The little Fubao in the deserted village made all the dignitaries in the court go crazy with envy

"Dashi Village is near the north of the mountain, and it happens to be the best village around. Those bandits must have visited the place before they took action." Lin Jiang pursed his lips and looked up at his family. "The people everywhere have not had a good time in the past two years. Last year, there was a drought in Dongzhou. This autumn, there was a flood in Xizhou. In the south, there were frequent border wars, and the local people were not at peace... I heard that many refugees became bandits in order to survive. The bandits entrenched in the north of the mountain may have come from other places. It is only five miles away from our Daxi Village. As long as the bandits are not caught, we have to be careful."

Lin Erhe nodded, agreeing with him. "Our place is a remote and poor place, far away from the wealthy city, but the bandits chose to occupy the territory here. I guess they must have committed crimes somewhere else and fled here. To put it bluntly, they are in the mountains and far away, so it is difficult to suppress them with the town government alone."

Having said this, Mrs. Lin and the other women also understood.

Not to mention whether the town government has enough people to suppress the bandits, even if there are, the bandits have places to hide.

The Shennv Mountain behind their house is the best hiding place.

The Shennv Mountains stretch for dozens of miles, with towering trees and dangerous forests everywhere. It is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack for officers and soldiers to catch the bandits hiding there.

In the end, it is the common people like them who suffer the most.

Our home is here, and even if we know that the bandits are lurking five miles away and may come to rob us at any time, where can we run?

Run to the mountains with all your belongings? Don't want your home anymore? Don't want to farm the land anymore?

In the depressed atmosphere, Lin Dashan forced a smile and spoke to comfort the women, "Things may not be the worst. Those mountain bandits may not continue to kill people when they commit crimes next time. We are a poor place. If they kill people every time they come down the mountain, who will they rob after they kill everyone? Besides, the current emperor is wise, I believe the court and the government will do something soon, and the village chief will also come up with a response plan to allow everyone to continue living."

"Brother, are bandits scary?" Bai Xiang asked while sucking his fingers, savoring the taste after having finished a small piece of cake.

The adults spoke in low voices, and the three little cats in the corner could only hear vaguely what they said.

But Bai was more perceptive than other kids and caught the words "bandit" and "murder".

Lin Huaisong had never seen a mountain bandit, but he had heard of them. He immediately boasted in front of his sister, "Of course mountain bandits are scary. I've heard of them in storytelling. They are bad and evil. They will rob people, set fire to people's houses, and even worse, they will kill people!"

Bai Xiang became even more curious, and put his little head close to his brother's eyes, "Scary than zombies?"

"…What are zombies?"

"They are ugly monsters." Bai Xiang saw that his two brothers really didn't know about zombies. He thought for a moment and explained to them seriously, "Some have no eyeballs, some have big holes in their stomachs, and some have only half a head... Oh, and they like to eat other people's brains."

Lin Huaisong and Lin Huaibai, "..."

They turned around and began to dry heave, almost vomiting the sugar biscuits they had just eaten.

Although they knew that what their sister said was definitely false, they couldn't help but think about it, and they easily felt disgusted when the scene came to their mind.

"Sister, you are so good at making up stories that you can even tell stories at the village entrance... Ugh!" Lin Huaibai wiped away the tears from his dry heaves and patted his chest to calm down. "Where in the world is there a monster like the one you described? How can you survive with only half a head?"

Bai Xiang pouted. She was not lying. She used to be locked in a glass house. Every day, the men in white coats would lock the hands and feet of strange-looking zombies and throw them next to her to scare her.

After getting the answers he wanted from his brothers, Bai Xiang quickly put the matter behind him.

As long as there are no zombies nearby, she is not afraid.

Because of the murder by the bandits, the Lin family felt heavy-hearted and the joyful atmosphere was gone.

The same thing happened in the village. After the news spread, the villagers were all in panic.

This atmosphere continued until the evening, when a villager came to deliver a message. The village chief summoned all the men in each household to discuss the matter and gathered at the village chief's house after dinner.

