He Daqing, do you know how I've lived these past years?

Leyou quickly climbed over the wall after leaving the back room, glanced at the darkening sky, and headed straight for the city gate.

They only saw a few civilians along the way, and did not see any Japanese soldiers, before leaving the city.

Just ten li outside the city, Leyou vaguely saw blurry figures on the mountain ahead. Startled, he pulled out his rifle, fell to the ground, and ran towards the woods on the side.

After a short while, Leyou finally saw the group of people in front of him. They were the same old men he had met before. However, they were arguing as they walked, and behind them was a group of emaciated people covered in wounds.

Le Youcai walked out of the woods with his gun and asked:

"The villagers weren't like this before, what happened?"

The elderly people sighed in relief after recognizing Leyou.

It turned out that when the enemy captured Lotus Hall for the second time, many people fled to the mountains to hide, just like before. However, after so much time had passed without food, they were on the verge of starvation. The elders went up the mountain to persuade them, and only then did they come down with the villagers.

The food that the elderly had gathered together was not enough to feed everyone, which caused them a headache.

Leyou silently looked at the people in front of him, gritted his teeth, and said:

"I've hidden a batch of grain and meat in the woods. Take some men and go get it later. Don't go back to the city. Find a place to cook some porridge for now, and I'll bring some more over later."

After saying that, he turned and went into the woods without waiting for the old people to react.

After running about thirty meters, Leyou quickly pulled the 8 cubic meters of grain and meat from his space onto the ground, then buried his head and ran into the city.

Leyou, returning to the familiar place, carefully climbed over the wall and ran towards the back house.

Seeing the locked door, he felt a headache coming on and paced back and forth anxiously.

By the way, there was food and meat in the yard, wasn't there? I didn't see any Japanese soldiers when I went out. Could they still be there?

He took action as soon as he thought of it, ran up to get on the roof and jumped toward the yard.

In the dimly lit courtyard, a large pile of grain and meat lay quietly on the ground. Leyou lay on the roof, looking around and listening carefully to the sounds around him.

Apart from the noisy drinking in the lobby, the other rooms were quiet.

Leyou jumped to the side room, then jumped down again, quickly lay down on the ground, and slowly crawled toward the grain pile.

"One bag, two bags, three bags..."

Seeing that the space was full, Leyou smiled and climbed towards the side room again.

Without anyone noticing, Leyou climbed over the wall and quickly ran towards the woods outside the city.

Meanwhile, in the woods, several elderly men were talking to some young men carrying guns.

"huhu"

Panting heavily, Leyou ran to the back of the woods to rest for a while. After looking around, he hurriedly pulled out the food and meat from his spatial storage.

He took a deep breath and ran back into the city.

……

Back at the maintenance committee, Leyou crawled to the grain pile in the courtyard as before, just as he had done last time. He was about to put the grain into his spatial storage when…

Suddenly, two beams of light from moving flashlights shone on Leyou, and four or five puppet soldiers appeared around him, pointing their guns at him.

"Well, what kind of petty thief dares to steal from your grandfather? You don't respect me, the president of the Chamber of Commerce. You're asking for death."

"shot"

Before the chairman could finish speaking, Leyou pulled out a Mauser pistol and shot him in the head, then immediately rolled over to the other side of the grain pile.

"bang bang bang"

"bang bang bang"

Five puppet soldiers also fired at Leyou. The bullets hit the grain sacks, and rice immediately flowed out from the gun holes.

Leyou took a piece of clothing from his spatial storage and threw it upwards. Several puppet soldiers immediately raised their guns and fired.

But by the time they realized what was happening, Leyou had already sent them to paradise.

"bang bang bang"

As the four puppet soldiers fell to the ground, the last one, his legs trembling, looked at Leyou as he stood up.

He fell to the ground with a thud, dropped his rifle, scrambled to his feet, and scrambled and rolled toward the door.

Leyou fired another shot at him, but it missed, scaring the puppet soldier so much that he cried out and ran away from the room.

Seeing the several farmhands trembling beside him, Leyou quickly said:

"You can take these grains and pork with you, take them home, or divide them up; you can go now."

After saying that, he ran to the back room, broke the lock with a shot, and went inside. Seeing that there was still half a room full of grain and pork, Leyou excitedly filled the space again until it was completely full before coming out.

