Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

He patted Chun Xing's head and asked her to come over and sit down. He also bowed to the head of the yamen runners and invited him to come over and sit down and talk.

Standing like this all the time is too eye-catching.

In the heavy rain, through the rain curtain, there was also a lot of sighs in the village at the foot of the mountain.

By the way, after Lin Xiaoyue and the other three left yesterday, with four people missing, everyone felt like something was missing when working, and felt empty inside.

I didn't eat well the whole day, and after finishing my work in the evening, I didn't have the mood to chat. I was only thinking about where the four of them had gone and what good or bad things had happened to them. I was full of worry as I sighed.

No one could have imagined that a thief would sneak in from outside the courtyard wall that night.

However, the thieves were not very lucky. They didn't step well on the first stop and fell into the pit, which immediately knocked them unconscious.

A few who did not fall into the pit were lucky enough to step on the horse spikes. They screamed in pain, holding their feet that were deeply embedded in the flesh by the horse spikes, and could not help but either hop on one foot or fall on their buttocks to the ground.

The people who were sleeping soundly in the house were awakened by the screams. They didn't even bother to put on their shoes. They picked up their weapons and rushed out aggressively.

As a result, when they arrived at the yard, everyone was stunned.

Wow, the place is a mess. I didn’t expect that after hiding out for so many days, they finally couldn’t hold back and a bunch of “big rats” suddenly sneaked in.

In addition to the one who fell into the pit and was not seen, there were three people lying on the ground with their bodies numb from being pierced by horse nails.

The three of them were covered in mud. It was probably because they lost their balance after stepping on the ground, and unfortunately got stabbed several more times when they fell. Then they rolled around in pain, and the more they rolled, the more stabbed they got…

There were two who jumped up instead of falling down after being stabbed, and ended up stepping on the clamps. The iron clamps were embedded in the flesh, and blood flowed out at the slightest movement. The damage caused was greater than that caused by horse nails, and it hurt to the bone.

Several pits were filled with "prey", lying in all directions, with people crying out in pain. I counted them and found that there were quite a few, more than a dozen in total.

Grandpa Lin lifted his collar and glanced at the "big rats" in the yard who were crying out in pain one after another, and his brows were frowned. If they hadn't dug a trap in advance and the third girl was not around, and these people sneaked in quietly, everyone would be in great trouble in their sleep.

Grandpa looked at the screaming "big rats" and asked the men to take their weapons and knock them out one by one, then tie them all up with hemp ropes. At dawn, they would all be dragged to the town government office in one go.

Everyone followed Grandpa Lin's instructions and started to move quickly, knocking people, tying people up, and when everything was done, they dragged everyone to the woodshed in the backyard and locked them up. Just in case, they even put a big general at the door.

After everything was done, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.

But I don’t know what happened. As if it was pre-arranged, when everyone was about to fall asleep, there was a "puff puff" sound from the yard over there, the sound of heavy objects falling into the pit, followed by several screams...

Everyone woke up again and rushed into the yard. Oh, there were four or five more people there this time.

Everyone was speechless.

What's wrong? Is this an appointment in advance?

It’s only an hour, is it that serious?

Why not come together? There's no need to decide in which order.

Everyone was very depressed, but they forced themselves to cheer up and rushed forward, "knocking", "tying" and "throwing". This time they didn't lock him up in the woodshed in the backyard, but threw him directly into the pit.

Anyway, the height is there, their hands and feet are tied, and their mouths are blocked, so I don’t believe these “big rats” can fly away.

They were so busy all night that they no longer cared about the four girls who had gone up the mountain. They took a short nap and waited until daybreak before asking the men in the family to report to the town and have the officials take the girls away.

Because they left home early, Grandpa Lin, Lin Baotian and Niu Tietou went to report to the police; Lin Xiaoshan and the hunter Lin Quanshui were responsible for delivering some of the distilled liquor to the inn in the town.

After two deliveries, they had settled half of the account. There were still twenty-five jars left, and they would have to wait for the four girls who went up the mountain to come back before they could deliver the next one.

It was a sunny day in the morning, but who would have thought that after the bailiffs took the thief away in the afternoon, the weather suddenly changed not long after.

It was raining and hail, and it was falling so fast and so heavily.

Everyone was caught off guard by the sudden hailstorm. Some hailstones were as big as a thumb, while others were as big as an egg. If they hit someone on the head, it would be very serious.

Grandpa Lin was concerned about the yamen runners who were coming to escort people, so he asked the men in his family to remove the handles from the two carts. He then had the men put on straw raincoats and hold up the cart boards to chase the runners, asking them to turn back and hide for a while until the hail stopped.

The men thought that the yamen runners were there to help them take the thieves away, so they couldn't let themselves be implicated. So, without saying anything, they put on their straw raincoats and hats, and together they lifted the cart and rushed into the mighty storm.

Fortunately, the yamen runners were escorting many people and walked slowly. In addition, they found that there was no place to hide after the rain and hail, so they also thought of returning to the village to take shelter temporarily.

Therefore, the two parties soon met on the road, and the yamen runners hid under two cart boards and hurried back to the village.

As for the more than twenty thieves, haha, sorry, we don’t have enough manpower to bring more carts, you have to figure out a way yourself.

...well, it's pretty cruel.

Think of a way. This is the outskirts of the city. There is nothing around. There is no village in front and no shop behind. Some of them are manors of wealthy families. Can you knock on the door and hide in someone's house?

As soon as people see the shackles on your hands and feet, they will slam the door in your face in a minute. Do you still want to hide in a place? You are just dreaming.

There was nothing they could do. After being hit by a few hailstones, their hands and feet were numb and swollen. The thieves looked at each other and could only quickly follow the yamen runners and run towards the "cannibal" farm.

However, the hail came with great force, but fortunately it only lasted for a while and then passed, leaving only the heavy rain.

But in just a short while, many tiles on the roof were broken, and water was leaking from several rooms.

Fortunately, the men in the family arrived quickly and brought the yamen runners and the thieves back, thus avoiding the most dangerous moment.

After the hail, everyone waited for a while to make sure that the sky would stop dropping cold eggs, then borrowed raincoats and hats from the Lin family, and quickly returned to the town with the reluctant thieves who had no rain gear to cover their heads.

Even though the hail had stopped, it was still windy and rainy outside. We only went out to see off the yamen runners, and when we came back our faces were wet and we couldn't open our eyes.

In the face of such extreme weather, everyone was in a state of disarray and helpless.