a single one who was willing to take the initiative to go to the town to invite Langzhong.
didn't hear the reaction of the surrounding villagers, he chuckled in his heart, glanced back at a few villagers, and instantly understood their thoughts, Lei Hu sneered: "Don't worry about the consultation fee, Uncle Qin's family still has a big fat pig and a few chickens and ducks, which is enough to pay for Langzhong's consultation!" ”
"I'm going to call someone, and the three babies come with me!"
The two villagers gathered around hurriedly turned around and ran, shouting as they ran: "Ah Hu, we will soon invite Langzhong from the town!" ”
The rest of the villagers secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but their faces were still full of shame and embarrassment.
They can't either, the family is too poor, where can they get the money to ask Langzhong?
Lei Hu was too lazy to bother with these villagers, and after observing carefully for a long time, he found that Uncle Qin's chest had several broken ribs, but fortunately it did not directly affect the internal organs, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly called the two young villagers next to him to come over, and carefully laid Uncle Qin's body flat.
Sure enough, although Uncle Qin snorted in pain unconsciously, his weak and rapid breathing did not fluctuate.
There is only so much that can be done, Uncle Qin looked at it and rolled directly down the mountain, and he didn't know how many bones were broken in his body, and how serious the injuries in his body were, so he could only call professionals for follow-up treatment.
Although I don't trust Langzhong much in this era, there is only Langzhong in the town who can be invited in ten miles and eight townships, so I can't go to Chan City, which is dozens of miles away, Uncle Qin's injury can't wait that long.
Besides, Western medicine at this time was not necessarily comparable to Chinese medicine, and before the invention of those antibiotics, the level of Western medicine was like that.
It wasn't until he found that Uncle Qin's breathing was not disordered or weakened that Lei Hu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, got up and glanced back at several elderly villagers, and asked in a cold voice: "What the hell is going on, why did Uncle Qin fall off the mountain?" ”
There is a strange thing in this matter, the back mountain is not steep, and there is a mountain road that the villagers have stepped on for many years up and down the mountain, even if it is an old farmer, as long as he is careful, there will be no problem.
Uncle Qin is only in his forties, and he can be regarded as an old man in the current environment, but his body is quite tough, and he is not much worse than the young and strong people in the village in front of Lei Hu, and he is used to walking mountain roads, even in the mountains and forests.
When he went out in the morning, Uncle Qin's voice was loud when he greeted him, and he didn't look like he was sick.
At a glance, seeing the eyes of several villagers around him, looking weak and short of breath, Lei Hu's face sank and shouted angrily; "What the hell is going on, say!"
How can it be said that in modern times, he has been a soldier and mixed with society, has done business and run transportation, has rich social experience, and has a tyrannical energy, but it is not comparable to a few honest and knowledgeable young people in the village in front of him.
Sure enough, the few middle-aged young men left behind were glared at by him, and they were startled one by one, and their faces were full of hesitation and embarrassment.
"Huhuhu, still, let's talk about it, huhuhu......"
Without waiting for a few frightened middle-aged people to answer, Li San, who had previously sent the news to Lei Hu, ran over out of breath, didn't care about wiping the hot sweat on his forehead, and gasped; "Qin Laosan accidentally stepped into a trap in the back mountain, and he fell off the mountain!"
"Trap, what trap?"
Lei Hu's face turned cold and asked urgently, but his heart was full of anger, and he almost broke out on the spot.
"Yes, it's a trap set on a mountain road!"
When he said this, Li San's face was a little strange, and a trace of panic flashed in the depths of his eyes.
"What, someone set a trap on the mountain road?"
Lei Hu suddenly exploded, glared and roared: "Which bastard did such a lack of morality, say, who is it?" ”
At this time, he had a murderous urge in his heart, Nima was such a bastard, if he knew who had laid the trap on the mountain road, he would have to abolish this thing.
However, when he looked at Li San and a few villagers next to him with an angry face, he saw their eyes flashing and they wanted to say but didn't dare to say it, and suddenly his heart suddenly became completely angry.
"It seems, it seems to be from the village chief's family, and Ashin did it!"
Li San's forehead was drenched in cold sweat, and he couldn't stand Lei Hu's cold and violent eyes, so he said with a sigh of relief.
"Is that bastard Qin Xin?"
Lin Sofa let out a low roar like a beast being injured, and his angry eyes swept over the other villagers, seeing that they were silent and acquiesced to Li San's statement, his heart was full of anger and murderous intent.
Of course Qin Xin knew him, the eldest son of the village chief, who was proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and was a well-known ruffian in the village, and was recognized as a big tumor in the village.
The village chief's family was originally a small landlord, and he relied on the convenience of Chancheng to do some small business, and his life should have been quite nourishing, but unfortunately there was a loser like Qin Xin in the family, and a good rich family was made into a middle-low poor peasant.
It's too short a time for Lei Hu to cross over, and I've only seen this guy a few times from afar and there has been no conflict, I don't want this guy to be so hateful, and set up a trap on the mountain road in the back mountain, it's really a bastard who doesn't know what to say.
Glancing at Uncle Qin, who was still unconscious and covered in blood, he didn't know if he could be saved, Lei Hu's eyes were cold, and he made a murderous decision in his heart.
At the moment, it is important to treat Uncle Qin's fall injury, he can only forcibly suppress the anger in his heart first, and it is not too late to go to Qin Xin's bastard when Lang Zhong arrives in the town.
An hour later, Lang Zhong in the town hurriedly ran over, briefly checked Uncle Qin's condition, and then said with a solemn face; "The situation is not very good, the internal organs are injured, the bones on the body are broken, and they must be treated immediately, it is best to send them to the town, where the tools are relatively complete!"
Then go to town!
Lei Hu first asked Lang Zhong if he could move Uncle Qin's body, and after getting Lang Zhong's affirmative answer, he immediately made a simple stretcher with the help of the villagers, and then asked the villagers to carry Uncle Qin to the town after simple treatment, and he went back to Uncle Qin's house to get some medical fees to catch up.
Whether it was the villagers who helped or Lang Zhong, who was sweating profusely in a hurry, they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief and didn't dare to leave first.
Lei Hu's heart was heavy, and he didn't bother to care about the 'reality' of these people. hurriedly ran back to Uncle Qin's house, only to see a terrible scene that made him feel like he was about to burst......