Although he joined the plainclothes team for the sake of salary and food, Li Youcai was not a fool. In the current situation, the word "food" was a very sensitive word. The imperial army would not be interested in dealing with such a rotten matter as robbing his family of money. However, if food was involved, the matter would change its nature. Sooner or later, someone would ask why he needed food? Where did the food go? He could not explain to the imperial army.
The night wind was not too cold, but Li Youcai felt a chill. He knew that a cold gaze was staring at him. This was a dangerous omen, which made Li Youcai feel frightened.
Li Youcai gritted his teeth and pretended to be relaxed. He walked to Hu Yi, deliberately avoiding his narrow gaze, looking to the side, and whispered to Hu Yi: "I like this feeling... the feeling of giving orders... I just found out... I really like it... So, I have to make some changes... You can still get what you want, but not from me..."
The accountant of the Li family hurried out of the yard and handed the money to the uncle Li Youde. Li Youde came to Li Youcai with a sullen face, but did not hand over the money immediately. He looked at Li Youcai without saying a word.
No matter what, they were once brothers. Li Youcai knew his brother's temper very well and knew what Li Youde was waiting for, so he said, "I just came to take back what belongs to me! Now, you can give it to me."
Li Youde threw the money into Li Youcai's arms, and without saying anything, he turned around and tried to go back. Suddenly, a deep voice came: "Stop!"
Turning back, he found that the man with broad eyebrows and narrow eyes beside Li Youcai had raised his gun and pointed the bayonet at him. Li Youde couldn't help but glare at Li Youcai again.
"Don't look at me. We are even now. This has nothing to do with me. I didn't bring him here. I don't know him. Whether it's revenge or a vow, you two can discuss it yourselves." Li Youcai said this to the angry Li Youde, and waved to the plainclothes team and the gangsters: "It seems that this is a misunderstanding today. Let's go!" Then he walked into the night without looking back...
Li Youcai and his men left in a swagger, but the situation at the gate of the Li family remained the same. The plainclothes team left, but six people remained, still holding their guns and machine guns, and the tied hostages were still tied up. This time, there was an extra hostage, Li Youde, and no one dared to move.
Except for Hu Yi, the people in Class 9 didn't understand the situation. Didn't they agree to play supporting roles this time? How did they become the protagonists in the blink of an eye? Why was it so difficult to keep a low profile
Looking at the Li family militiamen on the opposite side, armed with swords and guns and torches, all glaring at this side, Luo Fugui was panicking. He carefully moved behind the dozens of tied villagers, tightly holding the machine gun in his hand, and started shouting at the top of his voice: "Don't move! Hey! That kid, I'm talking to you! If you dare to sneak to the side again, I will be really rude! This is a machine gun in my hand, do you understand machine gun? Do you understand that it can sweep a large area at once? Your grandma..."
The scene was a bit big, and there were too few people in the ninth squad. Ma Liang had never experienced such a situation before, and he felt weak in his heart. Although the hostages around him were all innocent people, the situation was tense and he could not afford to think too much. Ma Liang pulled out his bayonet and hung it on the muzzle with a click, on the one hand to give himself courage, and on the other hand to scare the other party.
A pair of braids were swaying in the night wind, and a pair of big eyes were shining in the light of the torch. It was the first time for Xiao Hongying to catch up with such a scene. However, unlike others, she was very excited and felt that the ninth squad was very impressive. She was afraid that it was not lively enough. In this situation, she couldn't let the other party look down on her. She simply pulled out the gas mask she always carried with her and put it on her face, turning into a ghost face, which made the villagers and militia who didn't know what a gas mask was look at her in a panic.
Xiao Hongying pulled out her big-eyed pistol, loaded the bullet into the chamber with a clanking sound, and then waved her hand at the dazed Wu Shitou: "Fool, go help Mule keep an eye on the people over there. If anyone dares to move, you shoot him!"
Liu Jianqiang was the most conflicted. Li Youde was a traitor, but the people of Luoye Village were innocent. He was a member of the Eighth Route Army, so how could he point his gun at them? He couldn't bear to do it, and he couldn't lose face. He was so embarrassed that his face turned red and his neck was thick. He didn't know what to do.
Hu Yi had to admire Li Youcai for once, this guy was really smooth, he should be regarded as a loach, he took advantage of the ninth squad to get rid of his captain and replaced him; he took advantage of the shameless traitor spirit to get a sum of money from the Li family; in the end, he didn't want to get involved in the muddy water, so he forced those hostages and Li Youde to be used as collateral to pay off his debts, and he swaggered away from the matter, and he took all the good things for himself, and no one could do anything about him.
Hu Yi took a deep breath. It didn’t matter. Since Li Youde was in his hands, everything would be easy. He was everything.
Hu Yi saw the reactions of everyone in Class 9, and it was all within his expectations. Liu Jianqiang was definitely not suitable for scaring the people, so Hu Yi called out to Liu Jianqiang: "Runny Nose, come here and tie him up for me. You are responsible."
Finally, he had something to do. Liu Jianqiang breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed a rope, strode over, and tied Li Youde tightly without any courtesy, tied a knot, then pointed the gun at Li Youde's back with a dark face. He did not show any courtesy to the traitor.
Li Youde's anger has cooled down, and his mind has also calmed down. He just ended a blackmail attempt, and it seems that he will be blackmailed again. What can he do? Try to get it all over with as soon as possible.
