On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 342 Manor
It's the twelfth lunar month of winter and the wind is biting.

Xiao Xiao walked around Zhuangzi and jotted down the simple terrain on paper, preparing to think about how to dig the right trap.

Mr. Xiao followed behind him, grabbing handfuls of mud on the ground from time to time, with a disappointed look on his face: "This land doesn't look fat."

Xiao Erlang looked around and wrote down on paper: "Sister, you see there are rocks at the bottom of this hillside. It's not easy to climb up."

Xiao Xiao came over and took a look: "It's best to put some rocks on the side. Even if someone comes up, it can be guaranteed that there will be no return."

"Sister, you are so cruel." After Xiao Erlang finished speaking, he was also eager to try: "There are many pine trees here. If you saw some wood and pile it up here, the lethality will not be small."

Xiao Xiao gave him a thumbs up: "A person who is better than a person is better than a person who is a person."

Xiao Erlang hesitated for a moment: "It should be that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked."

Then he looked at her in confusion: "Third sister, why did you agree to take in the people from Xutian Village? There isn't much food in the village, so we can't sustain it for long?"

Xiao Xiao glared at him: "Can't you think of me as a heroine who saves people from fire and water?"

The young boy who looks like a green bamboo has a green and sunny smile, but his words are a little cold: "Aren't we just doing chivalry and justice now? Otherwise, the uncle and father they harmed have been imprisoned, who is willing to care? them?"

But Xiao Xiao did not refute his words, but took the opportunity to tell him why she wanted to take in the people from Xutian Village: "I took them in for our safety."

"We are just a family. If the rebels really come, we will not be able to stop the rebels."

"The people in Xutian Village have seen blood, and they want to keep a place that can shelter them from wind and rain, so they dare to fight against the rebels."

"With them blocking the front, there will be no casualties among our own family members."

"In the past, the peace in Zhuangzi was due to the fact that King Jin'an sent his soldiers to sweep away bandits from time to time."

"But now that Fucheng has changed its owner, if we want to take control of Fucheng, it cannot be done in a short while."

"I definitely don't have time to care about the outside world. Then the nearby village will become a piece of fat in the eyes of others, and everyone will want to take a bite."

Xiao Erlang looked at Xiao Xiao in shock.

He also thought about why the third sister agreed to take them in without saying a word.

Now I understand why the third sister asked her uncle and her father to go together to meet the people of Xutian Village.

This is to let them see the Xiao brothers at first sight and make them appreciate them.

He was agitated: "Sister, what do you want to do?"

"I want everyone to live and work in peace and contentment," Xiao Xiao said. Seeing him looking at her suspiciously, she couldn't help but roll her eyes: "You can think about it slowly, right?"

After having a look around, she said hello to Old Man Xiao and ran back first.

Generally speaking, the strongest house in Zhuangzi is the warehouse where rice, flour and grain are stored.

I'm afraid it won't be easy for rats to get in.

Xiao Xiao's family lives in an empty warehouse, which originally contained rice noodles, but Xiao Xiao and Mrs. Li are almost emptying it out. Now is not the time to be particular, so the Xiao family can make do with it.

Mrs. Xiao and the others were packing their luggage. When they saw Xiao Xiao rushing in, Mrs. Liu poured her a cup of brown sugar water first: "Drink some hot tea to warm up first."

Xiao Xiao took the cup and warmed his hands, looked at the empty room and sighed: "It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Now I understand why men like to fight for power. It is to live a better life."

Anyway, at this moment, even she wanted to become a king on her own.

Mrs. Liu was calm: "As long as our family is together, I can get used to it." "You can get used to it if you stay for two more days."

Mrs. Xiao immediately agreed: "What you said makes sense. Life is much better now than when we fled last year."

"I've asked them all to weave straw curtains. When they are hung up, it won't be so empty."

Wu also said angrily: "Just give it a few days. Maybe the general will come back and drive the rebels out, and then you can return to the general's mansion."

She had already thought about it, and she would also go to the general's mansion for a few days to enjoy the majesty of exchanging slaves for maidservants.

Xiao Xiao is not complaining, he just feels that the Xiao family is still stuck in the same place despite being around.

She asked Mrs. Xiao again: "Grandma, do you think there are any edible wild vegetables and fruits outside now?"

"I saw the jujubes on the way here." Wu rushed to say, "Let them pick some later."

Mrs. Liu also followed: "There are also many persimmons hanging on the branches of the persimmon tree. We can pick them to make persimmon cakes."

Mrs. Xiao is not to be outdone: "There are also golden cherry blossoms, golden congolese, and goldenrod, all of which are edible."

Of course it can't taste too good.

Besides, if there were really delicious wild fruits, it wouldn’t be their turn to pick them.

Xiao Xiao felt helpless when he thought that he had to provide three meals a day for about 200 people: "I was really blinded by lard before, so why did I agree?"

Then he became more motivated: "Let's go to the chicken farm to light a fire. We still have to prepare to hatch the chicks."

"San'er, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Xiao was puzzled: "I have lived for so many years, but I have never heard that you can hatch chicks in the winter."

Xiao Xiao said: "When there are too many people, find something for them to do so that they don't have nothing to do and their minds wander."

Now she doesn't know how long the chaos will last, so she can only make more plans.

There is strength in numbers, and the men in the village are all sawing trees, digging, and kneading mud, and they are sweating profusely.

The female relatives in Zhuangzi are also busy weaving straw curtains, and they are also very busy.

Xiao Xiu was boiling medicine in a small stove nearby. When he saw that it was almost done, he said to Xiao Xiao: "Go and call Aunt Mo to drink the medicine."

She felt in her heart that Aunt Mo and the others were just scared to death.

Even though the fever has gone away now, my husband said that I need to recuperate for a few days to avoid leaving the root cause of the disease.

But now that medicinal materials are rare, I can't take care of the maids and women, so I can only open a small stove for Aunt Mo to nurse herself back to health.

The purpose of asking Xiao Xiao to invite Aunt Mo was to make Aunt Mo feel more grateful to her sister. After all, medicinal materials are hard to come by now.

Aunt Mo and the others were in the warehouse next to the Xiao family. When they saw Xiao Xiao coming in, they asked with concern: "Your father and the others haven't come back yet? The weather looks like it's going to rain?"

"That's terrible." Xiao Xiao shook his head helplessly: "There are only three warehouses left, and it is difficult to arrange these two hundred people."

If God favors them and gives them some sunshine to cut down trees and build houses, then they will have to work for five or six days?

"Auntie, you go next door to drink medicine. I have to go to my grandfather to discuss something."

The grandfather and grandson gathered together and first collected the straw curtains and asked them to rub the straw ropes and build them briefly first, just in case.