No pain no gain

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The situation is getting more and more tense. Many shops in the town are half closed. Many things are difficult to buy in the town. Therefore, there are more peddlers in the village. In fact, there are peddlers who usually transfer to Liushu Village. They will stop the big girls from using their copper coins to buy some candy for the little ones, but now these salesmen are much more important. Come here and sell it to the villagers at a high price...

Every time Da Zhuang squeezed into the crowd to buy some, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the fellow villagers, but at the same time he could listen to the news brought by these peddlers who had traveled far away.

According to the news from the inquires in the town and what he heard, Da Zhuang made a rough guess. Fortunately, the main battlefield is still far away from this small place, but the bad thing is that this is the only way for the army to pass.

At the beginning of this year's spring, I heard that war had already started in the south. A few days ago, a group of troops and horses passed by this Liushu Village. The official road that is only enough for an ox cart to pass obviously cannot satisfy a group of people with food and grass. Zhuang's family had a piece of land, about one and a half mu, which was close to the official road. Afterwards, after the officers and soldiers passed by, Da Zhuang went to have a look. There were almost no corn seedlings half a person's height left, and some were crushed to pieces. Some of them were gnawed off by horses, some were trampled, and many people in the village went to replant them. Da Zhuang only picked up some corn seedlings, cut them back and fed them to the donkey, leaving the land to be left unused. .

"Listen well, don't leave the knife, hide it on your body where you can get it, especially you, big girl, don't put the knife under the pillow, and keep it on you when you sleep, no matter who shouts Don't open the door casually..." Da Zhuang instructed the younger ones over and over again.

Da Zhuang spent a lot of money to find the blacksmith in the town to forge the small knife a few years ago. There are four in total, one for Da Zhuang himself, one for Er Zhuang, Da Niuer, and Er Niuer. As for the fool, Da Zhuang specially gave it to him. I made a bag and asked him to hang the kitchen knife at home on his body and take it down when he needed it.

"I, I know!" Da Niuer said tremblingly.

"Don't be afraid, big brother, second brother and big brother are here!" Da Zhuang hugged the big girl and comforted him softly.

Boss Wu once asked the idiot to go back to live, but Da Zhuang refused. At that time, the Wu family may not be safer, and according to the idiot's status in the family...

Now a small group of refugees has begun to pass by here. The refugees are more ruthless than the officers and soldiers for the crops in the field. They eat them all the way. The crops in the field have been ruined by them. We had to organize and patrol the fields near the village, but there was no other way in the fields farther away. No one dared to confront the refugees alone. A family in the neighboring village had an incident with refugees looking for food in the field. There was a conflict, and as a result, they were beaten to death. Those refugees went crazy and lost their minds. The villagers who had lived in a comfortable environment for a long time were not their opponents at all.

In the past few years, Da Zhuang has been asking the children to exercise more, especially running. Now the little guys are a little bit better than their peers in terms of running speed and endurance. Except for Si Zhuang, these few Years of exercise only made Si Zhuang a little bit stronger, and the amount of exercise was a little bit bigger, but Si Zhuang coughed and couldn't breathe, so Da Zhuang had to take turns with the fool to practice with Si Zhuang on his back.

The patrols organized by the village, Da Zhuang and the idiot also had to go.

"If you encounter any danger, don't worry about what's going on in the field. We have enough food. Remember to run back as fast as possible, you know?" Da Zhuang explained worriedly, pulling the idiot who was about to go out.

"En." The idiot responded, and used his hand to press Da Zhuang's frown.

Da Zhuang relaxed his frown knowingly, and smiled at the fool.

The fool ran out quickly.

Da Zhuang closed the courtyard door, went back to the main room, and closed all the doors, leaving only one window to pay attention to the outside situation.

Er Zhuang was telling a few little guys what he saw in the big city, and even the big girl was attracted to him.

Soon, the second batch of soldiers arrived, and the villagers who were patrolling the fields in the village happened to bump into them. Several brave young men stepped forward to negotiate with the leading officers and soldiers, hoping that they would not step over the field. Most of the people sold almost all their food last year, and they are still counting on the fields for their rations in the second half of this year and next year.

