Chapter 123: Into the City
Walking out of the woods, Yao Huang realized what the desolation outside the road had become. As the harvest season approached, the fields were barren, leaving only the yellow-brown soil with cracked openings, and even the grass roots had been dug up by the homeless people to fill their stomachs. The villages you pass through are all in ruins, with the occasional remnant of two or three sturdy houses, but the walls are also blackened. Some homeless people curled up in the house to sleep, and when they saw Yao Huang coming over, some wanted to beat her up. Yao Huang glanced at these people and sped up. The homeless only felt that there was a scrape, and the figure of the girl was gone. The homeless people were shocked, thinking that they had encountered a spirit in the mountain, so they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Yao Huang soon arrived in Anping County, which was now neither allowed to go out nor enter, and was more tightly defended. Yao Huang turned a corner in a secret place, taking advantage of the change of shifts of the patrollers, and used light body techniques to enter the city. Because it was night, he couldn't see any changes in the city, but Yao Huangwu was sensitive and smelled the faint smell of blood in the air.
The shop is not open, and Yao Huang will have to wait until daylight tomorrow. After flipping the basket behind him, Yao Huang decided to go to Biwen's mother's house first.
Biwen's maiden family is surnamed Tao, opened a porcelain shop, in Anping County is also a small rich family, behind the shop is a small courtyard, and behind the yard is the house where the Tao family lives, a total of five. In addition to the kitchen and pantry, the other three rooms are inhabited by Biwen's parents and younger siblings. Yao Huang knocked on the door for a long time and no one answered, she raised her eyebrows and jumped directly on the roof.
The people in the house heard the knock on the door, and their faces were filled with panic and uneasiness, and they huddled in one room and did not dare to answer the door. Something may have happened that made them wary and scared of strangers. Yao Huang thought about it, returned to the outside of the door, and said loudly while knocking on the door. "Anyone? I was a neighbor of my sister-in-law, and she asked me to bring a message to her parents. ”
Good for a while. There was a sound of Suo Suo from inside the door, followed by a man's voice. "You said you were called by Biwen, what evidence is there?"
"Sister-in-law Biwen asked me to bring her hairpin over as a token." The token was asked for by the person who heard the Chiba Guan Biwen, and he should have expected this to happen.
"What token? You tuck it in and we'll see. ”
The door opened a small crack, and Yao Huang stuffed the hairpin into the crack in the door.
"It's a hairpin with a blue stripe, this is my dowry for her, I recognize it." A middle-aged woman inside the door said with certainty.
The door was opened, and an arm reached out from inside the door, pulling Yao Huang in. The man behind the door immediately closed the door.
"You're from Qingshui Village?"
By the light of the candle, I could see clearly that there were three people behind the door. A middle-aged couple and a girl about the same age as themselves. It was the man in his forties and fifties who was questioning.
Yao Huang nodded, "Yes, uncle, I'm Biwen's sister-in-law's neighbor, and I'm going into the city to do something." ”
"You kid is so bold, in such a chaotic world, you actually ran out alone." The middle-aged woman couldn't help but worry about her when she saw Yao Huang being small and small. Those guys out there are all brutes, and it's not good for such a little girl to fall into their hands.
"There is now martial law in the city. How did you get in? "The girl still has a guard in her eyes.
"I naturally have my own way." Yao Huang said to the Tao family and his wife, "I have learned a little kung fu and can still protect myself." Don't worry about me, auntie. ”
"Scared!" The three members of the Tao family were all taken aback, and they never thought that the delicate and weak girl in front of them was from the rivers and lakes. Anping County is not without people in the rivers and lakes. But those are tall and fierce men, and they are far from the image of the little girl.
"Father, mother, let's go inside and talk." Tao Cuiyan, a little girl from the Tao family, said. I heard Yao Huang say that he knew martial arts. Tao Cuiya's vigilance was a little less, and she added some envy and worship.
"Yes. Yes, let's go inside and say. The three of them let Yao Huang into the couple's room. This is a suite. The inner room is a place to sleep, and the outer room is used as a living room.
"Yao girl, what message did Biwen bring us?" As soon as she entered the house, Tao Cuiya left, leaving only the husband and wife to entertain Yao Huang. And they could only give Yao Huang cold water to drink, because the Tao family's tea leaves were gone, and the firewood was about to burn out.
"Uncle, aunt. Sister-in-law Biwen asked us to bring you some food. Yao Huang said as he poured out the potatoes and sweet potatoes from the unloaded back basket.
"Grain?" The Tao family and his wife were overjoyed when they heard this, the food in the family had long been running out, the price of food had risen twenty times, and seeing that there was still a trend of rising, with the situation of their family, they would not be able to afford food in a while.
"Sister-in-law Biwen said that I don't know how long this battle will last, I don't know if the food in Ludao City is enough to support everyone's life, sister-in-law Biwen asked you to dig up the flowers in the yard, weigh more potatoes and sweet potatoes, and have one more food source."
"Biwen, this kid is still as smart and thoughtful as ever." Uncle Tao was pleased with his eldest daughter's filial piety and intelligence, and asked Yao Huang, "Is she okay in the Li family?" ”
"Good. Brother Li loves his sister-in-law very much, and the fourth uncle and fourth aunt are also very good to his sister-in-law. Yao Huangdao.
"Then I'll be relieved." Uncle Tao said to his wife, "Child, you put half of the grain in the kitchen and the other half in the yard, and we will dig the ground and plant potatoes tomorrow." ”
Aunt Tao answered and went into the kitchen with the grain. Yao Huang stood up and said to Uncle Tao, "Uncle, the food has been delivered, so I will leave." ”
"Where are you going so late?" Uncle Tao asked.
"Go find an inn and spend the night."
"Now all the inns in the city are closed, and they don't accept customers. The girl will rest at my house, you live in Cuiyan's house. Uncle Tao said.
"Where does Sister Tsui Aya live?" Yao Huang asked.
"She doesn't sleep at night and takes care of Qingxi." Tao Qingsu is the son of the Tao family and his wife, and the domineering younger brother in Biwen's impression.
"Brother Tao, what's wrong?" Are you sick?
Hearing Yao Huang's question, Uncle Tao's expression darkened, and Aunt Tao, who had just entered the door, sobbed even more.
"Is Brother Tao sick?"
Uncle Tao sighed, "Qingsilk is not sick, but injured. ”
"It's all my fault, it's because I'm lazy that I don't buy food, and let Cui Aya go. Those brutes wouldn't want to rob Cuiya, and Qingsilk wouldn't have been injured by those brutes in order to protect her sister and broke her leg. It's all my fault. The more Aunt Tao spoke, the more sad she became, her poor son was only seventeen years old, and he didn't even have a daughter-in-law. If he is lame in the future, which family will marry his daughter to him? And he suffered internal injuries, I wonder if Lu Dao can be healed? If the son goes like this, who will send them to the end? (To be continued......)