1942, I lived on hunting

The woman, with her hands tied, was about to enter the house awkwardly pulling her child. The landlady began to howl at her like a vicious dog: "You bitch, if you dare to go into the house with a strange man, I will let my son divorce you tomorrow. Second son, second son, come out and see, your wife is going to go into the house with another man, and you will be cuckolded!"

The landlady kept cursing and refusing to let the woman enter the house. She even wanted to get up from the ground and beat the woman as usual, but she forgot that she was tied up tightly. Just as she struggled to get up, Li Hao kicked her on the head and she immediately fell to the ground.

Li Hao cursed at the landlady: "Are you mentally ill? Your second son is already dead, I shot that bastard in the head with one shot. It's in the house, go and have a look, see if you can plug the traitor's head and save him?"

The landlady burst into tears.

Li Hao then said to the two farmhands who were not tied up: "Go, light up the lamps."

The two farmhands went to light the lamps silently. They first lit the oil lamp in their own room, then used their hands to block the wind and lit the oil lamps in other rooms. Finally, they lit a lantern. The light from the room came out through the window. The dim light allowed people to see the road roughly. Li Hao took the lantern curiously. He had never used this kind of lamp before. The light illuminated his face, and people could finally see his clothes clearly. He was wearing a pair of oversized glasses on his face, covering most of his head, and a yellow-brown dress with mixed flowers. Where had people of this era seen such a dress? He immediately felt creepy from the bottom of his heart, and felt that Li Hao was like a monster!

He looked at the lantern curiously, and then asked the farmhand: "How do you light this lantern?"

The farmhand explained it to him carefully. Li Hao tried it and felt it was quite novel. Then he ordered: "Go and seal the wound of the old dog, so that he won't bleed to death. Grandpa, I still have questions to ask later!"

The two farmhands went there in a hurry!

Li Hao then said to the woman: "Go in!"

The woman didn't dare to stay any longer and pulled her two children into the house.

Li Hao followed him into the house. As soon as he entered, he saw the woman standing in front of the hall in a state of timidity. The two children were holding tightly to the corner of their mother's clothes, and it was obvious that they were very scared. When Li Hao approached, the woman kept backing away. Li Hao couldn't help but laugh. Was he so scary?

Li Hao had no choice but to walk around them and sit on the armchair, and asked: "How old is the child?"

Woman: "One is three years old, and the other is one and a half years old!"

Li Hao: "How many wives does Liu Lao Er have?"

Woman: "Three."

Li Hao: "Are you the first wife?"

Woman: "No, I was brought here by him to collect debts. I have no right to be his wife!"

Li Hao: "Please tell me more about the debt collection."

Woman: "My father rented land from his family, but couldn't pay the rent at the end of the year, so he went to collect the debt, saying that he would either arrest us and bring us to the county government to be punished, or he would use me as collateral. My father and my brother didn't want to, so he brought people with him and threatened to shoot them to death. My mother told me to run away, but I didn't, because if I had run away, my father and my brother would have died, so he brought me back. He used to lock me up in my room all day, but he only let me out after I gave birth to two kids in the past few years!"

Li Hao: "You saw it too. Today I fired a gun and killed Liu Laoer. Today's matter is doomed to fail! Your man is gone. If I give you a chance to decide whether to stay or go, what do you want to do? What about the child?"

Woman: "I always wanted to go home before, but now my father and brothers have fled to escape famine, and I have no home. I don't know what to do! The child must stay with me. Wherever the child is, I will be there!"

Li Hao: "You can think about it carefully and tell me the answer when the day breaks. Go out and call in Liu Laoer's three wives, and then take the children back to your own room."

The woman went out, walked up to the women and children and said, "Let you in!" Then she took the children back to the house.

Three women came in tremblingly with two children. The youngest woman had no child with her, and the other two each held a child. The children were not big, probably about 4.5 or years old.

Li Hao: "Who is the first wife? Who is the second wife? Who is the minor wife?"

The three women admitted that Li Hao discovered that Liu Laoer's youngest wife was probably only fourteen or fifteen years old. She was clearly still a child! Damn traitor!

Then Li Hao asked them to talk about their own situations respectively. Except for the first wife who was married in a formal ceremony, the other two were the tragic products of the Liu family's seizure. Although the first wife's family was not a good place, she herself was a kind-hearted person.

Li Hao asked them to think about what to do next, and then asked them to go out and call Liu Dalong’s wife in!