"If you dare to mistake the military situation, kill!" The middle-aged man sitting on a tall white horse said coldly, and at the same time swept his eyes at the other people standing in the distance.

Several young people around the middle-aged man drew out their long knives and slashed at him without hesitation.

Da Zhuang hid behind the crowd, saw the blood spattered high up and the snake-like eyes of the middle-aged man from the gap, heard a few miserable howls, his whole body shivered involuntarily as if being immersed in ice water.

Seeing this, the remaining two boys ran back while howling.

"Fire the arrow!" The middle-aged man shouted loudly with a move.

"Run, everyone..." Da Zhuang couldn't help shouting.

The villagers on patrol who were stupefied by the situation in front of them reacted, and ran towards the village in a mess while shouting.

Da Zhuang didn't dare to leave the crowd, otherwise he would only become a target, and there were people screaming and falling down behind him, as well as the shouts of people he knew or didn't know.

A feather arrow flew past Da Zhuang's head, Da Zhuang didn't dare to look back, his eyes were fixed on the village not far away, soon, soon, right away... Da Zhuang, with a short body, left like an arrow The few remaining villagers rushed to the village in a few steps, and quickly ran towards their own house under the cover of the house.

Da Zhuang hid behind the low earthen house and looked out. It seemed that the officers and soldiers stopped shooting arrows after entering the village. Fortunately, they hadn’t dared to slaughter the village yet... Da Zhuang couldn’t help but think of the worst. I shuddered again.

"Quickly open the door, Ada, it's me..." Da Zhuang hurriedly stood outside the courtyard door and shouted.

The door of the main room bounced open immediately, and several little guys ran out.

"Everyone go in, go in quickly!" Da Zhuang flashed into the yard, looked around for a while, and quickly closed the yard door.

"Brother, there is blood on your face!" said the big girl trembling.

Da Zhuang wiped it with the back of his hand, and said in a slow tone: "It's okay, it's not mine!"

"I'll get you some water!" The fool stood up and said.

"Wait a minute, don't go out now!" Da Zhuang said softly.

"We heard the cry, brother, what's going on outside?" Er Zhuang asked anxiously.

Da Zhuang hesitated for a moment, and said succinctly: "We had a conflict with the officers and soldiers. Remember to walk around when you see the officers and soldiers in the future!"

The little guys nodded obediently.

Da Zhuang opened the window and looked out. After a while, there was crying outside. It seems that the people in the village already knew what happened just now...

Da Zhuang tidied up the original room, made the floor with the fool, and slept in the same room with several children. At night, Da Zhuang thought and thought, if he went to hide on the mountain now, it would be too conspicuous. but……

Early the next morning, as soon as Da Zhuang woke up, there was a knock on the door outside.

Da Zhuang's heart tightened, and the eldest and second girls who had already woken up looked at Da Zhuang in horror.

"Don't be afraid, Er Zhuang, you just stay in the house and watch, Ah Da, let's go and have a look!" Da Zhuang said softly.

"Well, brother, you have to be careful!" Er Zhuang whispered nervously.

Da Zhuang nodded, touched the knife on his waist, and opened the door of the main room to look out.

"Da Zhuang, are you up yet? Da Zhuang..."

"Here we come, Uncle, Auntie, wait a moment!"

Da Zhuang heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that it was his uncle and aunt who came, adjusted his facial expression a little, and walked over quickly while responding.

When the two entered the room, Da Zhuang hurriedly closed the door again.

"Uncle, Auntie, what's the matter?" Da Zhuang asked softly after pouring two bowls of water over.

The eldest aunt patted the uncle hard, motioning for him to speak.

"Well, Da Zhuang, well, did you have enough food and food last year?" the uncle asked hesitantly.

Da Zhuang knew it well, shook his head and said, "Not much more, I'll sell some after seeing the price!"

