By the time the sun was high in the sky, everyone had managed to pack up and take some dry food to fill their stomachs.
At this moment, the old soldier who stayed in the village came to deliver the letter.
"Uncle, there's a thief in the village, trying to steal something!"
The veteran was also a straightforward person. When they met, he just threw out a few words, which ended up shocking everyone and made them run out of the cave.
"Who? Whoever dares to steal things in the village, break his legs!" This is an old man with a hot temper, and he is about to swing a stick!
The old lady next to him was even more anxious. She slapped her thigh and shouted, "Which thief is this who dares to come here and cause trouble at this time instead of doing anything good? I can't move my two large jars of pickled cabbage, and they are still in the warehouse. Will they be carried away by me?"
Everyone found it funny. What thief would come to someone's house not to steal gold and silver but to move heavy vats instead?
But I have to say that because of this incident, everyone started to think about the things left at home.
A broken home is worth a fortune!
They were still thinking about returning home after escaping the disaster and continuing to live a good life. Not to mention things, even if they left a handful of firewood, they would have one less meal to cook at home.
At this moment, no matter whether they were from Taijia Village, Zhangjia Village, Liujia Village or Dongjia Village, they all began to feel anxious and worried.
Village chiefs Zhang, Liu, and Dong all subconsciously looked at Old Master Tai and Third Master Tai, hoping that they would make the decision.
Old Man Tai waved his hand and replied, "Don't worry, everyone. We're going into the mountains just in case. We're worried that if chaos breaks out, we'll be caught off guard and won't be able to take care of the elderly, children, and women. Right now, nothing's happening upstairs or downstairs, and we didn't intend to keep all the strong laborers here. So, let's discuss it and everyone will take turns guarding the village. If something happens, we'll still have time to go back into the mountains!"
Master Tai San also said, "Yes, the old soldier who came to deliver the letter just now was arranged by our family, otherwise he would not know the news in the village."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the elders had made arrangements.
So the women pulled their children back to the cave, and the old people went back to weaving straw mats.
The mountain wind is cold, and in order to facilitate entry and exit, the entrance to the cave must be tightly covered with straw curtains. This is a big project, and we all rely on the old people to show their skills.
Several village heads and the two old brothers of the Tai family brought the young and strong men from various villages to gather and hold a meeting.
The village needs to be guarded, and the young and old in the valley also need to be protected. After taking everyone's opinions into consideration, a rotation system was finally decided.
The young and middle-aged men in each village were organized into three teams, one team guarding the village, one team in the huts halfway up the mountain, and one team in the valley to protect women and children.
Rotation is every three days, and we must stay vigilant at all times. If someone is unlucky and gets injured or loses his life during his shift, whether in the mountains or in the village, don't complain!
To this end, all the young and strong men grabbed wooden sticks and divided into teams, with long, medium and short sticks forming one team each, to ensure fairness and justice.
Old Master Tai was worried about the caravan that had not returned, so he volunteered to lead the team stationed in the village.
Village Chief Zhang and Village Chief Liu take turns living in the wooden house. Uncle Tai San, of course, lives in the valley. Village Chief Dong helps him and together they take care of the elderly, the weak, women and children.
So, when the sun was setting, the two teams stationed in the village and the wooden house followed Grandpa Tai down the mountain.
Although each family was a little worried, no one complained.
You have to pay to get rewards, and you can enjoy peace and security only if you work hard. This is the consciousness engraved in the bones of every farmer.
This is also the rule set by the earth for them. If they don’t work hard to farm, there will be no harvest in autumn.
Yang Lihua, Liu Dongniang and others also worked hard to help stabilize the rear area. After a brief discussion, they talked to the women in the other villages and decided to teach them how to knit sweaters after a few days of quiet time.
The women in the other villages were so happy!
In the past, when girls from the village who had married into the Tai family returned to their parents' home, they would carry large and small bags in their hands and hold their chins high while walking and talking. The reason was simple: they had the skill to knit sweaters, earned their own money, and were very powerful wherever they went.
Others would be very secretive about giving money to their parents, fearing their in-laws would find out. But the wives in Taijia Village were different. They gave money out openly, making people envious and jealous.
The women in several villages have dreamed about it countless times, but unfortunately the Tai family's weaving method is not passed on to outsiders.
There was once a man who was tempted by this and wanted to do something bad, so he secretly asked his daughter and forced her to teach his sister-in-law. Unfortunately, his daughter refused to teach at all, and she never showed up at her husband's house again after returning!
This made my mother's family regret it to death. Not only did they fail to catch the hen that laid the eggs, but they also broke the eggs...
Who would have thought that now that everyone has come out to seek refuge and only hopes to survive, the Tai family is willing to teach them how to knit sweaters!
Oh, why didn’t the Russian devils start making trouble earlier!
The village chiefs were of course happy to hear this, but they were older and more experienced in social matters, so they wouldn't take the Tai family's kindness for granted.
They immediately screened all the women in the village, young and old, and picked only the best ones.
Don’t be messy and unclean on weekdays!
If you are clumsy and not good at needlework, don’t do it!
Don’t do things that are dishonest and unreliable!
After this round of selection, only about forty women were qualified and successfully joined the Tai family cashmere clothing workshop...
Not to mention how lively the mountains were, how they gradually settled down and worked hard to make a living, nor to mention how the old man led people to patrol the village and the mountains. It was only to say that on the grassland more than a hundred miles outside the border, Chen Zhao and Tai Jiye were working hard with their caravan to move forward.
Compared to when they entered the grassland, the snowstorm was stronger and the road was more difficult to walk on. But no one felt tired at all, because they all wanted to go home!
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