A heavy atmosphere spread over everyone's heart, but no matter how heavy it was, when the time came to make a decision, they still had to make it.
Zhao Xingguo frowned, sighed, and said in a heavy voice, "Since everyone is unwilling to vote, I will share my thoughts with everyone."
"In my opinion, apart from the elderly and children, it would be best for everyone else to stay in the village and live and die with it..."
"Although most of the houses in the village were destroyed by the earthquake, we all have only some food and simple clothes at home, and these things don't seem to be worth much..."
"But think about it, everyone. People in the county have started eating human flesh, which shows that the situation outside is very serious. Under such circumstances, there is still no rescue information from above. Add to that the strange weather changes in the past year... We are not sure whether we can harvest grain this autumn. If there is no food, we will definitely starve to death in the future!" Zhao Xingguo sighed again, as if he wanted to turn all the sorrow in his heart into this sigh.
"The most important thing is, we injured someone on the other side with rocks before, and they definitely won't let us go. You should have heard what those guys said before. They are not easy to deal with. If they dare to say it, they will definitely dare to do it!"
Zhao Xingguo glanced around. "Commander Meng and his men left the military base on the mountain when the earthquake struck, heading to other disaster areas for rescue efforts. They haven't returned yet... The soldiers left behind must be those who were seriously injured earlier. With so many of us going up the mountain, the other side will surely follow us to the military base to vent their anger."
"The military base itself was damaged by the previous earthquake, and the soldiers stationed there are also seriously injured. If we lure those people into the barracks, wouldn't that be repaying kindness with enmity?"
"And when that time comes, we will still have to fight this battle with the other party..."
"Since we have to fight them from beginning to end, we might as well choose a location in a village we are familiar with. Our chances of winning might be better."
"We can still take advantage of this opportunity to clean up a few traps. This will definitely reduce the enemy's combat power. If we work together, we may not necessarily lose to them!"
Zhao Xingguo analyzed everything one by one, and finally encouraged everyone.
As soon as the words fell, everyone around fell silent, and everyone was thinking about what Zhao Xingguo said.
Although many people wanted to escape to the mountains, what the village chief said was true. Even if they wanted to escape, they could not harm others!
It’s not that they don’t want to escape to some other place, but in the mountains and forests behind Wanxi Village, there is really no place more suitable for them than the military base.
Although the snow on the mountain had melted quite a bit in the past few days, it was so thick that it hadn't melted much in just a few days. Furthermore, the earthquake had caused a lot of collapse in the original mountain roads, leaving many areas completely different from their original state. They were braving such a severe storm, and it would have been impossible for them to find a cave large enough for so many people to live in under such conditions.
There are no caves to shelter from the cold and no houses to block the wind.
We can't let so many people live in the snow casually, right?
Apart from anything else, the elderly and children would definitely not be able to bear it. In today's situation of drug shortage, neither adults nor children have the right to be sick! This is not something you can just find somewhere in the fall or summer to get away with.
A group of people pursed their lips and said nothing, their thoughts turning around and around in their minds.
But among the crowd, the vast majority of people still agreed with what Zhao Xingguo said.
Zhao Zhengde took in everyone's expressions. He didn't want to waste any time and expressed his thoughts. "The county town is only a few dozen kilometers away from us. They definitely couldn't have walked here. I estimate that in all likelihood, they either have a car or have a residence near our village."
"If we flee without a fight this time, we might be able to escape their pursuit with luck. But this will also make them treat us as soft persimmons. In the future, whenever they need anything, they will definitely come to rob our village!"
"A kind person is easily bullied, a kind horse is easily ridden! If our village allows them to develop such an idea, our village will become their backyard in the future. They can rob whatever they want and take whatever they want! Today it's food, tomorrow it's the women in our village, and the day after tomorrow it might even be our children! ... These people casually say they want to massacre our entire village. Do you still have any expectations of such people?!"
If what Zhao Xingguo just said touched the soft spot in everyone's hearts, then what Zhao Zhengde said really pierced into everyone's heart like a sharp thorn!
Many people who were originally hesitant suddenly became determined.
The recent natural disasters have caused such strange things. From last summer to now, it has lasted for more than half a year.
Who knows what this year will be like?
"Village chief, secretary, you are right! We must not sit and wait for death this time! Since the other party wants to kill all the people in our village and use them as food reserves, we will just use these guys as fertilizer for the village's crops! I, Old Wu, have never been afraid of anyone!" Holding a hoe in his hand, a middle-aged strong man patted his chest fiercely.
Whenever Old Wu thought about the possibility that his grandson and his daughter-in-law at home might become the other party's food and women, he felt that he could not bear it at all!
"Right! Let's stay in the village with the village chief! Let's make good preparations tonight. I don't believe we will lose to them tomorrow! Only by giving these people a hard time and scaring them off will they not dare to come to our village to steal our food and kill our people in the future!"
In the midst of the storm on this gloomy night, Wanxi Village was bustling with people. It didn't take long for everyone to pack their luggage, only twenty or thirty minutes.
Everyone took out all their valuables and gave them to the elderly and children, and asked them to quickly go up the mountain to take shelter.
