Chapter 18: The Thief
When the people in the village heard Li Qingling say that they were looking for food in the mountains, their eyes lit up, and they asked her what she had found.
There is no harvest in the field yet, and everyone is living tightly, and they are eager to find some food to come back, at this time, I heard that Li Qingling went to the mountains to find food, can you not be curious?
Li Qingling sighed, with a sad face, and pointed to the cut small potatoes on the ground, "I didn't find anything to eat, so I found this thing, and I don't know if I can eat it." She had watered the little potatoes with spiritual water last night, and this morning she found them sprouting, so she cut them up and brought them to the ground to plant them.
Potatoes have strong vitality and don't pick the land, so she planted them at this time, and after a while, she should be able to eat them.
The people in the village looked at the sprouting small potatoes on the ground, and then at Li Qingling, with pity in their eyes, "I haven't seen this thing, and I don't know if I can eat it. ”
Also, if there was food in the mountains, it would have been gone a long time ago, so it would be Li Qingling's turn to pick it up.
Zhao smiled, with a bitter smile, "Look at it, if you can eat, you can also fill your stomach, there is no food at home, there is no way." "My daughter said that she could eat it, and she wanted to bring it to the ground to plant, but she couldn't help it, so she had to agree, in fact, she didn't know the bottom in her heart, so she hoped that it could really be eaten!
As soon as these words fell, the people in the village were more sympathetic to them, and after a few words of comfort, they all dispersed, leaving only two or three gossiping women, curiously asking Li Qingling if he went with Liu Zhimo.
If Li Qingling said to go together, it wouldn't be long before she and Liu Zhimo would have to become the talk of the village.
She's not brainless, how could she admit it?
"How could I possibly go with Brother Zhimo? Although we are said to be an unmarried couple, before we get married, we still have to avoid suspicion. Li Qingling looked innocent, opened her black and white eyes, and looked at the aunts.
The aunts glanced at each other, and one of them asked, "Zhimo is not at home these days?" Where did he go? In and out of these words, it is clear that he does not believe Li Qingling's words.
Her eyes flashed, Li Qingling saw Liu Zhimo who was walking over, beckoned to him, and when he got closer, she said to him, "Brother Zhimo, several aunts are very concerned about your absence from home these days, where have you gone, tell them!" ”
When those aunts saw the handsome Liu Zhimo, they all felt a pity in their hearts, if they were young for more than ten years, they would have to fall in love with Liu Zhimo, people are really good-looking, and they can read and hyphenate, they are a good son!
Liu Zhimo put down the hoe he was carrying, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, and after greeting a few aunts, he told his whereabouts in the past few days.
Finally, ask a few more aunts what else do you want to ask?
The aunts smiled awkwardly, shook their heads, made excuses, and left.
"Awesome......" Li Qingling gave Liu Zhimo a thumbs up, "Keep up the good work next time." He said that Mr. was looking for something to do, and others wouldn't specifically investigate it, so of course he could fool people.
Liu Zhimo glanced at her, and saw that Zhao was hoeing and planting potatoes, he asked Zhao to sit, and he and Li Qingling could plant it.
"Mother, go sit down, I was afraid to panic when I saw your big belly." Li Qingling also persuaded him.
Zhao refused to go, "How can the peasant family be so squeamish, the moment before I gave birth to you, I was still working in the field!" "The peasant family came over like this, and her daughter was afraid that she would be tired and that something would happen, so she was not allowed to do heavy work.
Li Qingling didn't care about her, he pulled her to stand aside and watched, she and Liu Zhimo just planted, just that little potato, where to use three people?
No, Zhao had no choice but to stand aside and guide them, but his heart was very useful, and his daughter was more considerate than before.
One person digs a pit and one person plantes, but there is quite a tacit understanding, and it doesn't take long to plant the potatoes.
Standing up, Li Qingling looked at the bare ground happily, "After a while, I will have to eat." ”
"Is it really edible?" Zhao was full of worries, if he couldn't eat it, it would be in vain.
"Mother, didn't I tell you, have I eaten it? If I hadn't eaten it, I'd have been poisoned. ”
"Ahh Zhao couldn't hear the dead word, so she calmly asked Li Qingling to snort twice.
Seeing that her face was not good, Li Qingling didn't say anything superstitious, and turned her head and snorted twice.
The work in the field, Zhao basically comes to do it every day, and there is not even a single weed in this clean one, "Go home!" Li Qingling picked up the hoe.
Zhao saw her daughter's small body, she was a little distressed, she reached out to take it, she carried it, Li Qingling didn't let her, she could even hunt, there was no reason why she couldn't even carry this hoe.
"Auntie, Xiaoling can do it, you don't have to worry about her." Liu Zhimo said with a smile, her strange strength is much greater than his, and two hoes are not a matter for her.
"Then be careful." Zhao said a few words, and walked home behind Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo.
The three of them didn't notice that the leper Li who was standing not far away was staring at Zhao directly, his eyes were glowing with blue light, and he was still swallowing saliva in his mouth.
