dognovel Chapter 194 Deal with foreign enemies together!
Chapter 194 Deal with foreign enemies together!
Ning Zhao smiled weakly at Jiang Yuwei.
"Mom, I'm fine. Look at me... cough cough..."
Ning Zhao started coughing again before he could finish his words.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei hurried forward to support Ning Zhao and said worriedly:
"You said you were fine, but look at how badly you're coughing. Go back to your room quickly. I'll bring your food in a bit. It looks like you'll need to take another bath in honeysuckle water tonight to get better, or you'll have a fever again at night."
Ning Zhao looked at Jiang Yuwei with gratitude. When he was in the care of his grandparents, he still had to go up the mountain to collect firewood and cut grass for the pigs even when he was sick.
Ning Zhao still remembers one time when he got caught in the rain and had a fever. He was collecting firewood in a daze and fainted in the mountains. He didn't wake up until the evening because he was hungry. After struggling to go down the mountain, he was beaten by Chen Guixiang for not collecting firewood.
Ning Zhao thought of this and smiled at Jiang Yuwei with tears in her eyes:
"Mom, no one has ever been so kind to me. I will definitely be filial to you in the future."
Jiang Yuwei helped Ning Zhao onto the kang, covered him with a blanket, and said with a smile:
"You are already very filial now. It is your mother's duty to take care of you when you are sick. Don't think too much. Lie down and rest for a while."
Ning Zhao nodded gratefully to Jiang Yuwei.
Jiang Yuwei went out and brought in the dinner prepared for Ning Zhao. Just as she was about to go to the yard to boil another pot of honeysuckle water, she saw Ning Huaizhi and the others coming back driving a ox cart.
Jiang Yuwei hurriedly went out to meet them and helped them move the things from the car. Ning Huaizhi quickly stuffed the money he had collected today into Jiang Yuwei's hands.
"Yuwei, I saw you usually put away the silver when you closed the shop, so I brought it back to you today. Weigh it and you will find that you have earned five taels of silver today. The second young master has brought a few classmates to become members."
Jiang Yuwei took the silver with a smile.
"I had just thought that I had forgotten to tell you about the silver, but I didn't expect you to remember to bring it back for me. Well done, Manager Ning!"
Ning Huaizhi scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled when he heard Jiang Yuwei praising him like this:
"It's all thanks to Shopkeeper Jiang's good teaching."
Ning Qiu came from behind and heard their conversation and said with a smile:
"You two should stop flattering each other here, Sister Yuwei, I'm hungry, what delicious food did you make tonight!"
Jiang Yuwei smiled and said:
"I just cooked the wontons, but they haven't been taken out of the pot yet. Come on, bring us a bowl, and we'll eat right away!"
After hearing this, Ning Qiu hurriedly washed his hands, then went to the cupboard to bring back a stack of bowls and placed them next to the stove. Jiang Yuwei was responsible for serving the wontons, while Ning Qiu and Ning Daya were responsible for carrying the bowls.
Soon the whole pot of wontons was finished. Everyone had no appetite due to the hot weather, but with the refreshing and sour wontons made by Jiang Yuwei, everyone's appetite was whetted and they lowered their heads to eat.
Jiang Yuwei watched everyone eating contentedly, but her heart was in a mess. She was considering whether or not to tell everyone what the head of the village had said today. She was afraid that if she told it first, everyone would panic. She was also afraid that because she didn't say anything, the bandits would come to Ningjia Village and kill everyone by surprise.
When Jiang Yuwei was hesitating, Ning Huaizhi saw that Jiang Yuwei had not touched the wontons in her bowl, so he spoke:
"Yuwei, are you worried about something? Why don't you eat?"
Jiang Yuwei looked up and met Ning Huaizhi's worried gaze, so she lowered her head and picked up the bowl, took a few sips and said incoherently:
"No, nothing, eat quickly."
Ning Huaizhi frowned and looked at Jiang Yuwei and said slowly:
"Yuwei, there's no one here, just tell me what happened. I saw the crossbows you made as soon as I walked in..."
After hearing this, Jiang Yuwei put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hand with a serious expression, looked at the people present and said in a deep voice:
"Actually, I didn't want to tell you, but you'll know it sooner or later. I thought it would be better to tell you earlier so that you can be on guard."
Zhang Tianhe was confused after hearing this and said:
"What happened, Sister Yuwei."
Jiang Yuwei looked at the crossbow she had been making in the yard for the whole afternoon and said:
"Today, the village head sent a message saying that the bandits from Guanxi uprising are heading south of us. Everywhere they pass through has been looted. Some villages have even been completely wiped out by these scumbags!"
Aunt Zhou turned pale with fear when she heard this. Seeing this, Tiezhu patted Aunt Zhou on the shoulder and comforted her:
"Mom, don't be afraid, your son will protect you."
Aunt Zhang was also very frightened. Her hands were shaking and she couldn't hold the chopsticks firmly and they all fell to the ground.
Ning Huaizhi's face darkened after hearing this. He had survived the battlefield and knew the evil deeds of that group of people best. Now his leg was injured like this. If something really happened, he would only be a burden. So Ning Huaizhi said:
"Yuwei, we must not take this matter lightly. If they really come, you take the children and run first. I will stay behind to cover you. I am a useless man anyway. I should have died on the battlefield long ago. Now that I can sacrifice for my wife and children, it is not in vain."
Jiang Yuwei felt extremely guilty after hearing this. Ning Huai had always put her in the same position as Ning Wan and Ning Zhao. She had been ignorant before and had even thought about poisoning him. Now she was becoming more and more dependent on him. With him around, she had someone to discuss things with when encountering problems, and someone she could vent to when she felt wronged and sad.
Jiang Yuwei thought so and said:
"Huaizhi, if we want to leave, we all leave together. If we want to stay, we all stay together. Right now, I still think we should hold our troops in place. After all, these bandits act without rules, and we don't know where they will go next. If we rashly abandon these properties and run away, I will not be willing to let them go."
After that, Jiang Yuwei said to everyone present:
"We live relatively close to each other, and we are also very close to the back mountain. We must be careful when the time comes. We must be alert no matter if strangers come to ask about it or if we hear strange noises at night."
Jiang Yuwei thought for a moment and continued:
"When you go back today, pack an important bag and be ready to run away at any time. Put all your money in it, and a few clothes to wear."
After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
Jiang Yuwei pointed at the crossbow arrows on the ground and said:
"When you leave, take a few back with you and secure them on the walls of your own courtyards. Leave the ropes in the yard so that you can use them if there is an emergency. I'll make more tomorrow when I have time."
Jiang Yuwei looked at Tiezhu Ningwu and said:
"Tomorrow you will finish making all the remaining papers and spread the news. For now, suspend the purchase of plant ash and mulberry bark. I will not be at ease until we make more preparations in the next few days."