Grandma Zhou said as she called Zhou Anan and Zhou Pingping, "Anan and Pingping, come here and thank your aunt."
Not only them, but the villagers were also frightened after seeing the bandits and came over to thank Suman for saving their lives.
"Mrs. Zhou, today is really thanks to you."
"Yes, if we were a few steps later, we would have run into bandits, and it would have been difficult to escape then."
"I have some cakes here, if you don't mind, take them."
"I have some potatoes here. I'll give you a few."
Su Man smiled and said, "Don't be polite, folks. It's a blessing that everyone is willing to believe me. Otherwise, even a god wouldn't be able to save me."
"Alas, those people you said they wouldn't let go, I'm afraid now they've..."
No one could bear to say anything more. They all knew the bandits' style very well. If they fell into the hands of bandits, it would be good if they could keep their bodies intact.
The village chief also sighed, "Forget it, everyone has his own destiny, let's get on the road."
Just as she was about to leave, Grandma Zhou exclaimed, "Pingping is gone!"
"Ah? Didn't Pingping just run out with us?"
Zhou Anan was so anxious that she shouted everywhere, "Pingping! Pingping, where are you!"
"Shhh."
Su Man grabbed Zhou Anan's shoulders and said, "Don't shout. Tell me, when was the last time you saw Pingping?"
Zhou Anan grabbed her hair and said, "It was... when we just came out of the village, she walked a few steps and said she was tired and wanted to go to the back to ride Aunt Cuihua's ox cart, and then, and then..."
Because of Su Man, Zhou Pingping hasn't paid much attention to Zhou Anan recently. She always goes to play with the girl from Aunt Cuihua's family on the road, but Zhou Anan doesn't take it too seriously.
In addition, knowing that there were bandits, everyone hid behind the high slope. Zhou Anan and Grandma Zhou dispersed and did not notice that Zhou Pingping was missing.
Aunt Cuihua was also confused when she heard this, "Huh? Didn't I see Pingping coming to get on the bus?"
Grandma Zhou was so anxious that tears came out. "Could she have gotten lost and met bandits?"
"Won't."
Su Man analyzed calmly, "This isn't a busy city, and we're the only ones on the road. Even if she falls behind, she'll be able to see us and follow us, unless she doesn't want to follow us."
“…”
Su Man’s guess was correct. Zhou Pingping did run back secretly on her own.
She couldn't bear to part with the bacon and the flowery dresses for girls on the cabinet. Unfortunately, Grandma Zhou and Zhao Yuru dragged her out before she could get them, which made her feel so angry.
Zhou Pingping didn’t believe what Su Man said about bandits. If there were really bandits, why didn’t the remaining people leave?
What's more, even if there are bandits, what can they do? That bad woman has magic, so there is no need to be afraid.
So, Zhou Pingping took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and secretly ran back to the village. She thought that after she took the things, she would chase after Grandma Zhou and no one would find out.
Zhou Pingping ran back to the room and tried to reach the clothes on the cabinet. After trying for a long time without success, she moved a chair over.
Along with the clothes she pulled down, there was also a box containing several velvet flowers and a headdress, which Zhou Pingping couldn't let go of.
She packed them all into her bag, and just as she was about to leave, she saw through the window some strings of sausages hanging in the back room. She really wanted to eat bacon.
Zhou Pingping ran to the back room to unwrap the sausages, and then went into the house to get oil paper to wrap them one by one.
Humph, now she is not afraid even if they don’t let her eat.
...
Not only Zhou Pingping, but the villagers outside were all greedy and each of them filled a bag with food.
Aunt Wang Liu carried four or five pieces of bacon and grabbed more than ten kilograms of rice and flour. She was also shouting at Wang Fu to grab the corn drying outside.
"Quick! Fu'er, pick the big one!"
Her eyes were so greedy that she didn't notice the danger coming.
"Bandits! There are bandits!"
The first person to see the bandits was Wang Man's wife. Because she was pregnant, she was unable to move, so she sat on the millstone and watched them steal food.
She first saw dust rising in the distance, and when she looked closely, she found that it was bandits.
"The bandits are coming! Let's run!"
At first, Aunt Wang Liu didn't believe it, but when Wang Fu also shouted, she realized that there were really bandits.
"Oh no! Run!"
However, at this point, it was too late to run away.
Aunt Wang Liu was the quickest to react. She pulled Wang Fu into the house and said, "Hide quickly!"
The other villagers also realized what was happening and started looking for houses to hide in.
Wang Fu was stuffed into the closet by Aunt Wang Liu, and she herself lay under the bed.
Brother Wang Man hid his sister-in-law in the water tank with a lid and hid himself in a big box.
The noise outside was getting closer and closer. Listening to the noisy voices, Aunt Wang Liu trembled uncontrollably.
At the same time, Zhou Pingping, who was about to leave, also saw the bandits entering the village.
The leading bandit was carrying a big knife, and several villagers whose necks had been cut were thrown to the ground like dead dogs.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Pingping was almost scared to death.
She didn't dare move and quickly hid in the barn, covering herself with straw.
"Brothers, put up the pot, let's have a good drink today."
"Hey, grab those two girls and let us have some fun first."
"Ah! No!"
The mixture of screams and laughter was terrifying.
Zhou Pingping saw this tragic scene through the low fence and didn't even dare to breathe. She just hoped that they would leave quickly.
"Boss, it seems someone has been to the village."
One of the younger brothers pointed at the rice jar and said, "Boss, look, there was still rice in this jar when I left, but now there's only the bottom left."
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