When the two came to the end of the village, they saw a group of people in the courtyard of the thatched hut at the foot of the mountain.

As they approached, they heard a leading strong man say to a middle-aged man in a menacing manner: "Let me tell you, you must pay this account whether you admit it or not, and if you can't come up with the money today, I will arrest the women and children in your family to pay off the debt." ”

The middle-aged man picked up the axe in the yard, "I didn't borrow the money, I don't recognize it and won't pay it back for them, if you dare to come hard, I'll fight with you if it's a big deal, and I'll die, even if I go to the yamen, I'm not afraid." ”

"You're really dying, aren't you?"

"If you don't give me a way to live, what else do I have to fear."

As the saying goes, those who rush are afraid of being stunned, those who are stunned are afraid of horizontal, those who are horizontal are afraid of not wanting to die, and those who do not want to die do not provoke the poor and touch them.

When the leading strong man saw that he was preparing to fight hard, he felt a trace of timidity in his heart.

"I'll give you three days, you either tell us where your mother is, or pay back the money, you can't stay at home every day, if you don't pay back, we will always have a chance to catch your wife and daughter."

The strong man in the lead let go of the cruel words and left with the people.

When passing by Helan Yue and them, the strong man also looked at them several times.

As soon as the people in the courtyard had gone, the door of the house opened, and the woman and the three girls rushed out.

The man's expression was gentle, and he whispered to comfort them.

When He Lanyue and Luo Li walked into the courtyard, the man immediately protected the woman and the children behind him, and asked with a serious expression, "Is there something?" ”

Helan Yue didn't want to waste time, so she said straight to the point: "I know where your mother is." ”

"Who are you?"

"Don't care who I am, just tell me if you want to find your mother."

"Of course, you must have heard what happened just now, so let's say it! What is your purpose. ”

"It's easy to deal with smart people, then I'll say it bluntly, I want you to stay by your mother's side, monitor their family, as long as they have any movements, you have to tell me as soon as possible, the monthly salary is half a penny."

"That's all?"

"Yes, that's all."

"How can I be sure that what you say is true."

"Your mother took your brother's family to find your aunt, your brother's family of three, their child is more than a year old, do you want me to tell me more details?"

"Go to my aunt, how can she ...... Okay, I promise you, but I have one request. ”

"Say."

"Please take good care of my wife and daughter, if you can, can you arrange them in a place closer to me, I promise not to visit them and delay things."

The youngest girl behind the woman, who was only seven or eight years old, rushed out, "Daddy, let me go with you, and I'll help you watch them when you have something." ”

The man touched his daughter's head with a heartache on his face, "No, Daddy will always think about you in his heart." ”

"I'm not afraid that they will beat me, I will accompany my father, so that my father can have time to go home to see my mother and sisters."

The man turned his head and wiped his face, his voice a little choked, "Xixi, don't worry, no one will beat you again in the future." ”

Helan Yue didn't think much about it, it was common for the old man to be eccentric, and every family had a scripture that was difficult to read.

It's good that grandmother is not, and she is not patriarchal.

"Okay, I can promise you what you say, but you can't slack off what I asked you to do, then you clean up, and we'll go on the road together."

The man took the woman and the children into the house, and in a few moments came out.

Except for a small bag that each of them carried, they had no other daily necessities.

Helan Yue didn't ask much, and left with them.

Although it was already dark, in order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, they still chose to leave here as soon as possible.

Helan Yue accompanied them to wait in the grove outside Wanping County, and Luo Li went into the county seat to get the carriage.

After waiting for almost a quarter of an hour, Luo Li drove the carriage out.

The man and Luo Li sat outside on the wheel, and the female dependents sat in the car.

The carriage moved quickly, and Helan Yue still looked very nervous when she saw the woman and the three children.

They huddled together, huddled tightly in the corners of the carriage.

After more than half an hour, the sky was completely dark, and Luo Li stopped the carriage.

The woman immediately asked nervously, "Boss, is something wrong?" ”

The man hurriedly replied: "It's okay, you can rest assured, it's too dark to walk, let's rest on the side of the road for one night, and then go tomorrow." ”

Luo Li parked the carriage at the edge of the forest, and the man went around to pick up some dry firewood.

The fire quickly rose.

Helan Yue kept two pieces of flax cakes and gave the rest to the man's family.

After dealing with dinner like this, Helan Yue asked the woman to take a few children to the car to rest, and several people did not agree to anything.

In their hearts, they felt that they were subordinates, and Helan Yue was their master.

Seeing this, Helan Yue could only give up and rest in the carriage for the night.

Following.

As soon as it was dawn, the carriage departed.

Helan Yue thought about rushing to the next town to replenish some food and water, otherwise she would have to go hungry if she missed the nightstay.

According to the distance they came, it would take two or three hours to reach the next town, which meant that they would have to be hungry for so long.

When she had gotten into the carriage, the woman took out the flax cake from her baggage.

"Childe, these are the two pieces of bread left over from yesterday."

Helan Yue gave them a total of four cakes yesterday, and they were too careful in their work, and the five of them only ate two cakes.

She tore half of the loaves and gave the rest to the woman, "Eat them all, and let them be left." ”

With that, she let the man into the carriage and came to the wheel herself.

Divided the half of the cake in his hand in half and handed half to Luo Li, "Eat!" ”

Luo Li took it and ate it.

Before they had finished their bread, they heard the sound of horses' hooves running behind them.

The man came to the door of the carriage, "Little boy, you are still in the first carriage." ”

When Helan Yue entered, she saw the women and children in the car trembling with fright.

It seems that they must have had a hard time recently, and the slightest movement can be scared like this.

After a while, the horses behind them caught up.

The strong man who was the leader yesterday pointed at Luo Li with a horsewhip in his hand, "Stop the carriage, otherwise, don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind to you." ”

Luo Li didn't even bother to speak, took out a handful of small stones from his pocket, and threw them towards the horses ridden by the people who were chasing.

The horses were suddenly frightened, and with the few frightened men, they all ran up the hill, and in an instant they were gone.

The women and children in the carriage were frightened and turned pale.

In order to make the next journey smooth, Helan Yue changed into women's clothes and she drove the car.