Chapter 79, Xi Xingchen’s worries
The harder something is to get, the more fearful it is of losing it.
What Yang Liusheng and the others are most afraid of now is that Xi Xingchen leaves before the bandits are finished killing the bandits because of a business trip.
Because Xi Shengchen made it very clear before that he was just a foreigner and the situation was not right. At worst, he would just slap his butt and walk away. Anyway, he was not on duty somewhere?
But they can't do it. Their home is here. If the bandits come back, will the bandits let him and their family go?
of course not.
They have not seen the ferocity of the bandits in Huangfeng Village. If the bandits knew that they participated in robbing food and killed so many bandits, they would definitely kill their whole family.
Therefore, after the battle, Yang Liusheng and representatives from each village came to express their feelings to Xi Xingchen immediately.
It's just that their faces are relatively tender and they can't ask Xi Xingchen to stay, so they keep saying that they will listen to Xi Xingchen's words.
Xi Xingchen, who was born in two generations, did not understand the meaning of their words, and immediately said with a solemn expression: "In this case, I will also express my position. As long as the bandits in Huangfeng Village are not eliminated, I will not leave, and I will definitely live with everyone." Die together,"
Jin Bo on the side said angrily: "He is my boss. If he doesn't leave, I won't leave either."
When Yang Liusheng and others heard this, they were immediately overjoyed, especially Yang Liusheng. He had seen Jin Bo's ability. When he heard that Jin Bo was willing to stay with Xi Xinchen to fight the bandits, he immediately took reassurance and his joy was beyond words.
Seeing that everyone was calm, Xi Xingchen said, "Let's go to the Midian Cang to have a look."
When Xi Xingchen led a group of people to the Dafa Granary, the gate of the granary was crowded with people. Many people stood on tiptoes and looked into the granary. Their faces were a little anxious, but the order was still stable.
Seeing a group of people guarding the door of the granary, Xi Xingchen couldn't help but wonder: "What's going on? Why don't you all share the food?"
Yang Liusheng said seriously: "Captain Xi, it's like this. Yu Gong, you are the arrester sent by the county magistrate to suppress the bandits. After the Dafa Rice Store is captured, you should take over the Dafa Rice Store; Yu Si, Dafa Rice Store You led us to defeat it, so you should be in charge of food distribution."
Liu Changan, the representative of the Liu Family Courtyard, also said: "So you have to distribute it both publicly and privately. Besides, if we open the granary privately and distribute the food, then we will not be the same as the bandits in Huangfeng Village ?"
"Also, these grains were stolen by bandits from Zhuma Town and nearby villagers. If we share them all, many people in neighboring towns will starve to death," Yang Liusheng said.
Hearing what Yang Liusheng said, Xi Xingchen suddenly remembered a saying: Only those who have been caught in the rain will remember to hold umbrellas for others; only those who have been hungry will think about whether others have food to eat.
"Be particular about it!" Xi Xingchen gave Yang Liusheng and others a thumbs up in praise. "How to distribute the food needs to be discussed with the leaders of each village, but I will make the decision first, open a granary, and send people to transport some of the food back to Yangjia Village. Everyone's family members must be starving."
Having said this, Xi Xingchen patted his belly and said, "Let's cook some too, and we'll talk about other things after we're full."
"This is the best. My stomach has been screaming with hunger for a long time. If I don't eat anything, it will rebel." Yang Liusheng and others also laughed.
"so be it!"
Next, Xi Xingchen divided the villagers into four parts on a village basis:
Some of them sent grain back to Yangjia Village, and after dinner, they picked up the villagers from each village to discuss grain distribution.
Some brought grain from the granary, set up stoves, and made fires to make rice.
One part cleans the battlefield, buries the corpses of the bandits, and collects the weapons scattered by the bandits.
There are also some who maintain order in Zhuma Town and guard against bandit counterattacks.
After the arrangements were made, Yang Liusheng and the representatives of each village immediately went separate ways.
Their admiration for Xi Xingchen is now in the honeymoon stage. They really want them to do whatever they want, and don't be too strong in execution.
After Yang Liusheng and others left, Jin Bo said with a worried look on his face: "Brother Chen, isn't this too easy?"
Xi Xingchen nodded and said: "Yes, according to the villagers, there are more than 2,000 bandits in Huangfeng Village, but there are less than 300 bandits guarding the granary here, and their main force is not here."
"Will their main force be in Huangfeng Village?" Jin Bo guessed.
"It's hard to explain! But no matter where they are, there can't be any mistakes in the food of Dafa Rice Store. After all, the lives of tens of thousands of villagers in Zhuma Town are at stake." Xi Xingchen said.
"Then what should we do next?" Jin Bo asked.
Xi Xingchen pondered for a while and said: "We must send the news here back to Xunyang Mansion and ask Wuzhi County to send someone to take over as soon as possible."
"I'll leave immediately," Jin Bo said.
"Not tonight." Xi Xingchen said.
"Why?"
"I'm going to the county town tonight. You have to stay here and take charge." Xi Xingchen said.
"Going to the county seat? Are you alone?" Jin Bo's face changed slightly.
Xi Xingchen nodded.
"No, there are Huangfengzhai bandit spies everywhere in the county, it's too dangerous." Jin Bo disagreed.
