On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 88 Sweep

Xiao Xiao huddled in a pile of straw, shaking to keep warm, so her reaction was a bit slow.

But in such a blink of an eye, he witnessed the birth of an unmarried couple, and another couple who had a high possibility of becoming a couple.

What is all this about?

"Shouldn't we be more concerned about whether the escorts are safe now?"

"Will the water bandits fight back?"

"Or when there will be a fire, otherwise I will freeze to death, so I can cut it?"

After Xiao Xiao finished speaking, he glanced at the eldest sister who was also at a loss. He simply fell on her slender shoulders and whispered: "I'm sorry."

When she heard Hou Er asked for help to save Jiang Yu, she was afraid of death and did not dare to turn around to save others. Unexpectedly, her eldest sister was still nearby.

I also knew that with the speed of my eldest sister's swimming, if she wasn't worried about herself, she would have landed ashore long ago.

Xiao Xiu put his arm around her shoulders and his tone was still gentle: "What silly words are you talking about? You were too far away to hear them, otherwise you would definitely have saved him."

Xiao Xiao didn't even have the heart to tell her that although I had swam out for a while, Hou Er shouted so loudly that she really heard it.

But she was not like what her eldest sister said. She had been able to stab the water bandit by taking him by surprise. She was not confident that she could swim faster than the water bandit, so she did not dare to save people.

I was deeply afraid that the person would not be rescued, and I would be caught in it too.

Even if she was not thin-skinned, she was embarrassed to admit it and could only remain speechless.

On the other hand, Boss Xiao was very lucky. He strode along the field path for almost two quarters of an hour.

During this period, he accidentally fell down and tripped over dead grass and vines. Fortunately, there were fields on both sides of the field ridge, so even if he fell, it wouldn't be very painful.

Then he noticed that the path became much wider.

That means he has found the village.

He was also afraid that he would end up in a bandit's den if his back was turned, so he walked around the village first.

Maybe the dog smelled the stranger's scent and started barking, followed by the geese who also quacked.

Xiao Youfu walked around and found that there were only about twenty households here. When he heard the sounds of livestock, he felt at ease.

Because this shows that he did not fall into a den of thieves by himself.

As long as mountain bandits and water bandits can work hard at farming, raising dogs and geese, they probably won't become bandits.

He decided that after he settled down, he would also raise dogs and geese at home. He was really a good housekeeper and nurse.

What surprised him was that the barking of dogs and geese could definitely wake people up.

But among so many households, not one of them lit a lamp, and no one came out to investigate.

He thought it was possible that these people were too timid.

Therefore, he became bolder.

I sneaked out to watch the lively moonlight, found a house with a half-person-high mud wall, and walked in.

Then he tentatively pushed the wooden door of the side room.

There was no lock on the wooden door, and he went in as soon as he pushed it. What made him happy was that this was really the kitchen.

I felt the fire stick from the side of the stove. After blowing it, I found a torch beside it, so I lit the torch and knocked on the door.

The man inside seemed to be so frightened that he couldn't even speak: "Da, Da Xia, Sir, we are just ordinary people. We don't have much money at home. Can you be so generous as to spare us?"

Hearing the strong local dialect in the official language, Boss Xiao, who was thought to be a door-to-door robber, was impatient to bargain with them, and instead said sternly: "Open the door quickly, we don't kill anyone, a brother fell into the water, and I want some clean clothes!" "

He doesn't mind being regarded as an outlaw, because many people bully good and fear evil. Otherwise, if they find out, I am the only one who comes to the door and shouts hello, for fear that the whole village will come out with sticks.

When the time comes, my life will be in danger.

After he finished speaking, he kicked them and threatened: "If you don't open the door again, I will chop down this broken door."

"Sir, please calm down. I'll open the door right now..." The middle-aged man inside had heard that there were water bandits nearby, and he was really afraid that they would get angry and swarm them, killing his whole family.

He asked his mother-in-law to hide under the bed while holding her frightened and trembling little son, and then he opened the door while trembling all over.

Seeing three big and thick men outside, the honest farm man was so frightened that his legs went weak and he sat down on the ground.

Boss Xiao swept around to make sure no one would attack him, so he inserted the torch into the gap in the table, rolled up all the bedding on the bed, opened the unpainted wooden box on the side, and dug out the bottom Clean the sheets, use them as wrappings, and just pack all the clothes in the box.

Especially when he shook out the wrapper, an old purse came out.

He checked the weight and estimated that there were four or five taels of silver. After hesitating for a moment between taking it and not taking it, he saw that most of the clothes he took out were patched, so he resisted the temptation of the money and took it. The purse was thrown to the man who had no courage.

The middle-aged man sitting on the ground, seeing his operation, wondered if he was dreaming?

How can a gangster come in and only want their rags, but not money?

At first, he thought that he could save his life, but he didn't expect that he would also save his money.

In fact, they all buried their money in the ground. These five taels of silver were specially taken out to prepare for a partnership with the brothers to buy a calf to raise tomorrow.

So when Boss Xiao finished the sweep and left, he didn't stop him at all.

When he saw Boss Xiao stopped again, he was so frightened that he quickly put his purse in his arms.

Boss Xiao rolled his eyes and threw him two pieces of silver: "I'm just buying these rags of yours."

This two coins was enough for him to buy four new clothes.

It's not because he now has a net worth of more than a hundred taels that he is so generous.

Instead, he planned to wait and bring his family to his house to get some food.

Then I gave him money to appease him, so that he would not have to call the villagers to catch the culprits later.

After watching him striding away, the middle-aged man didn't know whether he should be grateful that he had saved his money, or whether he should think he was stingy.

Two coins can't buy all the bedding and clothes at home.

His mother-in-law also crawled out from under the bed with her son in her arms, and asked nervously: "Master, are the gangsters really gone?"

"Let's go." The middle-aged man who closed the door put the money close to his body and then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay. Let's sleep for a while."

His wife pointed to the bare bed board: "How can you sleep on this?"

When he looked at the box again, there was nothing left, so he could only say with a grimace: "Forget it, I'm lucky to be able to save my life. Go get some straw and make do with it for the night."

Their seven-year-old son was also frightened and woke up a long time ago. His mother had been covering his mouth. Now he had a chance to speak: "Mom and Dad, he is alone. Why didn't we kick him out before?"

"Shut up, what do you know..." The adult felt that the child didn't know how high the sky was.

The child feels that his parents are more cowardly than him, and he will give in before even fighting.

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