After this commotion, in the small mountain village where it was only three o'clock in the morning, most people's homes now have lights on.
About ten minutes had passed since the discovery, and all the men in the village got up and started chasing him.
Each of them held a flashlight and various things in his hands, including hoes, shovels, and poles.
Since Zhang An was nourished by space, his health is much better than before.
Carrying a stick, he walked swiftly on the road, and soon he caught up with the crowd.
Changqing Village is surrounded by a large river, so if you want to run away you can only leave the village from the bridge.
You can also run towards the mountain behind the village, but running towards the mountain is courting death.
The road was blocked by dense trees and the road was not wide. With a slow-tempered old buffalo, he would definitely not be able to outrun the people behind him.
Zhang An followed the light and looked over, and there were three figures running in front of him. Good guys, a gang committed a crime.
On the opposite side, I saw a group of people chasing after me. I was so anxious that I kept whipping the old cow on the buttocks.
Originally, the old cow was quite docile, but he couldn't help being beaten all the time.
Finally, the old cow was sore from being beaten that he jumped forward with jealousy and ran forward wildly.
The person holding the rope couldn't hold on. If he hadn't let go in an emergency, he would have been dragged on the ground by the cow at this moment.
Upon seeing this, several people realized that they could not take the cow with them, so the three of them scattered and ran in three different directions in the woods.
This group of people is the most outrageous person Zhang An has ever heard of. Others have discovered that you stole the cow, and you were chased for so long with the cow.
It was a typical fight for money rather than life. If the big buffalo hadn't been beaten impatiently by them in the end and lost its temper, they wouldn't have given up.
If you were caught by the police station, the worst possible outcome would be a prison sentence, and you would still have public food to eat, but at least you would still be alive.
But to be caught by this group of people in the mountains, no matter what, it would have to be missing a few parts.
If I don’t say much, my legs will be broken by you first.
In Zhang An's memory, a few years ago, people from the Miao village next door had their pigs stolen, and were chased from dusk to dawn. Even if you left the pig and ran away, others would still chase you.
That stockade was full of seedlings. Once they caught someone, their hands and feet would be cut off on the spot and hung at the gate of the stockade.
I'll hang it like bacon for two days without beating you to death.
If the police station hadn't been dispatched in the end, he might have been hung to death.
So stealing in the mountains is really a gamble with your life.
But it's not surprising that these people are basically not normal people. They are either lazy and lazy, or they are bad gamblers who have separated their wives and children.
After calming down the furious buffalo at the head of the village, everyone returned to the village, but most of them probably couldn't sleep either.
Zhang An followed his father back home, and his mother Wang Fang breathed a sigh of relief in the main room.
Because it is dangerous to chase such people like this.
Seeing that the father and son were back, she felt relieved.
Zhang An was not affected at all and fell asleep when he returned to the room.
When I woke up it was already bright.
After lunch, I heard the big loudspeaker in the village start to announce: Every household is asked to send someone to the sun drying field to hold a village meeting...
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I called back and forth many times, and it took more than ten minutes for me to stop.
Zhang An hadn't heard of this happening for a long time. In the past few years, he would only use it to notify the village of important events.
Otherwise, this thing is so loud that as long as it sounds, it can be heard not only from the beginning of the village to the end of the village, but also from the village next door.
But as conditions improved in later generations, when someone in the village held a banquet, they would often use it to notify people that it was time to come to the table and eat.
Because whenever a banquet is held in the village, it is usually held on the grain drying ground in front of the village hall. It is very large and can easily accommodate thirty or forty tables.
In Changqing, when village meetings are held in the village, men usually go there. Unless the man in the family is not at home, the wives of each family will go.
After hearing the announcement from the loudspeaker, Zhang Jianguo got up and went out, bringing a bench with him.
No one knows how long it will take. If it takes longer, it will be a bit of a wait.
Zhang An secretly guessed that it must be related to the bandits entering the village last night, so he happened to have nothing to do and followed him to listen.
After arriving at the grain drying field, after waiting for seven or eight minutes, the old village chief Zhang Jianwen saw that most of the people had arrived, and there was no need to call names, because the neighbors could tell who was missing after just a quick glance.
Even if there are a few families who have something to do and no one is at home, it doesn't matter if they don't come. Then the neighbors next to them can just talk to them privately.
The village chief, Uncle Zhang, is a man in his fifties. He served as a soldier when he was young. When he came back, he could not change his job to the city due to household registration issues, so he returned to the village.
A few years later, when the Changqing brigade was renamed Changqing Village, after the brigade captain retired, everyone elected him to be the village chief.
As the saying goes, good iron cannot be hammered into nails, and good men cannot be soldiers.
I heard from the old man that Uncle Zhang was actually a fool when he was young, disobeying and fooling around.
Later, Mr. Zhang was sent to the army and stayed in the army for several years. When he came back, he became a different person.
Uncle Zhang, who was not very polite in the village before, now knows how to respect the elderly and care for the young after coming back, and he actively helps anyone who has something to do.
At the beginning, many people thought it was just a pretense.
But as the days passed, it was as if I had formed a habit, and I continued to help the people in the village.
As time goes by, people's hearts are revealed, and everyone has clearly seen that no one can pretend to be like this for a day or two, but he cannot stay like this for several years.
So there was a trend in the village. Any young man in the village who looked like a second-rate boy was sent to the army.
So later when everyone chose him for the village chief, they all chose him.
After becoming the village chief, he led the villagers to dig ditches for the rice fields and dig out the village's mountain roads.
Therefore, Datian Bazi in Changqing now has a good harvest, and thanks to this, the road out of the village in Changqing used to be a little more than one meter wide, and now it can pass two carriages.
It is also due to the efforts of the old village chief that although the villagers in Changqing are not very rich, they are no longer hungry. From the beginning they ate corn rice to rice in recent years.
"Everyone, old and young, also knows that last night, the cattle of Li Heping's family in our village were taken away by robbers. Finally, with everyone's help, they found them back. I would like to thank you all for your solidarity and active help.
People around you.
The main purpose of today's meeting is to tell you something. It turns out that we at Changqing have people keeping watch at night, and we collect the animals on the mountain when the corn is almost ripe.
But the robbers who have not come for so many years have come last night. Since there is a first time, no one knows whether there will be a second time. Therefore, starting from tonight, each household will be organized according to each village group.
One person and a group will guard the place for one night.
It’s just a matter like this. If you have any opinions, you can express them now and discuss them collectively.”
As soon as the village chief said this, everyone actually had a premonition.
And everyone is not opposed to vigils. From twelve o'clock in the evening to five o'clock in the morning, there are ten people in each group. Everyone chats and walks around the village before dawn.
So no one had any opinions and everyone voted in favor.
"Since everyone has no objections, let's start with one group tonight. Everyone will go back and recharge the batteries of the flashlights at home. If there is something wrong, you can find someone else to change it privately.
Also, I would like to remind everyone that you should also wear an ear when you sleep at night and listen to the sounds by yourself. Don’t be like Li Heping’s family, whose cows were led away by others, and their family is still dreaming.
If Grandpa Zhang Er hadn't seen it yesterday, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to cry today. Well, let's go and get busy. Don't forget the people keeping watch tonight."