Chapter 177: Buddha blocks and kills Buddha!

Most of the strong laborers in Chongzuo were forced to engage in various physical labor, so it was very difficult to see idle male survivors in the city during the day. In this way, the Saiyans controlled by Xie Tian would inevitably appear a little abrupt when walking on the street.

As soon as he left the military headquarters, Xie Tian met a patrol team, with a total of ten soldiers in military uniforms. The leader called Xie Tian and said, "Stop! Why didn't you participate in the labor?"

Xie Tian hurriedly said, "My tax has been paid this month."

The man looked at Xie Tian with disbelief and said, "Take out the resident certificate and I'll take a look!"

Xie Tian hurriedly handed over the resident certificate and said, "Look at it."

The man looked at Xie Tian’s ID and saw that the words and seals that the tax amount this month were paid were indeed marked on it. He nodded and asked again: “Are you paying the tax, do you still have surplus food for food?”

Xie Tian looked at the other party in confusion, and then remembered that normal humans must ensure their food, so even if the survivors here pay the tax, they cannot stop working. After all, they still need to work in exchange for meager food for life.

"If you want to earn some food, follow me. Go out of the city to dig trenches and give you fifty grams of rice in an hour." said the soldier in charge.

"Dig a trench?" Xie Tian frowned, thinking that the Vietnamese had been repelled and that they had suffered heavy losses. After seeing the power of the Chinese government's bombers, they did not dare to invade easily any more. At this time, why did the Chongzuo army remember to dig a trench again?

Xie Tian nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll do it."

"Yeah." The man glanced at Xie Tian and said to a soldier behind him: "Xiao Liu, take him to the north of the city and hand it over to Deputy Commander Wang."

The soldier was only in his twenties and hurriedly saluted and said to Xie Tian: "Follow me!"

Xie Tian followed the soldier out to the north of the city. The soldier didn't say anything, but walked on his own, asked other soldiers for a jeep, and opened the door and sat in the cab. Xie Tian was also very conscious and opened the co-pilot's door and sat in.

The soldier didn't say anything, so Xie Tian asked tentatively: "Brother, is this Vietnamese going to attack again?"

"What do you ask so much?" The soldier glared at Xie Tian and said coldly: "Do what you should do and ask less about other things."

Xie Tian snorted coldly in his heart, but in order to find out the hidden truth, he laughed and said, "Brother, the battle in the past two days was scary. The Vietnamese had just left the military headquarters and wanted to dig trenches. Isn't this a secret? I'm afraid that the Vietnamese will fight back again."

The man shrugged and laughed, and said contemptuously: "I'm afraid, right? Wait for two more days. The military headquarters will recruit a large-scale army in two days. At least 30,000 people will be recruited as reserves in the whole city. It depends on your health. It's better to actively join at that time. If you really fight in the future, you still have the ability to protect yourself."

"Recruiting soldiers?" Xie Tian suddenly realized in his heart. It seemed that Liu Mingjun was not to defend against the Vietnamese, but to defend against the temporary Military Commission. He also knew that the temporary Military Commission could not recover Chongzuo by air attack. After all, there were so many survivors here, so if the Military Commission wanted to send troops, it would inevitably be by land. Now he recruited troops and dug trenches to build fortifications, just to prepare to welcome the government army.

Xie Tian followed the soldier to the north of the city, and he came in from here. Now, tens of thousands of people are spread out several kilometers away from the north of the city and waving various tools to dig in the soil. Seeing that the trench is at least six or seven kilometers long horizontally, the distance between these six or seven kilometers is densely filled with survivors who bent down to dig the soil.

"Old Chen!" The soldier who brought Xie Tianlai called a non-commissioned officer who was guarding the survivors to excavate and said, "This is the worker you are looking for, please arrange it."

"No need to make arrangements." The old Chen waved his hand and said, "Let him come over and shovel the engineers down and dig!"

Immediately, the soldier took Xie Tian over and handed over an engineer shovel. The sergeant said to Xie Tian: "All the digging soil is piled up on the south side of the trench, don't be lazy!"

At this time, the trench had been dug nearly half a meter deep, so Xie Tian jumped in without saying a word. While digging, he was paying attention to the surrounding situation. There were about a few thousand soldiers here who were also involved in digging the trench, and you could vaguely see many people busy on both sides of the east and west. It seemed that the scale of the trench was to protect the entire Chongzuo.

"Old Chen, do you think this digging trenches is useful? The tricks during World War II are too outdated." The man who sent Xie Tian over and asked the official.

"Hi," the non-commissioned officer smiled relaxedly, "As long as the government sends troops over, we will cut off the road to Chongzuo. By then, even a jeep will not be able to drive in, let alone other heavy weapons and equipment. Government soldiers can only walk on foot at that time. In that case, our trench will be of great use."

Xiaoliu said with some concern: "What if the Air Force bombs the trenches? Wouldn't it be about to collapse at once?"

