Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 262

When Chen Dongzhi came back after more than a month, Zhong Laosan's new house had been built and was located next to Chen Dongzhi's new house.

Although it is not as big as his new house, it still has six rooms for people to live in.

When they came back, Zhong Ruyi went to the village entrance to wait for them. It was only after she went to the town to ask Master Hu that she found out that they were coming back today.

From a distance, she saw a man riding a horse coming towards her.

After taking a closer look, she realized that this was her fiancé whom she hadn't seen for more than a month.

Zhong Ruyi waved her hand quickly, fearing that Chen Dongzhi would ride past without noticing.

Of course Chen Dongzhi also saw her and got off his horse with a smile, "Why are you waiting here? It's too hot."

"It's not hot." Zhong Ruyi wiped the sweat from her head and looked at him with bright eyes, "Come on, I'll make you some pancakes when I get back."

The two held hands and slowly walked towards home.

When he met villagers on the road, he let go of their hands, and held them again when there was no one around.

Chen Dongzhi didn't let her do it. He took out some sauerkraut from the jar, cut it, added a few pieces of meat to stir-fry, and ate it with a few steamed buns.

After dinner, they chatted for a while. He thought about it and told what he heard on the way. "On the way back, a family in the town had an accident in Baba Mountain. All six members of the family were killed."

The smile on Zhong Ruyi's smiling face instantly disappeared and she kept asking what was wrong?

Chen Dongzhi also looked unhappy. "The bandits in Baba Mountain are getting more and more rampant. They not only rob passing merchants but also ordinary civilians. They also take their lives after robbing them."

"What did the government say?" Zhong Ruyi also looked solemn. If this was true, wouldn't the bandits in Baba Mountain become even more unscrupulous in the future and even kill ordinary people?

"What can I say? We sent all the government detectives to the mountains to suppress the bandits, but they still came back in disgrace. We couldn't find anyone at all," he sighed. "Every time we went there quietly, we were always discovered."

This is indeed a problem. Every time we do this it’s just a waste of time and we can’t catch the criminals. Several batches of people have already been killed.

"The county magistrate has already reported it to the capital, but they haven't come to a conclusion yet, and haven't sent anyone to suppress the bandits."

Zhong Ruyi asked, "What if the imperial court sends troops to suppress the bandits and they still manage to escape? Is there any accomplice among the bandits in the government?"

It's not that Chen Dongzhi hasn't thought about this possibility. Otherwise, why would the bandits always know about it first and hide themselves every time he went up the mountain to suppress the bandits? "When we came back this time, we also met the county magistrate who went to discuss this matter with the county magistrate. He also said that he didn't rule out this possibility, but he didn't think of who it could be."

Ugh.

Really.

He doesn't want to be a good civilian, but chooses to be a bandit who harms people's lives and steals other people's property.

No matter how much they worry about this matter, it is useless. If the imperial court does not send troops to resolve it, the bandits' group will only grow larger and larger, until one day the bandits and the people can no longer maintain the current status, and one of them will always get into trouble.

I just didn't expect that the accident would come so soon.

As soon as Zhong Ruyi got up, she saw Jiang Qin coming back in a hurry, his face covered with sweat.

When he saw her, he immediately ran over and said, "Boss, something happened!"

He briefly told her what had happened, and added a few more words in case she didn't hear clearly.

"Jiangjia Village?" Zhong Ruyi looked solemn.

"Yes, the government has already sent people over there, and they are still calculating how many people died. From what I heard, two families were wiped out." Jiang Qin's gradually growing face also had a solemnity that was not in line with his age.

The bandits from Baba Mountain ran down last night and headed straight for Jiangjia Village. They broke into houses, robbed people, and killed people.

Zhong Ruyi felt heavy-hearted, this matter might not be that simple.

The next day the news spread to several surrounding villages.

People are in panic and unable to sleep or eat.

Zhao Ganwei struck the gong and asked all the villagers to hold a meeting under the stone mill in the center of the village.

When the villagers heard that there was going to be a meeting, they guessed that it was about the robbery of Jiangjia Village by bandits, so they brought their benches and went there early.

Everyone arrived quickly, and Zhao Ganwei stood in front of everyone with a heavy face.

He said loudly, "My fellow villagers, I believe you all know what happened in Jiangjia Village these days. I just came back from the government office this morning. The county magistrate told us not to go out at night. Every village must send people out to patrol and warn us in time if we encounter any danger."

The villagers were talking a lot.

"That's exactly what we should do. Otherwise, we'll end up like what happened in Jiangjia Village, where people get beaten up and die in their sleep without even noticing."

"I just don't know how long this patrol will take. Will it be done during the day and at night?"

Zhao Ganwei struck the gong, signaling everyone to be quiet and listen to him.

"So, starting from today, we don't need to watch during the day. The main thing is that someone must watch at night. One man from each household, form two teams, and there must be someone watching the east and back of the village."

Their Xinghua Village is not so bad. There is only one main road leading into the village, and then you have to climb over several mountains to get here.

After saying that, the village chief asked them to go back first, and wait for the man who was supposed to be out on patrol to come to his house later in the evening, and he would make arrangements.

There are three young and strong men in the Zhong family. At night, all three brothers passed by.

Zhao Ganwei counted the number of people, more than sixty young and strong men. He thought about it and asked half of them to go back and let them take over patrol the next night. Tonight, he asked those who were left behind to patrol. The sixty or so people were divided into two teams and took turns.

The remaining thirty or so people were divided into two groups, each with sixteen people, one group at the east end of the village, and the other group at the back of the village.

Zhong Ruyi tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. She was not worried that the bandits would travel a long way to come here.

She felt bad just thinking about the disaster that would happen to several villages near Baba Mountain.

The patrol team patrolled for six consecutive days, during which time Taohua Village, where Li Guihua's mother's home was, was surrounded by bandits in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, the county magistrate asked the village heads to arrange patrols early on, so no casualties were caused.

After this incident, the patrol team, which was originally a bit lazy, became serious and now there are people watching not only at night but also during the day.

If a stranger comes over, he will not be allowed to pass until his entire family history is clearly questioned.

Until the wedding date of Zhong Laosan was approaching, the bandits had no more movement. It was not known whether they planned to wait for a while before coming back or what, but no one who passed by Baba Mountain was robbed again.

The wedding date is in three days. These days, Zhong Laosan is so excited that he can't sit still. He goes to the new house from time to time to see if anything is missing.

Seeing how anxious he was, Zhong Ruyi knew it was useless to persuade him, so she could only let him walk around like a headless fly.

"Third brother, will my third sister-in-law's uncle and aunt live with you?"

"No." Zhong Laosan found a stool and sat down. "I asked them to live together, but they refused. They said they wanted to build a new house in our village."

"Building a new house again?" Zhong Ruyi smacked her lips in amazement. There were really a lot of people building new houses this year.