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All were carried off the raft, and the knees of the shoes were covered with blood.
The old owner of Huichun Hall was invited to prescribe a prescription to stop bleeding. The old master looked at his eyes and tongue, shook his head and said in a low voice, "Change clothes. Is it that the young master? I'm afraid I can't stand tomorrow."
Mantianhong rushed back, it was already afternoon the next day. Twenty people rode back on horseback, and dust flew everywhere. The one who dismounted with a black cloak was the first to dismount was the sky. He has a big figure, a wide spine, a double gun on his waist, a black and red face, his eyes covered with blood under his sword eyebrows, his hair was blown by the wind, and his lips were chapped. He ignored the people who came up to say hello to him and went straight into the house. When the people in the house saw him coming in, they all fell to the ground. I was about to go out, but Ping'an grabbed the corner of my clothes and shook his head and begged at me.
"You go out too!" Mantian said to Ma Zhantang with a hoarse voice.
Ma Zhantang was stunned and said as he walked out, "Okay, okay, you say, you say."
"Dad, I'm late!" Man Tianhong knelt down, holding his hands tightly. As soon as he said that, he choked up. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, his shoulders still trembled.
"People are in the world, sooner or later... there must be... this day. Peacefully...come here..." Quan Hao tried hard to open his eyes, and another stream of red blood spurted out of his throat.
"Dad, stop talking! - Ping An, come here!" Man Tianhong stroked his chest well and turned his head and whispered to his son.
Di Ping'an let go of my hand, moved forward timidly, but his father pulled him over. He staggered and stood beside the vast pool of blood, without tears or howling, as if he was hoarse, his whole body was trembling.
"Oh, don't be embarrassed...he's gone...scared..." Quan Hao shook Ping'an's face with his hands, and blinked with a smile, as if comforting his grandson not to be afraid. His face turned into a piece of paper. I remember Ping'an said that his grandfather and his father almost didn't laugh.
Quanhao continued, "Restoration, you...be careful... there are...insiders at home."
Quanhao breathed heavily: "There are many loud voices (cannons), cannons ( Type 38 rifle )... and firewood (bullets). In the past, when I was a bandit... I had no choice, remember, don't sell... for the Japanese..." Before, my head tilted to one side, but my eyes were open.
Mantianhong quickly pulled Ping'an over, preventing him from looking at his grandfather's face and closing his eyes. The teeth clattered and hit the wall with a punch, the wall shaking. He said softly: "Dad, don't worry, remember the reform! I will definitely avenge you this revenge!"
"Master--" Ping'an burst into tears.
I was also scared to tears.
The outer room was in chaos.
Ma Zhantang pushed open the door and came in first, knelt down with a "thump" and burst into tears: "Old leader, you died so miserable! You shouldn't leave everyone behind! I shouldn't die, I shouldn't stop you..." Ma Zhantang said, slapped himself twice, feeling heartbroken.
Everyone put everything on a door panel, carried it into the yard, and put some adobe bricks under it. Someone went to the big willow tree on the left side of the gate and hung the New Year's-head paper. Ping'an and his parents were covered in numbness and kneeled beside the corpse. The woman is on the left and the man is on the right.
The yard was filled with mixed sounds of footsteps, mixed with sadness. The smell of burning paper is everywhere, and there is a depressing atmosphere, which makes people breathless.
I struggled to squeeze out from the crowd and was about to go home, but I saw eight or nine strong men carrying a red sandalwood coffin and turning into the yard, followed by my father and his apprentices. Senior Brother Qingxuan was holding a big old nail in his hand. Seeing Ping'an and I standing at the door, he walked over and whispered, "Xiao Man, why don't you go home quickly, your mother is looking for you!"
"The material of red pine is so thick, it's enough to be thick!" Someone exclaimed in surprise.
"This is high-quality wood. was shipped from Jiang . Most people can't afford this!" Someone responded.
"Our old master is naturally worthy of such material board!" It was Ma Zhantang who spoke, and everyone called him "Master". He slapped the coffin gang, his tone was envious.
I don’t know what the good name is. I asked Ping An, and Ping An shook his head. My father said that "all good" means that everything is good and capable in everything.
He is indeed a well-known figure in this area. The young man practiced martial arts with his master and could do everything he could with sticks, fists and feet. When I was in my twenties, the name "Quanhao" was already well-known. He has a black and red face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a beard. He is generous and loyal, and domineering, and he is the only one who talks about it. He raised a hundred people under his command, occupying four hills and half of the paddy fields in Waichagou Menzi, and also coal mines in Andong and Hunjiang. But he never moved the common people and often extended his hands to help the poor and weak. Some people respect him and some fear him in the Waichagou area.
There were many people coming to the yard one after another, all of whom were the top figures on Waichagou Street. Manager Liu of the wood collection company, Manager Wang of Mixing, Manager Hong of the silver number , owner of the gang luggage, and Zheng Dadu, who brought people to the to the ocean to pay their respects. De Shengchun, Fujizhan, Ruishenghe, Qianlongshan, Hengshengyuan, Fushenghou, Gongheyong, and Yifayong also wrote gift lists. Hongchunlou's mother Ni Xiaobao also sent someone to deliver paper money. The boss of Xiangmanlou personally brought two chefs to take charge of the spoon.
Mantianhong kowtowed and returned the gifts with calm face. Ma Zhantang came and saw him off in a row, shouting the people below to arrange the table, just like the owner of the Di family's hometown. More than 0 years later, Di Ping'an told me about his grandfather's death, but he still couldn't calm down. He closed his eyes, his mind full of his grandfather's chest was full of blood. I am actually the same as him. Although many years have passed, the situation back then is still vivid in my mind.
At noon that day, I went to Ping'an to see if the cargo ships returned were rare. From a distance, I saw Xiao Liuzi and Hu, who were guarding the door, lowered their voices and said something, and the two looked solemn. There were already crying in the room.
After a while, five strong men left their guns and rushed to the direction of the dock.
Ping An ran out of the house and whispered to me: "They said something happened to me."
"What's the matter?"
"I don't know, it seems that something happened at the mouth of Hunjiang, and it has already rushed back." Ping An took the lead and ran to the dock.
I was still a little confused. Quanhao, he is a very powerful person, with a strong martial arts skills and can use guns with both hands. He is born with a scud, and some people even say he can escape! When he was young, he killed blind bear with a hunting gun. He could eat more than ten pancakes, two pounds of beef in one meal, and two pounds of sorghum wine. Once on the road of robbery, he was ambushed and all the people following him died. He alone knocked down more than a dozen men in one breath, broke out, and exhausted the other party's two evil dogs who were chasing him relentlessly. How could something happen to such a capable person?
I followed Ping'an to run towards the dock. His Dahuang came with him, probably like us, knowing that Quanhao would definitely come back from the dock.
The sun sets west, the clouds are vast, and the rivers are vast. The raft that came down from the Yalu River covered the entire river surface. The wooden handles stood at the front of the raft and directed their hands, untied or tied the wire rope connecting the wooden rafts.
wooden rafts have just been docked, and cargo ships, passenger ships and fishing boats behind them have also broken down and docked one after another. The two shopkeepers from Dexingyuan, Fuyuandong, Juyuande, Shuanghesheng, Yutaifeng, Yutaihe, Dejufu, Fuxianghe, Hong Maochang, Sanheyi, etc., unloaded grain, pickles, , liquor, fur, and cloth from the ship, loaded it on a carriage and transported it to their respective shops on Zhengda Street.
Yalu River flowed here, and suddenly there was no barrier from the mountains on the right side, and a big gap suddenly appeared. The river water slowed down, kissing and spitting on the shore, gradually forming a water-milling ground shaped like a large dustpan.The ancestors reproduced and lived here from generation to generation, collecting wood, farming, hunting, raising silkworms, fishing, making irons, and emitting. Over time, this place became a large water and drought wharf, a fortress portal and commercial center of the Yalu River, and also had the simple name "Waichagou Gate".
This place has become the third district of Ji'an District 8 during the Guangxu period. It trades with Chushan County, Korea in the south, along the river Xiliu and Andong, in the southwest, in Kuandian, Liaoning, and in the northeast, and in Yushulinzi and Tonghua . It is the largest distribution center for goods far and near. The Government of the Republic of China established the district office here and sent troops to garrison.
Waichagou Street is still prosperous in summer and autumn. Not only are there a large number of carriages staying here, but there are also a large number of rafts docking in the raft nest every day in the river. A large amount of wood was cut down from Changbai Mountain and discharged along the Yalu River. The crafters slept in the open for many days, crossed the rapid beaches and reefs, and finally had a rest here - order two dishes, drink some wine, roll dice, and sleep on the warm kang. The next day, they continued to discharge downwards to Anton. In addition to wooden rafts, dozens of large ships docked here. People who travel with the boat also traveled between relatives and friends or business - they traveled between North Korea, Xialu River, Kuandian , Hunjiang, Dandong .
In the early morning, nearly a hundred wooden ships of all sizes transported people, livestock, farm tools, fruits, silkworms, honey, furniture, piglets... in the morning light. From sunrise to sunset, people were crowded with people, and fishing sang. Especially in the evening, when boats and rafts docked, it was even more lively. There were people who were looking forward to it early on the shore: some women held their children and waited for their husbands, some business owners brought their friends to pick up the goods, and some girls from Hongchunlou were led by their mothers to attract customers.
Today's dock was a little strange - there were much fewer ships and cargo, and the river surface was relatively calm. The boatmen silently broke down and the shopkeepers of each family urged in a low voice. The guys just bowed their heads and went forward to transport the goods. People were in a hurry and looked solemn.
Ping'an and I quietly ran to the edge of an old ship that had long been broken, squatted down, and continued to look down the river with our hands on the edge of the ship. There are not many boats and rafts there.
Ping'an whispered to me: "Look, Liu Mazi and the others have come." I looked in the direction of his finger and saw Liu Mazi and Sun Dafa, who were from the district office, carrying guns and hats, walking from the street, as if they had just woken up, cursing while walking.
"Hey hey hey hey, what are you doing? You're slow... Wait a minute, what's in that box?" Liu Mazi called Ni Er, the second butler of Yutaifeng.
"Ah, Chief Liu, you just came back from An Dong to order pastries. It's not peaceful there recently, and it's hard to catch the goods. Today, I almost didn't come back!" Ni Er grinned with a bitter face.
"Is it delicious?" Sun Dafayant came up, picked up a pack of pastries soaked in oil from the basket, pulled out the paper rope, took out an trough cake from horse manure paper , and listened to Ni Er's words while eating.
"The boat was blocked as soon as it reached the mouth of Hunjiang. Some masked people came up and overturned, but they didn't know what to pick. Later, they surrounded the big ship of the Di family, and both sides were fired!" Ni Er seemed to be immersed in fear, "Many people died, the river water was red! A ship of guns and cannons were broken into the other party's hands. All of them were probably falling this time. Some people said they saw him being shot. They said that the men in black were Japanese, and they didn't know whether it was true or not."
Liu Mazi and Sun Dafat stopped chewing, as if they had just woken up. The two left Ni Er and chatted alone for a moment, then quickly went to check other docking boats separately.
"The river has not been peaceful recently, so hurry up and go home. Don't lead outsiders back!" Liu Mazi shouted seriously at the top of his throat.
The boss of Fuyuandong, wearing a jacket, took a suitcase and got off a boat, followed by four people wearing top hats and long gowns.
"Two officials have disappeared in a few days!" Zhu Wangcai bowed from afar.
"Mr. Zhu! Where did you make money?" Liu Mazi's nostrils were facing the sky, clasped his fists and looked at the four people, "Are these four people...?"
"Hello! They are all friends, please take care of them!" One of the ducks bent down to show their salute, smiling but not smiling, with a strange accent.
"Ah, Chief Liu, this is a business partner I know on the other side of the strait. Come and see the fur business and buy a few ginseng ." Seeing that Liu Mazi was suspicious, Zhu Wangcai quickly came up to take over the conversation, pulled Liu Mazi aside, stuffed something into his pocket, and whispered:
"It's convenient! Go to Xiangmanlou for two drinks another day, brother, I'll do it!"
"Ah--It's okay! Let me say it well! Brother, I'm also a routine! Mr. Zhu walk slowly!" Liu Mazi reached into his pocket and weighed the weight of the thing, haha, "See you back, see you back."
male duck looked at him deeply, smiled meaningfully at him, and turned around and followed Zhu Wangcai into the street.
