I traveled through time, starting with two acres of land and a dog

"Who are you, what are you doing, what are you doing, help... Help... Woo woo..." The two men shouted randomly and in the end all they could do was struggle. After three minutes, they gave up struggling as their hands and feet were trapped.

Du Chenyu shouted: "Quickly take off the clothes of the two men and loot all their things. Break one of them and immediately retreat to the river." At this time, Zhang Gou Wa also arrived, grabbed a stick and smashed it on the legs of the two men. The two men rolled around in pain, but they only had skin injuries. Li Long and Hu Laosi, one swung a wooden stick and the other swung a stone and smashed them down, with two "crackling" sounds and "Ah...", they screamed and kept rolling on the ground, sweat rolling down their foreheads, at least they had broken bones.

"Let's go down to the river," Du Chenyu shouted at all he could. Second Uncle carried him on his back, and Hu Laosi took his bag, and told everyone to run to the river immediately, leaving the two of them shouting on the side of the road. The whole process took 5 minutes, which was smoother than expected.

They ran along the narrow path to the river and immediately walked downstream. There was no road by the river. They had to walk through the barren mountains and steep cliffs. After walking two kilometers down, there was a river dam where they could probably walk across the river. The river was not deep during the dry season in winter. There was no conversation along the way. Everyone was still in a bad mood. After 40 minutes, they finally reached the river beach. He Cunyi took the lead in rolling up his trouser legs and walked to the middle of the river to test the depth. It was almost above the knees. Li Long pulled Zhang Gou Wa, and his second uncle tied him to his back with a rope. The group endured the biting cold and walked across the river.

After crossing the river, everyone put on their straw sandals. He asked everyone to walk separately. If they walked together, they would be too conspicuous. Li Long, He Cunyi, Hu Laowu and Zhang Gou Wa split into three groups, each taking a small path to gather at home, and never mentioned what happened today. Second uncle and Hu Laowu groped their way along the riverside path. They didn't talk along the way. They walked along the river and the ditch for about an hour before they got home. They hardly walked on the main road. When they got home, the other four had already arrived home earlier and continued to work in the fields as if nothing had happened. Everything was normal at home, and the news had not yet been sent back. When mother saw them coming back, she hurried over to catch him and held him in her arms to take a closer look.

Looking at the tear marks in the corners of his eyes, Du Chenyu felt sad. A mother is always worried about her son even when he is thousands of miles away, but he had only walked less than 10 miles.

"Mom, everything is fine. Look, my arms are arms, and my legs are legs." Du Chenyu hid in her arms and asked for breastfeeding.

“You little rascal, if you run around next time, I’ll break your legs,” the mother slapped his butt a few times.

"I know, I'm hungry and want to eat some milk," Du Chenyu immediately changed the subject.

After staying in his mother's arms for more than 10 minutes, he jumped down and limped to the newly built thatched house. His second uncle and Hu Laosi were still waiting for him in the house. He asked them to close the door, light a fire in the fire pit, and start to process the spoils.

First, the rattan net and wooden sticks were all burned with fire, and then the clothes and trousers of the two people were cleaned and searched one by one. Two clothes were found in Ma Wenshu's cloth shoes, and four were found in his bag and trouser pockets. A total of 2 silver dollars (during the Qing Dynasty, silver dollars were called dragon dollars, also known as silver dollars among the people) were found. They were all sewn into the pockets of the clothes with needles to ensure that every inch was searched. The clothes were burned, and then the bundle, which contained several white flour cakes and more than 4 boiled eggs. The two of them ate one each. There were also several sets of clothes, and a cloth bag inside, which contained 9 silver dollars, some broken silver and earrings, and a table of silver jewelry, weighing 10 or 15 taels. It seemed that the Ma family's finances had really hit rock bottom, and his mother's jewelry had all been used as travel expenses.

There was also a cured pork leg and two pieces of cured meat. Except for the food and money, everything was burned. Hu Laosi and Second Uncle tried to stop them. They didn't want to burn the new clothes. He just said that robbery and wounding were capital crimes, and the clothes were evidence. They wanted to choose life or clothes. They could only put the clothes, pockets and other sundries into the fire pit with tears in their eyes. Finally, they had to wrap the pole with cloth and push away the sackcloth.

A black, shiny gunpowder gun appeared in front of him. Hu Laosi stroked the gun, while Du Chenyu's eyes lit up, his heart was excited, his hands were shaking, he circled around the gun, rubbing his hands, and he didn't know how to describe it. Men love guns, and men born in troubled times love guns even more. From ordinary people to warlords, all of them regard guns as treasures. Even the second uncle, who is so simple-minded, is full of love for guns. He put all his money on the ground and touched the gun.

There are two small pockets on the butt of the gun, which are filled with iron sand and gunpowder. Hu Laosi picked up the gun and took aim.

"Fourth brother, you can't hold the gun like this. The muzzle of the gun can never be pointed at your own people. The muzzle should either be pointed at the sky, or aimed at open areas and the enemy, because guns are prone to accidental discharges." Du Chenyu said in detail.

"Well, there is still such a rule." Hu Laosi pointed the gun at his second uncle.

