The reconstruction work in Liu Town is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the houses in each village that were damaged in the war are also being built. After the sweet potatoes are replanted, the entire base area has become a large construction site, and the military and civilians are working in full swing.
In Lijia Village, after the gate of Li Yaozu's mansion was burned down by the Japanese, his concept also changed. He no longer built the gate of the mansion, but instead built a courtyard using ordinary materials such as blue bricks and terracotta tiles;
After all, it is a wealthy family, so it still has all the necessary pomp and circumstance, but the money spent is much lower than the previous big house.
During the anti-sweep operation in Lijiacun, the militia company relied on the tunnels in the village to carry out tunnel warfare and mine warfare with the Japanese. They dealt a heavy blow to the invaders, eliminated a large number of Japanese, and seized a large number of guns and ammunition.
The militia company is equipped with 5 machine guns, with more than 60 rounds of ammunition per person, and more than 5 grenades;
The military workers' equipment was even more powerful. They produced a large number of home-made landmines. All the people were mobilized. Even the children formed a children's league. In the true sense, all the people were soldiers.
All women have joined the Women's Rescue Association. Even the mothers of Li Chennan's three brothers have become active members of the Women's Rescue Association. Li Yaozu also turns a blind eye. Except for himself, he stubbornly refuses to participate in any activities. He no longer blocks anyone, including his shadow Li San and other villagers and long-term workers.
Now in Lijia Village, he, the patriarch, still insists on his position and does not participate in disputes. He runs to the fields after eating every day. Only the green crops can make him feel at ease.
"Three, they say raising children to provide for old age, what's the use of a son?
One is more white-eyed than the other!
After the boss and that bastard of yours defrauded me of tens of thousands of silver dollars, there was no news again!
The third son, that bastard, heard from Captain Chu that he was in Niujia Village on the other side of the mountain. He wouldn't come back to see him for hundreds of miles, and he wouldn't even send a letter back;
The second son, this bastard, doesn't care about such a huge family property. He spends all day messing around with the young men and girls in the village. Now that his wife is involved, what will happen if the army comes back in the future!
When Commander Chu was still Company Commander Chu, I knew the first time I brought people into the village that things were going to change in Lijia Village!
Sir, I have lived for a long time. What kind of world and what kind of army have I not seen?
They entered the village and parked the troops in the jujube forest outside the village. Only three people entered the village, only the Eighth Route Army!
In less than a year, the entire Lijia Village, young and old, including me, an old lady with little feet, all followed Captain Chu.
Since ancient times, those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world, not just Lijia Village, but in my opinion, the entire world belongs to the Eighth Route Army..."
"Three, Lao Li's big house was burned down by the Japanese this time. I think it was burned well!
Without Gaomen Courtyard, Old Li’s family will not be so prominent in Lijia Village. If the Japanese burn it again, we will build adobe houses, and Old Li’s family will have no money...
The Li family can live without a big house, but it can’t live without a future. Since everyone in the world may belong to the Eighth Route Army, the second and third boys’ futures in the Eighth Route Army must be preserved!
It doesn’t matter to me, Li Yaozu, that I am an old man. We old people will not get involved with the Eighth Route Army. There are big boys here. If it is not the Eighth Route Army that wins the world, the Li family will still be the current Li family..."
Li Yaozu talked a lot, and he didn't care whether Li San could understand or not, he just kept talking. Maybe he was talking to Li San, maybe he was talking to himself, maybe he was talking to the crops. .
"This land is better. There is no need to play with so many tricks. As long as you work hard to serve it, it will grow food for you. In troubled times, if you have food, you will survive..."
Lijiacun has long since stopped paying attention to Li Yaozu, what else is the patriarch doing? Now the village committee, the Women’s Rescue Association, the militia company, and even the head of the Children’s League, Sanwazi, have the final say. Twenty or thirty dolls, each holding a red cherry gun!
At the entrance of the village, Sanwazi was lecturing all the children in the village. In his hand was a red cherry gun that was a few heads taller than him. A cloth belt was wrapped around his waist. In the cloth belt was inserted a gun from his father, Li Dazhuang. The wooden gun he cut with his own hands looked so impressive!
"Comrades of the Children's Corps, Captain Li said that the militia company will help the big guys build houses. The task of keeping watch at the entrance of the village will be left to our Children's Corps. If people from other villages come near, they will knock down the message tree. The uncles of the militia company will know Got it!
We have to block people from other villages and don’t let traitorous spies get in.”
As soon as Sanwazi finished speaking, Tieniu raised his hand and asked:
"Brother Sanwazi——"
Tieniu's words were immediately blocked by Sanwazi, who said very dissatisfied:
"Li Tieniu, you are always called Sanwazi Sanwazi, how can you look like the main force of the Eighth Route Army? You should call him Captain Li! The Children's League is also a league!"
After being criticized once, Li Tieniu finally remembered that they were now a regular children's group, Li Sanwa was now the group leader, and he was planning to become the squad leader.
"Reporting to Commander Li, what does the agent look like? Is he red-haired and green-eyed as the storyteller said? Can our wooden guns beat them?"
Sanwa was dumbfounded when he heard this. He didn't know what a special agent looked like. He was also a regiment leader after all, so he couldn't lose face in front of his friends, so he acted like he knew everything and imitated Captain Li's speech. He looked like:
"Comrades, be vigilant. Anyone who sees a foreigner with red hair and green eyes is a spy. We must arrest them and hand them over to Captain Li for meritorious service!"
The other boys and girls looked at him with admiring eyes, which made San Wazi very proud, and once again imitated Li Chennan and waved:
"Comrades, stop standing around and hide. Don't let the traitorous spy agents sneak in!"
The words of Sanwazi, the leader of the children's group, were indeed effective. The twenty or so children, big and small, responded loudly like other militiamen, and then hid like hide-and-seek.
Outside Lijia Village, the salesman He Xiaoqi walked toward Lijia Village with a pair of picks. He held a rattle in his hand and the picks were full of miscellaneous things.
"Needle-head floral fabric, clips and combs, red-headed rope, silk thread and foreign thread, foreign socks...":
"My hair was exchanged for jelly beans, needles, and thimbles. I exchanged the old tattered condoms, scraps of copper, aluminum, and iron for basins, bowls, and hair..."
He Xiaoqi shouted while observing everywhere with his sneaky eyes. He didn't dare to go to Liuzhen because there were too many Eighth Roads, so he carried groceries to each village to collect the information the Japanese needed, especially information about tunnels and landmines!
Since the Japanese suffered losses from tunnels and landmines, they sent a large number of traitors and scoundrels into Liu Town. Their mission was to find out the distribution of tunnels and landmines in each village.
He Xiaoqi was one of them. He chose Lijia Village far away from Liu Town. He felt that in a remote village like this, Tubal Road would be less vigilant.
But he didn't notice that when he appeared in the jujube forest outside the village, a tree at the entrance of the village arrived. The militiamen responsible for the security mission had received news from the Children's Corps, and a class of militiamen was gathering...
"If you have duck or chicken feathers, you can exchange them for candy balls..."
When entering the village entrance, He Xiaoqi shouted again
"Don't move, raise your hands, or I'll beat you to death!"
Sanwazi suddenly jumped out from the roadside and pressed the wooden gun against He Xiaoqi's waist from behind.
A dozen boys, big and small, armed with red cherry guns, surrounded him. He Xiaoqi reflexively wanted to raise his hands and surrender.
"Don't move, I'll kill you if you move!"
"Grandpa Balu, please spare my life!"
He Xiaoqi had never seen such a big battle before, and he begged for mercy out of habit...
