"Brother Dalang, I see you are unhappy. What's going on? What's on your mind? You can tell your sister."
"It's nothing."
Taohua looked at Zhao Dalang's handsome appearance and said, "If you need anything, remember to see you, Sister Taohua." As she spoke, she pinched Zhao Dalang's butt covertly, and then left.
Zhao Dalang's eyes flashed, as if he had no reaction.
…
"He Xi, are you there? Open the door!"
When Taohua arrived at the door of Jiang Hexi's house, she started banging on the door of Jiang Hexi's house.
Old Man Du looked at the gap in the door and recognized the young widow from the village.
"Madam Chen, are you okay?"
"Is this Lao Du? I am the peach blossom in the village. My child smells the smell of your meat and can't eat. Can your family lend me some money to comfort the child? Wow, oh, my husband is weak.
, I have gone now. My mother-in-law can’t do any work now, otherwise she would be heartbroken. The children are heartbroken without a father. They haven’t eaten meat for several months. Can you share some meat with our family? In the next life, Peach Blossom will be your cattle.
Be a horse."
This "borrowing" is just a word, and it will definitely not be repaid.
In Jiang Hexi's previous life, many things were "borrowed" by the little widow Taohua.
At first, she felt pity for Taohua. Her husband was ill and had to pay for medicine. Her mother-in-law couldn't work and had a disease that "made her heartache whenever she did work."
As for the children? These children have been living a hard life without their biological father since they were little. Look, they look so greedy when they see meat.
Poor, so pitiful.
Little by little, a lot of the things in her home were "borrowed" by Taohua.
When their family couldn't survive and went to ask for it, they didn't acknowledge the debt at all and immediately kicked their family out.
So this time, Jiang Hexi will not "lend" anything to Taohua.
On the side, Old Man Du really felt that Tao Hua looked pitiful, so he went to the back room to inform Jiang Hexi. Jiang Hexi said directly, "Our family doesn't have enough food, and we have no money to borrow, so go and spend it."
As a servant, Old Man Du didn't speak much. He just said what the master said, closed the door, and never spoke to the outside room again.
Taohua was anxious and cried, "I just borrowed some meat, and I won't give it back to you. Do you need to treat people like this? Wow, this is too bullying."
No matter how much she cried, Jiang Hexi never opened the courtyard door.
Taohua made a fuss for a while, and after a few villagers gave him advice, he could only go back in despair.
When passing by Sun's house, Sun Dahuang took a flour cake with rice bran and stuffed it into her and said, "Sister Taohua, please take it back and hand it over, lest your mother-in-law scold you again."
Taohua looked deeply moved and said, "Brother Dahuang, I knew you were the only one who was the best to me."
When no one was paying attention, Sun Dahuang grabbed a few handfuls of her chest, but Taohua pushed her away in a panic, and then left with a satisfied look on his face.
When Taohua returned home, several children were already waiting eagerly.
However, when they saw the empty-handed peach blossoms, their expressions changed.
"Mom, just bring back a broken kang pancake. I've long been tired of eating this pancake. Who can bear to eat it!"
"Mom, you are really incompetent. You can't even get a piece of meat."
"Woooooooo, grandma, grandma, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat."
Mrs. Chen felt heartbroken when she saw it, and said bitterly, "Peach Blossom, it's all because of my mother's incompetence. Wow, I'm sorry for my grandson. I still have some money in my hand. This is grandma's coffin book."
Wait a moment, grandma will buy two taels of meat for you to eat first."
"Grandma, you are so kind."
"Grandma, you are really capable."
"Grandma, you are better than my mother. I will be filial to grandma from now on."
Mrs. Chen was happy in her heart, but she said on her face, "Oh, your mother is also very capable and filial. Taohua, I feel wronged by you for taking care of this family."
Several children curled their lips and looked disapproving.
In order to save rations, Taohua was not willing to eat rice bran pancakes herself, so she gave the rice bran pancakes to Mrs. Chen, and she went out with her hoe and straw hat.
Mrs. Chen said in a pretentious manner, "Taohua, why don't you go with me? Although my mother sometimes faints in the field, she can still work sometimes."
"Mom, no need, you just have a good rest at home, as long as you are well."
As he spoke, he walked out of the door.
After she left, Mrs. Chen went to the village entrance to find a butcher and bought two taels of meat. She then went home and cooked cabbage and pork, and ate them with her grandchildren.
As for the rice bran pancakes, they are so irritating to the throat, who can eat them?
It's better to leave it to Peach Blossom.
When Taohua came back in the evening, Mrs. Chen said, "Taohua, you have worked hard, so I won't eat this pancake. I specially left it for you to eat. Just drink some porridge."
"Mom, you are so kind!" Taohua almost burst into tears, feeling that there could never be a better mother-in-law.
