Do you think Lin Wenxuan really forgot his mother now that he has a wife? Is he just secretly eating alone with Liang Shengdi?
How is that possible?
After going out, Lin Wenxuan took out a handful of chestnuts from another pocket and stuffed them into his mother's pocket.
"Mom, eat chestnuts."
Zhang Xiaonv looked at the chestnuts in her hand and shook her head left and right like a thief, afraid that others would see her.
"Where did you get the chestnuts?"
Lin Wenxuan repeated what he had just said to Liang Shengdi.
Zhang Xiaonv reached out and tapped his head.
"Why don't you two keep watch and run all the way here to pick chestnuts?! Be careful, there's a Japanese soldier standing behind the tree, and you'll be fine!"
"Oh, this is great!" Lin Wenxuan smiled and peeled a chestnut and stuffed it into his mouth. "I think we have to work hard every day to harvest rice, so we have to eat more. Since you are reluctant to give up the grain bags at home, I can only find food outside."
Zhang Xiaonv rolled her eyes at him.
"Have you given it to your wife?"
"No, shouldn't I honor my mother first?"
For some reason, her mood suddenly improved a lot.
"Humph! She lies in bed every day and cries about being hungry, and you two are all complaining about not having enough to eat, as if I'm torturing you! It's not like we can't get through the day!"
"Yes, yes, that's what Mom said. But Shengdi is pregnant!"
"She's a pregnant woman..."
"Oh, you're just talking about other people's families. Everyone is different. When she was pregnant with Yulan, she was so hungry that she had heartburn every day! It means she has a bigger appetite than others. She's not in good shape during this pregnancy, so she needs more nourishment. Please give her more food!"
"Well, I'm making porridge every day now, and it's so thick! And it's still not enough! And she doesn't work..."
Lin Wenxuan was about to circle back, so he stopped himself and said, "We're here, Mom, let's hurry up and try to harvest all the rice in the field today. If you get hungry later, have some chestnuts!"
In the end, Zhang Xiaonv only ate two of them, and gave the rest back to Lin Wenxuan, asking him to give it to his wife who was never full.
She didn't say a word to Liang Shengdi, and went to hug her granddaughter as soon as she entered the door.
Except for going to the fields, she basically didn't leave Xiao Yulan with Liang Shengdi. She always felt that Liang Shengdi didn't care much about the child, and she was more reliable.
Liang Shengdi was already half asleep. She opened her eyes and saw that it was her mother-in-law who came back to hold the child, then closed her eyes and fell asleep again.
Zhang Xiaonv snorted and went out with the sleeping child in her arms.
Lin Wenxuan looked inside and outside, touched the chestnuts in his pocket, shook his head helplessly and smiled.
The autumn harvest in Sihe Village was in a hurry, and on the third day after the harvest, the Japanese invaders came to raid again. The village chief who was standing guard at the edge of the village saw it from afar. When he blew the whistle on the roof of the village entrance, the sound spread to a village nearby.
All the villagers quickly started moving, just as they had rehearsed.
Those who went into the mountains went into the mountains, and those who lived in villages far away from the mountains hid in haystacks, big graves, and bushes. In short, they just hid.
Liang Shengdi was responsible for carrying the children up the mountain, while Lin Wenxuan and Zhang Xiaonv were responsible for carrying the rest. Zhang Xiaonv started cursing as she carried the grain bags, and even did not forget to bring the only chicken in the house.
But since the grain had just been harvested, there was no time to bring it all into the mountains. After the two of them moved six or seven bags of grain, two bags were left in the house, and the Japanese had already entered their village.
Lin Wenxuan held Zhang Xiaonv back and told her not to go down, saying that the two bags of grain would be a way to ward off disaster. Zhang Xiaonv sat down on the ground again, but perhaps because she was numb, she couldn't even cry this time.
Not everyone in their village went up the mountain this time. Many people, like Zhang Xiaonu, were also concerned about the new grain. Those who did not have time to carry it up the mountain stayed in the house below.
For example, the puppy wife that Zhang Xiaonu often compares with Liang Shengdi, her mother-in-law.
That is the puppy mother.
Their home was at the entrance of the village, far away from the mountain behind. When they went back to carry the grain, the Japanese had already entered the village. They had no choice but to drag the grain bags into the straw stack behind the house. The straw stack was hollowed out and big enough to hide people. The outside was blocked with straw, so you couldn't see the door. It was specially set up to prevent people from escaping in time. Every village has one.
She heard the sound of big leather boots stepping on the ground outside, the crowing of chickens from the next door house, and the chattering Japanese language, which made her heart pound with fear!
But because her husband died early, the puppy's mother had always been the one who took charge of the family and shouldered the heavy responsibilities. So before the Japanese invaders even entered the house, she calmed down and stood at the gate waiting for them.
She knew that she was not the only one in the village at the moment, there were also the village chief and his group of young men.
The few bayonets they had taken last year, no matter how sparingly Lin Youliang and his men used them, were already very low on bullets. It would be best if they could avoid a direct confrontation with the Japanese. As long as the Japanese didn't intend to kill, they wouldn't rush out and fight to the death.
At this moment, this group of people were hiding in the corner waiting.
Three Japanese soldiers drove a broken tricycle along the village road. When they saw someone, they laughed and pointed at the puppy's mother and spoke a bunch of Japanese language. One of them held two chickens in his right hand and a jar of wine in his left hand.
The other two were each carrying a sack that jingled. I didn't know what was in it, but I guess it was something they had just looted from other villages, including live chickens and wine.
The puppy's mother was startled at first, then she bowed to them in fear and trepidation, and immediately understood that the Japanese wanted her to kill chickens and cook. She immediately used sign language to guide them to the kitchen, opened the pot and water tank lid, and gestured how to cook and eat.
The three devils nodded and smiled at the same time, and one of them even gave her a thumbs up as if to praise her for being smart.
The puppy's mother quickly sat down and put the firewood into the stove, then scooped water from the water tank and started to boil it.
The three devils were dressed in long-sleeved military uniforms and riding boots. Two of them carried rifles, and the other one did not have a gun, but was also equipped with a knife.
The Japanese soldier with a bayonet drew his knife, picked up the chicken they brought and swung it lightly. The two chicken heads fell to the ground with a thud, and chicken blood flowed all over the floor. The puppy's mother shrank her neck when she saw this, and she was sweating coldly while sitting by the stove.
The Japanese pointed at the chicken thrown on the ground and the pot of boiling water, and there was another bunch of chirping. The puppy's mother nodded quickly. The Japanese walked out again with a smile and began to rummage through the drawers and cabinets of each house, of course, including the puppy's house where he was cooking for them.
The chicken from the neighboring house was brought in first and was also killed. The devil pointed at the chicken and asked the puppy's mother to go in together, so that there was just one for each person.
There were basically no other valuables, after all, everyone was poor, but every household still had a few bags of food. They didn't pick and choose, just took what they could get, after all, there were three wheels.
They grabbed several bags of food, so they didn't ask the puppy's mother where the food was. Even if they asked, the puppy's mother wouldn't understand.
Even if she understood, she would probably pretend not to understand.
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