Nan'an Street is the main street in Anshang Nancheng, and the school building of the county school is located on this street.
The school building occupies a large area, with many open spaces around it. The open space more than 200 steps east of the school building is the widest. Most of the refugees gathered here. With the help of the government, they set up numerous wooden sheds. Live and live.
Therefore, the government set up three porridge shacks along the street to where the refugees gathered. People who fled here could come to the porridge shacks twice in the morning and evening to receive gruel.
Although the fixed grain of three liters of rice per person per day can barely keep people full, in the eyes of most people, this is already very good. At least this food can keep the whole family alive.
Of course, people are cheap when they leave their hometown. With so many refugees gathered together, it is inevitable that rogue gangs will form a force and bully the weak.
These villains couldn't get enough of their daily gruel, so they targeted refugees with little resources, such as orphans, widows, mothers, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled.
Niu Sanyuan was one of the few scoundrels in Xindao City. Evil deeds such as eating and drinking for free, molesting women, and petty theft were commonplace for him. Although the Xindao government arrested him several times, most of his crimes were A rogue and trivial person will be released after a few days of detention and a few beatings.
After this guy went back, he could live peacefully for at most two or three days, and then he would return to his old ways and everything would be business as usual.
Therefore, Xindao County Temple was also annoyed by this guy later. As long as it was not a big deal or many people reported it, they didn't care about him. When Niu San saw the government, he no longer took care of himself and acted more unscrupulously. The people were deeply worried. Suffer from it.
After the Soyi rebellion, Xindao County was abandoned by the government. Many people in Xindao fled to other places to avoid the war, and Niu San was among them.
Although this man was a scoundrel who bullied good people, he was actually afraid of death and fled into Anshang City early. Unexpectedly, this person did not change his evil ways when he came to other places. He formed a group of thugs and caused trouble among the refugees all day long.
Pan, a civilian woman, suffered greatly from this. She had been a widow for many years, and her uncle had died two years ago, leaving her alone with two young children.
Pan also led his son and daughter to Anshang City after the war. Originally, with government relief, mother and son were able to survive, but unexpectedly they met Niu San, a famous rogue in Xindao.
Although Pan is nearly thirty years old, her charm is still intact. She was pestered by Niu San before. At that time, with the help of her neighbors, Niu San did not dare to push her too far.
When they came to Anshang and many of their neighbors were not around, Niu San became bolder and tried to take away the children's porridge and food several times. Fortunately, Pan fought to the death and others offered help, so he managed to cope with it.
However, Niu San was determined to be evil, and today he led a few gangsters to block Pan in the house and tease her.
"I say Widow Pan, as long as you follow me, Niu San, I will ensure that you have a good life and drink hot food, and I will also feed you the two little cubs left by your bastard husband."
Niu San licked his face and smiled at Pan. He already had a sinister face, but this smile not only did not reflect kindness, but instead made him look more vicious.
Mrs. Pan felt extremely disgusted in her heart, but she had to smile and said: "What did Mr. Niu say? The slave family is already old. If we are not so lucky, Mr. Niu should find someone else if he wants to start a family."
After saying that, she took a clay pot and pretended to go out to get water. After all, it was too dangerous to stay in the house any longer.
Niu San would not let her go out easily. He stretched out his hand to stop Pan. Seeing Pan's face full of anger and charm, he smiled seductively and said: "Haha, don't worry, a certain family won't dislike it. Today you will obey." I will ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing in the future."
Having said that, the guy couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to hug Pan and do something forceful. Pan refused to obey, struggled desperately, and slapped Niu San hard on the face.
Niu San felt his cheeks hurt, he couldn't help but get angry, and his heart became fierce. He had to do something today.
After seeing Pan's slap, not only did she not drink Niu San away, but she aroused his anger, dragging his fat body and rushed towards her again.
Pan retreated and struggled. Seeing Niu San cornering him, Pan couldn't help but panic and shouted for help.
Niu San became even more impatient when he saw this, and stretched out his hand to gag her mouth. Pan quickly dodged past her, tried her best to resist, and looked for an opportunity to shout for help.
The four gangsters outside the house laughed excitedly when they heard their boss using force. They felt that today the boss was afraid that his wish would come true.
Just when the four of them were about to get closer to the window to take a closer look, they suddenly felt someone pinching their necks with their hands. The four of them looked back in unison, only to see a group of expressionless officers and soldiers arriving behind them at some point. With a man who knows.