"That, forget it!" The uncle stood up and was about to go outside.

The aunt grabbed the uncle, turned her head and said to Da Zhuang quickly: "Is your family still enough? Can you lend some to the aunt first, and return it to you when the field collects it..."

"Auntie..." Da Zhuang said with some embarrassment.

Da Zhuang didn't know how much rations his aunt's family left last year, but he would definitely be able to eat at least until this year's autumn harvest, and now there are almost two months before the autumn harvest, so it's hard to justify borrowing food...

"Da Zhuang, take care of yourselves, let's go, we're going back..." the uncle said while dragging the aunt.

"Wait a minute, you don't want to lend us a loan, just return the bag of rough noodles that we lent you to our head office a few years ago!" The aunt shouted loudly.

It was when Da Zhuang first came here, and the uncle's family sent half a bag of rough noodles and some vegetables over...

The uncle's face flushed immediately, and he seemed a little at a loss as he glanced at Da Zhuang and several nephews and nieces who were crowded at the door of the room.

"Da Zhuang, you, don't listen to your auntie..." the uncle said in a low voice.

"It's okay, uncle, we still have a little food in our house, you come with me!" Da Zhuang said softly.

Together with Da Zhuang, the fool took the uncle and aunt to the warehouse, where Da Zhuang hid most of the food, and now there are only four or five bags of different food left.

"Uncle, Auntie, take this bag of corn home and eat it first, and then find a way if it is not enough!" Da Zhuang said, pointing to the outermost bag of corn.

The eldest aunt immediately stepped forward to move it, and shouted at the uncle: "What are you doing standing there, come and help!"

"Da Zhuang..." the uncle called out hesitantly.

Da Zhuang smiled and looked at him, waiting for his next words.

The uncle lowered his head and went to help his aunt.

"Da Zhuang, you have to be more careful!" The uncle finally only confessed, and moved the corn with the aunt and left.

Da Zhuang closed the courtyard door, and looked at the backs of his uncle and aunt going away, his eyes flickered slightly.

"Brother!" Er Zhuang stood at the door of the main room and called out worriedly.

"It's okay, let's all go in!" Da Zhuang turned his head and said lightly.

This small episode was quickly overshadowed by the subsequent incidents. The number of refugees began to increase, and most of them were old people and children. According to the young and middle-aged people who escaped, the warring side was forcibly recruiting people, or Either enter the army and die on the battlefield, or build trenches...

Da Zhuang feels that the only thing that is fortunate is that the destination of the refugees is not this small place. Most of them have the idea of ​​going to a bigger city to make a living... The refugees walked all the way, and all the things that could be imported on the road were searched. It soon turned into a desert, and there were several incidents of people breaking into houses in the village and robbing them.

After Da Zhuang heard this, he explained to a few little guys: "If there are bad guys coming in to grab things, don't worry about other things, just give him all the food and so on, as long as people don't get hurt, you know?"

"Well, brother, we understand, you've said it many times!" San Niuer rolled her eyes and said bluntly.

The second girl is nine years old this year, the third girl is seven years old this year, and the twins are more than five years old this year. They are both active, and they are used to running and exercising outside some time ago. They have been bored in the house for the past few months. In addition, Da Zhuang kept explaining the same things repeatedly, and the little guys became a little impatient.

"San Niu'er, you are not allowed to talk to elder brother like this!" Er Zhuang scolded seriously.

"Yeah..." San Niu'er made a face at Er Zhuang, so she wasn't afraid!

Da Zhuang patted San Niu'er on the shoulder, telling her to be more honest, and didn't say much. The younger ones in the family are very good at reading people's faces. If they realize that you are really angry, they will be very honest immediately. In the current situation of Er Zhuang, they couldn't be restrained at all.

"Okay, everyone, sit down, let's play games together!" Da Zhuang greeted several children.

The children gathered around happily and listened to Da Zhuang's instructions to play...

Another group of refugees came to the village that day. Da Zhuang observed through the window, and soon realized that something was wrong. Some of the refugees were holding horses and hanging around their waists...

