Looking up at the stars in 1946

Qi Jialin was married in the 33rd year of the Republic of China and 11th year of Kant.Banner Four is not a big deal, one is to marry a daughter after all, and the other is that the Sino-Japanese war has reached a feverish stage, and the situation in North Manchuria has become increasingly out of control.The world is getting worse, and from time to time, there will be creepy news from somewhere, missing people, screams, corpses... All these kinds of things make people panic.

The carriage to welcome the relatives came over one evening in early summer.Qi Jialin wore a bright red wedding dress, and saluted the elders of the family one by one amidst the sound of firecrackers soaring into the sky.When passing by Han Yan, Qi Jialin raised her clothes, knelt down, and kowtowed three times to Han Yan.Han Yan hid behind Qi Si at first, seeing Qi Jialin salute him, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Qi Jialin up.

With red eyes, Qi Jialin turned sideways and whispered something in Han Yan's ear, and then walked away with the support of the mother.

Han Yan burst into tears after she turned around.

She said, "Father, my daughter is married."

After Qi Jialin left, Han Yan was in a daze for a while, and from time to time he went to the house where Qi Jialin lived.Qi Si couldn't see his decadence, so he sent him to the winery to help.

In those two years of war and chaos, and with the addition of various taxes in Japan, everyone's life was difficult, and they often couldn't even eat. Naturally, few people could drink alcohol.Qi Sikai's small winery can't make any money and can't lose money, so it's just like this.Han Yan looked confused, and privately asked Qi Sikai what the wine shop was like.Qi Si just smiled and didn't speak.

Although Han Yan was curious about what kind of wine was sold in Qi Si's gourd, Qi Si didn't say anything, but he knew he couldn't ask, so he just watched carefully.

Most of the people who went to Qisi Winery to buy wine were idlers and goons in the village, and a few of them were Wang Yuandao's errands.Han Yan always hated these people, so he didn't go to the cabinet easily.The fourth flag is long-sleeved and good at dancing, and will not refuse anyone who comes.From time to time, I would have a drink with the person who bought the wine and chat.After talking happily, he waived the drink money with a wave of his hand.Those who drink are happy, and it is inevitable that they will call friends next time they come.If there are too many times, the account will look a little ugly.It's just that Qi Si didn't say a word, and Han Yan had no choice but to endure it, and only lost his temper when he was counting.

Yuanmao Tun was still so lifeless on the surface, being oppressed by the Japanese, but the anti-Japanese forces behind the scenes had already twisted together, waiting for the opportunity to blast the enemy to pieces.

Han Yan has never paid much attention to these overt and secret struggles, and only watches himself busy with his work.The major affairs of the left and right Qi family are covered by Qi Si, and he is happily busy with all kinds of small things alone.Qi Jialin is going to be a mother, no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, there is always a gift; the house has to be cleaned every day, otherwise it is easy to get dusty; the big tooth dog in the yard died of old age last year, and a while ago, I took care of another one, and now it is only three months old. Pay more attention; parents are getting old, and they have to go home from time to time to chat with the second elder, chatting about the work in the field, and the third brother is already at the age of marriage, so it’s time to ask a matchmaker to find a wife... In Korea Here, life is so uneventful. Who in the village gave laborers and never came back. Whoever was disaster-stricken and fled without harvest, and whoever was bullied by the Japanese and traitors so that they couldn’t hold their heads up. Come and wait, it seems that it has nothing to do with him.

Therefore, when "August [-]" sounded and the Japanese fled in all directions, Han Yan just listened casually and went into the kitchen to help Mama Wu cook.

Compared with Han Yan's leisure and ease, Qi Si is much busier!As soon as the Japanese child left, he called a group of people to pick up foreign goods and make a fortune.Some people were timid and afraid to go, Qi Si said: "What are you afraid of? The Japanese emperor surrendered, and you are still afraid that the Japanese will come back? If you are really afraid, don't go, shame!" Then he took the lead and went into the house rush.Seeing that Qi Si was in the lead, the others also followed.

It is said that Qi Si has the ability, and it only took two or three years to tame some hooligans and ruffians in the village, and they all follow his example.

Qi Si picked up foreign guns and guns, and gave all other pots, pans, cloth clothes, watches and lights to others.The Qi family compound was originally built with a gun tower, but now that there are guns and people, Qi Si simply pulled up a large platoon and set up his own armed force.

