Chapter 5 Chapter5

Half a month later, Yuan Wangxiao pinched her calf, which already had some obvious muscles under the deliberate exercise, and showed a relieved smile.

The basket of green wheat sent by the third mother-in-law is about to bottom out, there are four mouths in the house, and there is a bead with a growing body, which has lasted for half a month is already the limit.

Ah, my mother picked up a load of firewood and went out before dawn today. Brother Ah went to Qingzhou with the cat three days ago to sell leather goods, and he has not returned yet.

Zhu Niang and Zhu Er go to the forest to play crazy every day with an underfed belly.

After she said that she had developed a stress reaction to the river fish, Zhu'er had to grill the fish herself.

After eating the river fish that was half-cooked for N days and the taste was indescribable, Zhu'er began to miss the fish grilled by Zhu Niang.

The big thing in the mouth every day has changed from thinking about the cat's head kite sent by the cat to worrying about the river fish grilled by the mother of the prayer beads.

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The days passed like this, and Yuan Wangxiao gradually accepted his identity in the troubled times.

Because she often slipped down to the village with Zhu'er to play, Zhuniang became more and more familiar with the villagers of East Village, and the old visionary person could be called.

should be entrusted by the cat brother who is away from home, and the sister and brother often go to take care of the daughter-in-law who has a baby and can't get out of bed.

The cat's daughter-in-law did not give birth to the child, but fell ill and couldn't get out of bed.

The name of the boudoir is Apricot Blossom. is also in the east of the village, there is a father who owes gambling debts in Shuangjiao City, and an eldest brother and two dogs who are not in tune, and they don't do work all day, only follow a group of unemployed young people to mix in Shuangjiao East and West Villages. Last year, after stealing the chicken of the Chen family of the Xiaofu family in Xicun, he was beaten by the family and had his leg discounted, and since then he has lived by holding a requiem flag for the funeral family.

This job can't support people, and the two dogs have to come to the cat's house every once in a while to beg for food.

When the sister and brother came to Mao'er's house on the first day, it was the day when the two dogs came to beg for food from time to time.

When the two sisters and brothers first arrived, they were startled by the man who was sleeping in the corner with his legs curled up.

The wind was blowing tightly on this day, and it was also stabbing people's bones in the spring.

The second dog brother didn't go in, but just curled up in the house to suffer the wind.

After the sister and brother entered the house, the second dog brother followed into the house, but he didn't stay, and asked Xinghua for some food and left lame.

The cat's daughter-in-law stood up and looked at her brother who was walking away, her eyes were red.

Later, I heard Zhu'er say that although Brother Ergouzi didn't have serious work in the past, he was very good to Xinghua. Once Xinghua was pulled by her father to give it to Master Chen, who died in the main room.

Master Chen is not a good thing, and the village says that he beat his daughter-in-law crazy and jumped into the river.

Xinghua was naturally unwilling, but her father brought the Chen family's family, and Xinghua was dragged away.

After the second dog brother came back, he didn't see Xinghua, so he broke into Chen's house alone and brought Xinghua out. After that time, the second dog brother was lame.

The time I stole the chicks, in fact, the injured leg was healed.

"And later? How did Xinghua become a cat daughter-in-law? ”

handed the peeled beans to Zhu Niang by the stove, and Zhu Er shook her head: "Later, Ah Niang didn't tell me, and Zhu Er didn't know." ”

Zhu Niang sighed.

It's always been a troubled time.

Even if it is not a troubled time, it is not easy for such a poor family to live quietly.

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The sister and brother left enough food for Xinghua for a day and a night, and then said goodbye to Xinghua and went back.

Along the way, I met the people in the village, and they still greeted them warmly.

But Zhu Niang found that these villagers, who had to hold and nagged when they saw acquaintances on weekdays, were in a hurry today.

They said hello and rushed back.

Approaching the head of the village, they didn't even say hello, just ran with their heads down.

Zhu Niang thinks that this situation is like a TV series often played...... Escape?

