Chapter 63 Surviving a catastrophe
Xiao Lanyi was about to wipe the blood off his face when he looked up and saw Xiao Nuobao.
His eyes lit up instantly. He
finally saw his little benefactor!
So without bothering to talk to the villagers, Xiao Lanyi hurried over and bowed as soon as he arrived.
"Mr. Xiao, why are you in our village?" Feng spoke first in surprise.
Xiao Lanyi showed a youthful smile, unable to hide his excitement.
"I just came back from escorting the convoy to the north. After completing my mission, I came to your village to thank Xiao Nuobao."
"I just never thought." He frowned and clenched his fists again: "I actually encountered bandits causing trouble, but don't worry, we have killed all the bandits, and they will not enter the village to harm the people again."
Just now, the bandits left Taoyuan Village and were about to head towards Dalui Village with bows and arrows drawn, when they ran into Xiao Lanyi's men.
After escorting the convoy, Xiao Lanyi went straight to Dalui Village, wanting to thank Nuobao, but he was not familiar with the village roads here, and he walked until late at night before arriving.
The Xiao family's men were well-trained, and many of them had fought in battles. They cleared out the bandits with almost no effort.
Feng suddenly understood and thanked him: "Thank you so much, Mr. Xiao. If it weren't for you, our village wouldn't be like this now, with everyone safe and sound."
"No, I should be the one to thank you." Xiao Lanyi looked at Xiao Nuobao anxiously: "Nuobao asked me to find the butcher last time, and it really saved my life. If not, I'm afraid I don't even know where to bury him now!"
After saying that, he bowed to Xiao Nuobao solemnly, his eyes full of gratitude.
"The grace of saving my life is greater than the sky, please accept my greetings!"
Xiao Nuobao raised his little round face, looked at him, and saw that Xiao Lanyi was indeed as healthy as before.
She waved her fat paw with a smile: "No need to thank me, Mr. Xiao also helped us in the wine house that day~"
If she had to thank someone, Xiao Lanyi should actually thank himself.
Thank him for listening to her advice.
If it were someone else who didn't believe Nuobao's words, it would be difficult to save his life. When they
first met that day, little Nuobao saw that Xiao Lanyi had a lung disease, and the cause of the disease was the escort items he was carrying on this trip.
The escort items were originally the relics left by the general Zhenyuan, all of which were military information and political maps. The general had died of pulmonary blood disease, and the disease was stained on the escort items, which infected Xiao Lanyi.
The most fatal thing is that this disease is still very uncommon.
In recent years, it has only occurred in the military, so ordinary civilian doctors can easily confuse it with colds. Only people who have had this disease can see the strangeness.
The butcher that Xiao Nuobao asked Xiao Lanyi to find had served in the army and had this disease.
When Xiao Lanyi arrived, he was already seriously ill. Fortunately, the butcher saw the clue at a glance and hurriedly gave him a prescription to save his life.
Thinking of the half basin of blood he vomited that day, Xiao Lanyi couldn't help but feel scared.
He remembered the kindness of his little benefactor more and more.
Seeing that the two of them were talking like a riddle, Feng Shi suppressed her curiosity and didn't ask. She just couldn't help but sigh in her heart that her daughter was really amazing!
"Nuobao, Madam Jiang, I have to go back to the capital to report this time, and I can't stay long, but the thank you gifts must be delivered in person." At this time, Xiao Lanyi remembered the things he brought, and turned around to signal
his men. Five or six men were carrying several large boxes and standing behind him.
Feng was a little confused when she saw this
. Why are there so many thank you gifts?
Thinking that there are many people in the village, she gave them to Xiao Lanyi to take back home.
As soon as she entered the yard, Xiao Lanyi ordered people to put the boxes away, and then she opened them one by one.
The Jiang family's eyes widened immediately.
Four of the boxes were full of rice, cabbage, and slaughtered pork that Xiao Lanyi bought at a high price on the way.
There were at least two hundred cabbages.
The pork was the equivalent of five pigs, weighing about 600 to 700 kilograms, and was piled up to half the height of a wall.
In addition, there was another box of pine nuts, hazelnuts, dried mushrooms and other specialties bought when escorting to Changbai City.
The last box was the tribute from the state that was also bought there, mainly some brocade cloth, and some colorful glass beads.
At this time, Xiao Lanyi said, "Madam Jiang, I learned about the food shortage in Yuncheng on the way, so I bought some rice, vegetables and meat to send to you, so that your family can have more preparations in this chaotic world."
Of course, these were not bought casually, he put a lot of effort into it.
Cabbage is durable, and if it is placed in a cellar, it can be stored for at least three months.
Pork is even simpler, it will not go bad if it is thrown outside in the cold weather for the whole winter.
As for dry goods such as pine nuts and hazelnuts, they can be eaten when hungry or used as a snack when free. They are rare and good things.
Looking at the food in the yard, the Jiang family swallowed their saliva.
Although the family is no longer short of food and clothing, they have been poor for many years, and the time they are hungry is longer than when they sleep. Now it is hard not to be happy to see that the food at home is more abundant.
Compared with food, Xiao Nuobao is more interested in cloth and glass.
There are at least 300 glass beads.
Although they are not expensive, each one is exquisitely made and has holes. Later, let her mother make it into a bead button and sew it on her clothes.
Or wear it as a necklace and wear it on the chest, it will definitely be beautiful.
Little Nuobao kicked her short legs happily, her love for beauty rising rapidly. She stretched her neck to look at the beads, and her little body almost fell into the box.
Seeing that Xie Li had bought the right gift, and seeing how happy this good baby was, Xiao Lanyi's heart softened, and she was reluctant to leave.
"Madam Jiang, I have been traveling for many days. I wonder if I can stay at your house for two days to rest my feet first." Xiao Lanyi asked shyly.
Feng Shi naturally wanted it.
Although the thief was gone, there was no guarantee that there would be no trouble.
With Xiao Lanyi here, they felt more at ease.
So she nodded and smiled: "Mr. Xiao, if you want, you can stay as long as you want. But don't call me Madam. Just call me Sister Feng. I'm used to it."
"Okay then, thank you very much, Sister Feng!" Xiao Lanyi smiled and clasped her fists. She sent her brothers into the city to wait for him, and she would stay at the Jiang family first.
This night was destined to be a sleepless night for the Daliu Village.
The scene of the survivors was still before their eyes.
And the fact that Xiao Nuobao attracted people to repay his kindness and saved the whole village touched the villagers. They
had a sleepless night.
The next morning, just after dawn, soldiers from the government came to deal with the bodies of the bandits.
Looking at the tragic scene of Taoyuan Village and the bloodstains all over the ground, the people of Daliu Village could not hide their grief.
"Just now I heard the soldiers count the number of people... They said that Taoyuan Village has lost more than half of the village..." Yang Tianmei looked across the river with a pale face.
The village chief clenched his fists.
If it weren't for Xiao Nuobao, I'm afraid Daliu Village would be the same.
He raised his red eyes and held the cigarette pot tightly: "The lives of all the people in our village were saved by Nuobao. If anyone dares to be ungrateful in the future, I, Old Yang, will be the first to not forgive him!"
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