Chapter 66 I’d rather miss it than let it go
At the end of Youshi, the Min family caravan walked into Gaojia Village holding torches and rolling horses.
The Panlong Mountain Range stretches for hundreds of miles. Where the dragon's tail sweeps, there are more than a hundred households at the foot of the mountain. Most of the villagers have the surname Gao. They have made a living here by farming and hunting for hundreds of years. Most weddings and funerals do not go out of the five neighboring villages.
The villagers usually work from sunrise to sunset, and the cycle starts again and again.
Even if I knew in advance that there was a message from outsiders today, when it was dark in the evening, most of the villagers had already dispersed and gone home to rest.
I couldn’t sleep, so I turned over and over the things I had sorted out and planned to exchange for money.
"Go to sleep, that thing is not worth much, and people may not be willing to buy it." The drowsy man on the bed couldn't help nagging.
“There are so many people here this time, so it’s easy to sell.” The woman sorted it out again carefully, then raised her head and looked outside, murmuring: “It’s so late and I haven’t arrived yet. I don’t know if I will be here tonight. Come or not."
The man turned over and opened his eyes and waved to his wife: "Er Han Mom, come up and sleep, I will keep an eye on you."
The woman didn't even take off her clothes. Lying next to her husband, "I can't sleep a little bit."
A thick arm hugged her tightly, and a furry head came into her neck. A man's grunt came from her ear: "Damn it, if you can't change it this time, it won't delay things. In two days, When the Rishanhe brothers come back, I will go hunting with them in the mountains. I can give you some money in exchange for a dowry for our eldest daughter.”
The woman turned to look at her man and couldn’t help but push him away. I pushed him and said, "Dad Erhan, for some reason, when Dongzi came over to talk during the day, I suddenly thought of Sister-in-law Huaihua. Do you think it's weird?"
There was no movement around me. After a while, Erhan's father rubbed his eyes and opened his eyes, "Why do you think of Sister-in-law Huaihua?"
"I don't know, when Dongzi came over during the day, I was wondering why he came back by himself. Dongzi and Shanhe Brothers They always go in and out together. This time they went to the city to deliver goods, and he came back first. How strange it is.”
The man turned over and lay down on his back, thinking carefully about his mother-in-law’s words.
Erhan Niang said again: "I haven't heard of so many prisoners coming all at once in many years."
The man next to him stood up, picked up the coat beside him, put it on, and put it on the bed. While putting on his pants, he told his mother-in-law, "I'm going to visit my third uncle's house."
"It's so late, is my third uncle asleep?"
"No. If you really come here like this There are many people resting in the village, and he doesn’t dare to sleep tonight.”
Er Han’s father helped his wife to untie the quilt before going out, “You go to bed first, don’t wait for me, we’ll talk about it when people come. We really live in the village.” There’s still time tomorrow.”
The man closed the door and went to Shusheng's house in Li Zhenggao with the starry sky above his head.
As expected, there were figures swaying on the window of the west wing of Li Zheng's house, and there were many people watching.
He shouted softly outside, and after a while, someone opened the door and ran over to open it for him.
"Brother Shangen, why are you here?"
Gao Shangen patted the person's arm, and the two walked in side by side, "Come to see your dad, why are you here, Uncle Gao?" Not sleeping?"
"My father and uncle are discussing something. I just brought some hot water inside." He walked to the door and asked the other party to come in.
Gao Lizheng did not expect that Gao Shangen would come over so late, and was a little surprised: "Erhan dad, why are you here?"
As soon as Gao Shangen came in, he saw The elders with some status in the village were all here at the moment, and I felt like I had come to the right place tonight.
The elders of the clan gathered together to discuss things, something must have happened.
“When I came back from work, I heard from my Erhanniang that a lot of people are coming to the village tonight?”
Gao Li was nodding and pointing to the seat next to him, "Since you're here, let's sit next to each other and discuss it together."
After Gao Shangen said hello to the other elder brothers, he found an empty stool to sit on. Down. "Where did we talk? Let's continue talking." Gao Li was thinking about it for a moment and continued to discuss the next important things with everyone.
Gao Shangen squatted on a stool and was confused at first. After listening for a while, he finally understood.
Among the large group of people that are about to be welcomed in the village, there may be that noble person that Sister-in-law Huaihua talked about back then!
Gao Shangen’s heart was beating loudly!
There was an old man with a gray beard among the clan elders. He held a cane in both hands and pondered for a long time before speaking slowly.
"The child from Shanhe hasn't come back yet. The matter has not yet been decided. We, the Gao family, cannot act rashly. There are many people coming this time. If there is a conflict between the two parties, it will not be a good thing for us."
"Grandpa Third is right. I also think we should take care of him first. When the time comes, won't Shanhe come back with us? Then we can ask him about it." There are two to three hundred people in total, and there are less than a hundred people left in our village. What should we do if something happens? I say, don’t enter the village, just stay outside the East Village.”
Some people disagreed, "What if people think that our Gaojia Village is not good enough and just pass by?"
"Yes, after passing our village, there is an official post station in front."
Gaoli I am not expressing my opinions for the time being. After discussing with everyone all night, it is still difficult to reach a unified opinion.
He knocked on the pot and took a puff of cigarette. When everyone stopped talking, he raised his head and looked at everyone.
“Sister-in-law Huaihua said back then that our village will only have one chance to save itself in the future. Do you still remember?”
Only one chance.
I would rather make a mistake than miss the opportunity presented to me.
“Everyone has grown up watching that child Shanhe. Although he has had no father or mother since he was a child, he is unambiguous in his behavior. If he hadn’t discovered something, he wouldn’t have asked Dongzi to come back and report to us first. Son." He knocked the cigarette pot on the sole of his foot and tapped it twice. "Try it. Maybe there are really capable people in it. Otherwise, don't you want to live anymore, or do you want to leave your hometown and go out to beg for food next year?" Sets the tone for tonight's topic.
Someone reminded everyone: "Don't forget, most of what Sister-in-law Huaihua said in the beginning has come true in our village. She repeatedly mentioned the matter of life and death in the village. It's time. Anyway, I don't want to I don’t want to go out to be a refugee even if I die.”
Who would have thought this?
Everyone stared at him.
The clan elder looked at Gao Lizheng, "Did you say when the escort team will enter the village?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the voice of Gao Shusheng's eldest son came from outside: "Dad, the village Outsiders.”
Outside Gaojia Village.
Min Zhong and others were waiting at the entrance of the village.
As soon as the Min family caravan entered Gaojia Village, they were stopped by the villagers as soon as they arrived at the village entrance.
Min Zhong and Wu Liang were both surprised.
Have you never encountered this kind of thing before?
Wu Liang rolled his eyes and whispered to Manager Min: "I think one of the Gao brothers is missing. Maybe that person came back first to report the news."
"It's the same. There are too many people staying in the village tonight, so it's normal to be a little worried." Manager Min nodded.
(End of this chapter)