Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 255 Chapter 255 The Strange Small Village 2
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The first reaction of Ke Shuisheng and others was astonishment, and then they looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what happened.

They are not demons and ghosts, why did those people run away when they saw them?The most strange thing is that there are some food in front of every house.

Some are half-pot porridge, some are vegetables, and some are sweet potatoes.

"What's going on here?" Ke Shuisheng looked around the village in confusion.

"Father, let me get out of the car and ask." Ke Hanxue said and jumped out of the bullock cart.

"Is anyone there?" Ke Hanxue knocked on the door of one of the houses.

Ke Hanxue listened carefully for a while, but she didn't hear any sound, but she was sure there was someone inside.

"Is anyone there?" Ke Hanxue knocked again, but there was still no response.

This is too weird, right?
Ke Hanxue frowned, and wanted to take everyone out of here quickly, but it was getting dark, and even if they left now, they would not be able to get out of this mountain road.

Ke Hanxue lowered her eyebrows and pondered for a while, then decided to try again.

Ke Hanxue came to another house again, and continued to pat the door and shouted: "Excuse me, is there anyone inside? Don't be afraid, we are from another place, passing by here, and want to stay overnight, please help me!"

Ke Hanxue put her ears on the door panel, as if she heard whispering voices inside, she hurriedly shouted: "My sister just gave birth and is still confinement, so she can't sleep outside. Please help me!"

After Ke Hanxue shouted, no one opened the door for a while. She was extremely disappointed. Just when she was about to give up and go to another house, the door opened a crack, and a 50-[-]-year-old woman stuck her head out, guarded look at her.

"Auntie, you are finally willing to open the door." Ke Hanxue heaved a sigh of relief, she just thought she would have to spend the night outside.

The woman timidly stared at Ke Hanxue, then looked behind her vigilantly. When she saw two ox carts parked not far away, the fear in her eyes disappeared, and she turned her head Shouted to the house: "Don't be afraid, I really came here to stay overnight."

As soon as the woman finished speaking, a young man about 20 years old came out from inside.

"Auntie, brother, don't be afraid, we are not bad people!" Ke Hanxue comforted.

"Girl, let your sister enter the house first, and people who have just given birth are not allowed to touch the night dew." After the woman finished speaking, she turned to the young man and said, "Song Er, go and make room for me to come out. Go and ask your uncle to spare a room too, otherwise we won’t be able to live there.”

"Thank you auntie, thank you brother." Ke Hanxue thanked the two happily, then turned and ran towards Ke Shuisheng and the others.

"Father, brother-in-law, this family has agreed to take us in, so hurry up and drive the car there."

The woman shouted that it was not a bad person, and the villagers came out again. As soon as the villagers came out, they surrounded the two bullock carts and looked at Ke Shuisheng and the others curiously.

"Where did you come from, and how did you come to our village?" An uncle who seemed to be in his 60s stepped forward and asked.

"Uncle, our hometown was hit by a once-in-a-century flood, so we planned to go to Qingzhou City to seek refuge with relatives, but we didn't expect to come here after walking." Ke Hanxue made up a lie before his father spoke. I don't want this uncle to know their origins.

"Girl, this is my uncle and the head of the village." The man named Song'er introduced to Ke Hanxue and others just now.

"It turned out to be the village head. Thank you and that sister-in-law for taking us in." Ke Shuisheng hurriedly thanked the village head.

"It's getting dark, go into the house quickly." The village head urged.

Two rooms were vacated by the village chief, and one room was vacated by Song'er's house, so everyone could squeeze together.

Song'er's daughter-in-law happened to be in confinement too, so Ke Hanchun and Kong Dafu stayed at Song'er's house to take care of her.

Ke Hanxue also stayed at Song'er's house to sleep with Song'er's mother, and everyone else went to the village head's house.

The village head's house has a yard, and two ox carts were also pulled to the village head's house.

Ke Hanxue settled down for her sister, and went to the village head's house, planning to get some food to cook at Song'er's house.

When the village head saw the big and small bags on the bullock cart, his eyes lit up, but when Ke Hanxue turned around, his eyes were clear again.

"Village chief, I'll give you these rice and meat. I'll trouble you for my family's dinner later." Ke Hanxue stuffed half a bag of rice and two pieces of bacon into the village chief's arms, and turned around to get some The rice and bacon went back to Song'er's house.

Ke Hanxue returned to Song'er's house with the things, prepared the meals, and delivered the meals to Song's daughter-in-law and her sister's house first, and then sat at the table with Song'er, Song'er's mother, and Kong Dafu Come.

"Miss Xue'er, our whole family eats your food, how dare you do that?" Song Erniang said shyly, she was too embarrassed to move her chopsticks.

"Auntie, you are willing to take us in. It's nothing to eat. Eat quickly." Ke Hanxue smiled and gave Song Erniang a piece of bacon.

"Miss Xue'er, in fact, I also heard you say that your sister had just given birth, and she had the courage to open the door because she was worried for a while. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to open the door." Sleeping outside right after giving birth can hurt your health.

"Auntie, I don't understand why you are so afraid of us, and still put food at the door of the house?" Ke Hanxue asked in wonder.

Kong Dafu also looked at Song Erniang with a puzzled expression.

Song Erniang sighed and said: "You don't know, there used to be hundreds of families in our village, since a group of bandits came to this mountain two years ago, they kept coming down the mountain to harm us. Some people had no choice but to move out of here because they were forced to leave, and now there are more than 20 of our families left."

"Those bandits are very smart," Song'er continued helplessly, "After seeing the villagers here moving out one after another, they were afraid that they would force us away, so they didn't go to the village to rob us again, and they didn't destroy us again. Instead, they come to pick up things once or twice a month. Before coming, they will send someone to notify us and let us put the food at the door. If they see someone who has no food, they will break in directly. Robbery sometimes kills people, in order not to hurt our family members, so even if we are hungry, we have to let the food out.”

"It's horrible, isn't there a government to punish them?" Ke Hanxue gritted her teeth angrily after hearing this.

"We have reported to the officials several times, but we don't have the money to open up relationships, and we don't know if those yamen servants have reported our application to the officials to the county master." Song'er said with a sigh.

"These bandits are too lawless!" Kong Dafu said.

The words of Songer's mother and son made Ke Hanxue's face serious. There are bandits here, so they are in danger here.

(End of this chapter)