"Brother Mu, do you want to chase me?" Si Hu put down his iron bow, his expression still filled with emotion.
With a figure like his, coupled with weapons, it is no longer the same.
"No chasing." Xu Mu frowned, "Si Hu, remember, the weapons issued by the yamen are used to protect the village."
People who use force to break the law will end up in a very ugly place in any era.
"Brother Mu, I'll just tell you." Si Hu pursed his lips in dismay.
"Come on, my brothers will have to work harder tonight. We will be divided into groups of three to stay on duty. If there are bandits who step on the plates, wake them up immediately."
Xu Mu didn't expect that as soon as he arrived, there would already be bandits trampling on the plate.
If you stay away from Wangzhou, your chances will be greater, but it also comes with risks.
“Don’t worry, boss!”
Xu Mu nodded and checked around the racecourse again before taking a breath, grabbing a handful of straw, and preparing to find a place to spend the night.
When I walked back to the wooden shed, I didn't know when a simple small shed had been set up in the corner. Thick straws were laid out layer by layer on the wet ground. Even in the rain-seeking areas, a few straws were fixed.
An open oil paper umbrella.
Needless to say... this was naturally done by the little maid's wife.
Xu Mu raised his head and looked at the wooden shed.
Jiang Caiwei, who pretended to be asleep on her back, was still holding her slightly trembling body.
After a moment of silence, Xu Mu added two new firewood to the bonfire beside the wooden shed.
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The next morning, the annoying spring rain finally stopped.
Walking out of the racecourse, Xu Mu rarely smiled.
"Brothers, after we have something to eat, we will work harder and surround Zhuangzi first."
Everything else is easy to talk about, but as long as Zhuangzi is surrounded, whether Feng Guan is a villager or a bandit, he will be kept out.
However, the workload in Weizhuang is not small. Xu Mu has already made up his mind to go to the nearby villages to see if anyone is willing to help.
"Eat, it's time to eat." Jiang Caiwei, who got up early, had already cooked the taro soup and stood in the middle of the old horse farm, shouting loudly.
"Haha, Madam is really virtuous, much more diligent than my family."
"What do you know! My boss is great, and my wife is also diligent. This is called a good wife!"
Several horsemen approached with laughter, which made Jiang Caiwei blush again. From time to time, she looked up hastily and looked at Xu Mu's face.
"Let's eat first." Xu Mu also sat down, took the thick bowl, and took a big sip.
He wished he could make a wok right away and fry some egg buns with twice-cooked pork or something like that. The paste from the Daji Dynasty was too delicious to swallow.
"Chen Sheng, I'll leave this to you. Remember not to go too far when beating the tree." After dinner, Xu Mu stood up in a hurry.
The current wooden planks of the old horse farm are definitely not enough. If the village needs to be fenced, God knows how much more wood will be needed.
Moreover, ordinary people do not have iron axes or long saws. If they want to cut down trees, they can only use stone hammers to hit smaller trees.
"Don't worry, boss, we are in good hands."
Xu Mu nodded. He could rest assured that Chen Sheng and the others were doing things. They were all good guys who nailed each other with every spit.
"Xu Lang, please be careful." Standing next to the wooden shed, Jiang Caiwei's voice sounded like a mosquito.
"know."
Xu Mu's face looked slightly strange, but he didn't say anything and led Si Hu towards the village a mile ahead.
If it were left to future generations, this kind of convenient village that relied on the road would have become rich long ago.
But he never thought that when Xu Mu just walked into the village, the sight in front of him almost made him stunned from ear to ear.
They were all women and children, old and weak, and there were no young or strong men. Occasionally there were one or two younger ones who were either lame or crazy and stupid.
At a glance, the entire village is full of dilapidated huts, with few even having tiled roofs. Most of them have been built hastily with wooden piles pressed down with grass and mud.
Originally, I wanted to find some people to help with the work, but in this situation, there is no young man left.
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Mu took Si Hu and prepared to leave the village.
But he never thought that at this moment, a village woman with her face covered in rouge suddenly rushed over and hugged Xu Mu's hand.
"What are you doing!" Si Hu was furious when he saw this, and he followed the old rules and wanted to use his sword again.
"Drive, drive the piles, officials, come and drive the piles." The little village woman blushed with embarrassment, but held her head high and finished the sentence.
"Diaozhuer" is a slang term, which means to help prostitutes.
Xu Mu just didn't expect that even for money, the little village woman in front of him would be too explicit and bold.
You know, the ancients have always been taboo about matters between men and women in public places.
Xu Mu was not interested, so he broke free from the village woman's hand and started to walk back.
"Official, official, ten cents, just ten cents, my baby is going to starve to death!"
"Guanren, I have nine articles!"
"I also have nine articles! If I have nine articles, I will fight with the officials!"
Not long after, at least three or four village women, covered in rouge, ran out in a panic and surrounded Xu Mu and the two.
Xu Mu frowned and was too lazy to pay attention. Even though he was not a gentleman, under such circumstances, there was no interest in looking for flowers and asking for help.
"Mom, I'm unconscious." A ragged girl poked her head out from a nearby hut, her eyes full of muddy tears.
"Brother Mu, that girl is so thin." Si Hu's voice trembled slightly.
Xu Mu raised his head and looked at the girl's body, which was all skin and bones, and felt a sense of sadness in his heart for no reason.
This world really wants to eat people.
"Take me into the house."
The village woman from before was overjoyed when she heard the sound. She hurriedly picked up a stick of firewood and swung it forward with all her strength, driving away several of her companions.
After entering the house, the village woman hurriedly put on an embarrassed smile and turned on the extremely weak tung oil lamp. Then she hurriedly ran to a drowsy boy, scooped up a spoonful of dark hot water, and slowly poured it into the room. Go in.
Not long after, the boy coughed.
"Ximei, take my brother to sit in the courtyard. After my mother-in-law has cooked the rice... I will call you to come in."
The skinny girl wisely picked up her brother and walked outside the house.
"Officer, officer, I have new clothes. Please wait a moment and I will change them. The bed boards at home are also newly made. It doesn't matter if the officer is strong."
"Don't worry yet." Xu Mu's voice became more choked, "Let me ask you, where are the men in the family?"
"Last year, an old bandit came into the village and killed him at will. I was still washing clothes by the river, but before the clothes were finished, the man died."
"Official, you want this business! Nine coins, nine coins will drive a pile!"
"Didn't the other side of the Yamen say anything?" Xu Mu had a cold face and his hands were trembling.
"A few people came, but they didn't dare to go up the mountain... They took two laying hens from me and then left."
"So many men in the village were killed by old bandits?"
"Most of the people who worked as wall builders died, some of them left to work as bandits, and the rest died in a daze. Official! Official, don't ask, just drive the pile! You I saw it too, my baby is going to starve to death!"
The little village woman didn't care that Si Hu was still there and anxiously unbuttoned her clothes.
Unexpectedly, the hand that was unbuttoning his clothes was slowly stopped by Xu Mu.
"When you have time, take your children to the four roads and help me with some work. I will give you two silver coins a month."
"Guanren? Guanren is the new owner of the old racecourse?"