The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 40 Encountering Robber Wen Bao Worrying on the Road
Wen Bao lived at home in her previous life. Although she was forced to stay outside for a while in her previous life, she mostly stayed in the base afterward.

So after arriving here, she still stays at home.

At this moment, Wu Houye walked into the cave with tears in his eyes, and after he outlined the things outside, she understood.

It's just that the more Wen Bao listened, the more frightened he became.

"How come there are so many robbers suddenly?"

The most fearful thing for people who run out of business all the year round is to encounter robbers, although the routes they take are fixed and managed.

But who knows, will there be an accident?
This time, Wu Houye encountered robbers that the Wu family had never dealt with before.

"It just so happened that it was time to go home. I planned to buy gifts for my family, and I bought a lot of goods from the capital to sell in my shop. Knowing that you like dry goods in Shanghai recently, I specially I bought a large box of dried seafood for you, but who knows, when I was about to arrive in Nanning County, I ran into robbers."

The Wu family has been running business all year round, so naturally they would not let Wu Houye, the only son of the Wu family, go on the road alone. The Wu family only had 100 guards, so he brought a lot of guards, a total of [-].

"I was willing to give money. I gave 1000 taels of silver bills and two bolts of cloth, and let us go. But there was another merchant who was reluctant to give money. A dozen or so men were gone."

Speaking of this, Wu Houye couldn't help sighing with emotion, "But who knows, I just got out of this robber's den and entered another one. Fortunately, I deposited all the money I earned this time in the bank in advance, and I only brought 2000 taels of silver bills, exactly 1000 taels and two bolts of high-quality silk for a family, so I can bring people back."

If Wu Houye was still worried when he met the first team of robbers, but then another team appeared, Wu Houye was puzzled.

The robbers also had rules, and they wanted to grab the territory. In just three days, he met two teams of robbers, and he obviously felt that something was wrong.

It's just that he was afraid of encountering robbers again at that time, so the head of the Wu family's guards temporarily decided not to go back to the county directly, but to take a detour.

So a large group of them from the Wu family ran for several hours overnight, only to find out that they had run to the boundary of Yutai Town in the middle of the night.

Wu Houye didn't know the way, the head of the Wu family's guards saw that it was not far from Songjia Village, Wu Houye was frightened for a few days, and after the guards persuaded him, he finally agreed to go ahead and come to Songjia Village to find his little cousin.

Wen Bao started talking from Wu Houye, although his subordinates kept moving, but their mouths were tight and they did not speak again.

Wen Bao always thought that she would be far away from this kind of thing because she traveled to ancient times, and she was still such a family, but until today, after hearing what Wu Houye said, she realized that she was not far away from this dark side.

"Is there anyone else coming later?"

Wen Bao sent the pot stickers (raw fried dumplings are called pot stickers) and seaweed egg soup to Wu Houye, and seeing the bloodshot eyes of his cousin, he felt heartbroken and panicked.

Wu Houye is because the Wu family has been in business for many years and knows how to avoid disasters at this time, but when she thinks of the ten lives Wu Houye said, she feels uncomfortable.

The death of these ten men may mean the destruction of ten families.

Wu Houye was imprisoned in the territory of the two robbers for two or three days, and he couldn't eat or sleep well. Now he is eating the food made by Wen Bao himself, no matter how he eats, he feels comfortable.

"Well, they're carrying the goods, so it's probably going to be a little later."

After Wu Houye said this, he just bowed his head and ate. Song Dalang went out for a walk before telling Wen Bao that there were two guards escorting Wu Houye outside his house.

"You go and call them in, nothing else, drink a bowl of seaweed soup first, and I'll cook for them right away."

As soon as Wen Bao thought about the Wu family's guards later, he began to think about what to do.

"No, they have dry food."

Wu Houye didn't forget to speak while eating the pot stickers, but just as he finished speaking, Wen Bao glared at him.

"They desperately escorted you all the way, and you let them eat hard, bang, bang dry food?"

As soon as Wen Bao said these words, Wu Houye was blocked by her and couldn't say a word.

Seeing Wu Houye lower his head listlessly, Wen Baocai looked at Song Dalang.

"Dalang, go and set up the earthenware pot that stewed the big bone soup two days ago, and cook a large pot of meat porridge. I'll make the batter pancakes. There are so many big men, and they must be meticulous. After traveling all night, let them They all eat hot."

As soon as Song Dalang heard Wen Bao's order, he immediately went to set up clay pots. Fortunately, Wen Chengyong had sent many pots before, and Wen Bao loved soup, so this large pot was used for Wen Bao's stew.

Add the dried meat made by Wen Bao to the white rice, as well as mountain mushrooms, seaweed and dried vegetables. Song Dalang simply ate a few mouthfuls of rice and then went to make porridge.

Wen Bao mixed two pots of batter, white flour, bean flour, eggs and chopped green onion. After mixing thoroughly, wake up for a while, wait for the pot to heat up, spread a layer of oil, pour the batter into the pot, and then spread it evenly.

Not as meticulous as Wu Houye's, but this one is quick to make, the pot is big, the heat is strong, and Wen Bao's cooking is also fast.

When the two guards who escorted Wu Houye first appeared in Songjia Village facing the other Wu family guards, Wen Bao had already used up one pot of batter and was about to make the second pot.

