Chapter 50 The Horse Thief Attacks (Third Update)
“Aniang, do people in the city post this during the Chinese New Year?” Si Niang asked curiously.
Today the children all wore new red coats and they were full of joy.
Si Niang also has a red face, and her fleshy little face looks like two red apples against the red background, making people want to take a bite.
Qin Yao explained: "This is the word "Fu", and it should be pasted upside down, which means that blessing has arrived."
“I don't know if anyone in the city celebrates the New Year like this, but from now on, this is how our family will celebrate the New Year.”
The patriarch's son has been studying at the county academy for three years. This morning he set up a long table in his yard to write couplets for the villagers.
The villagers would bring two eggs or a bowl of rice, and the red paper prepared by themselves, and ask the patriarch's son to help write a couplet to seek good luck.
While picking, he said in a restrained voice: "Horse thieves have entered the village to steal things! Hide quickly!"
Qin Yao told them to vomit, and the two of them shook their heads with tears in their eyes, reluctant to waste food.
When the four children heard this, they were stunned into silence.
Moreover, the tofu has been cooked for a long time, and the flavor of the gravy has soaked in, making it delicious.
“Then, what can I do?” he asked, swallowing his saliva.
Qin Yao's eyes darkened and she put down her chopsticks.
Qin Yao nodded: "Eat."
“The horse thief is coming!” Fearing that she might not know, he shouted sharply.
At this moment, Liu Ji felt that the way she stood on the wall and calmly drew the bow was so beautiful.
As expected, Mr. He made tofu. In the morning, when Qin Yao asked Dalang Erlang to write couplets, he sent two kilograms of white flour to the old house as a New Year greeting to the two elders.
The frightened shouts of the villagers echoed throughout the village. The fence was low, and the horse thieves jumped in directly on horseback, searching the yard for anything valuable.
Liu Ji took a deep breath and stood by the door.
Qin Yao wanted to give soybeans, but they didn't want them either. Qin Yao had no choice but to give two copper plates to each other as money to make money, and watched the two brothers and sister run home happily.
They all said they were too impatient to eat hot tofu. Dalang and Erlang were so hot that they breathed out.
That's why they can't wait for the snow to melt, and as soon as the sky clears, they can't wait to go down the mountain to plunder.
When encountering such evil spirits, there is no guarantee that they will not kill anyone.
Qin Yao said softly: "I will call you if necessary. If you are afraid, you can take the knife on the sink."
There was still snow on the road, and the two of them fell several times along the way. It didn't hurt at all, and their cheerful laughter spread far away.
The children happily picked up the bowls and chopsticks. If they could pick them up, they picked them up by themselves. Those who couldn't pick up the dishes, Sanlang and Si Niang, one asked their father and the other asked their mother.
Liu Ji threw the lantern on the table in the main room and was about to find a place to hide. Only then did he realize that Qin Yao was not in the room. He hurriedly ran to her bedroom. Sure enough, Qin Yao was inside.
There is a fierce woman like Qin Yao at home, and no one in the village is safer than by her side.
Qin Yao frowned, watching the two horse thieves galloping towards his home on horseback. He took off his bow and arrow, took out the arrow from his back and put it on.
"Haha~" Qin Yao suddenly laughed at herself, there is no guarantee, she will definitely kill someone!
Those who are starving in the last days will find food everywhere they look.
Qin Yao saw that Liu Ji had locked the door of the house and arranged for the children to come towards her, so she asked him to bring the ladder and set it up to check the situation at the bottom of the mountain.
Qin Yao closed the courtyard door, pushed open the closed door of the main room and walked in. A charcoal fire was burning brightly, with an iron pot on top. In the pot was stewed meat, tofu and bean sprouts from Qin Yao's own hair. There is the last cabbage in the house.
With that said, he slung the bow and arrow over his shoulder, put the long knife on the sink, and went to the firewood pile to find a big log of firewood to block the front and rear doors.
Such a full pot of stew is steaming hot, and the room feels warm just by looking at it.