Without the support of the Japanese, the Manchurian Empire is nothing but an empty shell, and Yuan Maotun will be messed up sooner or later. Instead of waiting to be bullied, it is better to strike first and kill the threat first.

The next day after Qi Si picked up Yang Lao, he was going to take Wang Yuandao under the knife.Wang Yuandao was not stupid either, he knew that Qi Si would not have a good life after pulling up a big row, and he turned around early in the morning, but it was a pity that Qi Si had sent someone to watch him secretly, and finally he was stunned when Wang Yuandao was about to sit down. The boat intercepted people while crossing the river.

When Wang Yuandao was tied up and pressed to Qi Si, Qi Si was wiping the small foreign gun he had just picked up with a soft cloth.

"Fourth Master," Wang Yuandao was kicked, knelt down in front of Qi Si with a "boom", and said with a mournful face: "What happened before is all my fault! I am blind! I have no eyes! Your lord has a lot, so just let me go!" Let me go!"

Qi Si heard him cry for a while, weighed the foreign gun in his hand, and said to the two errand runners, "Take it to the door."

"Fourth Lord! Let me go! I'll give you whatever you want!" Wang Yuandao yelled while being dragged away.

Qi Si took two quick steps, first arrived at the gate of Qi's compound, and fired a gun into the sky.The nearby villagers were taken aback, and they all looked at the gate of the Qi family compound.

Qi Si glanced at everyone, and said: "Wang has done so many evil things in our village for so many years. You all know well. I think everyone still remembers the fact that he got me in prison. I, Qi Si, have always been a grudge. Yes, if people don't offend me, I won't offend others, if they do, don't blame me for killing him!"

Wang Yuandao was terrified when he heard it, and wanted to run away after struggling.Qi Si casually shot him to the heel of his thigh, and fell to the ground with a howl.Qi Si fired another shot, crippling one of Wang Yuandao's hands.

Blood spurted out and smeared the floor.Wang Yuandao rolled on the ground, covered in blood.

Qi Si wiped his pistol, and said to a person beside him, "Go to Wang Yuandao's house, let her come and take him away."

A dog leg wanted to curry favor with Qi Si, so he quietly asked, "Fourth Master, do you want to tell Wang Yuandao...?" He said, making a gesture of cutting his neck.

Qi Si glanced at him and said, "No need, other people won't live long."

Sure enough, the news of Wang Yuandao's death came the next night.The woman in Wang Yuandao's house, the woman whose fiancé was killed and who had been abused by Wang Yuandao, sent Qi Si four gold bars.

The Qi family compound began to be lively again.

However, the excitement was only temporary. In the 37th year of the Republic of China, in [-], the Communist Party began to carry out land reform work in the Northeast.One morning in July, a four-horse cart with four wheels drove into Yuanmaotun with a dozen Eighth Route Army troops wearing gray cloth military uniforms and carrying rifles.

When the car stopped at the gate of the village primary school, the news that the working group had entered Yuanmaotun flew into Qi Si's ears like wings.An uneasy feeling surged up in Qi Si's heart for no reason.At the beginning of the year, he heard a lot of news that the Communist Party was fighting against landlords and dividing land in Changchun, and he felt a little bit wrong, but now it finally came.

Qi Si wrote an invitation card and asked a gatekeeper in the yard to send it to the team leader.He thought that the visitor is always a guest, and he would have a meal first, chatting, making a family routine, and it would be easier to talk about some things, but he did not expect that the gatekeeper came back with a pile of scraps of paper for him, and brought a working group with him. A reply: "The communists will never eat the food from the landlord's house!"

Qi Si was a little annoyed, he wouldn't come if he didn't want to, and I didn't bother to entertain him.But after all, I have no idea in my heart, and I still have to find someone to go over there to inquire about it from time to time.

Han Yan looked at Xinqi from the side, thinking that there are times when your fourth master is difficult to do?The next time I went out, I kept an eye out, and deliberately went to the elementary school to take a look.

"Brother, what are you doing here?" Han Yan was looking around the room with his head tilted. Suddenly, he was taken aback. He turned around and saw that it was Han Ye!

"Ah Ye!" Seeing his younger brother, Han Yan was both surprised and happy, and hurried over to ask, "Why are you here?"

Han Ye patted his chest and said, "I'm back to start work!"

