Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 258

After Luo Baisu got the wooden box, he was silent for a long time without saying anything, and then he just asked Fang to put it away carefully so as not to lose it.

Luo Tian knew that Luo Baisu must have plans of his own, so he didn't ask too many questions, and left the matter behind.

By the eighth day of the eighth day, there was only a small part of the rice tank at home, and it could barely last for four or five days.Whenever Fang took out food for cooking, she would lament twice, no matter how reluctant she was, she still didn't keep any of what should be taken out.She knows how Yi County will be governed in the future, which is related to Luo Baisu's future. She can't come up with any good ideas on this, and can only do her best to help Luo Baisu. For example, Luo Baisu brought out his own food, Although she was very reluctant to give it as wages for repairing the city wall, she did not stop it.

"There isn't much food at home, your father is going to send someone to buy it or something, he has to tell me, in a few days, let alone the people outside, even we ourselves will have no rice to cook. "Fang sighed and groaned.

"I heard from my father that he wrote a letter to the nearby Tong and Yao counties to borrow food, and he will reply in about two days. I guess my father is waiting for news from there." This matter Luo Tian They all know a little bit.

"Then you can't rely entirely on that side. What if they don't borrow it? According to me, we should make some preparations ourselves, so that when the time comes, everyone will drink the northwest wind." Fang said worriedly, she is getting more and more serious now. I feel that this official is not so easy to do. It is both laborious and costly, and it still offends people.

Now the Fang family feels more and more that Luo Baisu is really at a loss for being an official. Don't worry about it, he still has to put money into it. A scholar went out to be an official. Now that Luo Baisu is an official, he realizes how bad it is.

Luo Tian thought for a while, and said: "Maybe Dad has his own considerations, think about it, our family is not from that rich family, and the family is poor and poor. Now that so much money is given away, they will not say anything nice. , I still think that my father was only a small civil servant before, and his salary was not much, so where did he get the money at this time? Maybe people think that when he was in Beijing, he did not know how much he was greedy. It’s too big.” The crime of ignoring the origin of a huge amount of property is no joke.

After Fang heard this, he stopped talking.

Luo Tian managed to appease Fang Shi with great difficulty. In fact, she herself had no idea. To a certain extent, she actually agreed with Fang Shi's point of view. If Yao County and Tong County refused to help, her side And there is no preparation at all. Will the people on the construction site really be allowed to drink the northwest wind?

However, Luo Baisu's concerns cannot be said to be wrong. The chaos in Yixian County can't be dealt with overnight. Filling in the Luo family's family property is like throwing a pebble into the clear water, and even a wave If you don't fight, you will be gone. If you really want to let the people of Yi County live and work in peace and contentment, and the development of Yi County, you still need the support of the court. Besides, there are rules for being an official. You can be sympathetic to the people, and you can be clean , but it shouldn't be too outrageous, or it will offend others if it makes others not upright and honest.

She was so engrossed in her thoughts there, she might as well come out of the kitchen to hold firewood, and suddenly let out a "huh" and said in surprise, "What is that?"

Luo Tiandu turned his head and followed her gaze, only to see a light smoke curling up from the ridge in the distance, Luo Tiandu's face suddenly changed, the smoke was burning, there must be barbarians coming up.

She immediately turned around and said to Ding Wu: "Do you still remember where the cave where Uncle Ding took you to hide from Yi?"

When Ding Wuyi heard Yiren, his expression became tense, he nodded, and said, "I remember."

"Well, you take my mother and the others to hide on the mountain now." After she finished speaking, she rushed to the kitchen, and Fang said, "Mother, the barbarians are here, hurry up and take Zijin and Ding Wu to hide on the mountain." one time."

When Fang heard this, she panicked like something, and shouted: "Where are the barbarians coming, how did you see it? Where is your father? There are so many things in the house that have not been cleaned up."

Luo Mingdu also came out of the house when he heard the news, and said in a panic: "Xiaodu, do you really understand that the barbarians are here?"

"There are people guarding the beacon tower. Whenever barbarian people come over, they will burn the smoke. Now that the smoke is rising, it must be the barbarians. Sister, you call Uncle Gu and Mother to bring Zijin. Let's go to the mountain first. Avoid it."

Luo Ming heard it all, and immediately went to call Gu Bo.

Mrs. Fang hurriedly cleaned up the household items, and Xiang Lan and Xiqiao also hurriedly cleaned up. When the chaos was overwhelming, Zishu rushed in with two skinny women in a hurry, and said, "Ma'am , Miss, the uncle said that the barbarians might have come over, so he told you to follow them to the mountains to take refuge."

Luo Tiandu said: "I know, I am asking Ding Wu to take us to the mountain."

Luo Mingdu had already called Gu Bo out, held Luo Zijin in his arms, ran to the yard and said, "Where do we go to hide?"

Luo Tiandu pointed at Ding Wu and said, "Follow him."

