On the way home, Pei Xiaoer thought about Pei Decai's abnormality. Although Pei Xiaoer's family and Pei Decai have this connection, to be honest, the relationship is very weak. Today, they suddenly became too close and it was abnormal. After all, nothing happened.

To be courteous is to be either an adulterer or a thief.

After thinking about it for a while, I still couldn't figure it out until I got home, so I simply put it aside and will talk about it later.

Pei Xiaoer's home in this life was a low thatched house. Although his ancestors were also wealthy and could be traced back to the Wenxi Pei family in the Tang Dynasty, that was hundreds of years ago. People nowadays don't care about the seven surnames.

Prominent family.

"Mistress, go get some firewood."

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old ran out of the house, "Okay, brother, have you borrowed the food?"

The body of a teenage boy recovers very quickly.

"Yes, I borrowed it. I went to the village to get rid of the grain. Where is our father?"

"Dad went to the fields to fetch water."

Pei Xiaoer felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. In recent years, there have been severe droughts every year. Especially this year, which has been dry for several months. The small rivers nearby have dried up, so he can only go to the large rivers farther away to pick up the food.

Water is not as simple as just a few miles back and forth. Plus carrying water, you can imagine the hard work involved.

"I'll call him. You cook the food first."

Pei Xiaoer said and already walked out of the door.

As the sun sets, the family takes advantage of the last rays of light to eat.

Pei Xiaoer put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and briefly told his father about today's borrowing of food, including signing up to be a servant and Pei Decai's unusual behavior.

After hearing this, the father frowned, slowly put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, and said, "I don't know much about Pei Decai.

But I have heard someone tell something about him when he was a child. He said that when he was a child, he worked with his father in Mr. Pei's house. At that time, Mr. Pei's house had a big wolf dog. Every time Pei Decai met the wolf dog, the wolf dog would attack him.

He kept barking and chasing him to bite, while the other long-term workers would just laugh next to him.

One time, the wolfdog happened to meet Master Pei when he was chasing Pei Decai. Master Pei was still young at that time, and he was so frightened that he cried loudly.

Pei Decai got a big wooden stick from nowhere and hit the dog. After a few sticks, he killed the wolfdog and saved Master Pei's life.

Later, when Master Pei found out about this, he asked Pei Decai to become a bookboy with Master Pei. When Master Pei grew up, Pei Decai became the housekeeper of the Pei Mansion."

Pei Xiaoer listened quietly to Dad Pei's story, with a gloomy expression on his face. He sighed for a long time and said, "The soldiers are coming to block the water and cover it up with the earth. At this point, there is no other way to go. Xiaosan, hurry up and eat."

"After eating, let's go to Peijiazhuang overnight."

In the middle of the night, Pei Xiaoer, Pei Lao and Pei Xiaosan arrived at Peijiazhuang.

Pei Decai arranged for Father Pei and Xiao Er to live with other tenants, while Pei Xiaoer went directly to Coach Chen to report.

The night was quiet, with the sounds of snoring coming and going from the servant's quarters.

Coach Chen cursed and got up from the bed, arranged a bed for Pei Xiaoer, said, "Get up early tomorrow morning and practice with the others." Then he went back to sleep regardless of Pei Xiaoer's response.

Pei Xiaoer lay on the bed, tossing and turning, and finally counted the goats. In his daze, a fierce drum beat woke him up, and it turned out that it was already dawn.

Breakfast was a thin soup with a few vegetable leaves floating in it. Although the water was not as clear as water, it was not much better. There was also a steamed bun, but I didn't know where it was made, and it smelled rancid.

The servants gathered together in twos and threes. They each went to eat their own food. From time to time, they heard the sound of cursing, but nothing else happened. These days, the Ming army's food may not be as good as this, so why do they need bicycles?

After breakfast, Coach Chen thrust a broken knife into Pei Xiaoer's hand. The knife had a provenance at first glance, and the rust stains on its body showed its deep experience. I'm afraid it wasn't passed down from the Jiajing Dynasty.

Antiques that came down?

Pei Xiaoer was still thinking about finding a whetstone to sharpen his knife when he heard Coach Chen scolding him. "When you're full, come over here and practice."

In an open space, the servants huddled together in a noisy manner. In anger, Coach Chen cursed several times, kicked down two servants, and after some pulling, they finally managed to get out of the way.

The drill is not much different from the drills of other officers and soldiers. They just take the knife and wave it neatly in the open space. But as for the effect, only God knows.

After a morning of training, all the servants were sweating profusely and looked like they were dying. Seeing this, Coach Chen knew that he could not continue practicing. If he continued practicing, someone might be killed. He could only order the disbandment.

During lunch, Pei Xiaoer had just brought a bowl of hot noodles and before he started eating, he heard the eager sound of gongs from the villagers. At the same time, one after another shouted that the bandits are coming, bandits are coming.

coming.

Coach Chen stood up abruptly and shouted, "Don't fucking eat any more. Go and defend the village wall. The bandits are here."

The servants were also scolding each other. The gangsters really picked a good time. They didn't come early or late, but they just waited for everyone to bring the bowls and were about to eat. Come on, the key is that they didn't cook for them either.

ah.

Pei Xiaoer also cursed secretly, took two bites of rice quickly, picked up the knife and ran towards the village wall.

Outside the village wall, a group of thieves are slowly coming towards Zhuangzi. They are called bandits, but actually it is more appropriate to call them refugees.

I saw that most of the people were dressed in rags, and some even had their butts exposed. Most of them carried various farm tools on their shoulders, and some even only held some wooden sticks. Only the middle few

The ten people looked better, at least they still had a knife in their hands, so they weren't that dramatic.

One of them was even riding a horse. Pei Xiaoer's eyes were opened to see this. Is this the bandit who destroyed the Ming Dynasty?

Pei Xiaoer secretly glanced at the servants next to him. Although many people were cursing, few showed fear.

Although Peijiazhuang has always been peaceful, it has not been without thieves. However, it has never been broken into by thieves, and I think this time will be no exception.

At this time, only one person was seen running quickly from the crowd of thieves. He stood a stone's throw away from the village wall and yelled curses.

"Everyone in Zhuangzi, listen, we are passing by your Zhuangzi on a tiger holding a plate to borrow some food and wages from you. You are required to prepare five thousand stones of food, ten thousand taels of silver, and one hundred women in one day. Otherwise.

, after we destroy your Zhuangzi, we will make sure that all your chickens and dogs are left behind."

After shouting, he went back without saying much.

Mr. Pei, who usually lives in seclusion, was listening clearly on the wall of the village.

He took Pei Decai's arm and whispered a few words in his ear.

I saw Pei Decai shouting towards the outside of the village, "It is our honor for the master to pass by our village. To show our friendship to the landlord, we are willing to offer one hundred dan of grain to show our sincerity, and hope that the master will accept it."

"Damn it, do you think we are beggars? Since you don't have to drink the wine as a penalty, then we have to go get it ourselves." The man on horseback heard this and became furious.
Chapter completed!