Mrs. Chen was a little greasy because she ate too much during the day. She could only drink some porridge at night and could not eat anything else.
…
That night, everyone slept very deeply after working hard.
In fact, farmers work hard. They work hard all day long and are very tired at night.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Hexi was half asleep and half awake, and heard the faint sound of "da da". She was a little confused at first, but after a moment, she came back to her senses.
This sound... isn't this the sound of Liao cavalry?
Jiang Hexi turned over and stood up immediately.
"Quick, quick, everyone, get up, the Liao people are coming."
Brother Jiang ran fast, and after calling everyone to join him, Brother Jiang turned over and ran directly to beat the gongs and drums in the village.
The villagers woke up with excitement, and when they heard the familiar "da da" sound, their expressions changed.
Needless to say, the guys quickly slipped into the tunnel with their valuables in hand.
The cavalry quickly got closer and closer.
When they got closer to the village, the sound of the cavalry was like a cry for life, making everyone hold their breath.
At this time, you don't care about your property at all. As long as you are still alive, you are the greatest luck.
But this time, the sound of the Liao cavalry only passed by on the road outside the village and did not enter the village directly.
The clicking sound lasted for almost more than an hour!
This time, an unprecedented number of Liao cavalry came.
After the Liao cavalry passed by, the village was extremely quiet, with no sound at all.
Although the Liao people did not enter the village, everyone turned pale with fear.
At the same time, everyone had a bad premonition in their hearts.
In fact, the villagers' premonition was not wrong, and something big happened as they thought.
The Liao people's cavalry entered Yuzhou Mansion at night and captured Yuzhou Mansion in one fell swoop.
In the latter half of the night, bursts of fighting sounds were heard in the distance.
It was coming from the direction of Yuzhou Prefecture.
Yuzhou Mansion was crying and shouting. The sound made people tremble in their bones. The adults and children in the village couldn't sleep either. Everyone hid in caves and didn't even dare to speak loudly.
Jiang Hexi, after collecting a lot of food, sold the hot pot restaurant to Mrs. Bai.
At this time, the Jiang family all returned to the village and were busy farming. Since no one was in the city, they were less worried and more grateful.
The sound of fighting lasted for most of the night, and did not gradually end until dawn.
However, as daybreak came, the villagers not only did not relax, but became more vigilant.
Jiang Hexi and others met Grandpa Jiang Er and others in the underground passage, and several families began to discuss their next plans.
Grandpa Jiang Er said, "Listening to the noise last night, I'm afraid that the Liao people are going to attack Yuzhou Prefecture. Up to now, the Liao people's cavalry haven't retreated, so I'm afraid that Yuzhou Prefecture is also in danger."
After saying this, the faces of several people on the side couldn't help but look a little ugly.
"Dad, what can we do? Once Yuzhou falls, where will we go?"
Grandpa Jiang Er smiled bitterly and said, "Our ancestors were originally exiled criminals. Where can we go? Moreover, in these days, there are bandits and horse bandits everywhere. I'm afraid we haven't gone very far.
He became the soul of a mountain bandit."
Zhao Dujuan was able to successfully reach Yuzhou Mansion with his younger siblings. He heard that he had met a reliable caravan, so he followed him here.
Once the Liao people invaded and the border was in chaos, no caravan would dare to do business easily.
Jiang Lizhengdao said, "Let's see what we do first. Living away from home is not easy. And once the government checks our household registration, people like us will not end well. Let's hide in the cave first and see what we do. Once the Liao people come,
, let’s escape from the cave. Let’s hide in the mountains for a while first. The Liao people won’t keep chasing and guarding a small village like ours.”
"What Li Zheng said makes sense, let's just do this for now."
After everyone discussed the future route, we had a backbone for the time being, and we were no longer so panicked.
…
Just when everyone thought they were safer after hiding in the tunnel, on this day, the Liao people finally came.
The Liao people held long bayonets and arrested people from house to house in the village. Because the villagers hid well, the Liao people again missed.
In nearby villages, anyone who dug a hole in the ground escaped the Liao people's raids.
Those families who did not dig holes were directly captured by the Liao people. The whole family became slaves of the Liao people, tied in a string with ropes, and then captured.
These people who were captured would be taken to the Liao people's cities, became the lowest slaves, and were tortured to death.
Everyone couldn't help but feel grateful that their lives were saved again because of the tunnel.
Next, the Liao people came to search several times, but they failed every time. Gradually, they stopped coming to the village.
When people in the village work, they work secretly. Moreover, the village also arranges a guard team, and everyone stands guard together. Once a Liao person arrives, a signal will be sent out for the village, and everyone will hide in the tunnel in advance.
On this day, the villagers were working, and suddenly a group of men, women, and children in tattered clothes came to the village entrance road.
These people took one step and three steps, looking very haggard.