Text 20, on meritorious deeds
"Okay---" Huo Dao nodded back.
Wen Dewang laughed, touched his beard and said: "The future is terrifying, there are successors in Ganquan Village" It also showed his style of being the master of the village and waved his hand: "Everyone disperse, don't affect our Huo Hero's healing."
At this time, even Huo Zhennan's attitude became much softer, he looked at Huo Dao with great satisfaction, nodded and smiled: "Little Wu - then you can rest, let your sister get what you want to eat for you."
"Thank you, Ada---" Huo Dao saw a smile and a kind glance on his father's face for the first time since he returned to Ganquan Village, and he was inevitably a little excited in his heart.
However, Huo Zhennan's words were not finished, and he looked at Tao Hong and Shen Ling seriously, and asked, "You guys will also go to Zhongyi Hall tomorrow ---."
Huo Dao couldn't help but tremble his lips and asked: "They can also enter the Zhongyi Hall ---", a little unbelievable, Zhongyi Hall is the center of power in the village, only men with status and status in the village and a small number of female elders and women who have made great contributions to the cottage can enter the discussion, Huo Zhennan let these two women enter the Zhongyi Hall, not only accepted them, but also welcomed them with the highest etiquette in Ganquan Village, how can you not like it.
"What do you say--- Huo Zhennan smiled coldly, and said: "Let your sister prepare a few decent clothes for Miss Tao, you can't treat her badly, and the East Courtyard and the South Courtyard will be your home in the future, whatever you do, I don't care, I can't take care of it."
"Thank you, Ada," Huo Dao watched them leave with a deep respect.
It's just that Tao Bi was still hesitating about something, and snorted coldly at the group of departing backs: "Hmph--- who is rare about your stinky money", don't you know that he is the kind of master who sees the wind and makes the rudder, and can insert needles seamlessly, a cold snort, took it out of his arms, picked up a paper list, threw off Liu Yanzhi, rushed up a few steps, smashed it in front of Tao Hong, and shouted: "You are in charge of the family, and you can do it yourself."
left immediately, but Huo Dao was extremely happy and shouted: "Sister, I want to eat roast whole sheep ---."
"Good ---" Huo Nanzhi, who had already arrived in the lower room to prepare dinner, replied loudly, but Huo Dao was not satisfied, and shouted: "We will roast the whole sheep --- in the courtyard."
Huo Nanzhi chased after him, smiled at Huo Dao, and scolded: "Loser plays, you know that a sheep can be exchanged for more grain ---."
But he added: "I will command the sheep to be slaughtered - you are waiting".
Huo Dao didn't know if it was made of iron or if he was too hungry, so he limped back and forth, moved wood, set up a bonfire, and lit all the pillar stone lamps in the entire courtyard. It's just that Tao Hong fell into worry, full of sorrow, sitting on the stone platform, holding the list in his hand in a daze.
Suddenly, Huo Dao rushed over, snatched it away, and asked, "What are you doing in a daze, come here and get it together."
Huo Dao glanced at it a few times, couldn't help but be shocked, and scolded: "a big, you Tao family is a small village, how can you get such a heavy tax, and let people not live."
"If I can't hand it over, I'll be homeless -- I'm really sad," Tao complained.
Huo Dao sat down, squeezed her, and asked with a smile, "I'll help you ---."
"No need--- why should I ask you to help me" Tao Hong stabbed Huo Dao, but shook his head.
"Then you've figured out a way," Huo Dao asked again.
Tao Hong shook her head and sighed lightly: "No, all the worries."
It was the sorrow that someone in the courtyard shouted: "Fifth brother--- I'm back---."
Huo Dao couldn't help but be overjoyed, patted his ass and stood up and said with a smile: "The lucky boy is here."
After that, Huo Gang has already jumped into the hospital, of course, how can there be more than a dozen people missing Bao Buer, Shi Dan, Tang Qiang, Yu Dazhuang, Huang Pi, and Li Daniu?
Huo Gang raised his hand and punched Huo Dao's body, and said with a smile: "Fifth brother, we are relieved to see that you are fine--- "More intentionally or unintentionally shouted at Tao Hongyigong: "Fifth sister-in-law is so ---."
even deliberately shouted at the dozen people behind him: "Do you know how to count etiquette, and don't you want to meet the fifth sister-in-law ---."
Qi Qi Yigong shouted: "The fifth sister-in-law is so ---", of course, he did not leave Shen Ling, who was helping Huo Dao frame to catch fire, and said with a respect: "The little fifth sister-in-law is so ---."
Although a small word was added, Shen Ling was still happy in his heart, but Tao Hong was at a loss, blushing, and didn't know whether to refuse or accept.
Huo Dao asked, "Everything is going well---
Huo Gang grinned and said, "Smoothly --- meet the mountain on the way, so I will go to the --- together." even boasted: "Fifth brother--- guess how many things we have killed."
Huo Dao reprimanded: "What is the sale--- say it quickly."
Huo Gang was stupidly amused, and said with his hands dancing: "That thief of Yangshuiwa is really the material for the work, hiding 800 loads of grain, 3,000 yuan, and 30 gold bars, two cows, and more than a dozen sheep, but the weapons are pitiful, only two boxes of grenades, 2,000 rounds of ammunition and more than a dozen broken guns."
Huo Dao asked, "Have you reported these seizures to the village?"
Huo Gang shook his head and smiled: "That's not because the brothers are worried about you, so they hid in Taohuayu first and hurriedly came back to see you."