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A familiar lady ran in a hurry and bumped into the slow walking Zhu Niang, the eldest lady ran with a red face and sprayed at the inexplicable sister and brother: "Hey! I said Zhu Niang, Zhu Er, alas! You two are still doing here! Don't hurry home yet! The bandits are coming, and the official of Doublehorn City is leading the officials to rush over, go home quickly, go home quickly! Oops hey! The eldest lady pushed the two sisters and brothers, and ran away in a blink of an eye.

The two sisters and brothers glanced at each other, grabbed their hands and staggered away from the large army.

In his previous life, Yuan Wangxiao was a strong runner in the Academy of Liberal Arts, and he broke off a lot of beads as soon as he threw his legs.

Zhu'er was almost pulled off the ground by Zhuniang's heels.

The two of them rushed all the way back to the thatched hut under the double horns, and Ah Niang, who came back from selling firewood, was already packing her luggage, and when she saw the two sisters and brothers coming back, she urged the two to put away the dried radishes hanging behind the house.

After a while, Zhu'er stood behind Ah Niang with a dried radish: "Ah Niang! Ahh Ah, what about brother? ”

Ah Niang neatly threw off the burden and surrounded the radish in a general way: "Your brother and cat are selling goods in Qingzhou, and the bandits can't beat it, so now the four of us can run over." Hurry up! Pack up and pick up the cat daughter-in-law! Hurry up, hurry up! Go with Zhu Niang on a donkey! ”

Ah Niang cleaned up the rope in a moment, tied up the parcels on the donkey cart several times with a strong thick hemp rope, and ran down the mountain with the sister and brother, and rushed towards the cat's house.

The family descended the hill to the top of the slope.

Suddenly it was all quiet.

The hillside is a good place, and when you look down from here, you will see the names of the villages that are densely packed with escapes.

Cry.

Shouts.

Villagers who fled for their lives pushed, shouted, and ran, and a young child sat in a crowd of people crying and screaming, for fear of which family had lost the child.

Yuan Wangxiao really felt the cruelty of this troubled world at this moment.

Pearl: "Ah...... Ahh......h Where should I get this car? ”

Ah Niang tightened the burden tied with the thick hemp rope, shook her mind for a while, and then said in a firm tone: "Turn around!" Get off the trail! ”

Pearls drove the donkey cart and carefully picked up the road.

At this moment, the three people on the donkey cart knew that getting off the road meant danger.

He abandoned the avenue and chose the path. It is necessary to pass through the forest, go to the official road, and then return to Shuangjiao Village from the official road. What seems to be an ordinary road on a normal day is full of dangers today.

For it is from the woods that the bandits came. If, as the East Village lady said, the official master has already led the troops to fight over, then this group of bandits should be in addition to the mountain, and now either the two parties have gathered in the West Village near the forest, or ...... It's on the official road.

These bandits are deserters from all over the country, and when they get together, they occupy the mountain.

Xu Yes, as my brother said, all the provinces are arresting deserters, and the bandits who enter the mountains will not cause trouble and die in vain.

Hunters usually hunt around the bandit gathering place. As long as they don't go hunting in the depths of the forest occupied by the bandits, the villagers and the bandits will be safe.

But recently, somehow, a nest of bandits has poured out!

The three of them cheered up the spirit.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong along the way.

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"Kiln ......"

The three of them passed through the forest safely. When Zhu'er was about to go to the official road with the donkey, there was a sound in the forest.

There was a quiet sound, like someone lowering their pace and walking through knee-high bushes in the woods.

The three people on the donkey cart all lifted their hearts together!

"Brush!"

I don't know what it was that ran quickly from the bushes, and the speed was very fast, and Zhu Niang and Ah Niang saw only a yellow corner of their clothes passing by. Zhu'er's eyes were sharp, and she saw that it was a man running over quickly with a person on his back. The speed was so fast that Lian Zhu'er was stunned. Frightened, he shook his hand tightly holding the rope, and at this time the donkey cart was straddled on the pass of the official road and the dirt road.

