Chapter 120： The world is in chaos

Chapter 120 The world is in chaos

The Li family all rushed to the entrance of the cave and opened the curtain.

Sure enough, not far away, Li Laosi and Liu Biaotou had come out of the forest with Liu Yang Jiayi.

The four men rolled like snowmen and pulled two sledges. The sledges were full of things, which showed that they had caught a big prey.

Village people in each cave are jumping down like dumplings.

The children were also shouting and clamoring to go down and watch the fun.

Jiaxi Jiaan even wanted to collapse the cave. Old Mrs. Li pulled them and slapped each of them with a hat before letting them go down.

Jiayin was also extremely anxious, stretching out her little hands and shouting, "I want milk, too, I want it too!"

Orange Mrs. Li hurriedly looked for the bamboo pole on her back. By the time her grandfather and grandson went down, the villagers had already surrounded the sledge on three levels inside and three outside.

"I'm finally back. If you don't come back, I will lead people to look for you."

“I have already gone, but when I met Mr. Wen and the others, I came back.”

“Who is Mr. Wen? Is there a stranger in the village?”

“Yes, they are here. Doctor Zhang knows them and they are not bad people.”

“Fourth brother, have you dug out the wild boar’s nest? You actually killed three of them, and they’re still so fat!”

The villagers seemed to be celebrating the New Year, and it was as lively as a boiling soup pot.

They were chatting with Li Laosi, saying something to you and me, making everyone confused.

But Li Laosi, Liu Biaotou and others also quickly understood the changes in the family.

Seeing Mrs. Li carrying the child forward, Mr. Li stepped forward to salute his mother, kissed his daughter again, and said with a smile, "Mom, we killed three wild boars, which is enough to last the whole winter."

"It's good to come back. The things are not important. We promised to be there in four or five days, but you have been gone for almost ten days! The whole family is worried about not eating well or sleeping well. Don't go out next time."

Old Mrs. Li complained about her son, and she even forgot to squeeze her son's arms and legs for fear that he would get hurt.

At the end, I talked about family justice again and looked up and down again.

Jiayi was beaming with pride and showed off to his grandma.

“Grandma, I tripped over a wild boar and wiped my neck. The master even praised me!”

“Silly boy, it’s too dangerous. You can’t do this again. Go warm yourself up quickly and ask your fourth aunt to prepare delicious food for you tonight.”

“Hey!” Jiayi also kissed his sister and ran to find hot water to drink.

Everything is good on the road. If you are hungry, you can roast chicken and rabbit, but drinking water is not easy.

Soon, everyone helped to unload everything from the sledge.

Twelve pheasants, seven or eight rabbits, a robe, and three wild boars. The harvest was really rich.

The village chief puffed out two pipes and pots and looked at Li Laosi and Liu Biaotou.

"There are guests in the village and they are sick. The third and fourth daughters-in-law are helping to take care of them. Some of the pheasants are left to make soup for the patients. The rabbit meat is tender and distributed to those who have babies at home. As for the wild boar, half of it is stewed in the evening. , let’s have some fun, each family will share the other half, and keep the other two for daily use. What do you think?”

"Okay, listen to uncle." Neither Liu Biaotou nor Li Laosi had any objections.

Everybody has been running for their lives together, and till now, we are a whole.

They killed these prey and brought them back with great hardships, but they could not eat them alone.

In this way, everyone took advantage of it, and they left most of it for their families, who were the best.

After that, when the villagers hunted prey, they naturally had a share.

Things were settled like this, and everyone in the village, young and old, dressed like balls, started busy with smiles.

Old people clear snow and expand the open space to make it easier to work.

Children followed in the trouble and were afraid but couldn't help but peek at the men killing pigs and skinning them. The women were busy fetching water and boiling water. The previously built stoves came in handy again. The iron pots from each house were unplugged and placed here, and they could quickly stew meat.

