Chapter Thirty Old Fox

  "Dad, Xiu'er is following Liu He to go fight the devils, you'd better persuade him, fighting devils is too dangerous." This was Liu Long coming to ask for advice from his father-in-law.

  His son, Liu Quanxiu, is a member of the Tongzi team and is now also a deputy captain. The captain is naturally Dog Dan, and there is another non-commissioned officer, sword instructor Zhang Zhen.

  "What did you say, my grandson is going to fight the devils?" "Yes, father, these days you don't care about what's happening outside, just reading useless newspapers. You didn't know that Liu He's kid is leading people to fight the devils? And those little brats are also cheering and wanting to follow him. Liu He allowed it, I advised Xiuer not to go, saying it's dangerous. But he said something about teaching me, saying something about 'the rise and fall of the world, every individual has a responsibility'. What kind of individual is he? Of course, fighting devils is also his responsibility."

  "Haha, good, you're indeed my grandson." Liu Xiucai burst out laughing. "Dad, you're still smiling, they're about to set off soon, and now Liu He is mobilizing everyone, be careful or you won't have a grandson in the future."

  "You fool, do you know why I made you the captain of our village's security team? It was to give you some face in front of the villagers. But what have you done? You just take people out to play every day and don't do any real work."

  "Dad, Liu He is doing the right thing, isn't he also taking some long workers to hunt every day?" Liu Long said discontentedly. Indeed, he felt that he was more practical than Liu He, and each time it was just going out to hunt a few rabbits, without asking his subordinates to shoot the left eye or right leg of the rabbit. But Liu Long didn't have this ability either, this earth cannon would shoot out a big piece at once, and one rabbit would be shot down with more than ten iron pellets on its body.

  "They said you're stupid and you don't even believe it, they were hunting, they were training troops." Liu Xiucai said with hatred, "Training troops, how did I not see that, how did I think they were playing, look at them still wanting to hit the left eye of a rabbit, right leg, what is that if not playing?"

  "You, you, you, what's good about you?" Liu Xiucai took off his shoes and was about to chase and beat Liu Long. "You're making me angry, I'll hit you for being so disobedient." "Dad, let's talk this over, don't get angry and say something wrong. You'd better explain it to me, why can't I understand?"

  "You, go and shoot a rabbit's head for me, I won't even ask you to hit its eyes or legs anymore. Even if you use a rifle to shoot one rabbit for me to see, this is unbearable, we have a rifle, but you still can't hit the rabbit with it, instead using a crude gun to shoot rabbits. Your marksmanship isn't even as good as your son's now, do you know that? Your son can already hit a rabbit's eyes or legs."

  "Ah, really, this little kid's marksmanship is so formidable?" "Hey, I said when Liu He first came to our village, the first thing he did was buy guns. And every day he goes out to fight bandits, and only by fighting bandits can you find a lot of money. At first, I was puzzled, this kid has money but doesn't want to waste it. Look at how many bullets they fire each year, those good ones, isn't each person consuming nearly 10,000 rounds? And those kids, each one fires several thousand rounds too."

  "Yes, this Liu He is indeed a prodigal son. You haven't seen how he shares the game he hunts with those long-term workers to eat? Sometimes he even buys pork and pig bones to make soup to drink. Even that little scamp Xiu'er has eaten quite a bit too. This has saved our family a lot of grain, you know. A young master like him will eventually bring his old man to death."

  "You also said that Liu He is not a loser, but a wise man. It seems he had anticipated the Japanese invasion of China long ago. Didn't he say so a few years ago?"

  "Yes, it was that time when he asked us to eat bran every three days and also told us to smile while eating. Oh father, you should listen to him, this bran is really hard to swallow."

  "It's inedible, I'm afraid the Japanese have arrived, you can't even eat bran anymore. He has foresight, from now on, we need to store all our grain." "Why, Dad?" "Why? The Japanese are coming, won't they come down and rob us of our grain?" "Why would they want to come down and rob us of our grain?" "They're a small country with limited resources, if they don't rob us of our grain, what will they eat? They must have ulterior motives for invading our country. It's obvious they've taken a liking to our prosperous world. And look at the state of our nation now, everywhere is ruled by warlords, isn't that the doing of these devils? Their plan is to let our country descend into chaos so they can take over smoothly. But it seems they've underestimated us, this country still has many people with backbone."

  "Dad, you're really impressive, able to see so many things." "Yes, that's right. I didn't expect Liu He to be so cunning either. Don't worry, your son is fine. You should know, Liu He just wants to use me, and having your son go fight the devils was just a way for him to gain merit."

  "Dad, what is a letter of surrender?" "A letter of surrender? Well, maybe one day I'll become a traitor with a white skin and red heart." The old man said with some disappointment.

  "Traitor, Father, why is this?" "Son, not only did I become a traitor, but you will also have to. However, it's just pretending to be one, not really being one. This time, Liu He gave us an excuse, if we were real traitors, he would hand over our son, saying that he fought against the devils. He wouldn't deal with us personally, but let the devils handle us instead. Just wait and see, when they return, the whole village will know that my grandson, your son killed several devils."

  He's indeed an old fox, Liu He's thoughts were all seen through by him. At first, when these kids wanted to go fight the devils, Liu He didn't want to bring them along. But after some thought, he realized that among them were children of wealthy families. Naturally, when the Japanese came, this place would be a guaranteed enemy-occupied zone. There would be all sorts of traitors here. Liu He was afraid there would be those who genuinely wanted to collaborate with the enemy. It's just right to use these kids to kill a few devils now, so they wouldn't become real traitors. As long as he guided them, there would be a large number of "white-skinned red-hearted" traitors. Liu He was indeed cunning.

  Since it can't be avoided, then let's use conspiracy to deal with it. Liu Xiu has already figured it out. Next, if the Japanese come, he will definitely be taken over by the Japanese as a traitor, and his reputation in the village is also unavoidable. Then I'll play along with you guys well. Do you really think my heavenly dynasty has no one left?