Yadan finally sold his eldest sister to Mr. Zheng's family in exchange for dozens of kilograms of sweet potatoes and 2 French currency. The agreed silver dollars were exchanged for French currency.
I exchanged silver dollars for French currency and got a broken bone!
There is nothing we can do about the duck eggs. If they are not sold, the whole family will starve to death;
The eldest sister sold cauliflower to the Zheng family. Although she felt wronged, at least she would not starve to death. Yadan could only comfort himself in this way.
"Brother, I don't want sweet potatoes, I want my sister!"
Fifth sister Xiaocao begged for duck eggs.
"Xiaocao, be obedient and stop making trouble. Caihua can have enough to eat at Master Zheng's house every day. You eat sweet potatoes. When you grow up, my brother will take you to pick up Caihua."
"Brother, okay, I'll eat. I want to grow up quickly so I can see my sister!"
After Xiaocao finished speaking, she stuffed a roasted half-cooked sweet potato into her mouth. They couldn't wait until it was cooked.
After five days, the brother and sister finally had food, and Xiaocao no longer had to starve to death, but Yadan was not happy at all. This was obtained in exchange for cauliflower, and he felt sorry for his dead parents.
Before the river flooded, Yadan had a happy family. His parents rented more than ten acres of land from Mr. Zheng's family. After paying the rent, the family could barely make ends meet.
That night, the levee suddenly flooded, and the village was submerged in an instant. The parents only had time to stuff the youngest fifth sister into the bathtub, but he kept holding a bed board, and he didn't know why. Just survived;
Those who survived the flood all depended on luck. What he didn't know was that their luck came from the desperate protection of their parents and brother.
After the flood receded, only his brother, Caihua, Xiaocao and him were left in the originally happy family of seven. His parents and eldest sister were swept away by the flood.
The family relied on his elder brother Niu Dao to support him. At the beginning of the year, Niu Dao was captured by the disastrous army and the burden of supporting the family fell on Ya Dan's shoulders.
The duck eggs were originally used as part-time labor for Mr. Zheng’s family, so they could provide some food throughout the year. But it was impossible to support him and his two sisters.
Later, Master Zheng fell in love with Caihua, but Yadan didn't want to, so Butler Zheng stopped hiring him. This was to force them to a dead end!
In the end, the three brothers and sisters could not bear the hunger, and gave in to Master Zheng. They exchanged cauliflower for dozens of kilograms of sweet potatoes, and also exchanged for the opportunity to work as a long-term laborer in Master Zheng's family;
After the third grade of junior high school, Yadan will go to the Zheng family to work as a long-term worker to support himself and Xiaocao.
This is the life of the poor!
Ya Dan had also heard people say that the river was invaded by the Suffering Army. He didn't even dare to hate Mr. Zheng, let alone the Suffering Army who was like a wolf and a tiger.
In this day and age, if the poor want to survive, they can only rely on local powerful people like Mr. Zheng. Even the army that suffers disaster will give them some face, and they still have to rely on these people to support them.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Zheng family was busy with gongs and drums.
Master Zheng couldn't wait to marry his thirteenth aunt, so Caihua walked into Zheng's house on New Year's Eve. Just after the first day of the Lunar New Year, he was in a hurry to hold a wedding ceremony and enter the bridal chamber.
He invited all the well-known wealthy families and official figures from villages far and wide, and the house was full of real guests and friends.
Zheng Qiang, the master of the Zheng family, took in his thirteenth concubine at the age of 68, and the dead tree was blooming again. Such a happy event made his face glow;
A rare porridge shack was opened outside the gate, and several pots of thin porridge were boiled. As long as the poor people came to say congratulations, they would get a bowl of porridge and a small sweet potato. It was said that they had to give porridge for three days in a row. The incident has alarmed the mayor.
"Squire Zheng is indeed a well-known philanthropist. How many villages can be saved by giving porridge for three days?
As the parent official of the town, I specially sent a banner to commend Squire Zheng for his good deeds! "
When Zheng Qiang heard this, he stood up excitedly and thanked his parents and officials for their love. He also announced on the spot that he would donate 1,000 kilograms of grain and 500 silver dollars to the government's cause of the Anti-Japanese War.
These are actually protection fees that must be paid. Speaking of them on this occasion will save face for both parties.
Everyone carries the sedan chair, and don’t take the official words too seriously. They are all asking for money and food in the name of the War of Resistance, but how much of it is really used for the War of Resistance?
