The son and daughter-in-law of the old man, after selling chickens and piglets respectively, at the behest of the old man, bought a lot of vegetables on the street, bought meat and wine, all looking for acquaintances, quietly buying, and then hurried home and started cooking!

By the time the old man limped home, it was already dark and the meal was almost cooked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

He walked into the room and helped his wife outside, and the family prepared to eat. The old woman was suffering from asthma when she encountered the cold, wrapped in a shabby jacket, her eyes were sunken, skinny, panting, weak, her face was wrinkled, her tears were stained, she was fifty or sixty years old, and she seemed to be seventy or eighty years old.

The family sat around the small square table, speechless to each other, and the dim hut was full of the tragedy of life and death!

The old man sat directly above, poured a bowl of wine first, took it and walked to the spiritual seat of the ancestor behind him, bowed three times, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, and said silently,

"I hope that the ancestors will bless my children and grandchildren, and everything will go well - escape this catastrophe!"

When he was done, he raised his head and finished his work, then got up and walked back to the small table.

He looked calm, sat down and poured a bowl of wine each, the daughter-in-law and the little daughter were crying again, the old woman sat next to her and reached out to touch her daughter-in-law, and then touched her little daughter, suppressed the grief and indignation in her heart, and comforted,

"Don't be afraid, it's okay, everything will be fine——!"

Lao Zhentou picked up the bowl and said solemnly to his family,

"Come, babies, my family has a big life, the heavens want me to die, I won't die!

After speaking, he drank it all again. Then he wiped his mouth, looked at his son Zhengang, and said,

"Our Zhen family depends on you, baby! I want to take care of my daughter-in-law, grandson, and little sister! I have to live no matter what! If I live, there is hope——"

"It's impossible to take a boat, we have to go into the mountains. Walking east, the ancestors often said that the snow mountain is Daling Mountain, Daling Mountain is very wide, there are many basins, and many people live in it - as long as you enter Daling Mountain, you will always find a place to stay!"

Zhengang also drank it in one gulp, holding the bowl, gritting his teeth, staring at his big eyes, looking angry, silent for a while, glanced at Lao Zhentou, and said,

"It's better to take your mother and go together, right?"

When the old woman heard this, she hurriedly waved her hand and said,

"Take good care of your daughter-in-law, sister, grandson - I haven't seen anything with your father in my life? I don't need to worry about you!"

The old lady saw that the family was not moving, and a table of good dishes that are usually rare to see, fish, meat, and eggs were available, and he hurriedly urged,

"Eat, eat, eat! must eat—eat, eat!"

After speaking, he took the lead to eat the vegetables, so everyone followed the ruthless dishes, and listened to him again,

"Now don't quarrel anymore, I have paid so much for the village at your mother's age, I guess they won't dare to take us? What I'm worried about now is that the snow is closing the mountain - the road, how to get there?"

Zhen Gang was eating a lot of food and said,

"Dad, don't worry! As long as you can pass their control area—it really can't be passed, it's a big deal to hide in the mountains for two or three months, and it's not too late for the snow to melt next year!"

"It's really not good, and it can only be like this, but it's still 10 million, be careful, don't be discovered by the people patrolling the mountains!"

"Yes, don't worry!

Zhengang said confidently.

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Time passed minute by minute, the family endured grief and indignation, under the leadership of the old man and ate silently, it was dark outside the house, only the little flower dog came from time to time in the courtyard two "hmm, hmm" barked softly, as if seeing something, and can't be sure?

The dog's soft barking reached the ears of the old man, and he subconsciously said to his family,

"There's someone outside, I'll leave later!Don't be afraid, don't be in a hurry-"

Since Zhen Xue left home, there are always one or two guys with knives and sticks, black clothes and blue scarves, sneaking around the front and back of the house all day long, I don't know what they want to do?

