C455 Crisis

Liu Zhihao looked at the three of them, and realised that his fourth brother's words were true. These three bugs were extremely understanding of human nature, and if not for his timely words, Liu Zhihao had no doubt that these three would have kept their eyes on him. If he had dared to make such small movements that hurt them, they would have definitely attacked him.

In his entire life, he had never seen a big bug that was so familiar with human nature. No wonder they would protect their master so many times.

He cleared his throat and clapped, "Xiaoxiao, do you want to fly with Uncle Uncle?" It was not easy for him to meet Xiaoxiao again. How could he not hug her?

Hearing Liu Zhihao's shouts, she raised his head and looked at him. He grinned and opened his small hands to him.

She loved flying.

Liu Zhihao sent a proud look towards the three of them, walked up and hugged Xiaoxiao, kissing her on the cheek, and said that he would take her to play.

Ah Huang's family of three rolled their eyes at the same time, disdainful to argue with Liu Zhihao. They turned around and faced him with their buttocks.

Liu Zhihao: "..."

Seeing this, Liu Zhimo could not help but laugh out loud. Tiger and the others were too cute, they should have treated Big Bro like this, letting him know that they were not to be trifled with.

Seeing her father laughing, Xiaoxiao also chuckled.

Liu Zhihao helplessly tapped his little nose and gently said, "Even you, a little rascal, is teasing Uncle Uncle."

This time, she laughed even louder.

Looking at her innocent smile, Liu Zhihao laughed as well. He turned his legs around, carried her and flew away.

A small, joyous laugh came from afar. Liu Zhimo shrugged helplessly and walked back slowly.

His precious daughter had her own playthings, so she didn't need his father to play with.

Just thinking about it made his heart ache.

It just so happened that he was too old for Qing Shui to practice Qing Gong, so he couldn't bring her flying back and forth.

Sigh...

Liu Zhimo returned to the courtyard in low spirits. Seeing that Li Qingling was reading, he hugged her from behind and kissed her on the cheek. "Your wife is still the best." The wife belonged to him alone.

Li Qingling turned his face slightly to the side, glanced at him, and smiled as he asked, "Your daughter doesn't want to play with you anymore, is she going to play with Big Bro?" Every time his daughter abandoned him, he would come back depressed.

She was already used to it.

Liu Zhimo nodded his head pitifully, saying that his daughter no longer wanted him as her father, and had gone to play Fly with her big brother.

Li Qingling patted his head and comforted him.

With that, he turned back to his book.

"..."

His wife was becoming more and more perfunctory towards him. Liu Zhimo grinded his teeth, and gently bit her lips, once again turning her attention to him.

Li Qingling knew that if he did not comfort this man, she would not be able to read in peace.

She simply closed the book and turned around, holding his face in her hands as she looked at him. What was he trying to do?

Liu Zhimo shook Li Qingling's body, saying that he did not want to do anything!

Just wanted her to comfort him.

Sighing slightly, Li Qingling kissed his lips, and told him some nice words.

Hearing this, he grinned and then stopped.

"Isn't your mood a little better?" "Hmm?"

Liu Zhimo wiped the smile off his face, cleared his throat and said, "Not bad."

He wanted to hear more.

Unfortunately, Li Qingling was not as pleased as he was. He turned around and opened the book, wanting to continue reading.

This man was getting more and more out of hand. She wasn't going to keep him company.

Her eyes glanced at Li Qingling again, and Liu Zhimo's eyes flashed, and quickly kissed her ear, causing Li Qingling to hide himself. He turned his head and wanted to ask her what she wanted to do, but before he could say anything, his mouth was covered.

He clasped the back of her head and kissed her so hard she could hardly breathe.

He let go of her and gently stroked her cheek. Then he looked at the door that was still open and said, Wait a moment for me.

He quickly closed the door and ran back to pick her up before striding towards the bed.

When Liu Zhihao returned, carrying the tired Little White in his arms, he was stopped by Xi Chun, who told him that the Lord had matters with the Madam and wanted him to pass Little White to her.

"They have..." Before he even finished speaking, with the tip of his ear, he heard the sound coming from the room. Liu Zhihao coughed uncomfortably as he cursed Fourth Brother in his heart.

"Will you take care of Xiaoxiao?"

Xi Chun nodded her head and said that when Master and Madam had matters to attend to, she was the one taking care of Xiaolian.

Hearing this, Liu Zhihao reassured him and handed over the nearly passed out Little White in his arms to Xi Chun, instructing him to take good care of Little White. Only after hearing Xi Chun's response did she quickly leave.

Liu Zhimo didn't know that his big brother had come to visit. On the morning of the next day, when he sent him off, he felt wave after wave of strange gazes from his big brother.

He was wondering why his brother was looking at him like that.

Until Eldest Brother patted his shoulder and told him to pay attention to his body.

Only then did he realize that his big brother probably knew …

He coughed, blushing a little. Before he could say anything, his big brother had already mounted his horse and was galloping away.

