Chapter 588 Yuwensong takes Fubao out at midnight
Fubao just heard that the old woman had a daughter-in-law who was about to give birth, so she was a little worried and wanted to go and see her.
"Dad, I want to go to that grandma's house to take a look, is that okay?"
Wan Laoer didn't know what Fubao meant for a moment.
"Which grandma?"
"It's the grandma who just came."
"Fubao, there's something going on at grandma's house right now, so it's inconvenient for us to go. It's better not to cause trouble. Besides, it's not appropriate to go now. How about we go and have a look tomorrow?"
Wan Laoer coaxed his daughter back.
The village chief's daughter-in-law has already tidied the room for the guests to rest.
"Girl, can you sleep with Sister Xiaotao tonight?"
When staying at someone else's house, there would definitely be several people squeezing on one kang, so he would definitely have to sleep separately from Fubao, which would be a good opportunity for him to sleep with Xiaotao.
"Yeah, okay." Fubao nodded obediently.
However, she still glanced outside the door with some worry. But then she thought about it and realized that what her father said made sense. Going to someone's house so late would indeed be a disturbance.
But Xiaotao had gone out to look for someone and was not here at the moment, so Fubao had to sleep alone.
Wan Laoer wanted to help Fubao take off his clothes, but Fubao shook his head.
"Daddy, you don't have to take it off. You will need to put it on again later."
"Huh? Why do you need to wear clothes? You'll catch a cold easily if you don't take off your clothes when you sleep, and it won't be comfortable to sleep."
"Dad doesn't understand, I have my own reasons, you go and rest first, I'll wait for Sister Xiaotao to come back."
Wan Laoer thought Fubao was waiting for Xiaotao, so he followed her, covered her with the quilt, and then closed the door and went out.
"Brother Yuwen, shall we get together tonight?"
"Brother Wan Er, you go to sleep first. I'll wait for Xiao Tao to come back."
Wan Laoer glanced at the time. It was already past midnight, but the village was still filled with voices and there were flashes of torches outside the yard.
It seems that the two sons of the village chief have alarmed the whole village. However, the people of Gaoliu Village are quite united and everyone is willing to get up and look for people.
However, Wan Laoer felt that he could not help much and just wanted to avoid causing trouble. He said hello to Yuwensong and went into the house with the coachman to lie down.
Yuwensong stood at the door for a while. When he heard the snoring of Wan Laoer and the coachman, he turned and left.
There was still firelight leaking out from the crack of the door in the upper room, which showed that the village chief had not gone to bed yet. It made sense that the village chief couldn't sleep after what had happened to his nephew.
Yuwensong glanced at the room next to him, which was Fubao's room.
He knocked gently on Fubao's window a few times.
"Who?" Fubao's soft voice immediately came from the room.
"I'm your big brother, little sister, do you want to go out and play with your big brother?"
As soon as Yu Wensong finished speaking, he heard a rustling sound coming from inside, followed by the sound of footsteps.
"Big brother? Why haven't you slept yet?" Fubao opened the door, showing half of his head, and asked with a smile on his face.
"I'm not sleepy. I'm waiting for your sister Xiaotao. Do you want to go out and play with big brother? Let's ride horses to find your sister Xiaotao."
Fubao looked hesitantly at the room next door where Wan Laoer and his friends slept.
Yuwensong immediately understood and gently patted Fubao's little head.
"Don't worry, your father is asleep and won't notice."
"Yeah." Fubao nodded heavily. She had slept enough in the carriage during the day and was not sleepy at the moment.
The two men quietly led the horses out of the yard.
As soon as they walked out of the yard, they saw figures gathering at the door, and they followed the direction of the figures towards the village entrance.
The entrance to the village was as bright as day at this time. The brothers Gao Hongzhuang and Gao Hongyuan had prepared many torches, which crackled in the cold wind.
"My dear brothers and uncles, my cousin has not returned yet. He is the only pillar of his family. My sister-in-law is about to give birth. We are all blood relatives. Thank you all for your help this time."
Gao Hongzhuang was not good at speaking, so he said a few words of thanks and everyone waved their hands.
"Hongzhuang, it's okay. Finding people is more important."
"Yes, your uncle died that year to help the village. We are all relatives, there is no need to be so unkind."
"Hongzhuang, if you are ready, let's set off right away, right? What time is it now?"
Gao Hongzhuang bowed to everyone and led the way out of the village.
There are about twenty or thirty of these people in total. Although there are only more than twenty households in this village, the population is still about one or two hundred. They are just crowded in a small courtyard, and most of them have not separated their families.
Everyone brought their own tools. Some carried hoes, some held sickles, some held forks, and some carried rakes. It seemed that this was not the first time they had encountered such a thing, and they were well prepared.
Gao Hongzhuang did not tell anyone about Xiaotao, but just led everyone along the road to the town.
Yuwensong took Fubao on horseback and followed behind from a distance.
"Brother, why don't we walk faster?"
"Big brother is watching the road. We don't know the way to the town. It will be dangerous if we get lost."
"Oh, big brother, did Sister Xiaotao and the others find the missing uncle?"
“It’s hard to say.”
It was the first time that Yuwensong heard a wolf howling in the village. These people were really brave.
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Xiao Tao rode her horse at full speed. It seemed that this was the only road leading to the town. However, there was a fork in the road leading up the mountain to collect firewood. The entrance was relatively hidden and difficult for ordinary people to find. It was generally not wrong to go there at night.
"Little guy, how far are we from town?"
Xiaotao felt that she had been riding for a while, probably about ten miles, but she didn't find anything along the way.
"Sister, it's too dark at night and I don't know." Gao Haiguang replied with some shame. His grandfather asked him to show his elder sister the way, but he didn't even know how far they had walked. He was an incompetent guide.
Xiao Tao didn't say anything, but spanked the horse's butt again, urging it to go faster.
After running for another cup of tea, the horse suddenly became anxious and stopped by itself.
Xiao Tao also looked forward vigilantly and got off the horse.
"Little guy, sit on the horse and don't move. I'll go to the front to see what's going on."
"Yeah." Although Gao Haiguang was a little scared, he still had a torch in his hand, which gave him some courage.
Xiaotao disappeared from Gao Haiguang's sight after a few jumps. He opened his mouth in shock.
"This sister is so amazing, she can actually fly!"
Xiao Tao landed on a big tree. She looked down with sharp eyes and saw a man holding a long knife, a torch in his hand, a bag on his back, and there were bite marks on his thighs, which were still bleeding.
There were four wolves surrounding him, and at his feet lay the corpses of two wolves.
At this time, one man and four wolves were confronting each other, and neither side dared to act rashly.
But Xiaotao knew that if she had not arrived, the man would probably have died here tonight, because she saw more than a dozen pairs of green eyes in the woods staring at the man on the official road.
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