Grandma Su was very surprised: "How many refugees could there be that even the garrison at the post station couldn't stop?"

There was a garrison post every fifty li along the official road.

There are at least several dozen guards stationed inside, how could they not even stop a helpless refugee?

"It is said that there are many refugees, no less than 500. They are all carrying machetes. How dare the few people at the post station stop them?"

For the next couple of days, please keep the children out of school.

After saying this, Old Man Su left in a hurry.

The village was holding a meeting at that moment.

Grandma Su held the silver and wandered around, not knowing where to hide it.

Finally, gritting his teeth, he went to the big tree in the yard, took a shovel, dug the soil deep, wrapped the silver in old clothes, and buried it all underground.

After restoring the original spot, I stepped on it again.

Finally, they moved a large water tank and placed it on top.

Looking at her masterpiece, Grandma Su finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But the thought of having so much food at home with nowhere to hide it made me realize how precious it was.

Wang Taoxiu then carried Su Muyao directly back to her room.

"My dear, have you hidden all the money that Grandma gave you before? Do you want me to hide it for you first?"

Su Muyao nodded, "Don't worry, Mother has hidden herself well, no one can find her."

"That's good"

Then she thought of Su Mingxuan, and the New Year's money that her in-laws and her own parents gave to that brat.

She went directly to her son's room and searched the room. After finding the money, she hid it together with the money from her own small family.

Su Muyao found it extremely funny to see Su Mingxuan's sorrowful expression when he realized he had no money left.

That night, none of the three sons of the Su family returned. They and some villagers were incorporated into the village's temporary guard team and patrolled the village all night.

The next morning, villagers banged gongs and shouted throughout the village: "The refugees are less than 20 miles away from here. Everyone, quickly find a way to hide."

The shout startled everyone.

Some people went to the village chief's house to inquire about the situation, only to find that the village chief and his family were packing things up in a mess.

The old village chief followed the person who was shouting, knocking on doors from house to house. He hadn't yet figured out what to do.

When the old village chief finally spotted Su Muyao being held by Old Man Su in the crowd, he slapped his thigh in amazement.

"Why don't we all go into the mountains and move all our grain into the mountains?"

"We can bring it back after the refugees have all left. Those with cellars can store the grain they can't transport there, and those with livestock should drive them all into the mountains."

The moment the old village chief saw Su Muyao, the image of the wolf king listening to the little milk ball flashed through his mind.

They could then use this to hide deep in the mountains, since these refugees were more dangerous than the animals in the mountains.

Putting aside the possibility that we might run into the same pack of wolves again after going up the mountain.

His intuition told him that with this little lucky star in the village, the villagers would safely get through this crisis.

"That's all we can do."

"Yes, remember our village's lucky star? Even the wolf king has to obey him. We shouldn't have much trouble going into the mountains."

The villagers quickly ran home to pack their belongings.

Old Man Su carried Su Muyao and hurried home to inform his family.

"Quickly, old woman, pack your things. Everyone in the village is getting ready to go into the mountains. Let's go together."

"But old man, with so many villagers in our village, wouldn't the outer perimeter of this mountain be easily discovered?"

"The village chief meant to go into the mountains, not just the outer areas."

Su Sanlang chimed in from the side, "Then what should we do with all that grain we have?"

We have a lot of grain stored at home, and it's impossible to move it all. Are we just going to give up?

Old Su sighed, "Staying alive is the priority now. We can only take as much as we can. That's all we can do."

The refugees were getting closer and closer; they were probably less than ten miles away now. They had to get to the mountain within an hour.

Their small mountain village is quite close to the official road, and these refugees, sweeping along the way, will definitely enter the village to plunder.

Imagine a force of several hundred men wanting to wipe out a small village—it couldn't be easier.

At this time, every household in the village was busy packing their belongings.

"Sanlang, take these clothes with you, Guaibao."

"That's way too much!"

"It's okay to bring more clothes, it's still cold. We don't know how long we'll be hiding outside, so let's bring more clothes for our baby."

"Okay, sure."

After packing up all her and her husband's belongings, Grandma Su went to the kitchen and looked after it.

They took out bowls, chopsticks, and a small pot from the kitchen.

I don't know how long I'll be hiding in the mountains this time, I can't go without even a hot meal.

The children are all so young and growing; we can't let them go hungry.

I also took all the extra steamed buns that I had prepared last night.

After the whole family had finished packing, Su Muyao told her grandmother that she had a way to put away the rest of the things.

"Are you all done packing? You guys head to the meeting place in the village first. I'll take Guaibao to the outhouse and we'll be right there."

After everyone had left, Su Muyao followed her grandmother to the place where the grain was stored and put away all the grain in the house.

Then he went to each room and put some things that he couldn't take with him into his space.

Next came all the furniture and other items in the house, which were all taken away at once.

Finally, they went to the kitchen and took everything, including the pots, pans, and dishes. They even took the two large altars that had been moved from the old house.

Looking at the empty room, he nodded in satisfaction.

She tugged at the tugging cord, and said to the still-stunned Grandma Su, "Grandma, let's go now that we've finished collecting everything."

After regaining her senses, Grandma Su couldn't stop the madness in her heart.

My goodness, this master is amazing!

After locking the door, Grandma Su carried Su Muyao towards the village entrance.

When we arrived at the village entrance, we found that almost everyone had already arrived.

The village chief led the people to count, and only after every household had arrived did they set off into the mountains.

However, everyone's steps as they walked up the mountain were inevitably a little heavier.

Only these children, innocent and carefree, ran wildly ahead.

Su Muyao simply sat obediently in her father's lap, watching the village's somewhat hunched old men and women taking heavy steps.

Just then, the weather turned against us, and a light drizzle began to fall.

Su Muyao remembered that a little further ahead there was a small bamboo grove.

“Father, I remember there’s a bamboo grove ahead. Why don’t we all go over there?”

Su Laosan carried Su Muyao to the village chief and explained the situation. Soon everyone headed towards the bamboo forest.

"Ah, a snake! A snake!"

One of the young women, holding her child, cried out in alarm.

She was terrified to see a black snake hiding in the dense grass at her feet.

Without saying a word, the woman's husband rushed over and used the shovel in his hand to cut the snake's body in two.