Taking away my family's luck? I won't stand it!

"What should we do with all the corpses on the ground?" asked Yuan Laoer.

Old Man Yuan hit him with his pipe bag and said, "What else can we do? Dig a hole and bury it!"

Yuan Laosan carried his third wife back to the room, and when he opened his hand, a tael of silver appeared. He picked up the tael of silver on the bed and hid it.

He didn't need to guess, he could guess that his wife was going to secretly give the tael of silver to her younger brother from her natal family.

The Yuan family worked all night to bury the bodies in the vegetable garden behind them.

The sky is dimly bright.

The Yuan family was eating Ye Wan's breakfast. Except for a few clueless boys and the third daughter-in-law who was still lying in bed, everyone looked worried.

"Escape! Let's finish breakfast and pack up and run!" said Old Mrs. Liu, putting down her bowl.

If you don't escape now, you won't even know how you lost your life.

"Well, if Xiao Hei hadn't saved us last night, we would probably just be cold corpses now." Boss Yuan clenched his fists.

Ye Wan was still frightened from last night. His face was pale and his lips were trembling. "Where are we going to escape to?"

"Looking at the clothes these killers are wearing, they are made of very fine materials. I'm afraid their masters have the power to cover the sky with one hand. So we can't go to the capital, we can only go south." Yuan Laoer analyzed.

Yuan Laosi pulled out a jade pendant from his bosom and placed it on the table. "I found this jade pendant on a corpse. It has the word 'Yuan' engraved on it. What a coincidence! Our surname is also Yuan, and only the Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital has the surname Yuan. What deep hatred do we have with them?"

They all didn't know the connection between the Prime Minister's Mansion and their Yuan family, but Old Man Yuan knew it.

He took a puff of his pipe and said, "Speaking of the Yuan family in the capital, their ancestors are from the same lineage as us, and we are direct relatives. The prime minister of the current dynasty even has to call me Fourth Uncle.

Twenty years ago, the Prime Minister's family was just like us, working hard and living in the countryside. Later, I don't know what good fortune they had, but they moved to the capital, and my cousin even won the first place in the imperial examination.

Mrs. Liu recalled, "That year, I remember you took an exam and then had diarrhea in the exam room. Ever since then, you've had all sorts of problems every time you took an exam. You've either broken your leg or been hit by tiles from the roof. You almost drowned in the shallow paddy fields when you were walking through them."

Old man Yuan looked gloomy. Not being able to take the exam was the biggest regret in his life.

Boss Yuan and his men never imagined that their family was related to the prime minister in the capital.

"No matter whether this matter is related to the Yuan family in the capital, we cannot go to the capital." said Boss Yuan.

The Yuan family nodded.

.......

Yaoyao woke up from her sleep. She had consumed too much energy last night, causing her to feel listless.

She just groaned a few times because she was hungry. Shen Chulan quickly put down the chicken soup in her hand and stuffed her with food.

He touched his daughter's fair and tender face lovingly. What happened to Yaoyao today? She used to be lively and cheerful when she woke up, moving her limbs, and smiling at you with her big black eyes. Why is she too lazy to even open her eyes today?

However, Shen Chulan didn't think much about it and felt that this was normal for a baby after giving birth.

Yaoyao drank her fill, solved the most important issue in her life happily, and then closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

After the Yuan family finished their meal, they began to pack up.

Just at this time, the village chief came to Yuan's house.

"Aiguo, where are you planning to escape to?" the village chief asked, taking the hot tea poured by Ye Wan.

The village chief was a few years older than Old Man Yuan. He was short and thin, with cloudy eyes and a sense of decadence.

Three years into the drought, the village chief, who was in his fifties, was worried every day and looked like a man in his seventies, sitting on a stool with his back hunched.

Old Man Yuan said calmly, "The South."

The village chief was shocked. "Now the barbarians are about to enter the border. The capital is the safest place. How can we escape to the south?"

For various reasons, Old Man Yuan was reluctant to tell him that being on different paths from the village chief and the others was also a form of protection for them.

"I have a distant relative there. He sent me a letter saying that the weather there is good and the people have enough food to eat, so we decided to go to the south." Old man Yuan made up a lie.

Seeing that Old Man Yuan insisted, the village chief didn't say much. It was just a pity for Yuan Lao Da and Yuan Lao Er. One was extremely strong and the other was good at archery. They were excellent helpers on the road to escape famine.

"When are you leaving?" asked the village chief.

The roads to the north and south can also be detoured for a while. Although the purposes are different, this short detour can increase safety by at least half.

Old Man Yuan had grown up with the village chief, and he could tell what the village chief was thinking at a glance. He said, "Tomorrow morning."

The village chief nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, I understand."

Watching the village chief leave, Old Lady Liu asked, "We're leaving tonight, why did you say we'll leave tomorrow?"

"The village chief wants to join us, but we can't protect ourselves now. If they join us, they will probably lose their lives." Old Man Yuan took a puff of his cigarette and answered with a frown.

Old Mrs. Liu sighed and wondered what was going on.

The drought lasted three years, the barbarians were about to invade, and some wanted to kill them.

Others fled famine, but they fled for their lives and famine.

In the yard, Yuan Lao Da and several other men were packing up their things. Yuan Lao San was very skillful and he built two carts, one pulled by a cow and the other by manpower.

Ye Wan put the grain into the cart one bag at a time. He divided the grain into several bags and tied them under the cart. He also hung luggage on the left, right and back sides so that the grain would be hidden underneath and not easily discovered.

Old Mrs. Liu went to Shen Chulan's room to see her precious granddaughter. Seeing that her precious granddaughter was sleeping soundly, she kissed Yaoyao on the face.

When he saw Xiao Hei, his face was full of wrinkles and a smile. He took out a piece of venison and placed it in front of the dog.

Xiao Hei first smelled the meat and thought it was quite fragrant, so he started to eat it. Old Mrs. Liu touched Xiao Hei's head and said, "Thanks to Xiao Hei last night, you will be part of our family from now on."

Thinking of the scene of corpses everywhere last night, a chill came over my heart, as if the people lying there were members of the Yuan family.

"Wow~"

Xiao Hei responded by wagging his tail and licking the palm of Mrs. Liu's hand with his tongue.

The master's family is Xiao Hei's family, and Xiao Hei will definitely protect you well in the future.

Today, Yaoyao ate and slept all day long. When the third daughter-in-law woke up at noon, she seemed to have forgotten what happened last night. She only remembered that the one or two taels of silver she wanted to give to her parents' home were missing, so she made a big fuss for a while. In the end, it was only when Old Lady Liu hit her with a broom that she calmed down.

The Yuan family moved all the things into the cart. Yuan Laoer held Shen Chulan and lay on the ox cart. Yaoyao had woken up at this time, looking at the starry sky with a sweet smile.

"Yaoyao, grandma will hold you." Old Mrs. Liu picked up Yaoyao from the ox cart with a loving look on her face. Yaoyao was blowing bubbles from her mouth and her smile was so wide that only her teeth were visible.

A few younger ones also got on the cart and were pulled by Boss Yuan.

The family looked at the house with nostalgia. Although it was dilapidated, it still protected them from wind and rain. Then they groped their way out and set out on the road to escape without looking back.