No need to explain.

In any case, after his big brother got married, he would understand.

… ….

Time flew and in the blink of an eye, winter arrived. Ninghua County looked over and saw that all of them were dressed in silver.

Liu Zhimo pushed open the door and took a deep breath. Looking at the continuously falling snow, he worriedly frowned.

How many people would be displaced this winter?

Fortunately, before the start of winter, he had made a trip to each of the villages and had the villagers repair their houses. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to withstand the blizzard.

"I wonder how long this snow will last?" Wearing his clothes, Li Qingling looked at the heavy snow and sighed softly, "Husband, remember to remind the people that they must close the windows and doors at night, in case the hungry wolves go down and hurt them." Last night, he had heard the howls of the wolves.

Most importantly, the sound was getting closer and closer. It was possible to go down the mountain at any time.

"I know." Liu Zhimo turned around and looked at her, and when he saw how she was wrapped into a ball, he chuckled lightly, "Go back and sleep, don't go out when you have nothing to do, the road is too hard to walk on."

The snow on the road had been swept clean and a thick layer of snow covered the ground. If one was not careful, it was easy for one to fall and fall.

Li Qingling acknowledged, and helped to straighten his scarf, so that he would be safe.

Liu Zhimo nodded, kissed her once, and turned to go to the yamen.

On the way, he heard the people discussing that the hungry wolves were coming down the mountain again.

Every winter, the hungry wolves would come down the mountain to look for food.

When he heard these words, he took the opportunity to remind the people to close their doors and windows at night, and to wake up from his sleep so that they wouldn't starve and enter the house.

"My lord, is there no way to cure them?"

"I will send the manor's guards to set up a trap at the foot of the mountain. I will also have them guard it. Once a hungry wolf descends the mountain, everyone will be alerted in time." Liu Zhimo looked around at his commoners and then said, "Whoever wants to learn archery can come to the yamen to register, I'll get someone to teach you." He felt that it was better to rely on others than himself.

There weren't enough guards in the mansion, so it was impossible to cover all of them.

As soon as he said this, the people said in unison that they wanted to learn.

Once they learned the art of archery, they would no longer be afraid of the hungry wolves. They would also have the ability to protect themselves.

In the past, they would always be afraid of hungry wolves descending from the mountain, and every time they did, their families would suffer huge losses. However, they had no choice but to watch them harm their families, making their already impoverished life even worse.

Now that the Ninghua County was with them, who cared for them wholeheartedly, they were no longer afraid and dared to fight with the hungry wolves.

Seeing that the citizens were so enthusiastic, Liu Zhimo nodded his head in gratitude and called for them to follow him to the yamen to register for the archery training.

This was the idea he came up with with with his master last night. If he wanted the hungry wolves to retreat, he would need the hearts of the citizens to act together.

The yamen's strength alone was not enough.

Liu Zhimo turned around and looked at the group of commoners behind him. He explained his plan to them in a serious tone and asked them what they think.

When the commoners heard this, they all nodded in agreement.

They could do that with the guards of the County Magistrate.

"Alright, when you're done with your archery, I will make the arrangements. Don't worry, I won't let your lives be in danger."

"We believe in you, Lord."

"Yes, Lord, I trust you."

"I will definitely listen to you, milord."

It was all thanks to the adults that they had been able to live their lives today.

Seeing how the citizens trusted him, Liu Zhimo was moved and became even more determined to let them live a better life.

Before he left the Ninghua County, he had to get them out of poverty.

Clenching his fists tightly, Liu Zhimo heaved a heavy sigh of relief, as his face revealed a confident smile.

When he went to the yamen, Magistrate Ma saw that Liu Zhimo was followed by a large group of commoners, giving him a big fright. He asked Liu Zhimo in a small voice, what happened?

Liu Zhimo glanced at Magistrate Ma, and asked him if he slept too deeply last night.

Magistrate Ma scratched his head in embarrassment and said that he was sound asleep last night.

Liu Zhimo patted his shoulder, and teased him, "What did you do to make you sleep so heavily last night? A wolf's howl hasn't been heard for the whole night? " The county magistrate's mansion was near the Ningxia, and heard them very clearly.

If the hungry wolves came down the mountain, the prefectural magistrate's mansion would be the first to bear the brunt of it.

However, the walls of the county magistrate's mansion were high, so hungry wolves wouldn't be able to enter that easily.

As long as Tiger and the others guarded the back door well, the magistrate manor would be fine. Thus, he put more of his attention on the commoners.

Hearing that, Magistrate Ma's face changed as he stuttered, "Hungry Wolf …" The hungry wolves have appeared?

That's right, every year at this time, there was nothing to eat in the mountains anymore, so the hungry wolves would definitely go down the mountain to look for food.

Magistrate Ma took a deep breath and asked Liu Zhimo if he thought of a way to deal with the hungry wolves.

Otherwise, how could the adults not be nervous?