Soon after, two rafts came downstream. The people on the raft were paddling hard. There were three people lying on the raft. Before the docking was reached, the paddler jumped into the water and pushed the raft and rushed for a few steps. Several people on the shore also jumped into the water, lifted the lying person and ran to the shore.
"Master--!" Ping An threw me down and chased me, shouting while chasing, "Master, Master!"
Tiger and Xiao Liuzi raised the door panel to greet him from the street. Ping An's mother stepped forward and pulled Ping An and ran back behind. Dahuang followed closely along the way, barking.
blood drips along the crack of the door panel, flowing all the way, and soon attracted groups of ants .
I felt numb and itchy all over my body. I didn’t dare to look at it anymore, so I ran home quickly.
Behind us, the sun in the sky emits a white and miserable light.
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There are four streets in Waichagou Street - Fufeng Street, Zhengda Street, Yingxu Street and Ningchai Street. The first three streets are arranged in order from east to west along the right bank of the Yalu River. The most prosperous is Zhengda Street. All major businesses and silver names are on this street, with shops and crowded people.
followed by Yingxu Street. Although there is no goods coming in and out, there is constant flow of people in one day. Especially at noon and evening, it is even more lively. The aromas of carp , plaster meat, tiger-headed chicken, and 60-degree sorghum wine in Xiangmanlou spread over the entire Waichagou.
is just a few steps from Xiangmanlou. The storyteller Huang beats the drum while hiding hiking , singing Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties sings vigorously.
Not far from the Hongchun Tower is Hongchun Tower. The alley is very wide, with stone roads paved, with pink peony and fiery red lily planted on both sides, and cylindrical red gauze lanterns on the top of the wall, with pictures of ladies with all kinds of postures drawn on it. During the day, Hongchun Tower is quieter, and the girls there are gorgeous makeup and smile gracefully. At night, the lanterns were lit.
I like the peony flowers and red lanterns very much. I once secretly pulled Ping An to see it from a distance. Somehow my mother found out, she beat me with a broom and said she wanted to run there again, so she broke my legs. Fortunately, Senior Brother Qingxuan stopped her, and I ran fast with wind on my feet, otherwise I would have to apply safflower oil again.
The easternmost point is Fufeng Street, where most of the houses are old. Oil mills, mills, dyeing mills, tofu millsmith shops, carpenter shops, and sewing shops are all on this street. My father’s carpenter’s shop is located at the northernmost end of this street. We live on the east side and the carpenter’s shop is located on the west side.
Ningchai Street is slanted at the northmost point. Most of the people living there are Korean , and there are also Guanli people who came to Guandong. They rely on the mountains to eat and rely on the water to eat. Hunting, mountain laying, logging, emitting, stone-burning, silkworm-raising, bee-raising, deer-raising, everything.
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I plan to turn back to Fufeng Street from Yancui Hutong on Zhengda Street. Suddenly, I saw my second senior brother Qian Wange and a few people walking towards Xiangmanlou. The back was exactly the hats he had brought with me that Fuyuandong boss Zhu Wangcai and the ones he had seen at the dock today.
Huh? No, I remember that in the morning, the fourth sister of the second senior brother went to take leave with his father and said that the second senior brother was slandering and was going to sweat at and at home. Could it be so soon? Seeing his happy and blushing face, he didn't look sick at all!
These people must have nothing good! The second senior brother whom my father accepted was the most sensible, and my mother annoyed him the most. She always said that he was full of colorful things and didn't hold back a lot of them. Due to the affection of the old neighbor, my father was also familiar with his skill, so he kept him behind because of his father's repeated visits to ask for him.
He is really smart and often takes a bottle of Xiaoshao to respect his master. If my father doesn't like it, he will never say it. He is so sweet that he is calling out "big brother". My father didn't set any rules, and he didn't call his disciples a master or apprentice, but only greeted him with the usual "brothers, uncles and other common names in the past. The eldest brother is in trouble, working the most and being scolded the most. I always feel that the eldest senior brother’s bad luck is inseparable from the second senior brother. What happened later is enough to prove that my view is not biased.
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I was about to close the door when I saw Quanmei coming out of my house. I don’t know when it started, but I often come to my house in the United States. I borrowed sweater needles and flower support from my mother, cut leeks and sent me a handful of them, and sometimes embroidered a pair of insoles for me. Every time she came, she didn't rush to leave. She helped her mother slowly shake her wool, chatting with her mother all the time.
I like to see the curved eyes under neat bangs in the United States. She loves to smile, and even her eyes are full of smiles. A pair of bright white tiger teeth will reveal her smile.
"It's all over the United States, I'm in my teens? Is it nineteen? It's time to find my husband's house!" My mother often asked her with a smile.
"Aunt, look at you, I say this again!" Quanmei lowered her head, and two pink clouds immediately flew to her cheeks, and even her white neck was stained.
Here, most of the people have relatives who are trapped in relatives, and they seem to be able to distinguish between different generations from each other from each other. Most of the young girls call me "aunt".
"See if there are any of your uncles and apprentices who you like, please make the decision!" My mother continued to tease the whole country half-true.
"Aunt, I won't tell you anymore. I'm going home to push the mill." All Americans lowered their heads and fled like a deer, their pink face seemed to be burned.
I suspected that she was really angry, worried that she would not come again, so I stomped my mother hard and said angrily, "Mom, look at you, it's so annoying!"
Mother greeted Quanmei calmly, "Qianmei, go slowly, come and talk to my aunt tomorrow!"
I like Quanmei. She is not as petty as other girls, and she always makes her little temperament. Even when she should be very angry, she will not shy her face. My mother always said that Quanmei is a good-nature, capable, and looks like a big girl. I don’t know who is lucky enough to marry her.
The eldest brother came out of the west room with his coat in his hand, stretching out his sleeves while walking out.
"Xianglin, it's not dark yet, you're just like a hot butt. What are you doing? Do you see the whole country leaving?" The mother asked with a loud smile at his back.
The eldest brother seemed to have not heard it, and he was on the road in the morning.
"Not to say, this pair is quite compatible!" Mom said with a sound.
As soon as I entered the house, I picked up a potato to eat, I heard a quarrel coming from the corner of the street. I listened carefully to the sound, as if it was the eldest and second brothers.
The mother ran around her head with her shoes, and said while running, "Xiao Man, hurry up, call your father!"
When my father and I arrived, there were already some people around. The second senior brother was rolling his arms and sleeves while lying on his shoulders. The whole country was lying on my mother's shoulders and cried. The eldest senior brother's temple was pounding and the corners of his mouth were swollen.
Dad understood at a glance, and said two words to the two apprentices with a tiger face: "Go home!"
The second senior brother was still waiting to argue. When he saw that the master's face was long, he left in disappointment.
"A bunch of uneasy things!" During dinner, my father suddenly put the wine cup on the table and said angrily, "I was so confused. The two grew up on the same street, and they studied together, and now they are learning art together. Why do you look like enemies all day long?"
"Your second apprentice is not a good dry food! His fourth sister also said that he is sick, he is not sick, drunk, blocking people's whole America. Xianglin went up to persuade him, and he quarreled and beat people! No wonder Quanmei didn't want to look at him in front of her eyes! The toad wants to eat swan meat!"
"Okay, you! The food can't block your mouth!" dad said irritably.
I told them what I saw at the gate of Xiangman Tower today, and recalled the scene I saw on the pier in the afternoon, and also said it all. After hearing this, my father said nothing and frowned slightly.
"It's all right and there's only one breath left. It's said that it's a disaster for the Japanese. I think the Waichagou gate will be uneasy! Are those people led by Zhu Wangcai some spies? Why did Qian Wange connect with them? There can't be any good things, but you have to be careful!" Mother said worriedly.
Daddy's face became even more serious and he went out without a sound.
At this time, there were noises outside the door and the door panel was snapped. Dad quickly walked out and opened the door bolt.
"Master Chen, this Waichagou gate is several miles in a radius, and your skills are worth it!" The person who spoke was Ma Zhantang, who bowed to my father and said, "My old boss is afraid that it is not good. I have pulled the material board, I'm going to work hard!"
"Oh, Master Ma, I don't dare to take it. Since the Di family doesn't dislike it, then I'll cover it." Dad quickly agreed.
"Then I would like to thank Master Chen on behalf of the Di family - I'll hurry up tomorrow. The young leader will come back and let him give you money in person!"
"You are so serious! Over the years, the Di family has taken care of me as a carpenter shop. I have played together with Ping'an's father when I was young. People have never underestimated us even if they have a promising future. It's my blessing to be able to do something for the old leader!"
At that moment, someone came to unload a large cart of thick boards into the yard.
After a while, my father called back several apprentices, but he didn't call him the second senior brother. The lights were on in the west room all night, and my father led several apprentices to rumble, cut, cut, fill, crack, cook glue, stick, paint, paint...
The next morning, I was shocked when I went out. A big red sandalwood "big boat" parked in the yard, with high in front and low in the back, wide in front and narrow in the back, as if I was raising my head and rushing forward. Looking at the senior brothers, their eyes were red and wilted. It seemed that they hadn't slept all night.
My mother told me not to run around, saying that it was not peaceful outside. I was not willing to listen, so I took the Dragonfly Net and ran out along Fufeng Street. From a distance, Ma Zhantang was talking with a man wearing a top hat. I hurriedly hid behind a big willow tree and looked at it secretly. Then Ma Zhantang nodded and smiled, looked around, and handed over a white veil. The man took it, spread it out and looked at the sunshine, then folded it and put it on, and turned around and left. Ma Zhantang left afterwards. I clearly remember that the veil is a picture drawn with ink lines.
The sun is getting warmer. Today, Ping An couldn't come out to play. I caught the dragonfly alone for a while and found it was not fun, so I walked home and met the father of All America. He was leaning on the civilization stick in one hand, and carefully carrying the treasures scooped out of his toilet in the other hand, and was falling down the aisle along the fence of his house. Then, he raised a thin layer of soil on it. I felt nauseous, covered my nose and walked tightly, and ran home.
All American father is short and thin, with a beard and his surname is Hou, and his name is "Hou Yixing". Because he is too calculating and has sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, everyone calls him "monkey spirit". He usually drinks a good drink, and he likes to put the wine glass in hot water and then drink it. After drinking too much, he will snot and tears, sitting in the middle of the avenue and mud.
The afternoon of the south wind makes people particularly greedy for the refreshing time of nap. My mother tried hard to turn her fat body over there and murmured in her dream: "Well, it doesn't smell good - well, no, what does it smell?" She stretched hard and sniffed: "Well, it seems to be gone.
1
All were carried off the raft, and the knees of the shoes were covered with blood.
The old owner of Huichun Hall was invited to prescribe a prescription to stop bleeding. The old master looked at his eyes and tongue, shook his head and said in a low voice, "Change clothes. Is it that the young master? I'm afraid I can't stand tomorrow."
Mantianhong rushed back, it was already afternoon the next day. Twenty people rode back on horseback, and dust flew everywhere. The one who dismounted with a black cloak was the first to dismount was the sky. He has a big figure, a wide spine, a double gun on his waist, a black and red face, his eyes covered with blood under his sword eyebrows, his hair was blown by the wind, and his lips were chapped. He ignored the people who came up to say hello to him and went straight into the house. When the people in the house saw him coming in, they all fell to the ground. I was about to go out, but Ping'an grabbed the corner of my clothes and shook his head and begged at me.
"You go out too!" Mantian said to Ma Zhantang with a hoarse voice.
Ma Zhantang was stunned and said as he walked out, "Okay, okay, you say, you say."
"Dad, I'm late!" Man Tianhong knelt down, holding his hands tightly. As soon as he said that, he choked up. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, his shoulders still trembled.
"People are in the world, sooner or later... there must be... this day. Peacefully...come here..." Quan Hao tried hard to open his eyes, and another stream of red blood spurted out of his throat.
"Dad, stop talking! - Ping An, come here!" Man Tianhong stroked his chest well and turned his head and whispered to his son.
Di Ping'an let go of my hand, moved forward timidly, but his father pulled him over. He staggered and stood beside the vast pool of blood, without tears or howling, as if he was hoarse, his whole body was trembling.
