Chapter 146: Hiding in the cellar
"I... just come and see if your parents have anything to do? I'm worried about them!" Wang Dajiao coughed twice and said.
"Oh, then thank you for your concern!" Ding Qiaoyun felt puzzled. When did this aunt care so much about her parents' affairs in the courtyard?
""Go home quickly, don't be unhappy, this officer and soldier will come back again. It's not safe for the dog to be at home!" "Miss Ding said hurriedly. This unstable world is the safest at home.
"Qiaoyun, when will you go home?" Wang Dajiao asked again.
"I'll go back later. There's still a little chaos outside now. After confirming that all the officers and soldiers have left, we'll go home!" Ding Qiaoyun looked at the location at the gate and said.
"When I came, I saw these officers and soldiers who had already returned. You should leave now!" Wang Dajiao urged.
"Qiaoyun, then you can go back quickly. Your mother-in-law is alone at home. You have to go back and take a look. Isn't Dashan worried about his mother too?" Aunt Ding urged him quickly when she heard this.
"Well, then let's go home first. The storm has passed in a few days. I'll come and see you again!" Ding Qiaoyun is also worried about her family. Since her husband has been arrested, she can't change this fact. Then she can only take good care of her husband on behalf of her husband so that her husband can feel more at ease.
"Okay, if you want to leave, leave quickly, don't delay trouble!" Aunt Ding said, then went to the door to check it out and confirmed that it was safe. Then he waved to let the mother and the three of them come over.
After Ding Qiaoyun said goodbye to her parents, she hurriedly rushed home. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers did not notice the ox cart when they came. They could still drive the ox cart back now, so it would be faster!
However, this was Ding Qiaoyun's first time driving a ox cart. She was holding a whip in her hand. She didn't know how to get it up for a while. It was very simple to see her husband driving a ox cart, so why did she get into trouble when she got to her?
"Qiaoyun, why haven't you left yet? Wouldn't you be rushing the ox cart? It's now, why are you still stunned if you don't go back quickly?" Aunt Ding looked at her daughter holding the whip in her hand and asked anxiously.
"Yeah, let's go now. Jun'er, please support your sister, we'll get out now!" After Ding Qiaoyun said this, she waved the whip in her hand, and Niu'er ran forward suddenly, scaring her so much that she quickly held the rope in her hand. At this time, she did not forget to look back at the two children in the ox cart. Fortunately, the children were prepared and did not throw out the ox cart.
"Slow down, be careful on the road, don't get overturned!" Aunt Ding looked at her rash daughter and explained loudly, not knowing whether her daughter had heard it.
Ding Qiaoyun was in a hurry to go home, so she bit the bullet and drove the ox cart. Fortunately, the old cow knew the way home. Although she almost overturned the car several times on the way, she finally controlled her and finally returned home without any danger.
"Mom, mom, are you at home?" Ding Qiaoyun tied the old cow to a big tree beside him, carried the two children out of the ox cart, and hurried into the yard and shouted loudly.
Ding Qiaoyun looked at the door that was not closed, and the door inside was not closed. After shouting a few times, her mother-in-law's shadow disappeared. Now she was panicked and thought that something was wrong with her mother-in-law, right? She didn't have time to sit down and rest, so she quickly led her two children to the old house.
Ding Qiaoyun led the child to the old house. Now every family is closed. She was thinking in her heart that these soldiers must have come to the Niu family to cheat, and she doesn't know how the younger siblings' family is. Thinking of this, her pace is faster, so that the two children can only follow her all the way. The two children also know that the situation is in urgent need of standing, and they don't say anything, but just follow their mother all the way.
Soon, the three of them came outside the gate of Wang Shilong's family. As expected, the door was closed, but a crying sound came from the inside. At this time, Ding Qiaoyun quickly knocked on the door vigorously!
"Sister-in-law, open the door quickly. Is mom here with you? What happened? Talk?" Ding Qiaoyun asked loudly while knocking.
Wang Wenling and Aunt Ding, who were crying in the room, were stunned. They thought that the arresting soldiers had returned again, so they were so scared that they didn't dare to cry loudly. After a while, they heard Ding Qiaoyun's voice carefully, and then they felt relieved. Wang Wenling stopped.
Crying, he walked to the gate to open the door for Ding Qiaoyun and the others.
