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

They split into several groups and walked towards the city gate.

Everyone's eyes unconsciously fell on the basket, and they saw that the basket was filled with fees that a person needed to pay to enter the city.

Looking at the scattered copper coins and banknotes, everyone couldn't help but sigh. No wonder when they were outside the city, they saw so many people gathered together, desperately collecting money just so that one of them could go into the city first and buy things to take out.

Finally, they all paid the money and entered the city smoothly, but the scene before them surprised them.

On both sides of the street, many ragged people were huddled in the corners, humbly stretching out their hands to beg passers-by.

Some women were holding their young children tightly in their arms, and the children were so hungry that their faces were pale and thin; some old people were trembling and leaning on a broken wooden stick, with empty and helpless eyes; there were also disabled men, dragging their bodies and moving their feet with difficulty...

What’s even more peculiar is that these people all have a piece of withered yellow grass stuck on their heads.

Jiang Jiyun's eyes widened, his face full of uncontrollable curiosity.

She gently tugged at the corner of her uncle's clothes and asked in a clear voice, "Uncle, why do they all have weeds stuck in their hair? It looks so weird!"

Jiang Wenming looked in the direction of his niece's finger and saw that there were indeed one or several uneven weeds stuck on the tops of those people's heads. He frowned slightly and moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but finally hesitated.

After a long while, he slowly spoke: "Xiao Jiyun, the grass on their heads is not ordinary weeds, it represents buying a body. If those wealthy families need to buy servants to help with work, they will come here to choose them. As long as they are chosen and bought, these people can get a job to support themselves."

Jiang Jiyun nodded as if he understood, but his big eyes were still fixed on the people with weeds stuck in their heads.

Although her uncle made the matter sound good, she was smart and knew that there were many cruel truths hidden in it.

Perhaps these people who were sold would lose their freedom and could only obey the orders of their masters; perhaps they would suffer abuse and unfair treatment... However, facing his innocent niece, Jiang Wenming chose to explain this phenomenon in a relatively gentle and beautiful way to prevent the child from being exposed to the dark side of society too early.

Ma Chao and the others also sighed. Such situations exist all over the country, and now such natural disasters and man-made disasters will only become more serious.

After asking around, Xu Fan and his companions found a human trafficker and rented a small courtyard. Later, Jiang Wenming and his companions also avoided people and sneaked into the courtyard.

Jiang Jiyun, who was in the house, laid out guns, ammunition and bulletproof vests, while Qi Feng and Chen Meng stood guard at the door.

Dong Duoyu and Xu Fan were cleaning the kitchen and preparing to cook something. They both knew that they would have a tough battle to fight in the evening so they had to eat and drink their fill before having a good rest.

When Dong Duoyu saw Zhao Huashan bringing the meat, he couldn't help but ran out and vomited.

"She, she hasn't recovered yet?" Zhao Huashan said embarrassedly as he looked at the person vomiting in the corner of the yard.

Jiang Wenming held Jiang Jiyun's hand and said, "I'm afraid she won't be able to recover for a while."

"Xu Fan, you are now in charge of leading the team here. Let's leave now as soon as possible. You must pay attention to safety!" Ma Chao and Sun Jiaguo decided to take Jiang Jiyun and others away to find the guerrillas.

"Brother Ma, don't worry. We will see each other after we win the battle tonight. We will definitely be reunited alive." Xu Fan walked out of the kitchen and promised.

Sun Jiaguo secretly opened the door to the courtyard, observed for a while, then opened the door and said, "There is no one outside now, we can leave."

After they left, Zhao Huashan immediately closed the door. Sun Bao lay on the yard and observed the surroundings to make sure that they were not being watched by anyone.

Xu Fan asked Dong Duoyu to go into the house and rest. They would make lunch by themselves, so Qi Feng could only come over to help cook.

The men divided the meat among themselves, and Dong Duoyu only ate some vegetables and black-faced steamed buns to fill his stomach.

After the meal, Xu Fan took a short rest and then took Dong Duoyu to the city to investigate.

Along the way, the two carefully shuttled between the streets and alleys, and at the same time did not forget to quietly leave unique signs of their upcoming actions tonight in some inconspicuous corners.

Before they knew it, they arrived in front of an antique theater.

This theater is quite large in scale, with a unique architectural style, carved beams, painted buildings, flying eaves and brackets, fully demonstrating its former prosperity.

Xu Fan had an idea and thought that he might be able to get some useful information here, so he walked in with Dong Duoyu.

As soon as they entered the theater, they instantly felt a strange atmosphere.

When their eyes swept across the front, the two of them couldn't help but feel their hearts tighten - they saw that there were a large number of Japanese officers sitting at the tables in front of the stage.

These Japanese officers were dressed in neat military uniforms and had serious expressions, while behind them stood rows of Japanese soldiers carrying long rifles.

Upon seeing this, Xu Fan and Dong Duoyu immediately realized that it was not advisable to stay here for long. When they were about to turn around and leave, they found that they had attracted the attention of the two men in black clothes at the door.

The two men stared at Xu Fan and Dong Duoyu with sharp eyes, as if they might attack them at any time.

At this moment, Dong Duoyu was suddenly frightened and pale. She held Xu Fan's arm tightly and said in a trembling voice: "Husband, I'm so scared! Let's go quickly!"

Xu Fan gently comforted the trembling person in his arms, hugged her shoulders tightly, and responded calmly: "Don't be afraid, the ladies must have come here to watch the show for entertainment. Since you are so scared, let's go back first."

After saying that, he protected Dong Duoyu and slowly moved outside.

The two men in black watched their every move, and seeing that they just looked at the door and did not go in, and did not carry anything suspicious on them, they guessed that they were not dangerous people.

Furthermore, if we forcibly stop them from making any noise, it might disturb the officers who are watching the show inside and ruin their mood.

After weighing the pros and cons, the two men finally decided to let Xu Fan and Dong Duoyu go safely.

Xu Fan took Dong Duoyu out of the theater and stood against the wall in the alley next to it. Listening to the sound of gongs and drums in the theater, Dong Duoyu said, "The merchant woman knows not the hatred of the lost country, she still sings the song of the back garden across the river."

"They also need to live, they also have families, and sometimes you can't just look at the surface of some things." Xu Fan helped explain.

"I know, but I think those devils are not worthy of listening to Mu Guiying's command." Dong Duoyu nodded and replied.

Xu Fan took her out from the other end of the alley. They came to the door of a clothing store and the two walked in.

"Are you looking at ready-made clothes or buying fabrics?" the female shopkeeper asked the two people who came in.

"Hey, female shopkeeper, today my man brought me to the county town to watch an opera, but there were ladies sitting inside. I was scared to death just now. Now he is giving me a piece of cloth to compensate me." Dong Duoyu said cleverly.

The female shopkeeper was also shocked when she heard that they went to the theater. "Don't you know? Today is Colonel Iwai's birthday. They are going to hold a big banquet at the theater tonight to entertain the important people in the city."