"Oh, don't be embarrassed...he's gone...scared..." Quan Hao shook Ping'an's face with his hands, and blinked with a smile, as if comforting his grandson not to be afraid. His face turned into a piece of paper. I remember Ping'an said that his grandfather and his father almost didn't laugh.
Quanhao continued, "Restoration, you...be careful... there are...insiders at home."
Quanhao breathed heavily: "There are many loud voices (cannons), cannons ( Type 38 rifle )... and firewood (bullets). In the past, when I was a bandit... I had no choice, remember, don't sell... for the Japanese..." Before, my head tilted to one side, but my eyes were open.
Mantianhong quickly pulled Ping'an over, preventing him from looking at his grandfather's face and closing his eyes. The teeth clattered and hit the wall with a punch, the wall shaking. He said softly: "Dad, don't worry, remember the reform! I will definitely avenge you this revenge!"
"Master--" Ping'an burst into tears.
I was also scared to tears.
The outer room was in chaos.
Ma Zhantang pushed open the door and came in first, knelt down with a "thump" and burst into tears: "Old leader, you died so miserable! You shouldn't leave everyone behind! I shouldn't die, I shouldn't stop you..." Ma Zhantang said, slapped himself twice, feeling heartbroken.
Everyone put everything on a door panel, carried it into the yard, and put some adobe bricks under it. Someone went to the big willow tree on the left side of the gate and hung the New Year's-head paper. Ping'an and his parents were covered in numbness and kneeled beside the corpse. The woman is on the left and the man is on the right.
The yard was filled with mixed sounds of footsteps, mixed with sadness. The smell of burning paper is everywhere, and there is a depressing atmosphere, which makes people breathless.
I struggled to squeeze out from the crowd and was about to go home, but I saw eight or nine strong men carrying a red sandalwood coffin and turning into the yard, followed by my father and his apprentices. Senior Brother Qingxuan was holding a big old nail in his hand. Seeing Ping'an and I standing at the door, he walked over and whispered, "Xiao Man, why don't you go home quickly, your mother is looking for you!"
"The material of red pine is so thick, it's enough to be thick!" Someone exclaimed in surprise.
"This is high-quality wood. was shipped from Jiang . Most people can't afford this!" Someone responded.
"Our old master is naturally worthy of such material board!" It was Ma Zhantang who spoke, and everyone called him "Master". He slapped the coffin gang, his tone was envious.
I don’t know what the good name is. I asked Ping An, and Ping An shook his head. My father said that "all good" means that everything is good and capable in everything.
He is indeed a well-known figure in this area. The young man practiced martial arts with his master and could do everything he could with sticks, fists and feet. When I was in my twenties, the name "Quanhao" was already well-known. He has a black and red face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a beard. He is generous and loyal, and domineering, and he is the only one who talks about it. He raised a hundred people under his command, occupying four hills and half of the paddy fields in Waichagou Menzi, and also coal mines in Andong and Hunjiang. But he never moved the common people and often extended his hands to help the poor and weak. Some people respect him and some fear him in the Waichagou area.
There were many people coming to the yard one after another, all of whom were the top figures on Waichagou Street. Manager Liu of the wood collection company, Manager Wang of Mixing, Manager Hong of the silver number , owner of the gang luggage, and Zheng Dadu, who brought people to the to the ocean to pay their respects. De Shengchun, Fujizhan, Ruishenghe, Qianlongshan, Hengshengyuan, Fushenghou, Gongheyong, and Yifayong also wrote gift lists. Hongchunlou's mother Ni Xiaobao also sent someone to deliver paper money. The boss of Xiangmanlou personally brought two chefs to take charge of the spoon.
Mantianhong kowtowed and returned the gifts with calm face. Ma Zhantang came and saw him off in a row, shouting the people below to arrange the table, just like the owner of the Di family's hometown. More than 0 years later, Di Ping'an told me about his grandfather's death, but he still couldn't calm down. He closed his eyes, his mind full of his grandfather's chest was full of blood. I am actually the same as him. Although many years have passed, the situation back then is still vivid in my mind.
At noon that day, I went to Ping'an to see if the cargo ships returned were rare. From a distance, I saw Xiao Liuzi and Hu, who were guarding the door, lowered their voices and said something, and the two looked solemn. There were already crying in the room.
After a while, five strong men left their guns and rushed to the direction of the dock.
Ping An ran out of the house and whispered to me: "They said something happened to me."
"What's the matter?"
"I don't know, it seems that something happened at the mouth of Hunjiang, and it has already rushed back." Ping An took the lead and ran to the dock.
I was still a little confused. Quanhao, he is a very powerful person, with a strong martial arts skills and can use guns with both hands. He is born with a scud, and some people even say he can escape! When he was young, he killed blind bear with a hunting gun. He could eat more than ten pancakes, two pounds of beef in one meal, and two pounds of sorghum wine. Once on the road of robbery, he was ambushed and all the people following him died. He alone knocked down more than a dozen men in one breath, broke out, and exhausted the other party's two evil dogs who were chasing him relentlessly. How could something happen to such a capable person?
I followed Ping'an to run towards the dock. His Dahuang came with him, probably like us, knowing that Quanhao would definitely come back from the dock.
The sun sets west, the clouds are vast, and the rivers are vast. The raft that came down from the Yalu River covered the entire river surface. The wooden handles stood at the front of the raft and directed their hands, untied or tied the wire rope connecting the wooden rafts.
wooden rafts have just been docked, and cargo ships, passenger ships and fishing boats behind them have also broken down and docked one after another. The two shopkeepers from Dexingyuan, Fuyuandong, Juyuande, Shuanghesheng, Yutaifeng, Yutaihe, Dejufu, Fuxianghe, Hong Maochang, Sanheyi, etc., unloaded grain, pickles, , liquor, fur, and cloth from the ship, loaded it on a carriage and transported it to their respective shops on Zhengda Street.
Yalu River flowed here, and suddenly there was no barrier from the mountains on the right side, and a big gap suddenly appeared. The river water slowed down, kissing and spitting on the shore, gradually forming a water-milling ground shaped like a large dustpan.The ancestors reproduced and lived here from generation to generation, collecting wood, farming, hunting, raising silkworms, fishing, making irons, and emitting. Over time, this place became a large water and drought wharf, a fortress portal and commercial center of the Yalu River, and also had the simple name "Waichagou Gate".
This place has become the third district of Ji'an District 8 during the Guangxu period. It trades with Chushan County, Korea in the south, along the river Xiliu and Andong, in the southwest, in Kuandian, Liaoning, and in the northeast, and in Yushulinzi and Tonghua . It is the largest distribution center for goods far and near. The Government of the Republic of China established the district office here and sent troops to garrison.
Waichagou Street is still prosperous in summer and autumn. Not only are there a large number of carriages staying here, but there are also a large number of rafts docking in the raft nest every day in the river. A large amount of wood was cut down from Changbai Mountain and discharged along the Yalu River. The crafters slept in the open for many days, crossed the rapid beaches and reefs, and finally had a rest here - order two dishes, drink some wine, roll dice, and sleep on the warm kang. The next day, they continued to discharge downwards to Anton. In addition to wooden rafts, dozens of large ships docked here. People who travel with the boat also traveled between relatives and friends or business - they traveled between North Korea, Xialu River, Kuandian , Hunjiang, Dandong .
In the early morning, nearly a hundred wooden ships of all sizes transported people, livestock, farm tools, fruits, silkworms, honey, furniture, piglets... in the morning light. From sunrise to sunset, people were crowded with people, and fishing sang. Especially in the evening, when boats and rafts docked, it was even more lively. There were people who were looking forward to it early on the shore: some women held their children and waited for their husbands, some business owners brought their friends to pick up the goods, and some girls from Hongchunlou were led by their mothers to attract customers.
Today's dock was a little strange - there were much fewer ships and cargo, and the river surface was relatively calm. The boatmen silently broke down and the shopkeepers of each family urged in a low voice. The guys just bowed their heads and went forward to transport the goods. People were in a hurry and looked solemn.
Ping'an and I quietly ran to the edge of an old ship that had long been broken, squatted down, and continued to look down the river with our hands on the edge of the ship. There are not many boats and rafts there.
Ping'an whispered to me: "Look, Liu Mazi and the others have come." I looked in the direction of his finger and saw Liu Mazi and Sun Dafa, who were from the district office, carrying guns and hats, walking from the street, as if they had just woken up, cursing while walking.
"Hey hey hey hey, what are you doing? You're slow... Wait a minute, what's in that box?" Liu Mazi called Ni Er, the second butler of Yutaifeng.
"Ah, Chief Liu, you just came back from An Dong to order pastries. It's not peaceful there recently, and it's hard to catch the goods. Today, I almost didn't come back!" Ni Er grinned with a bitter face.
"Is it delicious?" Sun Dafayant came up, picked up a pack of pastries soaked in oil from the basket, pulled out the paper rope, took out an trough cake from horse manure paper , and listened to Ni Er's words while eating.
"The boat was blocked as soon as it reached the mouth of Hunjiang. Some masked people came up and overturned, but they didn't know what to pick. Later, they surrounded the big ship of the Di family, and both sides were fired!" Ni Er seemed to be immersed in fear, "Many people died, the river water was red! A ship of guns and cannons were broken into the other party's hands. All of them were probably falling this time. Some people said they saw him being shot. They said that the men in black were Japanese, and they didn't know whether it was true or not."
Liu Mazi and Sun Dafat stopped chewing, as if they had just woken up. The two left Ni Er and chatted alone for a moment, then quickly went to check other docking boats separately.
"The river has not been peaceful recently, so hurry up and go home. Don't lead outsiders back!" Liu Mazi shouted seriously at the top of his throat.
The boss of Fuyuandong, wearing a jacket, took a suitcase and got off a boat, followed by four people wearing top hats and long gowns.
"Two officials have disappeared in a few days!" Zhu Wangcai bowed from afar.
"Mr. Zhu! Where did you make money?" Liu Mazi's nostrils were facing the sky, clasped his fists and looked at the four people, "Are these four people...?"
"Hello! They are all friends, please take care of them!" One of the ducks bent down to show their salute, smiling but not smiling, with a strange accent.
"Ah, Chief Liu, this is a business partner I know on the other side of the strait. Come and see the fur business and buy a few ginseng ." Seeing that Liu Mazi was suspicious, Zhu Wangcai quickly came up to take over the conversation, pulled Liu Mazi aside, stuffed something into his pocket, and whispered:
"It's convenient! Go to Xiangmanlou for two drinks another day, brother, I'll do it!"
"Ah--It's okay! Let me say it well! Brother, I'm also a routine! Mr. Zhu walk slowly!" Liu Mazi reached into his pocket and weighed the weight of the thing, haha, "See you back, see you back."
male duck looked at him deeply, smiled meaningfully at him, and turned around and followed Zhu Wangcai into the street.
Soon after, two rafts came downstream. The people on the raft were paddling hard. There were three people lying on the raft. Before the docking was reached, the paddler jumped into the water and pushed the raft and rushed for a few steps. Several people on the shore also jumped into the water, lifted the lying person and ran to the shore.
"Master--!" Ping An threw me down and chased me, shouting while chasing, "Master, Master!"
Tiger and Xiao Liuzi raised the door panel to greet him from the street. Ping An's mother stepped forward and pulled Ping An and ran back behind. Dahuang followed closely along the way, barking.
blood drips along the crack of the door panel, flowing all the way, and soon attracted groups of ants .
I felt numb and itchy all over my body. I didn’t dare to look at it anymore, so I ran home quickly.
Behind us, the sun in the sky emits a white and miserable light.
3
There are four streets in Waichagou Street - Fufeng Street, Zhengda Street, Yingxu Street and Ningchai Street. The first three streets are arranged in order from east to west along the right bank of the Yalu River. The most prosperous is Zhengda Street. All major businesses and silver names are on this street, with shops and crowded people.
followed by Yingxu Street. Although there is no goods coming in and out, there is constant flow of people in one day. Especially at noon and evening, it is even more lively. The aromas of carp , plaster meat, tiger-headed chicken, and 60-degree sorghum wine in Xiangmanlou spread over the entire Waichagou.
is just a few steps from Xiangmanlou. The storyteller Huang beats the drum while hiding hiking , singing Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties sings vigorously.
