Chapter 3: The wolf howls, the dog barks, and the bandits arrive
When the setting sun casts its last blush into the happy house, the sky darkens.
Xinghua looked left and right and didn't see her husband come back, she and the big tiger lady had a simple dinner, and the solemn night swallowed up the entire prairie.
In the lonely night, Xinghua and the big tiger mother guarded a lonely lamp, sitting silently, and suddenly there were a few sharp and piercing wolf howls on the grassland, Xinghua's heart couldn't help but tremble, and said: "Mother, why hasn't he come back?"
Dahu Niang comforted and said: "Xinghua, you don't have to worry about him, he didn't go to the county to sell skins once or twice, it's okay." ”
"Mother, then I'll go to Tunkou to have a look. Xinghua said, about to go to the ground.
Dahu Niang grabbed her and said, "Xinghua, let's wait at home, Dahu will come back in a while." The big tiger lady said, sighed, and told Xinghua the story of this pimple: "Listen to the old generation, our pimple was originally the territory of the Manmeng prince, and then there was a famine in Henan, Hebei, and Shandong outside the Guan, and the people in those places fled all the way to this prairie, and I don't know how many people died along the way. Those who have a big life come here to see that on this endless meadow, rabbits and yellow sheep are running all over the mountain, and pheasants and mountain birds are quacking...... Here they cut grass and open up wasteland, build nests and make horse shelves, some people hunt and pan for gold, some people open up wasteland and cultivate land, and some people pull poles as bandits to rob the common people's things for nothing...... Since then, our pimple has become a chaotic and unsafe place......"
"Restore the ......" Dahu Niang's voice did not fall, and she was happy outside. Suddenly, there was a tense neighing of a fierce horse.
The hissing immediately broke the silence of the little tunzi, and then the barking of dogs from all the houses in the tunzi became one.
"Wow Wow...... Wang Wang...... "The barking of the dog made Xinghua and the big tiger mother upset.
Not for a while. The sound of the horse and the barking of the dog gradually stopped moving, and the big tiger lady gradually had a smile on her face, she was puzzled and said happily: "Xinghua, could it be your brother Zheng Erhu here?"
When Xinghua heard this, she hurriedly jumped from the kang to the ground, opened the door, and saw that it was dark outside. The neighing of the horse just now suddenly stopped moving.
Xinghua stayed outside for a while, but still didn't hear any movement, and didn't see any figures. He returned to the house and said to the big tiger lady: "Mother, it's not my brother, eighty percent of them are people who walk at night outside Tunzi, right?"
"Oh......" Big Tiger Niang agreed. She was very unsure. The two gossiped for a while, and when they saw that their son still hadn't come back, and were about to undress and go to bed, suddenly there was a noisy sound of footsteps and horses stepping on the snow outside the window!
Xinghua and Dahu Niang's hearts tightened, and the mother-in-law hurriedly blew out the oil lamp in one breath, and whispered: "Xinghua, quickly, it's about to hide." Eighty percent of them are bandits!"
"Huh?" Xinghua cried out in horror, and was captured and chased by bandits many times. She was too sensitive to the word bandit, and seemed to have been frightened by the bandits, trembling, not knowing how to hide and hide.
The big tiger lady immediately stood up, walked to the windowsill, leaned on the dilapidated window paper and looked outside, only to see two figures with bright torches in their hands outside the yard, under the light of the torches, a black and oppressive figure, like a fierce steppe wolf, "swished" into the low fence courtyard wall of the Zhao family, and came to the door of the house in the blink of an eye!
The big tiger lady was stunned by the scene in front of her, almost scared her into fainting, she hurriedly stabilized her mind, turned around and said hurriedly: "Xinghua, hurry, hide quickly!"
However, Xinghua's legs were already frightened, she trembled and asked in a panic, "Mother, where is the daughter-in-law hiding?"
"Quick, run to the back door and run out!" the big tiger girl shouted again.
But it was too late, and when Xinghua'er ran to the back door in the dark, she saw that someone was already guarding outside, and she was also holding a bright torch in her hand.
Xinghua'er had no choice but to turn back and pounce on the big tiger girl, trembling in shock......
The big tiger girl hugged Xinghua tightly and said, "Child, don't be afraid, it must be the mountain bag that has been cut by a thousand knives to take revenge." ”
"Hahaha......" As soon as Dahu Niang's words fell, the hoarse and muddy voice of the mountain bag came from outside: "Damn, Zhao Dahu, you will give Lao Tzu a kind of thing! Lao Tzu is the big bandit mountain bag, last time you were lucky to take advantage, now Lao Tzu will meet you, a poor hunter, come out and die!"
"Huh?" When Xinghua and Dahu Niang heard this, their bodies trembled up and down, and sure enough, it was a mountain bag seeking revenge......
Suddenly, a bandit outside said: "Big boss, pay attention to safety, that kid Zhao Dahu shoots arrows too accurately!"
"Mom, I'm going to break his bow and arrows today, cut off his hands, and see what kind of arrows he still uses!" Zashan Bao shouted viciously: "Zhao Dahu, you listen to Lao Tzu, as long as you dare to shoot arrows, Lao Tzu will burn down your broken house and burn you to death!"
Another bandit shouted at the house: "Zhao Dahu, Xinghua, come out obediently, or Lao Tzu will burn the house!"
But after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement in the house. The bandits all knew that Zhao Dahu's magic arrow was very good, and no one dared to risk rushing in.
At this time, Zashan Bao frowned and said suspiciously: "Mom, is there no one in this house? Why is there no movement at all?"
The old bandit listened to the movement inside, and it was still as silent as death, but he didn't give up, so he said to a little bandit standing in front of him: "Damn, it's not like there is no one, the light was still on in this room just now." You, let Lao Tzu come into the house and have a look!"
The little bandit cried and said, "No, no, no, big ...... If Zhao Dahu gives me an arrow, I, the guy who eats, will have to move!"
"Mom, what the hell are you going to do if you become a bandit? Go quickly! or Lao Tzu will kill you!"
Zashan Bao said, "Boom" opened the iron fan in his hand, and was about to fan the little bandit.
The little bandit knew that once he opened the fan in his hand, he was in a hurry to kill, so he trembled and smashed open the door of Zhao Dahu's house.
Suddenly, a kitchen knife flew out of it, the little bandit saw it clearly, the kitchen knife that flew out was fluttering, he gently blocked it with his hand, and the kitchen knife fell to the ground. The little bandit understood at a glance, and hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, hurry up, Zhao Dahu must not be at home!"
Immediately afterwards, a group of bandits rushed into the house like wolves, and after a while, they escorted Xinghua and Dahu Niang out...... (To be continued......)