In 1948, after the two major battles of Liaocheng and Peiping, the Kuomingtang retreated to Jiangnan and operated the defense line on the Yangtze River. The war in the north was over. The children of Xia Manor had suffered enough from the war, but at the same time, they also shared the joy of victory. The war was gone, but they still wanted to personally taste the taste of victory. There was nothing to do in winter, so the children gathered together and wanted to start a " war." 13-14 Zhang Fengting and Ding Chunfang, who were around 10 years old, led a group of soldiers around seven to eight years old and started to provoke Wang Zhuang. The children of Wangzhuang were also eager to try. Thus, the war began. Both sides had favorable terrain and were more than 100 meters away from each other. The " cannonball " was the soil. The older children fired the cannonballs, while Ah Hui and the younger ones mainly transported the cannonballs. After firing for a while, when they saw that the other party's firepower was weak, they also organized a charge. Zhang Fengting, Ding Chunfang, and a few other big men jumped out of the trenches and rushed toward the other side. The group of children behind them shouted. The other party saw that the attack was fierce and could not resist it, so he retreated and ran to the village. When the attackers saw that the other party had run away, they chased after him. When they reached the other party's manor, they were afraid that the adults would come out, so they retreated. This was a victory. This was a war against Wang Zhuang. Wang Zhuangzhuang was young and had few children, so Xia Zhuang often had the absolute advantage. They couldn't fight a big battle. It was meaningless to only fight small battles. People went to play with Wang Lijing's dog. Wang Lijing, the head of Wangzhuang, had a big black dog. It was very powerful. The " soldiers " would chase after it from a distance. It would bark and scare people. After that, the dogs were scared and retreated to their homes. Here, the people went to play with the dogs, and the dogs came out to chase them. Here, they shouted and shot arrows, scaring the dogs back…How annoying, the children of Xia Manor.
The Yangjia Village in the north was a large village with many children. They had nothing to do and were eager to fight and join in the fun. Even if the children of Xia Manor did not provoke them, they would still take the initiative to provoke Xia Manor.
Old Tomb, New Tomb, and Changxin Family Tomb were their main battlefields. Sometimes, when Jia Zhuang had more troops, Jia Zhuang would win, and Xia Zhuang's soldiers would retreat to the village. Sometimes, when Xia Zhuang's forces increased, they would send Jia Zhuang's forces back to their hometown. The "generals" of the Jia family were Zhao Qigui and Mi Yingwen, while the leaders of the Xia family were Ding Chunfang and Zhang Fengting. One day, it snowed heavily for two to three consecutive days, covering the ground. The old grave, the new grave, and the Changxin family grave were all white, and the moats in the ground were filled with snow. There was more than 20 centimeters of snow on the ground. Zhang Fengting felt that this was a good time to start a war, so he summoned the soldiers to the temple and deployed a war against Jia Zhuang. First, most of the troops would lie in ambush at Changxin's tomb, preparing sufficient ammunition (Tugela), and then send a small team to provoke Jia Zhuang. Jia Zhuang would run away as soon as he chased after them. This was called luring the enemy in.
The people of Jia Village had long been prepared. Seeing the provocation, they rushed out to fight. Xia Zhuang pretended to retreat and fled, while Jia Zhuang chased after him. The commander-in-chief, Mi Yingwen, personally went out. The people who escaped ran very fast, while the people who chased them were unstoppable. In a short while, they arrived at Changxin's grave and entered the ambush circle of Xia Manor. The cannons fired at the Jia Zhuang people from different directions. Seeing that things weren't looking good, some of the Jia Zhuang people turned around and ran back. Mi Yingwen knew that he had been tricked, but when he saw that the " enemies " were all children, he continued to chase after them. Seeing how brave he was, many of the children in Xia Manor also abandoned their formation and fled. Zhang Fengting was lying in ambush on the highest mound under the big Du tree. When he saw Mi Yingwen rushing towards him, he thought to himself," You brat, I usually can't find you. Now that you've taken the initiative to offer yourself, I won't be polite. Mi Yingwen only cared about chasing after Zhang Fengting. As soon as he saw Zhang Fengting, a huge piece of hard soil flew over and crashed into his head like a meteor crashing into the earth. Mi Yingwen's head was really hard. The mud crumbled into pieces and smoke rose. He was knocked down. Seeing that their commander had been knocked down, the Jia family retreated. When the people from Xia Manor saw that they were in trouble, they all ran home. After a while, Mi Yingwen got up from the ground. He still wanted to give chase, but there was no one on either side of the battlefield. The battle was over. The next battle would be the next one.