At this time, the man shouted and hurriedly opened the door and rushed in. The leading sergeant was afraid that he would suffer a loss, so he winked at the soldiers on the left and right, asking them to follow him in to save people.
After a while, Niu San was escorted out by the soldiers with his body covered with scars. Pan's hair was slightly messy and he was helped out by the man.
Seeing this, the leading sergeant gave Niu San a cold look, ordered his men to tie up the gangsters with ropes, and then said to the man kindly: "Wu Erlang, I will leave it to you to deal with the aftermath. Remember, tomorrow morning You must report to the military camp on time."
It turned out that this man's surname was Wu. He thought he was the second in command in his family, so he was called Wu Erlang.
When he saw the sergeant's order, he quickly bowed and replied: "No, I will obey Captain Wu's order." Captain Wu nodded and ordered people to escort Niu San and his men away.
At this time, a group of refugees were going to the porridge shed to get food. Pan lived in a remote place, so not many people saw what happened just now. In fact, Niu San also expected that few people would come to tease her at this time.
Seeing that the sergeants had left, Pan returned to the house and curiously asked Wu Erlang: "Brother Wu, why did you suddenly lead the sergeants to rescue the slave family?" Wu Erlang did not answer first, but looked around. He asked, "Where are the two children?"
Pan said: "I went out to play and haven't come back yet."
Wu Erlang nodded, and then replied: "I want my wife to know that today the government has issued a list and is preparing to recruit a group of young men from among the refugees like us to join the army. I happened to come back after registering my name, and saw Niu San's My men were guarding outside the house, so I knew that Niu San would come to do evil again today, so I..."
It turned out that Wu Erlang lived not far from Pan's house. He saw that it was not easy for Pan to live alone with two children, so he helped him with things such as building wooden sheds and getting porridge and food. Niu San came to make trouble in the past. Sometimes, he often comes out to help.
There was a military recruitment in the city today. After he came back from the recruitment, he saw Niu San and the gang of thugs coming to bully Pan again. He knew that everyone had gone to get porridge at this time and it was difficult for him to deal with it alone.
When he was at a loss what to do, he suddenly had a sudden idea and thought that the government's recruiting place was next to the porridge shed nearby, and many officers and soldiers were nearby, so he ran back to the recruiting place to report the situation to the officer in charge, and then led the officers and soldiers in time. The earth saved people.
After hearing this, Mrs. Pan understood the cause and effect, and immediately paid homage to Wu Erlang: "Thank you, Brother Wu, for your rescue again. I really don't know how to repay your kindness?"
Wu Erlang quickly helped Pan up and said with an honest smile: "What are you talking about, madam? We are all from Xindao County, and now we have come to Anshang City to avoid the barbarians. It is the time to help each other, so why bother talking about it?" Thank you?"
As he spoke, his expression suddenly became a little awkward, and he continued with a blushing face: "What's more, I also like the two children very much and am willing to take care of them with my wife."
Pan naturally understood the meaning behind Wu Erlang's words. In fact, she had already had a crush on the man who had been taking care of her mother and son for several months. However, due to her status, she did not dare to express her feelings. .
Hearing the other party's confession at this moment, Pan's face instantly turned red with embarrassment. Wu Erlang was still unmarried in his early thirties, and his parents had already passed away. Among his relatives, he only had the eldest brother's family in the countryside of Xindao. He was tall and tall. Although the family was a little poor, it suited Pan's wishes.
Now that the affection between the two had been revealed, Pan was extremely happy. She thought about her lover just talking about joining the army, and then asked worriedly: "Are you going to join the army tomorrow?"
Wu Erlang said: "Exactly. I'm afraid that if he goes to the battlefield someday, I won't have the chance to tell you my feelings again, so I boldly said it today. If you don't want to, just pretend that I haven't mentioned it. I’ll look for another one later…”
Before Wu Erlang finished speaking, Mrs. Pan stretched out two jade fingers to cover his lips, indicating that he did not need to speak any more. Pan said quietly: "Don't worry, Erlang, as long as you don't dislike me and our two children." , I am willing to stay by your side. One day when you go to the battlefield, my two children and I will pray for you at home and wait for your return."
Hearing such affectionate words, Wu Erlang could no longer bear it and pulled Pan into his arms. The two hugged each other until they heard the laughter of children, and then they quickly let go.
