War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 5 Isn't this a job?

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In the valley, the golden rooster crows announcing the dawn.

Old Xu was awakened by the crowing of a rooster and crawled out of the warm bed.

In fact, Old Xu is not old, just over 50 years old. With his physique, he can still move and carry things, otherwise he would not be able to support the whole family by himself.

After getting dressed, Lao Xu first lit the stove, then washed the millet and put it into the pot to cook porridge, and then closed the lid and put a few eggplants, potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn left over from the autumn harvest on top. These things are steamed, crushed with a rolling pin and mixed with soybean paste, which is delicious, and eaten with corn, there is no cure.

Taking advantage of this time, Old Xu removed the cloth from the jar and used chopsticks to scoop out the pickles from the jar.

His jar of pickled vegetables was like a treasure chest. There was everything in it, including radishes, peppers, beans, cucumbers, pepper leaves, mustard greens, and kohlrabi.

After Old Xu fished out all the pickles, he thought again and again, and finally reluctantly fished out a head of pickled cabbage from another jar. After cutting it into shreds, he made a plate of cold pickled cabbage cores for the children. He planned to use the remaining pickled cabbage to make steamed stuffing with cornmeal for lunch.

At this moment, the fire in the stove started, steam rose, and the whole outer room was filled with smoke.

This is because his son has returned, otherwise it would be harder to eat a piece of pickled cabbage from Old Xu than to enter the palace to enjoy Puyi's imperial banquet.

"Old Xu?"

"Old Xu!"

As soon as the shouting came from outside the door, Lao Xu pricked up his ears and heard footsteps outside and the geese in the yard cackling "yeah, yeah". Then he opened the door and walked out. The room was full of steam, as if someone had thrown a smoke bomb into the room.

"Hey, isn't this the local security guard?"

Old Xu deliberately walked over with a smile on his face, thinking in his heart that this kid must not be allowed into the house, otherwise something bad would definitely happen.

A man wearing shit-yellow pants, a middle-parted hairstyle, and a box gun hanging from his waist stood in the yard with his hands behind his back, glanced at him, and said, "Lao Xu, I'm here for one thing. This Ice City has changed. Did you know that?"

Old Xu played dumb and looked over with eyes full of confusion.

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you. Anyway, the locust army has entered the city. Did you see it?" He patted his new clothes and said, "Now our village insurance team and local security guards are all under my control. That's why Ono Taijun took me to buy a whole set of clothes yesterday..."

"But these clothes are not given for free. I have to collect the donations and taxes from the Xu family shack in the future. It's a tiring job."

Old Xu's eyes rolled in his sockets. How could he not understand what it meant? He just didn't want to answer. He felt that he was dirtying his mouth by cursing "Fuck you black mother".

"So, don't cause me any trouble, and I won't cause you any trouble either. So, the higher-ups have sent down donations. Every household in the Xu family shack will receive one dollar in cash, a total of three hundred and twenty dollars..."

"How many!"

Old Xu’s eyes widened immediately, his waist stopped bending, his legs stood straight, and he looked as if he was ready to fight to the death.

"Yo ho!"

"Playing dumb?"

The village head Guan pinched his waist and pouted, his middle-parted hair shaking as he spoke: "Now it's not the Northeast that is ruled by the Zhang family. Your son who is a company commander in the Fengtian Army is no longer useful. Hey, let me tell you, your son is a company commander in the Fengtian Army, and he is against the Japanese. If this matter is reported, you, old Deng, will be in big trouble!"

At the end of the conversation, the security guard surnamed Guan almost squeezed out his voice through his teeth, as if he had a huge grudge against Old Xu.

Lao Xu stared at him and asked, "Are you still human?"

"When the Qing Dynasty was over, your family was starving, so you came here from the border. How did the people in Xu's shack treat your family? Your house was built by everyone, right? To this day, your family doesn't even have a land deed, and now you use the power of Japan to bully us?" The security guard surnamed Guan had something else to say: "Don't mention that to me, Old Xu. A year ago, when I was in trouble and came to your house to borrow money, how did you treat me?"

"He cursed so nastily right here in the yard that I called all the villagers over to judge the matter. They were so angry that they made a loud 'crackling' noise!"

"I ran away from your house in disgrace. I will remember this grudge against you for the rest of my life!"

"Bullshit!" Old Xu almost spat a mouthful of sticky phlegm in his face: "Are you borrowing money? You lost everything in the casino and are here to dig into our family's savings to make a comeback!"

"If my son hadn't been a company commander in the Fengtian Army, you would have wanted to grab the knife and snatch it from me!"

"You, you don't have any money, go ahead and sue whoever you want!!"

The old man got angry and turned back into the house. He reached out and grabbed a kitchen knife and held it in his hand. He had already made up his mind that if the boy dared to step into the house, he would chop him with the knife.

At this moment, a voice came from the kang in the west room: "Brother-in-law, put on your clothes and give him the money."

As soon as the old man raised his head, Yu Minghao, who was only wearing a pair of cotton trousers and holding a dollar in his hand, walked past Old Xu and came into the courtyard with a burst of heat.

"Guardian Bao, right?"

Guan Dibao glanced at him, his face cold and he said nothing.

"My last name is Yu, from Yujiabao..."

Guan Dibao suddenly remembered: "I know your family. You are a wealthy family, and you have a beautiful girl. What's her name..."

"Yu Qiulan."

"Yes, Yu Qiulan, she is famous in the surrounding area!"

"Hey, why are you here?"

Yu Minghao reached out and shook Guan Dibao's hand: "Our two families are relatives, I'm here to visit relatives."

"Guan Dibao, our old man is old and doesn't understand the world. I will persuade him tomorrow and we will pay this dollar."

As he spoke, he stuffed a Guangxu Yuanbao with the words "Made in Fengtian Province" printed on it into Guan Dibao's hand.

Guan Dibao held the silver dollar and threw it to the ground. Then he picked it up and said with a grin, "Gold and silver, okay, this time it's for you. Go back and tell your sister that the world is in chaos. If you are worried about finding another in-law, it's not bad to be my brother's mistress. Hahahahaha..." After saying that, before turning around and walking out, he shouted into the house, "Old Xu, look at her!"

Old Xu, who knew his son very well, ignored him and went into the house. Seeing Xu Chaoyang lying on the kang without even opening his eyes, he stretched out his hand and shook him and said, "Chaoyang, Chaoyang?"

Xu Chaoyang opened his eyes, looked at his father's reflection, raised his head and asked, "Dad?"

"You can't cause trouble. If you attract the Japanese, the Xu family's shack will be the same as the Lin family's shop. Do you understand?"

Xu Chaoyang forced a smile and replied: "I didn't do anything!"

　Let me tell you, I am in Qiqihar now, in Jiangqiao, and will go to Harbin in the afternoon. I will take a photo for you this time!!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)