Chapter 293: The War Is Coming

The family is happily having a cat at home in the winter. read

When the first snow fell, Su Qingyu cooked various hot pots for everyone.

Lu and Ruyi learned various tricks from Su Qingyao last year. This year, they went to the sauce room to help, and studied several ways to eat it with Guo and others.

Served with a variety of delicious sauces, the family sat around the fire table and ate happily.

Originally, Wei Fuchang wanted to avoid suspicion, but after eating, he never mentioned the matter of avoiding suspicion again.

Every day when it's time to eat, he appears at home automatically without being called.

On this day, the leader of Zhongzhai also came to eat.

Su Qingyu made his favorite hot pot with a porridge base. The bottom of the pot was cooked with new rice harvested this year. The porridge was so fragrant that it made people drool.

The leader of Zhongzhai sniffed and sniffed: "It smells good! I've been thinking about this bite for a year. Finally I can eat it."

"When will we not be able to eat this? Why don't you think about it for a year?" Su Qingyu teased him.

"How can eating in normal times be the same as eating in cold weather like this? There are a lot of people around the fire table, the breath is freezing outside, and the food in the room is hot and sweaty. This is the feeling I want."

Okay, as an old man, you know how to create a sense of atmosphere by eating.

Su's father and Su's mother also welcomed him to their home for dinner and chatted with him about various household matters.

"It's because of the two years of young concubines in the stockade that everyone has experienced such a cold winter. In previous years, when winter came, everyone would sit around the quilt beside the brazier and never go out."

"No, in our hometown before, everyone stayed at home in the middle of the winter. We didn't dare to go out casually and freeze to death.

"We thought it would be very sad to be in the mountains when it was wet, cold and snow-capped. Unexpectedly, it was even warmer than when we were outside."

"This is all due to your daughter. She came up with such ideas. Now the elderly and children in the village often rush out of the house in the cold weather."

"That's good. It's going to be a long winter. It would be so boring to stay at home all the time."

"Isn't that right? I just fell in love with your house and came here. You have a lot of family members and it's lively. It's also delicious to eat when there are many people. In my house, there are only two of us, my granddaughter and a grandson-in-law. I can't say no to young people. Come together."

"Then you come often and we welcome you. There are many rooms at home, so you can live in our house. The road on the mountain is also slippery."

"That's good for catching up."

After dinner, we were chatting in the room when Siyuan Siyuan suddenly ran over: "Miss, something happened!"

Su Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then quickly ran over and asked, "What happened?"

The family was stunned and followed behind.

"Botong?"

"father!"

who? Su Qingyu looked at the man who rushed to the leg of the Zhongzhai leader. The son of Zhongzhai Master who has disappeared for many years?

Still alive?

"Really Bo Tong? Son, where have you been these years? Dad is so easy to find..."

The leader of Zhongzhai held his son at his feet and burst into tears.

"Dad, I'm not filial. I just want to go out and earn money so that you can live a better life in your later years. I didn't expect... I almost couldn't see you..."

The whole Su family was very moved when they saw the happy reunion of Zhongzhai Master and his son. Su Qingnao was also a little emotional.

But Siyuan Siyuan was so anxious that he stamped his feet.

"Oh, please stop crying and tell my lady what happened!" We were so anxious.

"That's right, I almost forgot something important."

Na Botong quickly wiped away his tears, pulled the Zhongzhai leader, and said to Su Qingyu: "There are thieves entering the mountain, there are many people! Dad, let everyone escape quickly, and escape to the deep mountains!"

"What!" Master Zhongzhai couldn't stand firm when he heard this.

Not only Su Qingyu, everyone present was shocked.

"Tell me clearly! How did you know that there were thieves in the mountain? Did you bring them in?" Zhongzhai leader grabbed his collar and asked repeatedly.

Bo Tong stamped his feet: "Dad, is your son that kind of person? I can't survive outside anymore. I want to go back to the village. I met several waves of people on the road. They all said that there is food in Renzhou. There is food growing in the mountains, and the people in the mountains use it to feed their livestock. A bunch of people who have nothing to eat are coming here!"

Upon hearing this, Zhongzhai Master shook his body involuntarily.

His eyes were dull, and he was mumbling: "Bandits, bandits are here again, bandits are entering the mountains again..."

The scene in front of Master Zhong's village where the men in the village almost died last summer flashed before his eyes. The blood in the village stained the ground red...

"Qinghuo, what should we do?"

Su's mother was very panicked. Last summer, when her family was fleeing on the road, they encountered various scenes of hacking and killing, as if they were right in front of them.

Su Qingnao calmed down and asked Bo Tong: "When you entered the mountain, were there any thieves who followed you into the mountain?"

Bo Tong shook his head: "No. I made some inquiries and found out that the place they said produced food in the mountains was our village. I was so anxious that I took the path and entered the village. No one followed me."

If no one follows into the stronghold, there is still time to prepare.

It wasn't in vain that she spent so much money on the defense of each village last year.

A series of instructions went down: "Siyuan, go and light the smoke to warn all villages!"

"Yes!" He ran away.

"Siyuan, go to the market town immediately and inform Uncle Xin so that he can get ready! In addition, ask him to gather all the mountain people near the market town into the market town!"

"yes."

"Brother Dahu, go and notify our village so that everyone can be prepared."

"I'll go!" Wei Fuchang said, turned around and ran away.

"I'll go to the two nearby mountains." Su Dahu reacted.

"Yes. Bring them to our village." There was no village gate there.

"Okay." Su Dahu ran away in response.

"Qing'an, I, I..."

"Uncle Zhong, go back to Baijiazhai to make arrangements, and let Baishu and others go to each village to notify!"

"Baishu and Xiu'er have called some people and have gone." Bai Tong said immediately.

"That's good. Then Uncle Zhong, you go back and guard the village, and let the guards take away the suspension bridge!"

"Okay, uncle will go now!"

After Bai Zhong and his son left, Su's father and others surrounded Su Qing'an: "Qing'an, what should we do?"

"It's okay, father and mother. We don't know the situation yet. You stay at home first and hide the important things. If the gong is sounded to warn, follow everyone to run to the mountains. If you don't hear the gong and drum, stay at home."

"Okay."

Su's mother felt a little relieved, turned around a few times, and called Su Qingliu to go into the house with her to pack up.

Lu and Ruyi followed Xiaobao and Yaya in.

Su's father also followed in to help.

"Sister, where are we?" Qingxing asked her.

Su Qing'an looked at the twins.

"Sister, I want to stand guard at the village gate." Qingyang said.

Su Qing'an thought for a moment and said, "Okay, go ahead. Be careful."

"Okay." Qingyang responded and ran away.

"Sister, what about me?"

"Follow me."

"Okay."

Soon, all the families in Xingeng Village were notified, and everyone started to move. All the men went to the village gate, and the women stayed at home and did not go out, waiting for notification.

Liang Chen was panicking, holding the door, and shouted to the Su family, "Oh my God, how can there be thieves in the mountains? This mountain is too dangerous!"

What should we do? Should we escape?

"Mom! You stay in the house."

Su Qing'an did not speak, but glanced at her coldly, turned around and climbed to the highest point of the village.