Chapter 68 Sleep peacefully
The bonfire burned brightly in the darkness, the flames sometimes leaped, sometimes sparks flew. The firelight illuminated the surroundings, illuminated the faces of the people sitting around the fire, and reflected the relief in their eyes for surviving the disaster.
The smoke from the bonfire rose up and drifted into the starry night sky.
Before going to bed, Lin Lizheng gathered everyone together and talked about what had happened in the past few days.
Lin Lizheng: "It is a blessing in disguise that we are all still alive today."
Old Man Lin: "Yeah! It was really dangerous today!"
Old Man Shen: "It was very dangerous! My legs were so scared that they went limp!"
Zhu Dafu touched his chest and said, "My heart is still beating like thump thump thump!"
"We ordinary people have never encountered such a scene! In the past, we only had quarrels and minor fights in the village!" Lin Youxiang said with a look of fear on his face.
Lin Lizheng gestured with both hands for everyone to be quiet. "It's all thanks to everyone that we were able to escape today. Fortunately, we have a guard team that protects us day and night, so those three guys didn't have the chance to harm us even if they wanted to. It's also thanks to Lin Youcai, who discovered something was wrong these days and told everyone, so that everyone was prepared. Today, a large group of bandits came to rob and kill us, and we all worked together to kill the bandits, so we were lucky enough to meet the passing army and get their help. The most important thing is that we are of one mind, and we all worked together to fight the bandits. Warriors, those who fought hard against the bandits today and got injured, your injuries were not in vain, they saved us, our families, and our team."
Lin Youcai clapped his hands and said, "The village head is right. We escaped a disaster today because we were all united and worked together!"
"Yes! We are of one mind. No matter what happens, we are not afraid!"
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Lin Lizheng: "No one knows what will happen on the road ahead! But as long as we stick together and have one mind, we will eventually find a place to settle down!"
"definitely will!"
"Will do!"
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Lin Lizheng: "Everyone has worked hard, go and rest! Those who are seriously injured will not be on patrol for three days, but your work points will still be recorded! Dismiss!"
Everyone stood up and went to rest as they had to travel again tomorrow.
Lin Xianwen quietly asked his father, "The reward for being seriously injured is three days off from work. Three days of work points? That's so little!"
Lin Youcai: "There is no surplus food in the public account, and the acorn tofu has been eaten up long ago! Everyone has gone to the battlefield to fight and kill the bandits! This killing of bandits is not for others, but more for ourselves and our families! Didn't our family contribute enough labor, tools, and medicine?! I didn't say anything, because in the final analysis, it was all for ourselves and our families."
"Yes! Oh, I'm going to fill a hot water bottle and hold it while sleeping. It's too cold at night!!" Lin Xianwen said as he went towards the RV.
Lin Zisu stood next to the RV and lowered her voice: "Ah... I thought the boy with the skull sewn was Tian Daniu's younger brother, and the two younger boys and girls were Tian Daniu's children!"
Mrs. Feng waved her hands and said, "No, Tian Daniu and his wife got married only last year and they don't have any children yet! They were both in their 20s when they got married. Tian Daniu's family is poor, his brothers and sisters didn't survive in his early years, and when he was older, his parents died of illness. He lives alone on the farm, his family has no money and no elders to take care of it, so how can he have a wife?"
Shen Xianglan: "Then how did he get this wife?"
Feng: "His wife is the eldest daughter of the Zhang family from the next village. Their fates are similar. A few years ago, her parents went to the city to sell things, and something happened and they died. She lived alone with her two brothers and a sister. She was worried about her brothers and sisters, so she never got married. The two villages are not far from each other, and I don't know when they got together. Tian Daniu hired a matchmaker, and the gifts were simply exchanged. There was no wedding banquet, and the girl came."
"Then his wife's younger brothers and sisters also came along? The Zhang family has no house or land? It's impossible that they don't want them!" Lin Xianwen leaned over and asked.
Lin Zisu looked back and said, "Oh my god, when did you come?!"
Lin Xianwen: "Aunt San, please speak quickly."
Mrs. Feng: "No, how could she not want the house and the land! The Zhang family has two males, and her eldest brother is already over ten years old, so he should be the head of the household. Her three younger brothers and sisters all live in their own homes, but they visit each other frequently. After she married Tian Daniu, the couple took her younger brothers and sisters back and forth between the two villages to work. After working on the Tian family's fields, they would go to work on the Zhang family's fields."
Lin Zisu: "Oh, I see! This is also good!"
Lin Xianwen: “Everyone takes what they need!”
Lin Zisu: "Complement each other! Warm each other up!"
"You keep talking non-stop! Aren't you sleepy?!" Old Mrs. Wang looked at the four people blocking the car door with displeasure.
Lin Zisu: "Chatting before bedtime helps with sleep!"
Shen Xianglan: "How do you know so clearly?"
Feng: "Everyone in both villages knows about it! It's not a secret! You don't know because you live in the city."
Old Lady Wang: “…”
Lin Zisu opened the car door: "Get in, get in! Why are you getting in?"
Lin Xianwen: "I'll fill a hot water bottle with hot water and sleep with it in my arms! You guys should sleep in the RV!"
Shen Xianglan: "Don't you two have sleeping bags?!"
She was worried that the father and son would get cold while sleeping in the tent on the roof of the car while traveling in winter, so she bought two sleeping bags for them to sleep in the tent.
Lin Xianwen: "It's cold too!" Although there were moisture-proof mats on the ground and people slept in sleeping bags, it was too cold and damp to sleep on the ground in the wild. He felt that these ancient people were really strong!
Shen Xianglan had no choice but to fill his hot water bottle with the hot water in the kettle. "Go to bed!"
The RV was destined to be lively tonight. After the food was moved to the cattle carriage, the big bed was vacant. Now that the weather was cold, it was a good time for everyone to live in the RV.
Lin Zisu and Shen Xianglan continued to sleep in the small bed, but it was only so wide that they couldn't squeeze in even if they wanted to.
The big bed and the rooftop tent were assigned to them.
Lin Family: Old Lady Wang, Lu, Yang, Feng, Cuihe, Xiatao, Qiuyue, Shisu, Shen Xianglan
Shijia: Lin Hongmei, Shi Tao
The Shen family: Old Lady Ye, Zhao, Zhang, Xiuxiu, Qiaoqiao, Shen Anda
The RV's large bed, small beds and roof tent can accommodate 17 people, including 15 women and two 2-year-old boys.
Lin Zisu felt that her RV was carrying a number of people that it shouldn't be able to handle.
Good job, her car.
The mother and daughter slept with their heads facing the front of the car and their feet facing the big bed.
The exhaust fan in the bathroom never stopped, and the air circulation system in the car never stopped either.
Just as everyone was falling asleep, the sound of galloping horses was heard on the official road.
In the silent night, the sound of horse hooves is particularly clear, as if they are running beside your ears.
Everyone held their breath and listened to the noise.
All the people who were on guard stood up and looked towards the official road.
Three horses approached from afar, three cavalrymen galloping. When passing by, they just glanced at each other, and the horses kept running forward.
Soon, the three cavalrymen ran away and the sound of horse hooves gradually disappeared.
Everyone calmed down, breathed a sigh of relief, and went to sleep.
Lin Benshu: "That should be the case. There is nothing for us to do now."
Lin Youcai: "It had nothing to do with us in the first place. We were innocent passers-by who were almost killed and robbed!"
Lin Youxing added a piece of wood to the fire, "Yes!"
"What do you mean by right? You're looking at this from the top of your head and neck!" Lin Benshu said, and went to sleep with his hands behind his back.