In my 40s, the trading system took me flying

The entrance of the grocery store was in a mess, the owner of the store was pinned to the ground, and things in the store were scattered everywhere.

"Master Jun, I really didn't help any reactionaries!"

The grocer's head was pressed into the mud, but he was still explaining.

Old Mrs. Xu and Mr. Xu did not come any closer, but hid in the crowd and watched.

"Mom, something happened to the grocery store owner. What should we do?"

Although Mr. Xu is not smart, he has a characteristic, which is that he has a very accurate intuition.

Old Mrs. Xu took Xu Xiaoya out of the basket and asked Father Xu to carry her on his back. Then she told him, "Wait here for me. I'll take Xiaoya to the backyard to have a look!"

Although something happened to Boss Huang, he was not sure how his wife and children were doing. They were old acquaintances, so he had to go and check on them to feel at ease.

Those people were still searching the store, probably looking for someone.

Father Xu immediately grabbed Old Lady Xu and said, "Mom, it's too dangerous. Don't go. I'll go instead!"

Old Lady Xu glanced at the heroine and reminded Father Xu: "This girl is still here, keep an eye on her. Don't you know what I'm capable of? You won't die!"

There was no other way, so Father Xu could only tell Old Lady Xu: "Mom, today is only the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. You are the backbone of our family. If anything happens to you, our whole family will be finished!"

Old Mrs. Xu spat in annoyance: "Don't curse me on New Year's Day!"

But my heart is still warm.

The son is afraid that something might happen to her.

Xu Xiaoya patted her chest and said, "Dad, don't worry, I'm here, nothing will happen to grandma!"

Father Xu actually believed this. He rubbed Xu Xiaoya's head and said, "Don't cause trouble for grandma, be a good boy!"

The heroine sitting in the backpack rolled her eyes.

What could a little baby be capable of? It was hard for her not to be a burden, yet they actually expected her to take care of adults.

All kinds of complaints about Xu Xiaoya were surging in her heart. She wanted to shout when Xu Xiaoya appeared in front of those soldiers, which would definitely get Old Lady Xu and Xu Xiaoya caught.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was a good idea. The heroine was eager to try it, but as soon as she stood up from the backpack, Xu's father slapped her back in and covered her with the lid.

"Be quiet, my mother will send you away, but I will sell you!"

Father Xu's cold words reminded the heroine.

Xu's father is not a good person. If he had not died in his previous life, Xu's mother probably would not have adopted her.

This man deserves to die too.

The heroine sat depressed in the backpack, not knowing that Old Lady Xu was carrying Xu Xiaoya to the backyard. The wall on the backyard was not high, and she could see what was happening in the yard just by sticking her head out.

The outside had been searched but nothing was found. It was very messy. Old Mrs. Xu didn't see anyone in the backyard, so she carried Xu Xiaoya in her arms and walked in through the open back door.

"Listen up, little girl. If anyone comes, take grandma to that magical place!"

It turns out that this was what Old Lady Xu had in mind.

Xu Xiaoya nodded.

This is indeed a good idea. As a little girl, she poses no threat to those soldiers. At most, they will think that she ran into the yard and chase her away.

The grandparents and grandchildren did not enter the house, so it is estimated that the house has been searched. If there really was someone there, they would have been found.

"Milk, there!"

Xu Xiaoya noticed a chicken coop in the yard, but there were no chickens in it, and the bottom of the coop seemed to be a little tilted.

Old Mrs. Xu thought of her own cellar, so she ran over quickly and opened the chicken coop, only to find a cellar entrance.

"I'll go in and take a look, Xiaoya, you keep watch!"

Old Mrs. Xu is very agile. Even at her age, her legs and feet are still very nimble.

There were indeed two people in the cellar, an unconscious man and a shivering child.

Old Lady Xu held the child in her arms and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, Big Head. I'm Grandma Li!"

Datou saw Old Lady Xu's face clearly with the light coming in. He had seen her before years ago, and his father had also told him about Old Lady Xu's situation. She was not one of those bad people.

"Grandma Li, where's my dad?"

Old Mrs. Xu sighed and said, "I'm fine. Don't worry. Grandma Li will take you away!"

She lifted the big head up, and Xu Xiaoya felt a little hesitant.

What should we do if there is suddenly another child?

As a result, Old Mrs. Xu asked Xu Xiaoya to jump down.

The unconscious person in the cellar was covered in blood and looked like he was about to die.

"Grandma, you don't want to take him away, do you?"

Old Mrs. Xu hummed, "I know this guy. Stop talking nonsense, hide first, and let's go out and talk!"

It was too unsafe here. People could come in from outside at any time. Xu Xiaoya had no choice but to take the person away first.

In other words, it was very dark in the cellar and you couldn't see clearly from above, otherwise Big Head would definitely be scared.

When the grandfather and grandson came out of the cellar, Old Lady Xu sprinkled some chicken manure into the cellar to cover up the smell of blood. Then she looked at Datou. This kid was not easy to hide because he was awake.

Xu Xiaoya heard someone approaching and reminded Old Lady Xu.

Old Lady Xu covered Datou's eyes and silently said one word to Xu Xiaoya: "Hurry!"

Xu Xiaoya held Old Lady Xu's hand and took her into the space.

As soon as the people disappeared, a lot of soldiers rushed in from the house, with ill-fitting clothes hanging on their bodies, and few of them had their hats on properly.

"Little girl, who let you in?"

Only a pair of big eyes were revealed on the little face wrapped in a hat and scarf.

"The big yellow dog ran away!"

She pointed to the empty chicken coop and the dog leash at the door and cried out, "My little bird is gone too!"

Xu Xiaoya started crying loudly like a real three-year-old child.

Several military officers spat and thought that they really couldn't do anything to a baby, so they could only drive her out.