When the village was silent, a man sneakily ran to the door of Li's house by the light of the moon, and looked at the height of the earthen courtyard wall, and he felt that he could climb it.
He spat on his left and right hands, rubbed his hands, climbed up the wall, and climbed up in two clicks, but when he jumped out of the yard, his voice was a little heavier.
It was his voice that woke Li Qingling up.
Li Qingling frowned, carefully lifted the quilt, got out of bed, went to get the bow and arrow hanging on the wall, did not wear shoes, put on his toes, and walked out of the room.
As soon as she came out of the room, she heard the sound of someone prying the doorknob, she squinted slightly, walked quickly to the window of the room where Zhao slept, and looked out the window carefully.
Seeing a man holding a knife to pry the doorknob, she sneered silently, took the bow and arrow without hesitation, loaded the arrow, and with a whoosh, shot an arrow.
The arrow hit the man in the thigh, and the man screamed.
Many villagers in their sleep were awakened by this scream, and they all got up with their clothes on.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Shi got up and saw Li Qingling, her eyes were full of horror, "Are there any thieves?" ”
They don't have anything in their house, and there will be thieves coming?
Li Qingling snorted, and when she saw the man dragging his injured leg and trying to escape, she shot another arrow in cold blood, and this arrow hit the man's other leg.
The man fell to the ground with a thud, and the screams were even more terrible, he didn't expect that he didn't take advantage of it, and he was injured.
Isn't the Li family only orphans and widows? How could anyone know how to shoot an arrow?
"Mother, you stay here, don't go out, I'll go out and have a look." Li Qingling's body was full of cold air, and Zhao was a little shocked when he saw it.
Coming back to her senses, she hurriedly spoke, "Then you should be careful." ”
"Hmm......" The man was already injured and had nothing to fear.
"Sister......" Li Qingfeng was also awakened by the scream, he ran out in fear, and when he saw Li Qingling preparing to open the door, he hurriedly ran over and hugged Li Qingling's thigh, "Sister, do you want to go out?" Don't go out for fear of ......"
Touched Li Qingfeng's head with her backhand, she smiled and comforted him, it's okay, she has already shot the thief, and the thief can't hurt them.
"Really?"
"Hmm......" Li Qingling smiled, the solemnity on his face dissipated, and he reached out to open the door.
As soon as it was opened, outside the courtyard door, Liu Zhimo's anxious voice came, and she answered to make him feel relieved, and then looked down at the man who fell to the ground and wailed.
"Leper Lee?" The person who fell to the ground was the leper Li, Li Qingling recognized him, the man who was idle in the village, stealing chickens and dogs, "What are you doing at my house?" Stealing? "She doesn't have anything in her house.
When the leper Li saw Li Qingling with a bow and arrow, his eyes flashed with fear, he never thought that the person who shot him with a bow and arrow was Li Qingling.
"You...... You ......"
"Xiao Ling, open the door." Hearing the man's voice, Liu Zhimo, who was standing outside the courtyard door, was even more worried, and he reached out and tapped the door again.
Li Qingling had no choice but to bypass the leper Li and go to open the door for Liu Zhimo first.
"What's going on?" Liu Zhimo saw Li Qingling holding a bow and arrow, and hurriedly asked, "Have you been robbed?" ”
Raising his chin, Li Qingling pointed to the leper Li who fell to the ground, and said with a sneer, "Well, someone is not afraid of death and comes to my house to steal things." ”
Seeing the two arrows inserted in the thigh of the leper Li, Liu Zhimo gasped, so tragically.
He strode in, walked in front of the leper Li, his face was gloomy, he stretched out his hand and moved the arrow, and the leper Li screamed again, "Say, what are you doing here?" ”
Li Qingling didn't expect Liu Zhimo to be so ruthless, even more ruthless than her.
The leper Li was sweating profusely in pain, and he wanted to faint to death, he really stole chicken and rice this time.
The corner of his eyes swept to Zhao, who was holding his stomach and standing at the door, stretched out his hand and shouted for help, "Huiniang, help me, if you hadn't called me, I wouldn't have suffered this, you save me!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Zhao was anxious, "You fart." Her eyes were red, and she glared at the leper Li fiercely, she didn't expect him to dare to slander her, if she let others know, she still doesn't have to be a person? Does the daughter and son still need to be a person?
"Hui Niang, obviously you called me here! How can you not admit it? As soon as his words fell, Li Qingling suddenly raised his foot and stepped on his wound, and he screamed in pain, "Ah...... "It's really better to live than to die!"
This stinky girl was so vicious and hurt him like this.
Li Qingling squinted his eyes at the leper Li, his face was full of frost, "You try to talk nonsense again?" Believe it or not, I'll give you another arrow? "In this era, a woman's chastity is more important than her life, and she will never allow the Zhao family to be slandered like this.
"What's going on?" The people in the village rushed to Li's house, saw this scene, and asked in shock.