In my 40s, the trading system took me flying

The originally depressing atmosphere became full of laughter because of Xu Xiaoya's words.

They are indeed old and have become less courageous. They are not as capable as Mrs. Xu, an old lady.

"I'm telling you, the Japs have only one nose and two eyes. What are you afraid of? They have spiral legs, and I can kill them with a shovel. What's there to be afraid of?"

Perhaps it was because of the worries and too much tragedies in recent days that the villagers of Huaishu Village had a lot of anger that needed to be vented.

"Yes, kill them all!"

They have killed three traitors before, and they can do it again in the future!

Old Mrs. Xu was not just talking. She asked Xu Xiaoya to take out all the bows and crossbows so that they could make the feather arrows themselves.

The town at the foot of the mountain was gone, but there was a blacksmith who escaped. They returned to the town and brought all their belongings back to the mountain. There was indeed an iron mine in the deep mountains, but it was very small and not many people knew about it, so it was not discovered by the Japanese.

With the blacksmiths forging arrows, the lethality of bows and crossbows increased dramatically.

But having weapons is not enough, training is also needed. The villagers in Huaishu Village are all hunters. They are physically stronger than the people living down the mountain, but they have no discipline. They fight alone, and only occasionally the whole village goes out together.

"We need to train from now on. The guns and gunpowder in the hands of the Japanese are too powerful. We must cooperate!"

Old Lady Xu tied her calves with cloth strips and then began to train the men of Huaishu Village. No one dared to disobey her because Old Lady Xu was known as a sharpshooter when she was young, and her reputation had not been weakened by getting married over the years.

Now that they know that she has killed so many Japanese devils outside, the villagers of Huaishu Village admire her strength. They don’t care that women must obey men. People living in the mountains understand that everyone plays a role as a labor force.

It may be this unique insight that allowed Old Lady Xu to step forward and train the soldiers to fight the Japanese.

While Old Lady Xu was training the young and middle-aged people in shooting skills, the children in the village were not idle either. Xu Xiaoya used candies as a lure to get them to catch sparrows.

All the sparrows caught were roasted.

"I'm telling you, even a small sparrow has meat, right?"

Xu Xiaoya poked the small stone.

Little Stone nodded vigorously: "Yes, whatever my aunt says is right!"

Xu Shier and the others looked disgusted. Ever since this little Shitou appeared, they found that Xu Xiaoya started to be partial to him. She took the little Shitou to play with him all day long and didn't mind that he would become a little crybaby at the slightest provocation.

Even Li Goudan, Xu Xiaoya's biggest follower in the past, couldn't stand it anymore.

"Man, why do you act like a follower every day?"

Li Goudan was unhappy. He had been unhappy with Xiao Shitou for a long time.

Little Stone shrank his neck and stood behind Xu Xiaoya, who was not as tall as him: "Where my aunt is, I'm there!"

He firmly hugged Xu Xiaoya's thick thigh.

Xu Xiaoya was very satisfied with Xiao Shitou's reaction and patted Li Goudan on the shoulder: "Cousin, don't be angry. Xiao Shitou is my grandson after all! As elders, we have to take care of him!"

Li Goudan:......

He was so angry that he couldn't even curse, because Xu Xiaoya didn't like him. But when he saw Xiao Shitou and how happy he was to be her grandson, he didn't know whether to sympathize with him more or admire him more.

As a grandson, Xu Xiaoya will protect him, as a grandson, he can eat candy, and as a grandson, he can even eat meat.

He wants to be a grandson too!!!

Without talking about how depressed Li Goudan was, let’s just say that Xu Xiaoya gathered all the children in the village together and gave each of them a piece of malt candy.

"Who is the smartest person in our village?"

Xu Xiaoya stood on a big rock with her hands on her waist. Because she was too short and wanted to look imposing, she could only stand on a high place.

Little Stone immediately shouted: "Grandma!!!"

The other children rolled their eyes, but the malt candy in their mouths was extremely sweet. If they wanted to eat malt candy again in the future, they could not offend Xu Xiaoya.

"Grandma!!!"

Someone shouted, and then others followed suit.

Xu Xiaoya was very satisfied with the effect and looked at Xu Twelve.

Xu Twelve gritted his teeth and reminded: "Little sister, I am your brother, your real brother!"

My cousin is also my biological brother.

Xu Xiaoya had to accept this discordant voice.

"Okay, then you don't have to call me aunt, but you still have to call me boss from now on!"

Xu Xiaoya's immature speech angered Xu Twelve. He reached out and lifted Xu Xiaoya off the rock, yelling, "Then I'll take you to ask our grandma if you want to be the boss!"

Xu Xiaoya panicked.

I'm just talking nonsense, why do I have to complain?

"Brother, little brother, I was wrong. Let's not report our parents all the time, okay?"

Ever since Xu Xiaoya became able to speak fluently, she has become a little bully at home, and all the boys in the family are bossed around by her.

Xu Twelve snorted coldly, "You still think it's bad to tell your parents? Then do you still want me to call you Boss?"

The little guy is not very old, and he also wants to be the eldest, but he has eleven older brothers, so he can never be the eldest in this life. But the little sister cannot be the eldest in front of him.

