Chapter 43 The man who knows the current affairs is Mr. Tai San!
But the old man obviously didn't want to tell his sons the inside story. He simply tidied up and asked everyone to go to bed.
After what just happened, there was even a faint smell of blood in the house. Who could fall asleep?
It's nothing more than a heart beating slowly under the covers!
Only Zhuzhu, who had been sleeping soundly before, went to the east room for a walk and then returned to the west room to continue sleeping, without any delay at all...
The happy little piggy can eat and sleep well!
As soon as the sky brightened, Mr. Tai got up, picked up a hatchet and began to follow the bloodstains behind the house.
Tai Yongan was so excited that he used the excuse of going to the bathroom to quietly follow his grandfather...
The grandfather and grandson were out for an hour before returning. Tai Jizu and his two brothers were so anxious that they were about to go out to look for them.
After finally waiting for his father to return, Tai Jizu was the first to ask, "Dad, have you found any trace of the thief?"
The old man waved his hand and replied, "No, he's a cunning fellow. The blood trail disappeared at the foot of the mountain. Judging from his posture, he must have gone to the county town. It's hard to find him!"
Just then, Master Tai San came over from home with Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue. Master Tai San shouted from a distance, "What? Did you really get a thief in your house? I heard you hacked the thief half to death?"
Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue also looked regretful and jumped up and down and started shouting.
"Grandpa, why didn't you let us go home last night? We also want to catch the thief!"
"That's right, I'm really good with a slingshot! With me at home, I guarantee the thief's head will explode!"
It turned out that the old man felt that things were not going well yesterday, so he asked his sons to bring the clansmen back before the city gates were closed and hide in the haystack behind his house just in case.
But Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue were too young, and they were afraid that they would get hurt and their whereabouts would be exposed, so they were secretly sent to their third grandfather's house to sleep for the night.
The two boys were so tired after their trip to the city that they fell asleep almost as soon as they touched the pillows. When they woke up, they found that their house had been thieved!
Master Tai raised his hand and slapped the two dishonest boys, scolding them with a smile, "Even with your grandfather's skills, he couldn't beat a thief, so you guys are useless! Stop making trouble, or you'll get beaten!"
Sure enough, the two boys didn't dare to say anything more and ran to ask their eldest brother about the situation.
Soon, the tribesmen who had helped last night and those who heard the news and wanted to join in the fun all gathered together.
Old Master Tai brought everyone to the main hall to drink tea and warm themselves by the fire.
Yang Lihua and Liu Dongniang were busy in the kitchen, preparing lunch.
Zhuzhu, the precious baby, naturally followed her grandfather to listen to the fun.
When the villagers heard that the old man had gone out that morning, they asked, "Sixth Uncle, have you found out where the thieves came from? They are really powerful. If you hadn't noticed it beforehand, I'm afraid they would have been caught!"
Old Master Tai responded half-truthfully, "It must be a thief from the county town. He's really capable. I only noticed something amiss occasionally, and I was afraid it was a thief coming to scout out my place, so I kept some things in reserve. Otherwise, it would be terrible!"
"But don't be afraid, everyone. This thief was seriously injured last night. It will take several months to recover!"
Everyone had shown off their skills last night, so how could they say they were afraid? They all shouted.
"We are not afraid. If he dares to come again, we will kill him!"
"That's right, why bully anyone but our Tai family? Let him know how powerful we are!"
"Maybe he was seriously injured last night and died somewhere!"
Mr. Tai San listened with a smile and did not stop everyone from bragging.
When living at home, you have to be a little tough and not be too weak and easy to bully.
Otherwise, if there is any conflict of interest with neighboring villages, it would be easy for them to step on your feet.
Apart from anything else, there was a drought last year and the fields needed water, so the upstream village blocked the waterway.
He took dozens of men with him, carrying hoes and hatchets, and they divided half of the waterway back and ensured 50% of the harvest for the village.
This five percent harvest is also the basis for the survival of everyone in the Tai family.
If I hadn't earned it back then, I'm afraid many people in the village would have starved to death again...
The old man puffed on his empty pipe while coaxing his granddaughter to play. Seeing that his granddaughter had a smile on her face and was not paying attention to the heads of the family members, he felt a little relieved.
I guess this disaster is over!
No one knows whether danger will come again next time, but we can't just live our lives away from it.
If it were in the past, he would probably be so worried that he couldn't sleep.
Now that he has a precious granddaughter, he finally feels at ease!
When the bleak winter sun rose overhead, the meal was finally ready.
The rabbit meat hanging on the beams was picked and stewed with potatoes and cabbage.
I bought some pork from the city and stewed it in a big pot with some dried vegetables.
The sorghum rice porridge is thick and there is a large plate of fried pickled cabbage dumplings.
In the eyes of wealthy people, this is simply shabby.
But all the tribesmen looked at it with shining eyes and kept saying that it was too wasteful.
Third Master Tai even nodded at everyone's heads and instructed, "Your Sixth Uncle is not stingy. He has never treated you unfairly. You all should remember this and help him more in the future."
"Don't worry, Uncle San! We'll remember it!"
"That's right. If anything happens, just call Uncle Six and we'll come."
"Even for this meat, we will definitely be in the lead!"
Everyone laughed, quickly rolled up their sleeves, and started serving wine from bowls.
In such occasions, not to mention children, even women are not qualified to sit at the table.
But Zhuzhu was definitely an exception. Not only did she sit next to her grandfather, but there were also two rabbit legs in her bowl, which showed that she was taking full advantage of the preferential treatment given to the little princess of the Tai family!
Mr. Tai was a stickler for rules and wanted to say something, but the old man just started, "It's all Zhuzhu's credit that our family escaped this disaster!"
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