"Big Brother, Big Brother, look..." Si Zhuang said to Da Zhuang holding up a few paper cranes.

"Hush..." Da Zhuang turned his head and raised his index finger beside his lips.

The children calmed down obediently and looked at Da Zhuang.

"Everyone pay attention, something is wrong!" Da Zhuang beckoned the fool to follow, and the two stood guard at the door of the main room.

Er Zhuang automatically went to the window, and the eldest girl and the second girl hurried into the room with a few younger ones.

"Second sister, third sister, take good care of the elder brother and the younger brother, I'll go and guard at the door!" The eldest girl stood up bravely and said.

"En." The two little girls nodded repeatedly, each holding the twins and sitting on the edge of the kang.

Da Zhuang told them that they must never take off their shoes and clothes during the day, so that they can escape as quickly as possible when they encounter danger. Get up your clothes and run, now Da Zhuang and the others are sleeping in this room, the door is in the main room, and Da Zhuang has firmly nailed the wooden frame on the window, so it is only possible to enter through the door in the main room.

Da Zhuang looked out from the crack of the door of the main room, and a group of people came over and stopped for a while at the gate of the courtyard. Two of them kicked the door of the courtyard and broke in.

Er Zhuang standing by the window and the big girl at the door of the room obviously also heard the noise from outside, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.

"Open the door, open the door quickly..." The two kicked the wooden door of the main room vigorously with their feet, shouting loudly.

Da Zhuang made a gesture to the fool, Er Zhuang and Da Niuer, and slowly pulled out the two latches on the door.

"You, who are you? What's the matter?" Da Zhuang asked tremblingly.

The two scanned around the room, and one of them grinned and said, "There are only a few children, go to the next one!"

"Haha, you stinky ^ ^ ^ three!" The other person's eyes stopped on the big girl, and he laughed out loud.

"Same as before, don't wait for me!" The person who spoke before said with a smile.

The other person agreed, walked around to the donkey Peng in the yard, untied the rope, and drove the donkey away cursing.

"What are you doing?" Da Zhuang shouted deliberately.

Seeing this, the fool gritted his teeth and rushed out.

The person who stayed behind pulled out a shining machete with a "shua", forcing the fool to retreat.

"What do you want? Our family has no money, and there are two packs of food left..." Da Zhuang said while pulling the idiot.

"Hey..." The man smiled triumphantly, holding a knife and forcing Da Zhuang and the idiot to back up and enter the room.

Da Zhuang swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and slowly retreated to the corner.

"Come here!" The man gave the big girl a few seductive glances, pointed at Da Zhuang, fool and Er Zhuang who had retreated to the corner with a knife in one hand, and beckoned to the big girl with the other.

The big girl trembled all over, gritted her teeth hard, and slowly leaned over.

Da Zhuang's eyes dimmed. The big girl is already over 11 years old this year. Although she hasn't grown at all, she already looks like a big girl. In addition, she seldom goes out to bask in the sun, and her skin is smaller than those in the village. The girls must be fair, and they always look a little timid on weekdays. Da Zhuang naturally doesn't feel it when he is with big girls all day long, but most of the half-grown children in the village like to look older. In front of Niu'er, it's not intentional to play a prank to attract the attention of the big girl, or to be courteous...

"Hey hee hee hee..." The man's face had already shown a lustful expression, his mouth was slightly opened, and he could see the yellow die inside...

The big girl's face was pale and pale, and she walked this way step by step.

"Hurry up!" the man urged impatiently.

Er Zhuang was about to move as soon as he straightened his body, Da Zhuang stopped Er Zhuang with his arms, and stared at the man tightly.

Da Niuer came over, looked up at Da Zhuang, her eyes were red, her lips were white from being bitten, her hands trembling slightly as she grasped the corners of her clothes.

The man stretched out his hand to touch Da Niu'er's face, but Da Niuer turned her head away.

"Hey, little ^girls^, dare to hide!" The man yelled fiercely, leaned forward slightly, and pinched the big girl's fair cheek.