Not far from the Hongchun Tower is Hongchun Tower. The alley is very wide, with stone roads paved, with pink peony and fiery red lily planted on both sides, and cylindrical red gauze lanterns on the top of the wall, with pictures of ladies with all kinds of postures drawn on it. During the day, Hongchun Tower is quieter, and the girls there are gorgeous makeup and smile gracefully. At night, the lanterns were lit.
I like the peony flowers and red lanterns very much. I once secretly pulled Ping An to see it from a distance. Somehow my mother found out, she beat me with a broom and said she wanted to run there again, so she broke my legs. Fortunately, Senior Brother Qingxuan stopped her, and I ran fast with wind on my feet, otherwise I would have to apply safflower oil again.
The easternmost point is Fufeng Street, where most of the houses are old. Oil mills, mills, dyeing mills, tofu millsmith shops, carpenter shops, and sewing shops are all on this street. My father’s carpenter’s shop is located at the northernmost end of this street. We live on the east side and the carpenter’s shop is located on the west side.
Ningchai Street is slanted at the northmost point. Most of the people living there are Korean , and there are also Guanli people who came to Guandong. They rely on the mountains to eat and rely on the water to eat. Hunting, mountain laying, logging, emitting, stone-burning, silkworm-raising, bee-raising, deer-raising, everything.
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I plan to turn back to Fufeng Street from Yancui Hutong on Zhengda Street. Suddenly, I saw my second senior brother Qian Wange and a few people walking towards Xiangmanlou. The back was exactly the hats he had brought with me that Fuyuandong boss Zhu Wangcai and the ones he had seen at the dock today.
Huh? No, I remember that in the morning, the fourth sister of the second senior brother went to take leave with his father and said that the second senior brother was slandering and was going to sweat at and at home. Could it be so soon? Seeing his happy and blushing face, he didn't look sick at all!
These people must have nothing good! The second senior brother whom my father accepted was the most sensible, and my mother annoyed him the most. She always said that he was full of colorful things and didn't hold back a lot of them. Due to the affection of the old neighbor, my father was also familiar with his skill, so he kept him behind because of his father's repeated visits to ask for him.
He is really smart and often takes a bottle of Xiaoshao to respect his master. If my father doesn't like it, he will never say it. He is so sweet that he is calling out "big brother". My father didn't set any rules, and he didn't call his disciples a master or apprentice, but only greeted him with the usual "brothers, uncles and other common names in the past. The eldest brother is in trouble, working the most and being scolded the most. I always feel that the eldest senior brother’s bad luck is inseparable from the second senior brother. What happened later is enough to prove that my view is not biased.
4
I was about to close the door when I saw Quanmei coming out of my house. I don’t know when it started, but I often come to my house in the United States. I borrowed sweater needles and flower support from my mother, cut leeks and sent me a handful of them, and sometimes embroidered a pair of insoles for me. Every time she came, she didn't rush to leave. She helped her mother slowly shake her wool, chatting with her mother all the time.
I like to see the curved eyes under neat bangs in the United States. She loves to smile, and even her eyes are full of smiles. A pair of bright white tiger teeth will reveal her smile.
"It's all over the United States, I'm in my teens? Is it nineteen? It's time to find my husband's house!" My mother often asked her with a smile.
"Aunt, look at you, I say this again!" Quanmei lowered her head, and two pink clouds immediately flew to her cheeks, and even her white neck was stained.
Here, most of the people have relatives who are trapped in relatives, and they seem to be able to distinguish between different generations from each other from each other. Most of the young girls call me "aunt".
"See if there are any of your uncles and apprentices who you like, please make the decision!" My mother continued to tease the whole country half-true.
"Aunt, I won't tell you anymore. I'm going home to push the mill." All Americans lowered their heads and fled like a deer, their pink face seemed to be burned.
I suspected that she was really angry, worried that she would not come again, so I stomped my mother hard and said angrily, "Mom, look at you, it's so annoying!"
Mother greeted Quanmei calmly, "Qianmei, go slowly, come and talk to my aunt tomorrow!"
I like Quanmei. She is not as petty as other girls, and she always makes her little temperament. Even when she should be very angry, she will not shy her face. My mother always said that Quanmei is a good-nature, capable, and looks like a big girl. I don’t know who is lucky enough to marry her.
The eldest brother came out of the west room with his coat in his hand, stretching out his sleeves while walking out.
"Xianglin, it's not dark yet, you're just like a hot butt. What are you doing? Do you see the whole country leaving?" The mother asked with a loud smile at his back.
The eldest brother seemed to have not heard it, and he was on the road in the morning.
"Not to say, this pair is quite compatible!" Mom said with a sound.
As soon as I entered the house, I picked up a potato to eat, I heard a quarrel coming from the corner of the street. I listened carefully to the sound, as if it was the eldest and second brothers.
The mother ran around her head with her shoes, and said while running, "Xiao Man, hurry up, call your father!"
When my father and I arrived, there were already some people around. The second senior brother was rolling his arms and sleeves while lying on his shoulders. The whole country was lying on my mother's shoulders and cried. The eldest senior brother's temple was pounding and the corners of his mouth were swollen.
Dad understood at a glance, and said two words to the two apprentices with a tiger face: "Go home!"
The second senior brother was still waiting to argue. When he saw that the master's face was long, he left in disappointment.
"A bunch of uneasy things!" During dinner, my father suddenly put the wine cup on the table and said angrily, "I was so confused. The two grew up on the same street, and they studied together, and now they are learning art together. Why do you look like enemies all day long?"
"Your second apprentice is not a good dry food! His fourth sister also said that he is sick, he is not sick, drunk, blocking people's whole America. Xianglin went up to persuade him, and he quarreled and beat people! No wonder Quanmei didn't want to look at him in front of her eyes! The toad wants to eat swan meat!"
"Okay, you! The food can't block your mouth!" dad said irritably.
I told them what I saw at the gate of Xiangman Tower today, and recalled the scene I saw on the pier in the afternoon, and also said it all. After hearing this, my father said nothing and frowned slightly.
"It's all right and there's only one breath left. It's said that it's a disaster for the Japanese. I think the Waichagou gate will be uneasy! Are those people led by Zhu Wangcai some spies? Why did Qian Wange connect with them? There can't be any good things, but you have to be careful!" Mother said worriedly.
Daddy's face became even more serious and he went out without a sound.
At this time, there were noises outside the door and the door panel was snapped. Dad quickly walked out and opened the door bolt.
"Master Chen, this Waichagou gate is several miles in a radius, and your skills are worth it!" The person who spoke was Ma Zhantang, who bowed to my father and said, "My old boss is afraid that it is not good. I have pulled the material board, I'm going to work hard!"
"Oh, Master Ma, I don't dare to take it. Since the Di family doesn't dislike it, then I'll cover it." Dad quickly agreed.
"Then I would like to thank Master Chen on behalf of the Di family - I'll hurry up tomorrow. The young leader will come back and let him give you money in person!"
"You are so serious! Over the years, the Di family has taken care of me as a carpenter shop. I have played together with Ping'an's father when I was young. People have never underestimated us even if they have a promising future. It's my blessing to be able to do something for the old leader!"
At that moment, someone came to unload a large cart of thick boards into the yard.
After a while, my father called back several apprentices, but he didn't call him the second senior brother. The lights were on in the west room all night, and my father led several apprentices to rumble, cut, cut, fill, crack, cook glue, stick, paint, paint...
The next morning, I was shocked when I went out. A big red sandalwood "big boat" parked in the yard, with high in front and low in the back, wide in front and narrow in the back, as if I was raising my head and rushing forward. Looking at the senior brothers, their eyes were red and wilted. It seemed that they hadn't slept all night.
My mother told me not to run around, saying that it was not peaceful outside. I was not willing to listen, so I took the Dragonfly Net and ran out along Fufeng Street. From a distance, Ma Zhantang was talking with a man wearing a top hat. I hurriedly hid behind a big willow tree and looked at it secretly. Then Ma Zhantang nodded and smiled, looked around, and handed over a white veil. The man took it, spread it out and looked at the sunshine, then folded it and put it on, and turned around and left. Ma Zhantang left afterwards. I clearly remember that the veil is a picture drawn with ink lines.
The sun is getting warmer. Today, Ping An couldn't come out to play. I caught the dragonfly alone for a while and found it was not fun, so I walked home and met the father of All America. He was leaning on the civilization stick in one hand, and carefully carrying the treasures scooped out of his toilet in the other hand, and was falling down the aisle along the fence of his house. Then, he raised a thin layer of soil on it. I felt nauseous, covered my nose and walked tightly, and ran home.
All American father is short and thin, with a beard and his surname is Hou, and his name is "Hou Yixing". Because he is too calculating and has sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, everyone calls him "monkey spirit". He usually drinks a good drink, and he likes to put the wine glass in hot water and then drink it. After drinking too much, he will snot and tears, sitting in the middle of the avenue and mud.
The afternoon of the south wind makes people particularly greedy for the refreshing time of nap. My mother tried hard to turn her fat body over there and murmured in her dream: "Well, it doesn't smell good - well, no, what does it smell?" She stretched hard and sniffed: "Well, it seems to be gone."After a while, she sat up and started sniffing again. The wisps of breath came slowly in the south wind and drilled straight into the nostrils. My mother jumped up and went down from the ground with barefoot. She quickly cursed her high and lowly in the yard: "Old coffin, why are you still not dead? "
I pulled my mother's clothes hard and said, "Did you sit next to the pile of feces before you see him? "
"Bah, who cares about his stuff? Let him keep it for food. A thing that lacks virtue for eight lifetimes! If it weren't for the sake of the whole United States, I would have fed him the river to feed the old turtle! "The mother was dancing and cursing.
In the west room, the senior brothers stopped their work and laughed secretly.
I pinched my nose and ran over to see. My father in the United States was sitting on a small stool, busying the curtain of dumplings threading. There were flies everywhere around him, and there were green-headed ones, buzzing soundly. Several chickens were flying claws on the other side and pulled and scattered. The monkey spirit waved the civilized stick and scolded. The chickens were also sluggish and drove them away and came back. The monkey spirit often used a wooden rake to spread the manure, and it was not angry or hot.
html More than 0 years later, I was still wondering why a person was still so calm by the dung pile?Mother cursed hatefully: "Is this immortal old man born from the dung beetle in his previous life? "
5
In a blink of an eye, all of them were burned out. That evening, my father went to Di's house to find me. Mantianhong saw that it was my father, so he walked out of the house. My father sent me to leave first. I knew that my father was not here to find me. After the two of them talked for a while, my father caught up and took me to Ningchai Street.
Dad took me to the Dan Blacksmith shop to get the axe and adze he ordered. Before leaving, he whispered to Dan Blacksmith. He then took me to the beekeeper Li Huanfeng's house to get honey. Uncle Li was so nice. He took out two cans of honey from the cellar and said to me the other can It was given to us. He also packed a large piece of beeswax with Su Ziye for me to eat. Ah, it's so sweet! I sat on a small bench and chewed it intently.
At this time, hunter Li Quanfa, Jin Juncheng, who raised silkworms and deer, and Wen Jingshang, who released the radius, also came. My father talked to them before leading me out.
My father and I took the shortcut from the ridge of a paddy field and walked home. In the paddy field, there were some Korean women taking advantage of the cold wind, rolling their trousers and standing barefoot in the water to pull out barbed grass. They were petite, but they were quick to move, and some were carrying children on their backs.
"Oh! "Dad sighed deeply.
"Dad, what's wrong? "
" Xiao Man, do you like our Waichagou door? "
" Of course I like it! We have dragonflies, peony, rice, venison, fish and shrimp, cocoon pupa , and we can also eat beeswax! "I counted my fingers and said.
"Well, my daughter knows how to eat it! "Dad shaved my nose and said, "What a pity, all this is almost gone. "
" is gone? "I'm puzzled.
" The bad guy is here! "Dad said.
"Dad, the people wearing top hats I told you are bad people? "I looked up at my father with my face.
Dad didn't comment.
"Dad, the master of Ping'an's family is not a good person, right? "
" Huh? Why? "Dad was a little surprised, stopped and looked at me.
" One day I saw him and a man wearing a hat whispering, and gave the man a handkerchief, and I don't know what was drawn on it. "
" Xiao Man, have you read it carefully? "Dad's face suddenly became serious.
I nodded. Although I don't know why my father was worried, I knew that Master Ma must have done nothing good.