"Bad." Old Chen laughed and said, "What are you doing when you are these refugees? Then, bring them to the front of the trenches, and the government will tremble even if the soldiers shoot. Think about it, if the government wants to attack Chongzuo, it is not for these 200,000 survivors? If we and the survivors are killed, what's the point of their attack Chongzuo?"

A middle-aged survivor in his thirties next to Xie Tian was digging the soil while cursing: "Damn it! I would rather be beaten to death by the government's army than let you do evil here!"

Xie Tian glanced at him and asked in a low voice: "Brother, do these survivors know that digging trenches is about to confront the government?"

The man looked at Xie Tian in surprise and asked, "You didn't attend the mobilization meeting two days ago? Liu Mingjun made it clear, that is, to prevent the government troops from entering Chongzuo and force us to come and dig trenches. He also said that if the government troops attacked, they would never surrender even if they fought to the death. Any survivor who disobeyed his orders would be dead ends. We didn't want to dig any trenches, but there was no way. If we didn't dig, we would starve and even be executed. If we dig, we could still get a pound of rice every day."

Xie Tian nodded, not only angry, but also a little worried. If Liu Mingjun and his subordinates were really ready to fight stubbornly and used survivors as shields, it would be difficult for the Provisional Military Commission to truly recover Chongzuo. However, if the Provisional Military Commission fails to do anything, then these 200,000 survivors will survive in dire straits. Liu Mingjun is still doing his best here and may even be more powerful.

"Old guy, can you do it? If you don't, hurry back and farm! You are treated the same as others, and you are working so slowly. Are you here to fool me?" A soldier from a distance angrily insulted, attracting everyone's attention nearby. Xie Tian looked up, but there were too many people and couldn't see what was going on inside. At this time, the middle-aged man next to Xie Tian sighed and said, "Digging trenches is indeed a beautiful job. The food is given more than twice as much as other jobs. It's only a few taels of food to be given a day of farming. Some old people also want to dig trenches, but if they do it slowly, they will be insulted or even beaten by the soldiers."

At this time, an old man's voice came from the crowd, begging: "Sir, I have tried my best. If you think I'm working slowly, give me less food. It's okay to give me 30 grams an hour. In this way, after working in a day, I have six taels of food, which is barely enough for me and the boss to make a living."

Xie Tian stood there as if he was struck by lightning at this moment. He was so familiar with the sound! He looked very much like his father!

Xie Tian ran into the crowd without saying a word, and pushed away the crowd like crazy, and found that the old man standing in the trench was his father!

In fact, Xie Tian’s father is not very old. He is just in his early fifties, but he hasn’t seen him for nearly a year. He is much older than before, and his hair is mostly whiter.

Xie Tian's eyes turned red and tears flowed down. Not only the Saiyans he controlled, but even the person who was far away in Shanghai was already filled with tears. At this time, the soldier standing outside the trench looked at Xie Tian's father with disdain, and raised his feet as if he was about to kick his father's chest. Xie Tian rushed over and blocked the soldier and his father. The soldier kicked Xie Tian in the chest. What made Xie Tian extremely angry was that he felt that the soldier had used all his strength in the kick just now.

Xie Tian wanted to twist the bastard's head off and stuff it into his ***, but Xie Tian knew that doing so now would almost mean seeking death. There were thousands of soldiers here. No matter how strong the Saiyans were, it would be difficult for them to save their lives, not to mention that they also had their own father here.

"Are you fucking meddling in other people's business?" The soldier cursed in anger when he saw Xie Tian rushing over.

Xie Tian hurriedly said, "I dare not, this old man is just an ordinary person. If you think he is not doing well, then you won't let him do it. At worst, you can't just don't want a piece of food."

"No, young man." Xie Tian's father said hurriedly: "If there is no food, my wife and I will not be able to survive. Sir, if you are angry, just beat me up. The old man can resist it. But you just think that you are pitiful and pity me and let me continue to do it."

The survivors around him couldn't bear it after seeing it, and they all pleaded with mercy. The soldier was a little restrained and said coldly: "If you want to do it, continue to do it. Calculate your wages at 30 grams of rice per hour. If you don't do it, get out of here and you won't give it a grain of rice. What you did this morning would be in vain!"

Xie Tian's father was about to thank him, but Xie Tian felt a pain in his heart. He carried his father on his shoulder without saying a word and said to the soldier, "Then let's stop doing it. He is so old that he can't stand such trouble."

The soldier sneered: "It's just right if you don't do it. Get out of here, I'll be in vain this morning."

Xie Tian didn't say anything, just remembered the face of the soldier, and then secretly swore in his heart to let him taste the most inhumane pain in the world!

My father burst into tears on his back, but Xie Tian directly carried his father out of the construction site where the trenches were built. During this period, no soldiers came out to stop him. Fortunately, at this critical moment of life and death of the Chongzuo army, Liu Mingjun did not dare to arouse public anger, so he could only lure survivors to dig trenches or participate in the reserve service with a slightly higher reward. If the methods were too tough at this time, Liu Mingjun was also worried that it would cause the survivors to resist.

