12dz Chapter 566 A Beauty in Troubled Times (1)
Chapter 566 A Beauty in Troubled Times (1)
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Wangyou has grown from an infant in swaddling clothes into a three-year-old little dumpling.
That year, her sixth and seventh brothers also left home to go to university in Shanghai.
Wangyou was reluctant to leave her two older brothers, but they had to leave no matter how reluctant she was. Her parents also supported her brothers in pursuing their dreams.
Moreover, Wangyou discovered that in the entire Dahe Village, only their family's children were all in school, and their family had an exceptionally rich collection of books. Although they looked no different from ordinary families on the outside, they had a wealth of knowledge and experience inside.
Of course, Wangyou didn't have time to be sad when her two older brothers left. Her parents made her study. Fortunately, Wangyou didn't resist. She studied and learned to read diligently with her parents every day, and spent the rest of her time playing with the other children in the village.
Every time she comes back, she's covered in mud. The old couple can only watch helplessly, because she's their youngest daughter, and they can't bear to hit or scold her.
After starting school, Wangyou discovered that her older brothers seemed to be quite capable. However, her eldest and second brothers had lost contact before the new year, her third brother had lost contact half a year ago, her fourth and fifth brothers were still in college, and her sixth and seventh brothers had also gone to college this year. At least they had someone to look after them.
When Wangyou was two years old, she discovered a secret treasure land through the peach blossom birthmark on her body. The spiritual spring water there could also strengthen the body. Wangyou secretly used some for her family members, especially her two elderly relatives, who were not young at all.
Compared to other places, Dahe Village is relatively peaceful, especially compared to Heilongjiang Province, it is extremely peaceful.
"Mom, I caught a fish today! We're going to eat fish today!" A little dirty child ran in carrying a fish that was almost as big as her.
"Such a big fish! My Wangyou is really amazing. Go wash up, and Mom will cook it for you in a bit."
"Thank you, Mother." Wangyou quickly washed herself clean and then ran back to her room to change her clothes.
At the end of that year, Wangyou and the old man and woman waited for a long time but did not receive any news from their brothers, so the year became particularly desolate.
Suddenly, the county became tense. People would be searched all over the place if they went into town to buy anything. If any silver dollars or other valuables were found in their bags, the soldiers would take them away. The people were angry but dared not speak out.
This has led to farmers no longer going to the county town unless someone in their family is sick.
Wangyou, carrying her family's medical books, began to roam the mountains and fields identifying medicinal herbs the following year. She also confirmed with the village doctor, Shen, that he liked Wangyou very much and wanted to take her as his apprentice, but Wangyou refused.
Because Wangyou's goal was very clear: she only wanted to understand the medicinal properties of various herbs, but she did not intend to practice medicine and save lives. Besides, in this world, being a doctor is too dangerous!
If you're seeing a human being, that's fine, but if you're seeing a beast in human skin, how awful would that feel?
Therefore, Wangyou's goal was very clear: to develop in the direction of drugs. At the same time, she also practiced slingshot with the village children.
The war broke out much faster than expected. The Japanese, who had coveted the Great Xia for many years, finally couldn't resist and launched a full-scale war.
On July 7th, Japan launched an invasion under the pretext of being unable to find a soldier, thus beginning the war of resistance against the invasion throughout the Great Xia.
When Wangyou heard the news, the war had already been raging for several days, and her father began to organize the villagers to move all their food and other supplies into the tunnels.
Under these circumstances, the Red and White parties could no longer continue fighting to the death, so they established a cooperation to jointly fight against the Japanese.
From then on, all seven of Wangyou's brothers went missing, and the packages that used to arrive every few days became much less frequent. After all, there were many checkpoints along the way, and it was normal for them to be intercepted along the way.
Wangyou then began making poisons, not only from the mountains, but also from various poisonous herbs planted in her Peach Blossom Spring space, with only a few non-poisonous ones.
In the field of medicine, Wangyou's talent is truly exceptional, especially in the area of poison making, where she is practically a self-taught genius. The elderly couple kept this information a closely guarded secret after they found out.
After all, a four-year-old girl who could make poison would surely attract the covetous eyes of wolves, and people's hearts seemed particularly untrustworthy at this time.
Besides making drugs, Wangyou also learned martial arts from her father and practiced aiming with a slingshot. These are all skills that could save her life in the future.
However, Dahe Village is not bad. At least the people are united and there are no unscrupulous landlords or rich people. Under the organization of the village chief, the villagers have established a militia team to patrol day and night.
Newspapers are out every day, but there's not a single piece of good news, which makes people anxious and uneasy. There's nothing they can do but practice their self-protection skills even harder.
Before the war reached this place, Wangyou took his camera to record the untouched landscape and also took photos of everyone in the village.
It has to be said that her father is really talented; he can even develop photos, and Wangyou learned that skill along the way.
Her path to education was cut short before it even began.
However, perhaps because Dahe Village has been so good at pretending to be poor, no one has come to Dahe Village to cause trouble for a while, such as forcibly requisitioning grain.
Other villages suffered losses to varying degrees.
On December 13th, the Japanese invaded Nanjing and perpetrated the Nanjing Massacre, which shocked the world.
In the end, the culprit only received a minor, insignificant reprimand.
When Wangyou learned of this news from the newspaper, she silently locked herself in her room and spent several days preparing poison.
She's still too young to do anything, so she'll just wait for them to come. Once they arrive, she can poison them. And then, what if she runs out of poison?
The war continued, but there were more defeats than victories. The opium of those years ultimately ruined the health of the people of Great Xia. Even today, opium dens of all sizes still exist in various places, which is both tragic and helpless.
With her precise slingshot strikes, Wangyou successfully became the leader of the children. Although they were young, they were very patriotic. When Wangyou said that if they mastered the slingshot, they could use it to shoot Japanese chickens one day, they were all very excited.
In addition, Wangyou also began to teach her friends the most basic pharmacological knowledge, especially some medicinal herbs that can stop bleeding, detoxify, and knock people unconscious in critical moments. Everyone memorized and remembered them every day.
You only have one life; once it's gone, you have nothing left.
The group switched from practicing with heavy pebbles to lighter stones, since the pills were too light and they needed to practice more accurately.
To this end, Wangyou also collaborated with Dr. Shen to produce a large quantity of high-concentration sleeping potion, which everyone in the village carried with them.