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As soon as the morning dawned, the morning breeze slowly blew through Xiangjia Village, blowing away the curling smoke of every household, including Xianglao's third family. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xiang Laosan squatted on the bluestone slab under the eaves in front of the door, supported the dry tobacco stick with his right hand, bit it in his mouth, and smoked it with a click, his brows were tightly locked, his eyes were empty, and his mind was full of thinking about one thing: A few days ago, Tian Yinglong's men and horses were hiding in Xiangjia Village to make a response...... Tian Yinglong's eldest son, Tian Dalong, has lust for his eldest granddaughter, this is not what he is most worried about at present, it is a big deal to sacrifice one of his granddaughters and save 100 people in the village, although he is ruthless, but righteous; he ran to the town office to find Wang Weiqing for help, although he was beaten by Tian Yinglong, and was also imprisoned, this is not the most important thing at present, because the bandits entered the village and ran to report to the officials, which is justified. Besides, Tian Yinglong has been the head of the township anyway, so he doesn't think he will slaughter the whole village for this matter.

What he was most worried about was that he led the Red Army to save everyone at that time. At first, he didn't know what kind of team the Red Army was, but when he understood and knew that the Red Army was against the Kuomintang and the bandits, he was extremely worried that Tian Yinglong would bring people to take revenge on the whole village. Because before the arrival of the Red Army, the Kuomintang and some of the local big forces let go of the words: whoever dares to support the Red Army will kill his whole village.

As soon as the Red Army returned, he immediately called a few people in the village who were highly respected, told them what he was worried about, and asked everyone to go to their relatives and friends as soon as possible, and not to come back in a short time. The villagers were shocked, but it was difficult to leave their homeland, so the old people sent their young people and children to relatives and friends for refuge, but they stayed behind.

It's just that after a few days, there is no, and some impatient young people are back. Xiang Laosan, who has been living in a panic these days, has become more and more worried, squatting at the door of the house early in the morning, frowning and smoking.

"Old man, don't go out in a daze and worship God, eat breakfast. ”

"Oh!"

Xiang Laosan quickly took a puff of cigarette, knocked the cigarette pot on the ground a few times, and blew out of the cigarette holder, seeing that there was no cigarette ash in the cigarette pot, he stirred the cigarette pouch on the cigarette stick, and then inserted the cigarette stick back into his waist, and got up to enter the house.

"When! When......"

A rapid gong sounded, making Xiang Laosan, who was about to enter the house, turn around abruptly, and look at the place where the gong came from with bright eyes.

"There are bandits who are about to enter the village, everyone is about to gather at the village chief's house with knives, guns, and food! There are bandits who are about to enter the village, everyone ......" Don't underestimate this sentence, the knowledge in it is very big, and outsiders really don't understand the true meaning of this sentence for a while: 'The bandits are about to enter the village', not only saying that the bandits have not yet arrived at the entrance of the village, but also explaining to everyone who is coming this time. Coupled with the latter, combined with the geographical advantage of Xiangjia Village being built on the mountainside, the result will be that the bandits are at least fifteen minutes away from the village, and at least, they have just arrived at the foot of the mountain or on the top of the mountain. "Everyone gather at the village chief's house with knives, guns and food!" means that everyone listens to the village chief, if there are many bandits, then unite and drill into the mountains, if there are few, then retreat to the cowpen hole and fight a war of attrition with the bandits. Anyway, gathering at this time is a kind of don't be in a hurry, and unified arrangement, with many people and great strength, is a good thing in any case...... are familiar with the door, and naturally they all know the way inside.

The deeper reason for Xiang Laosan's frowning is that listening to the voice of this shouter, it is actually his eldest son Xiang Dayou. Didn't he and the second child be sent to his second uncle's house, why did they run back at this time?

"Old woman, quickly pack up your things, the bandits are coming. He walked into the room quickly, shouted to the kitchen, and walked into the bedroom.

When he came out, he had two short muskets in his waist, two long muskets in his right hand, and two bags in his left hand: one for gunpowder and the other for iron sand.

Sitting by the door, he waited while loading the musket with gunpowder and iron sand.

"Abba, the bandits are coming, have you packed your things?"

Xiang Lao San's eyelids rolled, and Wen said angrily: "Why are you back?"

"I don't worry about you and Grandma, so I came back to take a look, but I didn't expect to see bandits cooking in the forest over there, saying that they were going to wash our Xiangjia Village in blood, so scared that I hurriedly took a shortcut and ran to report the news. ”

Xiang Laosan wanted to have a seizure, but when he thought that this was also the filial piety of the child, he couldn't bear to have a seizure for a while, so he had to pick up a musket standing upside down by the wall and hand it to his son.

"Abba, I'm going to bang the gong and shout......"

"It's a big village, no matter how much you shout, it's all for nothing, just a few times. ”

"Then I'll go into the house and drink water. ”

Soon, Xiang Dayou came out with a musket and squatted beside Xiang Laosan. Before he could speak, he saw a middle-aged man walking with a musket, and asked from a distance, "Dayou, how many bandits have come?"

"There were probably more than a hundred people. Xiang Otomo hurried into the house, came out with two chairs, handed one to the comer, and continued: "They are resting and cooking in the forest a few miles away on the right at the foot of the mountain, and I am afraid of being discovered, so I can only secretly take a look, and a group of people are pressed by the darkness, and it is estimated that there will be no less than a hundred people. ”

"They didn't say anything else?"

Seeing that Xiang Dayou shook his head, the comer glanced at Xiang Laosan, and said in a deep voice: "Third brother, it is estimated that it has something to do with the last incident, Tian Yinglong, the big bandit, is here to take revenge." ”

Bandits loot villages for the purpose of robbery, and generally do not hurt anyone. But if it comes for revenge, then don't say anything, and it is not uncommon for the whole family to be slaughtered and the whole village to be slaughtered.

Xiang Lao San nodded, pondered for a while, and said to Xiang Dayou: "Dayou, you immediately take a small road to the town to find the Red Army, they promised me that as long as we are in need here, no matter when, no matter what, they will help us." ”

Xiang Oyou stood up with a gun and was about to leave, but he saw Grandma walking quickly and handed him three glutinous rice cakes and a bamboo tube filled with water.

After Xiang Dayou ran out, Xiang Lao San put the long musket loaded with gunpowder and iron sand upside down to the wall, pulled out the short musket on his waist, and said while loading ammunition: "Stone, you take those young people who have come back and run to the back mountain, and I will take the old people to Nuland Cave to attract bandits." ”

This is something that can't be helped: even if you run into the mountains, the old people are old and frail, and it will definitely drag everyone down, so it's better to hide. As for saying to the third child that he wanted to attract the attention of the bandits, this is also a matter of no way: it is said that there are many people in the poor mountains and bad waters, but a few people have thought deeply: the people in their eyes are just for the continuation of food and clothing for the continuation of future generations, so they will not take their lives seriously. The Chinese nation is the nation that can endure hardships the most, and if it really wants to be fed and clothed, who will rebel?

"Third brother, you are more familiar with the mountains than me, or do I guard the bullpen hole?"

"Don't talk to me, it's true that you and I are brothers, but I'm still the village head, do you dare not listen to the village chief?"

The stone swept his eyes to the third child, his lips moved slightly, and he bowed his head and said nothing.

Soon, the villagers dragged their families to Xiang Laosan's house, most of them were elderly, but everyone had muskets in their hands. When the proposal was made to the third child, the young people immediately objected, but the old people directly kicked the young people with their feet, scolding and urging them to get out of here...... At the moment of life and death, they use this rude way to express their love for their relatives and the continuation of their lives.