As for the other young and middle-aged men in the village, except for four or five timid wives who planned to take refuge in the mountains, all the others chose to stay in the village.
Aunt Wang reached out and touched her granddaughter's furry little head. She handed her a small bamboo basket filled with ten chicks and said with tears in her eyes, "Yinyin, take good care of the chicks when you go up the mountain with your brother and the others to seek refuge. When the chicks grow up and lay eggs, give them all to Yinyin."
Her family doesn't have much stuff. Her son and daughter-in-law are all working outside and have not returned yet. Only she, her husband and their granddaughter live in the village.
People in the countryside get married early. Aunt Wang and her husband are only in their 50s now, which is the prime time for them to take refuge in the mountains with the elderly and children. Therefore, they only sent their eight-year-old granddaughter away. The food was too heavy and the granddaughter could not carry much. They didn't have anything valuable at home. Apart from a few pieces of jewelry, the most valuable things were these chickens.
The chicks were hit by the rain and all huddled together, chirping. The little girl rubbed her red eyes, trying hard not to cry. "Grandpa and grandma, you must be safe and take good care of yourselves... I believe that the village chief will lead us all to defeat those bad guys! I'll wait for you to come find me. When you do, I will definitely not be picky about food anymore and will eat whatever is available... Woo woo woo..."
An eight-year-old child already knows a lot, and the little girl also knows that their village was attacked, but when many words come to her lips, she doesn't know how to say them.
I can only pray to Buddha in my heart for blessings, and hope that my grandparents and other uncles, aunts and other aunts in the village will all live well.
"Okay, stop talking so much. Come with everyone quickly and don't waste time." Aunt Wang touched her granddaughter's head again and kissed the little girl on the face. She felt very sad. She didn't know if she would be able to see her granddaughter again after what her granddaughter said.
Aunt Wang's husband stood by without saying a word, but when he met up with the large group that had sent his granddaughter, his calloused hands tightly holding the little girl betrayed his inner nervousness at the moment.
However, there are many families in the village who are in the same situation as Aunt Wang's family. Except for some elderly people who are unwilling to leave the village and insist on staying in the village to live and die with everyone, the others said goodbye to their families and went to the foot of the mountain to gather with others, waiting to go up the mountain together.
The one who led the elderly and children up the mountain this time was a famous old hunter in the village. Although the old hunter was over 60 years old, he was in very good health and was not much worse than an average adult man in his thirties or forties.
Especially when walking on the mountain road, he was many times stronger than the other young men in the village. He was carrying a big mountaineering bag with a bow and arrow hanging on the bag, and a sickle in his right hand.
After the old hunter talked for a few words with the village chief and his group, he took the old and young people up the mountain.
Some older children took the initiative to help carry the luggage, and the younger children who could walk by themselves tried their best to walk by themselves. Only those who really couldn't walk by themselves were tied to other adults.
Looking at the backs of a group of people leaving in the distance, Zhao Xingguo shouted loudly at the crowd.
"Everyone, brace yourself! We still have to set traps tonight and make all the necessary preparations! If those guys dare to come tomorrow, we'll beat them to a pulp!"
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As the old people and children fled up the mountain, everyone in the village got busy and started digging traps.
This severe winter, the ground was frozen hard and digging was extremely difficult, but no one in the entire village complained about the hardship.
Everyone put in their utmost effort to deal with these traps.
But in order to prevent everyone from being exhausted and having no strength to fight the enemy tomorrow, Zhao Xingguo divided the trap-digging work into two groups, and let everyone rest after finishing the work.
The women who were less strong and the elderly who stayed at home and refused to leave took the opportunity to prepare a hearty midnight snack for everyone.
Even the most stingy people would take out their own delicious food. Instead of waiting to let others take advantage of it after they fail tomorrow, it would be better to put the food into their own stomachs early.
With this mood, many people ate until their stomachs were full.
Qin Suyun also took out a lot of vegetables and fruits grown in her own home.
In just one meal, everyone seemed to feel that the relationship between everyone seemed to have become better.
Time passed quickly. Originally, those guys chose to attack in the early morning when everyone was most relaxed. In addition, it took some time to pack up the luggage and send the elderly and children away, so they didn't have much time left.
Qin Suyun was thinking about making gasoline, so she told the village chief in advance about going back. Zhao Xingguo thought that Qin Suyun was too thin and small, and had no physical strength, so he sent her back early and let her have a good rest.
Gasoline □□ is very simple to make. When she was only looking for information, she was looking for the simplest method.
However, since it was her first time making this kind of thing, Qin Suyun was very slow and careful when making it. But as time went by, her skill in making it increased and her movements became faster and faster.
The lights in the Qin family were never turned off throughout the entire night.
Dahei and the others were all lying in the living room, guarding Qin Suyun. After smelling a strange smell, they would look up at their owner from time to time, then lower their heads and lie down to take a nap.
As the sky gradually turned pale, the storm that had been going on for a long time gradually subsided.
Qin Suyun rubbed her swollen eyes, twisted her sore neck, looked at the 28 freshly baked gasoline bottles on the table, and nodded with satisfaction.
"I just don't know how powerful this thing is. It would be better if it was stronger. It would give those guys a hard time."
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