Chapter 146 Dream
Hearing this, Jiang Sanlang looked at his little girl and sat down to eat with a calm expression.
He picked up a piece of cantaloupe and took a bite. It was very sweet. It was the most delicious melon he had ever tasted.
Dani also took a piece of cantaloupe and took a bite, and asked Yingbao: "Are you still looking for it tomorrow?"
She still remembered the experience of looking for water chestnuts with her little cousin. She and Erni couldn't find any water chestnuts, but it was amazing that her little cousin could pull out one or two stick grass wherever she went.
Yingbao nodded: "Go!"
She has a melon field, and the melons produced are almost ripe. If they are not picked in time, they will probably rot in the ground.
Erni's eyes lit up when she heard this: "I'll look for you tomorrow too."
This melon is so delicious, even better than water chestnuts. She wants to eat cantaloupe every day.
Jiang Wu picked up another piece of cantaloupe, gnawed on it, and muttered, "Huh! None of you can find the cantaloupe, only my sister can find it!"
Ying Bao turned to look at her younger brother.
Strange, how does this kid know that only he can find it?
After dinner, it was already dark, so Ying Bao got into bed, closed her eyes and entered the cave.
She hadn't seen that book for a while, and today she had a sudden idea to look for the little door to see if it appeared.
I rowed the gourd boat to the luminous body and circled the giant sphere, but the small door did not appear.
Ying Bao refused to give up and put her hand on the sphere and muttered: I want to go in! I want to go in!
I chanted it several times and found nothing.
Ying Bao was discouraged and was about to leave when he suddenly saw a small door slowly appearing.
Ying Bao was overjoyed and quickly stretched out her hand to stick to her.
With a flash of light, she appeared again in the thick fog.
The huge book arrived as promised and a page turned automatically.
Ying Bao hurried over to watch.
[...On a stormy night, the bandit wielded a machete and slashed at the villagers. Blood spattered and limbs flew. Some villagers resisted, but it was all in vain. In the end, their heads were missing. 】
[...The gangsters laughed wildly, chased and killed the villagers, and set fire to the houses in the villages. The falling rain could not extinguish the flames of crime, and all the houses were burned down. 】
[…The refugees temporarily living in Dongshan did not escape the bad luck. Hundreds of bandits surrounded the mountain forest and killed anyone they saw. The Jiang family protected Mrs. Wen San and Wen Tian Wenjiao while fighting and retreated to a cave deep in the mountain forest. At that time, only Jiang Cheng and Jiang Quan were left with the Wen sisters, and Jiang Yingbao, the adopted daughter of the Jiang family...]
After reading one chapter, the book turned into paper butterflies and disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, Yingbao appeared on the gourd boat again.
My mind kept recalling the plot of the book, and I felt the hairs on my back stand up.
Yingbao quickly rowed the gourd boat to the shore and exited the cave.
He opened his eyes suddenly, and it was pitch black all around him, and he couldn't see his fingers.
The gentle snores of my father and mother could be heard in my ears, as well as the sound of wind blowing outside and the drizzle of rain hitting the roof.
The words in the book suddenly flashed in my mind: ...a stormy night...
"Dad! Mom!" she yelled.
Chun Niang and Jiang Sanlang turned over and sat up, groping in the dark: "Bao'er, what's wrong?"
Ying Bao didn't care whether the description in the book was true or not, and whether the incident happened tonight, she shouted loudly: "Mom, dad, get up! There are rogue bandits attacking the village! They will go up the mountain soon!"
"What?" When Jiang Sanlang heard what the little girl said, he didn't have any doubts. He quickly got up and put on his coat, and told Chun Niang: "Get the children up quickly! I'll call someone!"
After saying that, he had already got out of the bamboo shed and went to call the eldest brother, the second brother and his father and mother to get up. "Get up! Get up quickly! The bandits are coming!"
After a while, everyone woke up and came out to check.
Chen Yin ran over while putting on his coat and asked: "Third brother, what's going on?"
"There are bandits attacking the village. Come up the mountain immediately! Get the children up quickly!"
