Fighting to destiny

Chapter 5 Dare or Not (Page 1/2)

Realizing the danger, Zhang Xiaozu instinctively covered the dry food bag with one hand and held the handle of the hunting knife with the other hand. He stared at the group of people in the southwest direction, breathing rapidly and nervously, as if the group of people would rush over to kill them the next moment.

"What if they rush over to rob us?" Zhang Xiaozu asked himself.

"Their number is twice as many as ours. If we fight, we have no chance of winning."

"We can give up some dry food and make peace with them."

"No! If so, people from other villages will think we are weak and easy to bully, and they will all come to rob our dry food."

"If someone comes to rob us, we have no choice but to fight!"

Zhang Xiaozu swallowed his saliva, feeling dry mouth and tongue, and his right hand holding the knife trembled uncontrollably. He was afraid, because he found that if a fight really broke out, he would not dare to cut the knife in his hand on people, that would be too scary.

"Xiaozu - Xiaozu - what are you staring at? Is there someone you know over there?" Niu Dawa called Zhang Xiaozu twice, and found that Zhang Xiaozu was staring at a group of people not far away, so he pushed him.

"Ah?" Zhang Xiaozu didn't react for a while.

"What? Let's go. If we don't go now, we'll be left behind." Niu Dawa glared at Zhang Xiaozu unhappily. Seeing that Zhang Xiaozu looked confused, as if he had just woken up and had no idea what to do, he grabbed his arm and dragged Zhang Xiaozu in one direction, saying, "My father and Uncle Li have discussed and decided to share some dry food with the people of Zhangjia Village. The two villages will team up and go into the Black Forest together. There are only 30 of us, which is really too few. If we team up with the people of Zhangjia Village, we can deal with big guys like tigers and black bears. Hey, I say you kid, cheer up quickly, don't let those guys who have just come of age in Zhangjia Village look down on you." After listening to Niu Dawa's words, Zhang Xiaozu finally completed what happened when he was distracted just now. He looked up and found that Niu Yao and others had already arrived at Zhangjia Village and seemed to have told them about the plan to team up. The villagers of Zhangjia Village were all happy and their faces were gone. The people of the two villages combined, 120 people, suddenly became the largest team in front of the valley.

Zhang Xiaozu's eyes lit up, and he found that the thing he was worried about just now was solved so easily. In this way, he not only won over the people of Zhangjia Village, but also strengthened the team's strength, and protected himself from being bullied, which was really killing two birds with one stone.

"The elders are really wise!" Zhang Xiaozu admired Niu Yao and Li Dashan very much, and felt that he had too much to learn.

Zhang Xiaozu breathed a sigh of relief, and the whole person felt relaxed. He quietly rubbed the sweat on his palms on his pants, fearing that Niu Dawa would laugh at him after knowing it. But after thinking about it, he asked what he was worried about just now. He wanted to know what Li Dawa would do.

Niu Dawa was walking in front. When he heard Zhang Xiaozu's question, he answered immediately, "In this day and age, food is life. If someone steals our food, it's the same as killing us. We will fight to the death."

"Do you dare to chop a living person with the hunting knife in your hand?" Zhang Xiaozu asked again.

Niu Dawa suddenly stopped and looked down at the ground. After a moment of silence, he sighed, "I didn't dare to do it, but I had to dare to do it, otherwise all the young and old men in Liujia Village would starve to death. Perhaps daring or not daring is the difference between adults and children. The responsibilities and obligations of adults are really heavy. Suddenly, they are so heavy that people can't breathe."

Zhang Xiaozu looked at Niu Dawa's back with a dazed look. He never thought that Niu Dawa could say such a philosophical word. Is this still the big fool he knew?

"The wind is whistling, the rain is rustling, raise your head, hold your chest high, stride forward without looking back. Climb the knife mountain, go down the sea of ​​fire, sing a song as wine and food. Don't be afraid, move forward, I am holding my sword and I am crazy, I am not afraid of gods or demons——" Niu Dawa hummed a tune and strode forward.

Infected by Niu Dawa's sonorous tune, Zhang Xiaozu felt his blood boiling, holding the handle of the sword steadily and powerfully, without a trace of trembling, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, thinking: "Come on, it's my responsibility and responsibility, even if it's a thousand pounds, I'm not afraid."

He took a step forward, and his figure seemed to be taller, as if he had shed the shackles of his immaturity before the age of sixteen and really grown up.

When Niu Dawa and Zhang Xiaozu rushed back to the main force, the leaders of the two villages had already discussed a plan to gather all the dry food together, then select the worst and hand it in, and distribute the rest equally according to the number of people.

The people of Zhangjia Village were a little embarrassed and blushed, because they felt that they had taken advantage of the people of Liujia Village. When the people of the two villages took out the food they brought, the people of Zhangjia Village became more and more embarrassed, even a little ashamed, because they brought some hard cakes and hard buns that were hard to swallow, and some of them were even moldy, while the dry food brought by the people of Liujia Village was fragrant and you could tell at a glance that it was freshly made. "Listen up, everyone in Zhangjia Village." Zhang Daqiang, the leader of Zhangjia Village, suddenly shouted to the people in his village, "We have taken advantage of them, I think everyone knows it. I don't know how you feel now, anyway, I am so embarrassed that I want to find a rat hole to hide in. There is no reason to take advantage of others in vain. We can't lose anything but have a guilty conscience. So I decided to divide the prey caught in the Black Forest into 40% and 60%, 40% for us and 60% for the brothers of Liujia Village. If you disagree, take your things and get out immediately."

The young and old men in Zhangjia Village are all honest people. They all said that they took advantage of the eldest brother of Liujia Village and agreed with Zhang Daqiang's decision.

"Brothers, please be polite, please be polite." Niu Yao waved his hands and said, "Our two villages are only a few miles apart. We know each other well. We know that you are all honest people, so we came to partner with you. Your village has many adults, while ours is small and has few people. A 4:6 split is not appropriate. I think it would be better if we get a good harvest, then we will split it 4:6, but we will get 4 and you will get 6. If the harvest is average, we will split it 5:5. Anyway, we have the same goal, we will work together to get through this disaster year. If you feel that you owe us a favor, you can pay it back after we get through the disaster year. Let's make it clear that we will not refuse when the time comes. We will accept whatever you pay. Haha——"