The bed frame and wooden crate that had been lying nearby were gone. Damn, those are what gave us away. I need to be more careful in the future.

When Leyou returned to the spot in the woods where he had thrown away the food, he found that there were already people there. Seeing that the people opposite him were carrying rifles, Leyou put away his pistol, picked up his gun, and began to aim and fire.

A sharp "click" sound suddenly rang out from the quiet woods.

"who!"

"masking"

The sound of Leyou opening the safety lock startled several men across the way, who immediately hid behind bags of grain.

after a while

Suddenly a voice came from the other side:

"The person opposite is the chivalrous and carefree wanderer."

Leyou, who was puzzled, also responded.

"They were all on our side; the gun almost went off accidentally."

Seeing several men carrying guns walking out from the opposite side, Leyou cautiously walked over as well.

As they talked, Leyou learned that they were guerrillas; so that's why—her family.

When asked why they each carried a gun, the man in the lead proudly explained the situation.

It turns out that the self-defense force existed as early as 1927, with sixty guns. However, due to persecution by the enemy, only one veteran hid the Xiong Guo-made rifle, which was awarded by the organization, resulting in the murder of his family. Later, that veteran led his team to fight back, and the team grew stronger step by step. They used their guns to fight the enemy everywhere. When he finally sacrificed his life, he handed his rifle to his team members so that they could continue to fight with it. This spirit was passed down until a few years ago when some of them joined the Long March and became the Eighth Route Army, and some were reorganized into the New Fourth Army and went north. Now, the remaining members of the team continue to protect this place.

Upon learning the situation, Leyou immediately saluted, for a single spark can start a prairie fire.

He then said to them:

"I still have around twenty Type 38 rifles there. You guys come with me to get them later; having more guns gives us more confidence."

Amid the team members' expressions of gratitude,

The elderly people also came over.

Leyou also revealed the source of the food and meat, and explained that the guild leader had been killed, and that some of the food in the back room remained untouched.

Upon hearing that the chairman had been killed, the old men clapped and cheered, saying that it was too easy for that traitor.

Leyou also told the guerrillas their temporary lodging and led them toward the Taoist temple.

……

Listening to the symphony of frogs and insects along the roadside, Leyou got closer and closer to the Taoist temple.

"Huh? Why are there so many people in the Taoist temple? And they have guns!"

Leyou saw a dozen or so figures faintly visible ahead, with Huangying beside him. He hurriedly jumped into the already destroyed field, pulled out a machine gun, and slowly walked along the ridge.

The guerrilla fighters beside him followed closely behind.

He only breathed a sigh of relief after clearly seeing the military insignia on those men's caps, then put away his machine gun, jumped onto the road, and headed towards the Taoist temple.

The guerrillas gritted their teeth and followed Leyou.

"Senior brother, my senior brother is back!"

The sharp-eyed oriole spotted Leyou approaching from afar and ran alongside, calling out.

Seeing the oriole running towards him, Leyou opened his arms, picked it up, spun it around, put it down, and then walked towards the soldiers.

Upon seeing the guerrillas behind them, the soldiers immediately gripped their submachine guns tightly.

The leader stepped forward, saluted, and said:

"Sir, hello. We are from the 58th Army. Here is the commander's order. Please take a look."

After the class monitor finished speaking, he handed over a piece of paper, which Leyou took and began to read carefully.

"Hey"

After reading the warrant, Leyou said to the squad leader:

"I understand. I'll go report there first thing tomorrow morning."

"Yes, sir. We'll be going now."

After the squad leader finished speaking, he led his soldiers to look at the guerrillas and then left, while Huang Ying kept asking what was going on.

"I'll tell you all together later."

"Brothers, come inside with me, the guns are inside the temple."

Leyou patted Huangying's hair and led the guerrillas inside.

"Look, the guns are all there, along with ammunition boxes; they're better than Hanyang rifles."

Leyou pointed to the pile of rifles set up in the corner and said.

The team members walked over and touched the rifle repeatedly, bowing and thanking them profusely.

"We're all fighting for our country, don't be shy. I'm also a member of the Jiangdong Column; I'll just kill a few more enemies in the future."

Leyou helped the team member up by the hand and said.

After the guerrillas shouldered all their guns and said goodbye, Leyou went to the kitchen.

Food is the most important thing for people. (This last part is a proverb: "Eat rice, eat rice.")

……