Xi Xingchen said: "I know a Mohist disciple in the county town. I want to go into the county town tonight and ask him about the situation in the city. If possible, I can go to see the captain and see if I can borrow some troops. . After all, we are all villagers here. If the bandits come, I’m afraid they won’t be able to stop them.”
Jin Bo thought for a moment and felt that what Xi Xingchen said made sense, so he said, "Then I will go with you, so that I can take care of you."
Xi Xingchen shook his head and said: "No! One of us must stay here, otherwise the villagers will think that we don't care about them, and there will be big trouble."
Jin Bo thought about it and said, "Then you have to be smarter and withdraw immediately if you can't do anything. Don't force it."
Xi Xingchen patted Jin Bo on the shoulder and said: "Brother, don't worry, our great ideal has not been realized yet, how can I be willing to die?"
Jin Bo immediately remembered that on the boat in Wan County, everyone talked about their ideal things, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Go early and come back early, don't delay me getting a wife."
Half an hour later, bursts of smoke quickly rose in Zhuma Town. After a while, the aroma of rice immediately filled the sky above Zhuma Town.
What Xi Xingchen didn't expect was that the changes in each village came faster than Xi Xingchen imagined.
According to Xi Xingchen's plan, the villagers from each village would come to Zhuma Town to discuss food distribution after having a meal in Yangjia Village.
Who would have thought that as soon as Li Zheng in each village received the news that there was a mountain of food in the Dafa rice store, Li Zheng, a group of seventy-year-olds and eighty-year-olds who even staggered when walking, suddenly felt like they had been given a shot of blood, and they didn't even care about how hungry they were. Putting his chest on his back, he immediately set off for Zhuma Town.
Just as the rice cooked by Xi Xingchen was put on the table, Li Zheng from each village stepped into Dafa Rice Store.
I bet the reason why these old guys didn't stay in Yangjiacun to eat was because they had already settled this matter.
Seeing the Li Zhengmen arriving, Xi Xingchen immediately ordered the villagers to bring stools and invite the Li Zhengmen to eat together.
To say that Li Zheng's luck was pretty good, when Xi Xingchen led his troops to attack Dafa Rice Store, Ma Gaoyi was preparing a large table of delicious food.
After taking down Dafa Rice Store, Ma Gaoyi ate the leftover chicken, duck and fish, which naturally made it cheaper for Xi Xingchen and others.
The local officials in each village were also very hungry these days. When they saw the fragrant white rice being served, they were not polite and started to eat happily after picking up their rice bowls.
Even though these old men were in their seventies or eighties, they were no less good at cooking than young men like Xi Xingchen. They simply swept away all the food on the table like a whirlwind, almost shocking the jaws of Xi Xingchen and Jin Bo.
While everyone was immersed in eating, Yang Liusheng hurried in.
Because No. 1 Baoshanli had just been burned by fire, the house was dark. Compared with the coming and going of people in the previous days, it was like deathly silence at this time.
At this time, a boy of 16 or 17 years old and a young woman of the same age came in the dusk. After wandering for a while at No. 1 Baoshanli, the boy was about to reach out and push the door open, when several figures suddenly jumped out of the darkness. The force pushed the two of them to the ground, and then they disappeared into the dusk like ghosts.
As dusk deepened, the air in No. 8 Xiaochao Street, Jiangcheng seemed to have solidified, and everyone present looked solemn.
The door opened, and the person who came was Peng Xiangchu, the chief officer of the military police camp.
Peng Xiangchu was one of the few revolutionary comrades who had the dual identities of "Literary Society" and "Common Advancement Society". The "Literary Society" and the "Gongjinhui" jointly initiated this joint uprising, and Peng Xiangchu Hanxuan strongly contributed to it.
Since Peng Xiangchu had a gendarmerie status as a cover, he was elected as the gendarmerie battalion representative responsible for liaison and picketing during this uprising.
"What's going on outside?" Lu Xuemin couldn't wait to ask as soon as he saw Peng Xiangchu.
"There is a lot of noise outside. The military police camp has received orders from above and no one is allowed to leave the camp. It took me a lot of effort to get out," Peng Xiangchu said.
"The military police have been banned. Something is wrong. Did the news leak out again?" Liu Fusheng asked in surprise.
Gendarmerie Inspector Sergeant, according to common practice, whenever a major event occurs in the military, the Gendarmerie Battalion is prohibited from asking for leave or going out. Thinking that the people involved in the uprising were all soldiers, Liu Fusheng and other representatives felt a little uneasy.
Lu Xuemin looked at his watch and said in a deep voice: "It's not yet the scheduled time for the incident, so please be patient."
Peng Xiangchu felt that the atmosphere in the room was heavy, so he took out a bag of cash from his bag, put it on the table with a smile and said: "I still have dozens of dollars here, let everyone share one point, and I'm afraid there will be another fight later." No one is giving us military pay anymore, so let’s use this little money to buy some sesame seed cakes to satisfy our hunger.”
After Peng Xiangchu made such a joke, the tense atmosphere in the room finally eased a little.
The waiting time was extremely long, and every minute and second that passed seemed like millions of years had passed.
Lu Xuemin turned on the gramophone, and a beautiful melody sounded. It was as if an invisible wall had been built in No. 8 Xiaochao Street, keeping darkness and fear out of the house.
"Chen Yulin, please don't let anything happen to you!"
