In my 40s, the trading system took me flying

"Oh my god, what is that?"

Old Mrs. Xu's face was pale. She looked at the plane that had disappeared in the air and shivered while holding Xu Xiaoya.

Xu Xiaoya didn't say anything, but her uncle said, "I'll go take a look!"

That location was not far from them. They had just come through the village and were only about a hundred meters away from the village.

There was not just one huge explosion, but several. I don’t know what happened.

Old Mrs. Xu was worried about her uncle being alone, so she followed him. Xu Xiaoya and Li Caogen were carried by the two old people and soon arrived at the village.

Before entering the village, I heard all kinds of crying and shouting, which were shrill and terrifying.

What a scene was what came into the eyes of my uncle and Old Lady Xu: collapsed houses, screaming villagers, and an arm in front of Old Lady Xu.

Li Goudan was still young and had never seen such a situation before. He screamed and fell into his grandfather's arms.

Xu Xiaoya was relatively calm, but still not in a good condition.

I have seen a lot of it in movies and TV series, but only when it happened in real life did I understand how shocking and impactful it was.

The fragility of life is vividly displayed at this moment.

Without caring about expressing their feelings, Old Lady Xu and her uncle told the two children, Xu Xiaoya and Li Goudan, to follow behind them and not run around, while they went over to help rescue people.

Fortunately, this village is not rich and most of the houses are adobe. If a house is collapsed by a bomb, at most the beams will be hit. The death rate from the collapse of the adobe wall is not particularly high. The most important casualties are the villagers affected by the bomb.

The unlucky ones were pierced into pieces, while the less unlucky ones were just missing some parts and some were injured.

In modern times with advanced medical technology, these injuries could be treated promptly and the patient would be safe and sound. However, in this era, Xu Xiaoya knew very well that anyone seriously injured could only wait to die.

Those damn Japs are simply sick.

How could such a village be listed as a target for attack?

Xu Xiaoya couldn't understand. After all, she didn't understand that some people were not worthy of being human beings. They might have simply seen a village, and there happened to be a powerful officer on the plane, and he just wanted to see the village blown up.

It wasn't just Old Lady Xu and her uncle who heard the noise; people from nearby villages also came over. When they saw the situation in this village, they all came to help.

In the villages within a few miles, there are always married girls and wives in every family. There are familiar faces among the relatives and relatives.

They were busy until the evening. Old Mrs. Xu took Xu Xiaoya to sit on the ground to rest. Her uncle had already returned to the town, fearing that something had happened there.

The Xu family, who had been waiting for Old Lady Xu to return, were worried and came out to look for her. They happened to see the situation in the village and were able to help a lot.

Xu Xiaoya lay listlessly in Old Lady Xu's arms.

"How can we survive in this damned world?"

Old Mrs. Xu spat and cursed God.

"Those birdmen are nothing, why doesn't the King of Hell take them away?"

An old man sitting next to Old Lady Xu was wearing a melon-shaped hat with a furry edge around it.

He was wearing a copper-coin jacket, holding a pipe in his hand, and sighing as he looked at the devastated area.

"I have a house and I have land!"

Perhaps the old man was exaggerating too much. Xu Xiaoya took a look and heard Old Lady Xu snort coldly: "Master Qian, the houses that were destroyed were all tenants' houses, how could it be yours?"

It turned out that Mr. Qian was a small landlord who lived in this village. The blue brick and tile house in the middle was his yard.

There were two women with bound feet following him, one was his wife and the other was his concubine.

At this moment, both of them were holding onto Master Qian's clothes in fear, fearing that Master Qian would abandon them and run away.

Xu Xiaoya looked at the two women's feet curiously.

Few people in rural villages bind their feet. Women are used as laborers and work in the fields, so they would not bind their feet. Only the landlords like this practice.

The three-inch golden lotus sounds nice, but the whole foot is only the size of a palm, and the pointed shoes are covered with foot bindings. Now, because the clothes were scratched when escaping, the hem of the gown was torn, revealing the leg bindings that were tied up to the calves.

Perhaps because Xu Xiaoya's gaze was too direct, Master Qian's concubine shrank her feet, stretched her clothes, and tried to cover up her embarrassment.

"Grandpa, I want to go back and change my clothes!"

The concubine's voice sounded so sweet that it softened Master Qian's heart.

Although he was already an old man in his fifties or sixties, he shamelessly pinched his concubine's cheek.

"Go ahead, those birdmen will definitely not come now!"

The concubine looked at Master Qian's wife for help: "Madam, can I help you?"

Mr. Qian's wife was also in a mess. She had always been a person who cared about her reputation, so naturally she couldn't stand being with some poor tenants. She explained to Mr. Qian and left, holding the concubine's arm and twisting her steps.

"Doesn't it hurt?"

Xu Xiaoya muttered something, and Old Lady Xu gave her a look.

