Ding Jia squinted his eyes and looked at Yingzi, his eyes were evil, and he said with a playful smile:
"Hey, Yingzi, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you look handsome again. Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at that figure, look at that face, it's too unfair for you to stay in this ravine. Follow me into the city, and I'll make sure you have a good time and drink hot food. Be an official’s wife every day.”
Yingzi said coldly: "Follow you to the city? You are supporting me as my aunt! I can't afford it. Get out of the way, good dogs don't block the road!"
Yingzi said, wanting to bypass Ding Jia and move forward.
Ding Jia stepped forward and stopped in front of Yingzi again. He was not angry, but still laughed:
"I just like your shrewdness! Yingzi, to be honest, I really like you. As long as you follow me, not only will you be able to enjoy hot and spicy food, but I can even pay for your rent." How about you exempting me?"
As Ding Jia spoke, he reached out to touch Yingzi's cheek.
Yingzi's face turned red with anger, his chest heaved, he raised the machete in his hand high and said sternly:
"Bah, shameless thing! If you dare to touch my aunt, my aunt will chop off your dog's head!"
At this time, another puppet soldier ran from the alley. Seeing this scene, he quickly picked up his rifle, aimed at Yingzi, and shouted:
"Put down the knife quickly, or I will shoot you!"
Yingzi was not afraid and glared at the puppet soldiers:
"If you have the guts, just shoot. My aunt is not afraid of you, you yellow-skinned dog!"
Ding Jia smiled, pressed the muzzle of the puppet soldier's gun, and said with a smile:
"Xiao Wang, don't use knives or guns, you'll scare that girl."
Then he turned to Yingzi and smiled:
"Yingzi, please go first. We can talk when we are free - we will have plenty of time in the future."
Yingzi said nothing more, glared at Ding Jia, turned around and walked away quickly.
The puppet army looked at Yingzi's back and turned to Ding Jia with a flattering smile:
"Captain, why are you being polite to this little girl? If you like her, I will capture her and you can take good care of her."
Ding Jia stared at Yingzi's back with cold eyes:
"Humph, you don't know how to praise. I have a way to cure her. There are many people in the village, so dealing with her here will not have a good impact. Let her be spared first. Xiao Wang, you can take people to continue collecting rent. I will go home and take a look."
After Ding Jia finished speaking, he hummed a little tune and walked towards his home with square steps.
The Ding family's house is located in the south of the village, taking up almost half of the village. It is all large blue-gray tile-roofed houses. The yard is surrounded by a tall wall with iron caltrops wrapped around the top of the wall.
Beside the gate, there is a fort guarding the gate, and there is a watchtower at each corner of the wall; twenty or thirty "country dogs" are raised in the yard to suppress the villagers.
There is a horizontal plaque above the gate, which reads "Scholarly Disciple"; on the door frame on the left, there is a vertical plaque with a white board and black characters, which reads "Dingguantun Township Township Office".
The Ding family has nothing to do with the "Scholarly Disciples". The history of their family's fortune is full of blood and violence. Under the tall house, the blood, tears and bones of the villagers are piled up.
The ancestors of the Ding family were originally bandits and "red beards". After accumulating primitive capital stained with bloody crimes, they bribed officials and transformed themselves into "enlightened country squires." Property, getting richer and richer, and becoming more and more arrogant.
By Ding Shengtian's generation, the Ding family's power in Dingguantun reached its peak. Ding Shengtian not only became the head of Dingguantun Township, he also served as a false "deputy leader" of the county security corps, and provided services for his son in Dingguantun. The security team arranged a "squad captain" job.
When the Japanese invaded, Ding Shengtian was still a little panicked because he was too close to the national army and worried about becoming a "target" of the Japanese.
But he quickly calmed down, and through several "old friends" in the national army who had surrendered to the Japanese, he managed to show his favor to the Japanese. Not only did he retain his position as the township head, but he also assumed the position of "deputy leader" of the security group. Still unchanged.
When he was following the national army, Ding Shengtian still had some concerns about doing things and could not let go of his hands and feet to bully the people. However, after surrendering to the Japanese, the evil in Ding Shengtian's nature was brought out to the fullest. He simply took off his disguise and became Benjili. Exploiting people.
If the Japanese take one ocean, he must increase the amount to at least three oceans, one to give to the Japanese, one to bribe officials, and one to keep for himself.
Since the Japanese invaded, the Ding family's coffers have not been empty, but are fuller than before.
Ding Jia met his father Ding Shengtian at the door of the main living room of the Ding family's deep residence.
Ding Shengtian is a middle-aged man about fifty years old, wearing a blue-gray gown, with a medium build, thick short hair, black and white, two thick eyebrows full of evil aura, a pair of cold and sinister eyes, and the whole person is full of a sense of "I am alone" "Domineering.
In Dingguantun Township, Ding Shengtian can indeed be regarded as the "only one".
"father……"
Ding Jia cautiously called daddy.
For his father, although Ding Jia is the "real" security team leader and his father's security team deputy leader is only a "virtual title", Ding Jia has had a deep fear of his father since he was a child. Although he was in front of the villagers He showed off his power, but in front of his father, he did not dare to breathe.
Ding Shengtian held the birdcage in one hand and teased the bird with a piece of grass in the other. He said with a light but calm expression:
"Did the Imperial Army send you to collect money again?"
"Yes, Dad."
"Well, don't forget to include our Ding family's share."
"Dad, don't worry, even if the imperial army's share is lost, our Ding family's share will not be lost."
At this moment, a maid came over, she was Xiu'er.
Ding Jia waved to Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, come here."
Xiu'er was a little afraid of Ding Jia, but she still came over and said respectfully:
"Master, what are your orders?"
Ding Jia: "I came here before dawn and haven't had breakfast yet. Xiu'er, go and prepare four breakfasts."
Xiu'er: "Yes, Master."
Xiuer turned around and went to prepare breakfast.
Ding Jia and his father talked about how to squeeze money from the villagers.
. . . . . .
After Lu Er returned home, Carpenter Lu had long been accustomed to his son staying out at night. After trying to persuade him several times but to no avail, he let him go. When his son came home, instead of blaming him, he prepared hot meals and dishes. Let my son eat it.
Donkey Er was somewhat filial, and found that his father's cough had relapsed. After eating, he went to the drugstore on the street to grab some medicine for his father to take.
Donkey Er had been tossing on the kang for the whole night last night. He was a little tired, so he went back to his room and fell asleep. At noon, his father called him to have lunch, but he didn't get up and continued to sleep.
He was thinking that after sleeping enough during the day, he would go to the card table in the neighboring village to gamble money at night.
As for the various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes urged by Ding Jia and the Japanese, he didn't take it to heart. His family was considered a wealthy family in the town, so it was not difficult to pay those exorbitant taxes.
Donkey Er was sleeping when he was suddenly awakened by an anxious and urgent sound.
"Second son, second son, get up quickly and go find Yingzi——"
Donkey Er was woken up, and he recognized the voice of Yingzi's father.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that the room was very dark, and it was actually dusk.
Donkey Er asked through the window: "Uncle, what's wrong with Yingzi?"
Yingzi's father said anxiously: "Yingzi went to the back mountain to cut firewood early in the morning. It's getting dark now and Yingzi hasn't come back yet. I'm worried that something happened to her. You go to the back mountain to look for her -"
Donkey Er was startled and quickly got dressed and got out of bed.