Everyone thought that these six people, five adults and one child, must be bandits. Li Youde, who was 40 years old and had seen a lot, didn't think so. Bandits were lazy and had no environment. They either wore their hair in pigtails or shaved their heads or had messy haircuts. Except for the little girl wearing a mask, these five people all had short flat hairstyles. Based on this one detail, Li Youde dared to conclude that they were soldiers! What kind of soldiers were there in this area of hundreds of miles? They couldn't be the devils or the puppet army. The Kuomintang army had already fled, so there was only one answer left.
After understanding the situation, Li Youde spoke to Hu Yi first: "No matter what happens, I can make the decision. Let's release the villagers first, okay?"
Even if Li Youde didn't say it, Hu Yi also had this plan. It was not just a matter of conscience. Releasing the villagers would also ease the emotions of the Li family militia on the opposite side and reduce the chance of accidental discharge of guns. With Li Youde alone in his hands, the problem could be solved.
"Let them go!" Hu Yi gave the order.
Luo Fugui was reluctant and wanted to hide behind them to block the bullets. If he was fired, he would feel unsafe in the empty place. But Ma Liang had already started to cut the rope with his bayonet, so he had no choice but to hold the machine gun and carefully approach Hu Yi.
Some people ran crying to their relatives on the other side, some people hurriedly ran to their homes in the village, and some people were not in a hurry to leave after being released, and stayed around to continue watching the excitement.
The tense atmosphere was indeed relieved a lot. The bound Li Youde looked at Hu Yi again: "Now, let's talk business."
"I want food." Hu Yi answered simply.
"How much do you want?"
Hu Yi was silent. He had been thinking about how to get food. Now that the time had come, he really didn't know how much he should ask for. Including the little girl, there were only six people in Class 9. The mountains were high and the roads were long. How much could they take away at once? This was really a problem.
Seeing that squad leader Hu Yi suddenly fell silent, Ma Liang immediately understood what Hu Yi was thinking. In order to help the squad leader, he blurted out, "If each of us carries 100 kilograms and the mule carries 200 kilograms, it should be at least 600 kilograms, right?"
Luo Fugui, who was standing by, shuddered when he heard this. Oh my god, they really treat me like a mule. He said to Ma Liang in a bad mood, "How dare you say that? Can't we just put a few carts on and push them? With five wheels, we can at least carry a thousand pounds, right?"
Hu Yi's idea was similar to Luo Fugui's. It would be best to use a mule and horse cart, but unfortunately no one in Class 9 could drive a cart. It seemed that they could only adopt Luo Fugui's idea. With five wheelbarrows, it would be no problem to push more than a thousand kilograms.
The conversation between Ma Liang and Luo Fugui made Li Youde speechless. A thousand kilograms of food was nothing to Li Youde. Could it be considered extortion? Now, Li Youde was more concerned about his personal safety, because these people were from the Eighth Route Army, and he was the chairman of the maintenance association, a traitor they called him. After they took the food, they would not let him go. They would definitely take him as a hostage and walk for a while to make sure he was safe. At that time, in the wilderness, would the Eighth Route Army spare the life of the traitor? I don't know.
"Prepare five carts and a thousand kilograms of food for us." Hu Yi made up his mind.
Li Youde frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly asked Hu Yi: "Don't you know how to drive a car?"
No one said anything. Hu Yi looked at Li Youde quietly without saying anything.
The answer was clear at a glance. Li Youde said, "How about this? I'll prepare an ox cart for you. If there are many mountain roads, mules and horses are not as good as oxen. It's not complicated. Just lead the oxen by the nose. I'll give you the ox cart as a gift. I'll fill it with as much food as you can, at least 2,500 kilograms. You can pull it as much as you can. If you can't pull it anymore, you can unload it yourself. How do you think?"
The people in Class Nine stared at each other in amazement. It was the first time they saw a business done this way. They raised the price for themselves. Isn't that too cunning
Hu Yi looked at Li Youde's weathered face quietly, then lowered his head to look at the bayonet under Ma Liang's gun, and finally figured out what Li Youde was thinking, so he raised his head again and said calmly: "Then let your people get ready quickly."
Li Youde nodded and was about to turn around and call the housekeeper when someone suddenly spoke up: "Um, can I ask you something?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment. Li Youde turned his head and found the little girl standing next to him. She had pushed the mask up to her forehead, had two pigtails sticking up, blinked her clear big eyes, and raised her pretty face to stare at him.
"Excuse me." Li Youde answered without hesitation.
"There are so many people with guns in your family, you must have grenades, right?" Xiao Hongying asked.
Except for Wu Shitou, the rest of the team nine were furious, even Hu Yi was not spared. The last time they took in Dr. Zhou, the team nine had thrown almost all the grenades and hand grenades, and now, this girl's old illness has relapsed.
"Yes. You want grenades?" Li Youde was very surprised. He couldn't imagine that this mischievous little girl was related to grenades.
"I want twenty, okay? Or... ten is fine..."
"I don't have much of this stuff at home, so I can only give you two boxes."
Xiao Hongying fainted.
Seeing such an unbearable scene, the big and rough Luo Fugui finally couldn't bear it anymore. He pushed Ma Liang who was in the way away, stood in front of Li Youde, and asked with shining eyes: "Can you add one more condition?"
Hu Yi's face finally turned completely black. It was obvious that he, Li Youde, was just a hostage, but when these useless people opened their mouths, why did they feel that Li Youde had become the financial sponsor? Was he extorting or begging? How embarrassing!
Li Youde also got into the role: "Okay, tell me about it."
Luo Fugui forced an extremely ugly smile on his big face, and after a long pause he finally said, "I want to catch a chicken in your yard!"
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