Geng Jinyan was stunned for a moment and said, "They were... they saved me, otherwise I would have been tortured to death by foreign ghosts. They were Chinese who came back from overseas and came back specifically to fight foreign ghosts. Now they have been occupied by Dagukou, Tianjin City, and the Tianjin Concession. The foreign ghosts have been beaten to death and have captured thousands of foreign ghosts and locked up?"

When the man heard this, his eyes lit up and said, "So it's true. The Boxer Rebellion is really coming back. I know that the foreign ghost is not going to be able to get better."

Geng Jinyan was a little puzzled and said, "What the Boxer Rebellion? What have you heard?"

The man said, "Someone came back two days ago, and the Boxer Rebellion came back again. This time, the Boxer Rebellion invited all the masters, masters, and ancestors on Penglai Immortal Island overseas. They were all old gods with endless magic power. A few five elements thunders sank the foreigners' warships. One finger at the foreigners would die. One breath could blow away a hundred foreigners. After killing the foreigners in a piece of armor, don't you also make trouble for the Boxer Rebellion? It seems that this is true." But after looking at everyone, hesitating, because these people were so lonely that they could not even get a name with the old god.

Geng Jinyan was also a little amused when she heard this. She had participated in the Boxer Rebellion before. Of course, she knew that the so-called invincible magical powers of the Boxer Rebellion were unreliable. She had spent more than ten days with the time travelers and realized that it had increased a lot. Moreover, the time travelers had never taken the Boxer Rebellion seriously. Therefore, Geng Jinyan said: "Don't listen to the rumors outside. They are not the Boxer Rebellion, but Chinese people who came back from overseas, but they are much more powerful than the Boxer Rebellion, and they are indeed here to fight foreign devils." After a pause, Geng Jinyan said: "Let's do this, Uncle Six, my family has no one to live in now. Let them go to your house to sit for a while and follow you slowly."

The man's face changed and he said, "This..."

Geng Jinyan said: "Don't worry, they are not foreign devils, nor are they Qing soldiers, so they will not mess around. And we just sit for a while and leave."

The man knew he couldn't refuse, and saw that Geng Jinyan had to be so sure, so he turned his head and said, "Okay, come in the house first."

It turns out that this person was named Geng Lu'an, a relative of Geng Jinyan's family. Because they were in the same village and had a good relationship, Geng Jinyan always called him Uncle Liu, but in fact he had no direct kinship with Geng Jinyan. This situation is very common in rural China, even in the old time and space, people in a village have some relatives.

Li Songchen asked about Geng Lu'an's family situation again. He lived in Geng Jinyan, and Geng Lu'an's family was also a self-cultivated farmer. The family had fifteen acres of land, three children, one daughter, the eldest son and the second son were both adults, so the family had sufficient labor force, and the family conditions were similar to those of Geng Jinyan's family, and they were slightly better.

After listening to Geng Jinyan's introduction, Li Songchen also bowed his head and said to Luo Yue: "Platform Leader Luo, there are so many of us that it is impossible for them to go in, so you go in with us and let the other soldiers stay outside and rest on the spot."

Luo Yue also knew that it was indeed inappropriate for these dozen people to enter the house, so he immediately arranged for other soldiers to rest on the spot. Li Songchen, Luo Yue, Gao Jun, Xie Tao, and Geng Jinyan entered the house.

As soon as he entered the house, he smelled the smell of mold. The others could not bear it, but Gao Jun frowned, but it was nothing.

I saw that there was no decoration in the room, and there was a table in the middle, two benches beside the table, and a cabinet beside the wall. There was also a young man, about ten years old, two teenagers, one man and one woman, and Yang Jie, who was fourteen or fifteen years old, looked alert when everyone came in, but when they saw Geng Jinyan, they smiled and came over to call "Sister Yan Jie". Geng Jinyan also went over to talk to them, and it seemed that she was very familiar with the family.

At this time, Geng Lu'an came out of the inner room with two benches and said, "That's what the family is like, how many..."

Li Songchen hurriedly went up to meet him, took the bench from Geng Lu'an, and said, "My fellow villager, you don't have to be busy anymore, let's do it ourselves."

Geng Lu'an was also quite flattered. Of course he could see that Li Songchen was the head of this group of people and was probably an official, but he didn't expect to be so polite. He hurriedly said, "There is there, there, the family is very simple, and he condescended all the masters," he turned to Geng Jinyan and said, "Yan Jie, what do these masters call them."

Geng Jinyan said: "Uncle Six, you just call the Chief. This is Chief Li, Chief Luo, Chief Gao, Chief Xie."