The winter night was calm and long. There was no war, and the night in the village where people did not run away from the enemy made people feel the warmth and sweetness of life. After dinner, the sky turned dark early. The lampstand was brought over to the kang. Under the dim cottonseed oil lamp, the women began to do their needlework. After the men drank, they leaned against the windowsill to sleep or close their eyes to rest, relieving the fatigue of working during the day. When the moon rose, the children could not stand the loneliness of the night. The girls could spin or do some needlework with their mothers. The boys all ran out into the streets to join in the fun. " Cats, cats, cats " was the game they played the most. Ah Hui, Jun Ji, Zhang Ruiyu, Feng Zai, Xia Yanfu, Er Choutou, Jun Shen, and Jun Kuan were divided into two groups, A and B. One group hid casually while the other group searched. In a short period of time, they were all found, and the first party won. If they couldn't find it or if they didn't find much, Party B would win. Then, they switched positions.
In the mill shed of Changxin's house, there was a beam on top of the windmill. There was a large space between the two beams on the beam. During the day, Ah Hui had been watching carefully. She thought that if she climbed to this place, no one would be able to find her. Therefore, during the game at night, Ah Hui climbed up. Junji and his gang searched everywhere, but they couldn't find Ah Hui. Ah Hui was lying on the beam. The moonlight was especially bright, and she could clearly see Junji and the others searching everywhere in the mill shed. Jun Ji said,"It's really strange. I saw him coming here, but why can't I find him?"”Another said,"Yeah, I saw him come here too, just around here anyway.”So they searched again. Ah Hui could see them clearly, but they couldn't see Ah Hui from below. In the end, he announced," I can't find it. I admit defeat."”Ah Hui came down from the beam.
Sometimes, when they had enough fun in the village, they would go to the Great Hetao to play. Playing and chasing in the moonlight. The more children played cross-country.
When the children were "tracking the enemy", they couldn't leave the adults in their sleep so that the adults could wake them up and run away when the Japanese came. If there was no war, the children would be free to sleep. A few good friends played together during the day and slept together at night.
There was a side room behind the main house in Zhang Ruizhi's courtyard. Junkui, Junyu, Ah Hui, and Zhang Ruizhi lived there. His family would prepare a pot of pig feed every three to four days. Usually, they would heat it up in the morning and evening. No one entered the house during the day, and there was not even a little heat in the house. At night, when she slept, Zhang Ruizhi placed the brick bed on the bed. She was the host. Junkui was second, Junyu was next to Junkui, and Ah Hui was at the top of the Kang. A long wooden stool was placed at the top of the Kang, and four bags were placed on the stool. Those were the food of Zhang Ruizhi's family. Between the four legs of the stool was where Ah Hui slept. Ah Hui was eight years old, Junyu was nine, Zhang Ruizhi was ten, and Junkui was twelve. Ah Hui was small, so he was the only one who could fit between the legs of the bench and sleep. It was really cold in winter. There were two difficulties in sleeping every day. First, it was difficult to get into bed. Second, it was difficult to get up in the morning and put on clothes. He took off his clothes and entered the bed. The bed was cold, and the bed was ice-cold. He had to make up his mind to quickly enter. It was like taking a shower in cold water. He was afraid of the cold and slowly went down. He did not dare to go down. He gritted his teeth and quickly jumped down. He would not feel cold anymore. It was cold to get dressed in the morning, and she needed to make up her mind. Ah! Unforgettable coolness
However, one day, the brick bed was really hot. It was Zhang Ruizhi's dog, Zhang Xi, who had beaten it to death. The dog meat that had been cooked for half a day heated up the brick bed. At night, his companions ate dog meat on the brick bed. The house was steaming hot. At night, Zhang Ruizhi, Junkui, and Junyu were too hot to sleep. They sat up several times, and only Ah Hui got the benefits and tasted the warmth of the hot brick bed. It left behind beautiful memories.
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