I have always heard that the Ma family has a hunting rifle, but they usually don't show it to the world because they are also afraid of Yu Yuedong's power. Yu Yuedong has almost taken back all the guns in the area by various means. This time I got an unexpected surprise, which really makes people sigh. I have been looking for it for a long time, but it is easy to get it. I miss and think about the gun more than anything else every day. Now that I have a gun, I will have a second, third, fourth... Everything is like a cell, one will give birth to two, two will give birth to three, and the first one is the hardest.

"We'll deal with these things in the evening. You should just go and work as usual," Du Chenyu said to the two of them.

After making all the arrangements, they went out.

Du Chenyu asked his mother to divide the meat into small pieces and hide them immediately. He cut a piece of meat and made fried meat for everyone at noon. This year, because all the money was used to store food, the population increased suddenly in the past two months. Everyone ate meat almost only once a month, and it was just a taste. His population expansion plan finally paid off, and the short-term financial and food pressures were reduced a lot. With more than 10 mouths to feed every day, this year's food ran out in a blink of an eye. Although his mother didn't say it, he could clearly feel it every time he carefully swept the rice jar.

Today's lunch was earlier than usual, and it was particularly lively. It was also the first real meal since the establishment of the armor team. We had fried potato slices with bacon, stewed dried beans in broth, and corn with a small amount of rice. This meal was better than what half of the families had during the New Year. Just after eating, I saw 7 or 8 people from the opposite side of the river coming down along Jiaojialiang, and they were carrying someone. If nothing unexpected happened, it was Ma Wenshu. Now it has been at least 3 hours since the incident happened. He asked Grandpa to hold Xiao Yaya and the second uncle and stroll outside at the intersection. If someone came, they would give a timely warning and everyone would have a meeting, including my mother.

Du Chenyu sat on a broken bamboo chair and began to give orders like a little master:

"First: Nothing happened today. Everyone has been at home since this morning. We were smearing mud on the walls of the new house at home this morning." This is the unified response to what was done this morning when others asked about it.

"Second, never mention eating meat."

"Third, the harvest and arrangement of the spoils will be announced by Captain Hu," Du Chenyu handed a piece of straw paper to Hu Laosi. This is the battle summary I asked Hu Laosi to write.

"In today's operation, we harvested two pieces of bacon, a pig's trotter, a few hard-boiled eggs, 24 dollars, three or four taels of silver, jewelry, and a hunting rifle." This was the harvest.

"So many!" people were whispering below. Everyone had a different expression, but happiness was written all over their faces.

The financial arrangements are as follows: "Buy a piglet to ensure there will be meat to eat next year; buy 50 kilograms of pork to improve everyone's life; buy each person a set of winter clothes and three quilts, a set of machetes, and some farm tools. These expenses are estimated to cost more than 15 silver dollars. Each person will be rewarded with an extra silver dollar and 1 kilogram of meat. The rest of the money will be handed over to the master's wife for safekeeping and used for daily expenses. Do you have any objections? This is the result of the preliminary discussion between the young master and me." Hu Laosi continued.

"Haha, the harvest is so rich, thank you so much, sir," Li Long expressed his opinion first.

"Although meat is delicious, food is more needed. Should we buy a little more?" said He Cunyi.

Zhang Gou'er didn't care about these things. Du Chenyu kept staring at the gun. Although everyone had seen enough at noon, Zhang Gou'er particularly liked the gun, probably because he was a child.

"Brother Cunyi, your suggestion is very good. This is the crux of the issue. You should also think deeply about these issues. The most practical ones are the best. After all, we are still very poor, and we need to make the most of every penny," said Du Chenyu.

"Let me explain why we bought so much meat. We have no shortage of food this year. We have some stored on the streets. We will harvest at least several thousand kilograms of potatoes and wheat next spring, so there will be no problem with basic food rations. You can't see clearly at dusk or dawn. Do you know why? For example, we can move forward in the dark today, but we still light torches to increase the risk of the operation. Gou Ge and Hu Wu Ge are not tall because they are not getting enough nutrition, so it is necessary to increase the meat intake. From now on, we will have meat for one meal every five days to increase the oil and water." Du Chenyu continued.

"Now that we have enough food and meat, we need to speed up the development of the wasteland during the day and increase the amount of training. Do you understand?" Du Chenyu said in one breath.

"Um... there's meat to eat, long live the young master", everyone seemed to understand and were happy to have meat to eat.

Then everyone was given a dollar, and everyone was very happy. To be honest, they had earned a dollar in less than a month after forming the team, which was better than Yu Yuedong's treatment as a bodyguard.

"Also, it's best not to hand over money to your family before the New Year so that you can spend it at will two months later. Otherwise, it's easy for the news to leak out, understand?" he added.

“Understood,” everyone answered.

"This operation is now over. You must forget about it and never mention it. The fight with the rich man Ma has just begun. We must live longer and better and protect our parents, brothers and sisters from being bullied. We must continue to strengthen our training, improve our skills, and carry out more actions. Everything will go on as usual in the afternoon," Du Chenyu instructed.

"Yes," everyone answered in unison.

Then they went to work in the fields.

In the evening, as soon as my father got out of school, he ran back home, his forehead covered in sweat.

"What's going on? Ma Laosan has reported the case to Yu Yuedong in tears, saying that his son and nephew were robbed in broad daylight and had their legs broken. Yu Yuedong just said that he would investigate it thoroughly and that he would take them to the scene for inspection tomorrow." The father asked anxiously.