Chapter 126 Lu Zhanheng's Persistence
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After all this commotion, it was now completely dark. Tang Yue and the children walked in front, while Lin Cuicui and Old Li walked behind. As they walked, Tang Yue explained the essentials of shooting to them.
As he spoke, each of them had a loaded gun in his hand.
This was the first time for the three children to touch a real gun. The cold touch in their hands gave them a sense of peace.
Several children suppressed their inner excitement and fear of the unknown and listened to Tang Yue's explanation.
The house was not far from the mountain, and soon they passed by the cowshed and went up the mountain.
They did not go into the deep mountains. Tang Yue took her family to the cave where Tang Nan and Tang Dong were captured last time.
The cave is halfway up the mountain, on the back side. It's quite far from the village, and although you can hear the gunshots, it's still much better than living in the village.
Before she even reached the cave, Tang Yue noticed someone following her. Without turning back, she looked out of consciousness and was momentarily surprised.
She originally thought that it was the spy sent by Xiao Rizi who was following her, but it turned out to be Lu Zhanheng who lived in the cowshed.
Lu Zhanheng discovered something different about Daobei Village when the village chief gathered the villagers at night. Afterwards, relying on his many years of combat experience, he quietly blended into the periphery of the crowd and heard Tang Yue talking about her family.
Lu Zhanheng didn't expect that Tang Yue's family had experienced so much, but such a family deserves more respect from others.
In order not to implicate the villagers, they refused to let anyone help. But Lu Zhanheng couldn't bear to watch the whole family perish, so after everyone left, he hid near Tang Yue's house.
After that, they followed the family all the way up the mountain. Tang Yue knew that Lu Zhanheng must have come to protect them. She wanted to dissuade him, but although she had not had much contact with Lu Zhanheng, she knew a lot about his temper and thought it would be impossible to persuade him to leave.
Instead of that, it would be better to accept Uncle Lu’s kindness openly.
After pulling aside the grass, the entrance to the cave was revealed. Tang Yue was the first to walk in. The cave was not very dry, but it had not rained in the past two days, so the situation was still normal.
"Come in, everyone."
Tang Yue had already taken out the kerosene lamp and matches, and the dim kerosene lamp illuminated the small space in the cave.
Old Li walked around the cave for a while and found no poisonous snakes, insects, rats or ants, so he felt relieved.
Old Li picked up a few flat stones and was about to put them together. Tang Yue came over to stop him, "Grandpa, have you forgotten what I'm capable of?"
As he spoke, two beds were already placed on either side of the cave. One was for Tang Yue and Lin Cuicui, and the other was the one Old Li and his three brothers usually slept in. Nothing on the bed had been changed.
He took out a large piece of cloth he had just bought today, dug two holes on the two feet, and hung it along the protruding part of the stone wall of the cave, thus dividing the small cave into two rooms.
Old Li felt good. "It's getting late. Let's get some rest. The spies might come tonight."
"Well, okay, Grandpa, take a rest."
But if they really knew that there were spies coming to their house, who could sleep? However, in order to comfort each other, no one made a sound while lying in bed.
Tang Yue knew that no one was asleep, so she stopped pretending and got out of bed and walked out of the cave. About 200 meters down, in a small valley, Lu Zhanheng was swatting mosquitoes to death.
"Uncle Lu, what are you doing here?"
Unexpectedly, he was discovered by a little girl, and he stood up suddenly.
"It's already so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Little girl, if you don't sleep you won't grow tall." This is what Lu Zhanheng said to Tang Yue in his heart. He felt that this little girl seemed to be particularly concerned about her height, and he absolutely couldn't say it out loud.
Tang Yue sighed, "Uncle Lu, you shouldn't get involved. It's too dangerous."
Lu Zhanheng had a sour expression on his face. "I don't understand what you're saying. By the way, why are you still on the mountain in the middle of the night?"
