At night, when everything is silent, the sky and the earth are quiet, and in the darkness of a snowfall, the snow and the sky reflect each other.

For the literati, they can enjoy their pride, but for the villagers in the village, this is not a blessing or a curse.

When Shen Qingqing got up the next day, he first swept the snow in the yard, which was so cold that it was almost dripping into ice, and he felt a little chill when he went outside a little.

But fortunately, she had already delivered the glutinous rice dumplings to the town in advance, so she could rest to her heart's content for the past two days.

Before Xiao Douding got up, Shen Qingqing first removed the tendons from the beef, sprinkled rice wine to remove the smell, and finally put it in a casserole, added salt and seasoning, and then put in a few pieces of cut potatoes, ready to make a pot of potato and beef soup.

The family sells glutinous rice dumplings, and this little bean Ding also likes it very much, Shen Qingqing simply saves trouble, heats up the glutinous rice dumplings, and puts them on a plate.

When Xiao Douding got up, he smelled the fragrance and climbed on Shen Qingqing's legs.

After eating, Shen Qingqing was busy at home, and Xiao Douding was squatting at the door of his house, not knowing what he was waiting for.

For about an hour, Xiao Douding's legs were numb, but he didn't mean to leave, and when he just wanted to stand up and move his legs, he saw a figure and ran over quickly: "Uncle Linzhong, I'll wait for you." ”

Lin Zhong was carrying a basket on his back and was about to go up the mountain to hunt, and he was very happy to see Xiao Douding pounce on him, and directly hugged him: "Yo, Haohao, are you waiting for me at the door of the house?" ”

"That's right." Little Douding nodded, touching Lin Zhong's chin. "Uncle Linzhong, Haohao has something to say about you."

"What's the matter?" Lin Zhong likes Xiao Douding very much, and is willing to listen to him say something that he has and does not.

But this time Xiao Douding was extremely serious: "Uncle Linzhong, do you know what you need to do to learn martial arts?" ”

"Learn martial arts?" Lin Zhong frowned. "How did you come up with the idea of learning martial arts? Did your mother agree? ”

Xiao Douding looked frustrated and shook his head: "No, it was yesterday that Mrs. Liu Liu bullied my mother, and I felt that I didn't protect her, so I wanted to learn martial arts, but I didn't dare to tell my mother about these things, so I dared to tell Uncle Linzhong." ”

This matter had already taken root in Xiao Douding's mind last night, so after breakfast this morning, he would squat at the door of the house, and nothing else was to guard the forest where he went to the mountains to hunt, and told him such a thing.

Lin Zhong's expression was stunned and he put Xiaodouding down, the two of them got along like friends before, but this time Lin Zhong also became serious: "Haohao, learning martial arts is not a simple matter, it requires a lot of effort and hard work." If you just think it's fun or it's temporary, Uncle Lin thinks you should not learn it. ”

"It's not." Little Douding hugged his thighs. "I really want to protect my mother, can you teach me martial arts?"

The forest has been hunting in the mountains all year round, and without a little bit of kung fu on his body, he can't survive now.

Lin Zhong looked at the courtyard of Shen Qingqing's house, and bursts of cooking smoke rose from the house, although it was separated by the wall, Lin Zhong could think of the figure of that woman when he closed his eyes.

And he opened his eyes and touched Xiao Douding's head: "Okay, since you want to learn, then I'll teach you." ”

"Hao Hao...... Hao Hao ......"

When the two of them wanted to say something, Shen Qingqing came out of the courtyard.

She was relieved to see Hao Hao, and her eyes looked helpless: "Hao Hao, how many times has my mother told me, if you want to go out, you have to greet the adults, you see that bandits are so rampant now, what if you are captured?" ”

Xiao Douding smiled and ran to Shen Qingqing's side: "I didn't run around, I just waited for Uncle Lin here." ”

Don't look at what Lin Zhong said just now, he had his own reasoning, but as soon as he saw Shen Qingqing, he suddenly didn't know what to say, he just scratched his head: "Do you have something to go out?" ”

Shen Qingqing tidied up his clothes and said with a smile: "Yes, today the village chief said that he wanted to let the people in the village go to the meeting, and I have to go over now." ”

Lin Zhong is the main force of young and middle-aged people in the village, and the village chief has to say something Lin Zhong already knows clearly, so he also said: "I want to take advantage of this free time to go to the mountains to hunt some things down, and when I am on duty at night, I will save myself from hunger." ”

"Yes."

Shen Qingqing nodded, took Xiao Douding's hand and went to the village chief's house.