"Food..." Xie Tian's father was extremely anxious and cried. Xie Tian's heart hurt like a knife, but he was now controlling the Saiyans and could not recognize his father. He whispered: "Uncle, I am your son Xie Tian's friend. Don't worry about the food problem, I will help you solve it."

"Xiaotian?" Xie Tian's father was stunned. He had never seen a Saiyan before, so he didn't know how the Saiyan knew his son's name. After a moment, he asked extremely anxiously: "Is Xiaotian still alive?"

"He lives very well, in Shanghai." Xie Tian bit his lower lip, feeling happy and painful. He was happy that his parents were still alive. Although he didn't know how he ran to a place like Chongzuo, fortunately they were still alive, and the pain was his father's appearance. I don't know how much suffering and sin he and his mother suffered in this Chongzuo City.

"Really?" the father asked in disbelief.

"Of course." Xie Tian said with tears in his eyes: "He works in the Provisional Military Commission. He is the confidant of Commander Qin and has the rank of colonel. He has been looking for your two elders everywhere in Yanjing, but his whereabouts have never been found. He is now in Shanghai, and he has a girlfriend who is very beautiful and has been pregnant for two months."

When the father heard that he was still talking, he heard so much news about him. He was so excited that he was a little incoherent, saying, "My son is still alive... It's great, my son is still alive! Now I can't die and rest in peace! Xiaotian, although my parents can't see you, you are alive, the best news..." As he said that, the old man actually lay on Xie Tian's back and cried, which made Xie Tian cry.

"Where is Auntie now?" Xie Tian asked, "How is she now?"

"She is sick and lying in the dormitory. I have to go back quickly and tell her the good news!"

The survivors in Chongzuo City had no cars available, so Xie Tian ran wildly with his father on his back. According to his father's instructions, he finally met his mother in another self-built house less than one kilometer away from Zhao Lei's residence.

At this time, my mother was bedridden and had not woken up yet. The conditions here were very poor. There were two upper and lower bunks in a bungalow, but there was only my mother at the moment. She was sleeping soundly on one of the lower bunks. My father was about to ask his mother to get up, so Xie Tian pulled him out and said, "Let my aunt rest for a while. It's not too late to tell her about this news. Uncle, what disease does my aunt have?"

"It should be bronchitis." The father sighed and said, "I have been coughing more than a week ago. Now I have started coughing blood and have a fever. However, the army has plundered all the medicines in the city and left them for refugees at all, so they have not been treated..."

Xie Tian hurriedly said, "I'll find a way to do this. I know a doctor here." Then, Xie Tian said, "When my aunt wakes up, take her to the doctor's house."

"Doctor? Is your friend?" my father asked hurriedly.

Xie Tian nodded and said, "It's a doctor at the Military Health Station. Why don't you carry my aunt over now? I'll live there too."

At this moment, a violent cough came from the room. Xie Tian and his father ran into the room almost immediately. Xie Tian saw his mother lying on the bed and opening her eyes, her face pale and blood was not tiny at all, and her heart was filled with pain.

Xie Tianru was in her throat, and she said that her mother had already reached her throat and was swallowed by herself. Her father squatted on the head of her mother's bed, held her hand tightly, and said choked: "Suzhen, tell you a great news, Xiaotian is still alive..."

"Really?" The mother seemed to be in a state of energy and struggled to sit up. She asked in extreme surprise: "Really?"

Then, the father told his mother what he had just said in full, and then, the mother immediately felt relieved and said excitedly, "Old Xie, now I can leave with confidence."

"No." The father stroked his mother's hand and shook his head and said, "You can survive. Don't the government already know that Chongzuo exists? The government will not ignore the place. All you have to do is persevere."

Xie Tian said, "Uncle and Auntie, let's go to my friend's place now. I have a satellite phone number, and you can talk to Xie Tian directly."

"Really?!" The two elders were excited again, but they didn't expect to be able to call him. They were so excited that their mother struggled to get up. Xie Tian carried her mother and took her parents' bedding and daily necessities, and then took them to Zhao Lei's house.

Xie Tian laid a floor in the next room and used two beds to keep his mother from hiding cold. Then, he took out all the remaining food and handed it to his parents, saying, "Uncle and Auntie, you eat something first."

"This gentleman." The mother said with an urgent look: "Can you let me talk to Xiaotian on the phone now?"

Xie Tian said with distress: "Auntie, don't worry, you can find him any time you want, but now, you and your uncle have something to eat first. After eating, I will contact Xie Tian immediately."

"Listen to this gentleman." The father comforted his mother and said, "What else do you have to worry about when your child lives so well in Shanghai? Come on, I will feed you something first. After eating and taking good care of your health, you will have the chance to see the child again. Maybe, you can still hold your grandson."
Chapter completed!