My humble days in ancient times

Huang Guiyun ran around the village, exhausted herself, and the two of them were also exhausted and miserable. They did not dare to let their guard down for a moment, fearing that the thief would disappear in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Qiang had been chasing for a long time and was getting a little anxious. He was panting and reminding Xiong Da: "If we can't catch up, forget it. Aren't we going to catch ghosts? We can't forget the main thing."

Xiong Da chased for a long time but was unwilling to give up. He said angrily, "We must catch ghosts and thieves. This inexplicable person is running around in the middle of the night without sleeping. He must be up to no good. What if he hurts the villagers?

When Zhou Qiang heard this, he was afraid that it was an outsider who had entered the village with ill intentions. Besides, he couldn't give up after chasing for so long, so he and Xiong Da continued to chase this unidentified person with all their strength.

Huang Guiyun ran around aimlessly. Xiong Da and Xiong Er discussed it and decided to split up into two groups.

Finally, they managed to catch her behind a house.

Xiong Da held her hand tightly and asked sternly, "What are you thinking of doing by being so sneaky and not sleeping in the middle of the night?"

Zhou Qiang removed the white cloth from Huang Guiyun's head and took a closer look. It turned out to be Huang Guiyun. He asked without surprise, "Mrs. Huang, what are you planning to do in the middle of the night?"

Huang Guiyun was no longer afraid when she saw that they were two young men, Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang. After all, they were not elders or village heads. Besides, there was no need to be timid when talking to people of the same generation or younger generations.

Huang Guiyun curled her lips and said to them, "I'm not doing anything, I just came out for a walk." After saying that, she looked straight at Xiong Da, and Xiong Da let go of her hand when she saw this.

Xiong Da said angrily, "Mrs. Huang was so energetic in the middle of the night. She ran so fast that we almost couldn't catch up with her."

Huang Guiyun jumped up when he heard this. "What are you two brats chasing me for? I thought I was a robber."

Huang Guiyun turned the tables and Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Xiong Da said slowly, "When we got to the village entrance, we saw a figure and thought it was a thief, so we chased after him."

The villagers were well aware of what Huang Guiyun and Wang Erdan had done, so no one was too surprised when they met Huang Guiyun in the middle of the night.

Huang Guiyun felt particularly offended when she heard the word "thief". Thinking of the last time Xu Ruyi beat her with a stick for stealing bricks, she felt inexplicably angry. So she said angrily, "Every household in this village is extremely poor. If they have anything valuable to steal, thieves and bandits won't come here."

Xiong Da was not going to indulge her. He snorted coldly, "The outside thieves don't come, but the thieves in the village are rampant and unscrupulous."

Huang Guiyun was furious and said, "I just wanted to go out for a walk, just like you guys. By the way, what are you doing out so late? You're acting so sneaky."

When Big Bear heard the word "sneaky" used to describe him, he couldn't help but feel a little angry, so he said, "Anyway, I'm not a thief, so I won't steal other people's things."

Huang Guiyun rolled her eyes at him and said sarcastically, "That's great. Well, I'm tired from walking around, so I'm going back to sleep."

After saying that, she turned around and walked away in a hurry. Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang looked at her back and felt embarrassed for her.

Xiong Da was a little confused: "Why is she so confident and unfazed even after being caught? Why is she so unscrupulous and reckless in the village?"

Zhou Qiang explained, "What's so hard to understand? The villagers are honest and easy to bully. Everyone has to maintain some dignity and feels that they are from the same village, so they don't want to argue with her! This has actually encouraged her to steal things. If she goes to other villages to steal things, she might be beaten half to death. She just dares to act arrogantly in our village. To put it nicely, she is thick-skinned, to put it bluntly, she is shameless!"

It is true that when the water is too clear, there will be no fish; when people are too mean, they will have no enemies.

Huang Guiyun thought as he walked: "What bad luck! I ran into these two annoying guys right after leaving the house. It seems I can't go to the new house to steal chili oil tonight."

That day, Xu Qinghe came back to move the ingredients for chili oil and she happened to pass by and saw it. She clearly saw chili powder and other things.

Huang Guiyun also thought it through: "Forget it, I'd better go back to sleep. I'll go again tomorrow night after I've rested myself enough. It will be the same."

Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang looked at her receding figure, and after careful identification, they saw that she seemed to be walking towards her home, so they felt relieved.

Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang left the village and walked towards the new house in the wasteland in the west, one step deep and one step shallow.

It was not far from the village, but they felt like it took them half a day to walk this distance.

It was pitch black all around, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you. It was so dark that it made people feel creepy.

Zhou Qiang couldn't help but say, "I really don't know what these two kids were thinking. They built their house here, in the middle of nowhere. It's just a lonely house with no neighbors around."

Xiong Da also sighed, "That's right, it's not safe to live here. If anything happens, there's no one to help."

At this moment, the original light in the new house disappeared. At first glance, it was gloomy and eerie, giving people a chilling feeling.

After a few drinks, Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang felt bolder. They took a deep breath, quickened their pace, and soon arrived at the door of the new house.

Xiong Da found that the door was not locked from the outside, and he pushed the door with doubt in his heart, but the door did not move at all and did not open. Zhou Qiang came forward to take a look and found that it was indeed the case, which meant that the door was locked from the inside.

But they couldn't figure it out. Most people wouldn't do that. They would just lock the door from the outside. Could there really be something strange going on?

The two looked at each other, gritted their teeth and decided to climb into the yard. Just as they climbed over the wall and entered the yard, they suddenly saw a figure in front of them.

It was a white figure, which looked particularly strange in the dark night. Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang were instantly frightened and broke out in cold sweats.

Du Lei shouted angrily: "You bold thieves, what are you doing climbing over the wall into the yard?" Then he picked up a stick and started beating him without saying a word.

When they heard the sound, Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang’s first reaction was: Could the person in front of them be a thief?

Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang were somewhat skilled, especially Zhou Qiang, who always thought he had good skills, but the two were no match for Du Lei and were beaten back repeatedly.

Xiong Da shouted anxiously: "Stop, we are not thieves. It is you who are the thief crying thief."

Zhou Qiang also panted and said: "If we had known that you were such a powerful thief, we would have brought a wooden stick or something and beat you until you screamed and cried for your parents."

Du Lei sneered and said, "I'm not afraid, but I'm not a thief. Tell me what you are doing here?"

At this time, Du Dazhu and Ye Mei hurried over with a torch. The bright firelight illuminated the yard, and they could see each other clearly.

Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang were a little confused. It turned out that there was more than one person living in the new house. Xiong Da frowned and said, "What's going on? This is the house built by Xu Ruyi and Xu Qinghe, a brother and sister from our village. Why are you living here?"

Du Lei sneered and said, "We are the servants they bought."

"What, a servant?" Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang were shocked when they heard this, their eyes widening like bells. Bought a servant so soon?

Xiong Da asked again: "Did anyone see the two children..."

Just at this moment, Song Ping'an came over with two children.

Du Lei said: "These are my two children, Du Xiaoyue and Du Xiaoxing."

At this point, Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang still had nothing to understand.

Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang clasped their fists and said, "Sorry to bother you. Goodbye."

Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang were about to turn around when they heard a voice behind them: "Wait a minute."

Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang turned around and heard Du Lei say, "My name is Du Lei. May I ask your names?"

Xiong Da and Zhou Qiang smiled and said, "Today was just a misunderstanding, let's not talk about it."