Under Ah Niang's big-eyed scraper, Zhu'er opened her mouth in a daze: "Apricot blossom...... It's an apricot blossom! She wore an apricot yellow gown, I remember! ”

The other two people on the donkey cart were stunned, and after a while, Zhu Niang spoke: "Did you read that right? ”

Pearl: "Absolutely! ”

Zhu Niang remembered Brother Mao'er's instructions before leaving, her eyes were wet, she glanced at Ah Niang, who was also hesitating, clenched her fist and jumped off the donkey cart, "Zhu'er, you protect Ah Niang, find a place near the official road to hide and wait for me, I'll take a look." ”

Zhu'er also jumped out of the car and wanted to follow Zhu Niang, Ah Niang opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything, they are farmers who only know how to hunt and farm, and they don't know what life is and what is a blessing, but they just admit death and promise, since they see it, they can't sit idly by!

Ah Niang stepped forward and grabbed the reins of the donkey cart and nodded to the two children: "Go!" …… Come back early. ”

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The man was so fast that he had long since lost his shadow, but he still left a trail, and the siblings followed along the depressed bush path, and the only sound of the forest birds was quiet along the way.

No one spoke.

After following for a while, Zhu'er suddenly stopped, her stiff body turned around in a half-squat, and she looked at Zhuniang who was following behind her with a look of horror.

Zhu Niang was taken aback, and reflexively looked behind her, but there was nothing!

She slapped the hedgehog on the head angrily.

Zhu'er suddenly covered her mouth and gestured to the front, then turned sideways slightly, let go of her body, Zhuniang took a few steps forward suspiciously, looked at it, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated!

"Ahh …… Woowoowoo......"

Zhu'er quickly covered Zhuniang's terrified mouth.

In front of the two siblings, there was a person, a man whose carotid artery had been cut open and his face was sprayed with blood!

Not far away, there were more than a dozen corpses lying in the same way!

The corpses and the mahogany boxes that had been turned over in a mess made Zhu Niang immediately think of the passing vendors she had seen on the official road a few days ago.

Looks like...... It's a thief.

It's still a bunch of powerful thieves.

"Woooooooooooo Fat card! Fat card! ”

Zhu Niang almost used all her strength, and forcibly pulled away Zhu'er's hand that was getting tighter and tighter because of nervousness.

"You murder?! Oops!! What are you doing?!! ”

After Zhu'er slapped Zhu Niang's head, she pointed to Zhu Niang's back in horror, Zhu Niang turned her head angrily, and a long sword stained with blood and shiny slashed down against her face!

The one holding the sword was a strong man with copper bell eyes, and his height should be close to two meters, and he was looking at the two sisters and brothers with a leisurely face at the moment: "Yo~ There are two little mice here~ Ji Lun, come and take a look." ”

After a while, a black-clothed man who also carried a blood-dripping sword came over, a different person, this person was masked, he first glanced at the brass bell-eyed strong man, and then said quite dissatisfied: "Why don't you mask again?" ”

"Oh, I know, I know, this face towel is not breathable, I'm so bored and panicked."

After speaking, the brass bell-eyed strong man took out a black scarf out of nowhere, shook it off, and pinched it with one hand to cover his face.

Seeing that the strong man with copper bell eyes obediently covered his face, the masked man in black turned to look at the two sisters and brothers, and when he saw Zhu Niang's face, for some reason, there were indescribable thoughts in his eyes, like thousands of tides coming suddenly, Zhu Niang could say with confidence that she saw the masked man in black suddenly have red eyes.

It's like...... Like a sponge full of water, it was about to gush out in the blink of an eye, and even his left hand, which was holding the sword, trembled with the speed that Zhu Niang could see.

"Bang dang!" It fell to the ground.

"Run!"

Taking advantage of the distraction of the two, Zhu'er grabbed the stunned Zhuniang and ran out with a gust of wind.

The two didn't dare to look back, they just buried their heads and ran forward, and ran out of the forest in the blink of an eye!

On the official road, the two sisters and brothers followed the marks left by Ah Niang along the way, and saw that the two sisters and brothers returned empty-handed, Ah Niang didn't ask, sighed and set off.

Obviously, the masked man who killed people and oversold goods did not chase after him, otherwise the two sisters and brothers would never be able to escape.

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