At the beginning of the year of famine, the lucky girl of the farm family used cheats to support the

Fu Bao anxiously ran to everyone, checked them up and down, and finally found his voice: "I was scared to death..."

Li Huaiqing smoked his pipe and said helplessly, "We originally asked someone to repair the hole in the eaves, and they told us to come out and wait. Not long after we sat down, the house collapsed."

Zhang Ercui: "They must have moved the roof beams! Otherwise, the house I've lived in for more than ten years would have collapsed as soon as they came! They didn't even pay for the damages and ran away. How can this be justified! I'm going to call the police and have them all arrested!"

Zhao Xiuer held Fubao in her arms and said softly, "It's OK as long as he's okay."

The moment the house collapsed, it was like an earthquake, raising a thick layer of dust. Neighbors came out to help, and only returned home after seeing that the family was fine.

Fubao wiped his tears and said, "Grandma, did you bring the silver?"

Zhou Qiaoping nodded, raised the box in her arms and shook it, saying, "I'm watching it closely, don't worry."

As long as people are there and there is money, the rest will be easy.

Li Huaiqing: "Pack up the things that can be used, and let's live in the wooden house for a few days. It's a good opportunity to find someone to build a house."

Fubao: "No, Grandpa, we have to go."

The family was a little confused by her words: "What? Where are you going?"

Li Shuangrong said calmly: "Wang Li said that something might happen here. He even gave up the restaurant and has already left for Yuzhou..."

Zhou Qiaoping almost couldn't hold the money box, and her body swayed: "What!"

Li Huaiqing and Li Darong looked pale: "What do you mean? We have to leave now? What could possibly happen..."

Fubao: "It's a big deal! But we can't tell anyone, or else it gets out of hand and we won't be able to leave."

Li Huaiqing: "We have to figure out what happened. We have lived here for generations. Are we going to move away just because of a few unreasonable words? This is our root."

The old man was very stubborn and didn't want to believe these groundless stories. He insisted on hearing them clearly.

Fu Bao had a headache: "The house collapsed, and the only place we can go is the wooden house surrounded by wild wolves. Isn't it safer to leave now than to go to the wooden house?"

She also knew that it was normal for the old man to be unable to accept it for a while, but the situation was urgent. She couldn't sacrifice the lives of her entire family just to accommodate the old man's stubbornness.

When the situation became stalemate, Zhao Xiuer had already started to dig out useful things from the ruins, quilts, clothes, jewelry, cabinets, food... one by one she dug out from the soil.

Yisheng and Yiqiu followed Chongxi and Chongming, moving the things to the open space and piling them up.

Fubao hesitated for a while and took out the tent. The houses in the village were relatively far apart and the Li family's location was also relatively remote, so he took out the tent and placed it behind Liu Er's house so that it would not be easily seen.

When the giant stood up, everyone in the house was shocked, except for a few people who had seen it before. Then there was endless surprise and admiration.

"This is more spacious and brighter than my home..."

Fubao said to the old man, "Grandpa, let's think about it again. If it's true, it could be fatal."

The old man nodded in agreement.

Fubao also relaxed. It was only one day, just enough time to pack up his things and plan his route. He couldn't just run around like a headless fly.

The family lived in the tent, shielded from the slightly cool wind, and spent a quiet night.

In the middle of the night, Fubao was still awake. Listening to the even breathing beside her, she turned over and saw the sparks of a dry cigarette at the door of the tent. The old man was also awake. He was sitting at the door looking at the dark blue sky, wondering what he was thinking.

Fubao slowly got up, walked silently to the old man and sat down: "Grandpa..."

Li Huaiqing turned around and whispered, "Why aren't you sleeping yet? You kids won't grow taller if you don't sleep."

Fubao patted his chest and said, "Am I not growing fast enough?"

Li Huaiqing laughed and then fell silent again.

Fu Bao: "Grandpa, there are many people with knives and guns in Pingyang County recently, and they have started checking people at the gate of the county."

The old man said softly: "Your father told me. But he has been questioned before, and nothing happened. You are scaring yourself."

Fubao thought of the construction site where his father had worked, and said, "Originally, the yamen runners were watching them work, but now that my father and the others are back, Uncle Wang and the others who didn't pay the money also go home every now and then. There are only more people on the construction site, so where did those extra people come from?"

Seeing that the old man was silent, Fubao continued, "The yamen runners have also been replaced. Where did the original yamen runners go? The people checking at the gate all have accents from other places. The original soldiers are all gone. Where did the people who were supposed to guard the city gate go?"

Li Huaiqing was finally a little surprised: "What? Even the government officials got into trouble?"

Fubao: "Grandpa, whether you want to hear it or not, Pingyang County and even the entire Linzhou... are about to change."

And if Fubao continues to stay here, something bad will happen sooner or later: "Grandpa, someone asked my father today how I could grow so big at only one and a half years old... I also found that I grew up too fast. If I don't leave now, maybe one day, I will be caught as a monster and burned to death."

Before the old man could answer, there was a rustling sound outside the tent and the two of them held their breath instantly.

There were footsteps approaching the tent. Li Huaiqing lowered his voice and said, "Fubao, go wake up your father and your uncle." As he spoke, he raised the wooden stick that was against the curtain.

Fu Bao didn't dare to delay and rushed to wake them up. At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded outside the tent: "Mr. Li? Is that you?"

Li Huaiqing: “Who is it?”

A strong male voice sounded outside: "I'm Xiaoshui."

Fubao finally breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that Xiaoshui had returned.

Li Darong and Li Errong just heard his voice when they woke up. They jumped up and went to greet him: "Xiao Shui? Where did you go? You didn't even tell me when you left."

It is a cloudy day today, the moonlight is dim, and only dark silhouettes can be seen.

It was not until everyone in the family got up and turned on the lights that they saw Xiaoshui covered in blood.

Zhao Xiuer and Zhang Ercui were both shocked: "Ah!"

Xiao Shui took two steps back and said, "This is really an emergency. I'm sorry to bother you all."

Li Huaiqing: "What are you talking about? This is your home, there's no need to disturb you. Are you hurt? I'll go find a doctor to check you out." As he spoke, he went to put on more clothes.

Xiao Shui stepped forward to stop him and said, "It's just a minor injury, no need to find a doctor, this is all someone else's blood."

Zhou Qiaoping handed him a wet cloth and said, "Wipe it off. Your face looks messy."

Xiao Shui took the cloth and said as she wiped it: "When I came here, I saw that the house had collapsed. I was shocked and worried that something might happen to you. I searched for a long time before I found the...tent here."

Zhou Qiaoping kept talking about how the house collapsed after failing to repair it, and Zhang Ercui exaggerated the matter and scolded the people who were repairing the house.

Fubao just looked at Xiaoshui quietly and knew why he came.