"What is it?" Sun Ergou asked, quite expectantly.
"This hasn't happened yet, but it will happen sooner or later. If it does, I will shoot a whistling arrow into your village. Tell the brothers guarding the gate to keep an eye out."
The armory that was raided last time had these whistling arrows, also known as signal arrows, used to transmit danger signals.
Sun Ergou asked, "Sister, will you be in danger?" "No, I'll stay at Ziyang Peak and keep watch."
Li Ruoxiao said, "It's hypothetical, but better safe than sorry. After you receive the whistle, do me a favor..."
After listening, Sun Ergou nodded, "Okay, no problem."
But he was still worried. "Why don't you come to the village with us, sister?"
"You think your Black Wind Stronghold is a paradise?" Li Ruo rolled her eyes at him. "Guard your granaries and walls well. Don't let any suspicious person get away, even if they are one of your own, because not everyone has such good self-control."
"Yes." Sun Ergou stood up straight, thinking that he had to listen to his sister; she seemed even more powerful than the fortune tellers on the street.
He's on par with his boss.
Sun Ergou just left.
"Woof woof woof!" the two dogs barked.
Li Ruo immediately spotted Liao Fusheng at the barbed wire gate and Li Yi inside.
"Sister!" Li Yi jumped up happily.
Liao Fusheng simply smiled and said, "You're back."
They made Li Ruo feel as if she had been gone for a long time, even though only a day had passed.
Li Ruo glanced at the refugees outside; they were filled with longing to come in, yet also terrified.
It is clear that Liao Fusheng did a very good job in handling the tasks assigned to her.
The cleaning was also good; the corpses on the barbed wire were all removed because Li Ruo had told him that dry firewood could provide insulation.
Li Ruo, Lao Wang, Xiao Yu, and Chen He quickly went inside, and Liao Fusheng immediately closed the door again.
After putting down the food, the guards went to the two tents in the courtyard. Liao Fusheng made the inside very dry, and it wasn't bad to live in them.
The meals consisted of two steamed buns and six dumplings every day, with occasional rice and meat soup, which was even better than what they had at Black Wind Village, and they had no complaints.
No, in such circumstances, it is already quite generous, and besides, there is a monthly stipend that can support the family.
Even if you beat them, they won't leave.
Li Ruo went into the inner room.
Grandma Li ran out of the kitchen, looked her up and down to make sure she was unharmed, and without asking any questions, brought out a bowl of ginger soup. "Drink it quickly."
Just as Li Ruogang took the food, Lian Lizhi came out of the kitchen, carrying a plate of steamed buns and a plate of pig's trotters. "Are you hungry? Eat something."
Steaming hot food was placed on the table in the small living room.
Li Yi brought her a chair with his small pillow on it. "Sis, sit down and I'll give you a shoulder massage."
Even Liao Fusheng brought her a dry cloth, "to dry your hair."
A warm feeling washed over Li Ruo. "You all sit down too, let's eat together. Oh, and Xiao Xingran too."
As she was speaking, a loud wailing sound came from inside the room. Old Mrs. Li said, "He must be angry that we neglected him."
The baby was brought out; he seemed to have grown a bit in just a few days, which meant he was being fed well.
Li Ruo took the baby, such a warm and soft bundle, its big, dark eyes looking at her curiously, "Goo goo..."
"He's not calling me, is he, Auntie?" No way! Has he become a spirit? Li Ruo poked the bubbles forming in his little mouth and laughed.
Li Yi said, "My nephew is so little, how could he possibly greet people?"
“Of course he is, Xiao Xingran is very smart,” said Grandma Li. “He is just like his father when he was a child.”
Lian Lizhi's eyes welled up with tears. "Yes."
Li Ruo asked, "Is your health all better now, sister-in-law? Look at Xingran's rosy cheeks."
Lianli was much more energetic than before. "Yes, my cousin made me a lot of dark, murky medicinal soup. I saw that he didn't sleep all night, either going to the tower or staying on the wall, watching over us."
"Thank you, cousin," Li Ruo said with a smile.
Liao Fusheng pushed the steamed buns in front of her, saying, "Eat something first."
Li Ruo returned Xiao Xingran to her sister-in-law and gave everyone a steamed bun. "Let's all eat together. Although we shouldn't waste food, we don't need to be too frugal. We'll cook a chicken tonight to help us recover."
"But I wonder when the floodwaters will recede," Grandma Li asked.
“My father appeared to me in a dream last time and said it would be several years.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Old Lady Li immediately put the bun back in her hand, and also put the one in Liao Fusheng's hand back.
Liao Fusheng, who was about to take a bite: ...
Li Ruo laughed, "Grandma, I just said we don't need to diet because we robbed Song Zhijing of a lot of food this time."
"What?" Old Mrs. Li exclaimed in surprise, "Song Zhijing."
Good heavens, they've almost forgotten about this person.
The eldest sister-in-law shook her head and said, "Aruo, this is too dangerous."
"That's why I didn't tell you at first, so you wouldn't worry."
Old Lady Li, true to her reputation as the mother of a great general, was full of courage. "Although it was dangerous, it was a good robbery. If the Song family gets the grain, their first action will probably not be to help the people, but to send troops to attack Black Wind Stronghold and us."
Having lived in the Song family for half a year, Old Lady Li could say she had seen right through him, “but he must hate you to death.”
"Judging from the direction they fled, it's similar to ours, so they probably went to Beishan," Li Ruo said.
Liao Fusheng frowned slightly: "Beishan is not far from here."
Grandma Li nodded: "Song Zhijing will definitely not let this go, and he may come to take back the grain at any time."
“Very likely,” Li Ruo said. “But he was also injured, so it probably won’t be that quick.”
When the topic of the injury came up, everyone imagined how dangerous the incident must have been and asked all sorts of questions. Li Ruo gave a few evasive answers and then took a hot bath.
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