allonlinenovel Chapter 164: The Widowed Mother in Famine 6
Chapter 164: The Widowed Mother in Famine 6
Zhao Kangping is also a hunter and a carpenter. He is very skilled in building houses. In just one afternoon, he had prepared all the main materials for building a house.
"Let's go back first and continue building it tomorrow."
On the way back, the three set up a few traps to see if they could harvest some prey tomorrow morning.
After a tiring day, it was already dark when I got home. The village was quiet and lifeless.
Nan Xi looked at the dark houses in the village. The village had lost its vitality and might become a ruin soon.
I wonder if we can collect some supplies from these empty houses.
"The things in this house must not fall to robbers, let's go search it."
Zhao Kangping nodded. He had the same plan. No matter whether the family was rich or poor, there were always some things that could not be taken away.
Nan Xi walked towards the village chief's house. Even if nothing was left behind, she could "search" something out. Apart from meat, there was really not much rice or flour left at home.
The city has been in chaos for a long time, and the shops have run out of things to sell. There is no place to buy these things if you want to.
Zhao Kangping did not follow. He went to another house. The three of them tacitly entered the empty house to collect supplies.
Although the villagers had left, there was a lock on the door. However, this lock did not pose a problem for Nan Xi. She took off the hair clips and fiddled with it a few times, and the lock opened.
Lin Xuan opened his eyes wide. He had never known that his mother had this ability before.
Nan Xi smiled and said, "This is very simple, you can try it."
The locks used by farmers in this era were just a buckle, which was relatively cheap, but naturally their security could not be guaranteed.
Nan Xi could tell the location of the lock at a glance and easily opened it with a clip.
Nan Xi asked Lin Xuan to try and told him the key points. Lin Xuan tried to dial a few times and the lock opened.
Nan Xi put the clip back into her hair, "This is just a small trick. Now is a special situation. We must never use this to do bad things in the future. We must not lose our bottom line as human beings."
Lin Xuan nodded and kept these words in mind.
The village chief's house is a brick house. The house is empty and many things are gone. Those that cannot be taken away have been neatly put away. It seems that the village chief is planning to come back in the future.
Nan Xi briefly flipped through the things and found that many of them were useful, such as some furniture and farm tools.
Nan Xi found three beds that were about 80% new, three wooden tables, a dozen wooden chairs, and two wardrobes in the village chief's house, all of which were about 70% new. There was even a brand new dressing table, which should have belonged to Li Wanwan.
There are also some farm tools, such as plows, rakes, hoes, water wheels...
There was no food naturally, but some seeds were found.
The livestock pen was empty, with only a large water tank and a few pottery jars left in the yard.
There were some bricks, tiles, wood and other materials used for building houses in the side room, but Nan Xi collected them all.
There were some firewood piled up in the woodroom. In addition, there were five large clay jars, all of which were filled with pickles. Only three were empty, and the other two were full. Nan Xi put them all into her pocket.
Nan Xi took Lin Xuan for a walk around the village and only let him take some light things, and put all the heavy things into his pocket.
Zhao Kangping also took some things, and the three of them worked for an hour before going home.
When Nan Xi returned home, the meal was already ready. In the evening, Li Cuiyun stewed rabbit and radish together, fried a pot of wild vegetables, and made small pancakes with a mixture of corn and corn flour.
"Mom, everything has been packed up, let's go help tomorrow."
Nan Xi nodded. With the packing materials, they could just build the house and move in at any time.
It was late at night, and Nan Xi was about to enter the space to practice, but she suddenly felt uneasy. She came out of the door and looked into the distance, where she actually saw a few sporadic flashes of fire.
"This is……"
The robbers are coming!
Nan Xi quickly ran into the house, called out to the people who were practicing, and then put all the packed luggage into her pocket.
"Hurry up and go up the mountain immediately."
Lin Xuan supported Li Cuiyun, and Lin Ya held Lin Le's hand, and they ran up the mountain.
"What about Uncle Zhao and the others?"
Lin Xuan turned around and looked in the direction of the Zhao family with great concern.
Nan Xi urged them, "Hurry up and leave. I'll go to the Zhao family to take a look."
Lin Xuan was still a little worried, but this was not the time to argue, so he chose to listen to his mother and ran to the mountain with his wife and sister-in-law.
At this moment, the bandits were approaching the village, and Nan Xi ran quickly towards the Zhao family.
Several people in the Zhao family were sleeping soundly at the moment, only Zhao Kangping was dozing off in the yard. He insisted on keeping watch, but it was completely useless for him to do so alone.
"Brother Zhao, wake up!"
Zhao Kangping woke up with a start, and he became nervous when he saw Nan Xi.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"The robbers are coming, leave quickly."
Zhao Kangping agreed, then suddenly became flustered and ran into the house to call for help.
Zhao Kangping ran into the kitchen and put the food and some daily necessities that had been collected at home on his back.
Zhao Kangping's wife Liu Wan'er hurriedly pulled their son Zhao Shitou out. Zhao Kangping carried the disabled Grandpa Zhao on his back and ran up the mountain. Grandma Zhao, who was in better health, followed behind with a cane.
Nan Xi looked at the packed luggage in the main room, put them all into the space, and then followed the few people.
Soon, Nan Xi caught up with the few people. She ran quickly towards Grandma Zhao, hugged her waist and started to exert force.
"Aunt, I'll take you away."
Grandma Zhao was startled, and only stopped struggling when she saw it was Nan Xi. She silently hugged her crutches to avoid losing them later.
Zhao Kangping was surprised to see Nan Xi running so fast. How could his sister-in-law be so strong? But he didn't have time to think too much. He secretly sped up and caught up.
Liu Wan'er and Zhao Shitou fell behind. She gritted her teeth and persisted, determined not to add any burden to her husband.
Nan Xi walked very fast and soon caught up with Lin Xuan and his companions. They were halfway up the mountain and were walking quite fast.
"Xuanzi, take Grandma Zhao and go first. I'll go pick up your Aunt Zhao and the others."
Lin Xuan agreed, Lin Ya hurried over to support the dizzy Grandma Zhao, and Nan Xi turned and ran away.
Liu Wan'er was panting as she pulled Zhao Shitou. She really couldn't walk anymore. She was weak at ordinary times and would have palpitations if she walked faster. When she ran into the mountains in one breath, her heart was about to jump out of her chest.
Liu Wan'er's eyes went dark and she almost fell to the ground. Zhao Shitou hugged her waist and called her softly.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Liu Wan'er felt dizzy and could not hold on any longer, when suddenly her body felt lighter. She opened her eyes and saw Nan Xi holding her up.
"Sister-in-law, I'm useless. You take Little Stone with you."
Nan Xi hugged Liu Wan'er's waist and said, "Don't talk, calm down, I'll take you away, we still have time."