Chapter 74 Chapter 74 Chapter 74 Chapter 74...
Chapter 74
Even before six or seven years, the red sleeves had already begun to take action.
Du Chunni was in high school in town, so she was the first to come into contact with red sleeves.
Students at the school were encouraged to beat up their teachers as a token of their loyalty, then used tactics similar to the ancient literary inquisition to accuse them of various crimes. Finally, they labeled the teachers class enemies, thus demonstrating their righteousness.
After the teachers of the town's high school were persecuted one after another, these people launched similar anti-rich attacks on the town's residents.
The first to be affected were the small vendors in the town, followed by ordinary people...
When Du Chunni came back from town last month, she heard her family mention Weisheng, saying that she had used homemade explosives to blow up a cave to build a house.
At that time, I thought this method of building a house was amazing.
Then, the last time I came back from town, while eating wild boar meat, I heard that Weisheng could make a crossbow, and he single-handedly knocked down a wild boar weighing about 300 kilograms.
Although Du Chunni became a member of the Red Sleeves with the recommendation of her classmates, she was just a peripheral member. Not only could she not get in touch with the core, she was also not as powerful as those people.
After hearing about Weisheng's story, Du Chunni felt as if something had flashed through her mind. One day, while out on an operation, they unexpectedly seized a gun.
Everyone was shocked and went forward to touch the gun. Unfortunately, the gun did not stay in their hands for long before it was taken away by the police from the town police station.
From then on, Du Chunni thought of Weisheng.
A gun and a crossbow, though different weapons, were equally lethal. If Weisheng could help her make a crossbow, she could use it to penetrate the core of the Red Sleeves. If all of them were equipped with a crossbow in the future, she would be a major contributor to the Red Sleeves.
So Du Chunni, who was getting more and more excited, went to find Weisheng...
After thoroughly understanding Du Chunni's intention and what kind of mess the red sleeves in the town had done, Weisheng suddenly felt very noble!
Compared with these red sleeves, she is so kind and principled.
In an instant, Weisheng was intoxicated by a sense of pride from within.
After teasing himself for a bit, Weisheng looked at Du Chunni innocently. "I still don't quite understand what you're talking about. Did your companions ask you to make a crossbow for me, or was it your own idea?"
Seeing Weisheng as stubborn as a piece of rotten wood, Du Chunni felt a little anxious and annoyed. Seeing Weisheng ask this question, she replied without thinking, "It's me."
She had only heard her family and fellow villagers repeatedly mention the crossbow, and she needed to see it for herself to see for herself. If the crossbow this girl had made was truly that powerful, then it would be too late to send it up there.
How should I put it, I'm quite cautious.
Weisheng said 'Oh' and asked her, "If I do it for you, will all your friends ask me to do it for you later? That would be very troublesome."
Du Chunni quickly added, "If the crossbow you make is as useful as everyone says, we'll definitely recruit you into the Red Sleeves. If you find it troublesome, you can teach everyone how to make it..."
Weisheng: "So, in the future, everyone will be equipped with a crossbow?"
"Yes, that's right." This is what Du Chunni thought. Seeing that Weisheng had summed it up, she said "hmm" and nodded heavily at Weisheng.
Weisheng: “…”
Weisheng couldn't imagine what would happen if the already lawless Red Sleeves were each equipped with a crossbow.
This idea is just... crazy!
Taking a deep breath, Weisheng mentioned the village chief again. After seeing the deep impatience on Du Chunni's face, he pretended to be hesitant and said that he would think about it.
After all, the village chief is the most powerful person in the village, and no matter how powerful the red sleeves are, they only operate in the town.
Du Chunni: "Who said that we, the Red Sleeves, only operate in the town? Lianbai Town and the several villages under it are all under our jurisdiction."
After saying that, Du Chunni wanted to let Weisheng see the power of the red sleeves again, so she asked Weisheng to think about it carefully and left in a hurry.
Weisheng just sat on the kang, not to mention seeing anyone off, she didn't even lift her butt.
He watched Du Chunni leave through the glass window, then watched Ning Chaoyun get up and lock the courtyard door, then come back with a serious face.
"I just overheard what she said in the outer room."
Ning Chaoyun looked at Weisheng, not knowing how to continue. He opened his mouth, but in the end he just sighed, "How could this happen?"
Weisheng could understand Ning Chaoyun's confusion and helplessness at the moment, but he still broke her last fantasy with his words, "If the town is like this, I'm afraid the situation in the city and province will be even worse."
Ning Chaoyun: "...No wonder your grandma insisted we hide in the countryside and even taught you to alter our entire family's records."
Ning Chaoyun was extremely panicked. He thought of Ming Yichen who was reading in the east room, and stood up to tell Ming Yichen about these things.
Weisheng never let Ming Yichen read his professional books anywhere other than the study, so after breakfast, Ming Yichen went to the small study at the innermost part.
He had not intended to listen to their conversation, but the house was too quiet. Du Chunni became more and more excited as she spoke, and there was also a cat hole on Weisheng's door, so Ning Chaoyun, who was sitting on the square kang in the hall picking soybeans, heard the whole thing.
