Chapter 204 Now that we are here, let’s all stay
Sang Zhixia left the threshing ground a little earlier than usual. Before leaving, he looked back and saw Uncle Gu leaning against the straw stack, spewing smoke crazily from under his eyelids. The corners of his mouth twitched wildly.
Xu Yu noticed her gaze and whispered, "What's wrong?"
Sang Zhixia pointed in the direction of Uncle Gu's smoke and said incoherently, "I didn't realize you're still so resistant to drugs at your age."
Very durable!
Xu Yu held back his laughter and said nothing.
Sang Zhixia twitched her lips and whispered, "Is it okay to take so many knockout drugs? That stuff isn't good after all. What if something goes wrong again?"
Uncle Gu is so old now, he would be worried if he took too many knockout drugs!
Xu Yu's shoulders trembled a bit. "It's okay. Just let the old man sleep a few more days."
"Remember what I told you?"
Sang Zhixia nodded gloomily: "I understand. Take care of yourself."
"If you really can't do it, there's no need to force it. Protect yourself first, okay?"
When Xu Yu heard the voice, a hint of sarcasm flashed across his eyes.
They are just a few petty thieves. If he can't handle this, then he is really in trouble.
Xu Yu hesitated for a moment and didn't elaborate. He raised his hand and gently patted Sang Zhixia on the shoulder: "I've taken note of it. Just rest assured."
"Go back and rest."
Sang Zhixia walked away, looking back every few steps. Facing the setting sun, Xu Yu settled wages with the people who came out of the fields one after another and arranged tomorrow's work.
Although the cooked one was exhausted after a day's work, he couldn't help but say, "Why don't we stay here tonight and rest here so we can help out and take a look?"
It was the busy farming season, and those who had a lot of arable land at home had no time to spare. Those who were able to rush to work at the Xu family at this time were mostly poor people who had little arable land at home and were struggling to make a living.
The Xu family is kind and generous, and the tasks assigned to them are all things that these people are familiar with. Although it is hard work, it is not too onerous. What's more important is that the Xu family's wages are settled on the same day.
They pay for a day's work, and there will be no deductions if there are no mistakes. They also don't make excuses to delay payment. They are a very easy-going host.
Seeing that the Xu family’s food was being used for evil purposes, the people who received their wages felt quite guilty.
Someone secretly gritted their teeth: "If nothing else, we have the advantage of numbers. Even if one or two thieves come and we don't notice them, with so many people there will definitely be someone who will notice them. Then we can catch them, right?"
"Yes, there is strength in numbers. With so many eyes and so many fists, no matter who the thief is, we can always stop him!"
The workers were talking at once, all saying they wanted to stay and help.
Xu Yu smiled gratefully, then said helplessly, "I appreciate your kindness, but I've been busy in the fields all day, and I haven't prepared enough food or tea for you all today. I'm afraid I can't keep you from going home to rest."
"You all should go back."
If there are more people around, the thieves may not dare to come.
Some people wanted to say a few more words, but Xu Yu seemed easy to talk to and decisive but was actually very tough. He dismissed them one by one with a few words. The threshing ground, which had been noisy all day, suddenly became quiet.
As night fell, Xu Yu leaned against the straw stack with his hands behind his head and squinted his eyes.
Not far behind him, Uncle Gu, who had been rubbing his face repeatedly to try to stay awake, was already snoring.
The snoring was deafening and came one after another.
Xu Yu couldn't help laughing when thinking about Sang Zhixia's previous mutterings.
Being able to withstand such a strong knockout drug and last for most of the day, I have to say that Master Gu is indeed a capable person, but...
The person he is waiting for should be here soon, right?
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Xu Yu's figure disappeared silently into the night, and there seemed to be no movement around him.
Xu Yu was bored and pulled out some dried straws to try to weave them in his hands. He was weaving the grasshopper that Sang Zhixia had weaved in prison.
It's a pity that the soft straw was full of life in Sang Zhixia's hands, and the grasshoppers he wove out were vivid. But in his hands, even though his fingers were almost knotted, he couldn't tell what he was weaving, and it was just a messy ball.
Xu Yu couldn't bear to look at it, so he threw the twisted straw away, moved his ears slightly, and looked somewhere sideways.
In the dark, the person who had come to explore the way ahead heard the deafening snoring of Mr. Gu and said excitedly, "He's already fallen down. Where are those two beasts guarding the gate?"
Someone a little further away responded in a low voice, "It's fallen!"
"I brought the meat here specially. How could a little brat resist eating the meat?"
A glimmer of understanding flashed across Xu Yu's eyes.