After hearing this, Geng Lu'an thought the title was very strange, but he didn't ask much. He hurriedly called his children to boil water, and repeatedly apologized: "We are poor in the countryside, and there is no good thing in the family to entertain the leaders, so we can only drink a bowl of hot water."

Li Songchen hurriedly stopped him and said, "Membersman, don't be busy anymore, where are we bringing water ourselves?" He took out his own vacuum cup and smiled and said, "Let me have a cup for you too."

Seeing that Li Songchen was so polite and had no one left, Geng Lu'an couldn't help but be surprised. Is this still an official? The biggest official he had ever met in his life was a county magistrate, and the officials he could contact were tax collectors. In fact, the tax collectors were not considered officials, but officials. But in front of Geng Lu'an, they all looked up to their heads. Every time they came to the village to collect taxes, they would be very handsome, and they looked much more majestic than Li Songchen.

At this time, Geng Jinyan looked around and said, "Uncle Six, where is my aunt and elder brother? Why didn't I see them? Have you gone to the field?"

Geng Lu'an's expression changed, he sighed and said, "Your aunt and your elder brother are gone."

Geng Jinyan was stunned for a moment and said, "What about Auntie and Brother..."

Geng Luan smiled bitterly and said, "What else can it be done? Of course, it was done by foreign devils. That day, foreign devils came to our village. Your aunt's legs and feet were not good, so I took your brother and sister to run away first, while your elder brother was behind your aunt's back. As a result, they were slower and were harmed by foreign devils." He also wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, and Geng Luan's children couldn't help but cry.

Everyone felt very uncomfortable when they heard this. Moreover, judging from the experiences along the way, the experiences of Geng Lu'an's family were by no means an isolated case. Geng Jinyan said: "Uncle Six, Aunt and Brother are gone. You can also take care of you. I have my brother and sister."

Li Songchen also said: "Yes, fellow villager, please be clear, and don't worry, this kind of thing will never happen again in the future, and you will never be bullied by foreign devils again."

After hearing this, Geng Luan stopped his sad voice and said, "Chief, yes," and then said, "Swallow, you and the leaders come to the village, is there anything wrong?"

Geng Jinyan said: "It is Chief Li who is coming to the village to conduct an investigation. I have to ask you some things. You will just answer Chief Li later."

Geng Lu'an bowed his head and said, "What should Chief Li ask? As long as I know, I will answer it truthfully."

Li Songchen laughed and said, "It's nothing, it's just a matter. How many families are there in the village now?"

Geng Luan thought for a while and said, "There are about 120 to 30 households. If you came a few days ago, there were not even 100 households in the village. Many people have returned these days and brought back some news from outside. We only knew that the foreigners in Tianjin had been defeated by you."

Li Songchen said again: "I heard that there are several big landlords in Gengjinyan Village. I wonder if they are all back?"

Geng Lu'an shook his head and said, "No." He turned to Geng Jinyan and said, "Yan Ji, you know. There are four big families in our village. You brought the Boxer Regiment back and destroyed the Guo family. The Zhou family later moved to Tianjin city, leaving only a few people in the village to see the house. The Liu family and Huang family did not move away. As a result, the foreign devils came to the village and the whole family was killed by the foreign devils. When we first returned to the village, the Liu family and the Huang family were screaming miserable. Everyone was killed by the foreign devils at home, and the walls and underground were covered with blood. Later, after the people who had just returned to the village discussed, it took everyone four or five days to bury the people of both of them."

Li Songchen said again: "When we came to the village, we found that the crops in the fields had not been harvested yet. How can you rely on to live after you return to the village?"

Geng Luan hesitated for a while, then looked at Geng Jinyan again, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "I don't hide it from all the leaders. In fact, after the foreign ghosts came, we did not run far away. We hid some Rizi in the nearby mountains. When we left, we brought some food, and those that could not be taken away were buried underground at home. After we came back, we could dig out some more days. If it really doesn't work, we could dig at other people's homes. Sometimes we could dig some food. If it doesn't work, we could dig in the fields to dig sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes. As long as we have to harvest the crops this year, we can deal with this year." After that, we looked at Li Songchen again, feeling a little nervous.

When Li Songchen saw him, he thought about it and immediately understood what Geng Lu'an was worried about, because he was afraid that he would collect taxes from the countryside. Thinking of this, Li Songchen took off his backpack and opened it and took out a bag of rice from it, which was about four or five kilograms. This was prepared when he left the concession. He and Xie Tao carried two bags together.

Li Songchen gave the rice to Geng Lu'an and said, "Today, I have been disturbing you for so long, which will definitely delay you from doing less farm work. This bag of rice is regarded as a reward for our thanks."
Chapter completed!