At this time, three Korean men came towards me, and my father and I quickly let them aside. They hugged each other's necks and drank them all. The Newbie men in our place seemed to like drinking, and often made a group of dog legs and put some soybeans in groups, put a pot of soup in a basin, and brought them to the kang table and started drinking. At the table, a basin of water was placed, and there was also an gourd ladle . They ate dog legs, knocked on gourd ladles while drinking, and sang, and intimately scolded each other as pigs. When they were drinking, several people stood up and danced around the table.In this way, they drank, sang and danced until the sun set, and then they hugged each other's necks and went to the field to call their daughter-in-law home to burn the kang...
6
Early the next morning, I was still sleeping, and I heard Senior Brother Qingxuan shouting at my father in the yard.
Dad said, "What are you yelling about? It's early in the morning!"
"No, we're almost Japanese!" Qingxuan still yelled, how dare he usually do it.
"What are you talking nonsense?!" Dad was a little annoyed.
"I didn't say anything nonsense, it's true!" Qingxuan then told his father what he heard.
It turned out that the night before was 9:30. On the stone pier at the entrance of the Waichagou District Office, Liu Mazi and Sun Dafai, the police officers of the district office who were in charge of guarding were sitting on the stone steps with guns in their arms and were dozing. Suddenly, Liu Mazi's back and Fatty Sun's head were hit by a cold hard object. A cold air rushed straight from the soles of my feet, making me feel numb and savory. The two of them suddenly lost all sleepiness.
"No, don't, my... spare your life..." Liu Mazi knew that he was in trouble and begged for mercy quickly.
"Your, shut up!" The other party's voice was dark and hoarse, with a duck-sounding voice, and he pushed the gun to Liu Mazi's waist again.
"Yes, yes... I shut up..." Liu Mazi opened her eyes wide and shook her head desperately. As he shook, suddenly, several mysterious figures flashed into his mind. Yes, it’s the duck voice among the four!
A week ago, on the day when the accident happened, Zhu Wangcai brought back four people from the other side, saying that he had been doing ginseng and fur business here. At that time, I felt something was wrong, but I didn't take it to my heart. Alas, it’s too late to say anything now!
The Japanese quickly controlled the district office, and Liu Mazi and Sun Dafa Fatty naturally became Ergouzi.
"They all said that now the post office, telephone office, and major businesses are all decided by the Japanese." Qingxuan's words were like a thunderclap on the ground, which shocked us.
"This is just the beginning, and the good show is still coming!" The second senior brother walked in proudly and slowly answered the conversation, "This place is Japanese sooner or later, so it's all amazing? Standing on this Guma Ridge, stomping your feet, the Yalu River has to wander for a long time! How about it in the end? Can you get good results when you go against the Japanese? Being obedient is better than anything else!"
"The Japanese are your father, will you marry your wife?" Mom snatched him in anger, "Look, what big advantage do you get?"
"Hehe, sister-in-law, don't look down on others! I'll invite you and your elder brother to have my wedding wine in two days!" Qian Wange became more and more proud.
"You'll get fainted!" Mother rolled her eyes to Qian Wange with great effort.
"Don't connect with the Japanese! They are running to our territory to grab things. Do you think they are good people? Don't do anything to recognize thieves as father!" Dad said with a serious face, his tone very stiff.
"Brother, where did you say you went?" Qian Wange hurriedly covered it up.
At this time, the eldest and third brothers also came.
"All people are here, let me say a few words. In 1905, the Japanese forced the Qing government to hand over the logging rights of 14 hectares from 60 miles to the 24th Valley of Anton. Isn't the "Yalu River Wood Collecting Company" in Ji'an and Anton? Cut our wood and sell it to us at a high price. The little Japanese plan is very smart. Now, they are again I have come to show off my power in Waichagou. I must have no good intentions! Let me tell you, you have to listen to me for a day when you are my disciples! I will say ugly things first. If anyone goes to be a Japanese lackey, he will turn his elbow out and harm our own people, don’t blame me for turning against others! "Dad obviously said to Qian Wange to listen. After saying that, he arranged for those disciples to work, and did not pay attention to the second disciple Qian Wange.
Qian Wange was embarrassed, and after staying for a while, he found an excuse to leave.
For several days, Qian Wange didn't come to study. It would be fine if he didn't come, but my mother wouldn't criticize the chicken or throw the spatula.During the day, my father and senior brothers did some work on doors, windows, tables and chairs. At night, they locked the door and worked overtime in the west room to make the butt stocks of the earthen guns and cannons. One night, the old hunter Li Quanfa came to give him some guidance.
Dad told us that we should not talk about guns, especially that we should not let the second senior brother know.
7
Just as several senior brothers were working overtime, my mother ran back from outside with a basin of unwashed clothes, and she didn't even close the door. She put down the washing basin, rushed into the west room, went up and snatched the shovel from the eldest brother's hand, and threw it on the case: "Stop doing it, the whole United States will be almost someone else's!"
"What are you running over here to mess with?!" dad stared at his mother, "How come he becomes someone else's person?"
"I've said something long ago, you just don't believe it! Qian Wange is not a good dry food, I don't know Where did he get 30 yuan from the ocean, and gave it to Quanmei's father, and then he pulled Xiangmanlou to fill it with cat urine. After the old monkey semen returned home, he forced Quanmei's mother to prepare her wedding dress, saying it was the sixth day of the month. It was pitiful to Quanmei, who had not eaten for several days, and was thin and was locked up by her father at home and was not allowed to come out. I just said, why didn't she come these days!" Mother said angrily.
The eldest brother picked up an axe and walked out. The third brother hugged it. The father also stepped forward and took the axe down: "What are you doing? What can you solve the problem? Have you given a betrothal gift? Don't you let your mother live?"
The eldest brother suddenly became wilted, squatted down, and inserted his ten fingers into his hair.
"Xiao Man, go and see the whole country, and whisper to ask her what she has to say to your senior brother." Dad told me. I promised to run out of the door.
Monkey spirit sat under the window in front of the door of the whole United States and weaving the fishing net slowly. When I saw me coming, I was stunned for a moment and said, "Qianmei has gone to bed. You can go and play somewhere else." The sound of bowls and chopsticks falling to the ground suddenly came from the room, followed by Quanmei's crying.
"Sister Quanmei, don't cry!" I was about to walk in, but the monkey spirit stopped at the door. I was so angry that I stomped my feet and turned around and went back to find Qingxuan.
Qingxuan took me from the back hillside to the cornfield behind my family in the United States, and then came to the back window of the whole country from the cornfield. In the room, the whole country is still crying.
Qingxuan gently tapped the window frame and signaled me to greet the whole country. I had an idea and learned to meow.
The whole United States came over and whispered from it: "Xiao Man, go back and tell Xianglin that I will never marry Qian Wange who was killed in this life." After that, she used a clamp to stretch out a white handkerchief embroidered with red mandarin ducks from the crack of the window.
Qingxuan and I didn’t dare to stay for too long, so we took the handkerchief and hurried home.
The senior brother held the handkerchief tightly, listening to me retelling the situation across the United States, his teeth clattered.
Daddy went out, and the effort of a bag of cigarettes was back. He said to his mother with a blue face: "The monkey spirit only recognizes money but not people. After eating the weight, he is determined to marry his daughter to Qian Wange. He said that it is not impossible to marry the whole country. He has to get 50 yuan."
"This old man, if I have a gun, I will send him to the west immediately. Why doesn't he fall into the cesspool and drown!" Mother cursed hatefully.
Dad asked his mother to come over with some money, and called the eldest brother over and said, "Xianglin, you should take the whole United States away tonight. Go away and don't come back in a while."
Xianglin knelt on the ground and kowtowed to his father and mother.
That night, with the help of two junior brothers, the eldest brother quietly sawed open the back windows across the United States. Just as they were looking for the ship, Qian Wange led a few men in black to block the way. During the quarrel and robbery, I don’t know who fired the gun. My poor senior brother fell to the ground. The whole United States rushed over like crazy, helplessly, the many days of tossing had exhausted all her strength, and she quickly fainted.
After returning home in the United States, he had a fever and talked in his sleep. When he woke up, he shouted, sweating profusely, and soon became a bunch of skeletons. Seeing that the wedding day was coming, the monkey semen became scared at this time, and became weak and looked for doctors to get medicine everywhere.
Just when the senior brother could barely go to the ground, the whole country smashed the soup bowl and cut his wrist. She was already in a state of shape and bones and quickly dried her blood. The monkey spirit not only lost Ruhua's daughter, but also vomited Qian Wange back the 30 yuan he got. Qian Wange is backed by the Japanese, so the monkey spirit can only be recognized. Since then, anyone who saw the monkey spirit spitted at him fiercely, and even the woman who was usually submissive was crying and cursing him all day long. Since then, my family hasn't smelled feces again for a long time.
8
For several days, no one at home spoke. Everyone worked and ate silently, and their mother stopped scolding and shed tears as soon as she moved. Until that day, Ping'an's father, Mantianhong, brought Ping'an to my house.
Pingan and I were playing with wooden blocks in the yard, and my father and Mantianhong sat under the grape trellis and talked.
Mantianhong said first: "Brother, I was thankful that you reminded me that I paid attention to the person named Ma. My father reminded me before leaving, saying that there was an insider at home, but I was always outside, and that Ma's man has always been careful in his work, so it is difficult to find anything. My father has been a beard all his life, and his eyes are more poisonous than an eagle, but he is not careful that someone is stabbing the knife in the back. The Japanese have long been eyeing my father. They thought that apart from my father, they could get Waichagou Street. It's really a delusion! With me, he's full of heroism, they can't even think about it!"
"What are your plans?" Dad asked.
"I originally wanted to win him off immediately," Man Tianhong said hatefully, "But I think this will inevitably attract the attention of the Japanese, so I will save him a life first."
"Okay, you have to be more careful about him, especially the child!"
"Well, Ping An has a good understanding. I have taught him some martial arts and marksmanship during this period."
"What can I do?" Dad asked again.
"I'm going out these days. I want to temporarily entrust peace to you. After all, the family is not safe."
"Don't worry, I will take good care of him for you."
"Don't let them go out to play before I come back." Man Tianhong said.
"Okay. Yesterday, twenty or thirty Japanese carrying guns came from the other side and moved into the courtyard of the 'gongheyong' business."
"Well, I know this too. The Japanese have long been thinking about this place. Controlling this place is equivalent to controlling Ji'an, and even pinched the economic lifeline of Ji'an, Dandong, Yingkou, and Tonghua, and able to transport resources back to their country continuously. This is a cost-effective transaction. They have greater ambitions, which is to swallow China. You see, they will be able to go south soon and use this place. The blacksmith shop built bayonets and horseshoes, asked the sewing shop to make quilts for them, let the grain station provide food and grass, and then transported them to other battlefields through the dock to achieve the goal of fighting and raising war. After controlling this place, even if you have an armament material warehouse on the Chinese battlefield, "
Daddy was obviously shocked by Man Tianhong's words, and after a long time he said, "I have to find a way to stop them and hold them back. I have quietly contacted several good hunters, beekeepers, deer raising, blacksmith shops, and some wooden handles. But what to do is not yet figured out."
"It is definitely not possible to have these people alone. This is everyone's business. We have to mobilize the entire Waichagou Street. There are many people and great power. It's time to give the Japanese some color. Otherwise, we will become slaves of the country. Isn't the other side a living example?!"
"Yes," said dad, "But our armed forces are not good, there are no guns and no cannons!"
"So what if there are guns and cannons? I have seen the Northeast Army in Fengtian for years. How about it? Zhang Zuolin was alive by Japan The man was killed! Although the young marshal was determined to fight against Japan, but Chiang Kai-shek refused! It is impossible to save the nation and survive! My father hid a batch of arms in Hongtu Cliff. He and many people exchanged their lives. He had long expected this day. I have thought about these days carefully. It is better to rely on ourselves than rely on others. Let’s take a look at Waichagou Street first. There is already a self-defense army in Liaoning. I have sent people to contact other knots in Ji'an and prepare to set up a self-defense army. If I can find a way to contact Wang Fengge or Park Dahu and Li Hongguang’s troops to see if I can join forces with them to fight Japan."