“It's time to eat!” Liu Ji shouted in the main room.
But this heaviness also gives people a sense of security.
Qin Yao had no choice but to get up and go to the kitchen to bring in a pot of cold water, so that she could take a sip of it to relieve her burnt mouth.
Qin Yao hummed, "Two people came to our house on horseback, with bows, arrows and knives in their hands."
The four children were already impatient. Seeing Qin Yao sitting down, Liu Ji asked expectantly: "Have you eaten?"
“You send the four children back to the house first, and I'll find something to hold the door open. Our house is in a remote location, so they may not come over.”
Liu Ji was stunned for a moment, but he immediately reacted. Seeing that she was not in a hurry, he felt much calmer. He drove the four frightened children back into the house and told them to close the doors and windows and stay away.
Liu Ji stood at the door, reading the couplets posted on both sides of the door over and over again, and snorted: "The writing is not much better than mine."
Qin Yao nodded.
The door was blocked tightly by Qin Yao, not even a crack was exposed. He couldn't see, he could only hear the chaotic sounds coming from the village, imagining all kinds of terrible scenes, scaring himself to death.
At noon, Jin Bao and Jin Hua brought a bowl of freshly baked tofu.
The woman screamed and the children cried helplessly in fright.
Early in the morning, Qin Yao asked Dalang Erlang to bring half a bowl of fine rice in exchange for a pair of couplets. Now they are pasted together with the word "Fu", and she hangs a pair of red lanterns she bought before under the eaves of the hall. The atmosphere is quite good.
Liu Ji's scalp felt numb and he quickly asked: "Can you do it?"
When the atmosphere was just right, an exclamation of "There is a horse thief!" suddenly came out.
Liu Ji responded and hurriedly looked for Qin Yao's knife. When he found it, he grabbed it immediately.
run?
He didn't even think about it!
“Are they coming for us?” Liu Ji stood under the ladder and asked in fear.
He hurriedly rushed out to check, and within half a minute he came back in a panic, put down the bowls and chopsticks, moved the stool to pick the two high-hanging red lanterns.
It is inevitable that some people want to resist, but the result is that the horse thief stabbed him in the face!
No one expected that the horse thieves would come at this time, thinking that the heavy snow would stop their movement.
She was talking about the children. When it was her turn, she was so hot that she breathed out, and the room was full of snickering sounds.
Unable to find it, two or three people broke open the door and went straight into the house. They grabbed the villagers' New Year's Eve dinner and stuffed it into their mouths. They threatened the owner with a knife and forced the owner to hand over the valuables.
Liu Ji didn't even have time to put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, and stood up nervously, "Why is there the sound of horse hooves?"
When she saw Liu Ji, she glanced at him first. She had already heard what he was yelling about. But now is not the time to get angry, so he calmly told him: "We don't have a cellar to hide in. We can only rely on this newly built wall for defense to prevent them from entering."
The terrain on her side is high and there is no obstruction in front of the door. At a glance, a large group of people can be seen rushing into the village with strange screams. They divide into four waves at the village well and rush in different directions.
She knew that this New Year's Eve dinner would not be enjoyable!
"what happens?"
However, thinking of the frozen zombie bodies that the village chief and others carried and buried this morning, it is not difficult to guess that the horse thieves must have reached the end of their rope at this time.
Qin Yao stuffed the money bag into her arms and quickly put on the convenient leather boots. She stuffed the dagger and slingshot on her waist and slung the quiver on her shoulder. She took out the long knife on the desk with one hand and picked up the long knife hanging on the wall with the other. With bows and arrows, he strode out.
Hands sank, the heavy sword specially made for Qin Yao could only be wielded by holding it with both hands.
The sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, and the sound became clearer and clearer. Finally, it stopped because of the slippery snow.
Liu Ji was so nervous that he forgot to breathe, and his face turned red from holding back. As Qin Yao murmured "We have entered the shooting range," his heart suddenly rose to his throat.
(End of this chapter)
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