Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 24

Xiuyao saw that the man's face was covered with blood, but he was not very tall, he was actually a half-grown boy, and she was about to speak.He glanced at them suddenly, his eyes were as sharp as the blade in his hand, which made Liu Shi tremble with fright.

He turned his head and looked around, and then said: "You didn't see me." Even the adults were uncomparably calm, without the slightest disturbance, and after speaking, he plunged into a big haystack.

Liu led Xiuyao and hurried away with Qin Yang on her back, but her legs were a little disobedient and trembling. At this moment, she heard loud footsteps from behind, "Hurry up, where is that brat going!"

Immediately, Liu Shi felt breathless, her whole body was weak, and she couldn't move. Xiuyao made a decisive decision and supported her to rest against the trunk of a sycamore tree by the roadside.

Liu's throat was tight, her lips were dry, and her whole body was so weak that she could hardly carry Qin Yang on her back.

Xiuyao supported her vigorously, at this time a group of people rushed over, holding sticks and forks in their hands, and some of them even carried swords, scaring Liu Shi almost to faint, but forced himself to hold on.

Seeing them coming, Xiuyao hurriedly said, "Mother, take a break."

The people over there saw them, rushed over, and asked the first young man with a knife, "Hey, sister-in-law, do you see a boy with a knife?"

Mrs. Liu wanted to shake her head, but looking at the knife she could hardly breathe, Xiuyao hurriedly said: "My mother is so hungry that she is going to faint, don't blame me, I didn't see the kid holding the knife, but a person with blood all over his face." Where did it go?"

She gestured, "Such a tall man."

The person behind shouted: "It's that kid, we've chased him all the way from Houmiaozi, hurry up!"

As they said that, they rushed over, and the young man with the knife glanced at Xiuyao, and cupped his hands: "Thank you." He took out some money from his pocket and threw it at Xiuyao's feet, "Buy it for my sister-in-law. Have a bowl of soup." Then he ran away.

Xiuyao breathed a sigh of relief, and Liu's body was also weak, and she leaned against the tree trunk all of a sudden.

Xiuyao hurriedly supported Qin Yang, and said to Liu Shi: "Mother, let's go quickly."

She just showed those people a road that was getting farther and farther away from them, so they wouldn't run into them when they went to grandpa's house.

As soon as Liu heard this, she said, "Hurry up." Then she carried her son on her back, and told Xiuyao to leave quickly after picking up the money.

They had just walked two steps, when the haystack behind them roared, the young man jumped out from the haystack, and just landed in front of Mrs. Liu, who was so frightened that Mrs. Liu let out an ah, and hurriedly protected Xiuyao behind her.

Although her heart throbbed with fright when she saw the blood and knives, once there was a threat, her first thought was to immediately protect the child.

The young man knew that the blood on his face had frightened them, so he wiped his face, his eyes shone menacingly in the broken gold of the setting sun, he cupped his hands, "I'm disturbed, a few taels of silver, it's an apology."

As he said that, he quickly took it out of his pocket, and then stepped forward, causing Liu's face to change in fright, and he took a step back, "You, don't come here."

The young man saw that Liu's face was full of panic, but he managed to calm himself down. He didn't want to scare her anymore. He looked down at Xiuyao staring at him with big bright eyes, but he didn't appear to be afraid, so he quickly stuffed the broken silver into her hand. Li, "Thank you very much." After finishing speaking, he turned around and jumped into the haystack, and disappeared after a few strokes.

Xiuyao saved a handful of broken silver, her hands were too small to hold it, and there was his body temperature and even the slight smell of blood on the broken silver.

Seeing him leaving, Liu Shi breathed a sigh of relief when the threat was lifted, and said to Xiuyao: "Yaoyao, let's go quickly."

The mother and wife took big strides and walked quickly, without daring to turn their heads or say a word, Qin Yang, who had been sleeping in a daze, was jolted awake.

At this time, the sun swayed, leaped suddenly, and shone some light, then fell down again, and the night began to encircle from the sky.

When the mothers and three arrived at the head of Yangliu Village, it was already dark. Looking at the tall and big dry willow trees behind Yangliu Village, Mrs. Liu completely relaxed, and said to Xiuyao: "I'm so scared to death, this Don't tell anyone about it."

