In the middle of the night, the exhausted mules and horses finally arrived at the inn. Everyone was tired and in urgent need of rest.
Early the next morning, Song Dekui changed animals at the inn and headed straight to Ruijin Town with the three members of the Xia family.
He had predicted well. The Xia family reacted on the second day. Boss Xia took his brothers and several young men from the village, and headed straight to Xiaoshi Village in a menacing manner.
Boss Xia knows that Song Liyun's eldest brother is also here. Hey, the two families will solve it together...
However, he failed to achieve his wish.
When Song Lizheng learned that his son had run away with Xia Laosan, he was immediately furious: "My son got married to your family and returned home safely. Now that my son is gone, and my wife is gone, you still have the guts to make trouble. Do you think I am
Is there no one left in Xiaoshi Village?”
"Er Gou, San Shun, go to the acorn workshop and call all your uncles and eldest brothers."
When the two children who were still blowing snot bubbles heard that they were going to call uncle and brother, they suddenly became energetic and ran towards the village. As they ran, they shouted: "Someone is coming to make trouble! Everyone, bring your own guys to fight!"
There have been many fights with Gujiazhuang in the past two years, and Xiaoshicun has already experienced it.
Whenever someone comes to cause trouble, bring a stick with you so that you don't suffer a loss with your bare hands.
As a result, the people in Xiajiazhuang saw a scene that frightened them.
A group of men from Xiaoshi Village came over, shirtless and sweating, carrying sticks in the cold spring weather.
They all work in the acorn workshop, and they all have tendons all over their bodies, which are scary just to look at.
Behind this group of men, men, women, old and young, and even children from the village came out.
Fire sticks, door bars, hoes, bricks, and kitchen knives.
In addition to weapons, there are also large pot lids and dung ladles.
The Xia family came from afar, and both in terms of numbers and momentum, they were far inferior to Xiaoshi Village.
Before the troops were launched to hold him accountable, Boss Xia gave in!
When he had the courage to tell Song Dekui that Xia Hong was missing and asked Song Dekui to find him, Song Lizheng yelled: "If you have evidence, go to the county government to sue the officials. How can you make random guesses and force my son away!"
I want you to pay them back!"
Madam Li Zheng was already crying and sitting on the ground.
That brat couldn't be kept at home before, but he finally got a new wife who was able to tie him up. Now the quilt in the new house has not been pressed tightly, and even the wife has run away. I'm afraid it will be difficult to come back in the future.
The Xia family is in the wrong, and now they can't fight or defeat him. Even if they see Song Liyun's brother right in front of them, they can't arrest him and force him.
After this trip, the Xia family got nothing, and Song Lizheng grabbed his collar and asked for someone. He tried to escape, but they could only go back dejected and find another way.
The remaining direction is to go to Ruijin Town to find the military girl.
However, they had no way to lead them, so if they wanted to go, they had to go to the county government office to find Mr. Jiang.
Song Dekui rested one night on the road and hurriedly drove slowly the next day, entering Ruijin Town after dark.
He did not arrange for the Xia family to go to Baolin Residence, but opened two rooms to stay in the town hall.
Now Xiaoyun is in Hecheng, Daping is in Xiaoshi Village, and only Xiaoan is in Baolinju.
If he moved in with his family, others would only say that he wanted to occupy the house.
Moreover, Ruijin Town may not be safe here either.
Mr. and Mrs. Xia Laosan were both honest farmers. If the Xia family came to find them, they would just bring in their dead father and mother and they would have to go back obediently. A stick on their foreheads would be in vain.
If you have to do it, you have to do it without any suspense.
In the morning, Xiao An, who was about to open a shop for business, got the news from Mr. Zhang, and immediately rushed to the guild hall to find Uncle Kui, but in vain.
Song Dekui took the Xia family out of Suijinguan early in the morning.
From this day on, Xiajiazhuang in Songfeng County lost a hard-working middle-aged couple, and the Bahrain tribe on the grassland gained a capable person who was good at growing melons.
Sowing melons are the seeds of cold melons collected by Song Liyun.
