Chapter 24: Second Uncle is a Worthless Person
Soon, more and more people heard the sound of horse hooves. After a brief moment of shock, everyone was so frightened that they quickly moved to close doors and windows.
Where can we get horses in this day and age?
Could it be that the Modu nomadic tribe is chasing us?
Human lives were at stake, and no one dared to take the risk, so they hurriedly took their families and hid in a corner, not daring to make a sound.
There were also people secretly looking out through the crack in the door, and Zhang Xiu was one of them.
When the father and daughter went up the mountain, she stayed at home with Wang Dafeng. When they heard the sound of horse hooves, Wang Dafeng immediately crawled under the bed and asked her to crawl under with him, saying that the soldiers from Modu were coming to kill people.
Zhang Xiu was confused. If they were being pursued, why was there only the sound of one horse's footsteps?
At this time, the horse stopped in the center of the street. The man on the horse was dressed in short clothes. Except that the fabric was better, the style was similar to that of the men in the village. But if he was a Modu soldier, his clothes should be of ethnic style.
"Mom, it looks like he's not a pursuer. He doesn't have a knife on his waist." Zhang Xiu reported what he saw in a low voice.
Wang Dafeng was so frightened that she almost lost her soul. She scolded her anxiously in a low voice: "Don't look at you anymore. Come over here and hide under the bed."
At the same time, Ding De and Ding Rong were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Ding Rong was fine, as his family was all in front of him. Now the whole family was huddled in a corner, not daring to make a sound.
Ding De was in great pain. He came to his eldest brother's house to discuss whether to leave or stay. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen suddenly? Now his family was across the street, but he was here and couldn't get over. He was extremely anxious, but he had no idea what to do.
At this time, I looked at the silent street for a while.
The man on horseback suddenly asked in a high-pitched voice, "Excuse me, which one of you is in charge? Please come out and answer this question."
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The roar frightened everyone so much that they shrank their necks and dared not peek. They quickly sat down on the ground.
What does he want to do?
Looking for the person in charge, does that mean we have to kill the person in charge first?
Almost every villager in Aozigou felt a chill in their neck.
Village chief Lai Fu knew that he could not avoid this matter. If he did not stand up now, other villagers might suffer. This was not his original intention of taking everyone to escape the famine together.
"Take good care of mother and ancestors."
Without saying much, he simply said that he was going out.
"No, don't." Yang hurriedly held him, tears falling like beads from a broken string. Life was already difficult now, and the family couldn't do without him as the pillar. If he was gone, the family would be finished too.
The mother and the old ancestor were so anxious that they could only wipe away their tears. They didn't want him to go out, but they couldn't think of any other solution.
The ancestor even suggested: "Let me go. I've lived enough at my age. If they want to kill me, just kill me!"
Lai Fu was reluctant to let the old man take the risk. He smiled at everyone and said, "Fortunately, Dabao and Erbao were not at home. They escaped the disaster."
After saying that, he stood up, opened the door, and walked out with his head held high.
Yang covered her mouth with her hands in pain to prevent her crying from being heard.
"I'm the manager. May I ask what this brother wants from me?"
Lai Fu stood on the side of the street. He was not afraid of anything when he walked out. He even took a puff of the pipe in his hand, looking calm and composed.
This made the villagers who were peeking again feel upset, because it turned out that the village chief was a very good village chief.
This point seemed to be understood only at this moment.
The man turned back to look at Lai Fu expressionlessly and said, "Please follow me."
After he finished speaking, he rode his horse slowly ahead. Lai Fu followed him, puzzled. The whole street was filled with the sound of only horse hooves. The man never said another word since then.
Lai Fu could only follow him in confusion until they walked down the street and turned a corner, and both Lai Fu and the man disappeared.
During the whole process, the villagers seemed to be afraid to even breathe loudly. Only at this moment did they all sigh and cry. It was over, it was over. The village chief was taken away and killed!
"Brother, let's go, we can't stay here anymore!"
This is a rare opportunity. After saying this, Ding De immediately opened the door and rushed out.
He now just wants to return to his family.
Ding Shan agreed with his words before leaving: "Dad, Second Uncle is right, let's go now!"
Ding Rong immediately cursed back: "Bullshit, if you go out now, you'll just be a sitting duck. Do you think you can believe what your second uncle says?"
Sure enough, after Ding De's house opened the door and pulled him in, there was no movement.
Didn’t he tell people to run faster?
What about me? Why did I become a coward?
"See? Remember what I said. Never believe anything your second uncle says in the future. He is a bastard and has no good intentions." After seeing this scene, Ding De immediately used it as a living teaching material for his children.
All three children nodded.
My second uncle is really a piece of shit.
Except for Ding Rong's house, whose door was open, everyone else on the street had the same idea: to stay indoors as much as possible and never go out.
Now we don’t know whether the village chief is dead or alive. Anyway, it is safer for everyone to stay in the house than to walk on the street. Let’s hide for a while!
But the whole street could hear Yang's heartbroken crying.
How could she not be sad when she saw her man being taken away like this?
At this time, her crying was already suppressed.
"Mom, the person has left. You should come out quickly. You will get a heat stroke if you hide under the bed in such hot weather." Zhang Xiu squatted beside the bed and advised helplessly. She felt that they were definitely not pursuers, but the old woman just didn't believe it.
She refused to come out from under the bed and asked her to get a pillow, saying that she would sleep under the bed tonight.
How confusing!
Zhang Xiu handed the pillow to her helplessly. Listening to Yang's crying, he felt very uncomfortable.
"None of the villagers in Aozigou are good people. The village chief's wife is so sad, but no one comes to comfort her." Zhang Xiu couldn't help but mutter and curse.
Wang Dafeng immediately told her to shut up: "Everyone wants to live. Let her cry as she pleases. What's the point of comforting her? Lai Fu won't be coming back anyway."
What are you talking about?
Zhang Xiu's stubborn temper got the better of him and he stood up: "If no one goes, I'll go."
"Come back here, you hear me?"
Wang Dafeng was dumbfounded. Who would protect her if she left?
But this daughter-in-law, who had always been timid and cowardly, ignored her, went straight downstairs, and opened the door with a creak.
When someone heard the door being pulled on the quiet street, the villagers once again rushed to the crack of the door, wanting to know which family was fearless enough to go out first.
Soon, the skinny Zhang Xiu swaggered to the home of the village chief Lai Fu.
When she pushed the door open and walked in, she scared the three members of Yang's family so much that Yang herself was so scared that she even forgot to cry.
They looked at Zhang Xiu in surprise, not knowing what she meant by coming to their house at this time.
Zhang Xiu took her time, first calling out to the ancestor, then to the aunt, and then she took Yang's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, sis. Big brother will be fine. Trust me."
(End of this chapter)
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