Dad nodded firmly: "Everything will be listened to you! You are planning to do something outside, and I will contact our local residents. "
" OK, let's take action separately. "
That night, my father's friends came one after another. They sat in the dark on the kang, on the ground, and on the windowsill of the east room. I called Ping An Cat to listen to them under the window.
They first talked about the situation on the riverside in recent days. After a while, my father spoke, which roughly meant that everyone should think about ways to deal with the Japanese and hit the enemy at critical moments. At the same time, they had to quietly contact the residents and merchants in Waichagou Gate. , unite and be united with the outside world. For those traitors who are in touch with foreign countries, they will never be ruthless if they see each other.
Then, they began to talk quietly. Some people made up their minds, some cursed Qian Wange and Ma Zhantang, and some wanted to kill Liu Mazi and Zhu Wangcai. Although they were all trying hard to suppress their voices, I seemed to hear something similar to a flame being ignited.
More than two hours later, they dispersed.
9
After more than half a month, Mantianhong came back and became much more energetic. He brought back a good news: he had already contacted the Dadao Society and the Liaoning People's Self-Defense Forces. Li Hongguang and Park Dahu, who came to fight against Japan on the other side of the river, will also come to support him soon. This time he came back to secretly organize the establishment of the Waichagou People's Self-Defense Forces and guard the Waichagou Portal.
Mantianhong's subordinates are in Beipo There were many sandbags hanging in the pine forest and some targets were set up. Every morning, Ding Zhuang in the village went to learn skills. I also secretly went to watch the fun and saw Ping An. Many of them were naked, some were practicing guns, some used sticks, some used swords, and some competed with bare hands. Ping An was trained by a special beard.
That day, I got up late. When I reached the bottom of the mountain, I heard someone wailing like a pig on the northern hillside: "Ah, stop hitting me! Please, young and old men... because of the separation between neighbors for many years...ah...oh...stop hitting! Please, I will never dare again..." I got closer and saw that Qian Wange was tied to a pine tree with his hands, and he threw himself in the air, like a pocket of face. Those young and strong men punched him and kicked him, and really treated him as a sandbag.
"Xiao Man! "Qian Wange saw me and hurriedly asked for help, "Hurry, go and tell me the master!" They bullied me! "
" Bah, you deserve it! Who told you to force Sister Quanmei to death? You are also running with the Japanese to do bad things, you are a bad guy! "I don't know where I got the courage.
" You said, what did you see just now and you were going to report to the Japanese again, right? "A strong man kicked Qian Wange.
"I didn't..." Qian Wange didn't finish his words and got another kick.
"Do you think you are agile?" We have long been targeted by your every move! "The man stood up and kicked him again, kicking him.
Qian Wange suddenly turned into a shrimp: "Oh my God, it hurts so much! It was all the Japanese who asked me to do it. "
" You know something, hurry up and say it, otherwise you will look good! "
" On the eighth day of the first lunar month, they are going to send troops here! What else is "
"? Tell me quickly, if you dare to hide it, let you see your grandma immediately! "
" I said, I said everything! The Japanese also asked Ma Zhantang to tie up Mantianhong's son, so that he could force Mantianhong to surrender and hand over the hidden guns and cannons. "
When I heard this, I was so shocked that I was about to jump out - Ping An didn't come! I suddenly remembered that Ping An's father and my father seemed to have been with hunters and heads on Gumaling these two days. I ran to the Di family, and many people followed me.
The gate of the Di family was wide open. There were four corpses in the yard: Ping An's mother, the girl Xiao Cui, and Xiao Liuzi and the tiger guarding the yard. Ping An's mother seemed to be dragging something with her hands and was dragged for a long distance. The blood was shedding the drag. Her eyes were so wide open, full of fear and anger.
I didn't care about fear or crying. I looked for it in front of and behind the house, but I couldn't see Ping An. Later I realized that Ma Zhantang knew the Di family well, and there was no place he was unfamiliar with. When I thought about this, I sat on the ground and cried.At this time, someone brought back Dahuang's body and said it was found on the back hillside.
"The child is probably caught by that old calf!" Someone said.
"Everyone goes to the street to inquire quietly, and look for it nearby."
"Let's go and find Mantianhong first." Someone reminded.
I went to the wharf, rice fields, and Ningchai Street, but I couldn't find peace. I became more and more scared and anxious. I blinked my eyes and blistered. Just as I was sitting on the ridge of the field and cried, Senior Brother Qingxuan came and said that his family was looking for me everywhere.
When my father came back, he went to the Di family to help with the funeral. The sky was red like a trapped beast, leading people around to look for their son. There is no peace to be found anywhere. Mantianhong was tied with bombs on his body, and he wanted to fight the Japanese desperately. My father persuaded him and said he still had time and looked for it again.
Until the darkness, no one came to threaten the Japanese. My father felt something was strange. It seemed that Ping'an was not taken away, so he came back and asked me: "Xiao Man, think about it carefully. If there is any place you two usually go to play near Ping'an's house, it is something that no one knows."
reminded me now, and I put on my shoes and ran out. My father called my senior brother and I to walk all the way to the mountains under the moonlight. The di family is in a valley, with a unique courtyard, and behind it is a large ravine. We walked up the ditch for about half an hour and stopped at the entrance of a leeward badger. The spring of the previous year, hunters dug out a litter of badgers from here, and there were two cubs in the hole. They only caught the big ones and put the small ones. Ping'an and I secretly brought peanuts, potatoes and dry food to feed the two little things.
"Ping An, Di Ping An-" I lay down at the entrance of the cave and shouted, "I am Xiao Man, are you inside?"
After a long time, a cry came from inside, faintly and depressed.
We were all overjoyed. Dad hurried forward: "Peace, don't be afraid, we'll pick you up home."
The senior brother lit Song Akiko, and he and I used the light to push away the grass and drilled into the hole. Ping An hugged his hands in front of his chest and hugged in the hole. He cried out when he saw me.
It turned out that early in the morning, Ping An took Dahuang to the back hillside to see if he caught the bird cage he had laid. After walking for about ten minutes, I heard a woman shouting loudly at home, as if my mother was asking him to run away quickly, and then I heard gunshots.
Ping'an's mind suddenly flashed in his mind a few days ago. His father once told him many times: If there is an accident, he must find a way to hide, protect his life, and protect his parents' lives.
Ping An runs forward with all his might. Just when he was about to run, he heard the sound of Dahuang screaming on the distant hillside, and the sound of someone screaming by a dog. He knew that it was Dahuang who stopped the bad guy to save him. He had tears in his eyes, exerted force on his feet, and ran to the Badger's Cave in one breath. After a while, two more gunshots were heard, and Dahuang stopped calling!
Ping An got some weeds to cover the hole. There are overgrown weeds here and are relatively hidden. On this day, several groups of people came to the ditch, first Ma Zhantang, then servants, and other people in the village. No matter who shouted, Ping An didn't respond. He no longer dared to trust anyone. He dared to cry when he heard my voice just now. Dad sighed and carried him up and walked down the mountain.
After a while, Ping An fell asleep on his father. My father asked the senior brother to go to the Di family and quietly told Mantianhong that he had found peace, which made Mantianhong feel at ease. Here, my father took Ping'an and I to Tongtiangou, which was Senior Brother Qingxuan's house. Qingxuan's father knows how to fist and punch. He has two sons at home. He is strong and has been released all year round. I think my father was afraid that there would be danger when he went back, so he let us live here.
Two days later, Qingxuan brought clothes to me and Ping'an. He said that the war would be going to happen the day after tomorrow. His father asked him to come back and send a message to people from Tongtian, Yangmu and Huangcha to prepare everyone.
10
The next day, Qingxuan's father and his two brothers went out with crowbars, pickaxes and shovels. They didn't come back until the evening, making them covered in dirt. After eating, they fell asleep.
On the morning of the eighth day of the lunar month, Qingxuan's mother got up early and lit an oil lamp to make pancakes in the outer room. After dinner, several men brought water and cakes and set off again while the fog was heavy.
Pingan and I can't sleep of course, so we went to sue Qingxuan to take us to see. Brother Qingxuan could not withstand my entanglement: "Then we have to agree first. Then we can only watch from a distance and don't move forward! Otherwise, the master can peel me off!" In fact, I think he must have wanted to see how this battle was fought more than us. For the score he agreed to, I didn't expose him.
Qingxuan carried a pocket and took us to set off. We climbed Tongtian Ridge in the heavy fog, hiding behind a stone skull. Qingxuan took out three bee hats from his pocket and put them on us. He also gave each of them a copper basin to put them on his head, and told us not to lean out and if there were bullets, he must lie down. We nodded obediently.
In the past six months, the raft of ships traveling on the river has been much less than before. The river was filled with fog, and you could only vaguely see the hills on the other side and the few big trees on the shore.
At about six o'clock, a cuckoo on the other side began to sing. Just as I was thinking that the cuckoo's voice was a bit crude, I heard a "buzzing" sound in my ears, and a group of black bees rushed from us to the river. The sound of ghosts and wolves crying and howling soon came from the river. Then, the shells exploded with the word "one" on the river, and the water columns aroused by the shells swallowed the sky and covered the sun, and the river water angrily slapped the two sides of the straits. On the cliffs and dams on the right bank of the Yalu River, the stones began to roll downwards, and there was another howling on the surface of the river. Ping An was trying to move a stone even when he was hunched, but Qingxuan caught him and pressed him to the ground.
The Japanese who were good at water climbed onto the shore. The Self-Defense Forces and Big Sword Association soldiers who had been ambushed in the cornfield by the river all night jumped up, threw off their bee hats, and raised their hunting rifles, spears, and big swords to fight towards the enemy group. The villagers rushed from home with hoes, sticks, picks, sickles and axes. Among them are merchants, farmers, wooden heads, beekeepers, iron thugs, fishing, discharged, weaving baskets, pigs, and gold rushers. Even the Korean uncles came, and they dug ditches, transported stones and attacked the enemy with the Han people.
Among this group of men, there are more than twenty women with peony flowers in their heads, gorgeously dressed and thick makeup. When they see the Japanese, they smile and pounce on them. The sharp knife in the sleeve poked the Japanese's heart hard, and the river water was scarlet. A half-old Xu mom stretched out her long nails and scratched a Japanese officer's face with many blood rafters. She scratched and scolded: "Today, let you taste the power of my Hongchun Tower, and see if you dare to come and play wildly! My mother, Ni Xiaobao, has lived enough, killing a Japanese man is a profit! All right, you watch from the sky, Xiaobao is here to avenge you!"
"Dadada..." A series of machine guns fired, and Ni Xiaobao and the Japanese officer fell down together.
"Good ambush!" is the sound of red all over the sky.
"Du-Du-Du-" Liu Mazi and Sun Dafayant came from the street with whistles, followed by several Japanese officers and more than thirty Japanese soldiers.
"Call me!" Mantianhong ordered.
"Dadada..." A shuttle of bullets swept over and the Japanese fell seven or eight.
"Dadada..." The Japanese machine gun swept over quickly.
The Self-Defense Forces had long jumped into the trench dug in advance, and most of the enemy's bullets were released.
"Baga, rush for me!" A Japanese officer with a duck voice roared hysterically, and shot a soldier who wanted to escape in the back. Before the gunshots fell, the duck's voice fell.
It only took more than ten minutes, and Liu Mazi, Sun Dafat and a few Japanese all lay in the water, like dead dogs. A few Japanese wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape back to the other side of the river, but were knocked over by the wooden men who had been ambushed on the other side of the river and drowned. According to the Mubats, five or six hundred Japanese died that day.
Everyone was burying their heads to clean up the bodies, and a strong stench filled the dock from far to near. Three people came from the town, and the hands of the first two were tied up by pig's hooves, and they were dripping from head to toe, making them feel very embarrassed. I carefully identified the walking posture of the two people, and it turned out to be Ma Zhantang and Qian Wange. The person behind him held a pig-killing knife in one hand and a crutch in the other, followed closely.
A gust of wind blew, and everyone hurriedly covered their noses.I stared blankly at the people walking behind Ma Zhantang and Qian Wange, and suddenly thought, if my mother was present, she would definitely jump and scold, "This immortal monkey spirit!"