Huo Dao thought for a while and said, "You will make a hard trip tomorrow, take out two hundred loads of grain and one thousand yuan to supplement the family, and all the rest will be moved to the Tao family to be hidden, and a few mobile sentries will be sent to guard the ---."
"Haole--- thank you for my brother, fifth brother" Not only the dozen brothers in Huo Gangyuan were all excited.
Huo Dao still explained: "Those righteous brothers, you must also send people to send more food and silver dollars, and in the future, you will regularly send some food and money to his family."
Huo Dao helped Tao Hong up and said with a smile: "Don't worry about it now---
"Hmph--" Tao Hong smiled and said, "Count me as borrowing you--."
Huo Dao smiled and said: "What to borrow, reward for meritorious deeds, and share the spoils on the spot, it should be yours."
The bonfire is full of sheep, accompanied by fine wine, brothers singing, accompanied by beauty, how much happiness and sorrow have already turned into wind and rain, vanished, and played all night.
In the early morning, the dark clouds were thick, the smoke shrouded the inside and outside of Longchuan, the northwest was swishing, the air was mixed with the smell of sand, and the cold mountain wind was like a knife constantly chopping, freezing to the bone, making the body tighten. However, everyone's mood is extraordinarily excited, like a heavy snow is coming, although it is a cold place in the northwest, it is not surprising that there has been no heavy snow for several years. If you come, it is like with an auspicious atmosphere, feeling that the earth will have a bumper harvest in the coming year.
Just like the Zhongyi Hall at this time, the inside and outside are surrounded by three layers and full of people, and they are not excited to talk about it. Huo Dao led Shen Ling, Tao Hong and Huo Nanzhi, who were specially accompanied, into the hall.
Jing is got up and looked at each other, and came to a large wooden table more than ten zhang long, Bai Xiaoying sat at the head, with the sect leader Wen Dewang on his side, and Huo Zhennan, Liu Qinghe, Huo Zhenxi, Wen Xingrui and Wen Xingqing on both sides of the head.
Even Huo Nian, Huo Hua, Liu Yanzhi, and Huo Gang also sat high. There are still four empty positions under Huo Zhennan, of course, Huo Dao and the four of them.
They sat down one after another, Bai Xiaoying got up and said: "A few days ago, Ganquan Village suffered a big catastrophe, and the village supported the workers and Yang Shuiwa to rebel against the cottage, and even went into the mountain to join the Yang Ding Haibu for bandits, repeatedly doing evil, and wanting to wash Ganquan Village in blood, this time it was even more scattered, colluding with the bandit Wang Mazi, besieging the cottage with heavy troops, playing conspiracy, wanting to wash the cottage with blood, doing the intolerable crimes of heaven and earth, destroying our homeland, looting money and food, raping and killing women and children in the village---."
After a pause, he said: "Fortunately, we in Ganquan Village united as one and swore to defend our homeland, so that we were saved from being ruined and escaped." In the process of protecting the cottage, there is Tao Hong, who does not remember personal gains and losses, fearless and vicious bandits, and is clever in besieging and robbing, shocking Wang Mazi's thousands of bandits, and saving the lives of thousands of people in the whole village. Huo Nanzhi saw through the tricks of the Yang bandits, stepped forward, destroyed dozens of evil bandits, and saved the entire village from being destroyed, and should be credited with ---the first credit."
Bai Xiaoying looked in all directions and asked, "Do you have any objections?"
When it is the word of the people: "no objection ---".
Bai Xiaoying laughed and said: "Okay, I now announce that the four of them are the heroes of our Ganquan Village, and in the future, everyone should respect them and follow ---them as they respect their parents, sect masters, and village masters."
He sat down and smiled at Wen Dewang: "Brother Wen, next, it is up to you to carry out the reward and punishment order."
Wen Dewang nodded and smiled, got up and calmed down inside and outside the Zhongyi Hall and announced: "The old ancestor has said a lot, and he has said it very well, I won't say much, and now the reward and punishment orders agreed upon by the elders of the sect are here: Huo Dao, Tao Hong, Shen Ling, and Huo Nanzhi will be rewarded with ten pieces ---of gold, 100 quintals of grain, and ten horses of fine silk and satin;
Wen Dewang said stupidly: "I, Wen Dewang, am the --- of the sect masters of each clan." Cai Ji said: "Bai Xiaoying is still the master of the Zhenjie Hall, Tao Hong is the captain of the Virgin Self-Defense Force, Huo Nanzhi and Shen Ling are the deputy captains, but considering that Tao Hong has not yet entered Ganquan Village, the position of captain is temporarily represented by Huo Nanzhi."
Those who have made meritorious contributions in the whole village are rewarded and promoted, and those who have no fault are rewarded; those who have made mistakes, like those who collude with Yang Shuiwa to carry out punishments, and those who admit their sins and repent are better can wear their sins and make meritorious contributions, all of which are convincing.
But after this encounter, the most important thing is to inspire the villagers to have hope and confidence in life, tightly twist into a rope, protect the village and the people, and fight against all injustices and injustices from outside.
It can be regarded as opening the rule of guarding the house with the villagers, and the reward and punishment by marching to build a camp, which can be regarded as a precedent for self-defense with the people, and opening a new chapter for the swordsman family.
As soon as the parliament ended, Huo Dao asked Huo Gang and Wen Liang to set up a recruitment office on the spot to recruit more villagers and support workers to become a member of the Self-Defense Force.
When it was dispersed, the elders of the various sects in the Zhongyi Hall were still talking about things, and Yixiang bravely rushed in in a panic and reported loudly: "Officers and --- officers and soldiers, soldiers are coming to the city to ---."