Many times, disasters start quietly.

There was no hint, no thunderbolt on a sunny day.

And this is exactly what happened in the rebellion of the displaced people.

At first just, a few people, later many, in droves. By the time everyone realized that it was bad, Shili Village was about to be surrounded.

Xu Ci and Li's mother moved all the furniture that could be moved to the front of the house and blocked the door.

Xu Xiaomei held her sister-in-law's hand and couldn't help trembling: "Brother, brother, what should we do now?" Will they rush in? ”

"Don't worry, no, they'll take the food from the kitchen and leave." Xu Ci said soothingly, but still stood in front of the door.

He was glad in his heart now, because of his mother-in-law's words that day, he gave up saying goodbye to his master. If he had set off two days ago, what would he do with these weak women in the family today?

"How could there be so many displaced people all of a sudden? Husband, do you say Changliu Village, will my mother ......" Compared with Mother Li and Xu Yatou, Cheng Hui's brain turned a little faster, she held her stomach, and couldn't help but worry.

Xu Ci heard the words, but his heart moved, and his mother-in-law seemed to mean something when she spoke. Is there any news? Thinking of the carriage at that time, he said firmly: "Mother-in-law, there may be some guesses, but I can stay today because of her reminders." Then there will be some precautions at home, so don't think about it. ”

While talking, he suddenly remembered that his mother-in-law had said that if there was anything, let him take someone to Changliu Village to find her, Xu Ci thought about it.

Seeing that he was silent, the other three didn't dare to disturb, Li's mother sorted out the food that was brought into the house, and Li Xiaomei helped her sister-in-law get up and sit down.

Xu Ci thought about it, now that there are displaced people everywhere, it would be good if he just grabbed some food. In case these people see that Shili Village is rich and has complete houses, and they want to occupy the village as the king, they will inevitably kill on a large scale.

At that time, he was alone, and his two fists were invincible to his four hands, and it was too late to leave.

Thinking of this, he frowned, and while instructing the three of them to pack up their things and bring the necessary items, he secretly planned the route in his heart.

First of all, Hui Niang has difficulty moving and needs a cart or cart, which is available in this family, but there are few donkeys or cows and horses in the whole village. By the way, the uncle's family has a donkey, which is usually tethered to the yard of the old house. Trap them, Xu Ci has no guilt.

After making up his mind, Xu Ci immediately took action, he wanted to steal it out before the homeless people found the donkey.

Glancing at the blocked door, Xu Ci explained two sentences, and went out directly over the wall, fortunately for so many years, because of the lack of labor at home, he felt sorry for his widowed mother and young sister, and he still had the strength to do it.

Xu Ci's consideration plan will not be mentioned for the time being.

The other side.

Cheng Shui was checking with Li Fan the accounts of the grain he bought from Chang Jinsheng.

"Thanks to the wisdom of the head of the family, that Master Chang is not at all like a businessman, and he is very happy to hear that we are going to buy grain, and he doesn't even care much about the price." Li Fan touched his beard and said, although it was Cheng Shui's attention, he did it beautifully in the end, and won all the prices of 800 Wen, which was considered to be a disgrace to his mission.

Cheng Shui chuckled, the grain merchant was not selling his own things, so he naturally wouldn't feel distressed.

As the two were talking, they heard Cheng San running in a panic: "Mother, my mother is not good, the homeless people occupy Shili Village." ”

Li Fan was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What kind of homeless people, how can they occupy Shili Village?" Where did you get the news from? ”

"I ...... I, listen to the dog...... Say, their relatives....... Ran out of Shili Village last night...... Come, come to us in the morning. Cheng San gasped and looked at Cheng Shui, "Mother, what should we do?" Hui Niang also ......"

"Go to the village chief's house, tell him, and tell the people in the village to enter the secret passage. If the gang is still not satisfied after grabbing the food, they should be about to arrive in Changliu Village, so hide first. Cheng Shui immediately decided, and Cheng San hurriedly complied.

Li Fan froze on the side, a little unable to react. I only heard Cheng Shui say that he entered the secret passage, and hurriedly objected: "No, how can outsiders enter the secret passage, this is a very important matter, the head of the family can't, the head of the family ......"

I saw Cheng Shui's eyes and fixed him in place.

"Shopkeeper Li, you must know that if a person is alive, he can earn anything again, but if he dies, he will have nothing. Isn't a secret passage as good as hundreds of lives in the village? ”

Li Fan froze in place, speechless.

At this moment, there was another knock on the door outside the house, and Cheng Shui came out to see that it was Xu Ci.

He was disgraced, and first saluted the Liu family who opened the door, and then said to Cheng Shui: "I'm afraid my mother already knows." ”

Xu Ci smiled bitterly, with a deep exhaustion on his face, this night he hid in Tibet, and it was only half a day's journey in the past, but they walked all night, and there was still a donkey to help them hurry.

"Mother!" Cheng Hui was lying on the donkey cart, and when she saw Cheng Shui, she came down with tears in her eyes.

Mother Li and Xu Yatou were also embarrassed.

Cheng Shui looked at everyone for a while, and then said to Liu: "Prepare some food and take them to rest." ”

After speaking, she turned back to Li Fan and said, "Shopkeeper Li, now the people in the village have to clean it up for a while." You go and deal with the secret passage first, leaving a way up the mountain. She was pointing, of course, to another invisible exit from the secret passage.

Li Fan had no choice but to leave, and the others also hurried into action.

Xu Ci was relieved to see that his mother-in-law really had other arrangements, and at the same time the doubts in his heart deepened. But now is not a good time to talk, he can only control himself and not mention it for the time being.

In fact, it is not easy for such a large number of people to escape, but first, the prestige of Village Chief Cheng is deep enough, and second, there are people who have escaped. Therefore, after learning that there was a group of burns and looting homeless people in Shili Village, the people in the village still obeyed the arrangement and entered the tunnel.

They were also secretly surprised that the village chief's family had built such a long secret passage, and no one in the village knew about it.

Oh, no. Cheng Da's family knows. This is also normal, everyone knows that they have a close relationship with the village chief's family, and the two families are like a family.

Time passed in a group of people's thoughts. Almost all of them hid in secret passages, except for some stubborn people who had to keep their family's food even if they died, and some who also had secret passages in their own homes.

Cheng Shui and the others were the last to go in, because without him, Cheng Hui's amniotic water broke.

can only carry her to the secret room first, and Cheng Shui commanded while signaling Li Mu and other women to pull up the curtain for Cheng Hui. Xu Ci, who came in at last, panted and carried a jar of water.

"Is the entrance to the secret passage sealed?" Cheng Shui looked at Cheng Shu.

"It's sealed, it's the masonry prepared in advance, and it's more than three feet sealed."