The square in front of the Wu Temple Office is already crowded with people. Today is the sixth day of the June lunar month. The harvest festival is full of golden wheat fields. When the breeze blows, the wheat is undulating like waves, indicating that the harvest season has arrived.

Wumiao Town holds a first-time event every year to celebrate the bumper harvest of food that year.

A wooden tower nearly ten meters high was built with wood in the middle. A giant tree stood on the wooden tower. A big red hydrangea hung on the top of the giant tree, which is today's first color. It is wrapped in sixty-six oceans, meaning the meaning of sixty-six great smoothness. There is also a bamboo pole at the top of the giant tree, which stretches out at both ends, and a couplet hanging on it: The harvest of grains and harvests are celebrated, and the prosperity of the country and the people are safe and peaceful.

At this moment, the wooden tower was already surrounded by a group of young people. These people were divided into three square formations, standing in the camps of their respective families, each with tight clothes and tied belts, and they were cleaned up neatly. It seemed that they were all contestants in each village who participated in the winning lottery. The contestants swung their arms, twisted their waists and pressed their legs and moved their bodies, preparing to win the lottery in a while.

There was a row of tables at the gate of the Wumiao Office, and behind them were the patriarchs of the three major families, as well as Sun Guoqiang, the battalion commander of the First Battalion of the Eighth Route Army and Chu Chu, who were invited to come.

: "Several patriarchs, I didn't expect that the way you celebrate the harvest in Wu Temple is so lively and very special. This method is good. It not only celebrates the harvest, but also cultivates a good mentality of young people to strive for the first place and win the first place. Now our country is invaded by the Japanese, and the country is also invaded by warlords and bandits. Only with the mentality and spirit of daring to fight and earning, can we seize our own happiness in this troubled times and not be bullied by evil people." Sun Guoqiang said with a smile.

The ancestor Zhang Yuanshan sucked the pipe and said with a smile: "Captain Sun is always worried about the country and the people, and I really admire him."

When Sun Guoqiang heard Zhang Yuanshan say this, he quickly said, "I dare not take it, I dare not take it. The old patriarch is so polite. As a soldier, I am in such an environment of internal and external troubles. I have to think about it, and I dare not think about it, because of the responsibilities of our soldiers at this time."

: "What a person has to think about it, so a person dare not ignore it. The country is in a chaotic world. If every Chinese is as worried about the country and the people as Captain Sun, then the Japanese devils will not be able to attack our doorstep. What a pity! The Kuomintang's non-resistance policy has caused most of China's land to fall, and the people live in dire straits every day. There are not many people who can stay outside the war like us."

: "Haha, old patriarch, you seem to have forgotten that our Wu Temple had just fought a big battle, but it was not considered out of the war. Moreover, facing the sneak attack from the Japanese arsenal and the Xujia Village outpost, nothing was sensational. Now there have been a big uproar inside and outside Qinzhou City. The Japanese devils arrested people everywhere. I'm afraid it's impossible for us to stay out of the matter." Wu Qiankun said with a smile.

: "Yes, it's very chaotic outside now. The Japanese devils are like mad dogs to catch people everywhere, burn, kill, loot, and do everything they do. Anyone who is a little suspicious will be killed directly. The Huang Jiejun also accomplices the tiger and bullies the people everywhere. And I heard that the Japanese have begun to organize a sweep of villages outside the city this time. One village after another, it may not take long to find our Wu Temple." Li Qingqu, the head of the Li family, said.

Zhang Yuanshan sucked a cigarette: "Yes, our five temples will not be as pure as before in the future. I'm afraid the Japanese have already known about our place. The last battle we fought with the Kuomintang cannot be hidden. The Japanese have not made any noise until now. I don't know if they pretend not to know, or have any other ideas?"

Then he waved his hand and said, "No matter what, it's useless to think too much. In the future, we will be more cautious. If the Japanese really come, they will fight them. At worst, we can run to the mountain to be bandits."

As he spoke, the nature of Zhang Yuanshan bandits was exposed again.

Everyone laughed loudly when they heard this. Li Qingqu smiled and said, "Okay, I have never been a bandit in my life. If I have the chance this time, I will follow the old patriarch to the mountain to be a bandit for a while. However, at that time, I will only rob the Japanese, and I will not rob the Chinese."

Wu Qiankun continued, "When you put up a big flag and write about the way to act on heaven and eliminate violence and good deeds, it will be even more artistic, hahaha."

Political Commissar Chu Chu said: "If you just fight against the Japanese, you shouldn't be called bandits because of this, because the name bandit is a derogatory term, which makes people think of bad people at the first glance. If our Wu Temple really wants to organize anti-Japanese teams, it should be called guerrillas. We now have many guerrillas, active in villages across the country, and usually work in our own villages. Once we encounter an enemy coming to invade, we will immediately pick up our guns to fight against the enemy and use our own strength to defend our hometown."

Zhang Yuanshan nodded after hearing this: "The political commissar said it well. We should not call it bandits, because we are not bad people. This guerrilla team is good. It is specially used to defend our hometown. Okay, if we really get to that point in the future, we will organize a guerrilla team."

Sun Guoqiang smiled and said, "Why do the old patriarch have to wait until that time? You can organize now? Instead of waiting for the Japanese to come and fight with guns, we should pick up guns and wait for the enemy to arrive now. This is called changing passive to active. And as long as it is an anti-Japanese team, our Eighth Route Army warmly welcomes you, the more the better!"

: "Battery Commander Sun is right, okay. When the first prize is over, my old man will organize the guerrillas. How about the two patriarchs?"

: "Okay, this is a good thing. We will form our own team to defend ourselves. I agree with it." Li Qingqu nodded and said.

: "The same is true for me. Of course, I agree." Wu Qiankun also agreed.

Zhang Yuanshan knocked on the table with a tobacco pipe: "Okay, that's it. After the event, we will start to form a guerrilla team."

Sun Guoqiang looked at the political commissar with a smile, then turned his head to the crowd in the square.

: "Second brother, what are the patriarchs and the others whispering there?" Zhang Shan asked Zhang Ziyan as he looked at the patriarchs sitting behind the table.

Zhang Ziyan glanced at it and said, "I want to know, just go and ask myself. I'm not a god." After that, he stretched and said, "These people are not just chatting and forgetting their business. It's not too late. Why don't they wait until now?"

: "That's right, I've been warming up for a long time, so I should be able to start?" Zhang Shan scratched his head and said strangely.

At this time, Wu Qiankun stood up, picked up the loudspeaker, and said to the square: "Today is the annual harvest celebration of our Wu Temple. As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. Food is the foundation for our survival. It is the best gift God has given to us all. Now, it is another harvest season. Let us celebrate this year's harvest together in our own way."

: "The tower has been set up, and the lottery heads are hanging on it. The young people in Wu Temple, use your greatest courage to climb up. Whoever gets the lottery heads will be the luckiest person this year, prepare to start!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!