The atmosphere in the room was more solemn, and a sumptuous last supper ended hastily under the siege of tense, sad, and absolute emotions. The old man called Zhen Gang into the room, took out a half-moon steel knife he used when he was young from under the box, handed it to him, and then tied it to his back, and stuffed a dozen taels of silver from the family into his hand, and finally there was a large cloth bag, which contained some clothes and dry food, and helped him carry it on his back—

Walked out of the room and said nothing. The family blew the lamp and waited in the outer room, listening to the movement outside-

Wait until the middle of the night, for a long time I haven't heard the little flower dog outside the house bark softly, the old man quietly opened the door, there is a black linen outside, there can only be a trace of light, he first drilled out of the door, in front of the house and behind the house gently turned around, after making sure that no one was there, and then went back to the house to greet his son, daughter-in-law, and shouted in a low voice,

"Quick, quick, let's go! Tap, don't make a noise—"

Then Zhen Gang walked out first with a big bag of things, and then the daughter-in-law came out with her grandson on her back and a stick in her hand, and the little daughter hung a small cloth bag on her back, and pulled the corner of her sister-in-law's clothes to follow behind, and the old woman stayed at home, touching the black door frame, looking at the dark shadows of her relatives who were gradually leaving in the dark, and kept chattering,

"Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva blessed-" But the heart is like ten thousand arrows penetrating, and the liver and intestines are broken—

The east is white, but the feet are dark, the old head leads the way to the front, with the past experience can barely touch the road, take the sparsely populated ditch path, usually few people pass by the ditch path, a few people deep and shallow foot, towards the far east of the large black pressure of the mountain beam!

The foot of the mountain is surrounded by cliffs, and there are only two places to go up the mountain, one is the dirt slope where people usually go in and out for firewood and hunting, and the other is a stone slope carved along a mountain stream. Usually people use it for logging.

The soil slope is relatively flat and wide, easy to walk; The rocky slope is narrow and steep, allowing only one person to pass carefully. The two passes are about a kilometer apart, and in the middle are large flat fields, some of which are stocked with winter water, and some are planted with vegetables. At night, you can see at a glance that the bright paddy fields are the dark ones, and the dark ones are the land!

The old man estimated that it was impossible to go up the dirt slope, and there must be Bai soldiers guarding it day and night, so it depended on whether the stone slope could be climbed?

A few people hurried through the dark night, only picking up the black soil and walking, and they didn't know how many crops they had broken down? Slowly approaching the mountain, as expected, they saw stars moving back and forth at the foot of the mountain from a distance? Seven or eight people—

No need to ask, it must be guarded by someone at the dirt slope pass! It seems that you can only go to the stone slope next to it?

But what everyone didn't expect was that after taking a few steps, suddenly three or four points of light appeared under the stone slope, swimming back and forth in the same way?

The four of them stopped suddenly, and the little daughter pulled the corner of her sister-in-law's clothes tightly, and wanted to cry in fright! The old lady stepped forward and stroked her head, comforting,

"Good girl, don't be afraid, don't be afraid! Dad and eldest brother are here, don't cry, don't cry! Don't cry, ah——?"

"What should I do now? I'm going to fight with them-" After speaking, Zhengang wanted to put down the package on his back, but Lao Zhentou stopped him and shouted,

"Wait, don't be fooled! You're gone, what are they going to do?"

Zhengang was pulled, so he had to stop, and listened to the old Zhentou continue,

"Since the two intersections are blocked, there is no choice but to let them out! But it must be carried out in a planned way, and it is not possible to be reckless, hit the stone with an egg, and bring about your own destruction. Walk, get closer to the junction, and get into the mountain faster from the dirt slope! Later, I'll go and lead the soldiers, and you take the opportunity to enter the mountain—"

"Dad, I'd better go and lure them away, you take your daughter-in-law and them into the mountain-"

"When is this still fighting with me? I can take care of them? Your mother is still waiting at home - don't talk too much, listen to my actions!"

Lao Zhentou pushed Zhengang fiercely, and took the lead to continue to walk forward in the dark.

After walking another mile or two, I got closer to the torches, and I could see the figures under the torches walking around, and seven or eight guys walking around the intersection with torches for about two miles, and the soldiers on the left side of the stone slope joined the doorway, forming a doorway two or three miles long.

It was also cold at night, and the soldiers who walked around kept baking torches with their hands, silently going back and forth with each other, slowly going back and forth, looking like the ghost of fire from a distance.

The four of them quietly approached the mouth of the dirt slope for about half a mile, and they could clearly see the soldiers under the torches, and then squatted in a ditch, and the old man said softly to everyone,

"As soon as they leave, hurry up and enter the mountain! Remember my words, no matter what happens, don't look back, remember!"

