Chapter Eighty-Three: Slaughtering the Village
On the first day of March, early in the morning, with the newly made plaque of 'Xingwang Duck Farm', Du Jun drove the carriage to Zhaojia Village.
In two days, Xingwang Farm was officially established, Du Jun was in a good mood, and the early spring wind brought warmth and a slight moisture to moisten the farmland.
The spring rain that has fallen for two days in a row has also completely awakened the earth, and the light and tender green has appeared like stars, and the big trees on the roadside are not willing to be lonely, and the branches are full of raised spores.
The continuous spring rain could not extinguish the enthusiasm of the people in Zhuangzi.
The second batch of chickens began to hatch, the ploughing of the pasture was also ready, Aunt Liu's rabbits also increased to 96, and the miscellaneous grains and broken rice from the rice shop were also transported into the warehouse as feed.
The stewards performed their duties, and in their busyness, their faces were still full of joy, and even the teenagers who were running in the morning shouted more energetically than usual, and everything was running smoothly according to Du Jun's original plan.
The official road was better, but when I arrived in the town, the road back to the village became muddy, Du Jun did not go back to the village, the carriage slowly headed towards the river bay, and the duck field was driving straight away.
When I arrived at the gate, the empty duck farm was a little quiet, it stands to reason that this hour, it was time to eat, Du Jun didn't care, got out of the car and pushed the gate open, and then brought the carriage in.
There are not only plaques in the carriage, but also several cages, and there are more than 300 ducks caught from the space.
The temperature is rising, and the duck farm is about to start running in earnest.
When Du Jun unloaded everything, no one came out of the field, and the situation was a little weird.
When I arrived at that row of new houses, there was no one in the hall, and I pushed open several rooms in a row, but there was no one!
At this time, a slightly vicissitudes of a woman's voice came from the easternmost room, "Who is it?" ”
Then a woman in her fifties appeared in front of Du Jun, who was a strong widow, Zhao Li.
Du Jun saw this woman once, when she was young, she did embroidery to support her family, but when she got older, her eyes were a little blurry and she couldn't see people clearly.
stepped forward and grabbed Grandma's hand, "Grandma Li, it's me, Du Jun, what about them?" Why aren't you there? ”
Grandma took Du Jun's hand, and without speaking, the tears couldn't stop flowing, and she cried loudly: "Du Jun, there are pirates in the village!" A lot of people died! Da Zhuang's whole family went to the village to help. ”
Pirate! How could a pirate come to Zhaojia Village?
Zhaojia Village is still more than 200 miles away from the sea, how can there be pirates?
Supporting the grandmother who couldn't stop crying, she found a chair to sit down and persuaded her, and the grandmother slowly stopped crying.
"Grandma, what the hell is going on? Tell me that our village hasn't had pirates for many years. Du Jun asked Grandma Li softly.
"I don't know what's going on, but this morning, before dawn, the village came to call someone, saying that there were pirates, and asked Da Zhuang to help. No one told the old woman in detail, and I didn't know until Da Zhuang came back. I don't know if the pirates are gone, these pirates are not people, when I was young, Zhaojia Village also came once, I killed people when I saw them, and robbed them when I saw them, it's been many years, why did I come again? Grandma said and began to choke again, pounding her chest hard.
"Da Zhuang's father, he didn't have it at that time, and my two daughters, they didn't have it at that time, this robber, just don't let our people live well!"
Looking at the grief-stricken grandmother, Du Jun could imagine how miserable it would be back then!
can no longer stimulate Grandma to recall the events of the year, Du Jun is carrying water and comforting, and it took a while for Grandma to recover.
took Grandma to the room to rest, Du Jun packed up his things and went to the kitchen to make some food, I believe Grandma hasn't eaten for a day.
Du Jun's heart is also chaotic, what is the actual situation in the village? Will they be in danger? I can only wait for Da Zhuang to come back.
This stay was an afternoon, the sky had already begun to darken, and the Da Zhuang family of five came back.
Seeing that they were okay, the hanging heart was also relaxed.
Zhao Dazhuang's family, exhausted and gloomy, stepped into the duck farm, and saw Du Jun standing in front of the house, and Grandma hurriedly ran out when she heard the movement.
"Mother, why did you come out?"
Zhao Dazhuang hurriedly stepped forward to hug Grandma Li and took her to the house.
Da Zhuang's daughter-in-law Liu and Du Jun said hello, took their three children, and went to the kitchen to cook.
Things are in a hurry, and it is estimated that the mother and the owner have not had dinner.
There are only three people in the hall: Du Jun, Zhao Dazhuang and Grandma Li.
"Da Zhuang, hurry up and tell my mother, what's going on in the village? Our house ......"
Da Zhuang hurriedly took Grandma's words, "Mother, our house is fine, it's just that some things have been robbed, compared to many families in the village, it is already considered lucky." ”
turned around and said to Du Jun: "The house of the owner and Sister Liu is fine, your house is in the east of the village, those beasts have not passed, and it is the area by the river that suffers." ”
"Is it really a pirate? Where did they get into the village from? ”
"The owner is a pirate, and some people see that the clothes they are wearing are completely different from our Great Xia. In the second half of last night, when the people in the village were asleep, they heard movement outside, and then the whole village was in chaos, and in the morning, they found that they had gotten on the boat by the river and ran away. ”
"How's the village doing?" Du Jun then asked.
"The village is so miserable now, when we go back in the morning, there are still many houses on fire, the village has run away, many people have died, no one knows how many, I have seen more than a dozen with my own eyes. There was only a little grandson left in the chief's family, who hid in the water tank, and only picked up one life, and the rest died. Many families in the village have been robbed, and even some little girls and daughters-in-law have been robbed, these beasts! ”
Thinking of those dead villagers, many of them are familiar playmates, and even joked yesterday, and ...... today.
Zhao Dazhuang's clenched fist slammed on the table.
"Then now the county government has sent someone over?"
"Well, the county government sent some officials over at noon, looked around, and didn't say anything, just let us collect the corpses, and they want to count them. Now that the governor is gone, there is a commotion in the village, I don't know who to listen to, and I don't know what the county will do. ”
Zhao Dazhuang wiped his face decadently, and then said: "There are many houses in the village, the houses are gone, the food is gone, and the people are dead, I don't know how to live!" It is estimated that several families can't even afford coffins, and too many people have died. ”
Hearing what Zhao Dazhuang said, the three people in the room were silent.
To help this sudden disaster, to help or not to help? Help, how to help? Help whom? These are all difficult problems in front of us.