After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Jiang Sanlang and the others didn't come up for a while, dozens of young and strong followed him to cut bamboo to make bows and arrows.

Some people also collected firewood in the forest to find water sources, and filled clean water in bamboo tubes and jars and transported them up the mountain.

At this moment, it was already bright, and the adults and children in the cave got up one after another.

There was another commotion, and many people rushed down the mountain, especially women, because they wanted to go down the mountain to show respect.

But the plank road is narrow and winding, it is impossible to run down in a short time, and many people are in a hurry.

Seeing this, several older women used bamboo poles and rags to build a simple latrine near the cliff at the corner of the cave entrance, finally solving the problem of reincarnation of grains for everyone.

The next step is to look for clean water, which is more terrible than going down the mountain.

You can't cook without water, you can't cook, and everyone has to go hungry.

It’s okay to be hungry for a day and a half, but after a long time, people will collapse.

Jiang's family brought two water hyacinths, Mrs. Jiang's sister-in-law Zhou picked them up and shook them, and felt that only half of the water hyacinth was left in them.

She didn't dare to waste anything, she poured out some to wash the pot, then grabbed the rice and poured water into it to cook porridge.

Nowadays, washing rice is a luxury, because there is no water source nearby.

Uncle Jiang said that if you want to get water, you have to go several miles away, or find a small spring flowing in the crevice of the mountain.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Ying Bao quietly moved to the side of the gourd, pulled out the cork and put her hand on the mouth of the gourd, filled half of the gourd water into it, and half of the gourd into the other.

She wanted to fill it up, but it was so easy for people to find out that it was abnormal. If it was only half a gourd, maybe the auntie and the others thought they had made a mistake.

After lying like this, Yingbao walked aside as if nothing had happened, took out a handful of boiled water chestnuts from her small pocket and stuffed them for her younger brother, letting them eat and play.

When Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu got the delicious food, they didn't forget to give each of Wei Zhan's Yuanbao Huzi one.

Five boys sat around on the mattress and played rock-paper-scissors. Whoever lost would have to bark like a dog.

The two puppies were flopping and laughing beside them, barking from time to time.

"His sister-in-law, do you still have water in your house?" The patriarch's old companion Tang came over to borrow water for cooking.

Zhou said apologetically, "I was poured over to cook the porridge just now, why don't you see if there is any more."

Tang was a little disappointed when he heard the words, glanced at the two big gourds on the mountain wall, walked over to pick up one and shook it.

It's not as light and buoyant as imagined, but rather heavy, as if there is a lot of water in it.

You must know that these two big gourds are bigger than the water basin, and there is a lot of water in half gourds.

Tang Shi was overjoyed, and quickly thanked him: "Yo, there's still a lot of water in here, I'll take it and use it right away, thank you to his sister-in-law."

After all, he picked up the water hyacinth and went to his house to cook.

Zhou was puzzled, but didn't care.

I did keep some water, but not much, as if it was not enough for cooking.

But Tang said there were still many more, so Zhou was very puzzled.

After a while, Tang returned the water hyacinth and two freshly baked pancakes.

"You don't have to be so polite, our family is also making cakes." Mrs. Zhou was embarrassed to accept the cakes.

Tang said with a smile: "Put the children on their stomachs first, take it quickly."

Zhou had no choice but to take the bread.

Seeing that Granny Tang had left, Yingbao shook the gourd quietly, only to feel that there was still a little bit left in it.

After thinking about it, she unplugged the plug and filled half of the gourd water in it, then went to inject Chen Sanyou.

Chen Sanyou is already much better, and he can still walk around the cave a few times, but his mouth is a little crooked when he speaks. This is a sequelae and it is not easy to recover.

Seeing Ying Bao and Chen Sanyou smiling kindly, he stammered to thank her: "Many... Thank you Ying Bao, Ying Bao."

If it wasn't this child, he probably already went to the Western Heaven Zen Buddha.

"You're welcome." She took the money, and although she hasn't got it yet, as long as Grandpa Chen San is still alive, his sons will not dare to renege on the money.

After administering the needle, he asked him to take the medicine on time, and then Yingbao sat back beside A Niang and the others.

Chunniang and her two sisters-in-law were kneading noodles and spreading pancakes. They wanted to take advantage of their free time and make all the flour at home into dry food for easy portability.

It was noon in a flash, and everyone was hungry, and those who had no food even looked at the cauldron of the Jiang family and the Patriarch Chen's family.

Patriarch Chen couldn't bear it, so he borrowed a large iron pot from Jiang's family and asked his daughter-in-law to cook a large pot of rice porridge for everyone to eat. Old man Jiang also shared some pancakes with the children.

At this moment, someone shouted from the foot of the mountain: "The bandits are coming!"

Immediately afterwards, many strangers rushed out of the forest, holding big knives and spears, and some holding bows and arrows and agricultural tools.

"What a bandit!" Everyone panicked.

Patriarch Chen shouted: "Don't panic! Anyone who knows how to shoot arrows, hurry up! A few more people will guard the crossing, don't let them come up!"

Most of the young and strong went to the bamboo forest to cut bamboo to make bows and arrows, and I don't know if they have anything to do.

In the cave, everyone took their positions under the command of Patriarch Chen. Some took bows and arrows to aim at the mountain path, and some held long bamboo poles to guard the path.

Fortunately, the entrance of the cave didn't face the mountain road directly, and those bandits fired a few arrows and saw that it was useless, so they screamed and squeezed onto the plank road.

Patriarch Chen sneered: "What an idiot." Just rushing up the plank road like this is looking for death.

The bandit turned around the mountain wall, and was stabbed down by a long bamboo pole as soon as he showed his head.

These bamboo poles were specially poked at the legs of the bandits, without giving them a chance to react.

A bandit screamed and was stabbed off the cliff, and his life and death were unknown.

Another one was also stabbed and fell down. Although it was caught by the rock below, it was estimated that it would never come up again.

The women and children in the cave hid in the innermost part and shivered, even the dogs didn't dare to run around, and huddled in the little master's arms without making a sound.

Yingbao didn't feel scared, she stood on the edge of the cliff with her first cousin and second cousin, poking her head out and looking down.

The cliff is very steep and deep, and the rocks below are jagged. Once a person falls, he will not die or be disabled.

After the bandits suffered several casualties in a row, they finally became wiser and retreated from the plank road.

But they didn't leave, but set up camp at the foot of the mountain, which meant to trap the people on the mountain to death.

Jiang Jiacunzheng took a look, then immediately retracted, and said to the old man Jiang: "I see that there are hundreds of bandits down the mountain road, all of them are armed with bows and arrows, and they probably came to seek revenge."

Last night, Jiang Sanlang and the others set up an ambush with the villagers and killed many bandits. Logically, the bandits would not dare to come again.

But today they reappeared, seemingly arresting two villagers and leading the way to Tiger's Mouth.

So these bandits are probably here to seek revenge.

"I don't know what happened to Sanlang and the others." Old man Jiang was worried.

He wasn't worried about his own side, anyway, as long as they didn't go down the mountain, those bandits would have nothing to do with them.

But my three sons are still outside, what if I accidentally fall into the encirclement of bandits.

Patriarch Chen stroked his beard and said, "So many bandits have gone up the mountain, Sanlang and the others must have got the news. Zhu'er said that they sent two smart scouts to be scouts. If there is any movement, the scouts will come back to notify you. You don't have to worry."

These words did not comfort Old Man Jiang at all.

If any accident happened to the three sons when they met bandits, how would they live with their wife?