Tang Yue didn't want to talk nonsense with him, "Uncle Lu, when the villagers came to my house today, I saw you at the back."
The reason why Tang Yue was interested in checking them one by one at that time was that she wanted to remember the people who wanted to come and help their family today.
After hearing what Tang Yue said, Lu Zhanheng knew he could no longer hide the truth. He decided to reveal his true identity directly.
"How can your family, young and old, fight against the spies? Don't worry, I've dealt with those beasts in Xiaorizi before. Uncle Lu will protect you."
Tang Yue sighed, "Uncle Lu, you're in a bad situation right now, so it's better not to get involved."
Lu Zhanheng only uttered a "Hmph!" from his nose.
Knowing that persuasion was useless, Tang Yue stopped trying. She casually pulled out a gun from her pocket and handed it to Lu Zhanheng, along with a box of bullets.
Lu Zhanheng was shocked when he got the thing. Apart from anything else, the feel of the pistol was such that he knew it was not something that could be made in China as soon as he touched it.
Nor are they the homemade guns in the hands of ordinary people.
Lu Zhanheng stared at Tang Yue, "Little girl, where did you get this thing?"
Tang Yue shrugged. "Uncle Lu, don't you know that those spies came to assassinate us? Since you're here, you should leave something behind before you leave."
"So, this is?"
"Well, it's just what you think. I got it from those spies."
Lu Zhanheng didn't know what to say, "You didn't hand it in?"
"Who should I give it to?" Tang Yue pretended not to understand.
Lu Zhanheng didn't want to expose the little girl, but he seemed to understand Tang Yue's approach. The whole family was in danger at any time, so how could they feel at ease without any self-defense?
Before he could say anything else, he felt several burning gazes. Lu Zhanheng looked up and saw three boys squatting and staring at him.
Lu Zhanheng......
Could it really be because he was getting older? Why did he feel like his hearing had deteriorated and his sense of defense had weakened?
Tang Dong chuckled, "Uncle Lu, stop feeding the mosquitoes there and come up."
He glanced at Tang Yue while speaking, and Tang Yue took the lead in going up, "Uncle Lu, let's go into the cave."
Lin Cuicui and Old Li had already packed up their things. Tang Yue walked into the house and waved her hand, and the things disappeared. The stones that Old Li had picked out came in handy.
Old Li greeted Lu Zhanheng who came in, while Tang Yue chatted quietly with her three brothers, "Brothers, when did you find Uncle Lu?"
Tang Bei rubbed Tang Yue's head and said, "After passing by the cowshed."
Tang Nan, "After we went up a short distance on the mountain."
Tang Dong: "When we left our house."
The brothers looked at each other. Tang Yue smiled.
She was very happy, which was why she had brought them to the mountain. She could have dealt with those spies even at home. But after being held hostage today, she had a different idea.
She was willing to protect her family, but she couldn't stop them from growing. Their family was a whole, and she wanted everyone to become stronger, so that no matter what happened in the future, she could rest assured.
Today's events had served as a wake-up call for her. She was alone, and no matter how powerful she was, there would always be times when she couldn't take care of things without exposing herself.
"Brothers, the spies shot at me today. Knowing that we have discovered them, they will definitely come today to prevent us from making further deployments.
They might be in the mountains right now, are you afraid?"
The three brothers shook their heads in unison. They were already prepared. Although the feeling of being protected by their sister was nice, they didn't want it. They would rather be able to protect their sister themselves.
Tang Yue's final question was heard by the other people in the cave. Lin Cuicui had never been so determined. Although her hands were still shaking, she was very determined.
She knew very well that she almost became a burden to her daughter today.
So she would work harder in the future. She knew her daughter was powerful, but that wasn't a reason for them to always ask her daughter to protect them. She would never be lazy again and would definitely work hard at cultivation.
Old Li is better than Lin Cuicui. The older generation has experienced that war-torn era and has the idea of killing the Japanese devils deeply rooted in their bones.
"We can't all stay in the cave."
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