In this way, they drank, sang and danced until the sun set, and then they hugged each other's necks and went to the field to call their daughter-in-law home to burn the kang...Author profile: Hua Zhenzhi, born in Ji'an in 1976, is currently engaged in middle school Chinese education and a member of Jilin Writers Association. Love the fireworks of the world, cherish the friendship between friends; have a childlike heart, be compassionate. The writing style is both solemn and harmonious. He has published works in Beijing Evening News, Qilu Evening News, Jilin Daily, Jilin Literature Review, Spring Breeding and Art, Tonghua Daily, etc. His essays have won many national and municipal essay awards.
6
Early the next morning, I was still sleeping, and I heard Senior Brother Qingxuan shouting at my father in the yard.
Dad said, "What are you yelling about? It's early in the morning!"
"No, we're almost Japanese!" Qingxuan still yelled, how dare he usually do it.
"What are you talking nonsense?!" Dad was a little annoyed.
"I didn't say anything nonsense, it's true!" Qingxuan then told his father what he heard.
It turned out that the night before was 9:30. On the stone pier at the entrance of the Waichagou District Office, Liu Mazi and Sun Dafai, the police officers of the district office who were in charge of guarding were sitting on the stone steps with guns in their arms and were dozing. Suddenly, Liu Mazi's back and Fatty Sun's head were hit by a cold hard object. A cold air rushed straight from the soles of my feet, making me feel numb and savory. The two of them suddenly lost all sleepiness.
"No, don't, my... spare your life..." Liu Mazi knew that he was in trouble and begged for mercy quickly.
"Your, shut up!" The other party's voice was dark and hoarse, with a duck-sounding voice, and he pushed the gun to Liu Mazi's waist again.
"Yes, yes... I shut up..." Liu Mazi opened her eyes wide and shook her head desperately. As he shook, suddenly, several mysterious figures flashed into his mind. Yes, it’s the duck voice among the four!
A week ago, on the day when the accident happened, Zhu Wangcai brought back four people from the other side, saying that he had been doing ginseng and fur business here. At that time, I felt something was wrong, but I didn't take it to my heart. Alas, it’s too late to say anything now!
The Japanese quickly controlled the district office, and Liu Mazi and Sun Dafa Fatty naturally became Ergouzi.
"They all said that now the post office, telephone office, and major businesses are all decided by the Japanese." Qingxuan's words were like a thunderclap on the ground, which shocked us.
"This is just the beginning, and the good show is still coming!" The second senior brother walked in proudly and slowly answered the conversation, "This place is Japanese sooner or later, so it's all amazing? Standing on this Guma Ridge, stomping your feet, the Yalu River has to wander for a long time! How about it in the end? Can you get good results when you go against the Japanese? Being obedient is better than anything else!"
"The Japanese are your father, will you marry your wife?" Mom snatched him in anger, "Look, what big advantage do you get?"
"Hehe, sister-in-law, don't look down on others! I'll invite you and your elder brother to have my wedding wine in two days!" Qian Wange became more and more proud.
"You'll get fainted!" Mother rolled her eyes to Qian Wange with great effort.
"Don't connect with the Japanese! They are running to our territory to grab things. Do you think they are good people? Don't do anything to recognize thieves as father!" Dad said with a serious face, his tone very stiff.
"Brother, where did you say you went?" Qian Wange hurriedly covered it up.
At this time, the eldest and third brothers also came.
"All people are here, let me say a few words. In 1905, the Japanese forced the Qing government to hand over the logging rights of 14 hectares from 60 miles to the 24th Valley of Anton. Isn't the "Yalu River Wood Collecting Company" in Ji'an and Anton? Cut our wood and sell it to us at a high price. The little Japanese plan is very smart. Now, they are again I have come to show off my power in Waichagou. I must have no good intentions! Let me tell you, you have to listen to me for a day when you are my disciples! I will say ugly things first. If anyone goes to be a Japanese lackey, he will turn his elbow out and harm our own people, don’t blame me for turning against others! "Dad obviously said to Qian Wange to listen. After saying that, he arranged for those disciples to work, and did not pay attention to the second disciple Qian Wange.
Qian Wange was embarrassed, and after staying for a while, he found an excuse to leave.
For several days, Qian Wange didn't come to study. It would be fine if he didn't come, but my mother wouldn't criticize the chicken or throw the spatula.During the day, my father and senior brothers did some work on doors, windows, tables and chairs. At night, they locked the door and worked overtime in the west room to make the butt stocks of the earthen guns and cannons. One night, the old hunter Li Quanfa came to give him some guidance.
Dad told us that we should not talk about guns, especially that we should not let the second senior brother know.
7
Just as several senior brothers were working overtime, my mother ran back from outside with a basin of unwashed clothes, and she didn't even close the door. She put down the washing basin, rushed into the west room, went up and snatched the shovel from the eldest brother's hand, and threw it on the case: "Stop doing it, the whole United States will be almost someone else's!"
"What are you running over here to mess with?!" dad stared at his mother, "How come he becomes someone else's person?"
"I've said something long ago, you just don't believe it! Qian Wange is not a good dry food, I don't know Where did he get 30 yuan from the ocean, and gave it to Quanmei's father, and then he pulled Xiangmanlou to fill it with cat urine. After the old monkey semen returned home, he forced Quanmei's mother to prepare her wedding dress, saying it was the sixth day of the month. It was pitiful to Quanmei, who had not eaten for several days, and was thin and was locked up by her father at home and was not allowed to come out. I just said, why didn't she come these days!" Mother said angrily.
The eldest brother picked up an axe and walked out. The third brother hugged it. The father also stepped forward and took the axe down: "What are you doing? What can you solve the problem? Have you given a betrothal gift? Don't you let your mother live?"
The eldest brother suddenly became wilted, squatted down, and inserted his ten fingers into his hair.
"Xiao Man, go and see the whole country, and whisper to ask her what she has to say to your senior brother." Dad told me. I promised to run out of the door.
Monkey spirit sat under the window in front of the door of the whole United States and weaving the fishing net slowly. When I saw me coming, I was stunned for a moment and said, "Qianmei has gone to bed. You can go and play somewhere else." The sound of bowls and chopsticks falling to the ground suddenly came from the room, followed by Quanmei's crying.
"Sister Quanmei, don't cry!" I was about to walk in, but the monkey spirit stopped at the door. I was so angry that I stomped my feet and turned around and went back to find Qingxuan.
Qingxuan took me from the back hillside to the cornfield behind my family in the United States, and then came to the back window of the whole country from the cornfield. In the room, the whole country is still crying.
Qingxuan gently tapped the window frame and signaled me to greet the whole country. I had an idea and learned to meow.
The whole United States came over and whispered from it: "Xiao Man, go back and tell Xianglin that I will never marry Qian Wange who was killed in this life." After that, she used a clamp to stretch out a white handkerchief embroidered with red mandarin ducks from the crack of the window.
Qingxuan and I didn’t dare to stay for too long, so we took the handkerchief and hurried home.
The senior brother held the handkerchief tightly, listening to me retelling the situation across the United States, his teeth clattered.
Daddy went out, and the effort of a bag of cigarettes was back. He said to his mother with a blue face: "The monkey spirit only recognizes money but not people. After eating the weight, he is determined to marry his daughter to Qian Wange. He said that it is not impossible to marry the whole country. He has to get 50 yuan."
"This old man, if I have a gun, I will send him to the west immediately. Why doesn't he fall into the cesspool and drown!" Mother cursed hatefully.
Dad asked his mother to come over with some money, and called the eldest brother over and said, "Xianglin, you should take the whole United States away tonight. Go away and don't come back in a while."
Xianglin knelt on the ground and kowtowed to his father and mother.
That night, with the help of two junior brothers, the eldest brother quietly sawed open the back windows across the United States. Just as they were looking for the ship, Qian Wange led a few men in black to block the way. During the quarrel and robbery, I don’t know who fired the gun. My poor senior brother fell to the ground. The whole United States rushed over like crazy, helplessly, the many days of tossing had exhausted all her strength, and she quickly fainted.
After returning home in the United States, he had a fever and talked in his sleep. When he woke up, he shouted, sweating profusely, and soon became a bunch of skeletons. Seeing that the wedding day was coming, the monkey semen became scared at this time, and became weak and looked for doctors to get medicine everywhere.
Just when the senior brother could barely go to the ground, the whole country smashed the soup bowl and cut his wrist. She was already in a state of shape and bones and quickly dried her blood. The monkey spirit not only lost Ruhua's daughter, but also vomited Qian Wange back the 30 yuan he got. Qian Wange is backed by the Japanese, so the monkey spirit can only be recognized. Since then, anyone who saw the monkey spirit spitted at him fiercely, and even the woman who was usually submissive was crying and cursing him all day long. Since then, my family hasn't smelled feces again for a long time.
8
For several days, no one at home spoke. Everyone worked and ate silently, and their mother stopped scolding and shed tears as soon as she moved. Until that day, Ping'an's father, Mantianhong, brought Ping'an to my house.
Pingan and I were playing with wooden blocks in the yard, and my father and Mantianhong sat under the grape trellis and talked.
Mantianhong said first: "Brother, I was thankful that you reminded me that I paid attention to the person named Ma. My father reminded me before leaving, saying that there was an insider at home, but I was always outside, and that Ma's man has always been careful in his work, so it is difficult to find anything. My father has been a beard all his life, and his eyes are more poisonous than an eagle, but he is not careful that someone is stabbing the knife in the back. The Japanese have long been eyeing my father. They thought that apart from my father, they could get Waichagou Street. It's really a delusion! With me, he's full of heroism, they can't even think about it!"
"What are your plans?" Dad asked.
"I originally wanted to win him off immediately," Man Tianhong said hatefully, "But I think this will inevitably attract the attention of the Japanese, so I will save him a life first."
"Okay, you have to be more careful about him, especially the child!"
"Well, Ping An has a good understanding. I have taught him some martial arts and marksmanship during this period."
"What can I do?" Dad asked again.
"I'm going out these days. I want to temporarily entrust peace to you. After all, the family is not safe."
"Don't worry, I will take good care of him for you."
"Don't let them go out to play before I come back." Man Tianhong said.
"Okay. Yesterday, twenty or thirty Japanese carrying guns came from the other side and moved into the courtyard of the 'gongheyong' business."
"Well, I know this too. The Japanese have long been thinking about this place. Controlling this place is equivalent to controlling Ji'an, and even pinched the economic lifeline of Ji'an, Dandong, Yingkou, and Tonghua, and able to transport resources back to their country continuously. This is a cost-effective transaction. They have greater ambitions, which is to swallow China. You see, they will be able to go south soon and use this place. The blacksmith shop built bayonets and horseshoes, asked the sewing shop to make quilts for them, let the grain station provide food and grass, and then transported them to other battlefields through the dock to achieve the goal of fighting and raising war. After controlling this place, even if you have an armament material warehouse on the Chinese battlefield, "
Daddy was obviously shocked by Man Tianhong's words, and after a long time he said, "I have to find a way to stop them and hold them back. I have quietly contacted several good hunters, beekeepers, deer raising, blacksmith shops, and some wooden handles. But what to do is not yet figured out."
"It is definitely not possible to have these people alone. This is everyone's business. We have to mobilize the entire Waichagou Street. There are many people and great power. It's time to give the Japanese some color. Otherwise, we will become slaves of the country. Isn't the other side a living example?!"
"Yes," said dad, "But our armed forces are not good, there are no guns and no cannons!"
"So what if there are guns and cannons? I have seen the Northeast Army in Fengtian for years. How about it? Zhang Zuolin was alive by Japan The man was killed! Although the young marshal was determined to fight against Japan, but Chiang Kai-shek refused! It is impossible to save the nation and survive! My father hid a batch of arms in Hongtu Cliff. He and many people exchanged their lives. He had long expected this day. I have thought about these days carefully. It is better to rely on ourselves than rely on others. Let’s take a look at Waichagou Street first. There is already a self-defense army in Liaoning. I have sent people to contact other knots in Ji'an and prepare to set up a self-defense army. If I can find a way to contact Wang Fengge or Park Dahu and Li Hongguang’s troops to see if I can join forces with them to fight Japan."
Dad nodded firmly: "Everything will be listened to you! You are planning to do something outside, and I will contact our local residents. "
" OK, let's take action separately. "
That night, my father's friends came one after another. They sat in the dark on the kang, on the ground, and on the windowsill of the east room. I called Ping An Cat to listen to them under the window.
