Chapter 257: Night Terrors
"And guess what......"
As soon as she heard the butterfly ask this, Xu Wenlan knew that the white lotus was probably smashed in her hand, and she didn't ask, but said casually: "If you want to say it, just say it, and I won't hear it if you don't say it." ”
"How can there be someone like you? Tired? Pushed down Xu Wenlan in disgust, the butterfly couldn't hold back in the end, and said with a smile: "I'll tell you, your aunt directly ordered a thousand, and now it looks like the New Year is coming, and there are still five or six hundred left, when I went to the shopkeeper Mu to settle the bill yesterday, I saw your third uncle accompanying your aunt and Boss Mu's grinding, saying that he wanted to refund a part...... Do you say that Shopkeeper Mu is willing to give her back? ”
Boss Mu is Xiao Li, and it would be a miracle if he was willing to return the money. Xu Wenlan pursed her lips and smiled, but she didn't answer.
When I went to the old house to deliver a new package of bean bags, I heard the white lotus scolding Bai Cao'er.
This is to blame Bai Cao'er for losing money, and I don't want to think that you buy so many goods, can Bai Cao'er deliver them all alone?
Originally, he didn't care about the Bai family's bad things, but looking at Bai Cao'er pursing her lips and not saying a word, Xu Wenlan couldn't help it: "She scolded you, you won't talk back?" No one has sealed your mouth, what do you say? Why do you blame all the faults? ”
Bai Cao'er blinked, glanced at Xu Wenlan, and turned her head: "How can I be as ...... as you" There was a bit of gloom in her voice.
When Xu Wenlan heard this, she secretly said that she had "no face", what are you doing in charge of other people's affairs? And it may not be appreciated.
Without further ado, she turned around and left.
With that free time, can she help prepare more New Year's goods?
Before the year, even the poorest people had to prepare some New Year's goods, and there were rich and noble families, and the pork was frozen in pieces, poured with water, and frozen with a thick layer of ice, and even rats were not afraid.
It was very cold, and as soon as it was dark, the north wind blew.
Bai Yingkui hurriedly filled in a few more pieces of wood, and urged the children to sleep: "Sleep, I'll go and see if the courtyard door is locked...... Seeing that the New Year is approaching, don't have that love to sneak in. ”
At the end of the year, there are more thieves, and I heard that there are bandits who often go down the mountain to rob things.
There were no bandits in the mountain behind them, but they heard of bandits in the mountains farther away. These days, the catchers in the county town and the garrison with less than 1,000 people are also very busy, and when Xu Wenlan goes to the fabric shop, he often sees patrolling the streets.
Although I am afraid that a thief will come in, because I have two dogs at home, I have some peace of mind.
After raising for more than half a year, the two dogs have also become big dogs, although they can't eat any oil and water, but with Bai Shengwu taking care of them, their hair is combed through, and they look energetic.
The two dogs did not sleep in the house, at the door of the house, Bai Shengwu built a dog house, Bai Hui'er used straw to spread the dog house thickly, and the two dogs slept warmly.
slept until midnight, and suddenly, Xu Wenlan woke up.
Her eyes widened and she listened to the barking of dogs outside the house, and she only felt her heart pounding.
How can it be called that? Could it be a thief?
Just as he was about to wake people up, Bai Yingkui had already sat up suddenly.
"What's wrong with this? Why does a dog bark so fiercely? It's not a thief, is it? Zhu put on his clothes and pulled Bai Yingkui, who was about to get off the kang: "Put on your clothes ......"
There is no need for Zhu's call, Bai Shengwu jumped off the kang as soon as he slipped out, his clothes were worn, but his shoes were pulled and ran out.
Bai Yingkui hurriedly followed, and Bai Shengwen also hurriedly jumped off the kang.
Xu Wenlan hurriedly got dressed and wanted to go out with him, but was blocked in the house by Bai Shengwen: "Stay in the house!" ”
Without the slightest room for negotiation, Bai Shengwen went out of the house directly.
Xu Wenlan only heard Bai Yingkui shouting: "What's it called?" ...... in the middle of the night"
Although he didn't go out, he hurried out.
The wind was blowing non-stop, and as soon as he looked around, Xu Wenlan shivered.
The half-bent waning moon hung obliquely on the branches, it was white in the distance, the ice skate vertebrae hanging under the eaves were like reflections of light, and there was no one else in the deserted courtyard except for the three fathers and sons of the Bai family, and it didn't look unusual.
"Are there thieves?" Someone snatched it up from behind, which startled Xu Wenlan.
Bai Hui'er was next to her, and she was still wrapped in a quilt, so she directly hugged Xu Wenlan into the quilt: "It's a blind scream, right?" ”
"No, Fat Yuan may scream, but my general will never scream."
Listening to Bai Shengwu's categorical shouting outside, Xu Wenlan pouted: Don't you bark when you run after chickens all day long?
"I don't think dogs will bark indiscriminately......" Bai Shengwen scratched his head and slowly walked to the door, for some reason his voice suddenly sank a little: "Could it be that something happened in the tunzi?" ”
Although they are also backing the mountain, the place where the Bai family lives now is far away from other people's homes in Tunzi, and it is really hard to say whether something really happened in Tunzi.
Bai Yingkui frowned, stared at that side for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "No dog barking......"
It's good to not sleep in the middle of the night, what's it called?
Xu Wenlan just wanted to laugh, but suddenly felt that something was wrong.
It is said that there is such a thing as a dog, it is a bark, a hundred should be, sometimes there is a dog barking in the tunzi, so far away, the two Bai family will also bark together, how can it be that the two dogs of the Bai family barked at this time, and there is no one in the tunzi?
Glancing at Bai Hui'er, both of them realized that something was indeed wrong.
Zhu, who was looking at the back of the head, trembled a little: "His father, could it be, is it the beard that has gone down the mountain?" ”
The beard is a bandit, and I don't know why it's called that, but when he heard that there were bandits, Xu Wenlan was also a little panicked.
I don't know anything, but if it's really a bandit, it's a big problem.
"Dabao damn, you pack up your things first - you don't care about the meat or anything, and hide anything valuable at home first. The things are hidden, you take the children to hide first, and I'll go to the tunzi to have a look......"
Da Zhu wanted to stop it, but he didn't stop it, watching Bai Yingkui leave, he hurriedly turned around and went back to the house: "Wen Lan, where are your things, quick, first, hide the toilet first......"
Xu Wenlan almost covered her nose.
But that may be the best place, and then in winter, the pigs are out of the circle, but in the end, who will search the latrine?
After a long rush, the Zhu family was about to take the children to hide in the mountains, only to find that Bai Shengwu didn't know where to run.
"Oh no, I must have chased your father! What can I do? Zhu was so anxious that her face turned white, and she pushed Bai Shengwen, and she said anxiously: "You take the two sisters up the mountain to hide, and my mother will go and see." ”
"Where's that?" No one in the three elementary schools refused to let the Zhu family into Tunzi, and Bai Shengwen directly wanted to go by himself.
In the midst of the entanglement, Bai Shengwu suddenly ran back with a sigh of relief: "Oh no, my father was found and taken away by those beards...... Mother, hurry up, I think those beards will definitely have to escort my father to our house to search for things......"
"Hurry! If I hadn't thought about you, I'd have saved my father......"