Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

After listening to Wu Sufen's introduction of the identities of several people in the cowshed, everyone on the ox cart started discussing.

The old lady who came and said that her whole family had been harmed by the Japanese invaders slapped her thigh and denounced the team leader.

"Why didn't the captain tell you earlier? The old man who came last year was a leader in the army and had fought against the Japanese.

If we had known this earlier, we would not have stood idly by and let him suffer.

Look at him, he is that old. How did he survive such a cold winter?

If people knew that he had fought against the Japanese, I guess many people in our village would help him.

Fortunately, he was lucky and didn’t fail last winter.”

"That's right. Every family in our village has had relatives killed by the Japanese invaders.

If we had known earlier that he was a hero fighting the Japanese, we would have helped him.

Fortunately, he was lucky enough to survive, otherwise the team leader would be the sinner of our village." An auntie chimed in.

Wu Sufen said quickly, "Don't mess around.

My husband knew that many people in the village probably had the same idea as you, so he deliberately kept it from you.

Our village is not peaceful. We don’t know how many eyes are watching us in the dark.

Don't act rashly and bring trouble to the village.

Since you are grateful to them, you should stay away from them and not cause trouble for them."

"We were planning to help them, but how come we are causing trouble for them?" An old lady disagreed with Aunt Sufen's statement and retorted.

Without waiting for Wu Sufen to speak, Aunt Cuihua said quickly,

“If those who are watching us in the dark find out that we are secretly helping the people in the cowshed, it will really cause trouble for them.

They live a good life in our village. At least we won't cause them any trouble.

If the Red Guards found out that the villagers in our village were secretly helping them, they would probably move them to another place.

I believe you have also heard about the life of those who were sent down to other places.

Not only did they have to do the hardest and most tiring work every day, but they were also often pulled over for criticism.

In more serious cases, even life is lost.”

Aunt Sufen chimed in, "Yes, in our village, unless the Red Guards or the leaders above forced us to do so, we would not drag them out for struggle sessions.

When they work normally, they do the same work as the villagers and there is no extra torture on them.

If people find out that we are secretly helping them, it will not only bring disaster to our village, but also force them to move to another place, be bullied by others, and maybe even lose their lives."

An aunt looked at Aunt Cuihua suspiciously, "Cuihua, from what you said, you also knew the identities of those people long ago."

Aunt Cuihua nodded, "Since you all know it, there is no need for me to hide it from you.

I do know their identities, and I guess the families of the village cadres know them too.

Otherwise, do you really think that the old man who came here alone last year can survive last winter safely?

Someone is secretly helping me.”

One lady complained, "Why can you secretly help them but we can't?

Since he is a hero who fought against the Japanese, we must also do our part."

Aunt Cuihua rolled her eyes and said, "Aunt, don't you think about it? So many people in our village have grudges against the Japanese and are grateful to the heroes who fought against them.

If you knew this news, I guess those who were delivering things to the cowshed would not stop.

That would be a clear target for that person to attack our village."

"Even when we helped that old comrade last year, we didn't do it ourselves.

We gave the things to the team leader and asked him to deliver them secretly in the middle of the night." Aunt Cuihua explained.

An auntie said dissatisfiedly, "Why don't we give the things to the captain and ask him to help deliver them.

Why did the captain hide this from us? "

Wu Sufen patiently explained, "If too many people know about this, they might accidentally let it slip. Wouldn't that cause trouble for the village and those people?"

Liu Jingxue was a little puzzled. Aunt Sufen didn't seem like a person who could keep her mouth shut. Since the team leader had said to keep it a secret, why did she reveal the identities of those people in the cowshed today?

Since there were questions, Liu Jingxue naturally asked them.

"Yes, Xiao Liu is right.

Sufen, you have always kept your mouth shut, why did you tell us the news today? Did the captain tell you something?" An aunt took advantage of Liu Jingxue's words to ask.

Aunt Sufen nodded and said, “When the couple behind came over, many people in the village saw it.

I'm afraid everyone has guessed that they are soldiers, so we can't hide it even if we want to, so we might as well make it public."

“Since they are soldiers who have fought against the Japanese, we cannot just watch them suffer.

Can we deliver the goods to your house like we did last year and let the team leader help deliver the goods?" an old lady suggested.

Wu Sufen shook her head. "My husband said that we can't do this anymore."

The old lady was puzzled and asked, "Why could we do it last year but not this year?"

“Have you forgotten that there is a capitalist in the bullpen?

We don't know whether he is a human or a ghost.

If he finds out and reports us, our village and those military comrades will be in trouble." Aunt Cuihua reminded.

I think she also received instructions from her husband to reveal the matter to the villagers.

Otherwise, when Wu Sufen was about to reveal the identities of several people in the bullpen, he would stop her.

The old lady hesitated and asked, "Could he be someone like Mr. Huang?"

"Then can you guarantee it?" Wu Sufen asked back.

No one dared to respond to this, and who would dare to guarantee for a stranger?

Wu Sufen said earnestly, "My husband asked me to reveal the news to you because he wanted you to keep an eye on the capitalist and see if he is a human or a devil.

With the few people we know about it now, we can’t keep an eye on it.”

"But if we sit back and do nothing, those two soldiers, who have just arrived and are not prepared at all, can they survive this winter?" the old lady hesitated.

"Don't worry about this, someone has passed a message to my husband.

They said someone would take care of them and let them get through it safely.

The man asked the villagers to continue to ignore the cowshed and not to bring disaster to the village and the people in the cowshed.

But that person also confessed that he needed our help to guard against those Red Guards.

If we find them coming, we should try to delay them and inform the bullpen so that they can prepare."

Someone asked curiously, "Who passed the message to the captain, and who will take care of the couple?"

Aunt Sufen shook her head and said, "I don't know anything about this, and even my husband doesn't know.

He said someone slipped him a note and didn’t show up.”

"Then how does he know whether what others say is true or false?

What if we were mistaken and didn’t help that soldier couple, and they froze to death?

Then we will regret it to death."