Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Yue Niang seemed to have lost her strength and sat on a chair with the help of A Luo.

There were still a few spots of blood on his pale face, his eyes were red, and he forced a smile at Du Wenxiu:

"This is not my blood."

Du Wenxiu's eyes were wet for a moment. Yue Niang was afraid of scaring her and still refused to tell her the truth.

"Oh, I knew you were going to do this. I really don't have the strength anymore, so I'd better ask the young master to tell you the situation."

Yue Niang smiled weakly and said, her arm resting on A'luo's hand feeling limp.

"Hey, Aluo, I was so scared that I vomited everything I ate. Now I'm really hungry—"

Before she could finish, A Luo hurriedly agreed, looked at Chi Linghua again, and turned to go to the kitchen to cook.

Chi Linghua found a chair and sat down, then he smiled bitterly and clasped his fists towards Du Wenxiu to apologize.

"I was indeed not thoughtful this time. I originally thought of bringing fewer people. Who knows, those defeated soldiers might see that we have fewer people and attack us, and take advantage of the situation to defeat us."

"How could they have ambushed us on our way back when the weather was calm? It was my carelessness that caused Madam An to suffer such a great fright."

As he spoke, he glanced at Yue Niang again, then bowed slightly to her while sitting on the chair.

Du Wenxiu felt a little unhappy.

It would be fine if Chi Linghua was willing to be the bait, but putting Yue Niang in danger like this is really too frivolous.

Inevitably, a look of annoyance appeared on his face.

Yue Niang looked at him, struggling to smile:

"If it weren't for the young master bringing these men and horses, I'm afraid the people who traveled with us would have been killed and captured by the defeated soldiers. We might never see each other again."

Du Wenxiu then realized that he had gotten into a dead end because he cared too much about Yue Niang, and felt a little ashamed.

"The defeated soldiers have been causing chaos these days, and the people of Dongxing have suffered a lot. I don't know where the young master encountered the defeated soldiers and bandits. We should immediately inform the county magistrate and send people to arrest them."

Chi Linghua chuckled and said, "Madam Du, don't worry. I don't know where the other defeated soldiers and bandits are. We have captured those we could capture and killed those we could kill today."

He looked at Yue Niang with some admiration: "Even Madam An killed a thief with her own hands. She is truly a heroine."

Du Wenxiu looked at Yue Niang in surprise, but saw that she had blushed, lowered her head, and said softly:

"If the young master hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid the knife in my hand would have been taken away by the thief, and I wouldn't have been able to stab him."

Just by hearing it, one can tell the danger. Du Wenxiu said with a smile, "I didn't expect our Yue Niang to be so brave. Today I have really broadened my horizons."

Yue Niang looked up and glanced at her, then said with a smile, "You are always teasing me. If I hadn't fought back, I would have been kidnapped by him. I was just trying to protect myself."

Then he looked at Chi Linghua and said in a crisp voice, "Master Chi is a man of both civil and military talents. He can not only settle accounts, but also pick up a knife and kill the bandits. He is so powerful."

Chi Linghua chuckled, and the area behind his ears turned red.

A Luo simply made a few dishes and quickly served them on the table.

"Good A'Luo, you really understand me. I'm starving right now. If you take half a day to prepare the delicacies, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat them even if you serve them to me."

Yue Niang was muttering to herself while her hands were working non-stop. She took the meal handed over by A Luo and went to the table without even letting the people sitting there to wait.

Chi Linghua declined several times and sat down at the table. Du Wenxiu and others just sat beside them with empty bowls and watched the two of them eat.

Chi Linghua was quite polite, but Yue Niang was like a starving ghost, wolfing down the food without caring about her image at all.

Du Wenxiu looked at her with pity and did not think she was being rude.

"If the bandit problem has not been eliminated, you should not go to the countryside alone. Just manage the workshops in the city." Du Wenxiu said.

Yue Niang didn't even raise her head. After a long while, she managed to swallow the food in her mouth, stretching her neck as if she was choked.

"I've told Madam An that next time we'll just prepare a list and give it to Madam Chi to make. We'll agree on a delivery date, and then we'll bring it back."

Chi Linghua handed a bowl of soup to Yue Niang to calm her down, and responded to Du Wenxiu's words on her behalf.

Du Wenxiu was only worried about Yue Niang's situation at the moment and didn't notice such details.

When I thought about it later, I realized something was wrong.

But at that time, Yue Niang said she refused to admit it and let her get away with it.

"In this world, anyone who goes out is in fear, and there are many police officers patrolling the road. But those bandits and defeated soldiers are actually exploring the way."

"When they saw that the officers were numerous, they quietly retreated. When the officers went to another place, they jumped out again to disturb the people. It was really hard to guard against them."

Yue Niang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she was finally alive, and then she spoke properly.

"Mrs. Chi has many brothers in her family, and now it's almost the New Year, so they have nothing to do. Even if the money is less, they are willing to help out of kinship."

"In other places, if the village head is well-known and organizes the young and strong people in the village to patrol, it would be better. The village is so scattered that it is hard to say whether it will be attacked by bandits several times."

Yue Niang couldn't help feeling sad as she spoke.

The same situation happened to Tonghua's family. She lived in the Qiu family without knowing what was going on, and her relatives who worked in the workshop were fired by Madam Chi because of her.

The whole family lived in a dilapidated house. Even though they were so poor, they were robbed several times by bandits, and the only two chickens in the house were also taken away.

The parents brought their younger brother to Tonghua for help, and Tonghua went to beg Qiu Yong to take them in for the sake of the child in her belly.

In the Qiu family, he was treated like a servant. It was said that Qiu Yong's mother felt that her family was burdened with too much and kept complaining to the villagers.

But this time no one wanted to listen to her story. They just said that she was being unscrupulous and had ruined such a good daughter-in-law.

How could Qiu Yong's mother bear to hear such words? She had so many quarrels with others that in the end, no one even came to visit her house.

Qiu Yong said he wanted to go hunting in the mountains and made several appointments with people, but they all said that it was too cold and they wouldn't be able to catch anything, or that the defeated soldiers were disturbing the people and they would feel more at ease only if they stayed at home to guard the place.

He couldn't find any companions, so he didn't dare go up the mountain alone and had to stay at home.

Fortunately, Yue Niang only took her own dowry and left the money they earned together for him, which was enough to get by for some time.

But these days are not as promising as before.

Yue Niang left, taking Qiu Yong's energy and spirit with her.

But who can be blamed for this? It's just a sip or a bite, it's all destined by fate.

"I heard that the county magistrate has already found out where the defeated soldiers are staying. In less than half a month, they will be captured in one fell swoop. Then everything will be fine."

Chi Linghua ate his meal politely and said this slowly.

"Is it true?" Yue Niang asked happily.

He smiled slightly, nodded gently, and said in a gentle voice: "I have an acquaintance who works for the county lord. I heard him say it a few days ago. It should be true."

Yue Niang then smiled. All her relatives were in the countryside, and if the bandit problem was not solved, it would inevitably become more and more rampant.

It’s okay now that there’s no farming season, but during the busy farming season, how can we organize people to patrol?