Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Fearing that she might hurt the child, Yu Qiutou turned around and avoided her.

The maid stepped forward holding an umbrella and blocked Aunt He's way.

"The bandits are coming, we need to take shelter in the old lady's courtyard."

"What are bandits?" Aunt He asked with her head tilted, looking confused.

Yu Qiutao rolled her eyes at the maid and scolded her, "Why are you talking so much to a lunatic? The snow is getting heavier and heavier. The young lady will be cold in the future. Why don't you leave now!"

The maid quickly pulled Aunt He aside, protected Yu Qiutou and the child, and hurried away.

As the two walked away, Aunt He could still hear the maid mumbling.

"After the Second Miss died, Aunt He became more and more crazy. Now she stuffs a pillow under her clothes and calls her the Second Miss all day long."

"Aunt He is also a poor person." Yu Qiutou sighed and hugged her sweet-smelling daughter tightly in her arms.

"..."

Aunt He tilted her head and listened foolishly for a while, letting the snow fall on her body and wet her hair without caring at all. She laughed heartlessly.

Aunt He seemed to be frozen by ice and snow. Her eyes moved after a while, and then she held her belly and followed the direction the two people left.

When they arrived at the old lady's yard, a nanny was standing outside the house. She smiled when she saw Yu Qiu and his servant.

"Just now the old lady asked the old servant why Aunt Tao came when she hadn't sent someone to call the young lady yet."

Don't hit a smiling person. Yu Qiutao said with a smile: "I met Aunt He on the way and was delayed for a while."

"Hey, is the little lady okay?" The nanny looked up and down at the child in Yu Qiutou's arms.

"It's okay, just a few words."

"It's cold outside, come inside and warm up."

The nanny lifted the curtain to let the master and servant into the house. When she was about to turn around, she saw Aunt He outside the courtyard gate, avoiding the two servants outside the courtyard and running towards the main house with disheveled hair.

"Quick, quick, stop her for me!"

As soon as the nanny finished speaking, Aunt He rushed over at an extremely fast speed, pushed the nanny aside, lifted the curtain and rushed into the room.

Everyone in the room was startled by Aunt He who suddenly broke in.

The old lady looked at her with a gloomy face, "What are you doing here, you who don't know the rules?"

"The bad guys are coming, Li'er is scared!"

Aunt He shrank back and didn't dare to look at the old lady's face. She patted her belly.

The nanny and two servants who came in later tried to pull her away, but Aunt He nimbly avoided them and ran into a corner of the room, sitting down with her hands on her knees.

"Don't chase me away, there are bad guys outside, Li'er will be scared!"

Thinking of the unjust death of Miss Yu, the old lady glanced at Aunt He with disdain, exhaled a breath, and waved to the nanny.

"Forget it, let her stay here."

The two servants retreated respectfully.

The room became quiet again, and the old lady looked at the wet nurse feeding her grandson egg custard with loving eyes.

Yu Qiutao was feeding her daughter with a spoon, and her eyes inadvertently glanced at Aunt He.

She raised her head, and her face hidden by her hair was smiling strangely. Yu Qiutou's heart tightened, and she quickly turned her back and stopped looking at her.

In the front yard, Yu Xunmei, wearing armor and holding a knife, led his men to resist round after round of attacks.

The Yu family occupies the largest area in the entire Nanzhou Prefecture. The courtyards in the prefecture are connected to each other and are filled with members of the Yu family.

What they had to guard against was the bandits' attack at the main gate. Before Yu Shida left, he left her a lot of weapons, equipment and personnel. Together with the young men of the clan, Yu Xunmei felt that they should be able to defend against the bandits' attack.

She sat in the reception room, watching the guards, servants, and clansmen standing on ladders, using thick wooden sticks to knock down the bandits who had climbed up the wall.

The people defending on the wall would often be hit and fall down by stones and swords thrown by the bandits outside.

There were many bandits outside, shouting and killing, but the people of Yu family were gradually looking tired.

After repelling a new round of attacks from the bandits, everyone got a short rest.

After dinner, it was completely dark.

Just as the police were preparing to rest, a shrill scream was heard from the backyard.

Then a guard came in a hurry to report, "Miss, the bandits broke through the backyard defense and climbed over the wall!"

The Yu family's backyard was guarded by Yu family members' human shields. Because there was an alley outside, the defense was relatively weak. Unexpectedly, the bandits took advantage of the opportunity in the end.

Yu Xunli stood up and looked at the deputy general left behind by Yu Shida. She knew nothing about leading troops in battle, and now all the personnel in the Yu Mansion were under his command.

"Deputy General, what do you think?"

"Don't worry, I'll leave everything to you."

Afterwards, the deputy general quickly deployed manpower and assigned two men. One team went to plug the gap to prevent more bandits from coming in, and the other team led by Yu Xunmei went to the backyard to rescue the women.

In the backyard, in Madam Yu’s house.

After being disturbed by the thrilling shouts and screams outside for a whole day, everyone fell into a deep sleep during the rare short period of peace.

Suddenly, a shrill scream tore through the quiet night.

Yu Qiutou was sleeping on a low couch in the outer room with her daughter in her arms. She quickly got up and wrapped the child in a blanket.

The child was awakened with hazy eyes, and heard the noise outside and whispered in fear: "Mom, I'm scared!"

"Don't be afraid, Juan'er. Your mother is here." Yu Qiutou kissed her on the forehead.

She picked up the child and didn't even bother to put on her shoes, she just wanted to find a place to hide.

Turning around, he saw disheveled Aunt He coming out from the corner. Her eyes were wide open, and the pillow tied under her clothes was gone. She held a dagger in her hand and moved slowly towards the inner room where the old lady was resting, like a walking corpse.

The wet nurse came out to check what was going on and ran into Aunt He.

Seeing the cold dagger in Aunt He's hand, the wet nurse screamed and turned around and ran to the inner room.

Aunt He chased after it like a beast that saw its prey.

Yu Qiutou was so scared that she quickly hugged her daughter and hid in a dark corner.

"Juan'er, be good and don't make any noise, okay?" she whispered in her daughter's ear.

Juaner nodded obediently.

Yu Qiutou hid in this corner and was able to see what was going on in the inner room.

Under the dim candlelight, Aunt He stabbed the wet nurse in the back like a madman. The wet nurse staggered forward and fell to the ground, uttering a scream.

Aunt He pulled out the knife with a numb expression.

The old lady, who had already been awakened, came out from behind the screen holding the nanny's hand and just saw this scene.

The old lady quickly let go of the nanny's hand and said, "Madame Cui, He is crazy. Hurry! Go and take Zheng'er away!"

Nanny Cui didn't care about the old lady. She ran to the other small bed and picked up Zheng'er, who was crying loudly because of the wet nurse's screams.

When she turned around, she saw that Aunt He had already thrown the old lady to the ground and was slashing at her with the dagger in her hand.

"Go to hell! All of you go to hell!" Aunt He kept her hands busy, muttering, "I'm going to make your Yu family be buried with Li'er!"

"Let your Yu family be extinct!"

"Hahaha! Li'er, did you see that? Auntie avenged you!"

Aunt He went completely crazy.