It is definitely not possible for Uncle Gu to guard such a large threshing ground alone.
So as soon as the threshing ground started to get busy, Xu Yu went to the hunter's house in the village and borrowed two good dogs to help watch over the area.
But there were no dogs barking to warn people last night, so it's no wonder these people were able to steal the food and get away with it.
The newcomer seemed very nervous. His footsteps gradually approached as he continued to speak, "I heard that the Xu family left someone here tonight. That guy, Xu Yu, seems to have some martial arts skills. If..."
"Where does all this nonsense come from?"
Uncle Gu's nephew sneered and said, "It's that kid surnamed Xu who was careless. He deserves to help his brothers get rich."
"He said my uncle's cooking skills are good and the pancakes he makes are delicious. My uncle even came back home at noon today to make him a few pancakes. I added a lot of seasonings to them."
If you really eat all those cakes, no matter how good your boxing skills are, they will be useless.
Now you should be sleeping like a dead dog.
This time, everyone who came back was finally relieved.
But Gu Daniu still felt bad when he thought about what happened last night. He couldn't help but curse, "I knew that Ma Zi was such a bad guy. If he hadn't been unable to carry the rice and dumped it on the road last night, how could anyone have discovered it?"
The Xu family has so much grain piled up here that it would be difficult to detect if only three or five hundred kilograms were stolen.
There is no risk at all if you continue doing it one day at a time.
But the rice that leaked yesterday ruined the food, so in order to have a last chance, they had to take the risk and come again tonight.
Everyone was cursing when they mentioned Ma Zi. Someone who had groped his way to the front took a tentative look at the haystack where Xu Yu was lying, then looked at Uncle Gu who was sleeping unconscious, waved his hand and said, "Stop arguing, hold on tight!"
"This thing has already been exposed. We can't do it after finishing this job today. Hurry up and move the things! Erhu is still watching at the door!"
The sound of footsteps was scattered, but amid the chaos, Xu Yu closed his eyes and remained motionless like a mountain. He silently calculated in his mind: there were five people coming in.
Including the one keeping watch at the door, there are exactly six.
Xu Yu's lips curled slightly as he continued to pretend to be asleep without leaving any trace. The people who were moving back and forth under the haystack didn't realize that he was awake at all. As they moved the rice bags, their voices became louder involuntarily.
It was a dark night, and the few people who came in rushed out with the rice bags as if they were thieves, without even having time to check whether there was anything else on the rice bags that was not there before.
Xu Yu rubbed his fingers silently in his sleeves. When he felt that the time was almost right, he put his index finger to his lips and blew a whistle without any warning.
Gu Daniu, who was carrying a bag of rice, turned around in shock: "What's going on?!"
"What's going on?"
"I just heard someone blowing..."
There was a dull thud as something heavy fell to the ground. The man carrying the rice sack to the doorway turned horrified, opened his mouth in terror, and ran away: "Wolf... There's a wolf!"
"The wolf is coming!"
Gu Daniu and others were dismissive at first, wondering how there could be wolves in the village threshing ground.
But when he turned around and saw the wolf's eyes flashing with a faint green light in the blurry night, he was instantly broken into a cold sweat.
"It's... it's a wolf..."
“Ouch!”
The first wolf that was discovered shattered the moonlight and howled with its head held high. Then, several more pairs of dark wolf eyes appeared, as if flashing with will-o'-the-wisp.
Gu Daniu and the others fled in panic after a brief shock, but the wolves that gathered around them seemed to have identified them, howling and rushing towards the fleeing people with unstoppable force!
“Help!”
"Someone come and save me!"
"Wild wolf! Wild wolf has come down the mountain to kill people! Help come quickly!"
Uncle Gu, who was sleeping in the haystack, turned over with a heart-wrenching cry and continued snoring.
Xu Yu, who had opened his eyes and sat up at some point, sat high on the haystack, squinting his eyes and looking around.
In the threshing ground where countless panics, chaos and wolf howls converged, no one except Xu Yu noticed a clear flute sound echoing in the air.
Of course, Gu Daniu and others didn’t have the time to pay attention to this at the moment.
The sound of the flute gradually became sharper, and the wolves that were already chasing Gu Daniu and others became even more crazy.
There must be blood under the fangs, the screams are piercing and sharp, the cries for help and the smell of blood blend into the night wind and spread far away, so thick that it even overwhelmed the fragrant rice aroma.
Xu Yu played with the straw between his fingertips and smiled faintly.
"My things are hot."
"Since we're here, there's no need to leave. Just stay."
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