"Come in quickly, Dalang, scoop up hot water for them to wash their hands and faces. The house is small, so it's wrong for you to eat in the yard."

At this time the sun has risen, even if you eat in the courtyard, it will not be cold.

The guards of the Wu family really didn't expect them to come, and Miss Biao actually prepared a meal and waited for them.

They let Wu Houye take the first step because they were worried that the robbers would repent, and they also wanted him to come to eat first, but they didn't expect that when they came to pick them up, they would still have their meals.

"Miss Biao, thank you for your hard work."

The head of the guard is a man in his early thirties. He has worked as a guard in the Wu family for more than ten years, and Wen Bao has known him since he was young.

Although the original owner didn't have a deep impression of this person in his memory, when this person stood in front of him, Wen Bao recognized him immediately.

"It's not hard work. You have paid so much for my cousin and the Wu family. I just cook a meal for you. It's not hard work."

Although Wen Bao is not the young lady of the Wu family, Wu Houye is very kind to Wen Bao. Every time he goes out, he brings things for Wen Bao, and this time Wu Houye goes out because of Wen Bao's business.

Wen Bao felt that she would spend a lot of time bothering Wu Houye in the future, so she must be polite to the people who followed Wu Houye.

Wen Bao's attitude made the Wu family's guards very considerate. Although the food Wen Bao prepared was not expensive, they still remembered the hot meal.

Because of the sudden arrival of such a group of people in the village, the people of Songjia Village were also surprised and worried. After knowing that they were from Wen Bao's cousin Wu's family, many people in the village brought food.

Now that winter has entered, the conditions of every household in Songjia Village are not very good, but they all remember that this year's autumn harvest is due to the Wu family, so they have earned more money.

Not to mention anything else, but this family can cut two catties of meat, and that family can still do it with a wild pheasant or hare.

I really didn't have any, and I also brought a lot of dried mountain mushrooms or dried vegetables at home.

This group of guards didn't close their eyes for almost three days. Even Wu Houye just fell asleep for a while when the guards were all around these few days. Now the group of people are already exhausted.

After eating a late breakfast, Song Dalang went to the villagers, and each family arranged two or three guards to let them sleep for a while.

The people of Songjia Village naturally had no objection to this, not only led them back, but also boiled hot water to scald their feet.

After everyone had gone out, looking at the sweet Wu Houye sleeping on his big bed, Wen Bao went out of the cave and called Aunt Wei and Aunt Ma to stop.

"The people in the village brought a lot of food. I asked my cousin just now, and they all said that we are going back to the town today. We will start cooking later. Aunt Wei's house has two stoves. I will ask Dalang to give the flour to me later. Send it to your house, see if you can steam as many steamed buns as possible."

As soon as Wen Bao asked for help, or steamed buns, Aunt Wei immediately agreed.

Her family has a large population, and with the help of Shitou and Yanzi, it will definitely work.

Seeing that Aunt Wei came down, Wen Baocai looked at Aunt Ma and said, "Aunt Ma is helping me at home. Da Lang and Liquan have gone to the village to borrow bowls and chopsticks. I think they are only half full from their morning meal. I miscalculated their appetite, let’s cook more dishes for lunch today, so that they can go to town when they are full.”

"Okay, Dalang's daughter-in-law, you arrange it."

Aunt Ma is a neat person, she helps Wen Bao, and Wen Bao is in charge of cooking. Since Wen Bao's house has only one stove, Wen Bao doesn't cook many dishes.

There were a lot of radishes and cabbage in the house, Wen Bao and Aunt Ma cut two big pots of shredded radishes, Wen Bao killed the water with salt, then squeezed them dry and mixed a big pot of cold vegetables with sweet and sour.

Two pots of cabbage were also cut, and a large bowl of shredded pork was marinated with egg white. Wen Bao was going to fry the shredded pork with cabbage.

The remaining wild pheasant and mountain mushrooms are stewed in a clay pot of soup, the hare is braised in soy sauce, and the pork is braised in soy sauce.

It was two hours after the guards of the Wu family woke up, and noon had passed, before Song Dalang called them from door to door to eat.

Four tables were set up in the yard of Song Dalang's house, which filled the yard of Song Dalang's house.

Although they only slept for two hours, the group of guards also rested for a while, and their current physical strength was enough for them to last until the town before resting.

During the meal, Song Dalang also called several old people in Songjia Village, and Song Wei was also called. When they heard what happened to the Wu family, their first reaction was anger, and the next moment, they became worried.

"The robber's territory is not far from our village."

In the end, it was an old man from Songjia Village who came to such a conclusion. The moment he opened his mouth, the whole yard fell silent.

Wen Bao had been busy all morning, and because of menstruation, he was already too tired to talk, but when he heard what this man said, he couldn't help but speak.

"Yes, my cousin and the others were released last night, and they arrived at the border of Songjia Village in the middle of the night. It can be seen that this group of people is not far from our village."

This was what Wen Bao was most worried about.

Hearing Wen Bao's words, the head of the Wu family's guards also spoke, "There are many mountains here in Song's family village, stretching out for hundreds of miles."

The head of the Wu family's guards didn't say anything. When they go back this time, the Wu family will definitely send a message to the court, telling the court that this group of people exists.

If not, they will meet once every time they walk in the future, and they will be quite frightened.

It's just that he has been traveling for many years, and he naturally noticed a situation, that is, this group of robbers, which is too strange.

(End of this chapter)