Jiang Sanlang and the others didn't come up for the time being, and dozens of young people followed him to chop bamboo to make bows and arrows.

There are also people who collect firewood in the forest to find water, and use bamboo tubes and cans to carry clean water up the mountain.

At this moment, the sky is already bright, and the adults and children in the cave are getting up one after another.

Then there was a commotion, and many people were in a hurry to go down the mountain, especially the women, because they were going down the mountain to pay respects.

But the plank road is narrow and winding, and it is impossible to run in a short time, and many people are in a hurry.

Seeing this, several elderly women used bamboo poles and broken linen cloth to build a simple latrine at the corner of the cave near the cliff, and finally solved the problem of grain reincarnation for everyone.

The next thing is to find clean water, which is worse than going down the mountain to Gong.

If you don't have water, you can't cook, you can't cook, everyone has to go hungry.

It's okay to be hungry for a day and a half, but after a long time, people will have to collapse.

The Jiang family brought two water hyacinths, and Jiang's sister-in-law Zhou moved them up and shook them, feeling that there was only a small half of the water left in them.

She didn't dare to waste it at all, poured out some and washed the pot, grabbed the rice and poured it directly to cook porridge.

Nowadays, rice washing is a luxury, because there is no water source nearby.

Uncle Jiang said that if you want to get water, you have to go to a place a few miles away, or find a fine spring flowing in the cracks of the mountain.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Sakura quietly moved to the gourd, pulled out the wooden stopper, pressed his hand on the mouth of the gourd, and poured half a gourd water into it, and another half gourd.

She wanted to fill it up, but it was so easy to be found abnormal, and if it was only half-talked, maybe the aunts and aunts thought they were mistaken.

After stealing the bell like this, Sakura Po stepped aside as if nothing had happened, took out a handful of boiled water chestnuts from his small pocket and stuffed them to his younger brother, and let them eat and play.

Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu didn't forget to give Wei Zhan Yuanbao Huzi one each.

Five boys sit around the mattress and play rock-paper-scissors, and whoever loses will learn to bark.

The two puppies fluttered around them, barking twice from time to time.

"His sister-in-law, do you still have water at home?" The patriarch's wife, Tang, came over to borrow water to cook.

Zhou Shi said apologetically: "I poured it to cook porridge just now, or you can see for yourself if there is any more." ”

Tang Shi was a little disappointed when he heard this, glanced at the two big gourds on the mountain wall, or walked over and picked up one and shook it.

It's not as light as you imagined, but it's very heavy, and it seems that there is a lot of water in it.

You must know that these two big gourds are larger than the water basin, and the half gourd water is a lot.

Tang Shi was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked: "Yo, there is still a lot of water here, I will take it and use it, thank you to his sister-in-law." ”

After that, he picked up the water hyacinth and went to his house to cook.

Zhou was puzzled, but didn't care.

I did leave some water, but not much, it didn't seem to be enough to cook rice.

But Tang said that there were still a lot, and Zhou was very puzzled.

After a while, Tang returned the water hyacinth and brought two freshly baked dough cakes.

"You don't have to be so polite, our family is also making cakes." Zhou was embarrassed to take the cake.

Tang said with a smile: "Give the children a cushion first, take it quickly." ”

Zhou had no choice but to take the dough.

Seeing that Granny Tang was gone, Ying Bao quietly shook the gourd, only to feel that there was still a little bit left in it.

After thinking about it, she pulled out the plug again and poured half of the gourd water into it, and then went to give Chen Sanyou an injection.

Chen Sanyou is much better, and he can still walk around the cave a few times, but his mouth is a little crooked as soon as he speaks, which is a sequelae and is not easy to recover.

Seeing Yingbao Chen Sanyou's kind smile, he stammered and thanked her: "Many... Thank you, Sakura. ”

It's not this kid, it is estimated that he has already gone to the Western Heaven Zen Buddha.

"No thanks." She received the money, although it hasn't arrived yet, but as long as Grandpa Chen San is still alive, his sons will not dare to repay the debt.

After administering the needle, he was instructed to take the medicine on time, and Sakura Bao sat back next to Ah Niang and them.

Chunniang and the two concubines were making noodles and cakes, and they wanted to take advantage of the fact that they were okay at this time to make all the noodles in the house into dry food, which was easy to carry.

By noon, everyone was hungry, and those who had no food looked at the cauldron of the Jiang family and the Chen patriarch's family.

Patriarch Chen couldn't bear it, so he borrowed a big iron pot from the Jiang family, and asked his daughter-in-law to cook a big pot of rice porridge for everyone to eat, and Jiang Laohan also gave some flour cakes to the children.

At this moment, I heard someone shouting at the bottom of the mountain: "The bandits are coming!" ”

Immediately afterwards many strangers came out of the woods, armed with large swords and spears, and some with bows and arrows and farm tools.

"What a bandit!" The crowd panicked.

Patriarch Chen shouted: "Don't panic!" If you know how to shoot arrows, hurry up! A few more people to guard the crossing, don't let them come up! ”

Most of the young people went to the bamboo forest to cut bamboo to make bows and arrows, and I don't know if they have anything to do.

In the cave, everyone took their places under the command of Patriarch Chen, some took bows and arrows to aim at the mountain road, and some held long bamboo poles to guard the crossing.

Fortunately, the entrance of the cave did not face the mountain road, and those bandits put a few arrows and saw that they were useless, so they screamed and squeezed onto the plank road.

Patriarch Chen sneered: "What a fool. "Just rushing onto the plank road, it's like looking for death.

The bandit turned over the mountain wall, and as soon as he showed up, he was stabbed down by a long bamboo pole.

These bamboo poles are specifically stabbed in the legs of the bandits, not giving them a chance to react.

A bandit screamed and was stabbed off a cliff, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Another one was also stabbed and fell, and although it was caught by the rock below, it was estimated that it would never come up again.

The women and children in the cave were all hiding in the innermost part and trembling, and even the dogs did not dare to run around, and shrank in the arms of the little master without squeaking.

Sakura didn't feel scared, she and her second cousin stood on the edge of the cliff and poked their heads out to look down.

The cliff is very steep and deep, and the strange rocks below are craggy, and once a person falls, he will not die or be disabled.

After suffering several casualties in a row, the bandits finally became smart and retreated from the plank road.

However, they did not leave, but set up camp at the foot of the mountain, which had the intention of trapping the people on the mountain.

Jiang Jiacun took a look, immediately retracted, and said to Jiang Laohan: "I see that there are 100 bandits under the mountain road, all of them with weapons and bows and arrows, and it is estimated that they are here to seek revenge." ”

Last night, Jiang Sanlang and the others set up an ambush with the people in the village and killed a lot of bandits, and it stands to reason that the bandits dare not come again.

But now they reappeared, and it seemed that they had captured two villagers to lead the way to the tiger's mouth.

So these bandits are here to seek revenge.

"I don't know what happened to Saburo and them." Jiang Laohan was worried.

He didn't worry about his side, anyway, as long as he didn't go down the mountain, those bandits couldn't do anything about them.

But his three sons are still outside, what can he do if he strays into the encirclement of bandits.

Patriarch Chen stroked his beard and said: "So many bandits have gone up the mountain, San Lang and they must have gotten the news, Zhu'er said that they sent two clever scouts, as soon as there is a movement, the scouts will definitely run back to inform, you don't have to worry." ”

These words did not comfort Jiang Laohan at all.

If the three sons encounter a bandit and have an accident, how can they and their wives live.