Chapter 127 Should I report to the police?
Lin Shiqi and his wife returned to the love lock room before they dared to speak loudly.
superior.
"So what should we do now? Report to the police?"
Zhou Lang disagreed. "Don't report it yet. There is no evidence. A few symbols can't prove anything. Even if it's true, we don't know when the bandits will come. These are just signs. Even if the government believes it, they can't always send people to Taohua Village for protection. Also, if it's really the Sheshan bandits, they are very powerful. It's not something that a town or county government can defend with just a few people."
These are all facts.
Lin Shiqi said again, "Then we can't just do nothing, right?"
Zhou Lang said, "We must do it. We will go and talk to our parents tomorrow. The New Year is coming soon and there are bandits around. Many villages have been robbed. We need to remind them to hide the food first as a warning."
Lin Shiqi's eyelids twitched. "Why don't we go out now and wake up our parents to let them know? I have a feeling something bad is going to happen."
This is her sixth sense.
Women's intuition is usually very accurate.
"Now?"
"Now."
Zhou Lang took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll go knock on the door."
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Discussed the details.
He went straight out of the heart-lock space, grabbed the lantern and went to the next room to look for the old man Zhou and his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou are young and have trouble sleeping.
Mrs. Zhou woke up when she heard a knock on the door.
I asked, "Who is it? Looking for you in the middle of the night..."
Zhou Lang replied, and Mrs. Zhou took back the last curse word.
He quickly got up, put on his clothes, lit the lamp, and let Zhou Lang and his wife into the house.
"Hey, what's wrong with you two? You're not sleeping and you're so dirty. What were you doing?"
Mrs. Zhou asked curiously.
If someone comes to her late at night for no reason and disturbs her sleep, she will scold them without any reason.
But she could always speak in a nice way to Zhou Lang and his wife no matter what the matter was.
"Mom, that Lin really hanged herself at the entrance of our village tonight. My husband and I put her in a sack and sent her back to Linjia Village." Lin Shiqi said.
Mrs. Zhou let out a cry and cursed Lin with gritted teeth.
Old man Zhou also sat up in bed and listened to them talking.
"Is she dead? What happened after she was sent back?"
Lin Shiqi replied, "She probably isn't dead. She was hung on the tree in front of the Lin family's house when she was sent back. We knocked on the door next to hers and someone came out and found her."
Old man Zhou nodded, "Well, it's not good if someone dies."
"Dad, Mom, we are not here to talk about Lin's affairs. After sending Lin back to the village, we returned to our home and found a snake-shaped mark outside the house. It looked like a mark made by bandits before committing a crime..."
Old Man Zhou was shocked. "What?"
Lin Shiqi reminded, "Dad, Mom, please keep your voices down. I'm afraid the thief who marked us hasn't left yet and might hear us."
Mrs. Zhou covered her mouth to suppress her surprised sound.
"Old Four, is this true? What did the robbers bid for our family? Take me and your father to see it."
Zhou Lang said steadily, "Dad, Mom, don't panic. We have already dealt with the snake-shaped logo. We went to the county town to deliver goods these days and heard that there are robbers in many places. Because it is close to the end of the year, everyone is having a hard time this year. The robbers are also poor, so they will go around to find new places."
Lin Shiqi added, "There are several bandit dens near our Jixiang County, and the same is true in the neighboring Dayuan County. They are all robbing food and money everywhere. I was wondering before, I wonder if they will come to our Taohua Village! I thought that if other people don't defend themselves, we should be more careful. After all, it will attract too much attention. I was afraid of scaring my parents, so I was just preparing to find a suitable opportunity to tell them, but then, at night, I saw a snake mark outside our house."
"In fact, we can't be sure whether it is a snake logo or not. Anyway, my husband and I saw that it is somewhat similar to the pattern we heard about in the county town. It is possible that it was accidentally drawn by a child."
Mrs. Zhou calmed down a little.
But he didn't really relax. "Whether it's true or not, we have to be on guard. We make tofu. Who in the surrounding area doesn't know about it? They all think we've made a fortune. Old man, we have to hide our food and money. Where can we hide them safely?"
Old man Zhou was no longer sleepy.
After hearing about Lin's matter just now, Old Man Zhou was still a little sleepy.
Now I'm sweating all over my forehead.
"We have to hide it, and we have to hide it right now. It's dark at night, so it's a good time to hide the food."
Quickly get dressed and stand up.
Lin Shiqi didn't expect that the old couple were men of action, so they didn't need to waste their breath.
Well, in this world, who would dare to take risks with food and property?
Mrs. Zhou turned to the two of them and said, "You also have to hide the silver in your hands, understand? If there is really no good place, go to a secluded place in the mountains and dig a hole and bury it. When the storm is over and the New Year comes, you can dig it out again."
Lin Shiqi hummed and said, "Mom, I don't have any money, so I've been asked to buy the carriage back. I won't be renting it anymore, so I don't have to pay rent."
Mrs. Zhou stared in amazement.
If it were any other time, she would definitely be accused of being a spendthrift.
Now, "That's fine. I don't have to worry about the money in my hands. The carriage is a good thing. If there are robbers, I need to escape. It's more convenient to unload the carriage and just ride away on horseback. But those damn people might rob our horses. I can't let them rob them even if I risk my life. The new clothes in the house must be hidden. I will wear old ones. New clothes are also money. I won't kill the New Year pig for the time being. I will hide it in the mountains..."
"Damn those bandits! We just had a little hope in our lives, but they targeted our village. It's really making our lives miserable!"
"The robbers will kill people when they come, old man. All the men in our family cannot fall asleep at night. We need to send people to guard the house in the first half of the night and the second half of the night..."
Mrs. Zhou had experienced a village massacre by bandits before. When she was a child, her parents were killed by bandits.
She was particularly impressed and hated this chaotic world.
Old man Zhou didn't need her to give any instructions or give any instructions, he had his own ideas.
He is the head of the family, and he has a plan in mind when encountering such a big thing.
"We have only heard rumors so far, and this pattern is just a guess. It doesn't mean that robbers will come to our Taohua Village, but we have to take some precautions. Let's arrange our family affairs tonight. Once we have arranged it, I will go to the headman's house tomorrow to talk about it..."
Mrs. Zhou responded quickly, who can still sleep now?
"I'll go call the eldest, second, and third brother over here."
If it is true, it would be a earth-shaking event.
Old man Zhou confessed,
"Tell them not to let the news leak out, and don't let the wives and children hear it. The New Year is coming soon, and it will cause unnecessary panic. There are not many people as stable as the fourth son's wife. If anything happens, the men in charge can handle it."
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