Don't panic, the family boss is busy farming

Chapter 4 Refugee Army

The Xu Yue sisters packed up their old clothes in the house.

Each is wearing a jacket that can be stuffed with reed flowers.

Each of the two sisters only has two sets of clothes, a set of thin linen clothes for spring and summer, and they are already wearing them.

There is also a set of thick linen jackets for winter, which are covered with patches, comparable to beggars.

But in the faint memory of the little girl, Xu Yue discovered that a doll like her with a full body and clothes was already the envy of the children in the village.

Many older daughters in the village don't even have a set of clothes, so they usually hide in bed, never go out, and don't see visitors. Only when they get married can they get a set of clothes to wear out.

It is the most decent dowry for a girl to get married in new clothes.

In this backward era where money flow was inconvenient, cloth and silk were even more useful than gold, silver and jewelry, and silk products such as silk and satin were also the most popular hard currency for merchants.

While pinching her nose, Xu Erniang dug out a piece of "modern splicing style" bed sheet from the broken wooden box that exuded a decaying smell, packed the sisters' clothes into a bundle, and put it on the bedside.

Xu Yue walked around inside and outside the house, and found that her parents and sisters hadn't packed the pots and pans. Guessing that they might not have noticed the value of these things, they silently took five broken pottery bowls and one for cooking. Put away all the clay pots for cooking and put them in the basket where parents put food.

What is left is the straw mats and bedding for sleeping. I have to sleep one more night tonight, and I can just get up and tidy up tomorrow morning.

Everything was tidied up, but the family was so poor that there was nothing to clean up. Mrs. Wang put out the torch, locked the door, and went back to their rooms to rest.

It was a moonless night, the whole village was pitch black, and the wind was blowing outside the house, as if there was only one living person in this world.

Xu Yue suddenly woke up from a strong unease, and saw the tree shadow shaking outside the window, like a ghost pounced on it with its teeth and claws.

Under the influence of this inexplicable uneasiness, Xu Yue who saw dead people during the day without feeling any fear suddenly hugged Xu Erniang beside her in fear.

Xu Erniang was awakened by such a big movement. She was taken aback for a moment, then the corners of her mouth turned up, and she patted the back of her sister in her arms with both hands, coaxing: "I'm here, I'm here."

Hearing the gentle comforting sound, the strong uneasiness in Xu Yue's heart gradually eased.

At this moment, the wind outside the house suddenly became stronger, making the door next door "creak and creak". For some reason, Xu Yue suddenly thought of the old man next door.

The strong uneasiness that had just been suppressed rose again!
"Sister, I want to go out and have a look next door." Xu Yue begged softly, "Can you accompany me?"

Xu Erniang hummed, she seemed to be born to walk in the dark, and the ghostly tree shadows with fangs and claws could only become the background board of her magnificence.

Xu Yue looked at Xu Erniang who got up to put on her shoes, and suddenly felt that she was not so strange anymore.

The two sisters opened the door to go out, but Xu Da and Wang Shi who were next door were actually awakened by the two of them, and followed them out.

"Father, mother?" Xu Yue didn't expect her parents to be woken up.

"What are you two little girls planning to do in the middle of the night? Don't you know how dangerous the night is?" Wang asked with a frown.

Xu Da looked at the two sisters with displeasure. A child should act like a child. If there is something to do, he must first report it to an adult.

Knowing that they were worried about her safety, Xu Yue expressed the strong uneasiness in her heart.

"I just want to go and see how the old man is doing. He is a little pitiful alone." Xu Yue said.

But in fact, she already had an ominous premonition.

"Let's go together, Xu Da, you go get the torch." Wang quickly made a decision.

Xu Yue was slightly taken aback, Xu Da had already lit a torch and came over, seeing her dumbfounded face, she couldn't help but want to laugh again, holding back her smile, she urged:
"Let's go."

Xu Yue nodded, and the family of four left the fenced yard and walked to the next door.

The two families were not far apart, and within a few steps, they walked to the house that Xu Yue had visited during the day.

The door was open, tottering in the wind, and the old man who had been sitting on the threshold was no longer there.

Looking at the dark courtyard inside the gate, Xu Da and Wang looked at each other, asked Erniang Xu to lead the younger sister, and stepped in first, holding a torch.

The yard was empty, and all the slightly useful things had been taken away.Walking all the way to the main room, a straw mat was exposed in front of the couple, and on that straw mat lay an old man peacefully.

"He's dead." Xu Da said indifferently.

Xu Erniang's eyes lit up, as the saying goes, an alchemist who doesn't want to be a necromancer is not a good magician of light!

Isn't this corpse in front of you the best undead material?
Xu Erniang excitedly led Xu Yue to watch, but Xu Yue pulled her tightly, "I don't want to watch!"

The pair of eyelids and big eyes looked at her in horror, Xu Erniang's heart softened, she stopped helplessly, stroked the top of her sister's hair, and enjoyed the feeling of being depended on.

"My poor sister, the Goddess of Light will bless you." She comforted with a smile.

Xu Da frowned slightly, wondering what kind of slang this cheap eldest daughter was speaking, why couldn't he understand a word?
Mrs. Wang sighed, turned around and said to the awed little daughter, "Bury it."

Xu Yue nodded, Xu Da's complexion was slightly gloomy, he didn't want to be contaminated by these unnecessary karma.

Xu Erniang shrugged, she didn't care.

The position of the head of the Wang family cannot be shaken for the time being. She said that if they are buried, they must be buried. Otherwise, how could they have the nerve to inherit the old man's "inheritance"?
Xu Erniang understands this very well, and led Xu Yue, who didn't want to face the dead old man, to rummage around the house, but unfortunately the old man's house had been robbed before, and the two sisters searched for a long time but couldn't find anything useful .

The darkness didn't seem to affect the sight of Xu Yue's family members. The torch was left to the sisters. Xu Da and Wang wrapped the old man's body in a straw mat and carried it out, preparing to find a hillside to bury it.

The Xu Yue sisters, who only got a leather water bag at the old man's house, went home first with a torch.

In the ancient night, you couldn't see your fingers. Even Wang, who has good eyesight, could barely make out the outline. It was only because of the memory of this body that he walked to the small hillside at the entrance of the village.

The terrain of the whole village is relatively flat, and the surrounding mountains and forests are not high. Only this small hillside is slightly higher. Standing on the hillside, you can see the official road leading to Changyi County, the seat of Shanyang County, in the distance.

Xu Da and Wang dug a shallow pit and quickly buried the old man's body. When they turned around and were about to go back, they heard a strange movement in their ears. When the couple looked back, their expressions changed drastically!

A long fire dragon connected by torches appeared on the official road, tens of thousands of galloping horses hooves rolled towards Changyi, a dilapidated red flag stretched wantonly in the flames, the ferocious face of the flag bearer shocked everyone .

But these soldiers were not uniformly dressed, and the weapons in their hands were also various. The only thing that was uniform was that they all wore black cloth strips around their arms.

The memory belonging to the original body emerged in Xu Da's mind, and his voice became shrill:
"Not good! It's a refugee rebel army composed of bandits and rogues, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)