Seeing Ning Chaoyun go out, Weisheng also came out of the west room. He first washed the bowl of porridge he had just eaten, and then went to the dry toilet. When he came back, Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun were already in the main room.
When Ning Chaoyun pulled Ming Yichen out, he was still wearing glasses and was completely dazed. After Ning Chaoyun and Weisheng repeated everything Du Chunni had just said, Ming Yichen was no longer confused, but he was even more unwilling to accept this absurd reality.
How come all the good people turned into monsters?
After a long while, Ming Yichen asked Weisheng, "What did your grandma say?"
Weisheng lowered his eyes and said in a soft but firm voice, "My grandma said that being a human being is better than being an animal, and told me not to learn from those people. Be careful, or you'll get your comeuppance someday."
"Yes, yes, listen to your grandma." Hearing that his mother agreed with him, Ming Yichen persuaded Weisheng in a coaxing tone, "Ajin, you are a good child, but you can't learn bad things from those people."
Wei·Good Child·Sheng: You are right, the dry well in Xiangcheng can testify for me!
Ning Chaoyun had finally accepted reality, and then she asked Weisheng a rather embarrassing question, "Cold Clothes Festival is coming up in a few days. Ah Jin, can you ask your grandma what she needs over there?"
When Ning Chaoyun said this, what he was thinking was that paper money and paper crafts were no longer available, and he didn't know what could be used as a substitute.
Weisheng was so embarrassed that he choked on his saliva. He coughed a few times before waving his hands at Ning Chaoyun, "No, no, my grandma said that this is a special period. When the world gets better in the future, I can burn more for her."
"Your grandma said things will get better in the future?"
After Ming Yichen asked this question, he looked at Ning Chaoyun, and then they both looked at Weisheng.
Weisheng didn't answer directly, but simply said, "When water is full, it will overflow; when prosperity reaches its peak, it will decline. My grandmother said that we should just sit back and wait for the day when this broken world will rebound."
Ming Yichen breathed a sigh of relief, and Ning Chaoyun's eyes moistened when he heard this, "That's good."
Then we'll wait for that day.
After talking about the most heart-wrenching thing, the two of them talked about Du Chunni with some concern.
Afraid that she would not give up and would spread the fact that Weisheng could make crossbows to everyone, the people with red sleeves forced Weisheng to make crossbows for them regardless of the consequences.
Weisheng smiled. "It won't be long before people in every village, town, and even city hear that I can make explosives and crossbows. Today, Du Chunni showed up, and we're already losing our composure. If someone with a higher status shows up tomorrow, won't we be even more confused?"
Ning Chaoyun: "...If I had known this would happen, I would have stopped you no matter what."
"On our first day here, the people at the town's Youth Reception Office bullied us because we were from outside. The paperwork, which could have been completed by one o'clock, took several hours. When we got to the village, the village chief's attitude and behavior seemed impeccable, but I don't believe you couldn't tell what he was really like.
If we want to gain a foothold in the village, there's no other way except through extraordinary means. As for the benefits of the potato lamp... well, without the threat of force, even if they accept the benefits, they won't be grateful. They might even think that because you've given them benefits right away, they're inferior to them, afraid of them, and want to curry favor with them."
The village has its own code of conduct, and if they want to survive the next ten years safely, they must let people know how they operate.
Ming Yichen/Ning Chaoyun: My mood is really up and down.
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On the third day, Du Chunni came again.
This time, Weisheng was still trapped in the bed, and Weisheng still said that she needed to think about it, and then Du Chunni left with a mysterious look on her face.
Then on the fourth day, a group of people wearing red sleeves entered Hujia Village and, led by Du Chunni, went to Widow Lin's house.
Widow Lin was beaten, her house was smashed, and her two children were injured in the conflict. By the time Weisheng's family learned of these events, Widow Lin had already been taken away by the red-armoured gang members.
Aunt Liu had nothing to do that afternoon, so she brought some wool to Ning Chaoyun, hoping to learn the stitches for Weisheng's sweater jacket. While learning new stitches under Ning Chaoyun's guidance, she sat on the square kang and talked about the big events that had happened in the village that day.
Aunt Liu: "... I never would have guessed that Chunni from the Du family was so formidable. Not only did she lead the charge into Widow Lin's house, but she also slapped Widow Lin twice right away... Didn't you see that when Widow Lin was taken away, there wasn't a single piece of healthy flesh on her face. This is too cruel!"
Although they also wished that the widow Lin, who made trouble every day, would die quickly, they only said that and would only think so when they were angry.
I thought the naughty kids in the Ming family were scary enough, but I didn't expect that Du Chunni, who grew up under their noses, was the one who didn't care about her relatives.
When Aunt Liu came to her senses, she saw Ning Chaoyun's face had changed, and she thought she was frightened. But looking at Weisheng, who was playing with a kitten with a ball of yarn, but suddenly became motionless, she felt that her expression did not seem to be frightened.
Aunt Liu looked at Weisheng's face again and gasped.
Wow, this face can even stop a child from crying at night.
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