"Where's mother?" Luo Mingdu looked around, but didn't see Fang, and asked in panic.

Luo Tian heard a noise in the room, and ran in to see that Mrs. Fang was still packing her things. The bag was as big as a basket, and she was still stuffing things into it. She became angry immediately: "It's this time, don't worry about it." What are you doing, hurry up and go out with your belt.”

Fang is still a bit reluctant, she came from poverty, even if Luo Baisu is now an official, it is ten times better than the situation of not having enough food back then, she is still the one who can't bear to waste even a thread As a village woman, Luo Tian even asked her to leave behind these things that she had bought so hard, she really couldn't bear it.

Luo Tian said anxiously: "Mother, there are people standing outside in the yard, are their lives more important or your belongings?" After finishing speaking, regardless of what Fang thought, he pushed her out the door, Facing Ding Wu said: "Take them away quickly."

She had just entered the kitchen by herself, took a burden of the pancakes that Fang had baked just now, and carried Fang's huge burden on her back. No matter how long you stay here, you can never go wrong with something to eat.

She figured it out, the city wall was being built outside, and there was such a big commotion that she couldn't stop it, but she knew that someone must have come when she came, and there were so many things in the house, and she couldn't collect them all, so her life was tight.

The two women who followed Zishu had experienced several times of looting by the barbarians, and they were very afraid of the barbarians. Seeing that Fang's group was still dragging their feet, they talked a lot to them and made gestures. After one pass, Luo Tian was dazzled and couldn't figure it out, so he could only say to Ding Wu: "Understood, tell them to stop making gestures, let's go right away."

Everyone hurriedly followed Ding Wu and the two women out, because they were too nervous, Xiqiao tripped when going out, but at this time, no one was in the mood to make fun of her, Luo Tian took her He got up from the ground.

Luo Baisu happened to be coming from the other side of the street, saw them go out, and told them: "Go and stay on the mountain, no one told you not to come down the mountain."

Luo Mingdu asked: "What about you, Dad? Aren't you going with us?"

Luo Baisu was originally worried that his family members would come to have a look, and he was about to go back and organize people to defend. At this time, he didn't have time to explain too much to Luo Mingdu, so he waved his hand to signal them to leave quickly.

The Yi people came from the south, and they withdrew from the north gate to the back mountain.

Zishu sent them to the foot of the mountain, wiped off their sweat, and asked Ding Wu and the two women who came with him to take good care of Fang and the others, and then hurried back.

Luo Tian pursed her lips and followed Ding Wu up the mountain without saying a word. She didn't think she could be a hero at this time. With one enemy against a hundred, she could repel the barbarians with her own strength. It's better to leave the matter to professionals. At this time, she can protect Fang's family and Luo Mingdu Luo Zijin, and it's a big deal.

They followed Ding Wu, turned and turned on the mountain, did not know how many somersaults they stumbled, and how many small paths they drilled, making their heads and faces dusty, and finally came to a broken hillside near the middle of the mountain. After walking inside for a while, Ding Wu finally stopped, pointed to a cliff ahead, and said, "Here we are."

Luo Tian opened his eyes and saw that on the edge of the cliff, a lot of low caves had been chiseled, and they couldn't be found with stones blocking them.

Ding Wu and the two women went in to tidy up for a while before inviting Fang and the others in.

The hole is not deep, and the humidity is very heavy. When you walk in, you can only feel the coolness penetrate into the bones through the clothes.

Fang said conveniently: "I put a small mattress in the package, took it out and wrapped it in Zijin."

There was no light in the cave, and it was smeared with black paint. Luo Tiandu felt for a long time before he found a thick thing that looked like a small mattress. He pulled it out and handed it to Luo Mingdu, who asked Luo Mingdu to give it to Luo Zijin. wrapped up.The cave was very dark, and there was a gust of wind blowing from time to time. The adults were okay, but Luo Zijin was a child, and he was a little afraid of the dark. Luo Mingdu carried him to such a dark place, and he was so frightened that he started to cry. Ren Luoming and Fang couldn't stop coaxing, but they couldn't stop.

What did the two accompanying women say again, Luo Tian asked Ding Wu, "What did they say?"

Ding Wu paused for a moment, seemed a little hesitant, and finally said in a whisper: "They said, let the madam and the young lady coax the young master well, and stop him from crying. The mountain is empty, and I'm afraid the barbarians will come up and hear it. "

Luo Mingdu tried his best to coax Luo Zijin, but luckily Luo Zijin was weak, so after crying for a while, his voice gradually subsided, and he fell asleep slowly, and everyone was relieved.

After Luo Zijin calmed down, Luo Tiandu had time to think, and was worried about Luo Baisu in the city, wondering what was going on now.She walked to the entrance of the cave and looked down the mountain. She could only see bare branches and dead vines, but she couldn't hear any movement in Yi County.

(End of this chapter)