Chapter 214: Bandits Exploring the Road
"Thank you, Yingsan. I need to think about this matter carefully when I get back. After all, we have too many people now, and it won't be easy to leave." Gu Xiaoxi felt that it didn't matter to them young people, but the elderly might not have an easy time on the road.
Once the enemy attacks, many people will flee, and there will inevitably be looting on the road. Moving is more terrifying than staying behind.
The two of them didn't speak again on the way, and the carriage went all the way back home.
The family was relatively quiet this afternoon. A few people came to the old patriarch to complain, but they were sent away by Gu Yuntian when it was almost dark.
If there is unrest in the village, everyone’s life will be difficult.
Chai waited for Xiaoxi to finish her work and then called her into the house to talk.
"Xiaoxi, Yunniang came here again this afternoon and asked about the treatment." Chai didn't expect Yunniang to come here at this time.
Gu Xiaoxi couldn't help but frown after hearing this. It was indeed a troublesome thing to come here for treatment at this time.
I think I can trust Yunniang's character, but no one can say for sure about Yunniang's man.
In this chaotic situation, their family's strength must not be exposed to the outside world. That is to say, Yunniang and her husband can only eat coarse grain and wild vegetable porridge without oil.
"Don't worry, mother didn't agree right away. She asked her to come again tomorrow morning." Chai also knew that the current situation was special. If the previous couple came to stay for a few months, there would be no problem.
"Okay, then I'll ask what's going on tomorrow and see." Seeing her mother's worried look, Gu Xiaoxi's expression eased a little.
The two talked for a while and then went to the kitchen. They had a simple dinner and made a big pot of fried rice. Everyone ate their fill.
Although they are at the foot of the mountain, they still have neighbors nearby. If they eat dry pot every day, the aroma will spread out to some extent.
After dinner, Gu Xiaoxi called Ying San, Ying Si, and Dashun into the house to talk.
"From today on, please take turns patrolling at night.
Actually, it's not patrolling, I just sit in the house and listen to the noise outside. If I find anything wrong, I have to wake me up immediately.
Bandits have been rampant lately, and incidents can occur day or night." Gu Xiaoxi explained the situation to the three of them.
Before the three of them could respond, Gu Yuntian's voice came from outside.
"Xiaoxi, are you busy? I have something to discuss with you." Gu Yuntian shouted.
Why……
Gu Xiaoxi responded and walked out the door.
Outside the house, in addition to Gu Yuntian, young people from several families over there also came over.
Seeing this, Gu Xiaoxi asked curiously, "What is this?"
"Xiaoxi, my father said that things will get chaotic at night, but it's unrealistic to ask everyone to stay awake. He said to let the young people arrange two patrols every night." Gu Yuntian told Gu Xiaoxi the purpose of their visit.
Gu Xiaoxi felt that this was a good idea. With more people, the number of shifts would be less, and it would not affect daytime work.
There are quite a few people in several households, and a lot of firewood is used for cooking every day, so people need to be sent out to chop firewood during the day.
She thought for a moment and said, "Shadow Three and Shadow Four won't be patrolling at night, so they won't be too exhausted to handle any emergencies. Furthermore, they'll lead everyone out to chop firewood during the day."
"Okay, you can arrange this. I'll leave the people to you." After saying this, Gu Yuntian left the people behind and left.
Gu Xiaoxi counted the number of people, then took out a pen and paper to arrange the shifts. If there were any special circumstances, she would find someone to take over.
After the matter was decided, she went to see Ershun.
After Ershun's wound was treated, he was fine and fell asleep.
After a busy day, she returned to her room with her two children to rest.
Gu Dongming and Gu Cheng were on patrol tonight. There was no movement in the first half of the night, but in the second half, Gu Cheng heard some movement.
"Brother Dongming, it seems like there is someone outside, but it also seems like there isn't." He couldn't hear clearly, so he shook the dozing Gu Dongming.
Gu Dongming opened his eyes and sat up, asking anxiously, "Is anyone here? Where is they?"
Phew!
Gu Cheng couldn't help laughing, thinking that Brother Dongming had just fallen asleep.
"No, I seemed to hear some noise, but I'm not sure," he said.
Gu Dongming stood up and washed his face with cold water. After he cleared his mind, he ran out and listened to the sounds outside by leaning against the wall.
"That's the one. I heard that Old Fourth Yan suffered a great loss, but this family must be rich."
Bang!
There was a sound of someone slapping the back of the head, and then someone said, "What's the point of having money but no life to spend it? Even Yan Lao Si is no match for him, do you think we can do it?"
"But this family is rich!"
"The palace is richer, do you see anyone daring to rob it?
Let’s go! Let’s go to another place!”
Gu Dongming heard the conversation between the two clearly, covered his mouth to prevent himself from laughing out loud, and when he heard the footsteps fading away, he let out a long breath.
But before he could be happy for a while, someone else came.
There were quite a few people coming, and their footsteps were uneven, so it sounded like there were more than a dozen people.
The strange thing was that these people did not break in, but just walked around the house and then left.
After they left, Gu Dongming said happily, "Finally they're gone. It's all right now. It was all right now. It was all a scare for nothing."
Gu Cheng didn't think so. He felt that the group behind them were most likely here to explore the way.
The sky gradually brightened, and the autumn frost and summer rain began, followed by Chai's.
Seeing the two maids were about to go to the kitchen to make breakfast, Chai called them back.
"You don't have to make breakfast, why don't you go practice with them?"
"Okay, Auntie." The two girls agreed and went to the backyard.
Afterwards, people came over from the next yard one after another.
When Gu Xiaoxi adjourned the meeting yesterday, she told everyone that if anyone wanted to learn leg and foot skills, they should come together in the morning. Ying San and Ying Si would teach them, and she would also teach them.
So, all the young people came this morning, both men and women, without exception.
When Gu Xiaoxi got up, she found that the backyard was crowded with people.
There were too many people and she couldn't use her leg skills, so she divided them into two groups, and the other group went to the yard next door.
The eldest brother and the third brother were also separated. Usually, when she was not around, he could also teach the newbies.
Everyone has some leg strength, so if they really have to flee from famine, their chances of survival are much greater.
After breakfast, Yunniang and her husband came.
He is several years older than Yunniang and looks much younger than her.
Nowadays, women give birth early and there is no concept of maintenance. They will look old after the age of 30. Compared with ordinary women, Yunniang is still slightly better.
Even so, she looked older than the men in his family.
"Xiaoxi, please take a look at them for us." Yunniang said as she handed the basket of eggs she had brought to Chai.
Yunniang's husband had asked around before coming here. This Gu Xiaoxi had given birth to daughters herself and had been disliked by her in-laws before. How could she be so confident that she could help others give birth to sons?
Anyway, he didn't believe it, but he couldn't resist the coaxing of his wife at home, so he came.
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