Chapter 10 Crashed
"Our ancestors originally lived in the Central Plains. They were also wealthy! Otherwise, how could your grandfather and your great grandfather have the spare money to study when they were young?"
Jiang explained to Daohua with a smile. At this point, she and Xia Youtian looked at each other. The couple thought at the same time that if the old man had not been able to read and write, he would not have been so persistent in sending someone to school.
Seeing Daohua tilting her head and looking at her eagerly, Jiang continued to tell her stories in a gentle voice:
"Later, because of the war, our ancestors came here.
Although it's a bit cold here, there are a lot of unowned wastelands, and the land is very fertile. If you clench your fist, it will produce oil! However, this is not as good as the biggest benefit, which is that there is no war! "
Daohua was completely confused: "Didn't they say that the Northern Barbarians would attack Beiguan County every few years?"
"Silly child, the city they are attacking is Beiguan County, which is more than a hundred miles away from our remote corner!
The county town is guarded by imperial soldiers and officials, so the northern barbarians generally cannot break in.
Besides, even if they were lucky enough to get in, they would prefer to rob the wealthy families in the county town, and would not even bother to look at our poor countryside!"
After hearing this, Xia Daohua roughly understood their thoughts, but she was still very uneasy.
It was a pity that the Xia family didn't even have many books, let alone maps! Without maps, it was impossible to tell which place was the safest in terms of terrain and topography in this era.
Xia Daohua could only comfort herself that impatient people can't eat hot tofu, so she should just take it slow!
The family's busyness continues.
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the village head's family began to slaughter pigs. As in previous years, the village head's family was always the first to slaughter pigs.
The children in the village all ran happily to watch the pig being slaughtered.
Daohua, who originally had no interest in slaughtering pigs, was also pulled over by Linghua and Zaohua from the fifth room.
Linghua and Zaohua happily squeezed through the crowd with a few children of similar age from the village, staring at the big fat pig on the chopping board with their fingers eagerly, watching the butcher bleeding the pig, blowing the pig skin, and cutting it into pieces...
Xia Daohua forced herself to watch for half of the time, but when she saw that Linghua and the others were all paying attention to the pigs, she quietly left.
I wandered around the village aimlessly for two rounds, and then I came to an old house near the mountain. This old house was built decades ago.
It is now very dilapidated and naturally no one lives there.
The thatch on the roof was blown away by the cold wind, and there were several large holes in the roof. The walls were also shaky, and one wall had collapsed in half. From a distance, the whole house looked like a triangular shack, and only when you got closer could you see its original appearance.
However, just as Xia Daohua walked near it, she heard the sound of someone talking in the old house.
Xia Daohua felt that the voice sounded familiar, so she stopped and listened carefully.
She was startled when she heard two words blown by the cold wind.
The female voice was clearly that of her aunt Xia Yujiao. The male voice also sounded familiar, and should be someone the original owner knew, but she couldn't tell who it was.
Xia Daohua's body moved much faster than her brain, and she hid in the space in an instant.
It's never a good thing to discover other people's secrets.
However, this hiding made Xia Daohua discover one benefit of the space supermarket.
In the storage area of the space supermarket, not only can you hear the sounds outside, but you can also see the scenery outside. It’s just that the observation port is a bit small. It is a floor-to-ceiling mirror located in the storage area of the supermarket.
Xia Daohua’s intuition was correct.
She had just hidden in the space when two people came out of the broken house.
One of them was Xia Yujiao, the youngest daughter of the old couple of the Xia family and the original owner's aunt, who had already been engaged but had not yet married.
The other one was of stocky build, with a beard, big eyes with a lot of white, and looked fierce.
The bearded man was wearing a green satin robe that didn't fit him well, a blue silk scarf on his head, and a pair of black official boots with white soles. He looked around for a long time before he spoke:
"Maybe I heard it wrong. The footsteps just now were very light. Maybe it wasn't a person, but someone's dog running past here."
Xia Yujiao was a little shy, lowered her head, and said softly: "I'll go back first."
The bearded man grabbed Xia Yujiao's waist and said, "Yujiao, listen to me. Don't marry that sickly guy! After the New Year, I will divorce my shrew and come to your house to propose marriage!"
Xia Yujiao struggled but failed to break free. She was so anxious that she punched the bearded man's arm twice: "Let go quickly! What a shame! If someone sees this, how can I live my life?"
"Yujiao, if you don't agree to me, I won't let you go!"
"It's not that I don't agree to you, it's just that I can't agree to you!
Not to mention that you have a wife and children.
Just talking about my side, my parents have already arranged a marriage for me! The Xie family did nothing wrong. Even if Xie Jiabao is a sickly person, my family cannot break their promise and cancel the engagement like this!
I came to see you this time just to make things clear to you. Let me go!"
"No! I won't let go!"
The bearded man started to act like a scoundrel, and Xia Yujiao was so anxious that she started to cry: "Wow, are you trying to force me to death?"
Seeing Xia Yujiao crying so sadly, with snot and tears all over her face, the bearded man finally let her go:
"Yujiao, don't cry, don't cry! Just promise me that you won't rush to get married, and I will definitely find a way!"
Xia Yujiao said nothing. She just walked away while wiping away her tears.
The bearded man stood there for a while, then suddenly yelled, "You little bastard, come out! I see you!"
Xia Daohua was startled.
Is it not safe to hide in the supermarket? I can see outside, and outsiders can also see me?
Then, Xia Daohua saw that the bearded man looked around blankly for a while, then changed direction and repeated the words he had just said loudly.
Oh, it turns out you were trying to trick me!
Xia Daohua wiped the sweat from her forehead and thought to herself, it’s a good thing I was slow, otherwise I would have almost fallen for your trick!
She recalled for a while and felt that the bearded man looked very familiar. He must be someone she knew, but she couldn't remember who this person was.
The bearded man walked around the dilapidated house and shouted in every direction, but no one responded to him. Finally, he looked around suspiciously and left, looking back every few steps.
Xia Daohua came out of the supermarket only after the bearded man was out of sight.
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