Taoli Village is particularly quiet at night, with the occasional barking of dogs heard.
On this cold winter night, the villagers fell asleep early.
But a dark shadow sneaked into the courtyard of Shen Er's house in the dead of night.
The black shadow walked around the courtyard wall to confirm that everyone in the house was asleep, and then quietly approached the kitchen.
The moon on the sixteenth day was extraordinarily round, and the bright moonlight was as bright as daylight under the reflection of the snow. It also illuminated the sneaky black shadow, which was none other than Shen Yaocai who had been here during the day.
Shen Yaocai approached the kitchen of Shen Er's house and found that the kitchen door was locked.
However, he came prepared and quickly took out a blade from his sleeve pocket and started to pick the lock.
Originally, he didn't want to steal the sheep today, but all the food at home was stolen, and he really had no choice.
People cannot starve to death, they must find ways to survive.
If we had this sheep, the family's problem of not having enough food would be solved in one fell swoop.
The lock was not strong, and Shen Yaowen started to loosen it after just a few attempts.
It's quick, it's about to be pried open.
With a "click", the inferior iron lock was finally pried open.
Shen Yao suppressed the excitement in his heart and opened the door quietly. However, after seeing what was inside clearly, he stood there in shock.
In the kitchen of Shen Zhengwen's house, there were no goats at all, but there were several beehives neatly placed on the ground.
As soon as the door opened, all the bees in the beehive flew out and rushed towards Shen Yaocai at the door.
"ah!!!"
Shen Yao was so frightened that he froze for a few seconds and didn't react until the bee was about to fly in front of him.
After reacting, he immediately ran out, rolling and crawling, and even one of his shoes escaped without even having time to pick it up.
In the Shen family's house, several children were squeezed tightly into the same bed and slept soundly.
Shen Zhengwen had walked for several hours during the day and was sleeping particularly deeply at this time.
Only Li Rulan seemed to hear a scream outside while she was half asleep, but when she pricked up her ears to listen carefully, everything became calm again.
She lifted the quilt and got up, lit a kerosene lamp and walked into the back room next to her.
Seeing the children sleeping in a mess, she smiled helplessly and stepped forward to tuck them in.
Just when she was tucking in the quilt and going back to her room, she almost tripped over the goat next to their bed.
Since all the villagers now knew that they had goats, Shen Zhengwen brought the goats into the house in the evening to prevent anyone from having any bad ideas.
The children also treasured the goat very much and had to let the goat sleep in the same room as them.
After all, this is my sister's only food ration, and I must protect it at all costs.
Li Rulan walked around the goat and went back to her room, changed a diaper for little Niannian, then turned off the lights and returned to bed.
As soon as the lights went out, little Niannian, who was pretending to be asleep, immediately opened her big black eyes.
It was so dangerous, I almost alarmed my mother and the others just now.
She moved the beehive from the farm and put it in the kitchen just to wait for Shen Yao before she threw herself into the trap.
She was really impressed by the greedy look in Shen Yaocai's eyes when he left. In addition, the sheep Shen Yaocai brought home ran away, so she would definitely not give up just like that.
Facts have proved that her guess was indeed correct, Shen Yaocai touched her before she was born.
Mrs. Shen and her family have all felt the enthusiasm of bees during the day, and it is time for Shen Yaocai to experience it this time.
On Shen Yaocai's side, after running a certain distance, he was still caught up by the bee.
The bee stung him so much that he rolled on the ground in pain. Apart from the initial scream, he didn't dare to call for help at all.
First, he felt guilty and was afraid that people would find out that he was here to steal something.
Secondly, there were too many bees and they densely surrounded him. He was afraid that he would become like Mrs. Shen, so he covered his mouth and eyes tightly with both hands.
After covering his mouth, he could only let out some small whimpers and endure the pain of these stings.
Early the next morning, Shen Zhengwen got up early as usual to prepare breakfast for the children.
But when I walked to the kitchen door, I saw that the door lock had been picked open and the door was wide open.
He immediately understood that someone had really sneaked in last night. Needless to say, he must have been targeting the remaining goat.
At this moment, he felt lucky that he had brought the goat into the room last night.
And he made up his mind to lock the goat in the back room every night to protect it.
After this turmoil, the days passed calmly for a few days.
After Shen Yaocai and the others learned this lesson, they no longer dared to have evil thoughts towards the Shen family. The whole family was recuperating at home.
There was no food at home, so they had to sell their household goods in exchange for food.
In order to save money, they even skipped dinner and lived a miserable life.
During this period, Cheng Sheng also discovered that the group of refugees who had been stung by bees at Shen Zhengwen's home for the first time had stolen their food.
At that time, Cheng Sheng saw that the refugees had been stung and injured by bees, and specifically allowed them to leave Taoli Village after they recovered from their injuries, but this also left a hidden danger.
That day, some refugees saw Shen Yaocai's family going out, so they picked the right moment to call everyone to his house and stole all the food.
Now that group of refugees has long since fled to unknown destinations, and they cannot be found even if they want to.
The best news is that after the heavy snow melted, the drought problem in Taoli Village has been greatly solved.
The cracked land became moist, and clear springs gushed out from the dry wells again. The villagers all had smiles on their faces, looking forward to the next year's harvest.
In the Shen family room, Li Rulan was sitting on a chair, and Wang Yan was sitting next to her, putting a handkerchief on her wrist to take her pulse.
After a moment, Wang Yan put away the handkerchief, stood up and said respectfully to Li Rulan: "The pulse is steady and strong, calm and gentle. The complexion is rosy and plump, and the hair has changed. Congratulations to Mrs. Shen, you are in good health."
"However," Wang Yan continued, "for the sake of Mrs. Shen's health and to prevent a recurrence of the condition, I will check her pulse again tomorrow."
Li Rulan and Shen Zhengwen looked at each other. There was not much joy on their faces, but more helplessness and sympathy.
Since Wang Yan came back from seeing Sheng Ziyi, he took the initiative to check Li Rulan's pulse every day. He changed his old decadent and unruly temper in the Shen family and did not charge any money for consultation.
At first, the couple were flattered and couldn't figure out what was going on.
It wasn't until Shen Zhengwen saw Wang Yan looking dreamily at the yard next door that he remembered that he sometimes asked about Sheng Ziyi's current situation when checking Li Rulan's pulse.
Although he said he only cared about the patients, Shen Zhengwen vaguely realized that things were not that simple.
After careful observation, we found that every time he came or came back, he would stare at Sheng Ziyi's yard next door for a while, as if he was looking forward to something.
Shen Zhengwen thought about it carefully and knew what was going on, and told his wife about it.
The couple tacitly agreed not to expose Wang Yan's concerns and allowed him to come over every day to take his pulse, pretending he didn't know anything.
It's just that Sheng Ziyi is not an ordinary lady, and Wang Yan will probably suffer again. This chapter has been completed!