"What bad luck! I have to work during Chinese New Year, and I have to be bothered by a little girl!"

Xu Xiaoya was driven out. She was still crying at the door, shouting that the bird was gone, and slowly walked into an alley.

There was no one in the alley, so Xu Xiaoya let Old Lady Xu out. Old Lady Xu did not let go of Datou's eyes, but looked around, determined the location, and ran outside with Datou in her arms, calling Xu Xiaoya to follow.

When they got to the crowd, they wrapped Xu Xiaoya's scarf around Datou's neck and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mother, Boss Huang has been arrested!"

Xu Xiaoya reminded Old Lady Xu, who hummed and approached Boss Huang holding Datou, "Hey, officers, what's wrong with Boss Huang?"

The officer guarding Mr. Huang saw that she was an old lady and shooed her away twice: "Old woman, don't get involved!"

Old Lady Xu smiled and said, "Master Jun, I'm just asking if this grocery store is still open. We're out of salt at home, so I came to buy some for cooking!"

Jun Ye waved his hand: "Go to other houses and check. Don't you see anyone being tied up?"

Old Mrs. Xu agreed timidly and glanced at Boss Huang.

Boss Huang's eyes were red. He saw the child in Old Lady Xu's arms. Although the child's face was covered by the scarf, he still recognized the clothes.

"It's not good to not be able to buy this salt. Not eating salt is fatal. I'd better ask other families!"

Old Mrs. Xu muttered a few words to herself, then left with Datou in her arms.

The military officer glanced at Old Lady Xu's back and sighed, "Old woman, you still want to eat salt? Don't you know that salt is restricted now?"

Everyone around started to murmur, but after seeing the tattered cotton-padded jacket on Old Lady Xu, they began to guess.

"I don't know where this beggar came from, but he wants to buy salt. It's really a foolish dream!"

The mocking words of Jun Ye and others did not arouse the anger of Old Mrs. Xu. She just went back to Xu's father, stuffed her big head into the backpack, and squeezed in with the heroine.

"Be quiet, let's go now!"

Father Xu didn't understand why Old Lady Xu brought a child back, and he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He bent over and carried the basket on his back as he walked out of the crowd. He didn't dare to ask until they left the county town. Old Lady Xu said, "Let's not go to the provincial capital first. Let's go somewhere first!"

Datou kept wiping his tears, and the woman next to him couldn't stand it anymore and poked him: "Stop crying!"

Really annoying.

Datou didn't know the identity of the heroine and thought she was a member of the Xu family, so he tried hard to hold back his tears.

Father Xu felt the interaction between the two people, but he said nothing.

He followed Old Lady Xu to a village, and Datou was put on the ground. He looked at the familiar place and ran towards the village.

This kind of village is actually very concerned about outsiders. As soon as I entered the village, an old man who was basking in the sun under the tree roots at the door asked me.

"Big sister, whose house are you going to?"

Big Head ran so fast that he almost disappeared, leaving only his tail.

Old Mrs. Xu said cheerfully, "I followed Datou here to see her grandmother!"

The old man nodded, saying that this statement was correct. Some relatives had not been in contact for many years and indeed did not know each other.

The old man pointed to where Datou was and said, "Follow him, that's the one!"

Old Mrs. Xu responded and motioned her son to follow.

When I walked over, I saw Big Head throwing himself on a man and starting to cry.

"Grandma, my dad has been arrested!"

Datou's grandmother's grandmother looked younger than Old Lady Xu. When she heard that her son was arrested and saw that only Datou came back, she had a bad feeling in her heart. When she saw Old Lady Xu, she had an even worse feeling.

"Big sister, are you from Huaishu Village?"

Datou's grandmother knew Old Lady Xu. In the early years when the grocery store was still run by Datou's grandparents, she also followed her husband into the mountains to collect goods.

Old Mrs. Xu responded.

"Old sister, it's been so many years, and you haven't aged at all. I can't do that!"

Old Lady Xu held Grandma Datou's hand, and the two old ladies expressed their feelings for a while. After all, they both had something on their minds, so they didn't say much. Datou was still crying over there.

Old Mrs. Xu told him that she went to the grocery store to look for Mr. Huang, but found that Mr. Huang had been captured by the military officer. She only found Datou and an unconscious man in the cellar.

Big Head's grandmother slapped her thigh and said, "What a sin!"

Old Mrs. Xu was curious: "But what happened?"

Datou's grandmother asked Datou to go find his uncle first, and then she explained to Old Lady Xu: "It was not easy to tell my elder sister about this matter, but you were implicated in it. If we don't explain it clearly, it will be our family who is sorry for you!"

It turned out that the injured man was a friend of Boss Huang. They had been in contact over the years. Before the New Year, that man even came to the house to give gifts.

"The two brothers had a fight while drinking, and my son didn't want to intervene, but that kid saved my son's life. Plus, the medicine that Datou needed for his previous illness was obtained with his help. We can't be so conscienceless, right?"

Big Head Grandma sighed: "Who would have thought that man was so desperate that he wanted to kill those corrupt officials in the county!"

Old Mrs. Xu connected all the things together.

"Now that those soldiers haven't caught anyone, will Boss Huang be okay?"

Old Mrs. Xu remembered what Boss Huang said when he was arrested. If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have sent Datou over.

It seemed that things were in trouble at this point.

"I don't know either, but big sister, hurry up and leave, and don't tell anyone that they have seen our Big Head!"

Big Head Grandma seemed very anxious.

Old Mrs. Xu didn't have time to tell her that she knew the situation of the unconscious man, so when there was movement at the door, Big Head Grandma only had time to push Old Mrs. Xu out through the small door at the back.

"Mom, it's bad, let's go!"

Father Xu saw the movement in the distance and instinctively reminded.