The young couple from the farm fights back

During the time that Jiang Li was in confinement, Aunt Hu almost always lived in the Zhou family's courtyard to take care of her. Zhao came over every day to help take care of the child. Dashuan and the second uncle also helped plow and irrigate their two acres of land, waiting to plant the rice seedlings.

The yam seeds have been cultivated in the sand and can be planted in the fields in two days.

Even the uncle often came to the Zhou family courtyard to accompany Jing'er and An'er, so as to prevent Jiang Li from being distracted during her confinement.

Except for the first few days after her birth, the little girl always liked to cry at night. Gradually, under Jiang Li's guidance, she adjusted her sleeping hours and finally had no more trouble sleeping at night.

Heng'er and Que'er were older and knew that their mother [aunt] had given them a younger sister, but they were not allowed to go in to see the younger sister because she was in the house. The elders said that they had to wait until their mother was out of confinement before they could bring the younger sister out for them to recognize her.

At noon that day, Aunt Hu asked Dashuan to go to town to buy two crucian carp to make soup for Jiang Li. Unexpectedly, Dashuan was gone for less than two quarters of an hour and hurried back.

"Dad, Mom, something terrible has happened—"

Jiang Li was sleeping soundly in the room. When she heard the noise outside, she opened her eyes sleepily and first looked at the little girl in her arms.

Aunt Hu came out of the kitchen and saw the brat coming back just after leaving. She couldn't help but scold him in a low voice: "Keep your voice down and don't disturb your sister-in-law."

Upon hearing the noise, the cousin and Uncle Zhou Er came out from the main room. Zhao was looking at the sleeping children in the main room, and she also got up and opened the door.

Dashuan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and had no time to breathe: "Dad, Mom, something terrible has happened. It's really a big deal."

Uncle Zhou frowned unhappily: "You are such an adult, but you don't know how to talk properly."

"Dad, let's stop wasting time. The Huai Army is coming to our town."

"What?"

My cousin and Uncle Zhou Er were both confused.

What the hell is the Huai Army? How would a farmer who has been farming in the countryside all his life know what the Huai Army is?

Also, what does it mean to fight in the town?

Dashuan recalled that he had originally been driving an ox cart to the town, and found that a group of refugees were pouring out of the town, as well as many horse-drawn carriages of wealthy people, all of whom seemed to be running for their lives.

He stopped someone and asked him, and learned that the Huai Army was about to attack their Shizhuang Town, and that no grass grew in the areas they passed through, and they didn't care about the people's livelihood at all.

"Dad, I heard from the refugees outside that the Huai Army doesn't care about the lives of ordinary people. As long as they set foot in a place, they will not leave anyone alive."

"What?" Aunt Hu's legs went weak with fear, and she quickly held onto the door frame. "This, this is a life-threatening situation. What should I do?"

Over the years, even though the imperial court was always at war with foreign enemies, the common people were never affected.

My cousin and Uncle Zhou Er were equally horrified. They were stunned for a moment and had no idea what was going on. Was this going to require their people to flee in panic?

Zhao was so shocked that she was speechless and at a loss.

At this time, the door of the second room, which had been closed all the time, opened, and everyone saw Jiang Li, who was supposed to be in the room recuperating after giving birth, walk out.

Aunt Hu saw this and quickly said, "Oh, the Chunfeng family must not be exposed to the wind."

Jiang Li shook his head and said, "If what Dashuan said is true, we have to make preparations immediately, regardless of whether we see the wind or not."

Jiang Li finished speaking and looked at Dashuan: "Did you hear and see clearly? Are there really people fleeing?"

Dashuan nodded repeatedly: "That's right. I just returned to the village and saw several families packing up their belongings and preparing to flee. Should we follow them and flee, or not?"

The Zhou family has been rooted in Shilitun for generations, and their houses and fields are all in this village. Having been farming all their lives, they have never had to deal with such a dispute.

