After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Chapter 50 The Horse Thief Strikes (Third Watch)
"Aniang, do people in the city post this during Chinese New Year?" Si Niang asked curiously.

Today the children all wore new red coats and were full of joy.

Si Niang is also blushing, and her fleshy little face looks like two red apples against the red background, making people want to take a bite.

Qin Yao explained: "This is the word "blessing". It should be pasted upside down, which means that blessing has arrived."

"I don't know if there is such a New Year in the city, but from now on, our family will celebrate the New Year like this."

The son of the patriarch's family went to the county academy to study for three years, and this morning he set up a long table in his yard to write couplets for the villagers.

The villagers would bring two eggs or a bowl of rice, and red paper prepared by themselves, and ask the patriarch's son to help write a couplet for good luck.

Early in the morning, Qin Yao asked Dalang Erlang to exchange half a bowl of fine rice for a pair of couplets, and now they are pasted together with the blessing characters, and then hung a pair of red lanterns that she bought before under the eaves of the main room. The atmosphere is quite in place.

Standing at the door, Liu Ji read the couplets pasted on both sides of the door over and over again, and snorted: "This word is not much better than mine."

Sure enough, Mr. He made tofu. In the morning, when Qin Yao asked Da Lang Erlang to write couplets, he sent two kilograms of white flour to the old house as a New Year greeting to the two elders.

At noon, Jin Bao and Jin Hua brought over a bowl of freshly baked tofu.

Qin Yao wanted to give soybeans, but they didn't want them either. Qin Yao had no choice but to give two copper coins to each other as money, and watched the two brothers and sisters run home happily.

There was still snow on the road, and the two of them fell several times along the way. It didn't hurt at all, and their cheerful laughter spread far away.

"Dinner is ready!" Liu Ji shouted in the hall.

Qin Yao closed the courtyard door, pushed open the closed door of the main room and walked in. There was a charcoal fire burning vigorously, and there was an iron pot on it. In the pot was stewed meat, tofu and bean sprouts from Qin Yao himself. There is the last cabbage in the house.

There is such a full pot of stew, it is steaming, and the room feels warm just by looking at it.

The four children were already impatient. Seeing Qin Yao sitting down, Liu Ji asked expectantly: "Have you eaten?"

Qin Yao nodded: "Eat."

The children happily picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and picked up what they could pick up by themselves, and those who couldn't pick up, Saburo and Siniang begged their father and mother.

They all say that they can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Dalang and Erlang were so hot that they breathed out.

Qin Yao told them to vomit, and they shook their heads with tears in their eyes, reluctant to waste food.

Moreover, the tofu has been cooked for a long time, and the flavor of the gravy has soaked in, making it delicious.

Qin Yao had no choice but to get up and go to the kitchen to bring in a pot of cold boiled water so that she could take a sip to calm down her mouth.

She was talking about the children, and when it was her turn, she was so hot that the room was full of snickers.

When the atmosphere was just right, an exclamation of "A horse thief!" suddenly came.

Qin Yao's eyes darkened, and she put down her chopsticks.

She knew that this New Year's Eve dinner would not be enjoyable!

"what happened?"

Liu Ji didn't even have time to put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, and stood up nervously, "Why is there the sound of horseshoes?"

He hurriedly rushed out to check, and within half a minute he came back in a panic, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and moved the stool to pick up the two red lanterns hanging high.

While picking it, he restrained his voice and said: "The horse thief has entered the village to snatch things! Hide quickly!"

When the four children heard this, they were stunned.

Liu Ji threw the lantern on the table in the main room, and was about to find a place to hide, only to find that Qin Yao was not in the house, and hurried to her bedroom, and sure enough, Qin Yao was inside.

"The horse thief is here!" He shouted sharply, fearing that she wouldn't know.

Qin Yao stuffed the money bag into her arms and quickly put on the convenient leather boots. She stuffed the dagger and slingshot on her waist and slung the quiver on her shoulder. She took out the long knife on the desk with one hand and picked up the long knife hanging on the wall with the other. With bows and arrows, he strode out.

When she saw Liu Ji, she glanced at him first. She had already heard what he was yelling about.

But now is not the time to be angry, so calmly told him: "Our house has no cellar to hide in, so we can only rely on this newly built wall to prevent them from entering."

"You send the four children back to the house first. I'll find something to push the door. Our house is far away, so they may not come over."

Then, he put the bow and arrow on his shoulder, put the long knife on the sink, went to the firewood pile to find a big piece of firewood, and blocked the front and back doors.

Liu Ji was only stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, seeing that she was not in a hurry, his heart became more stable, and he drove the frightened four children back into the house, and told them to close the doors and windows to hide and not come out.

No one thought that the horse thieves would pick this time to come, and thought that heavy snow could stop them from moving.

But thinking about the frozen zombie bodies that the village chief and others carried away for burial this morning, it is not difficult to guess that the horse thieves must have reached the end of their rope at this time.

That's why they couldn't wait for the snow to melt, and as soon as the sky cleared, they couldn't wait to go down the mountain to plunder.

Encountering such evil spirits, it is hard to guarantee that they will not kill people.

"Heh~" Qin Yao suddenly laughed at herself, there is no guarantee, she will definitely kill someone!
Those who are starving in the last days will see food everywhere they look.

When Qin Yao saw Liu Ji locking the door and settling the children and walking towards her, she asked him to bring the ladder and set it up to check the situation at the bottom of the mountain.

The terrain on her side is high, and there is no shelter in front of the door. A large group of people can be seen at a glance, rushing into the village with strange screams, split into four waves at the village well, and rush in different directions.

The horrified shouts of the villagers echoed throughout the village. The fence was low, and the horse thieves jumped in directly on horseback, searching the yard for anything valuable.

They couldn't find it, two or three broke open the door, went straight into the house, stuffed the villagers' New Year's Eve dinner with one hand, and threatened with a knife in the other hand, forcing the host to hand over the valuables.

It was inevitable that someone wanted to resist, but the horse thief stabbed him in the face!

The woman screamed, and the child cried helplessly in fright.

Qin Yao frowned, seeing the two horse thieves galloping excitedly towards her house, took off the bow and arrow, and took out the arrow on her back to put it on.

"Are you coming for us?" Liu Ji asked in horror as he stood under the ladder.

The door was tightly blocked by Qin Yao, not a single gap was exposed, he couldn't see, he could only hear the chaotic voices from the village, imagining all kinds of terrible scenes, and frightened himself enough.

Qin Yao hummed, "Two people came towards our house on horseback, with bows, arrows and knives in their hands."

Liu Ji's scalp felt numb and he quickly asked: "Are you okay?"

Qin Yao nodded.

At this moment, Liu Ji felt that the way she stood on the wall and drew her bow calmly was extremely beautiful.

"Then, what can I do?" he asked, swallowing his saliva.

run?
He never thought about it!

There is also Qin Yao, a shrew at home, and there is no one safer in the whole village than by her side.

Qin Yao said softly: "I will call you if necessary. If you are afraid, you can take the knife on the sink."

Liu Ji responded and hurriedly looked for Qin Yao's knife. He found it and grabbed it immediately.

His hand sank. He held the heavy sword specially made for Qin Yao with both hands before he could swing it.

However, this heaviness also gives people a sense of security.

Liu Ji took a deep breath and stood by the door.

The sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, and the clicking sound became clearer and clearer. Finally, it stopped because of the slippery snow.

Liu Ji was so nervous that he forgot to breathe, and his face flushed red from holding back. As Qin Yao murmured, "We are within range," his heart suddenly rose to his throat.

(End of this chapter)