In order not to be spread out, what would happen if those people found out that they were lying.Fortunately, it was dark, and people couldn't remember ordinary people like them, so it must be fine.

Xiuyao knew the seriousness, agreed, and took out the broken silver from her bosom, "Mother, the silver he gave." She handed it to Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu hesitated for a moment, and said, "Yaoyao, you are hiding the money."

Xiuyao was stunned for a moment, how could mother let such a child hide such a large amount of broken silver?Shouldn't adults take it?
But seeing that Mrs. Liu didn't seem to be joking, she responded, put the silver back into her bosom pocket and supported Qin Yang's calf, and the three of them walked quickly to Yangliu Village.

The broken silver was held in her arms, and she was a little flustered, but she felt that the young man seemed familiar, because the braised pork left a deep impression on her, so even though his face was covered with blood, Xiuyao recognized him as he.The appearance is not so clear, but the eyes are very similar, and the brightness is a bit scary, compared with the knife in his hand.

He killed people at such a young age?Then if I take his silver, will I be in danger?Never run into it again.

Braised pork, murder knife, broken silver, that's one person.

But she felt vaguely in her heart that the person who offended a little girl and apologized with braised pork shouldn't be a bad person, and he gave Yinzi this time as a thank you, probably out of gratitude and apology, right?

As soon as you approach Yangliu Village, you will feel a sense of comfort and relaxation. The main road from north to south is lined with large willow trees that are hundreds of years old.

It was time to eat, and walking along the way, there were laughter from every household, which made Xiuyao stunned. They were not like the old Qin's family, who bumped into each other all day long and were noisy. The Qin family rarely heard such a hearty and carefree laughter.

This is because the people in Yangliu Village have enough to eat, she guessed.

In fact, Yangliu Village could not be compared with Taoyuan Town in the past. At that time, Taoyuan Town was rich in water resources, flowers were blooming and willows were green, and fat peaches were everywhere. After several droughts and locust plagues, Taoyuan Town has become increasingly dilapidated, and the canals have long been destroyed.Now it is divided into two towns, North and South, Qiantaoyuan and Houtaoyuan.But now the life of Yangliu Village is booming, plus it is close to the Xiaoqing River and Daqing River, so it is naturally better than Taoyuan Town where the water source is short.

Xiuyao wondered, maybe it has something to do with the big landlord here in Yangliu Village?Especially if there are fewer unscrupulous powerful and wealthy people, the local people will be richer.

In a place like Taoyuan Town, there are several landlords, and the farmers who originally owned land gradually became tenants. One can imagine the situation in those days.

It was getting dark, Liu Shi quickened her pace, led Xiuyao to walk quickly, and arrived at her mother's house in a blink of an eye.

Xiuyao saw that Grandpa's house was a compound with two entrances, facing south from the north. Perhaps in order to make it easier for people who came to grind the mill, two gates were opened on the east wall towards the street. There were also two lanterns hanging under the porch, which read: Author: Lao Liu, Mill.With the light on, Xiuyao saw a big sycamore tree on the left and a big locust tree on the right, which was very unique among the willow trees.

Liu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and also talked and laughed, "Yaoyao, go to the front and call the door."

These two gates are specially opened for drivers. The outside of the gates is on flat ground without steps. Normally, the gate at the southeast corner of the house is used.

Xiuyao ran a few steps faster, climbed the steps, stood on tiptoe, knocked on the door knocker three times, and called grandpa twice.

Soon there was a response from the room, and someone came quickly with a lantern and opened the door.

The person who opened the door was a petite woman with glossy hair and a kind smile on her face. Xiuyao recognized her as her aunt, so she hurriedly called out: "Big concubine."

The eldest aunt, Mrs. Chen, responded with a smile, and said to Mrs. Liu, "Dad said in the morning that you would come over, but after waiting for a whole day, there was no sign of anyone. Why are you still on your way so late?"

As he said that, he quickly raised the lantern to illuminate Liu Shi and Xiuyao, turned his head and looked east, "Did Daye father not come to see you off?"

Liu Shi smiled and said, "I'm busy, how can I have time?"

(End of this chapter)