Li Ping'an slept deeply this night, and it took a long time, and when he woke up, it was already dawn.

I slept a little dazed, but before he could come back to his senses, he heard a noise, with panic and anger in his voice. Li Ping'an sat up solemnly, and saw his younger brothers and sisters in a ball, his eyes were full of uneasiness, and Xinglong was even trembling.

"What happened? What about mom and dad? Li Ping'an's voice was hoarse, he had saved water for the past two or three days, he drank little water, his throat was basically dry, and he had no water after sleeping all night, and he had a little difficulty talking.

The younger brothers and sisters were startled by Li Ping'an's voice, and Xiao Ruyi found that the eldest brother woke up with his mouth open, and immediately howled, crying and throwing himself on Li Ping'an.

In the blink of an eye, the four little ones gathered around Li Ping'an, and Li Ping'an asked Fugui what was going on while crying Xinglong Ruyi.

By the eldest brother's side, Fugui seemed to have found the backbone of his heart, and quickly calmed down, "Dad and mother went to grandpa, the eldest aunt, the second uncle and the third uncle, and Chen Yi and his mother were robbed and beaten when they went to pick wild vegetables this morning." ”

Li Ping'an's heart sank, and he wanted to know more about it, but Fugui only knew so much, his father and mother were not there, and his eldest brother hadn't woken up yet, so he wanted to look at his younger brothers and sisters, and he didn't dare to inquire.

"Cauldron, will we be robbed and beaten by others?" Xiao Ruyi cried with red eyes, her voice was choked and trembling, and her little hand tightly grasped Li Ping'an's sleeve, "I heard that they will rob children." ”

"Don't worry, with your father and eldest brother here, no one can snatch you!" Li Ping'an put his palm on Xiao Ruyi's back, glanced around, and sure enough, he saw that the children were all staying around the adults like quails, not laughing and playing in groups as usual.

In the position of the eldest aunt's house, the two sisters Peach Blossom and Zhaodi hugged each other, and Zhang Xiaoshan sat next to the sisters with a stick in his hand and a straight face.

"Zhang Xiaoshan!" Li Ping'an shouted, and when Zhang Xiaoshan turned his head to look over, he shouted again, "Come here!" ”

Zhang Xiaoshan put down the stick and walked over, his face was still ugly, "What are you doing?" ”

"Do you know what's going on?"

"Yes."

"......" Li Ping'an had a black line, "Do you know if you say it?" I didn't mess with you, did I? ”

"It was the people from Qingshui Village who beat people, they touched it, fortunately, your aunt and mother didn't go too far, and someone heard the call for help and hurriedly came back to call someone."

"My aunt and sister are not a big deal, are they?"

"It shouldn't be too much of a problem, but we need to wake up."

Li Ping'an thought deeply, Qingshui Village was not far from Xiaochen Village, and it was also next to the back of the house, he thought that if he was on the mountain, the people of the two villages would meet sooner or later, but he never expected that they would meet so soon, and the other party showed malice as soon as they met.

But thinking about it, I don't know how many people were forced by this flood to hide on the mountain behind the house, and there were seven or eight hundred men, women, and children in their Xiaochen Village alone. Before the flood, poor people often went up to the mountains to pick wild vegetables or something, the mountains had already been swept over, there were many people and few resources, and it was inevitable to grab things.

Li Erlin and Chen Dajuan came back, Li Erlin's face was dark, Chen Dajuan's face was pale, and the sorrow and worry between her eyebrows condensed.

"Mother, are your aunts all right?" Li Ping'an asked with concern.

Chen Dajuan shook her head, "It's not a big deal, the bones are not hurt, I'll send them some eggs later." ”

There were chickens at home before, and there were still some eggs, although they were all short of food now, but after all, it was the child's aunt who was beaten, and it was enough to send a few to the past. But they probably won't eat it, so they will keep it for the children.

I didn't send it over now, there will be a lot of people in my mother's house, and it's not good to be seen. Chen Dajuan turned to take out the wild boar meat she had distributed last night, hesitated, cut out a small piece and waited for the children to eat, and she planned to make the rest into bacon.

"Dad, you can accompany me to see the trap we dug yesterday."

The corners of Li Erlin's mouth twitched, and he also knew that Li Ping'an had something to tell him, so he turned around and walked out, and Li Ping'an hurriedly followed.

After walking away, Li Ping'an asked, "Dad, how did you discuss last night?" ”

Li Erlin's face darkened, "The two clan elders don't agree to let the young people in the village take risks, they think that the grain is enough to last now, and the granary in the county has been burned, but the Chen clan still has grain, and they say that after the flood recedes, they can borrow grain from the main branch." The patriarch also hesitated. ”

"What did the village chief say?"

"The village chief was also persuaded, but he didn't fully believe that the main branch could lend them grain, and wanted to make preparations with both hands, he would continue to persuade the clan elders today, but whether he persuaded or not, he would talk to the villagers tomorrow."

Li Ping'an was silent for a while, and then whispered: "Dad, let's not wait, you and your uncle can also go to some familiar and reliable villagers first, what happened this morning is not necessarily a bad thing, the crisis has come, I think there should be many people who are hesitant in their hearts." ”

"That's what your grandfather said. Just now at your grandfather's place, I told your grandfather about this in private, and he said that the patriarchs and clan elders are old, and their styles and ideas are relatively conservative. However, your grandfather also said that if we can only escape from the famine in the end, we must not forget the village chief's family, and if we are on the same road, take care of them more. ”

Speaking of this, Li Erlin sighed abruptly, "Your grandfather said that he wouldn't leave, and his body would drag us down on the road." ”

"What did Grandpa say about this, he didn't count, if he wanted to escape, Dad and your uncles would carry him away, what could he do with us besides moving his mouth."

"That's why you dare to talk like that." Li Erlin smiled and kicked Li Ping'an, this kid is sensible when he was a child, he hasn't hit him once, he felt good after kicking twice last night.

In fact, what Li Ping'an said was also what he said in his heart, if he really wants to leave here then, he can't really not bring his father-in-law. Selfishly speaking, if the father-in-law doesn't leave, Chen Dazhu and his three brothers may not go together, although the three families are mostly women and children, but the three brothers are also adult men, and one more man will have more security.

While speaking, they came to the place where Li Ping'an set the trap yesterday, and at a glance, the two of them were happy, only to see a dead deer lying in the largest trap, and they also saw a pheasant penetrated by bamboo thorns in the other two traps.

"Dad, hurry up!" Li Ping'an observed the surroundings, and hurriedly beckoned Li Erlin to take the prey away, and then dug the bloody soil to the ground, and after camouflaging it at the mouth of the pit again, he sprinkled the bloody soil on the top.

The two of them returned to the grass hut with the prey in a grand manner, which aroused a lot of envious eyes, Zhang Xiaoshan also swept the ugly look on his face, and ran over to ask, "Was it caught in the trap we dug yesterday?" ”

Seeing Li Ping'an nodding, he couldn't wait to ask, "Which one was caught in the trap I dug?" Is it this fawn? ”

"Yes, yes, this fawn was caught in your trap."

"I'll just say I'm not bad luck!"

If you want to say that, then I won't get used to you, "What you dug I dug it, that's what we dug together!" ”

"Li Ping'an, you give me death!" Zhang Xiaoshan was so angry that he looked for his head, "What about my stick, Zhao Di, bring my stick, I'm going to fight with Li Ping'an today!" ”