There was no place to look for cabbage and radishes at this time. Fortunately, we picked many wild vegetables while on the road and they were all thoroughly dried in the sun.

Soak it in water and wash it. It’s also good for stewing pork.

In just an hour, the mountain stream was filled with heat and fragrance.

Uncle Zhao was worried about wild animals coming, so he arranged for some young men to stand guard.

The young man was very happy to be entrusted with the important task. He walked around carrying a hatchet, holding his head high and chest high, looking extremely proud.

Mr. Wen and the four of them were in the cave, hearing the excitement below and feeling enthusiastic.

They had been in the mountains and forests for five or six days, but it was the first time they saw so many people, and they felt as if they had returned to the human world.

Mr. Wen asked, "Sister-in-law Qiong, has your fever gone away?"

Before the cold-faced Sister-in-law Qiong could respond, the beautiful woman with her eyes closed spoke.

“Brother, I’m fine, I’m not hot anymore. You go down and take a look, thank these people for me, and I will definitely repay you and these folks in the future... in the future.”

"Junior sister, don't say that." Mr. Wen also changed his title and lowered his voice to persuade, "The situation has come to this. You have to relax and take care of yourself."

Mrs. Cui shook her head, "Senior brother, I was too cowardly before, so I was bullied like this. I won't do it anymore. Don't try to persuade me, I know what I know. It's just that senior brother risked his life to turn around and rescue me, I..."

"No, junior sister, you and I don't have to be so polite. I'll go down first and take a look, you rest!" Mr. Wen seemed to be afraid of what she would say, so he quickly stopped talking, and then called to the attendant, "Wen Hai, come down together. "

The entourage quickly got off the vine ladder first, and then caught up at the bottom to prevent Mr. Wen from falling.

When the master and servant arrived at the open space, the villagers greeted them warmly.

“Mr. Wen is here, you can eat pork soon!”

Mr. Wen smiled and nodded his thanks. The village chief called him forward and introduced Li Laosi and Liu Biaotou to him.

"These are the two patron saints of our village. They went out to explore the road earlier and just came back."

Li Laosi just heard what his mother said and knew that his family wanted Mr. Wen to teach his nephew, so he was very polite and bowed first and then started talking to Mr. Wen.

They accidentally went a little off track this time and climbed three mountains. They didn't see any people. They were worried about home, so they hurried back.

I didn’t want my family to go out even once, but instead I waited for Mr. Wen and his party to arrive.

There was a bonfire in the hut, and someone brought earthenware bowls and poured hot water.

The villagers who had no work in hand gathered around to listen to what Li Laosi and Mr. Wen were talking about.

Mr. Wen also sighed when he thought of the chaos outside.

"It's completely chaotic outside. Half a month ago, the barbarians arrived in Kyoto and headed south. We were a little late when we came out of Kyoto and were almost overtaken by the barbarians. We had no choice but to enter the forest."

"How many cavalry do the barbarians have? Have all the people in Kyoto and along the way fled?" Liu Biaotou asked.

Mr. Wen's face turned even worse and he responded, "I don't know how many barbarians there are, but there are the sounds of horse hooves everywhere. It should be that the entire clan is attacking. Because the capital was moved too suddenly and there were many obstacles on the road, many people did not move south in time. Some of them were moved southward. The barbarians killed them and their blood flowed like rivers, and some of them were captured by the barbarians.”

He took a sip of hot water impatiently and couldn't help cursing, "Those wine sacks and rice sacks in the imperial court usually squeeze the people's fat and oil to support themselves. When they are needed to protect the people, they can run faster than anyone else."

The village chief looked unhappy when he heard this, and also cursed, "The emperor has run away, who can we count on?"

Everyone was scared, "Fortunately we left early and went directly into the mountains, otherwise we would have died at this time..."

“Originally I thought we were suffering enough, but I didn’t expect that compared to other places, it’s already pretty good.”

“What should we do when spring begins? We have to go out.”

(End of this chapter)