The king of defense

Late at night, Zhang Tianxin was lying on the bed unable to fall asleep, and the conversation of his parents next door could be heard in his ears.

"My father, the harvest this year is not good and I can't feed the whole family. Why don't you let me go up the mountain?"

The mother's voice was very soft, but the wall was very thin. Zhang Tianxin could hear it clearly. The mother's voice was trembling, but she still said it.

"No, I will never send you to a prison. If that doesn't work, I can go to Zhang Yuanwai to borrow money. After all, I can support the whole family."

My father's voice was firm, without any hesitation. He would not sacrifice any family member. This was his bottom line.

"But……"

"There is no but." My father interrupted my mother and said seriously, "As long as I am the head of the family, you can't go up the mountain."

As soon as the words fell, the room returned to calm, leaving only the mother's soft sobs. I don't know whether it was to express her husband's love or to worry about tomorrow's livelihood.

Zhang Tianxin felt very uncomfortable after hearing these words.

There are seven people in the family, including his parents, himself, and four younger siblings. He is already sixteen years old and is not as innocent as his younger siblings, so he understands the pain of his parents.

It is not unreasonable for the children of the poor to become masters early.

The situation this year is very bad. There is almost no rain. The harvest in the fields is less than one-third of previous years. Winter is about to begin, and it is impossible to go into the mountains for hunting.

Zhang Tianxin knew very well that if he couldn't find another way to make a living, his family would definitely not be able to survive this winter.

That's why my mother proposed going up the mountain, which was a no-brainer.

Thinking of this, Zhang Tianxin clenched his fists, and a feeling of powerlessness emerged in his heart.

The so-called going up the mountain is actually to die. Those who stayed in the Jisei Kiln on the mountain either starved to death or were dragged away by wild beasts. The neighbors Cuihua Sister-in-law and Changshang Gong went to the Jisei Kiln and were never seen again.

As for borrowing money from Zhang Yuanwai, this is the worse way to change it. Zhang Yuanwai has always been a cannibal, borrowing one in exchange for ten. With such a high interest rate, he can only use his family's three acres of land to mortgage it.

Although I can survive this winter, I'm afraid I won't cry more than I did this winter in the days to come.

"It would be great if I were more capable." Zhang Tianxin sighed in his heart. He couldn't think of any other way. He had all his strength but no place to use it.

That night, the three Zhang family members couldn't sleep, and people in the world who were like the Zhang family were like crucian carp crossing the river.

Farmers are looking for food in the fields. If God doesn't give you face, you won't be able to eat anything. You really have no control over it!

The next morning, Zhang Tianxin was walking at the entrance of the village and saw smoke billowing from a distance. Soon, he could hear the sound of horse hooves and shouts.

Before I could figure out the situation, I only heard the villager Li Zheng shouting loudly: "Folks, run, the bandits are coming to attack the autumn wind..."

Zhangjiacun is located on the edge of the Qilian Mountains, where grass bandits often appear. Ganzhou Prefecture has organized officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress the village many times, but with little success.

It is a year of disaster, but there are more and more bandits. Who can explain this?

The bandits in the Qilian Mountains are mainly caravans who come and go to rob, and they never attack the surrounding villages. It is not because of their conscience, nor because they were born among them.

They are all bandits, with their heads stuck in their waistbands, and their business is murder and arson, and their consciences are all fucking bullshit.

It's that they rely on these villages and need to buy their daily necessities from these villages. After all, they can't carry money to the city to buy them. They are bandits.