Chen Yin became anxious when he heard this, and called out to each bamboo shed: "Get up! The bandits are coming!"
Xiao Zhenniang and her daughter Wen Shu were also awakened and quickly put on their coats and got up to pack their things.
Fortunately, she is thoughtful and puts things in order before going to bed every night to prevent emergencies.
Grandma was sleeping next to them, and she quickly got up and took a fire stick to light a candle.
Lin, who was sleeping on the other side, was woken up and felt unhappy.
But she also knew that this was something serious, so she quickly put on her clothes and shoes, and looked out of the bamboo shed. She saw that it was dark outside, with only a few torches flickering.
"It's still raining outside, how can there be any bandits in the middle of the night?" Ms. Lin muttered dissatisfied.
"Then you go back to sleep." Xiao Zhenniang didn't want to spoil her, so she asked her daughter to put on shorts and shorts that were convenient for walking, and tied her shoelaces tightly.
Then they rolled up the bedding and carried it on their backs. Their daughter Wen Shu and nanny also carried a package each. The three of them put on their bamboo hats and left the bamboo shed, and ran to gather outside the Jiang family's bamboo shed.
Mrs. Lin panicked when she saw her four younger siblings and her daughter leaving. She quickly asked her maid to pull her two daughters up and dress them and put on shoes.
Wen Tian was sleeping soundly when she was suddenly woken up and became impatient. She cried and refused to get dressed.
Mrs. Lin coaxed: "There are bandits coming, we have to hurry up."
"There are no bandits!" Wen Tian got angry, pushed away the maid's hand and got under the quilt: "I don't want to get up!"
Wen Jiao was also sleepy, but she was more afraid of the bandits, so she immediately advised, "Sister, get up quickly. If you don't let the bandits come, they will kill people."
Seeing that her eldest daughter was disobedient, Mrs. Lin was a little irritated and said angrily: "Just go to sleep. We'll let you sleep here alone when we leave. Xiao Hong and Xiao Cui, leave her alone and quickly find clothes for Jiao'er."
The two maids responded and found Wen Jiao a dress that was easy to walk in and helped her put it on.
While Lin's mother and daughter were still getting dressed and put on shoes, Yingbao and her parents and brothers had already packed their luggage. The two dogs were in the arms of their respective owners, and Yoyo was carrying many things on her back, all of which were Yingbao's. Put it up.
Ying Bao took advantage of the darkness and everyone was busy packing things, running to collect two large iron pots and some grain bedding.
These things are too cumbersome and will only slow down everyone's progress.
There was chaos all around, and no one noticed that something was missing. They just assumed that someone else had brought something with them.
Suddenly, Jiang Sanlang came over and asked his daughter in a low voice: "Bao'er, which way is safe for us to go?"
Ying Bao was startled, and pointed towards the depths of the mountain forest, "Over there, there is a cave over there."
Jiang Sanlang patted his daughter: "Okay, let's go over there."
After saying this, he invited everyone to go deeper into the forest.
Fortunately, they had already explored this forest yesterday and roughly knew the terrain, so everyone could still identify the direction.
Halfway through the journey, Jiang Sanlang asked everyone to continue following Ying Bao, while he led a group of young people down the mountain with weapons and bows and arrows on their backs.
Ying Bao rushed over and gave her father a pack of pills and told him to keep them.
"Dad, you must be more careful. There are many bandits. Don't hold on. If you can't beat them, run away."
"Okay." Jiang Sanlang touched his daughter's head and turned away resolutely.
The rain was not strong but not light. Ying Bao couldn't help but feel sad as she walked quickly into the forest wearing a small bamboo hat.
She didn't know if her father and the others were in danger, and she didn't know if the things in the book would happen.
But she couldn't risk the lives of her entire family.
"Wait! Wait!" Mrs. Wen San's voice came from behind.
Chun Niang wanted to turn back, but Ying Bao grabbed her sleeve tightly, not giving her a chance to stay.
But the voice kept calling from behind, which was very harsh in the silent night.
"It's better to go take a look. It's okay if she keeps following behind and yelling." Old Man Jiang frowned.