Fortunately, Xu Xiaoya was very tactful and immediately said that she would not do it again.

After calming down the riot, the brother and sister restored their relationship and returned to the children. Xu Xiaoya said, "Since I am the smartest child in the village, you must listen to me from now on. Whoever does well will be given a hidden arrow to kill the Japanese devils from now on!"

Killing the Japanese devils seems to be something all children know.

What is a hidden arrow?

They had seen their eldest cousin shoot the Japanese devils, so they knew how powerful the sleeve arrows were. Moreover, they were young and could not use bows and crossbows, but children could use sleeve arrows. They just had to aim and pull the trigger.

"Really? Xiaoya, are you serious?"

Xu Shier screamed excitedly. He had wanted a weapon for a long time. His father gave him a wooden sword to fool him, but that thing could not kill the Japanese.

"Of course. When have I ever lied to you? Why don't you believe me?"

Xu Xiaoya blinked, and Xu Shier immediately understood.

What is the biggest secret of the Xu family? It is that Xu Xiaoya can make deals with the ancestors and get good things in exchange.

They had seen it with their own eyes, how could they not believe it?

"I'll listen to my little sister. From now on, I'll do whatever she says!"

After conquering the most troublesome Xu Twelve, Xu Xiaoya's prestige among the children is absolute authority.

Fortunately, the oldest of these little brats was six years old and the youngest was three years old. They had no idea how terrible it was to kill the Japanese devils. They only did it for candy and sleeve arrows.

In order to convince these children to trust her completely, Xu Xiaoya gave them a small piece of candy every day, the size of a fingernail. Or the size of her little fingernail.

Just focus on giving some sweet benefits.

Every day I use the slingshot and small bow and arrow made by adults to shoot sparrows and practice my aim.

Children are playful by nature, and when they gather together, adults can feel at ease so that their children don't run around and get eaten by wild animals.

The adults thought that Xu Xiaoya’s behavior of bringing people together was very good and expressed their appreciation for her.

Two months passed in a flash. The snow in the mountains melted and people began to live in the town at the foot of the mountain again. It seemed that the previous deadness had disappeared.

It’s just that people in the shops in the town tend to look at strangers for a second when they see them, then greet them warmly and find out where they come from while chatting.

People walking on the street habitually look at the people around them and touch their sleeves from time to time.

At night, they would gather together and gossip about all sorts of things. It looked like just ordinary chat, but they always exchanged information without making a sound.

Occasionally, someone would take advantage of the cover of night to move the corpses to the blacksmith's forge and burn them.

The ashes of the corpse can be added to the arrows that need to be forged to make them sharper.

However, people outside the town had no idea about all this. They only knew that the town at the foot of the mountain was very safe. There were no Japanese traitors causing trouble, and no Japanese soldiers stationed there. Even the police in the town were fierce-looking men. They did not beat people indiscriminately, nor did they like to bully ordinary people.

Xu Xiaoya would occasionally go to the town with her grandmother to give her father some prey, asking him to process it and then go with her grandmother to the surrounding villages to sell it.

That day, Xu Xiaoya and Old Lady Xu continued to ride the donkey cart to sell tofu in the surrounding areas as usual.

Prey is not available every day, but tofu can be made every day. The grandfather and grandson drove the donkey cart and slowly wandered around the villages. A piece of tofu was not worth much, but it was also a rare food for the common people to improve their lives.

"Grandma, everything has been peaceful lately. Do we still need to come here every day to sell tofu?"

Xu Xiaoya rubbed her hands. From her initial curiosity, she no longer wanted to join the tofu sellers. She really had to get up early and go to bed late, wandering around outside all day long.

Old Mrs. Xu helped Xu Xiaoya adjust her hat. The weather was getting hot, and Xu Xiaoya's chubby little face looked so blessed that she was tempted to touch her waist. As a result, Xu Xiaoya would rather wear the hat because she was afraid that her face would be rubbed bald.

"Sell it? Why not? You can exchange it for some food every day. It can also be considered as a change of taste for you!"

The beans for selling tofu were all exchanged by Xu Xiaoya. Once, she used a piece of high-quality animal skin to exchange for several thousand kilograms of soybeans, which made Xu Xiaoya so happy at that time.

You know, animal skins are easy to get, but soybeans are rare.

The key is that soybeans can not only be used to extract oil but also to grow bean sprouts and make tofu. There are so many soy products, and they are all good things no matter how you think about it.

She couldn't explain the appearance of soybeans to her grandmothers, so she finally thought of making tofu and selling it. Country people don't like to buy things with money, and mostly they barter.

Because it comes out every day, the source of the soybeans is explained, and the villagers won’t think too much about it.

"But lately, grandma has been making only tofu every day, and I almost smell like tofu!"

Xu Xiaoya was scared and wanted to remind Old Lady Xu to change the dish. No matter how delicious the tofu was, it was still tofu, and she wanted to eat meat.

Before Xu Xiaoya could ask for the braised pork, a girl stumbled in front of them, and the donkey almost ran away because of the fright.

"The Japs are coming, run!!!"