Borrow the day to change the day

() At the foot of the south-facing mountains of the Panshan Mountains, a Zhou River meanders not far away, and there is a village in the middle, surrounded by mountains and rivers.As the saying goes, rely on mountains to eat mountains, rely on water to eat water.This village takes care of both, so although natural disasters continue, life can still be lived.

It was almost noon, a family lived at the end of Kaoshan Village. There were two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sitting in the courtyard. Talking, sewing non-stop, mending the clothes of the little naughty ghost at home.A child who is estimated to be five or six years old is sitting in the yard playing with mud, not afraid of the cold weather, and is very selfless in playing.

The mother-in-law basked in the warm sun in the winter and felt very comfortable. She moved her body a little, and then said to the daughter-in-law: "I am old and sick. I don't know how long I can live like this."

The daughter-in-law moved her hands quickly while comforting: "Mother-in-law, look at what you said, the child's father is good at hunting in the mountains, fishing in the water, and good at farming. He can also go to Sanhe City to do part-time jobs in his spare time. Our family has no worries about food and drink." .”

Having said that, I bit off the thread with my teeth, and then pulled the stitches. Seeing the dense stitches, I was quite satisfied, so I put it aside, picked up another piece of clothing that was waiting to be mended, and looked at the stitches in the yard. The house in the corner said: "Besides, my uncle was selected as a scholar at a young age, and his future is boundless. He is much more capable than the child's father. In the future, the family may depend on my uncle."

The mother-in-law did not answer immediately, she tilted her head and listened carefully, as if she wanted to hear the sound of her youngest son reading.The distance was a bit far, so I didn't hear it, but I didn't care, and said with a satisfied smile; "You can't praise him in person, because if you praise him too much, you will become arrogant and affect his future."

"Isn't this just a compliment in front of your old man? Seriously, those court officers and soldiers who passed by a few days ago were like bandits. If my uncle was not a scholar, I'm afraid it would not be as simple as missing a few chickens."

When the mother-in-law heard this, she couldn't help sighing: "It's precisely because of this that I am worried that this life will not be easy. Do you remember that a few days ago, those court officers and soldiers who passed by were not noisy? The village will be overwhelmed by chickens and dogs, and they will leave only after they have earned enough benefits."

"Mother-in-law, you can rest assured. When my uncle wins the first prize in the exam, let's see which one is standing at the door of the house!" Having said this, he looked at the sky, and said: "It's almost time for lunch, my son. Why hasn't dad come back yet? You son of a bitch, go to the door to see if your dad is back."

Gouwazi sitting on the ground was playing vigorously, ignoring his mother's words.

The daughter-in-law smiled at her mother-in-law, and was about to stand up and teach her son a lesson, when suddenly, the door was kicked open with a bang of "Peng".A burly man in his thirties barged in.

Several people in the yard were startled. Seeing that it was the child's father, the door was broken and could not be repaired. Just as they were about to complain, the burly man rushed towards the uncle's room he mentioned just now. , while saying: "Go quickly, the Tartars are coming."

Rushing to the door of that room, he also kicked it, and the door opened with a bang, startling the uncle inside: "Second brother, hurry up, the tartar is here."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for his younger brother to react, he turned around abruptly, ran beside his mother, and picked up his back.Said to his daughter-in-law: "Come on, come with me."

"I'll go get the package." The daughter-in-law said hurriedly;

"What are you taking, hurry up, grab your son and follow me quickly." The burly man shouted anxiously;

The burly man is called Gu Mancang, a name that bears the expectations of a peasant family for life.After all, he has seen many things in the world, and he knows that Tartars kill people without blinking an eye. When he just returned to the village, he saw Tartars approaching from a distance.Immediately, he made a decision, dropped what he was on hand, and ran home as fast as he could.

Gu Mancang, with his mother on his back and his daughter-in-law who was holding her son, ran to the foot of the mountain when he went out. Fortunately, he lived in a corner near the end of the village, closer to the mountain.

After running to the foot of the mountain in one breath, he stood up and took a breath, then turned around and waited for the family members who were left behind.It’s okay if you don’t look at it, but when you look at it, you are shocked, and your son and daughter-in-law followed behind, but your younger brother didn’t follow.

The old man on the back also cried anxiously, the second son is the flesh of his heart, the most beloved one!

Gu Mancang knew what his mother was thinking, looked at the dust raised by the Tartars in the distance, and got closer.Without hesitation, she gently put her mother on the ground, and said to the daughter-in-law who had just run close: "Take mom and Gouwazi to the cave where I often hide when hunting. Don't come out until I come back. In case, in case Once I can't come back, Mom and Gouwazi will rely on you."

After finishing speaking, Gu Mancang didn't dare to stay, so he ran back amidst his daughter-in-law's heart-piercing shouts.Perhaps feeling something, Gou Wazi also cried and called Daddy.

