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Chapter 126 Xia Youcai’s Disaster

Xia Daohua's face changed slightly, and she couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved.

She was putting money and things together, and taking all the trouble, for whom?

However, thinking about Mrs. Jiang as a mother, she must have been very worried when her child disappeared during such a chaotic situation, and she couldn't ask others to find her, so she didn't say anything.

Seeing that Xia Daohua didn't speak, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but slap her on the shoulder twice:

"You kid! My mother is asking you a question! Where have you gone? Are you mute? Why didn't you say a word!"

"Okay!" After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou scolded Mrs. Jiang dissatisfiedly, then turned to Xia Daohua and said:

"Just come back. Take a look at what you need to bring and bring it quickly.

When the message comes from Li Zheng, we will hit the road together."

Xia Daohua looked confused:

"On the road? Where?"

Zhou glanced at Xia Daohua and explained simply:

"The Northern Barbarians came and set fire to the forest at Baihuapo. Wang Li was getting everyone ready to escape.

However, word came from the front just now that Qianhusuo had sent troops.

If the Northern Barbarian Tatars who came back this time were harassed by a small group of troops, we wouldn't have to worry about it.

So we are all waiting here for the letter.

Your mother is worried when she sees that you haven't come back for a long time.

I just insulted you and hit you twice because I was too worried about you, so don’t hold grudges."

Xia Daohua nodded lightly: "Nai, don't worry, I'm not that kind of person. Besides, my mother and I are mother and daughter, so there's nothing to hold grudges about."

She paused and felt that she should give her family some reassurance:

"When I came back from outside, I saw our Qianhu people, dragging several horses and several Northern Barbarian Tatars, I don't know whether they were alive or dead, towards the direction of the town.

I guess we won’t need to flee for the time being.”

A room full of serious-looking people suddenly lit up with joy after hearing this.

Erlang couldn't sit still: "I'll go out and take a look!"

Mrs. Sun raised her hand and pulled Erlang's sleeve, trying to get him to stay away, but she didn't.

Erlang felt the wind at his feet and ran out. Less than a quarter of an hour later, he ran back:

"Many families have sent one or two sons and daughters outside to wait for news. The old Lu family has opened the door of their courtyard, and the whole family is waiting for news in the yard!

Uncle Li Zheng only said that we should not leave in a hurry and wait and see.

You just rest in the room, I'll wait outside."

Erlang was afraid that he would never come back and his family would be worried, so he came back specifically to say something.

Everyone waited for nearly half an hour before they got the confirmation.

The attacking Northern Barbarian Tatars only had a small team of about three hundred people.

Except for the more than 30 people who were captured, the more than 50 people who died in the forest fire, and the more than 20 people who were trampled to death by frightened horses, the rest had all fled.

However, it is hard work for thousands of households to send troops, so they naturally have to collect some tribute from the villages they pass by...

Beiguan Village is considered to be a good one, with a total of three pigs, ten sheep, and a mule, plus thirty taels of cash, which can be regarded as a labor force.

The three pigs belong to Hu butcher's family; the ten-chambered sheep belong to Li Zheng's family; and the mule belongs to Xia's family.

Of course, the money paid for these animals was shared equally among the villagers.

The thirty taels of silver were raised by the villagers.

It's just that the Xia family's mules were older, and Wang Lizheng thought the mule's meat was too old, so he lowered the price. Although Mr. Xia was unhappy, he just sighed a few times.

First of all, the relationship with Li Zheng cannot be too rigid. There is nothing we can do if we occasionally suffer a loss.

Secondly, the price is public. Since the villagers collectively paid for it, of course they know who gets how much. If the money is too much, it will be difficult to get along with the neighbors.

After hearing these words, Xia Daohua really didn't know what to say.

The old soldiers from Qianhusuo, taking advantage of their achievements, actually said so much!

The biggest thing they did was to put out the "mountain fire". Most of the enemies were burned to death by the fire, choked by the smoke, and crushed by horses...

They are not fighting a serious war! They have not forgotten to be "filial" to the common people!

But I was both warning and blocking the enemy. I spent so many precious resources and lost so much money and things. Who would I ask to compensate for it?

However, it is not without good news.

Ten days later, a message came from Wang Lizheng, saying that Qianhusuo had discovered a hidden danger on this path, which was already further up Baihua Slope, at a steep place between Qingsong Ridge and Hongsong Ridge.

A new garrison point, or checkpoint, was set up.

About thirty soldiers were sent to garrison there. They also planned to build a new beacon tower there.

Once there is an enemy situation, you can light a beacon to warn.

Xia Daohua nodded secretly after hearing this. With this checkpoint, her efforts were finally not in vain.

But she never expected that a group of civilian men would be recruited to build this beacon tower!

Fortunately, this time they were not recruited from Beiguan Village, but from Beiguan Town, specifically from the wealthy households.

According to rumors circulating privately, this is because recruiting civilian men in the village cannot squeeze out much money.

In terms of wealth, it must be a family in the town.

Therefore, this time to build this beacon tower, we specially recruited civilian men from the town.

Xia Youcai's family unfortunately happened to be among those recruited.

Xia Dalang was a scholar, so he was exempted from conscription.

Xia Youcai had a wife, children, and even a granddaughter. If something happened, he would not worry about losing his family. He even spent money and did not escape.

Xia Youcai secretly resented it. He felt that he was so unlucky that he was probably in trouble!

It must have been something that happened in the fourth room before. He had to deal with the mastermind behind Shenxianzui and Furongju. They hated him, so he got in the way, forcing him to become a civilian husband!

In a sense, Xia Youcai's guess was right this time.

However, he forgot that although the fourth brother of the Xia family had offended "Master Sheng", it was also related to his own little tricks.

At first, because the Xia family avoided the restaurant where he was, he was angry with the boss, so he secretly acted mischievously, seemingly inadvertently inciting the shopkeeper of Shenxian Zui, to default on the Xia family's debt. He was now completely

Forgot about it.

But in fact, this incident was one of the fundamental factors that contributed to "Sheng Ye"'s final decision to default on the debt.

In the opinion of "Master Sheng", the Xia family not only has no background and no one to protect them, but they are real dirt-legged people who are digging in the dirt, and there is even internal discord among brothers. Therefore, this family must be easy to bully.

I never expected that this seemingly country bumpkin family would actually be a tough nut to crack!

This time the town called for civilian men to serve, "Master Sheng" asked one of his confidants to greet the small officials in charge and told them not to let Xia Youcai go.

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