Xia Laosan was a farmer who was thrown into the Di tribe. Even though the barbarian leader smiled at him every day, he felt terrified and uneasy.
So he opened up wasteland outside the Bahrain tribe, worked in the fields all day, and then sneaked back to the cabin to sleep at night.
His hard work paid off, and he actually managed to grow cool melons, which was greatly praised by his uncle who came to see him after a while.
Of course these are all things for later.
Besides, Song Liyun and his party were walking on the grassland. There was a carriage in the team, and Mr. Yu also had to pick up stones along the way. It took him three days of walking and stopping to cover more than a hundred miles.
On this day, it's rest time again.
A pot was placed on the fire, Song Liyun was cooking dried mushroom and meat porridge beside the pot, and naan cakes were grilling next to it. Wu Dan was swirling around the pot, salivating.
Mr. Yu put a few pieces of gravel with black streaks into his sheepskin bag, which he found on the road. When he got to the field, he took it out and ground it finely for inspection again.
Zhao Tingduo and his men were cleaning up a yellow sheep that was shot down halfway, while a dozen horses were eating dead grass on the ground.
The sound of the wind and the slanting light spreading over the pasture are the most common sights on the grassland.
On a high slope in the distance, a man with a pimpled face wrapped in a sheepskin robe stood with his legs crossed, listening to his subordinates' reply.
"Brother, there are fifteen guards in that team, an old man, a young couple, and a boy. There are five carriages. Judging from the ruts, they are all heavy vehicles."
Jian Fangtong smiled sinisterly: "Okay, let the brothers keep an eye on it, and we will intercept it at the river beach ahead tomorrow.
It’s a good start to the new year, except for that woman who was captured alive, everyone else was killed!”
This group of horse bandits is in the nearby mountains and has been watching this road for two months.
Some time ago, although there were heavy trucks going up and down this road, all the people driving the trucks were men.
They also secretly checked the goods in the carriage several times. Except for some food and supplies, they were all made of wooden boards. They couldn't eat or use them, so they didn't do anything.
Knowing that a city was to be built in the Mida Valley, these horse bandits also kept an eye on it and waited by the roadside to catch a fat sheep.
I didn't expect that I actually managed to keep it.
There were women, old people and children in this group, and they must have gone to the merchants in the new city.
As for the dozen or so strong-looking guards... it might take some effort.
Early the next morning, a layer of mist appeared on the grassland. Song Liyun combed her clothes neatly and stepped on the carriage pedal.
In front of her was a two-room adobe house.
There are no people on the trade road now, and there is a lack of manpower. Apart from a well, there are only empty houses at the rest stops to provide shelter from the wind and rain.
The fire in the house was not extinguished, the copper spout was steaming, and the pot was boiling.
Mr. Yu was holding a cup of scalding milk tea and talking to Wu Dan while puffing white air from his mouth.
On the ground in front of him, the traces of branches still scratched. This was Mr. Yu teaching Wu Dan how to read.
Song Liyun smiled and walked over to say hello: "Good morning, Mr. Yu! Class is starting again now!"
Wu Dan's little dark face was full of excitement: "Young madam, Mr. Yu taught me how to mine."
"Oh! That's great! Wu Dan has met a good teacher." Song Liyun also became happy. This is a special skill, different from learning a few words.
Mr. Yu chuckled: "This guy is smart and has good eyesight. He cannot be a scout. He is suitable for prospecting."
While the three of them were talking, Zhao Tingduo came over from the mist on horseback, holding a rabbit in his hand.
"Lao Yu, Ayun, someone approached the rest stop last night, and their footprints were heading to the west!"
Mr. Yu put down his milk tea, frowned and asked, "How many people and riders are there?"
"It's two cavalry, Wei Er and the others have already chased them!"
Mr. Yu shook his head: "We have cleaned up this area, there are no horse bandits, I'm afraid they are new arrivals.
Tell Wei Er and the others not to pursue them too far. The Zabu River is ahead of them. Now that the water is dry, we must cross the river quickly and rest far away from the river beach."