The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

In the evening, Chen Susu and Zhou Niangzi came to Xia Mianwan's house carrying a lot of mountain products they had picked up today.

"Mianwan, how were the results today?" Madam Zhou asked curiously.

Xia Mianwan smiled and said, "Not bad, we caught a lot of fish!"

Chen Susu said: "Sister Xia, we also dug up a lot of wild vegetables. Today we also found wild yam! But this wild yam is very difficult to dig. I broke several of them!"

Xia Mianwan said: "It's okay, everything has a process!"

"When do we start the warm-house dinner tomorrow?" asked Mrs. Chen.

"After Xiaowu and Brother Zhou come back, we'll ask about the situation and then decide. However, it gets dark early in the valley. If we want to start, I think we should start in the afternoon. But we have to get ready after we wake up." Xia Mianwan said as he thought.

Madam Zhou nodded, and looking at the gradually darkening sky, she couldn't help but feel a little worried, "Chengze and Xiaowu haven't come back yet, are they safe?"

Xia Mianwan comforted her, "It's okay, Sister Zhou. Xiaowu's martial arts are already impressive. He is very familiar with this road in the mountains. He brought Xiaohu with him today. He will be fine."

Madam Zhou nodded, said no more, and continued picking up the dishes.

"Don't go back to eat today. I'll make some noodles for us to eat together, so we don't have to call for help when Xiaowu and Brother Zhou come back." Xia Mianwan said as he went to the stove to light a fire and prepare the noodles.

"Alright."

A considerable amount of time passed and it was already completely dark. Xia Mianwan looked at the sky outside and began to wonder if something had really happened, otherwise why had Xiaowu not come back yet.

"Mom, we are back!"

At this time, Zhou Chengze's voice was heard outside. It turned out that Zhou Chengze and Xiaowu went to Zhou's house together, and when they saw that no one was home, they saw that the lights were on at Xia's house, so they thought that everyone must be at Xia's house, so they came over together.

When Madam Zhou heard the voices of Zhou Chengze and Xiaowu, her heart was instantly relieved. "Why did you come back so late? I was worried..."

Zhou Chengze didn't say anything. He looked at Xiao Wu and said, "In just a few days, I didn't expect that Yanzhou City would be in chaos..."

Seeing that Zhou Chengze and Xiaowu both looked unhappy, Xia Mianwan poured each of them a cup of lemon tea that she had made at noon.

"Drink some water first and relax. I'll go prepare you food. After you finish eating, we'll talk slowly." Xia Mianwan said as she went to the kitchen to prepare food for the two of them.

The topping dish is shredded pork with dried tofu. First, stir-fry the shredded pork. After the oil comes out, add the dried tofu and snow vegetables. Stir-fry a few times and then add soy sauce.

A sizzling sound came from the kitchen, and Zhou Chengze and Xiaowu's hearts calmed down instantly.

They saw so much throughout the day, and although they had already prepared themselves to face it, when it all actually happened, Xiaowu and Zhou Chengze still found it hard to accept.

After a while, the aroma of noodles wafted, and it turned out that Xia Mianwan had come out with a bowl of noodles.

"There's another bowl in there, go get it."

"Okay!" Zhou Chengze stood up and went to the kitchen to serve the noodles.

After the two of them finished eating, Xia Mianwan made tea for everyone and said, "You can talk now."

Zhou Chengze sighed and said, "When Xiaowu, Xiaohu and I left the mountain, we felt something was wrong. The village on the mountainside was quiet. We walked around for a while before we met an old man. We gave the old man a small bag of dried meat, and the old man told us that the village next door was massacred the day before yesterday. After the people in their village got the news, some fled to the north, and some who had relatives in Yanzhou City went to Yanzhou City. Because their family had no connections in Yanzhou City, they had to flee to the north. The old and the young in the family might have been robbed before they reached the north, so they hid in the cellar of their home. When we went there, we happened to see the old man sneaking out to pack his things."

"The village has been massacred, how can the city be okay? Why are we still running to the city?" Xia Mianwan said hesitantly.

Xiao Wu took over the conversation, "That's true, but the villagers always felt that there were soldiers in the city. Later we took the mountain road to the city, but the city was under martial law and no refugees from outside were allowed to enter."

"It hasn't been long since we came out, and the situation has already developed to this point?" Xia Mianwan didn't expect the situation to change so quickly.

"The siege will probably happen in the next few days. We inquired and found out that the attackers are Huanglin Army."

Huang Linjun...

Xia Mianwan's face turned ugly.

The leader of the Huanglin Army was a traitor of the Salt Gang. He was dissatisfied and founded the Huanglin Army. At first, the scale of the Huanglin Army was not big enough. It was just a group of mountain bandits and water bandits. They could only fight guerrilla warfare and occasionally rob. Later, the capital city was in turmoil, and the people of all walks of life were unsettled. The Huanglin Army even merged with some gangs. Afterwards, the Huanglin Army relied on its wildness to defeat several small forces around it.

As its reputation grew, it attracted many refugees who came to seek refuge.

Huang Lin was a beggar when he was young, and later joined the Salt Gang as a thug, and finally defected and became a bandit. His life was full of twists and turns. However, Huang Lin was illiterate and did not understand history.

After building up his power, he would kill all the men who could not be used by him. He would not take care of the elderly and children, but would directly drag them to the front of the battlefield and kill them. Not to mention the fate of the women...

Therefore, the Huang Linjun is a truly inhumane gang of thieves...

But in this chaotic world, such a gang actually defeated the regular army and captured the city.

Yanzhou is rich, and the Huanglin Army has obviously regarded Yanzhou City as a granary, and is determined to take it down. After taking it down, it is hard to imagine what kind of disaster the people of Yanzhou City will experience.

"Under this situation, you guys shouldn't go out for the time being. The food we have prepared is quite sufficient, so you must not go out again." Xia Mianwan said.

"Well, we won't go out. Looking at the situation, once the city is breached, the Huanglin Army will surely massacre the entire city." Xiao Wu said seriously.

"Even if the Huanglin Army can capture the city, it won't last long. Yanzhou City will surely usher in a new era. We won't go down until then." Xia Mianwan said.

"Why did Sister Xia say that?" Zhou Chengze asked.

Xia Mianwan sighed and said, "It is easy to share suffering, but difficult to share wealth. If an army does not have strict discipline, it will sooner or later fall apart. When people are dissatisfied, someone will overthrow it."

Zhou Chengze nodded and said, "Indeed."

Xia Mianwan said: "Human nature is the most realistic, let's wait and see. However, you must not slack off in taking the children to study and practice martial arts."

"Okay!" Xiaowu replied.

Without Xia Mianwan, there would be no Xiaowu today. No matter what Xia Mianwan says, Xiaowu will be happy.

"Let's not talk about these heavy things. Since the situation has happened as we speculated, we should live a good life in the mountains. How about we set the warm-up dinner in the afternoon tomorrow?"

"Okay, Xiaohu and I will go check tomorrow morning to see if there is any prey in the trap. If there is, we will send it over as a snack."

"it is good!"