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Chapter 19 Officers and Soldiers Arrive
Old man An nodded: "Their uncle and nephew are not like ordinary people. Keep the money well. Don't talk about it, especially you two young ones."

"I told them just now that Yanshu Zhiyan is a good boy and will not mess around in major matters."

Although she usually beats her two grandchildren, Mrs. An is very relieved of their behavior.

Then An Yanshu read the letter left by Gu Xiangping, the general content was to thank the elders of the An family for taking them in, and said that he would definitely come to visit everyone if he had the opportunity, and hoped that the An family would be safe and sound.

In the days that followed, life in Ping’an Village did not change much. The river water in the village dropped a little, but the remaining river water was enough for a village, and even many people from neighboring villages came to carry water. Fortunately, Village Chief Qi asked everyone to do it early. After preparing, no one said anything.

Two months after the uncle and nephew of the Gu family left, the weather became hotter and people couldn't bear to walk on the road. The flowers, plants and trees in the mountains were all withered, and everyone in the village felt heavy.

Just after dinner that day, the village chief came to settle down.

Old man An looked at the village chief with a frowning face and couldn't help asking: "What's the matter?"

Qi Cunyi sighed heavily: "Just now my family Hua'er brought back the news that there are many refugees in the town. I am worried about who will come to the village."

Old man An frowned instantly, took a puff of dry smoke, and felt a little uneasy seeing the smoke.

"how do you want to do it?"

After struggling for a while, Qi Cunyi said as if he had made up his mind: "I plan to organize the villagers to guard the village entrance and report immediately if there are refugees. Since the drought, the river in our village has fed several surrounding villages. Now the water source in the river is gradually declining. , if people come again, I’m afraid they are not far from drying up, those refugees are pitiful, but we can’t ignore the life and death of the villagers just because of them.”

Old Man An pondered for a moment before slowly opening his mouth: "Village Chief, there are still some things you didn't expect. Those refugees have experienced so much suffering and seen so many corpses along the way. People don't care about human ethics, if they really come, I'm afraid the village will not be safe."

Hearing Old Man An's words, Qi Cunyi's heart beat violently.

"Brother An, do you have any ideas?"

Old man An nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Now is a special time. It's not enough to just stop those people. The entrance of the village is so big that there are always times when you can't see it. If you ask me, every household in the village has something to do. Dig some traps, and put up a sign to warn those people, if you don’t listen to the advice and fall into the trap, then it’s not our fault.”

"It's a good idea. I'll arrange someone to set up a trap right now. If I dig it out earlier, I'll feel more at ease," said Qi Cunyi, got up and left.

The old man An also breathed a sigh of relief, got up and walked to the door of An Zhongyuan's house, called his son out and said the content of the conversation with the village head just now, and then said: "You also go to help, you are a strong laborer at home, how can you help me?" You need to work hard, but pay attention to your surroundings and pay attention to safety when setting traps."

An Chongyuan nodded with a sullen face: "Well, I'll go to the village chief right away, Dad, you should rest early."

An Chongyuan went back to the house and talked to Chen Jingrong, then changed into farm clothes and went out.

The village head notified from door to door, organized all the strong laborers in the village to the village entrance, and arranged for everyone to start digging traps after briefly explaining the seriousness of the matter.

Fortunately, the village chief did what he said, and the village dug many unremarkable traps overnight. The warning sign was placed on the only road leading to the town, which saved the troubles that followed.

A few days later, An Zhinan heard from his family that several refugees had fallen into a trap at the entrance of the village. The village chief arranged for people to treat the wounds of those people overnight, and then sent them to the town. Of course, the refugees All comatose.

After a period of time, no more refugees were found in the village, and everyone was relieved.

However, people are arranged to patrol the village entrance every day.

As the river dries up, everyone feels more and more uncertain, until five months after the drought, news finally came from the capital that the emperor reduced or exempted taxes during the drought, and even sent people to deliver food, and even the army. Dig wells everywhere.

An Zhinan is very curious about the brains of people in this era, how to determine where water can be dug without machinery and equipment.

Until another month later, Ping'an Village ushered in a group of hundreds of troops. The well-trained officers and soldiers quickly discovered and bypassed the traps set by the villagers and appeared in the village.

The village chief arranged for all the villagers to gather.

Looking at the villagers below, who were sallow and emaciated but in good spirits, a look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the leaders of the officers and soldiers.

Qi Cunyi walked up to the leader and said cautiously: "My lord, everyone in the village is here, look."

"Well, you set up those traps at the entrance of the village?"

Receiving the unexplained eyes from the officers and soldiers, Qi Cunyi smiled wryly: "My lord, we don't want to cause such trouble, but there are too many refugees in the town. If they come to the village, everyone will not have a peaceful life. I have no choice but to come out." This is the next policy."

When talking, several strong laborers in the village came with two buckets of water. Qi Cunyi said quickly after seeing it: "My lord, you have worked hard all the way. This is a little kindness from the big guy. I hope you don't dislike it."

The leader and all the officers and soldiers swallowed subconsciously when they saw the two buckets of water, and licked their dry lips.

"Thank you for the kindness of the village chief. It's just that we came with a mission, and we can't take things from the people. I heard that there is a big mountain in the village. Can you take me to see it?"

Qi Cunyi didn't expect the leader to refuse the life-saving water source, and he felt a respect in his heart. Seeing those officers and soldiers swallowing their saliva haggardly, he felt somewhat uncomfortable, and his tone was sincere: "My lord, this idea of ​​water is nothing. There is a big river in our village, and every household has some water. Although it is not much, it is still possible to save it. These two buckets of water are a little bit of our heart. You have come all the way to help us, so you just accept it Come on, everyone, take a break and drink some water to have the strength to work."

The leader glanced at his tired subordinates, then looked at the two buckets of water on the ground, and finally nodded.

"Nobita, come here and distribute the water to the brothers, and rest where you are first." After arranging, the leader of the subordinates looked at Qi Cunyi, his face was as serious as ever, but if you look carefully, you can still find a smile in the corner of his eyes, and he cupped his fists at Qi Cunyi and said: "Thank you villager Chief, I would like to thank everyone on behalf of my brothers, what is the village chief's name?"

"Oh, my surname is Qi and my name is Cunyi. It's fine for adults to call me by my first name."

The leader smiled heartily: "I am very grateful to Village Chief Qi for being so forthright. My surname is Duan, and I have a single name, Gang. They are resting here. You can take me to the mountains to have a look first. It would be nice to know the situation sooner." Some people don’t have to worry about water sources.”

(End of this chapter)