"It's all rising, cotton is still rising less, the price of rice has risen the fastest, before, a hanging money could buy a bucket and a half of rice, now, two hanging money can not buy a bucket of rice." Liu Wuxiu shook his head.

"Then in the township, have you heard that in a nearby village, someone has fallen into the grass?" Xiao Qiongzhi asked again.

"Yes, since you have a kind of uncle and your father joined the army, the nearby villages have fallen into the grass a lot in the past two days! However, they are okay, they all go to the neighboring villages to rob, and they do not rob their own villagers. Liu Wuxiu said with some joy.

"It's useless, they go to rob the people of the neighboring towns, and the neighbors can also rob us in the same way. Aunt Liu, is your family's grain safely hidden? If it's not safe enough, you have to find a way quickly, otherwise, it will be very dangerous. Xiao Qiongzhi reminded.

Liu Wuxiu was excited, and hurriedly said, "Zhi'er, you're right. I'll go home and hide the food again. ”

After saying that, she hurried and walked home.

The dog and the stone saw it and hurried to follow.

She glared back at them, and said in a fierce voice: "You two boys are not allowed to follow me, both stay at your Chu Bo's mother's house, I will hide the food later, and I will come to take you home." ”

The dog and the stone had to stop.

They returned to the house, took out a few small cone-shaped nuts from each of their pockets, and handed them to Xiao Qiongzhi.

Xiao Qiongzhi took a closer look and found that the shape of the small nut was very similar to a small cone chestnut, but its head was pierced by a dog, a stone and a jujube tree, and a part of it was pierced from the middle, which looked strange.

Xiao Qiongzhi asked the dog and the stone: "What is this called?" How to play? ”

The dog said, "This is called Mountain Chestnut, just play like this." ”

After speaking, he picked up a mountain chestnut and put it on the table, used his right thumb and index finger, clamped the thorn on the head of the mountain chestnut, rubbed it hard, and the mountain chestnut began to rotate automatically on the table, and after a long while, it stopped.

It's also a bit interesting, like playing with a spinning top.

Xiao Qiongzhi also picked up a mountain chestnut and tried to play with the method demonstrated by the dog.

The first time it didn't spin up, the second time it didn't spin up, and the third time it spun for a short while.

After the fourth and fifth times, Xiao Qiongzhi basically got used to it.

In less than half an hour, she had even begun to play very slippery, and the dog and the stone were no longer her opponents.

Just as he was happy, suddenly a panicked and shrill shout came from a distance outside: "The robbers of Guangfu Village in Wuqixiang are here!" Hide and hide your belongings! ”

Xiao Qiongzhi couldn't help but be taken aback.

Bare Village, just hearing the name is very rogue, these hooligans are still robbers, and they must be more terrible than ordinary robbers.

No wonder the person who shouted told everyone to hide and hide their belongings at home.

It's just that the things in his house are hidden, and this person is not easy to hide.

After all, the robbers of Guangyu Village had already arrived in Zhoujia Village, and if they ran out of their homes and fled to the mountains now, it would probably be too late.

If you don't want to be discovered and harassed by them, the only way you can think of at the moment is to hide in a tree.

However, the dog and the stone are usually more succinct, and if you take them to hide together, they will definitely be exposed to the target.

In the spirit of the dead and the poor, Xiao Qiongzhi began to scare them: "Dogs, stones, do you hear the shouts outside?" The bandits of Bare Village are coming! Your mother is home alone, it must not be safe, you should go back and protect her quickly! ”

"Okay, let's go back right away." The dog and the stone agreed in unison.

Don't look at how dissatisfied they are with their mothers, at critical moments, they are still very maintained.

Almost in the blink of an eye, they rushed out of the house, opened the courtyard door of Xiao Qiongzhi's house, and ran away.

Chu Yunniang was cooking dinner in the kitchen, and when she heard the movement, she hurriedly tried to run over and close the courtyard door.

Xiao Qiongzhi had already come out of the house at this time.

She stopped Chu Yunniang and whispered a few words in Chu Yunniang's ear.

Chu Yunniang nodded again and again, gave up closing the courtyard door, took out two cyan coats from home, and gave Xiao Qiongzhi one to wear, and one for herself.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Yunniang went to the underground granary, found a bundle of long and thick ropes, carried it on her back, and carried the wooden ladder under the granary, put it under the larger camphor tree on the west wall of the courtyard in the backyard, and set it up.

Xiao Qiongzhi hurriedly seized the time, took the wooden ladder with his hands and feet, quickly climbed up the camphor tree, lowered his head and pointed Chu Yunniang to climb up, and helped her take off the rope on her back together, and tied the two ends tightly to the branches of the camphor tree, and lowered the middle part to the ground.

After all this, Chu Yunniang climbed down the camphor tree on a wooden ladder.

She gritted her teeth and carried the wooden ladder back to the granary, fetched a pair of scissors from the house, and walked under the largest camphor tree in the middle of the backyard.

There is a swing rack tied under this tree, which Zhou Dazhi tied to her and Xiao Qiongzhi three months ago.

She cut off the swing rack, returned to the tree where Xiao Qiongzhi was, and tied it to the rope she had just dropped.

Then, she stood on the swing rack, grabbed the ropes on both sides, and began to swing with power.

Xiao Qiongzhi also cooperated with her movements, exerted her strength to breastfeed, and helped her push the rope.

Swing and swing and swing and swing and swing higher and higher, and in a short time, you can often swing very close to a thick wrist branch on the tree.

Beneath this branch, there are also a few thick branches that can be settled.

Chu Yunniang secretly riveted her strength, and swung several times in succession before she mustered up the courage, hugged the branch, and stood on a branch below, and successfully climbed the tree.

Xiao Qiongzhi hurriedly leaned over and praised her: "Mother, you are so amazing!" ”

"The branches are amazing, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have thought that I could go up the tree like this!" Chu Yunniang stabilized her figure, took out a handkerchief from her arms, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said with a smile.

"Where, my method is not very good, and if I replace myself, I may not be able to succeed, mainly thanks to my mother who is a swing player." Xiao Qiongzhi continued to boast.

Chu Yunniang thought about it, it was indeed the same reason, her self-confidence rose suddenly, and she said excitedly: "Then next spring, I will teach you all the methods of swinging, so that you can also become a good swing player." ”

"Okay." Xiao Qiongzhi smiled.

"Open the door! If I don't open the door, I'll slam the door! At this moment, there was a sudden shouting in the distance.

Stand tall and see far.

Xiao Qiongzhi followed the prestige and found that there were seven people standing at the gate of a villager's courtyard in front of Wang Chunhua's house.

Two of them were women, and their faces looked very scathing.

The remaining five are all men.

A man with a roe deer head and a rat eye, with a gloomy face and fierce eyes.

A man is not ugly, but his face is indifferent and his eyes are treacherous.

There are three men left, and their looks are all very popular.

One is short and fat, with a fierce face; The other two are thin, but their faces are obscene.

"This is Zhou Youqiu's family, I heard your father say that he was supposed to join the army, but the recruiter in the township, after seeing him a few days ago, took pity on his inconvenient legs and feet, and let him go home." Chu Yunniang put away the swing, followed Xiao Qiongzhi's gaze, and patiently explained.

"Oh, I remember, does he have a stepdaughter who can't get married, named Bi Lizhu?" Xiao Qiongzhi asked curiously.

"Yes." Chu Yunniang nodded.

"It's their house." Xiao Qiongzhi understood.

She had heard some about Bi Li Zhu from the dog's mouth and the stone's mouth, and because of this incident, she was innocently scolded by Bi Li Zhu, and she had no good impression of Bi Li Zhu.