Chapter 24 Just got my life started (Thanks to ‘Qiongzhu’ for the 200 reward!)
Early in the morning, Old Xu, who was busy in the outer room, just shook out the cut noodles, and Xu Chaoyang came out of the east room yawning.

Old Xu looked at his son, who was standing at the doorway, washing his face with his butt sticking out. While the water in the pot was still boiling, he went over and asked, “Are you guys really going to fight for the throne?”

While washing his face, Xu Chaoyang rubbed the soap with his hands and responded without opening his eyes: “Am I sick?”

“There are four of us. How many people are there on Tianwang Mountain?”

“Besides, the people of Nangang know that Tianwang Mountain is in this area, but who knows where the mountain gate is?”

“It’s snowing heavily, and we brothers are going into the mountains to fight bandits in the wind and snow, just to make merit for Liu Da Piezi. Isn’t that crazy?”

Old Xu stared in surprise and said, “So what did you do last night…”

“Dad, we were just talking nonsense while lying on the kang last night. Why are you still thinking about it?”

Last night, after Xu Chaoyang and his brothers came back, they were so excited that they couldn’t sleep after getting on the kang. After being away from the army for so long, they really didn’t expect that the arsenal would have new imports. Liu Gener even wanted to sleep with his arms around that Czech rifle!

Xu Chaoyang finally understood why netizens of his era had “lack of firepower anxiety disorder”. With this Czech-style rifle, the guys spoke a lot louder, but they didn’t expect to scare the old man.

Xu Chaoyang wiped his face and saw his father’s worried expression and said, “Dad, don’t worry, we are just trying to scare Liu Dapiaozi and let him know that we are not easy to bully, that’s all.”

Xu Hanshan looked at him and asked, “How can they do this if you try to fool them like this?”

“What else can I do if he doesn’t want to do it? Go to the Japanese and order it for me?”

“If the Japanese really come, what will he say?”

“We are the insurance team that Guan Laoer really wrote on the roster, and we fought the bandits away from the Yu Family Compound. What reason do the Japanese have to go after us?”

“The Japanese are now recruiting soldiers. If they attack us easily, they will not be able to explain to all the people who surrender in the world. Shouldn’t they consider this point?”

“Let’s take a step back and say that even if the Japanese really come…” Xu Chaoyang gritted his teeth and said fiercely, “They may not be able to kill us so easily. As long as one of us survives, Liu Da Piezi will never sleep peacefully in his life. He knows this better than you.”

Seeing that his father was still worried, Xu Chaoyang added, “Besides, Liu Da Piezi won’t be able to get all the things we ask for in his lifetime, so how can he have the nerve to come and urge us?”

“That’s the nature of the gangsters. They bully the weak and fear the strong. If they meet someone who doesn’t care about his life, they will be in trouble!”

Xu Hanshan uttered an “ah” as if he had suddenly realized something. He turned around and asked again with concern: “So where are you going to take these guys?”

“Where are you going?”

“Didn’t you tell Liu Dapiezi that they were no longer in the Xu family shack?”

“Where else could you go if not to the Xu family shack? The New Year is almost here, how could you bear to be chased away?”

“Besides, what elderly person wouldn’t miss their children coming home for the New Year?”

“This is what I planned. All of these kids should go home to look after their parents and show their filial piety at the end of the year.”

As they were talking, Qu Yong, who was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, came out first and said, “Brother, I’m leaving now.”

Xu Chaoyang nodded: “Give the money to your family and don’t show it off to others. That’s the money we brothers earned with our lives!”

“It’s straight!”

Qu Yong lifted the door curtain, and the steam from the boiling water in the room gushed out. He swayed and put his hands into his sleeves, without buttoning his clothes in the middle of winter, and ran towards the ravine with his hands clasped together.

Xu Hanshan then remembered to shout: “Little guy, why are you in such a hurry? Eat something hot before you leave!” Qu Yongdu walked out of the courtyard gate, but without turning his head, he shouted: “I miss my mother. I don’t want to eat anymore.”

Xu Hanshan looked at the other person’s back and said to Xu Chaoyang, “This kid’s first stop must be in the city, do you believe it?”

“No!” Xu Chaoyang said in disbelief, “I have already explained it in advance.”

Immediately afterwards, Liu Gener and Yu Minghao came out of the house at the same time. Like Qu Yong, they didn’t bring any weapons with them. They just said hello and walked out.

“Wait a minute!”

Xu Chaoyang hurried back to the room, took out the box gun from under the pillow, and stuffed it into Yu Minghao’s arms: “Your family just had a riot, bring some weapons with you, in case you encounter anything, you don’t even have any emergency means.”

He stuffed the gun into Yu Minghao’s arms, opened his shoulder bag with his other hand, stuffed another handful of bullets in it and said, “There are only so many bullets, keep them in mind.”

“OK!”

Yu Minghao said nothing, but looked up at Xu Chaoyang, the emotion in his eyes was beyond words.

Xu Chaoyang was unwilling to say more about this matter. Instead, he cursed: “Get lost.”

Yu Minghao and Liu Gener went out together. Xu Chaoyang chased after them and shouted, “Haozi, keep an eye on Liu Gener. If this guy goes to the treasure bureau, I will find you!”

Yu Minghao turned around and continued to make a scene: “Don’t worry, I’ll tie his belt around his waist when we get home.”

Hahahaha…

Liu Gener’s hearty laughter came over, and the two boys walked forward with a lot of witty remarks on their lips, and when they opened their mouths, there was breath coming out.

Xu Hanshan then pointed to the east room and said to Xu Chaoyang: “Chaoyang, these little calves are easy to deal with, but what about the east room?”

“You finally brought back two of these orphans and their widowed mother.”

Xu Chaoyang also had a headache when he saw the two adults and two children who did not leave the east house, so he said, “Dad, I’m going to the backyard to feed the horses.”

He turned around and went to the backyard, even though Xu Hanshan was shouting behind him, “Damn it, why are you hiding!” he didn’t even look back.

After the battle at Yu’s compound, the Xu family has finally made a good living in the Xu’s shack. They now have large livestock in the backyard, and seven or eight of the bandits’ horses are kept in the backyard. Since yesterday, some people have come to discuss whether they can rent the livestock to them for use when they farm in the spring next year. Some people have even paid a deposit.

If you take into account the cash they got back from the guards and the jewels they took from the bandits, their family would have more than enough to buy as many acres of land as they wanted.

However, Xu Chaoyang immediately rejected the old man’s decision. Not only did he not want to buy the land, he also planned to give it all away to the old man and his subordinates’ relatives in the next two years.

However, this kind of thing cannot be rushed. He needs to make a name for himself and build a team. Otherwise, it will be impossible for him to achieve anything with just the number of people he has.

Men, guns, ammunition, and armaments. Whenever Xu Chaoyang lay on the kang and thought about these things, he felt that the hundreds of dollars in his hands were like nothing. In addition, the ammunition was getting less and less and he didn’t know where to replenish it. Although the current situation seemed to have improved, it was still difficult.

What should I do?

Throwing the fodder that Xu Hanshan brought back from outside in front of the horse, Xu Chaoyang held the horse’s belly and fell into deep thought…

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(End of this chapter)