At this time, the village chief's wife walked in, saw the old man covering his face, sighed slightly, and put down the plate in his hand, "Hey, the old guy told you about our two children." Really, these two children in the family, there is nothing to say, although they died in battle, we are still proud of them, this is the only glory that our family can get. ”

"So after so many years, the two of you have come over like this?"

"Hey, just come here, anyway, the people in the village are all villagers, and I'll come to help if I'm fine, and the old man and I have stumbled through it until now, you see, it's not very good." The old woman said with some emotion.

"The two of you are really strong, you are really ......" Li Qinghe was short of words at this moment, and he didn't know what to say.

"What are you strong," the old woman waved her hand, "when we received the news of death, we all cried to death, but ah, everything has happened, my son is dead, people can't be resurrected from death, we still have to live, so we can only accept it." The old man spread his hands with a nonchalant expression.

But Li Qinghe clearly saw that the old woman's body was also trembling slightly, not like that, she really didn't care very much. is also, human nature, white-haired people send black-haired people, who can be indifferent?

"Forget it, I'll go to the kitchen to get something, you two wait a minute." The old woman turned and went back to the kitchen. After a long time, the old village chief put down his hand and wiped his tears, "I'm sorry, little comrade, I made you smile." When people get old, they will be sad, don't care, don't care. ”

"It's okay," Li Qinghe said, "After all, this is also a big deal, and it's normal." But listen to the old man, you should have been out when you were young. ”

"Hey, it's not worth mentioning, I did go out when I was young, I got married outside, and I mixed something on the rivers and lakes. Later, I participated in the Boxer Boxer again, and I had a fight with foreigners, but we lost, so I secretly ran back to our village with my daughter-in-law, settled in the village, and never went out again. ”

"It turns out that the old man also fought with the foreigners who invaded us back then, admire and admire." Li Qinghe looked at the old man in front of him in amazement, don't look at the old man, he is not good-looking, he is also a national hero when he is young.

"Hey, the hero doesn't mention the courage of the year. The previous things, I'll turn the page, I don't want to mention it, I don't need to mention it, I just want to live my own little life now. ”

Speaking of this, the old man seemed to remember something, and suddenly said, "By the way, I haven't asked you yet, do you have anything to do here?" ”

"Oh yes, I almost forgot about business," Li Qinghe patted his head, "I came here for two things, one is to thank the village chief, we are considered to have fled, and you are still willing to take us in, we should be grateful for everything." ”

"No thanks, I have taken in your Red Army before, and now I just take you in, so I might as well do it." The old man waved his hand to show that he didn't care.

"The second is the problem of this militia group. Sir, I'm a soldier, and I'll probably be very direct. Now, the village needs our help, and it depends on us to get through it, and we are no different. Hearing this, the old village chief's pupils shrank, but his expression did not change, "How do you say this?" ”

"In any case, we shot and killed several people from the militia during the day, and the people of the militia also determined that we were **, and branded you as colluding with **, and then we will definitely send troops to exterminate you, which is an indisputable fact." Li Qinghe said calmly,

"Before coming here just now, I inquired in the village, and this group of militias belonged to Zhou Mazi's family in Maying Town in the south. Zhou Mazi is a pseudo-Japanese and has set up a town mayor here who is responsible for managing you. ”

"Zhou Mazi's reputation is usually very bad, not to mention it in the fish and meat township, bullying and dominating the market, and even often robbing people's girls on the street, extorting property, and not killing people. It can be seen that this person is definitely a ruthless and retributive person, here, you let him lose manpower, in the future, he will inevitably find you trouble. ”

"You should also know the reputation of the militia group, as the most important weapon under Zhou Mazi, he is usually oppressing the people, and there are many things like robbery and rape."

"Especially when you pay grain, forcibly requisitioning grain and grass means directly entering your home and robbing it, turning your home upside down, taking away all valuable things, and taking away women with a bit of beauty, this is the militia."

"If you haven't paid this crop of grain, then in a few days, it will be the militia people who will forcibly collect the grain and grass, do you think your village can still exist?"

"This ......" Li Qinghe's sharp words directly made the old village chief speechless, "Perhaps, you may think, if you explain it clearly with Zhou Mazi, it will be fine, right?" Is he Zhou Mazi a reasonable person, what do you think? ”

This sentence broke through the village chief's psychological defense, and the village chief's originally calm face couldn't hold back, with a sad and bitter expression, "Child, what you said is exactly what I'm worried about." ”

"Village chief, it's impossible to back down with them, can you back down? If you retreat, will the village still exist? ”

"What's more, you also know that now Jidong is in the hands of the Japanese, but, from the very beginning, Jidong is the land of our Chinese, and the Japanese are the invaders. Now that the Japanese occupy this place, are you willing? Would you rather do it? ”

"You, your two sons, both participated in the battle against the invasion of foreigners, and you want the Japanese to invade our hometown so much? I believe that if your children are still alive, they will definitely take up guns and resist, and they will definitely not be willing to become lambs under Japanese rule. ”

"Old man, this kid is right." I don't know when, the village chief's wife also came here, "Just like he said, our son will never let this place become under the rule of the Japanese, and he will definitely pick up a gun to resist." ”

Hearing his daughter-in-law's words, the old village chief shook his head with a wry smile, "Old man, I have been stubborn all my life, and I was persuaded by you for the first time. ”

Li Qinghe smiled lightly and shook his head, "You are not persuaded by me, you are persuaded by the facts." Because, no matter what, the village will be destroyed, and this fact determines that you need us, and we need you. ”

"Moreover, you can rest assured, no matter what, I will not abandon you, you are the root of our Eighth Route Army, we will not leave you, this will be our base, we will resist the rule of the Japanese army here, and let Jidong return to the control of the Chinese."

The village chief smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The kid has said all this, what else can I say." In fact, there was no difference between the time when the Nationalist Government ruled and the time when the Japanese ruled, they were all like this, collecting countless taxes, and doing so every year...... Hey......"

"Uncle Village Chief, don't worry, our Eighth Route Army will never collect any taxes indiscriminately, and collect taxes at will. Later, when our base is built, and with our government agencies, we can guarantee that there will be no exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. If there is, you can come to me directly, and I will solve it myself. ”

"Then, I'll leave everything to you." The old village chief stood up and made a deep sigh. Li Qinghe hurriedly helped the old man, "Old village chief, you don't have to salute, we all have our own needs, and no one can do without anyone." We all want to live, we all don't want to be slaves, so let's work together. ”