When they returned to the valley, the villagers were still waiting for Jiang Erlang and his group and did not go to bed early as usual.
Jiang Zhengmao took Jiang Miao and Jiang Dalang to carefully check the things they got from the bandits, and finally put them in order.
"Why hasn't Erlang come back yet?" Jiang Zhengmao felt a little uneasy as he looked at the mountains in the distance.
Privately speaking, he wanted to leave everything he got from the bandits to the villagers. After all, it was Jiang Huaixu and his men who made the bandits die or run away. But if he really took the food away, it would be tantamount to leaving the mountain people with no way to survive. After all, the mountain people's food was probably robbed by the bandits.
After thinking about it, he cursed the bandits in his heart.
"Uncle Village Chief!"
Jiang Zhengmao coughed dryly: "Xu girl, what's the matter with you?"
"I heard from Qi Dafu that there are five caves in the mountains where food is hidden. Should we stay here for a day tomorrow and move the food out of the caves?" Jiang Huaixu asked.
Jiang Zhengmao was shocked. "There's still food? How much food did these sons of bitches steal?!"
"These guys are really thieves. Wait for Qi Dafu to come back and have him take people to look for them."
"Little sister, it's so late, you should go to bed quickly." Jiang Dalang reminded.
Jiang Huaixu: "I understand, big brother. I'll go right away."
Before getting into the carriage, Jiang Huaixu was still calculating the round trip distance for Jiang Erlang and others. Twenty miles round trip would take half a day. The mountain road was difficult to travel on, so it seemed normal to arrive later. But now, it was too late.
She was sure that she had not missed her second brother's signal smoke, but she could not be sure whether there had been any accident.
Suppressing the worries in her heart, she walked around Jiang Fu and Jiang Rong and slept in the carriage with her clothes on.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Huaixu was awakened by Fu Tuan. The moment she opened her eyes, her mind was clear, as if she had not fallen asleep.
She avoided the night watchman's patrol and followed the mountain road to the mountain behind Yangwei Village. She took out a large shovel from the space and started digging at the grave.
As time went by, the chill of the mountains at night turned into misty water vapor when it approached her body, and she looked like a mountain goblin.
Soon the bottom of the shovel touched something solid and hard, digging up all the soil on the coffin lid. Jiang Huaixu put down the shovel in his hand, easily lifted a corner of the coffin and moved it away, and the things in the coffin appeared in front of him.
She frowned slightly at the unpleasant smell.
I thought there was no dead person in this coffin, but now it seems that is not the case.
Immoral.
While cursing others for being immoral, Jiang Huaixu didn't feel that his behavior of taking things from people's coffins was immoral at all. He stretched out his little hand and put a box of gems into the space.
After putting all the things in the coffin into the space, she found something stuck to the bottom of the coffin. With the light of the mermaid pearl, she could see that there seemed to be words written on it.
She jumped into the coffin and when she got closer she found that it was a sheepskin with a person's life story written on it.
After reading it quickly, she knew that this was the tomb of the old leader of Yangwei Village, and the two leaders who had just died were the old leader's apprentices.
Then the treasures in the coffin must have been found by one of the two men who dug out the old village chief's body from the grave and used his coffin to hold his own hidden treasures.
After all, no one could have imagined such a thing.
Lack of virtue.
She threw the parchment in, covered the coffin again, buried the soil, put away the mermaid pearl and went home.
Just after crossing the suspension bridge, Fu Tuan suddenly said that Jiang Erlang had returned with his men and brought back a lot of things.
Jiang Huaixu quickened his pace and returned to the valley before Jiang Erlang and his group.
"I'm back, I'm back, I'm back!"
The night watchman's shout reached the ears of Jiang Huaixu who had just gotten into the carriage. She touched Jiang Rong, who was awakened and her voice was crying, and got off the carriage after comforting her.
From afar, the mountain people were standing in a group, and Jiang Erlang and the other two were surrounded by the villagers.
Jiang Huaixu didn't bother to squeeze in, he could hear it clearly just standing on the periphery.
Jiang Zhengmao asked, "Erlang, where did you get so much food? Was it from the mountain people?"
Jiang Erlang's gentle voice came, "We have to thank Brother Qi for knowing where the bandits hid their food. He took us to look for it on the way back, which is why we were delayed for so long."
"I see, that's a big help to us!" Jiang Zhengmao said excitedly, "Your youngest sister was still thinking about the food in the cave tonight, so we don't have to worry about it tomorrow!"
The girls who heard the noise also dressed up and stood on tiptoe to look into the crowd, hoping to find their families.
Soon someone called out "Daddy and Mommy" in surprise and ran towards his family like a young swallow flying to the forest.
After escaping death and reuniting after a long separation, the cries of the couple gradually rang out, causing many women in the village to cry as well.
In one corner, the oppressive atmosphere was in stark contrast to the joy of the other mountain people.
"Shuanghua, tell me, you were kidnapped by bandits for such a long time, right..."
Xia Shuanghua clutched her dress tightly with her hands, lowered her head, bit her lips, and said nothing.
The man squatting on the ground looked at Xia Shuanghua with disgust and deliberately said loudly, "Dad, your question is in vain. How can she still be innocent after being kidnapped by bandits?"
The crying in the crowd paused for a moment because of these words.
Xia Shuanghua felt a buzzing in her head and her whole body was numb and stiff, so she couldn't utter a word.
The man kept talking, "We can't have a girl who has lost her virginity in our family! Otherwise, how will your grandchildren get married?"
The woman next to the man glanced at Xia Shuanghua, then quickly looked away. "Dad, you have to think more about your grandchildren."
Old Man Xia did not immediately answer his son and daughter-in-law, but just looked at Xia Shuanghua and sighed.
"Dad, I can work, and farming is not much different from men. Even if I don't get married, I can still take care of you in your old age..."
"What are you talking about?!" The man stood up suddenly. "I'm your brother. How can it be your turn to take care of our father until he dies?"
Xia Shuanghua stared blankly at her brother in front of her, then suddenly broke down and yelled, "Brother! Are you trying to force me to death?!"
This shout completely drew everyone's attention to this corner. The man's expression immediately changed. "I'm going to force you to death?! I'm the man of the family. When will it be your turn to take care of Dad in his old age? I think you want to curse me to death!"
"Shuanghua, look at you, you are so ignorant. Your elder brother and father are thinking about your future. If you are already deflowered, who would want you? You can't stay at home like an old maid..."
Xia Shuanghua called out "Dad" in a hoarse voice, interrupting her sister-in-law's words. She looked at Old Man Xia with a blank look, which was full of expectation, as if she was clinging to the last straw.
Old Man Xia avoided his daughter's gaze and said, "I have discussed with your brother and sister-in-law that we will go to your second aunt's house tomorrow. We can't bring much food with us, it's not enough to eat. Look at you..."
After hearing these words, Xia Shuanghua calmed down. She calmly wiped away the tears on her face and said softly, "I understand, Dad."
As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed towards the mountain wall.
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