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On the mountainside behind the small mountain village, several figures were hiding behind tall trees, with only half of their heads exposed and observing. Their eyes were fixed on the vague houses at the bottom of the mountain and the figures that were constantly moving around. Deep in their hearts, Silently calculate the approximate amount.

When he saw some villagers returning to the road up the mountain, one of them waved carefully and led his brothers back to their temporary resting place in advance.

"How's it going? How's the inspection going? Tell me quickly."

Seeing their returning figures, the elegant man who was hiding and waiting anxiously jumped out of his hiding place and asked urgently without waiting for him to reply.

The one-eyed man who went to explore the village looked at him with his only remaining eye, without replying to his words. His eyes turned to Brother Biao who was sitting on the stone without asking.

"Tell me what you saw and explain it clearly to Mr. Hou."

Brother Biao slowly stood up from the big stone, looked at Duyan with satisfaction, nodded to him, and waved away the two people who were following him to investigate.

"I followed the stampede marks and ran forward for more than a quarter of an hour. When I arrived at the back hill of their village, I could see that their village was very large, with many houses and a large population. It was estimated that there were 1000 to [-] people in it, and the number of strong laborers in it was at least [-]. Forty percent, this is the most conservative number.”

"What, are there so many people here? Did you read that right?"

The elegant man, Mr. Hou, asked in disbelief. You must know that after decades of war and various natural and man-made disasters, the population of most villages in the outside world is now declining. A village with 500 people is already a big village.

"Yes, I can see clearly. There are at least sixty or seventy houses. Some of the courtyards look big. There should be a lot of people inside."

One-eye is very sure of his guess, because he has always been a good at gathering information under Brother Biao, and his estimation has never been wrong.

"It's going to be difficult to handle now. We have too few people, so it's hard to handle it."

Hou San touched his chin impatiently. He thought he could make a fortune on the way to escape and store some food for the winter. However, the result was completely different from what he had imagined. Not knowing what to do, he turned his eyes to Biao. On my brother.

"Brother Biao, what do you think we should do? This village is not easy to conquer."

As the leader of this team, Brother Biao naturally has to plan for the brothers who follow him. The first difficulty they face now is the next problem of eating.

He also frowned and thought about the optimal solution, but the huge difference in the number of people was not easy to smooth out.

"In this way, One Eye, you continue to go back and watch, and be careful not to be discovered by them. We can hide here for two or three days at most. Over time, it is easy for those who are chasing us to catch up."

After warning Duyan and watching him run away and disappear into the forest again, he looked at Hou San again and told him the preliminary plan he had thought of.

"Your appearance is relatively honest, with a bit of a literary atmosphere. You pretend to be a fugitive cultural person and go to the village to inquire about news. It can be said that you are a member of the Red Party. You are avoiding the pursuit of the other party. You will tell the situation in the village and nearby Try to find out more about the situation."

After hearing Brother Biao's plan, Hou San immediately agreed. You must know that because of the Red Party's vigorous propaganda in recent years and their approach to getting close to the people at the bottom, they have a very good reputation and have received praise and support from the people. With their reputation Information can be collected easily.

"Okay, I'm going to prepare now. I'll take the opportunity to leave after the results are obtained. I'll come back and tell you the news. We'll take the next step based on the situation."

Hou Sanfeng went to prepare in a hurry. He needed to take a detour to the front or side of the village, and it was best to look a little embarrassed.

"Let's go, let's walk a few miles further and find a place to rest in a cave or something farther away from here."

Brother Biao took the lead and turned back. They were now too close to where the villagers were cutting firewood and it was not safe enough.

They led thirty of their men deeper into the area. They all had weapons in their hands and were filled with evil spirits. The beasts they encountered ran away before them, and they did not dare to provoke them.

Looking at the few pheasants running past them, a group of big men all looked longingly at the leader, Brother Biao. It was obvious that they wanted to kill the pheasants for meat.

Brother Biao is also greedy for meat. He was just a little boy in the past and could not live a good life of eating meat, drinking and visiting brothels. Now he wants to eat live meat when he sees it, but he can't.

"Don't even think about it. The sound of gunfire will alert the villagers over there and ruin my plan. Just go ahead and eat the dirt. But if you can catch me with your hands, I won't stop you."

The brothers looked at each other and started catching them. They still didn't believe that so many of them could not catch a few pheasants. They took off their guns and threw them to a few thin brothers. A group of people gathered around the pheasants with their necks hunched and light steps. .

The pheasants were surrounded in a circle. They saw the right moment, and a dozen people pounced forward at the same time. The pheasants were frightened and fluttered their wings, raising a cloud of soil, feathers and grass blades, which sprinkled everyone's heads and faces. Not a single pheasant was caught.

This, this doesn't look good. With so many people, they can't catch a chicken. Everyone looked ugly and wanted to raise their guns, but in vain.

"Okay, do you really think the pheasants on the mountain are so easy to catch? Come back in quickly and find a place to settle down as soon as possible."

Brother Biao stopped them from wanting to vent their anger by shooting. It doesn't matter if they eat less meat. Food to fill their stomachs is more important.

The villagers went in and out of the forest three times in the morning, transporting the piles of cut wood back to their homes. They did not feel that anyone was peeping in the dark, watching their every move, and plotting to take away their lives. food.

Li Manping lay on the kang to relieve her fatigue. As a result, the kang was so comfortable that she fell asleep directly. When she woke up, it was almost time and she could prepare lunch.

She rubbed her face vigorously to make herself more awake, and suddenly thought of the malice she had noticed on the mountain today, and shuddered.

It was over, she had forgotten about this matter. She didn't know if it would be useful to tell her father about her bad feelings now. She hoped that nothing happened.

Thinking of this, she searched around the house and found no sign of her parents. It seemed that they were still gathering firewood on the mountain.

She pushed open the courtyard door and ran to the back hill of the village. She wanted to tell her father whether there were wild beasts or bad guys and she needed to be on guard.

When passing by a few grannies standing on the roadside chatting, she heard them talking about the new things that had just happened in the village. The conversation she overheard made her slow down.

"Have you seen the man that the village chief invited into his home just now? He looks so polite. Is he really a Red Party member? What did he do in our village?"

Grandma pulled one of them curiously, wanting to know more first-hand information.

"That's right. He doesn't look like a bad person. Besides, he was injured and looked miserable."

The grandma who was being pulled could not confirm his identity and could not give a definite answer.

"It should be. Look at how enthusiastic and thoughtful the village chief is. I even heard him telling his wife to kill chickens and make soup."

Grandma asked and answered her own questions, and found evidence that the village chief was more powerful, so it was right to follow him.