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Chapter 27: The Allure of Land

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  Meng You Tian continued: "Our ten-li village has only so much land, and some of it is sloping or low-lying. Even in a good year, the coarse and fine grains we harvest are barely enough to keep us from going hungry. As for rebuilding Tumen Village, I've discussed it with Director Yang, and he's very supportive - he even wants me to be the village head!"

  However, I'm not doing this to be the village head, but to make everyone's life easier. Meng You Tian smiled slightly, "I also have a personal reason, which is to let Zijuan leave this place, seeing how some people in the village look at her, what they say, and those misbehaving kids. Changing to a new environment, taking her out more often, maybe she'll recover from her illness faster."

  "Youtian, what if the devils come again? I'm afraid it's not as safe there as it is here?" Wang Renyi asked, perhaps others were thinking the same thing, the massacre at Tudmen Village still left people with a lingering fear.

  "They haven't carefully observed the environment around Tudimen Village." Meng You Tian took out paper and pen, drawing an explanation: "From Tudimen Village to run up the mountain, it seems like a very long way, no easier than running from our village to the back of Nanshan. Actually, there's a shortcut, which is the steep cliff behind the village. I've already discussed this with Uncle Wang, as long as we set up a large pulley on top of the cliff and make a big basket below, not just people but even livestock can go up. Moreover, our situation now is different from Tudimen Village back then, we have sentry posts, machine guns, landmines, and trenches, how easy do you think it would be for the devils to rush over?"

  "Since You Tian has said it, he must have thought it through in his heart." Qiangzi nodded in approval, "He told us. That's trustworthy. Why didn't he tell the villagers?"

  "Qiangzi Ge is right." Meng You Tian knocked on his pipe and said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "I really don't want just anyone to go, every day it's all trivial matters, people's hearts are not in harmony. When the devils come, they complain; when the devils are driven away and the house is burned down, they also complain; if someone in the family gets hurt while fighting the devils, they cry out even more. It's all so chaotic that no one can live in peace. Those who fear death shouldn't go, those who don't dare to fight the devils shouldn't go, and those who like to nag their wives shouldn't go either. And... never mind, let's just say this much for today, but you guys mustn't spread it around. Go home and think about it yourselves!"

  "What's there to consider, I'll go with you, my family will go too." Wei Qing Shan felt that hesitating was ungrateful and disloyal. He owed Meng You Tian a great favor and hadn't repaid it yet, wasn't this an opportunity?

  Qiangzi was about to speak, but Meng You Tian had already stretched out his hand to stop him and said: "Brother Qiangzi, others can go, but you can't. The reason is simple. As the leader of the militia in Shili Village, I'm also in charge of Tudian Village, so we have a few guns too. After we exchange blows, we'll need to take care of each other. If you leave and someone else takes over, I won't be at ease!"

  "What's there to worry about?" Qiangzi smiled and patted Meng You Tian on the shoulder, saying: "When Da Yong and Xiao come back, let them take over. I'll work with Dui, that way we can keep track of each other. If it's just me left, then I'll be in trouble."

  "Let's talk about it when the two of them come back." Meng You Tian actually didn't want to part with this kind and righteous big brother either. Da Yong was rough and bold, while Xiao Jing Ming was clever and cautious. With his own established framework, the two of them complemented each other well, and their relationship with him was also very strong, so he could rest assured.

  Apart from Wei Qing Shan and Qiang Zi, the two men who have the final say at home, others either have elderly people at home and cannot make decisions on their own, or they haven't thought it through clearly and need to think carefully. Meng You Tian didn't rush them either, as he still had to take Zi Juan to town tomorrow to see a doctor, and then tell his mother again. Although there might be some resistance, Meng You Tian believed that with his silver tongue, he could still persuade his own mother.

  After the crowd left, Meng You Tian did not fall asleep immediately, but instead carefully combed through his thoughts again. The idea of moving to Tumen Village had been in his mind for a long time, from vague to clear, and it took a considerable amount of time. Zixi's foolishness, Li Huai Zhong's family making trouble on the south mountain, and the difficulties and hardships of the war later on, all solidified his determination and prompted him to take action as soon as possible.

  In Meng Youda's view, the massacre of Tudun Village was not due to geographical reasons, but rather a result of carelessness and unpreparedness. If improved, Tudun Village's advantageous conditions and safety factor would surpass those of Shiliu Village. What he worried about most was not his own life, but that of his family. Only by finding a relatively safe haven for his family could he contribute his greatest strength without any worries.

  On the surface, Meng Youdao fought against the devils without hesitation, daring to risk his life and achieving astonishing results through clever means. However, from the bottom of his heart, Meng Youdao's awakening was not stronger than those women who "sent their husbands to fight against the foreigners", and was even far inferior.

  In other words, a time-traveler who knows too much about the vicissitudes of life, with an independent thinking ability different from ordinary people, thinks too much and is too miscellaneous. Although they also strive to integrate into the real environment, they are destined not to become the kind of "high and great" figure who is blindly followed. Because their ideas will not be easily swayed by some propaganda or someone's words, who is right and who is wrong, absolutely obeying whom, where is that kind of absolute truth?

  Let Meng You Tian take on the hard work and grievances, with no complaints when faced with injustice, enduring unfairness without considering personal or family interests. It's clearly not very likely. Of course, so-called political awareness is backward, but in fighting against the Japanese devils, Meng You Tian has made up his mind. He just needs to think a bit more than others and make more careful arrangements.

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  Time was approaching noon, and the early summer weather had already made people feel the scorching heat. The sun hung high in the sky, and the fiery face anxiously awaited the wind. Coming out of Sun's Medical Hall, Meng You Tian's face was also gloomy, the wind didn't come, nor could it blow away the dark clouds on his face.

  The illness of the purple quail was indeed very troublesome, and Sun Dajiang was basically at a loss, only prescribing some tranquilizing medicine and using the empty words "the heart disease still needs the heart medicine to cure" to gloss over it.

  Meng You Tian couldn't help but understand the meaning of this sentence, in other words, Zijuan's mental illness is like a patient with amnesia, whether it can be cured depends on luck and chance encounters, and medicine, acupuncture, and moxibustion are useless. Maybe tomorrow will be fine, or maybe it won't be fine for a lifetime.

  "This son of a bitch, Sun, is getting better and better at pretending to be a god. " Meng You Tian turned his head to look at the sign hanging from the Sun's medical clinic, which read 'Magical Hands Reviving Spring', and couldn't help but curse, "If you have something to say, just say it straight out, what kind of heart medicine is this? It's just a bunch of nonsense."

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