"Are you an official?" Han Yan asked happily. In his opinion, anyone who can "work" is an official.

"Do mother and father know that you are back?"

"I haven't gone back yet. I don't have time now. Let's talk about it in a few days."

"Okay, then you have to remember! I'll go home first and tell my parents about your return. Alas, you don't know that they have been worried about you since you left, because they were afraid that something would happen to you. It's..."

"Okay, brother, don't talk about this," Han Ye interrupted Han Yan, and said, "Let me ask you, do you still live in Qi's house?" Han Yan said, "You still do."

As soon as Han Ye heard these words, he frowned so much that he could kill a fly, and his voice rose, and he said, "What's the matter with you? Why are you still at Qi's house?"

"I didn't rely on it...I also have work over there."

Every time his younger brother questioned him about Qi Si, Han Yan couldn't help but feel guilty.

"Forget it, you can just move back from today, and draw the boundary with Qi Yixiu!" Han Ye urged.

Han Yan was a little angry. Although he knew that following Qisi was always a bad name, it was his own business after all, and he was always opposed by others, especially his younger brother. Han Yan felt a little uncomfortable.

"Don't worry about this, I know how to do it myself." Han Yan said.

Han Ye originally wanted to leave, but when he heard what his brother said, he stopped in his tracks and said in a low voice, "Qisi is going to be in bad luck, I advise you to leave him for your own good!"

Han Yan was taken aback, and asked, "Why is fourth master so unlucky?"

"Don't worry about it! Anyway, just remember to stay away from him, otherwise I won't be able to save you even if you are my brother." As soon as Han Ye said this, he turned around and was about to leave.Han Yan quickly grabbed his arm, and asked in a low voice, "Ah Ye, can you explain clearly why Fourth Master is going to be in trouble?"

"This is a work secret, so I can't tell you. In short, you just stay away from Qi Yixiu!" Han Ye was called away by a person wearing glasses as soon as he finished speaking.

Han Yan saw a crowd of people in the classroom, discussing something in a hurry, and panicked in his heart. He wanted to go in and ask a few questions, but was killed by a man with a gun. Pointing the gun at the door, he said, "Go outside, the comrades inside are working!"

Han Yan had no choice but to walk back in three steps.Seeing that Han Ye really couldn't come out, he hurried to the Qi family compound.

It was a hot day, and Qi Si was drinking tea. Seeing Han Yan running profusely, he asked him what happened.Han Yan took a few sips of tea from the teacup Qi Si handed him, and told Qi Si about meeting Han Ye in a few words.

Qi Si was silent for a while, and finally said: "My son Jialin sent me a letter before, asking me to distribute our family's land to the poor in the village, saying that this is the Communist Party's policy, and I have to do it if I don't. "

Thinking of distributing hundreds of thousands of land to people, not to mention Qi Si's reluctance, Han Yan also felt pain, but it is much better to spend money and save life than people without money, so Han Yan persuaded: "Fourth Master , if this is really the case, then let’s donate the land, and our family will not have to worry about food or clothing, so let’s take it for nothing.”

Qi Si thought for a while, and said: That's fine, you see your brother tomorrow, and ask him who he can talk to if he wants to donate the land. "

Han Yan nodded and said, "Don't leave tomorrow, I'll go over after dinner."

Qi Si looked at the glistening sweat on Han Yan's forehead, and said, "Why are you in a hurry? The sky won't collapse if you go again tomorrow, wouldn't it be more of a hindrance if you run around on a hot day and suffer from heatstroke?"

Han Yan heard the same reasoning, and seeing that Han Ye was busy today, even if he went there, he probably wouldn't see anyone, so he had to give up.The two sat on the kang to enjoy the cool air. Han Yan remembered that a matchmaker had proposed to Qi Jialang a while ago, so he asked Qi Si if the agreement was over.

Qi Si said: "No, that brat is too picky. Either he thinks this one is fat or that one is short. He said several times and didn't agree with him."

Han Yan said: "Well, marrying a daughter-in-law is a lifetime thing after all, so it's good to be careful."

Qi Si frowned, and said, "How can he be prudent? He's so picky! He's spoiled by his mother, a loving mother often loses her son."

Han Yan wanted to say that Feng Niang can't be blamed for this, and you, the father, didn't just throw your hands away?But the words got to his lips and he swallowed them back. It's an eventful time now, one more thing is worse than one less thing, so it's better not to mention it.