Liu Dalong has two wives and a child who is just two years old. Li Hao asked Liu Dalong's concubine to explain the situation. The concubine was exchanged for grain during the bad years a few years ago. She was also a miserable person. Li Hao waved his hand and let her go, then began to ask about the first wife.

Liu Dalong's eldest wife seems to have a high status in this family, because she was also present and participated in the family's discussion. You have to know that when the feudal ideology has not completely faded, being able to participate in the family's affairs is not something that can be covered up with a few simple words! So Li Hao's breakthrough is mainly on her. The others are just the follow-up troubles that Li Hao must deal with after doing something. There is no need to talk to them at this time. This is just to paralyze these core figures, making them feel that speaking out may save their lives, and then it will be easier to speak! Even if they don't say it, Li Hao has a way to find their hidden food and most of the money, but it will take a lot of effort.

Li Hao patiently persuaded: "Daughter-in-law Dalong, I'm sure you know that I came here for money and food. You should be a smart person, you can probably guess what I want to ask, right? In order to ensure your own safety, tell me, I have said everything I need to say!"

Liu Dalong's wife: "I'm afraid what I'm saying is not what you want to know, hero. Just ask directly."

Li Hao: "When did you marry into the Liu family? How did the Liu family get started? They were originally a wealthy family in this area. How much money and grain do you have? Where is it stored?"

Liu Dalong's wife: "I have been married to the Liu family for more than ten or twenty years. Because I didn't give birth to a child, I was bullied by my mother-in-law every day! When I got married, my family and the matchmaker said that the partner was from a wealthy family and the eldest son. Who knew that after I got married, I found out that the child was born by a stepmother! I have been subjected to endless humiliation for my whole life. Fortunately, my family has some power, otherwise I would have been divorced long ago! At the beginning, the Liu family didn't have much money. They were just an ordinary farm family. I heard that my father-in-law was very poor when he was young. At that time, it was still the Qing Dynasty, and there was an emperor. It has only been in the past twenty years that we know about it. My family said that after the Republic of China was established, the Liu family spent a lot of money to get a county lawyer, and the family's land increased year by year. The lawyer later returned to his hometown in the south, and his land was sold to the Liu family at a low price. The Liu family has become the largest landlord in this area today. My parents-in-law are in charge of how much money and grain there is in the family. They don't know how much money and grain there is in the family, nor do they know where it is kept!"

Going back to his hometown in the south? Li Hao almost laughed out loud! Obviously he was killed, okay?

This woman is not honest. She describes herself as innocent as a white lotus. Does she think Li Hao will believe her?

It seems that we should not be impatient. Li Hao waved his hand and asked her to leave. Li Hao paced in the room, thinking about how to make them speak honestly without making the whole scene bloody.

At present, there are only five people who know the whole situation of the Liu family. One is Liu Dalong's wife who just left, Liu Dalong, Liu Laoer, and then the old scara and his wife. Now one is dead, one is dying and is collected in the space, and one just asked but didn't tell the truth. The remaining two who haven't been asked are probably not in good condition. The old scara who was shot twice is an old man in the world and will definitely take some effort. There is also a rude and unreasonable landlady who is not easy to deal with.

Li Hao's thinking as a modern person is not very useful at this time. The most effective way to deal with evil people is to fight evil with evil. He knows that it is actually the simplest to interrogate the servants at home. Although the Liu family does some important things behind people's backs, the servants and farmhands at home must know the general situation of most things! For example, the two farmhands definitely know where the Liu family's hidden granary is! Similarly, the old nanny and maids definitely know where his family hides the money, but they don't know how much money is in it! As for whether the Liu family has any hidden back-up, it is estimated that there is, but that may only Lao Ba La himself know!

Li Hao thought about it but couldn't come up with any good ideas! So he decided to cut the Gordian knot. He asked the women, children, servants and farmhands to go back to their own rooms, leaving only these few core people.

"You keep chattering, chattering, can't you just be quiet?" He raised his gun and pointed it at the head of the landlord's wife who was still chattering and cursing, and shot her once. The landlord's wife immediately lay quietly on the ground, twitching and shaking her legs! Then he turned the gun and pointed it at Liu Dalong's wife who was still screaming and shot her once. Liu Dalong's wife immediately became quiet like a chicken with its neck strangled! Then Li Hao pointed the gun at the silent Old Scar and was ready to shoot, and Old Scar finally spoke!