Traveling through the 1940s, the whole village was massacred at the beginning

"Decai, have the people in charge of the neighboring villages been invited over?" Village Chief He frowned and asked Wang Decai, who was sitting on the ground and gasping for breath.

Wang Decai wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, then took a deep breath and said, "Uncle, I just came back from the notice, I'm exhausted, I'll sit down and rest for a while. But don't worry, they said they'll be here soon."

Not far away, Jiang Jiyun, Jiang Wenming and Dong Duoyu were squatting next to other villagers, listening attentively to the people around them talking about the origins of those people.

I only heard a voice in the crowd saying, "No wonder things keep getting lost in the surrounding villages recently. I guess it's these hooligans who did it!"

Then another voice echoed, "That's right. They are idle and have nothing to do all day long. They just do some sneaky things."

Hearing this, Dong Duoyu couldn't help but sigh, shook his head and said, "Oh, I really didn't expect that they are all such bastards."

Jiang Wenming, who was standing by, had a look of disdain on his face. He curled his lips in disdain and said, "Humph, what kind of future can such a person have? He usually knows how to be sneaky and cunning, where does he get food from? Now that he has nothing to eat, he has resorted to evil ways."

At this moment, a girl's angry voice suddenly came: "Robbery is fine, but they actually dared to eat people. They are so cruel. They should all be killed!"

Her words were filled with anger and indignation, causing everyone present to stare at her.

Jiang Jiyun stared at her closely and asked softly, "Young lady, you should be a relative of Aunt Yu Niang, right?"

The woman nodded and answered with gritted teeth, "Yes, that's my sister-in-law! Our brother Yong is the only precious child in our family. My brother and sister-in-law have been married for many years before they had this child. The whole family treats him like the apple of their eye and cherishes him. Today, they almost died in the hands of these beasts. I really want to rush up and tear them into pieces!"

Speaking of this, He Runyue was still frightened and her body was trembling slightly.

Jiang Jiyun looked He Runyue up and down and said curiously, "Looking at you, it seems that there is a big age difference between you and your elder brother."

He Runyue raised her hand to wipe the tears from her eyes and explained, "In fact, I had two older brothers before me. It's a pity that they all went to the front line to fight against the Japanese invaders, and there is no news from them until now. My father once said that maybe they had already sacrificed their lives for the country... So my eldest brother wanted to have more children so that their incense can continue. Even if they are no longer in this world in the future, there will be descendants to offer sacrifices to them."

As soon as she finished speaking, He Runyue could no longer control her emotions, and tears fell to the ground one by one.

Another girl squatting beside He Runyue patted her shoulder gently and comforted her: "Sister Yue, don't be too sad. Compared to my family, your family is already very good. Now my family only has me and my nephew to depend on each other. My parents have left us a long time ago, and my brother and sister-in-law are still missing. I don't know if they are still alive, but I always believe that they must be fighting bravely somewhere."

Jiang Jiyun looked at the girl's calloused hands. Next to her squatted a boy about ten years old. How much hardship must an unmarried girl have to endure to raise a child who was only a few years younger than her!

"Xiao Man, thank you today too. If you hadn't come back to report the news, we wouldn't have known about this." He Runyue looked at her good sister with gratitude.

He Runman waved her hands and said, "Just don't blame me. If it weren't for their help, Xiaoyong would have been in trouble."

"Thank you all. My mother and sister-in-law took the child to see a doctor. She said she would come to thank you when she comes back." He Runyue said to Jiang Jiyun and Xiao Man.

"Look, someone is coming!" Dong Duoyu saw a dozen people walking towards him from a distance.

When Village Chief He saw people coming, he took other village cadres to talk to them.

Not long after, someone from the group of people left quickly.

A large group of people came in the evening. Jiang Jiyun saw that there were about five or six hundred people gathered together.

"What are they going to do?" Dong Duoyu asked curiously as he watched more and more people gathered.

He Runyue and several other villagers shook their heads. They had no idea what the adults were up to.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet. I called everyone here today because I have something important to announce. People from several villages need to recognize these people hanging on the trees. They have been killing and eating people here, and we have caught them in the act..." Village Chief He said loudly while standing on a high place.

"Kill people? Eat people?"

"Is the village chief of Heji Village talking about cannibalism?"

"Do you think they ate Cuilan's daughter?"

"Someone is missing from your village too? There are also people missing from our village!"

……

After hearing the news, villagers from several villages started talking about it. Those whose families had someone missing rushed forward in grief and anger and beat those people.

Some people in the crowd recognized those people and started talking about them in fear.

“They also hung around our village.”

“I’ve seen them around the county, too.”

"Fortunately, our village is well guarded, and strangers are not allowed to enter the village."

……

While they were talking, one of them suddenly said, "Do you think the children who disappeared in the county were also eaten by them?"

After this person finished speaking, all those who were leaning against each other fell silent. At this time, they couldn't even get enough food to eat, so it was impossible for a kidnapper to come out and kidnap people.

"Kill them!"

"We must kill them to avenge our child!"

"You bastards, my child is so thin and small. Give me back my child..."

……

Families who had lost their children cried and beat those who were hung.

Finally, after discussion among the village heads and other cadres, people from several villages carried it out together.

"It's started, it's started..." Dong Duoyu shouted excitedly as he watched a dozen people start to move.

Jiang Jiyun sat on Jiang Wenming's neck and watched those people take out gray linen-like things from buckets and wrap them around the struggling people, and then tie them to wooden stakes.

"Uncle, what is that?" Jiang Jiyun pointed at the dark liquid in the bucket in the distance.

"It should be oil!" Dong Duoyu analyzed.

"So much oil is wasted!" Jiang Jiyun looked at the barrels in surprise.

"These are a mixture of animal oil, tung oil and cottonseed oil. They are used for burning lamp oil," Dong Duoyu explained to her.

"ignition!"

After hearing the sound of ignition, Jiang Jiyun stared at the fireballs in the distance with wide eyes.

"Are you going to burn them alive?" Jiang Wenming looked at the people screaming over there.

Dong Duoyu has read the records in books and said, "This is called lighting a sky lantern. Those who are lucky enough to survive can leave, while those who are unlucky can only be burned to death."