When Sixth Grandfather mentioned this, he sighed and said, "We were lucky. The Japanese soldiers made a lot of noise when they entered the village ahead, so we heard them in advance. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to escape at all."
Time was of the essence then, and no one dared to carry too much. Some families hid their grain in grain cellars, thinking that the Japanese would find it, but to their surprise, they didn't find it.
Even though we received the news in advance, we almost didn't make it through.
It was raining heavily at that time, as if the heavens were leaking, and since we were on the mountain with no shelter, many people got caught in the rain and fell ill.
At this point, he looked at Su He again, "Your father was only six or seven years old when he got caught in the rain and developed a fever. We all thought he wouldn't make it, but he was lucky and actually survived until the Japanese were driven away."
When we finally made it down the mountain, your grandma wanted to take your dad to see a doctor, but they found that the bridge leading out of the village had been blown up, and with such high water, we couldn't get out at all!
Your grandma couldn't hold your dad and cry, and your grandpa wanted to tie him with a rope to cross the river, but with such high water, how could we feel at ease?
Later, a Taoist priest from the temple saw him and prescribed some traditional Chinese medicine. He even went up the mountain himself to find the herbs, and your father recovered after taking them.
Su He was surprised to hear this, not expecting that her father had experienced something like this. However, when he mentioned the Taoist priest, Su He had some guesses, "Is it Master Qingyun?"
Sixth Grandfather nodded. "Yes, it's him. Not just your father, but many of us who were sick back then were cured by him. Otherwise, the villagers wouldn't have taken such good care of him later. Your grandmother wanted you to become his disciple because she admired him. Master Qingyun is a good person!"
Su He understood immediately. She thought to herself, "That's why everyone is taking such good care of a Taoist priest these days. So that's the story behind it!"
Team leader Sun and his team were also surprised to find that Su He had actually taken a Taoist priest as her master.
Seeing this, Wang Fugui asked curiously, "I didn't expect Xiao Su to have a Taoist master? What did he learn? Was it feng shui or something like that?"
Su He rolled her eyes at him helplessly, "What are you thinking? It's just that my master saw that I was strong since I was a child and was afraid that I wouldn't be able to control it, so he taught me some basic skills."
But Captain Sun said, "Your kung fu is very good. Your master must be someone special."
Su He quickly shook her head, "What Master taught is actually very simple. It's mainly because I'm strong, so even simple kung fu looks impressive."
After hearing this, Captain Sun thought about it and realized that brute force was indeed a great advantage. So he didn't say anything more.
Su He finally breathed a sigh of relief. She and her master were just ordinary people. She didn't want anyone to target them. Besides, her master was a Taoist priest. Although he had passed away, he was still considered to be within the realm of feudal superstition, which might give others something to use against him.
Therefore, everyone's focus shifted back to the actions of the Japanese invaders back then.
"Logically speaking, given the Japanese soldiers' style of doing all sorts of atrocities, such as burning, looting, and committing all sorts of evil deeds, why did they only search the house and not find the grain cellar? Are grain cellars hard to find?"
Sixth Grandfather shook his head. “It’s not difficult. Grain cellars are usually underground cellars, so they’re easy to spot. I don’t know why those Japanese devils didn’t find them. They seemed to be in a hurry. Some families left their grain outside without taking it with them, only taking some prepared dry rations.”
Everyone fell silent. Of course, they didn't think the Japanese were being kind; they must have something urgent to do that was more important than this.
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