Jiang Li thought for a moment, then looked at the elders and said, "In that case, we must hurry and make preparations. Second uncle and aunt, you should go home and pack up now. Take what you can and leave behind what you can't. Mainly, take food, silver, and some important documents."

Uncle Zhou Er and his cousin seemed to have just come to their senses and nodded repeatedly, thinking that what Jiang Li said was right.

Uncle Zhou Er: "Yes, let's go back and clean up."

Aunt Hu also recovered from her shock. Seeing that several men were already rushing home, she was also very anxious, but she did not forget to tell Zhao: "You stay and help your sister-in-law clean up."

Zhao was flustered and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, mother."

Jiang Li didn't need Zhao's help, so he asked Zhao to go to the warehouse to get some food and make more dry food such as flatbreads and steamed buns that were easy to store.

They didn't have much valuables at home, but they had to take a lot of things with them. Fortunately, they had an ox cart that could be used, and the cart board was the largest one made at the time. They didn't have time to buy piglets this year, so they took all the chickens and ducks in the backyard with them, as they needed food the most on the way to escape.

Jiang Li moved quickly. Fortunately, in her spare time, she used old bed sheets and quilt covers to make several large luggage bags with handles. She and her child's clothes could be packed in two bags, and her brother's books and important documents, more valuable items, could be put in another bag.

In addition to keeping some silver and other things in their pockets, they also stuffed some in each luggage bag, and rolled up all the valuables and bedding that could be taken with them and tied them up with ropes.

While cleaning, the four or five children on the bed were all woken up. Jing Ge'er rubbed his sleepy eyes and watched his mother walking around the room.

"Mother~"

Jiang Li glanced at the children distractedly, "Be good, Jing'er, look after your brothers and sisters on the kang."

Jing Ge'er nodded obediently: "Yeah."

Jiang Li packed up everything that could be taken away from the main house, the second house and Que Ge'er's room, and finally came to the pharmacy on the east side. She wrapped all the medicinal herbs in the drawers with paper and put them into her luggage bag one by one, filling the bag full.

Finally she found paper and pen and wrote a letter.

She didn't know that Zhou Chunfeng might have seen this letter. If he were still alive and could return to Shilitun, she believed he would definitely see this letter.

Jiang Li stuffed the letter into a loose brick beneath the kang bed in the main room. Then, without stopping, she rushed to the backyard, put the remaining chickens and ducks into the cages, and then filled the last bag with the bacon, sausages, and cured pork ribs hanging around the house.

Finally, he thought of the rice seeds he hadn't planted yet in the yard, and the yam seedlings he had already cultivated. If he could find a place to stay during this escape, grain and seeds would be the most precious.

The sprouted yam seedlings cannot be taken away, so the rice seedlings are packed in sacks. There is not much grain left in the warehouse, and they are all packed in sacks, so it is convenient to take them away.

It took more than an hour to complete the whole process, but it was already the fastest possible speed.

Jiang Li pulled the ox into the yard, put on the cart board, and with the help of Zhao, he lifted the luggage bags, food and all the packed items onto the wooden cart one by one and tied them up with hemp ropes.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, where should we escape to?"

Jiang Li wiped the sweat from his forehead, tied the hemp rope on the car board tightly, and took a breath and said, "No matter where we escape to, if the war really affects our place, we must not stay here any longer."

Zhao nodded with red eyes. Thinking of her mother's family in the neighboring village, her heart rose into her throat: "But, but I, my mother's family--"

When Jiang Li heard this, she knew that Zhao was worried about her neighbor's parents, but there were no convenient communication tools in this era.

"Don't worry, everyone is trying to find a way to escape now. Not to mention our neighboring village, I'm afraid that villagers from all over the surrounding area are all moving. Your parents, your sisters-in-law, and your eldest brother are probably already preparing to flee."

The eldest brother from Zhao's maternal side broke his leg when he was young. After he recovered, he had difficulty walking, so he escaped the danger last time. The two younger brothers were not so lucky.