Transmigrated into the original heroine of the period novel who was cannon fodder

Chapter 432: Old Stories, Reasons

Indeed, Uncle Pei is not a good man according to that standard. However, for Pei Yanning, can his younger brother and son-in-law be held to the same standard?

and--

"What a coincidence! I have the same feeling as dad." Lingxi curved her eyebrows.

Well, she herself has double standards.

Pei Yanning also smiled, rubbed his daughter's head, and gave a brief explanation.

"You should also be able to notice that compared to the various thatched houses and adobe houses in other villages, our village is almost all made of bluestone courtyards, right?"

hold head high?
Lingxi looked at him in confusion.

My own father mentioned this, could there be something else involved?
Pei Yanning looked at the crackling flames of burning bean stalks in the stove, his eyes somewhat distant.

"In fact, the location of the village was originally just a hilltop where our family lived. There was only a small yard there for the tribe to rest temporarily when hunting."

Lingxi was really surprised this time.

Even Gu Si was a little surprised.

Pei Yanning explained: "At that time, the outside world was in chaos, with warlords fighting each other, and there was no peace in the city. Our family was considered a wealthy family with a lot of property, so it was natural that we were targeted.

After several fights, although your grandfather escaped unscathed, the other party became even more angry. "

It's a very simple truth: you have to crouch and stay put when you are in someone else's territory.

The old man was not the kind of person who would flatter others. He had no intention of joining the game to fight for territory, so he and his family moved to a new sphere of influence and started to develop again.

But, at that time, you hit me and I hit him. Not long after, he returned to his old ways and someone targeted our family again. This time, the other party may have learned from the previous lesson. He was worried that the old man would run away like before, so he decided to do it once and for all...

The old man encountered many assassination attempts one after another, and his house was also repeatedly broken into by "horse bandits" who came from nowhere.

The old man had no interest in doing it again and again, so he simply went from open to covert and broke it down into small pieces.

Just like that, the old man "passed away", and Pei Yanning, his second uncle Pei and his mother and son returned to their hometown to seek refuge under the escort of the clan elders and loyal servants.

Of course, Pei Yanning only found out about the old man later when he discovered that he was still alive.

As for the old man...

He was different from other normal fathers. He was emotionally deficient and had no intention of telling anyone where he was going. Moreover, no one in the family knew who was whose spy. It was not appropriate to say anything else in that situation.

However, Pei Yanning guessed that he actually found someone to look after them privately.

I didn’t think so at the time, but now I think about it, the several times I escaped danger on the way back to my hometown were probably not just luck.

Pei Yanning didn't say much about the danger at that time. He explained the situation in a few words and continued.

"Not long after we returned to our tribe, the next county was affected by the war, and we heard that a nearby village was massacred. The tribe members were in fear all day long.

We were worried that our tribe would be targeted, so we moved our entire tribe to where we are now."

The current location of Peijia Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you take a step back, you can scatter and hide in the mountains. As long as the iron chain bridge leading to the village is cut off, no one can enter the village. In that war-torn era, it was truly an excellent refuge.

"At that time, Dad was only twelve or thirteen years old. Your second uncle was one year younger than Dad, and your third uncle and your younger aunt were even younger. Your grandmother was still pregnant with your younger uncle. The youngest were very weak. The clan was indeed quite kind, but not all of them were good people.

At that time, in order to protect himself, Dad donated most of the property he brought back to the clan. The bluestone courtyards you see now were built at that time."

For an orphan and a widow, it is not easy to integrate into the village just by saying so.

The fastest way is to ensure that everyone benefits.

Pei Yanning never thought that things that could be solved with money were not a big deal, so he chose to bleed without thinking.

Of course, not all of the money was taken out, but most of the money that was brought back was indeed taken out.

The days of careful planning at that time are long gone.

Lingxi felt a little distressed when she saw her father, but Pei Yanning was very optimistic.

"It's all over. Dad is doing well now."

He rubbed Lingxi's head.

“That was the most difficult time for our family.”

I was used to a life of luxury, and now I am not used to the hardships of fleeing, and my family has to spend all their wealth...

"Maybe because of that incident, your second uncle no longer dares to reveal the good things in the family. The daughter-in-law you marry into the family has her own family, so there is no need to test people's hearts."

Not only was Second Aunt Pei kept secret, but Aunt Pei's eldest sister-in-law and Third Aunt Pei were all unaware of what had happened.

The older people in the tribe all knew that they had returned from fleeing, and that most of their assets had been donated to the tribe. They never felt that there was any difference between their family and other people in the tribe.

It was not until later when he left home to work and occasionally asked someone to send some money home that life at home became a little better.

It was only in recent years that we no longer needed to hide it, after the old and young went to the capital, and after Lingxi and Pei Yu got jobs...

As for the future, with him around, things at home will only get better and better.

Lingxi listened quietly. She really didn't know much. Before she was eight years old, her father used an alias when he was around. He only told Lingxi that she had two uncles who loved her as much as her father did, and several brothers who liked her especially, but he would not say anything more.

Therefore, she really didn't know that the courtyard in the village had such a connection with her home.

after all--

The income of the tribe is really not low.

Not counting the work points earned from the fields like in other villages, the bulk of the tribe's money comes from winter hunting from autumn to the end of the year. From time to time, they also secretly sell the game and medicinal herbs to the town or county.

Every household lives a good life.

She mined the bluestone from the mountains herself and had plenty of money, so she really didn't think there was anything wrong with every household in the village having a bluestone yard.

However, as Pei Yanning said, anything that can be solved with money is not a big deal.

At that time, spending money was indeed the best way.

When the old story was brought up again, Pei Yanning remembered something that had made him depressed for quite some time.

In fact, Pei Yanning had the intention of avenging his family when he went out to explore the world, but before he grew up to be able to compete with the other party, his enemies had been completely wiped out.

"Dad tried to find out who cut off his beard, but he found nothing."

He looked at Gu Si with a questioning look. He really couldn't figure it out at that time, but now he understood it.

There is another person. If he did it, it is not surprising that he cannot be found out.

After all, the people he initially integrated at that time were all the old man's. If the old man didn't want to tell him, he really would not be able to know anything at all.

Lingxi also reacted and looked at her fourth brother curiously.

Gu Si: “…”

"That's the one Dad was thinking of!"

That’s right, it was their old man who did it!
As the biggest intelligence chief at the time, controlling the largest intelligence network in the country, the collapse of one force was a big deal and could not escape Gu Si's eyes.

Pei Yanning: “…”

!!!

Speechless is his mother tongue at this moment.

Lingxi: “…”

Although, I still want to laugh.