Most of the villagers in the village had arrived, and a few village women saw Shen Qingqing coming over and greeted her warmly to sit down, while the village chief sat on the main seat as always.

He first shot the villagers in the faces, and then said: "This bandit thing has made everyone panic, and everyone has suffered these days, and I know it. ”

Saying that, the village chief stood up and bowed to everyone, and the moment his waist bent down, Shen Qingqing seemed to see what kind of pressure was on his not very generous back.

The people in the house were silent, and no one was qualified to help the village chief up at this time.

But fortunately, after the village chief stood up, he suddenly smiled on his face, and his loose skin was like a flowering lake: "The people in our village are also capable, and they have already found a hiding place, if the bandits come, we only need to run to the mountains." It was a place for Orion to rest, and it was warm, and everyone had a way back. ”

Saying this, the villagers were all smiling: "Okay, since the village chief has arranged it for us, we will rely on the village chief to make the decision." ”

"Yes, now in the critical period when the bandits are coming, we must all twist all our strength into a rope."

At this critical juncture, no one has any objections.

Then the village chief said some points that need to be paid attention to, and don't let everyone break up.

Since the other day, the village has been divided into small teams to start patrolling, so even at night it is brightly lit, so people don't look so scared.

Shen Qingqing took Xiao Douding back home, and always felt a little uneasy in his heart at night, and just wanted to go to see how the patrol point was, when he suddenly saw an arrow in the forest running over, so fast that he could hardly even see a human figure.

The forest didn't see Shen Qingqing at first, but after seeing it clearly, he quickly turned around and pulled Shen Qingqing's arm: "What are you doing here?" Hurry back! ”

I saw that in such a cold day, beads of sweat the size of beans flowed from Lin Zhong's face, and his face looked very anxious.

Shen Qingqing felt bad in her heart: "What's wrong?" Did something happen? ”

Lin Zhong swallowed a mouthful of saliva before he spoke, it turned out that after returning from hunting in the mountains, Lin Zhong began to patrol the patrol points of other villagers.

When I first made a round around, I found a few people sneaking around the village, and I could see them two or three times in a row.

Lin Zhong felt that it was not good, so a few people who shouted quickly ran away, but Lin Zhong was not stupid and thought that it must have something to do with the bandits, so he asked the villagers to tell the village chief.

In the end, Lin Zhong was still not at ease, thinking that it would be better to explain the matter clearly to the village chief in person, so he was so flustered.

Shen Qingqing's breath was about to rise to his throat when he heard it, this is not a joke, if you can't get it right, people's lives are at stake.

Thinking like this, Shen Qingqing hurriedly rushed Xiaodouding to the house, and at the same time locked the door a few times: "Haohao, you stay at home by yourself, your mother's family has something to go out, you must remember, no matter what, don't open the door with others, okay?" ”

Xiao Douding seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but he also hugged the pillar tightly and nodded: "Good mother, don't worry, I won't open the door to others." ”

"In that case, this must be the bandits, let's not panic and inform the villagers to go, we have already prepared a place in the mountains, let's hide first......

As soon as Shen Qingqing came to the village chief's house, he heard the village chief's words, and presumably the villagers had also made it clear to the village chief, and the village chief was talking about the solution.

Shen Qingqing thought of something as soon as his head turned, and opened the door directly, and at this time, he didn't care about etiquette, and said directly: "Village Chief, I don't think this is appropriate." ”

Although Shen Qingqing was extremely reckless in doing this, she was also smart as a person, and she made a lot of suggestions on the matter of bandits, and the village chief was not an old-fashioned person who asked her to sit down when she saw Shen Qingqing coming.

Shen Qingqing just thought for a long time before he spoke: "Lin Zhong just said that this is not the first time that this bandit has come here, since they dare not come in, it means that the bandit already knows that there are people in the village, and they are also afraid of us." Although we can hide for a while, we can't hide for a lifetime, so it's better to take the initiative than to do this. ”

"Take the initiative?" Lin Zhong and the village chief spoke in unison.

"Yes." Shen Qingqing nodded. "We might as well dig a trap in the village and wait for the bandits to come. The bandits are afraid to come now, but they will surely come later, and when they see the inside of the village, we will catch them all with traps. ”

It can be detected from the world that Shen Qingqing tossed out before, this woman is born with a momentum, and it is impossible for her to sit still and wait for death.

Thinking about it, Shen Qingqing added: "Even if we hide in the mountains and can carry gold and silver treasures, we can't bring many things that must be used, and this is not a solution." ”