Chapter 351: Uneasy
It has been quite a while since Li Changlin came back with injuries. He even went to the capital to buy New Year goods. The village is still peaceful.
As the New Year approaches, Fan Sizhu's uneasy heart gradually calms down.
Fortunately, since the last New Year's goods, the eldest brother quarreled with grandma over the fine cotton material sent by the second uncle, he was worried that the eldest brother would harm grandma, and he kept watching. Facts have proved that he was too worried.
It is normal for a family to quarrel, but how can they kill or harm each other just because of a quarrel? Wouldn't that mean they are not even human beings!
Relieved, Fan Sizhu carried a basket of vegetables and walked briskly to the village wall. He looked up and shouted, "Dad, big brother, dinner is here, come down and eat."
Fan Qian climbed down the wooden stake behind the sandbag with a lot of resentment, and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why is it here? It's so cold. It would be great if I could go back and eat something hot."
Fan Sizhu opened his eyes wide and reminded in a low voice, "Dad, you can't go back when you are on duty. You can only send it here. It's the same for other families."
Seeing his big brother also climbing down the wooden stake, he hurriedly said in fear, "Big brother, you can't come down!
You have to eat alternately with Dad. There must be no one watching up there."
The people on duty at the front and back gates of the village are also four groups a day, in the morning, afternoon, first half of the night, and second half of the night. Each group of people is on duty for a short time. In order to avoid excessive fatigue and lack of energy, and for safety reasons, they change to two people together, so that there is another person to take over the duty when eating, going to the toilet or taking a nap.
He had seen other families on duty, and they were very strict in their execution. Why didn't his father and elder brother follow the rules at all?
Fan Dazhu scolded angrily: "You are so stubborn! It's so dark and cold, who would know, shut up."
Fan Sizhu turned to Fan Qian and complained: "Dad, look at my elder brother..."
"Your elder brother is right, you are stubborn. Our house is so close, but you have to send it here, letting your father and elder brother eat in the cold wind! Can't you be more flexible?"
"But others..."
"Others' houses are at the back, and ours are at the front. Who knows if we can sneak back to have a meal?
How long can a meal take? How can it be dangerous!" Fan Qian became more and more angry as he thought about it.
At first, he was very scared and worried when Li Changlin came back with injuries, and he also supported the decision of the old village chief, but so many days have passed, and everything is calm! Nothing happened.
Especially the men in the village went to the capital to sell things and buy New Year's goods. It was so thrilling, but didn't they come back safely?
The old village chief is also a stubborn person who doesn't know how to adapt. It's already the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year is coming in two days, but he still asks the patrol to be on duty four times a day! He is deliberately making things difficult for people.
Fan Sizhu stared at his father blankly, not daring to say a word.
Fan Qian drank the not-so-hot vegetable porridge and ate the hard black-faced cakes. When the cold wind blew, he felt even colder.
"Okay, you go back. I'm going to go home to sleep later. If you dare to shout, I'll beat you to death!"
Fan Sizhu opened his mouth in surprise. It was only dinner time now. It would take at least until midnight for the men in the second half of the night to take over Dad and Big Brother. How could Dad go home to sleep later?
Did he think that Big Brother could be alone?
Dad was too confident in Big Brother.
Night.
Fan Sizhu felt that not long after he lay down, he heard the sound of a door opening and closing.
He tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep. He could only pray to God that nothing would happen in the middle of the night!
Then he thought of his elder brother. If anything happened, his elder brother would ring the gong to remind him.
In his half-drowsy sleep, he heard the slight sound of the gong shaking. He sat up in shock, but there was no sound after listening carefully. He thought he was scaring himself, so he patted his chest and prepared to continue sleeping. When he looked up and saw the person in front of him, he almost screamed.
Fan Dazhu stepped forward quickly, covered Sizhu's mouth with one hand, and scolded him harshly: "What are you arguing about! I'll come back to sleep and wait until midnight to hand over to him."
Fan Sizhu swallowed his saliva, used his hand to pry open his elder brother's palm on his mouth, and asked in disbelief: "Brother, you come back to sleep?"
"What's the problem? Nothing happened for so many days. It can't be that something happened today. Don't make a fuss. Let me have a good sleep." Fan Dazhu took off his clothes and shoes while speaking and lay down on the bed.
It was so cold outside! I don’t know how those men in front can bear it.
Anyway, he can’t do it anymore, he must sleep, don’t bother him even if the sky falls.
The old village chief is really full and bored, he didn’t cancel the patrol and guard duty when it’s almost over, what else is this?
Fan Sizhu looked left and right, and lay down again with worry.
It should be okay.
The midnight will pass soon, and the eldest brother can go to hand over the work then...
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There were shadows outside Shanshui Village, and the person behind asked the leader: "Boss, the guard on the wall is gone, and he hasn't come for a while. Should we charge?"
"We brothers have been waiting for so many days, and finally we found that there is no one on duty. What do you think? You are such a pig brain!"
"Boss is right."
"That person said that this village is rich. If we take this village, we will have food, silver, shelter, and meat! Especially rabbits, it is said that there are countless of them, fat and tender!"
"Hehe, more than that, there are all kinds of beautiful young girls... We brothers are blessed. Once we take it, we will have a prosperous year!"
The sound of swallowing saliva was particularly loud in the dark night, and hundreds of eyes in the darkness were shining with greed.
"I'll go first and check it out."
"I'll go open the door for you brothers."
"Everyone hurry in!"
.....
Shui Qing suddenly woke up, turned over and sat up, looking straight ahead.
Fan Jin got up and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
"I don't know, I'm a little uneasy, it's okay, you go to sleep first, I'll take a break and then go to sleep." Shui Qing replied.
It's almost the New Year, and there are naturally a lot more things than usual. Everyone is busy during this period, and she can't disturb others' sleep.
Fan Jin was already putting on outer clothes, and whispered: "I'm also a little uneasy. The gong hasn't sounded, so nothing should happen, but today my eldest brother and Dazhu are on duty, I'm worried..."
Shui Qing understood what Fan Jin was worried about, but she didn't know that Fan Qian and Fan Dazhu were on duty today.
This family has no sense of responsibility, which can be seen from the flood, but it concerns the safety of the entire village, especially their family is the first family in the village, can they really be so careless as to leave their posts?
Forget it, people with low moral standards can do anything.
She couldn't leave her safety completely in the hands of others. Since she was uneasy, she might as well get up and take a look.
After confirming that everything was fine, it wouldn't be too late to go back to sleep.