The door of the house was open, Gu Mancang barged in and shouted, "Second Brother, Second Brother, where are you?"

"Brother, I'm in the room. I'm packing up the books that the teacher gave me." A voice came from the next room.

Before the words fell, Gu Mancang broke in, knocked over the books in the second brother's hand, and then dragged the second brother away, "You don't want to die, the Tartars kill people without blinking, even Liaodong will be killed Don't you know there are dead bodies everywhere?"

The second brother, named Gu Dazhuang, was given this name because of his thin body when he was a child.Originally, he was reluctant to part with those books and wanted to struggle to get them from his brother, but when he heard Gu Mancang's words, he obediently followed his brother and ran away.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate, the sound of horseshoes sounded at the entrance of the village. Gu Mancang's hearing was very good, and when he heard it, he knew that he had no chance to run out of the village, and his legs could not run with four feet.

Without hesitation, Gu Mancang immediately turned around and took his younger brother to the corner of the yard. He pulled some wooden boards away, and it turned out that each of the cesspools was square and not big enough to accommodate a person.A few days ago, I just used some as fertilizer, so there were not many rice fields in it, so Gu Mancang signaled his younger brother to jump down.

Gu Dazhuang hesitated a little, running out of time, Gu Mancang kicked his younger brother down.After thinking about it, he took off his clothes again and asked his brother to cover his nose and mouth.Then he said: "Mom, your sister-in-law, and nephew are all in the cave where I hunted and hid. If you want me to do anything, they rely on you."

The outside has already begun to think of the sound of the tartar, accompanied by the screams of the villagers and the panic of chickens and dogs, and the sound is getting closer and closer.

Gu Mancang took a deep look at his younger brother, then covered all the planks back, leaving some gaps.Turning around, he took the toilet out of the house again, poured it on the wooden board, and then pulled some debris to cover it.Then ran out of the house.

Gu Dazhuang heard the sound of his brother's footsteps going away, and the louder and louder voice of the tartar, two lines of tears flowed down silently, and a voice in his heart shouted: "Brother, you have to take care!"

Soon, a few Tartars broke into his house, and the remaining chickens in the yard were the first to suffer, and then chattered and rummaged through the boxes. After a while, they left, and before leaving, they even set a fire .This seems to be the practice of robbers. They must burn others with nothing in order to show their true nature.

After a long time, there was no sound of people or animals, only the whirring of the north wind.Gu Dazhuang couldn't bear it anymore, so he crawled out.

What caught my eye was a few houses that were almost burned down by my own family.At this time, he couldn't control the smell on his body and the books he had treasured before, and rushed to the door.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Gu Dazhuang vomited with a "wow".Right at the door of his house, Li Ermazi's daughter-in-law from the neighbor's house was disembowelled, and all her intestines flowed out. Only half of her head was attached to her body, and the other half was not far from her body.

I have never experienced such a scene before. In the past, under the care of my brother, I kept my ears shut and only read sage books.Now that I saw it, I couldn't help but vomited.

Few of the houses in the village were good. As he walked, he checked the dead people on the ground. They were all familiar to him, and they were gone forever.

Gu Dazhuang vomited several times before, but later he became numb and couldn't vomit anymore.After searching almost all over the village, Gu Mancang's body was still not found.He couldn't help but shouted to the sky: "Brother, where are you?"

The north wind was still blowing.The whole village was silent, only his lingering voice echoed.

A village just disappeared.

But there is more than just this one village. Wherever the Tartars passed by, they burned, killed, looted, and this village is just a small microcosm.

The next day, the dense sound of horseshoes sounded in the village again, but this time, they didn't enter the village and went around.There is no trace of popularity in the village.

"Master, all the people of Ming Dynasty were ruined by the Tartars. Look, another village has disappeared. We can't keep doing this and just follow the Tartars. Should we catch up and fight the Tartars? At worst, we will die together." You can't watch them do harm like this!" He Kegang begged Yuan Chonghuan in grief and indignation.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't speak, just looked into the distance, and didn't take aim at the dilapidated village.The body swayed with the horse under his crotch.

"Supervisor!!" He Kegang couldn't bear it anymore, and urged his horse to run in front of Yuan Chonghuan's horse, and stopped Yuan Chonghuan's horse.

Yuan Chonghuan looked at He Kegang's face with red eyes, and said softly, "Tartars will always be punished." Then, he urged his horse to bypass He Kegang and continue walking.

He Kegang flicked the reins, and wanted to catch up again.

At this time, Zu Dashou passed by and said to He Kegang: "The supervisor puts state affairs first, protects the vital forces of the Guanning Army, and seeks opportunities to defeat the Tartars. This is a scheming strategy. Don't act emotionally."

"The people of the Ming Dynasty are all the subjects of the emperor. We are deeply favored by the emperor, but we serve the country with our own body. The people suffered such a tragedy. How can we still regret this body?"

"Childish!" Zu Dashou curled his lips, ignored him, and left.