In an ordinary private house in the west district of Wuchang City.
Wisps of sunlight filtered through the somewhat broken window paper, and streaks of light appeared.
This bright light announced the end of the rainy weather that had lasted for several days. Today is definitely a good weather day.
At this time, Li Cunshui was awakened by the chirping of birds outside in the middle of the house.
When he woke up, he weakly raised his head, and then subconsciously looked at the bed not far from the door. At this moment, the wife and daughter on the bed were sleeping soundly.
When Li Cunshui breathed a sigh of relief and turned around, he found the kitchen knife that had fallen next to his feet while sleeping.
Ever since he heard that "rebels" were besieging Wuchang, Li Cunshui stopped doing business. He prepared food early and hid at home with his wife and daughter.
Originally, Li Cunshui thought that with the strength of the imperial court, no matter how powerful the rebels were, they would only be around for ten days and a half before leaving. Who would have thought that the rebels had invaded the city within a day of siege.
The fighting broke out last night, and there were constant shouts and fights.
When Li Cunshui heard something was wrong, he took his wife and daughter into the broken house and turned off the lights and put out the fire. Holding a kitchen knife, he guarded his wife and daughter at the door. It was not until dawn that he could not hold back his doze and fell asleep.
"It's dawn, why is it so quiet outside? Did the imperial soldiers beat out the rebels last night?" Li Cunshui thought after listening quietly to the chirping of birds outside for a while in the house. .
Looking at his wife and daughter who were still sleeping soundly in the room, Li Cunshui felt bored and gently opened the door and walked out.
The sun was shining brightly in the small yard, except that the soil on the ground was extremely damp from the rain that had fallen for several days.
The breeze blows and you can feel the fresh breath.
Nothing has changed in the house, the locked door is still locked, and the few logs used to hold the door are still so strong.
Sunny weather, quiet surroundings. Listening to the bird singing happily in a familiar environment.
Li Cunshui couldn't help but put down the kitchen knife in his hand, and slowly walked to the door and opened it.
If it weren't for the reminder of these pieces of wood, Li Cunshui wouldn't even feel that this was much different from usual.
"Squeak..."
No matter how much Li Cunshui tried to open the door gently, the door still made the sound it should have at its age.
The door opened and no one was walking on the street.
Since the gate of Li Cunshui is a small alley, it is normal to see no one. So Li Cunshui naturally walked out of the alley and walked towards the main road as usual.
"Hey, Yitang, you're here!"
After Li Cunshui saw the people sitting on the stools at the breakfast stall next to the street, he quickly walked over and said hello.
"Good afternoon, Xiyi, you are here too!"
"Yes, Cun Shui. Are you out?" Cheng Yitang asked.
"There were constant fighting last night. Now that it's daylight, I saw the city was so quiet, so I came out to see what was going on. Do you know?" Li Cunshui said after touching his bare head.
"I don't know the specifics yet. I heard from Wu An that the anti-…um…suppression…bandit army has issued a notice to calm the people. Now Wuchang City has been captured by the bandit-suppression army. It no longer belongs to the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and has returned to the Han Dynasty. Family and country. For details, Xi Yi and I are going to the city gate to have a look. Do you want to go?" Cheng Yitang asked excitedly.
"The Han family? What do you mean? Is it any good for us?" Li Cunshui asked with some confusion.
Hearing Li Cunshui's words, Cheng Yitang couldn't help but be stunned. Cheng Yitang didn't know how to explain it to Li Cunshui, and it seemed like he didn't know how to answer either.
This sudden question made Cheng Yitang, Li Cunshui and Yan Xiyi naturally look at their friend Wu An. After all, Wu An had already gone to see the Anmin notice, and he must know better than them.
Wu An looked at the three of them looking for answers, and couldn't help but think of how he had thought the same thing not long ago when he went to listen to An Min's notice.
"Why don't you understand the nobility of being a descendant of the Han people?" Wu An said with a heartbroken look.
The words "Good afternoon" seemed like a flash of light in the darkness, making the three of them seem to catch something in their minds but failed to catch it.
"Look at what you said in Good Morning, we Han people are so noble, it would be nice not to be bullied to death by the Manchus and others." Li Cunshui murmured.
Li Cunshui's statement instantly received nods of approval from Cheng Yitang and Yan Xiyi.
"Yes! Not long ago, my neighbor Yan Lishan was beaten half to death because he accidentally ran into a slave full of dogs on the street. Now he is still lying in bed with nowhere to redress his grievances. He is not a Han, so how can he be noble?" Yan Xiyi said to Wu An with a look of disdain.
"Is that so? Then you can ask him to go to the Yamen and sue Mangou. Now that there are people from the bandit suppression army helping to make the decision, there is no need to worry." Wu An replied without thinking.
"Why do you think Mangou keeps bullying us?" Wu An asked, staring at the three of them.
"Why? How do I know this? It's probably because the current emperor is a Manchu!" Li Cunshui thought for a moment and then replied to Good Morning.
"Yes, that's it." Cheng Yicheng hurriedly agreed after listening to Li Cunshui's words.
At the same time, Yan Xiyi also nodded in agreement with Li Cunshui's words.
"That's right, it's because the current emperor is a Manchu. Now that the current emperor is a Han, will he still let the Manchus bully us?" Wu An said with a smile at this time.
"If nothing else, just talk about my hair." As he said this, Wu An took off the melon skin hat he was wearing. At this time, there is no braid on Wu An's head.
"Good afternoon, you're crazy. How dare you cut off your braids? Don't you know 'leave your head without leaving your hair, leave your hair without leaving your head'? Did the bandit suppressing army force you to cut it off?" Li Cunshui saw Wu An said with horror on his bald head.
"I know, of course I know. At the same time, I also said that it was the Tatars who said this. How can we Han people have such pig tails in our hair accessories?"
"Everyone, do you know? The bandit suppression army will not force us to cut it. At the same time, they also said that we are our brothers. If you are afraid, you can keep it. Because force can only cut off the braids on the head but not the braids in the heart. "
"As long as the braids are still there, we are still Manchu slaves. If we don't work hard, what good can we expect from our descendants?" Wu An was speaking in the tone of a speaker at the city gate, and even the expression on his face was different. Can't wait to be consistent.
"You know, there are only so many Manchus. Now is the time when the Han family is rising. The Hu people have no national destiny for a hundred years, which is passed down from our ancestors. Now that a hundred years are approaching, the Manchus have also come to an end. There’s nothing to fear anymore.”
"So, there is a bandit-suppressing army, so what's so scary about cutting one's braids?