It turned out that before these soldiers went to Dingjiazhuang, they had already come to Niujiakeng. At that time, Aunt Niu drove to the old house because she was bored alone at home. Now Niu Quanyou has also realized the mistakes she made before. Recently, she has also admitted her mistakes to Aunt Niu. Aunt Niu still remembers her past relationship and has forgiven him. The two have made up recently. Because Niu Quanyou's legs and feet are inconvenient, Aunt Niu comes to the old house to talk to him most of the time. This day is no exception. Because Niu Dashan and his family have gone to Dingjiazhuang, she opened the old house after breakfast.
Because Wang Wenling's parents had passed away, and the relatives at her parents' home were indifferent after their parents' accidents, Wang Wenling had already broken off contact with her. Therefore, the matter of returning to her parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year was gone. Wang Wenling rarely had a rest, so naturally she didn't go to other places and just rested at home.
When the officers and soldiers came to the village, the whole family was at home and didn't go anywhere. However, Minghui and Mingliang were children after all, so the two brothers secretly ran out to play. Finally, they saw that lunch was about to be had, Aunt Niu came out to find Minghui and Mingliang to go home for dinner. The two brothers were playing at the entrance of the village not far from home. When Aunt Niu saw that the two brothers were having fun, she thought of going home first, getting some meat and vegetables, and preparing to eat at the old house.
Before Aunt Niu could close the door, she saw the two brothers yelling and running over from the door, because they were running fast but their grandmother was not seen at home. Aunt Niu saw that something was wrong, and she thought the dog in the village was chasing the two brothers. She hurriedly chased after her with meat and vegetables in her hands. She saw that there were no dogs, but she saw officers and soldiers from afar, holding weapons in her hands and walking towards the village!
Aunt Niu thought it was broken. It wasn't that the war really came to the Niu family trap. She was so panicked that she didn't even have time to close the door. She quickly ran all the way to the old house. She, an old woman, dared not stay at home. It was relatively safer to be with the second family!
Aunt Niu was running in a hurry and was exhausted when she arrived at the old house. She hurriedly closed the door!
"Shilong, what should I do? I saw officers and soldiers coming to us..." Aunt Niu said panting.
"Mom, please take a break quickly and say slowly. Minghui and Mingliang were not clear just now, and I didn't understand what was going on!" Niu Shilong said to his mother anxiously.
"That's right, I went to find Minghui and Mingliang. When I saw them playing at the entrance of the village, I went back to get the meat and vegetables and prepared to eat it later. As a result, the two children ran over from the doorstep..." Aunt Niu said in a nagging manner, and raised the meat and vegetables in her hand.
"Oh, you talk about the officers and soldiers, what's the use of saying this? It's so anxious..." Wang Wenling interrupted her mother-in-law and said anxiously.
"Old woman, you talk about the officers and soldiers, don't talk about these things!" Niu Quanyou on the side was also anxious.
"Anyway, I saw an officer and soldier walking towards our village with big swords. It wasn't that the war had ended up in our Niu family!" Aunt Niu finally said the point.
"How many people are there? Have you seen it clearly?" Niu Quanyou asked again. He lived a long life and had more knowledge.
"There are no numbers, there are about a dozen people!" Aunt Niu thought for a while and said.
"That should not be a war. Eighty-mostly the imperial court sent people to arrest and serve as military force. What the border needs most at this time is those who can serve as military force!" Niu Quanyou analyzed calmly. Once he was almost arrested to serve as military force. Fortunately, he was flexible at the time and hid in the cellar at home, so he escaped the disaster.
"It's bad, if that's the case, what will happen to my husband? The officers and soldiers are about to arrive..." Wang Wenling said worriedly.
"Yes, Shilong, you hide it soon. Anyway, they won't catch women or children. Your father's legs are broken, so he will definitely not catch him. If he really arrests people and serves as a military officer, he will definitely catch you. You can't be caught anymore!" Aunt Niu started crying as she said.
"Mom, don't cry for now. The situation is still unclear. Don't be anxious for now!" Niu Shilong comforted.
"Don't worry about whether you catch it or not, hide it and keep it in the cellar at home
, Hurry up, don't delay things!" Niu Quanyou urged.
"Fortunately, there is no food in our cellar, so you can go in quickly!" Wang Wenling said and pushed her husband to the entrance of the cellar.