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long.

At night, after the women put their children to sleep, they sat together by the fire in the main room, waiting, feeling anxious.

No one spoke.

The living room was eerily quiet, with only the crackling sound of burning wood and lingering gray smoke.

Young children do not experience this kind of panic and anxiety and sleep soundly.

Baixiang slept especially soundly.

The nights here have no wounded soldiers groaning and crying in pain, no ugly zombies making strange noises, and no people in white coats who will suddenly appear and stick needles in her to draw blood.

Very reassuring.

Bai Xiang was so happy that he giggled in his dreams. In a daze, he heard the sound of the door opening and closing, followed by a whispered conversation in his ears.

"The little girl must have had a beautiful dream, she smiles so sweetly." The woman's voice was close to her ear, soft and gentle.

The man responded, his deep voice full of tenderness, "Yes, just hearing my daughter laugh like that makes me feel soft inside."

After a pause, the man continued, "Sulan, there is a reason why I didn't change the baby's name when I registered her. I guess the baby is not from our area, and I don't know why she ended up here. If a family loves the child, they would be heartbroken if the child is lost. If we keep the child's name, it will be easier for her family to find her... If no one comes to look for her, then the child is destined to be with us, and is destined to be our child. Will you blame me for doing this?"

"How could that be? I understand your thoughts, and even mother-in-law knows it. One should be open and honest in doing things, and have a clear conscience, so that one can feel at ease. It is because you are so upright that I will marry you. As for Bai Xiang... no matter how long or short the fate between her and us is, now she is a little kid with no one to rely on, and we are her support. No matter what, I will raise her as my own daughter."

There was no light in the room. A ray of moonlight filtered in through the narrow wooden window, filling the room with a grey and hazy atmosphere.

Lin Dashan leaned over, gently picked up his soundly sleeping daughter, moved her to the inside of the bed, and sat against the headboard with his wife.

He had just returned from the village chief's house and it was already the middle of the night.

However, the couple still had no sleepiness. What happened in Dashi Village weighed heavily on their minds, making it hard to breathe.

These ordinary people would usually end up fighting when they have conflicts with others, but have they ever seen anyone get killed?

The bandits killed six people in one robbery, and the murder happened right next to them, so close.

Just thinking about it makes my feet go cold.

Lin Dashan held his wife's hand and said, "The village has organized ten patrol teams. They will take turns patrolling and guarding the village starting tomorrow. When I'm not on duty, I'll go to the town to find work. I'll go out during the day and come back at night. When the snow on the mountain melts in the spring, I can go hunting in the mountains. I can always earn money to support my family. The government will definitely wipe out those bandits as soon as possible and bring peace to the people around."

Li Sulan hummed softly.

The night is deeper.

The occasional barking of dogs in the distance made the surroundings even quieter.

After lying down, Li Sulan turned sideways and gently took her sleeping daughter in her arms. After hugging the little girl, her heart, which had been suspended for most of the day, finally felt a little at ease.

She actually thought more about her daughter's origins.

When Bai Xiang fell into the yard, he was naked, with his exposed arms, lower back, and spine covered with small wounds like needle pricks and bruises that had not yet healed. It was obvious that he had been abused.

She had lived in a wealthy family before, and she had seen and understood more about the secrets of the rear quarters than anyone else in the family. Her stories were either from escape or from being abandoned.

In the future, if Bai Xiang’s relatives really come looking for her, she will never return Bai Xiang until she is sure that those people truly love the child!

Hearing the shallow breathing coming from her arms, Li Sulan's nose felt sore. She kissed her daughter on the top of her head and hugged her tighter.

Bai Xiang's eyelids twitched, "Dad, Mom... hehehe!"

She was dreaming again.

The huge security base and the cold glass house of the research institute.

The room was filled with corpses in white coats and zombies that no longer made any noises.

She pushed open the door of the glass house, skipped out, touched the golden sunlight, and met her father and mother.

Baixiang is so happy.

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