People at all levels are lining their own pockets, and only one out of ten is used for the war of resistance. This is the current situation of the national government;
What goes above will work, and what goes down will be effective!
More than 90% of the anti-war aid obtained by senior officials from the Goshawk Country was intercepted into private accounts by the four major family members, and only a drop in the bucket actually reached the hands of the frontline soldiers.
The front is tight, the rear is tight!
The soldiers in the front eat gruel every day, and the dignitaries in the rear play music every night.
In Zhongyuan Province, many ordinary people even helped the Japanese to drive away the beleaguered troops;
There is a saying among the common people:
"Locusts in floods, droughts, and soups are the four disasters in the Central Plains!"
It's better to forget about using your bad reputation to defeat Japanese soldiers on the streets.
Zheng Qiang is just a small landlord who has accumulated a large amount of land and wealth by bullying the people and plundering;
After accepting the thirteenth concubine, the mayor came rushing over to join in the fun, saying that he was the father-in-law of the people in the town, and he said all kinds of nice things;
Turning a blind eye to the troubles caused by landlords and rich people like Zheng Qiang, and instead giving them banners, it's a shame that such a government can win the hearts of the people.
It can only be that the wine and meat of Zhumen are stinky, and the road is freezing to death!
That night, Caihua ended her fourteen-year-old life with a pair of scissors in the bridal chamber. This was her last fight against this cannibalistic society!
When Zheng Qiang was full of wine and food, he walked into the bridal chamber humming a little tune and prepared a pear blossom to press the begonia. All he saw was blood red on the ground and a pale and thin body.
"unlucky!"
"Here, if you don't know how to behave, please carry him out to feed the wild dogs!"
After Zheng Qiang finished speaking, he left the room with a look of disgust on his face, turned around and went to the twelfth concubine's room.
For him, the newly married Thirteenth Concubine, no matter how much he likes it, it is just a piece of clothing, and if it is gone, he will change to another one.
As for Ya Dan, when he received his sister's body outside the small door of Zheng's house, he held his sister's thin body and cried to the sky!
"Oh my god, please open your eyes and take a look! If I don't take revenge for this, I, the duck egg, will never be a human being!"
That night, the thatched house where Ya Dan lived was burned by a fire, and Ya Dan and his sister disappeared from the village;
Some said they set themselves on fire, while others said they saw them heading north...
In Shanghai, Zhou Weiguo's hound team broke into the hotel room where the traitor Wang Zhaoming was staying, and killed "Wang Zhaoming" with a single stroke!
"Captain, it's fake, we were fooled!"
There were dense footsteps outside the hotel, and Zhou Weiguo instantly understood that he had been betrayed. Only two or three senior executives of the Tsing Yi Club knew about their actions.
"Wang Han, fight with the Japanese!"
"Bah!"
The sniper Meng Jiaqi, who was ambushing in the dark, killed the Japs commander leading the team with one shot. The Japs were in instant chaos.
Zhou Weiguo saved a hand and left Meng Jiaqi alone before taking action. She became a surprise soldier at the critical moment!
"Ta-ta-ta..."
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Taking advantage of the instant confusion of the Japanese, Zhou Weiguo and others came out with submachine guns.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
The Japanese machine gun rang out, instantly mowing down the two commandos and suppressing Zhou Weiguo and others in the corridor leaving the hotel.
"Bah, bah!"
A few hundred meters away, Meng Jiaqi killed two Japs machine gunners with two consecutive shots. Zhou Weiguo took the opportunity to rush out and got into a melee with the Japs brigade. Team members continued to be shot and fell down.
This was equivalent to a small-scale urban street battle. Meng Jiaqi's sniper rifle played a key role. She specialized in sniping down the Japs' heavy firepower and commanders, covering Zhou Weiguo and others to break out of the encirclement and disappear into the night.
Two days later, outside the Huangpu River, Zhou Weiguo and others finally escaped safely, leaving only 7 of the 15-man commando;
"Captain, it's impossible for the president to betray us, the news must have been leaked and the devils found out!
We are all trained by the president at a huge cost, and there is no reason for him to sacrifice us. "
Wang Han's voice of defense became smaller and smaller, because he couldn't convince himself. He was actually feeling more painful than Zhou Weiguo now;
Because this is his belief, and nothing is more painful than the collapse of his belief.
Zhou Weiguo is also very bitter in his heart, but he has accepted the reality. Now he is thinking more about where should the Hound Agent Team go?
