Chapter 19: Thinking with a Heavy Head

Liu Laotai stared at her second son’s wife from the second branch of the family. Before they split the family, the two couples had been very good to her.

She had always been the one who called the shots in the Liu family, but after the split, the second branch’s daughter-in-law became unbearable, scolding and hitting her every day.

Liu Laotai shouted at the second son, “Second son, are you blind? Can’t you see how your wife is treating me? Why don’t you beat her!”

Liu Laotou heard his mother say this, and he snorted coldly, “What’s wrong with what my wife said? If you hadn’t meddled, how could we have missed out on the wild boar meat?”

He pulled his wife and stormed into the house.

Liu Laotai was so angry that she trembled all over. She sat down on a stool in the main hall and pounded the table with all her might.

“This is a rebellion, a rebellion!

You don’t care about me, an old woman, after splitting the family? You unfilial children.”

After shouting for a while, she saw that no one was paying attention to her, and she became even angrier.

She saw Liu Zhaodi standing in the courtyard and went up to kick her.

“You money-losing thing, what are you looking at in the courtyard? Are you laughing at me, an old woman?

I can’t control the big ones at home, but I can’t control you few money-losing things who eat for free?”

She slapped Liu Zhaodi several times.

Liu Zhaodi was caught off guard and fell to the ground, her head hitting the ground.

Liu Laotai saw that her granddaughter’s back of the head was bleeding profusely, and she was scared.

She hurried towards the house, but she didn’t call for a doctor for Liu Zhaodi. Liu Zhaodi lay on the ground, motionless.

…

Over at the Yun family’s doorstep, the villagers left one by one after finishing their broth, thinking that they could still use the oil and water in the bowls.

Yun Laotai, along with her daughters-in-law, started cleaning up the house. The village head’s eldest son came back from outside and pulled his father, shouting.

“Dad! Quickly tell the villagers to go to the capital.”

The village head saw his eldest son’s anxious look and frowned, “What’s going on? Tell me quickly.”

The village head’s eldest son sighed and said, “The bandits in town have started robbing things everywhere.

They say that the barbarians are burning, killing, and looting, and they are coming towards us. They will be here in two days. The rich families in town have all left.”

The village head’s eyes widened in shock, “What? No wonder the taxes have increased so much this year, and they even demanded forced conscription. It turns out that the barbarians have invaded.”

The village head didn’t expect this to happen! It was too fast, they hadn’t even started conscription yet, and the barbarians had already invaded the Great Dynasty.

The village head quickly took out a gong from his house and started beating it in the village.

The villagers had thought that they could eat their fill and rest early, and they wouldn’t have to cook dinner.

But they heard the village head shouting loudly in the village, and everyone came out.

Yun Laotou also ran out and went to the village head, “Village head, why are you beating the gong? What’s going on?”

The village head quickly waved his hand, “Quickly! Go to the ancestral hall, there’s something urgent, call everyone who can be called.”

Yun Laotou nodded and turned to go home.

He called his four sons and told them to go to the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall was large. Yun Nian’an saw her father’s hurried look and thought something big must have happened!

She insisted on following Yun Lao San.

Lao San originally didn’t want his daughter to go, but Ye Chuhe said from the side, “Just let Nian’an go. Nian’an has been sharp since she woke up. If something happens, she can help come up with ideas.”

Yun Lao San nodded when he heard his wife say this, and he took Yun Nian’an to the ancestral hall.

The village head stood on the high platform, seeing that everyone was present, he sighed and pulled out his eldest son.

“We have to pack up and leave as soon as we get back. We have to flee.

Take whatever you can, and if you can’t, just throw it away.

The rich families in town have all fled, and now the bandits are burning, killing, and looting in town.

The barbarians have also entered the Great Dynasty, and they will attack us in two days.”

The villagers gasped when they heard this.

The village head sighed and talked about the arrangements for the future. Yun Nian’an thought that they had to flee right at the beginning. It was good that she had a space, otherwise, she would have to live a hard life.

But no matter what, it was better than the apocalypse where there were disgusting zombies everywhere. It was just fleeing, right? She had food in her space, and she could also grow food in the space she had merged with. In a few days, the crops in an acre of land could be fully ripe.

It would be even better if she could raise some chickens, ducks, geese, or cows and sheep.

The village head spoke briefly, then waved his hand and told everyone to hurry back and pack up, and they would leave early tomorrow morning.

The whole village was filled with sighs. Yun Laotou came back and told Yun Laotai about it. Yun Laotai didn’t say anything and started calling for everyone in the family to pack up.

Yun Nian’an sat at the dining table in the main hall, resting her head and thinking.

She thought about the black soil in her space, the crops she planted would be fully ripe in a few days.

What if she raised some chickens, ducks, pigs, cows, and sheep in her space? Would they also grow up in a few days?

After all, the time flow in the black soil was different from the outside world, would it be the same for other things? If so, she wouldn’t be short of food.

Yun Laotai saw her granddaughter’s dazed look and touched her head, “Nian’an, don’t be afraid, we have many men in our family. Even if we are on the road, your uncles and your older brothers will protect you. Don’t worry, and if all else fails, you have grandma.”

Yun Nian’an nodded repeatedly when she heard the old lady’s words, “Grandma, I’m not afraid. I was just thinking that the journey is long, so we need to prepare more food.”

Yun Laotai nodded repeatedly, “Don’t worry! We have a cart, we’ll put all the food and things we need on the cart, and you are still young and not heavy, your father will push you.”

Yun Nian’an shook her head, “Grandma, I’ll go to my room and pack.”

Yun Laotai nodded quickly, “Go ahead, grandma needs to pack up too.”

Liu Laotai came back from the village head and started packing in a hurry. She turned her head and saw Liu Zhaodi lying in the courtyard.

She went up and kicked Liu Zhaodi, shouting loudly, “It’s almost enough, why are you still lying here?

If you don’t get up, I’ll call your father to get a straw mat and throw you on the mountain to feed the wolves.”

Liu Zhaodi woke up groggily.

She felt someone hitting her and quickly covered her head, shouting loudly, “Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I’m wrong, I really know I’m wrong, please stop hitting me.”

Liu Zhaodi opened her eyes and saw the person in front of her, she widened her eyes in shock.

How could it be Liu Laotai? Didn’t Liu Laotai die two years ago?