"Madam, hurry up and grab some of the ashes from the bottom of the pot and apply them on your face, so as to avoid the attention of the officers and soldiers." Niu Shilong said worriedly before going to the cellar.
"I know, I know, you go down quickly. You are the pillar of the family. If you are arrested, this family will be over!" Wang Wenling was so anxious that she almost cried.
"Okay, don't cry, I'll go down now!" As he said that, Niu Shilong quickly got into the cellar at home.
After Wang Wenling blocked the cellar entrance, she put some dry firewood on it so that others could not see that it was a cellar entrance.
After everything was packed, Aunt Niu carefully looked out through the cracks in the gate. The soldiers were checking in front of them and had not yet arrived at them. But she was scared and trembled with fear!
"Mom, don't be so unpromising, otherwise people will doubt us. You can take Minghui and Mingliang into the inner room to rest for a while. I have to go to the kitchen to cook and pretend that we don't know about this!" Wang Wenling said, then tied apron and entered the kitchen.
Although Wang Wenling was also afraid, she could only pretend that she was calm, because if she panicked, her two sons would definitely be even more scared. For this family, she could not panic at all!
Not long after, the soldiers came to the gate of Niu Shilong's family. A soldier stepped forward and smashed the door with a bang, shouting to open the door while smashing it!
Wang Wenling wiped her hands, walked calmly to the front door, and opened the door for the officers and soldiers.
"Here's here, who's it? What's wrong?" Wang Wenling asked loudly as if she was calm, and then opened the door.
"Where is your man?" The officer and soldier saw that the person who opened the door was a woman, so he asked.
"Look at the official's joke. I haven't gotten married yet. Where did some men come from?" Wang Wenling said with a smile.
"Then we have to go in and take a look!" The officers and soldiers who led the lead pushed Wang Wenling away and walked in with great strides.
"Dad, come quickly, someone has broken in!" Wang Wenling shouted loudly in pretending to be scared.
Before the soldiers could get into the house, Niu Quanyou came out with a cane.
"Official, is there anything wrong?" Niu Quanyou asked.
"Nonsense, it's okay, why are we here for you? Your family is young and strong, and they are in power to fight. Now the border war is urgent, and they have to contribute to the court!" The leading officer and soldier said loudly.
"Look, I am the only old man in our family, and my legs were broken. All that was left was my old woman and two young grandsons. She was not young and strong, and there was no way to do anything to do it?" Niu Quanyou said pitifully.
While talking, Aunt Niu led Minghui and Mingliang out of the inner room. Seeing this, Wang Wenling pulled her two sons over and protected her, for fear of being stolen by these soldiers!
"Search it for me, I don't believe there is no man!" The leading officer and soldier ordered.
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier searched all over the place, but he couldn't find a single figure and had to come back to report.
The officers and soldiers who led the lead looked at the family half-believingly, and thought that they were probably telling the truth. They were about to take the people away. Aunt Niu's eyes always glanced at the pile of firewood in the corner of the yard from time to time, thinking that this person had been hidden. Thinking of this, the officers and soldiers who led the lead were about to walk to the entrance of the cellar!
"Your Majesty, be tired. Come into the house and have some water before leaving!" Niu Quanyou said hurriedly when he saw the officers and soldiers leading the way to walk to the entrance of the cellar.
"I'm not thirsty, I'll take a look. If there is no one, we'll leave now!" The leading officer and soldier turned around and said.
Niu Quanyou saw that this was useless, so he hurriedly followed with a cane, for fear that he would find Niu Shilong hidden in the cellar.
The more Niu Quanyou did this, the more strange the officers and soldiers who took the lead felt. They quickly walked to the firewood pile and were about to pick them up to take a look. Niu Quanyou deliberately staggered and fell on the officers and soldiers who took the lead, pretending to have fallen accidentally.
This incident scared the officers and soldiers who took the lead and became angry.
"You old man, don't want to live anymore. Do you dare to stop me? Do you want to be unable to get along with the court?" The officers and soldiers who led the lead shouted loudly.
"How dare I? Am I not having trouble with my hands and feet? I also asked the official to spare the young man..." Niu Quanyou fell to the ground and said tremblingly.
When Aunt Niu saw that the old man had fallen, she hurried over and helped Niu Quanyou up.
"Get out of the way, don't hinder me from finding someone. Do you have any wicked hearts like this?" The officers and soldiers who led the lead said viciously.
Chapter completed!