That is to not let her talk about whether it hurts or not.

Xu Xiaoya stuck out her tongue.

Old Master Qian smacked his pipe and glanced at the butt of his beloved concubine.

"You little bitch, all you can do is shake your butt. Do you really think I don't know what she's thinking?"

Old Mrs. Xu wanted to scold Mr. Qian for being shameless, but after all, he was the landlord, so she couldn't say anything.

"Master Qian, do you know what those things are flying in the sky?"

Old Mrs. Xu didn't want to listen to Mr. Qian's nonsense about his concubine being naughty and seducing men, so she took the initiative to change the subject.

Master Qian sighed, "That bastard! You don't understand this? You have no vision!"

Old Mrs. Xu didn't respond. She really didn't know.

"I've seen it when I went to a big city. It's not a good thing. It's an airplane. It brings death every time it appears!"

Mr. Qian lowered his voice and said, "You know the foreign devils, right? They came from the sky on those birds. The city is in chaos. I don't know what happened to my son now!"

Mr. Qian had a son who had been studying in the city. Later, it was said that he took a boat to go to the Japanese country to study. He had a greasy hair and powdered face, and was not a good person.

"But my son sent me a message, saying that those little devils might come to our area to look for some sharpshooters. I don't know whose family has been targeted by those foreign devils!"

Mr. Qian shook the half-long hair on the back of his neck.

This old man refused to cut his braids in the early years, saying it was the rule of his ancestors. But his son came back and cut them off while he was sleeping.

They said that if he didn't cut his braid, his head would be chopped off. Mr. Qian was afraid of death and was afraid of not being able to explain to his ancestors, so he always kept his hair medium-long.

The melon-shaped hat on his head was his last sign of stubbornness.

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Old Mrs. Xu's expression changed.

It turned out that the three lackeys they killed were not lying.

A crisis cold came out.

No wonder the village was bombed.

I guess no one except the nearby villages knows about the existence of Huaishu Village. I guess those people only know to come to the village at the foot of the mountain to look for hunters, which is why they brought such a disaster.

"Mom, let's go home!"

Xu Dazhu carried Old Lady Xu on his back, asked Xu's father to carry Xu Xiaoya, and Xu Erzhu carried Li Goudan and went back first, as it was too dangerous to stay outside the mountain.

Mr. Qian had wanted to show off his well-informedness, but when he saw Old Lady Xu and the others were about to leave, he became unhappy: "Sister, you mountain people must be good hunters. Hide well. Those foreign devils are very powerful. If they set their sights on you, they will be scarier than hyenas!"

Old Mrs. Xu bowed to Mr. Qian to express her gratitude.

Although Mr. Qian is a small landlord, he is not that bad. He just has a lot of land. Several villages around him rent his land for farming. He doesn't charge a lot of rent and he has good relationships with people.

"Master Qian, please take care of yourself. We mountain people don't understand the rules of the people down there. If the foreigners come into the mountains, we will drag them down with us to hell!"

After Old Lady Xu finished speaking, Xu Dazhui carried her out of the village.

Mr. Qian sighed: "This world is full of cannibalism!"

The yard where he lived was also bombed, and he had decided to take his family to live with his son who lived in the city. The countryside was no longer safe.

But before he could go to his son, his son returned to the village first.

However, the Xu family no longer knew about these things. No one was laughing on their way back. Even Xu Xiaoya, who usually livened up the atmosphere, was lying quietly in Xu's father's arms.

Today's experience made her understand that the weak will be bullied, and death is really cruel. They will not be spared just because they are landlords, nor will they be spared just because they are poor people.

Without powerful military force, everything is just passive attack.

"Mom, they're not here to seek revenge for those three lackeys, are they?"

Xu Dazhu lowered his voice and asked Old Mrs. Xu.

Old Lady Xu shook her head. "No, our village is in the mountains, and not many people know about it. They all think we are just scattered hunters who stumbled into the mountains by mistake. It's normal for them to die. I guess not many people know about it either!"

On this point, Old Mrs. Xu was quite certain.

The experience of going to the county town a year ago told Old Lady Xu that the city was in chaos now. Who would seek revenge for a few lackeys? Even if the foreigners wanted to kill people, they would definitely not do it for the lackeys.

If they killed foreigners, they might be targeted, but the lackeys would not.

A lackey's life is worthless.

Father Xu reminded them, "Mom, I want to go to my eldest aunt's house in a few days. If the foreign devils really occupy the provincial capital, we should make plans early. We can't be scared into submission by those lackeys with muskets like last time!"

Old Mrs. Xu's face turned pale, but she knew that what Mr. Xu said was right.

But she was also afraid that if the provincial capital really became chaotic, her son would never come back.

"Don't worry, go home first!"

Old Mrs. Xu still didn't dare to agree, but after arriving home, Father Xu knew that he didn't need to go to the provincial capital. The situation was more serious than he had imagined.