The two men walked back along the official road by the light of the torches.

"Brother Zirui, there's a bag here. Wait a minute, let me see what's inside."

"good."

Yun Yiyi lifted the bag and untied the rope, "Brother Zirui, it's filled with cornmeal."

"Yiyi, they stole the carriage from Mr. Li's family."

"I saw it with my own eyes, thrown from the carriage by the bandits. This must be the food belonging to Mr. Li's family."

"Never mind. There's not much distance left. I'll just tow them back."

"Let me do it, Yiyi."

"Brother Zirui, don't fight with me. There are still several bags ahead."

The two continued walking forward, and finally they picked up two bags of cornmeal, two bags of dried wild vegetables, and a bag of cloth.

Yun Yiyi also picked up the other baskets and put them together.

"Brother Zirui, we can't carry so many things together. So, I'll watch here, and you go tell Li Xiucai to bring someone over to take these things back."

"Brother Zirui, this is less than 500 meters, I can do it alone."

"Yiyi, I'll be back soon."

Xie Zirui ran back holding the torch.

Yun Yiyi sat on the official road and breathed a sigh of relief.

Tonight was so exciting.

After a while, Xie Zirui came over with Li Xiucai, Yun the butcher, and the village chief.

"Yiyi, are you hurt?" Yun the butcher asked anxiously.

"Dad, I'm fine, don't worry."

"Okay, that's good. But you scared me to death, Yiyi."

"Yiyi, have all the people who robbed the carriage escaped?"

"Yiyi, is this something thrown down from my carriage?"

Yun Yiyi turned and looked at Xie Zirui.

Xie Zirui shook his head. "Yiyi, I just arrived at the woods and saw Uncle Yun and the others. So I haven't had time to tell them yet."

Yun Yiyi nodded and said okay.

"Uncle Village Chief, Uncle Li. The people who stole the carriage have someone to meet them at the town entrance."

"Only Brother Zirui and I stayed. The others ran away."

"These things were thrown off the carriage by those people."

Li Xiucai looked grateful and said, "Yiyi, thanks to your quick response tonight. Otherwise, my mule cart would have been stolen by them."

"And you helped my family find so many things."

"Uncle Li, we're neighbors, so any help we can give is a helping hand. Don't take it too personally."

"Uncle Village Chief, a group of people just passed by. They will deal with the person who stayed behind."

"Oh, oh, I forgot to mention it. The people who stole Uncle Li's carriage were bandits from Qingfeng Village."

"Bandits from Qingfeng Village?"

"What's going on?"

"Why would the bandits from Qingfeng Village come and steal the carriage?"

"Uncle Yun, I heard someone led troops to attack the bandits in Qingfeng Village. The bandits who just robbed the carriage must have escaped from the village."

"Dad, Uncle Village Chief, Uncle Li, what Brother Zirui said makes sense. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to Shilin Town tomorrow morning to find out the news."

"There should be news before noon."

Li Xiucai patted his chest and said fearfully, "Fortunately, we didn't sleep soundly tonight, otherwise we wouldn't have found them."

"If the bandits in Qingfeng Village are eliminated, we can continue our journey." The village chief said belatedly.

"What the village chief said is true. We have been here for a long time. If it weren't for the bandits from Qingfeng Village, we could continue south."

"This is good news, we should be happy. I'll go back to the village soon and tell the villagers the news so they can be happy too."

"Of course, tonight is all thanks to Yiyi and Zirui. You two woke up quickly and reacted quickly."

"Uncle Village Chief, this is what I should do."

"Yes, Uncle Village Chief, since I came to the village, the villagers have been very kind to me. I am willing to help everyone to the best of my ability."

The village chief laughed, "You two are both good children."

"Uncle Village Chief, let's carry these things back quickly. It will be dawn soon."

"Let's go back now." The village chief took the lead and carried a bag.

Everyone divided up the remaining items and took them all back home.

Xie Zirui and Yun Yiyi put the things at Li Xiucai's house and hurried back.

The main reason was that Li Xiucai’s family was too enthusiastic and they couldn’t handle it.

"Yiyi, Zirui, come to my house for dinner tomorrow night."

"Yes, auntie."

After Yun Yiyi finished speaking, she shook her head unconsciously. Too enthusiastic, a little scary.

Xie Zirui next to him also looked confused.

"Yiyi, Zirui, you two are finally back. I was so worried at home."

Yun Yiyi hurried over and hugged Zhang's arm and shook it, "Mom, don't worry, I'm fine."

Zhang looked at Xie Zirui again.

"Aunt, I'm fine too. I'm not hurt."

"Yiyi, have you recovered Mr. Li's carriage?"

"Yiyi, where did you chase me back from?"

"Yiyi, did they all escape?"

"Big brother, second brother, third brother, I chased them to the entrance of Shilin Town. But there are people there to meet them."

"So, only Brother Zirui and I stayed behind, and the others all fled. They also drove away Li Xiucai's carriage."

"Also, the identities of the people who stole the carriage have been confirmed. They are bandits from Qingfeng Village."

"Yiyi, why did the bandits from Qingfeng Village come to our village in the middle of the night to steal the carriage? This is a bit unusual."

Third Brother Yun shouted hurriedly.

"Third brother, it is said that someone led troops to attack Qingfeng Village. These are the ones who escaped from Qingfeng Village. They probably didn't have enough carriages, so they stole to our village."

"Third brother, I guess the bandits had scouted the area well in advance. That's why they were able to find us so accurately."

"Second brother, you are so smart. They definitely did it on purpose. There are so many refugee groups around us. If we don't step carefully, we won't be able to find them."

"Yiyi, are there no bandits in Qingfeng Village anymore? Can we continue on our journey?"

"Mom, for the details, we still have to go to Shilin Town tomorrow to get some information."

"If the news is accurate, we can set off soon."

Zhang clapped her hands and said, "Great! We can finally move on. If we don't leave now, we won't be able to reach Yunzhou before the New Year."

"Haha, Mom, I guess the refugees around here all have the same idea as you."

Zhang smiled and said, "It's normal to think the same as me. It's the New Year, who wants to be on the road anymore?"

"Mom, you are right." Yun Yiyi gave a thumbs up.

"Brother Zirui and I also helped Li Xiucai's family and picked up a lot of food and wild vegetables that the bandits had thrown off the carriage."

"So, apart from the loss of a carriage, Mr. Li's family is lucky that everyone is safe."