Just now, Da Zhuang rushed over and grabbed the man's hand holding the handle of the knife, trying to snatch the knife away.

"Smelly brat!" The man reacted quickly, pushed the big girl away, and raised his fist to hit Da Zhuang's head and body.

Da Zhuang tightly hugged his hand, trying to control the knife.

Fool and Er Zhuang both came to help, trying to grab the knife.

"Looking for death!" The man kicked Er Zhuang into the air, pulled out a dagger from his waist with his backhand, and slashed at Da Zhuang and the idiot.

"Get out of the way!" Da Zhuang slammed the fool away fiercely, and raised an arm to protect his head and face.

"Great!"

"Big brother!"

The idiot and Er Zhuang cried out at the same time.

Da Zhuang held the handle of the knife with one hand, and the man turned his hand holding the knife, and he was about to break free from Da Zhuang's hand. He broke free, and the few people in the room couldn't even think about living.

"Ah..." The man screamed, the knife fell to the ground with a bang, and the other hand stabbed Da Zhuang's face backhand.

Da Zhuang tilted his head, avoiding his eyes, his cheeks felt cold, and then there was a tingling pain.

Er Zhuang and one cat waist snatched the big knife and held it in his arms.

The man let out a strange cry, raised his dagger viciously, and rushed towards Er Zhuang.

Da Zhuang's teeth forcefully tore off a piece of flesh, he didn't care about the wounds on his face and arms, he rushed up from the side, and hugged the man again.

The man had obviously practiced for a few days, and while struggling hard to get rid of Da Zhuang, he used his feet to force the idiot and Er Zhuang not to come closer.

The big girl standing behind suddenly raised a bench, screamed, and threw it at the man without thinking.

In a panic, the fool took out the kitchen knife and slashed at it desperately.

"what……"

Blood sprayed Da Zhuang's head and face, and the fool's kitchen knife got stuck on the man's shoulder.

Da Zhuang's heart trembled for a moment, he was thrown out accidentally, wiped the blood splashed on his eyes, saw the bandit was hacked, the dagger fell to the ground, and he still threw himself at Er Zhuang Want to get back the sword.

"Er Zhuang, be careful!" Da Zhuang rushed over and shouted.

"Ah—" Er Zhuang closed his eyes, raised his knife and chopped down.

The bandit screamed and slowly fell to the ground.

Da Zhuang kept swallowing his bloody saliva, and it took a long time before he slowly leaned over.

The bandit was still alive, panting with difficulty, staring fiercely at Er Zhuang.

Da Zhuang touched the small knife at his waist, took it out tremblingly, and slashed the bandit's throat tremblingly, then fell back and sat down, his eyes blurred...

"Big strong, big strong..."

"Brother, your face..."

Da Zhuang trembled for a long time before he found his tongue, and tremblingly said: "No, it doesn't matter..."

"Big sister, come and take care of big brother!" Er Zhuang was the first to calm down, and turned his head and said to the big girl who was crying softly.

Da Niuer responded, poured a little water from the kettle in the corner of the room, and first carefully wiped Da Zhuang's wound.

"Er Niuer, San Niuer, come out and clean the main room, hurry up!" Er Zhuang shouted towards the door of the house in a low voice.

Second Niuer and San Niuer ran out with tears in their eyes.

"Don't be afraid, the bad guy has already been killed by the brothers!" Da Zhuang pinched himself below the thigh, trying to stay awake to comfort the little girls.

"Brother Ah, let's deal with this!" Having said this, Er Zhuang's voice trembled.

The fool responded, stepped forward and pulled out the kitchen knife, and was about to move the corpse.

"Wait a minute, wipe off the blood on your body before you go out, first hide the corpse and bloody clothes under the dark board in the warehouse, be careful not to get the blood inside and out!" Da Zhuangqiang explained, The eyelids could not stop falling, which was due to excessive blood loss.

The big girl was already applying ointment to the wound, trying to stop the bleeding.

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