They first talked about the situation on the riverside in recent days. After a while, my father spoke, which roughly meant that everyone should think about ways to deal with the Japanese and hit the enemy at critical moments. At the same time, they had to quietly contact the residents and merchants in Waichagou Gate. , unite and be united with the outside world. For those traitors who are in touch with foreign countries, they will never be ruthless if they see each other.
Then, they began to talk quietly. Some people made up their minds, some cursed Qian Wange and Ma Zhantang, and some wanted to kill Liu Mazi and Zhu Wangcai. Although they were all trying hard to suppress their voices, I seemed to hear something similar to a flame being ignited.
More than two hours later, they dispersed.
9
After more than half a month, Mantianhong came back and became much more energetic. He brought back a good news: he had already contacted the Dadao Society and the Liaoning People's Self-Defense Forces. Li Hongguang and Park Dahu, who came to fight against Japan on the other side of the river, will also come to support him soon. This time he came back to secretly organize the establishment of the Waichagou People's Self-Defense Forces and guard the Waichagou Portal.
Mantianhong's subordinates are in Beipo There were many sandbags hanging in the pine forest and some targets were set up. Every morning, Ding Zhuang in the village went to learn skills. I also secretly went to watch the fun and saw Ping An. Many of them were naked, some were practicing guns, some used sticks, some used swords, and some competed with bare hands. Ping An was trained by a special beard.
That day, I got up late. When I reached the bottom of the mountain, I heard someone wailing like a pig on the northern hillside: "Ah, stop hitting me! Please, young and old men... because of the separation between neighbors for many years...ah...oh...stop hitting! Please, I will never dare again..." I got closer and saw that Qian Wange was tied to a pine tree with his hands, and he threw himself in the air, like a pocket of face. Those young and strong men punched him and kicked him, and really treated him as a sandbag.
"Xiao Man! "Qian Wange saw me and hurriedly asked for help, "Hurry, go and tell me the master!" They bullied me! "
" Bah, you deserve it! Who told you to force Sister Quanmei to death? You are also running with the Japanese to do bad things, you are a bad guy! "I don't know where I got the courage.
" You said, what did you see just now and you were going to report to the Japanese again, right? "A strong man kicked Qian Wange.
"I didn't..." Qian Wange didn't finish his words and got another kick.
"Do you think you are agile?" We have long been targeted by your every move! "The man stood up and kicked him again, kicking him.
Qian Wange suddenly turned into a shrimp: "Oh my God, it hurts so much! It was all the Japanese who asked me to do it. "
" You know something, hurry up and say it, otherwise you will look good! "
" On the eighth day of the first lunar month, they are going to send troops here! What else is "
"? Tell me quickly, if you dare to hide it, let you see your grandma immediately! "
" I said, I said everything! The Japanese also asked Ma Zhantang to tie up Mantianhong's son, so that he could force Mantianhong to surrender and hand over the hidden guns and cannons. "
When I heard this, I was so shocked that I was about to jump out - Ping An didn't come! I suddenly remembered that Ping An's father and my father seemed to have been with hunters and heads on Gumaling these two days. I ran to the Di family, and many people followed me.
The gate of the Di family was wide open. There were four corpses in the yard: Ping An's mother, the girl Xiao Cui, and Xiao Liuzi and the tiger guarding the yard. Ping An's mother seemed to be dragging something with her hands and was dragged for a long distance. The blood was shedding the drag. Her eyes were so wide open, full of fear and anger.
I didn't care about fear or crying. I looked for it in front of and behind the house, but I couldn't see Ping An. Later I realized that Ma Zhantang knew the Di family well, and there was no place he was unfamiliar with. When I thought about this, I sat on the ground and cried.At this time, someone brought back Dahuang's body and said it was found on the back hillside.
"The child is probably caught by that old calf!" Someone said.
"Everyone goes to the street to inquire quietly, and look for it nearby."
"Let's go and find Mantianhong first." Someone reminded.
I went to the wharf, rice fields, and Ningchai Street, but I couldn't find peace. I became more and more scared and anxious. I blinked my eyes and blistered. Just as I was sitting on the ridge of the field and cried, Senior Brother Qingxuan came and said that his family was looking for me everywhere.
When my father came back, he went to the Di family to help with the funeral. The sky was red like a trapped beast, leading people around to look for their son. There is no peace to be found anywhere. Mantianhong was tied with bombs on his body, and he wanted to fight the Japanese desperately. My father persuaded him and said he still had time and looked for it again.
Until the darkness, no one came to threaten the Japanese. My father felt something was strange. It seemed that Ping'an was not taken away, so he came back and asked me: "Xiao Man, think about it carefully. If there is any place you two usually go to play near Ping'an's house, it is something that no one knows."
reminded me now, and I put on my shoes and ran out. My father called my senior brother and I to walk all the way to the mountains under the moonlight. The di family is in a valley, with a unique courtyard, and behind it is a large ravine. We walked up the ditch for about half an hour and stopped at the entrance of a leeward badger. The spring of the previous year, hunters dug out a litter of badgers from here, and there were two cubs in the hole. They only caught the big ones and put the small ones. Ping'an and I secretly brought peanuts, potatoes and dry food to feed the two little things.
"Ping An, Di Ping An-" I lay down at the entrance of the cave and shouted, "I am Xiao Man, are you inside?"
After a long time, a cry came from inside, faintly and depressed.
We were all overjoyed. Dad hurried forward: "Peace, don't be afraid, we'll pick you up home."
The senior brother lit Song Akiko, and he and I used the light to push away the grass and drilled into the hole. Ping An hugged his hands in front of his chest and hugged in the hole. He cried out when he saw me.
It turned out that early in the morning, Ping An took Dahuang to the back hillside to see if he caught the bird cage he had laid. After walking for about ten minutes, I heard a woman shouting loudly at home, as if my mother was asking him to run away quickly, and then I heard gunshots.
Ping'an's mind suddenly flashed in his mind a few days ago. His father once told him many times: If there is an accident, he must find a way to hide, protect his life, and protect his parents' lives.
Ping An runs forward with all his might. Just when he was about to run, he heard the sound of Dahuang screaming on the distant hillside, and the sound of someone screaming by a dog. He knew that it was Dahuang who stopped the bad guy to save him. He had tears in his eyes, exerted force on his feet, and ran to the Badger's Cave in one breath. After a while, two more gunshots were heard, and Dahuang stopped calling!
Ping An got some weeds to cover the hole. There are overgrown weeds here and are relatively hidden. On this day, several groups of people came to the ditch, first Ma Zhantang, then servants, and other people in the village. No matter who shouted, Ping An didn't respond. He no longer dared to trust anyone. He dared to cry when he heard my voice just now. Dad sighed and carried him up and walked down the mountain.
After a while, Ping An fell asleep on his father. My father asked the senior brother to go to the Di family and quietly told Mantianhong that he had found peace, which made Mantianhong feel at ease. Here, my father took Ping'an and I to Tongtiangou, which was Senior Brother Qingxuan's house. Qingxuan's father knows how to fist and punch. He has two sons at home. He is strong and has been released all year round. I think my father was afraid that there would be danger when he went back, so he let us live here.
Two days later, Qingxuan brought clothes to me and Ping'an. He said that the war would be going to happen the day after tomorrow. His father asked him to come back and send a message to people from Tongtian, Yangmu and Huangcha to prepare everyone.
10
The next day, Qingxuan's father and his two brothers went out with crowbars, pickaxes and shovels. They didn't come back until the evening, making them covered in dirt. After eating, they fell asleep.
On the morning of the eighth day of the lunar month, Qingxuan's mother got up early and lit an oil lamp to make pancakes in the outer room. After dinner, several men brought water and cakes and set off again while the fog was heavy.
Pingan and I can't sleep of course, so we went to sue Qingxuan to take us to see. Brother Qingxuan could not withstand my entanglement: "Then we have to agree first. Then we can only watch from a distance and don't move forward! Otherwise, the master can peel me off!" In fact, I think he must have wanted to see how this battle was fought more than us. For the score he agreed to, I didn't expose him.
Qingxuan carried a pocket and took us to set off. We climbed Tongtian Ridge in the heavy fog, hiding behind a stone skull. Qingxuan took out three bee hats from his pocket and put them on us. He also gave each of them a copper basin to put them on his head, and told us not to lean out and if there were bullets, he must lie down. We nodded obediently.
In the past six months, the raft of ships traveling on the river has been much less than before. The river was filled with fog, and you could only vaguely see the hills on the other side and the few big trees on the shore.
At about six o'clock, a cuckoo on the other side began to sing. Just as I was thinking that the cuckoo's voice was a bit crude, I heard a "buzzing" sound in my ears, and a group of black bees rushed from us to the river. The sound of ghosts and wolves crying and howling soon came from the river. Then, the shells exploded with the word "one" on the river, and the water columns aroused by the shells swallowed the sky and covered the sun, and the river water angrily slapped the two sides of the straits. On the cliffs and dams on the right bank of the Yalu River, the stones began to roll downwards, and there was another howling on the surface of the river. Ping An was trying to move a stone even when he was hunched, but Qingxuan caught him and pressed him to the ground.
The Japanese who were good at water climbed onto the shore. The Self-Defense Forces and Big Sword Association soldiers who had been ambushed in the cornfield by the river all night jumped up, threw off their bee hats, and raised their hunting rifles, spears, and big swords to fight towards the enemy group. The villagers rushed from home with hoes, sticks, picks, sickles and axes. Among them are merchants, farmers, wooden heads, beekeepers, iron thugs, fishing, discharged, weaving baskets, pigs, and gold rushers. Even the Korean uncles came, and they dug ditches, transported stones and attacked the enemy with the Han people.
Among this group of men, there are more than twenty women with peony flowers in their heads, gorgeously dressed and thick makeup. When they see the Japanese, they smile and pounce on them. The sharp knife in the sleeve poked the Japanese's heart hard, and the river water was scarlet. A half-old Xu mom stretched out her long nails and scratched a Japanese officer's face with many blood rafters. She scratched and scolded: "Today, let you taste the power of my Hongchun Tower, and see if you dare to come and play wildly! My mother, Ni Xiaobao, has lived enough, killing a Japanese man is a profit! All right, you watch from the sky, Xiaobao is here to avenge you!"
"Dadada..." A series of machine guns fired, and Ni Xiaobao and the Japanese officer fell down together.
"Good ambush!" is the sound of red all over the sky.
"Du-Du-Du-" Liu Mazi and Sun Dafayant came from the street with whistles, followed by several Japanese officers and more than thirty Japanese soldiers.
"Call me!" Mantianhong ordered.
"Dadada..." A shuttle of bullets swept over and the Japanese fell seven or eight.
"Dadada..." The Japanese machine gun swept over quickly.
The Self-Defense Forces had long jumped into the trench dug in advance, and most of the enemy's bullets were released.
"Baga, rush for me!" A Japanese officer with a duck voice roared hysterically, and shot a soldier who wanted to escape in the back. Before the gunshots fell, the duck's voice fell.
It only took more than ten minutes, and Liu Mazi, Sun Dafat and a few Japanese all lay in the water, like dead dogs. A few Japanese wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape back to the other side of the river, but were knocked over by the wooden men who had been ambushed on the other side of the river and drowned. According to the Mubats, five or six hundred Japanese died that day.
Everyone was burying their heads to clean up the bodies, and a strong stench filled the dock from far to near. Three people came from the town, and the hands of the first two were tied up by pig's hooves, and they were dripping from head to toe, making them feel very embarrassed. I carefully identified the walking posture of the two people, and it turned out to be Ma Zhantang and Qian Wange. The person behind him held a pig-killing knife in one hand and a crutch in the other, followed closely.
A gust of wind blew, and everyone hurriedly covered their noses.I stared blankly at the people walking behind Ma Zhantang and Qian Wange, and suddenly thought, if my mother was present, she would definitely jump and scold, "This immortal monkey spirit!"
Author profile: Hua Zhenzhi, born in Ji'an in 1976, is currently engaged in middle school Chinese education and a member of Jilin Writers Association. Love the fireworks of the world, cherish the friendship between friends; have a childlike heart, be compassionate. The writing style is both solemn and harmonious. He has published works in Beijing Evening News, Qilu Evening News, Jilin Daily, Jilin Literature Review, Spring Breeding and Art, Tonghua Daily, etc. His essays have won many national and municipal essay awards.
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