Zhengang protected his daughter-in-law, little sister, nodded tearfully, and then watched the old Zhentou leave behind him, and soon disappeared into the night-

Leaving his family, the old man quietly walked around to the front of the intersection, thinking to himself how could I lead them away?

Seeing that there was a mile or two away from his family, suddenly a dark light appeared in the dark, and he knew that it was a paddy field for winter, so he rushed down desperately, and with a bang, the waist-deep, cold muddy water instantly soaked his whole body, and then got up, hahaha, looked up to the sky and laughed, while laughing, he touched the edge of the field, and wanted to touch whether there were stones on the ridge, and thought, if you don't make it, you help the boy hurt, you won't care about me!

Soon he touched a fist-sized one, quietly clenched it tightly in his arms, and laughed intermittently-

The sound of water, coupled with the maniacal laughter, immediately tore through the night sky, disturbed the tranquility, and spread far away, like the birth of a mad demon, and the heavens and the earth were shaken, and it was only about a mile away from the dirt slope, and the frightened soldiers trembled, and all of them came to their senses at once, and seven or eight torches immediately gathered together—

One of the leading soldiers, pointing at a soldier at random,

"Hurry up and see, what's the situation?"

The soldier ran over with a torch, poof, almost closer, slowed down, the torch shook his eyes clearly, and then came closer, raised the torch, just opened his eyes and saw clearly that it was an old man with a disheveled head, frightened, and was about to turn around, but the old man shook his right hand, and the stone in his hand hit him in the face without bias or obliqueness,

There was a muffled sound, and the soldier's eyes were black, and he threw himself into the paddy field with a torch, and there was another thud, and he fell into the water and became sober again, and struggled to get up, and shouted frantically,

"Help, help—"

Seeing this, the soldiers of the mountain pass raised their torches, brandished their broadswords, and ran this way together, and the mountain pass, which was full of fire before, was suddenly engulfed in darkness.

Zhengang in the ditch here hurriedly led his daughter-in-law, little sister, and quickly ran to the mountain pass-

The old man was in a mess with the soldier in the paddy field, and the soldier was dizzy and frightened, even though the old man in his fifties easily pushed him down, and when he fell, he got up again, and was pushed down again, and cried desperately and madly,

"Help, help, help—life——!"

The old man was still laughing madly, ha, ha.

Seeing that all the people in the mountain pass were rushing towards him, the old man put down his soldiers again, and threw them in the mud, until one of them shouted,

"Who is it? not to mention the arrows!"

Then the old man stopped, only laughed, did not squeak, and the people walked to the edge of the field with torches to take a photo, and although their faces were dirty and their hair was scattered, they were recognized by one of the soldiers, and immediately shouted,

"Ah, it's—old man?!Why is he here? mad?"

The old man still pretended to laugh wildly, standing in the middle of the paddy field, and the soldiers in the water took the opportunity to climb ashore, with a splitting headache, shivering from the cold, covering his forehead with both hands and screaming,

"Help—me, save me, sir—save me—"

The leading soldier drew a bow and arrow in his hand, and under the light of the torches, he was aggressive,

"Come up, count three times - and I'll shoot the arrow!"

The old man thought that his son might have entered the mountain, right? There was still a wife waiting at home, so he walked to the edge of the field by himself without waiting for three counts!

The soldier who fired the arrow suddenly realized something, and shouted,

"Oh no! He's not crazy—someone is going into the mountains, go back and search—"

As soon as the words fell, four or five soldiers ran back together with torches!

The old man was in a hurry, stood up from the field, suddenly pounced, hugged the soldier who wanted to release the arrow and jumped into the paddy field, the officer and soldier were too late, the arrow was not released, and there was a "plop" sound, and he was planted in the cold paddy field together, and there were two soldiers next to him Seeing this, one was anxious to light a torch on it, and the other also quickly jumped down to help.

After some struggle, after all, the old man was old and physically exhausted, and was quickly subdued by the two of them and dragged ashore.

When they arrived on the shore, the two soldiers were desperate again, punching and kicking as much as they wanted, and the old man who hit him no longer squeaked-