She turned around and saw a long knife on the kang.
She was so frightened that she hugged her granddaughter tightly.
Jiayin couldn't help it, so she patted grandma's big hand with her small hand, held it in for a long time, and then uttered another word, "Dad!"
The old lady blinked twice and suddenly understood.
"This is for your dad, for self-defense on the road?"
Jiayin nodded and pointed to the door.
Mrs. Li really shed tears now and hugged her granddaughter and kissed her again and again.
"Your father is not as sensible as a child like you. Fortunately, I have you, otherwise how would grandma live?"
Jiayin sighed inwardly, feeling more and more sorry for the old lady.
It's hard to be a family member, but it's fine if things go well at home, but if something bad happens, the old lady will probably feel uneasy for the rest of her life.
Li Laosi wandered outside the door for an unknown number of times, feeling extremely regretful.
Bouncer Liu was kind to the Li family, and there was nothing wrong with him wanting to repay his kindness.
But I'm not wrong. There are old people above and young ones below. If something happens to him, what will happen to the family?
Tao Hongying came in from outside without taking off her apron. Seeing her husband like this, she gave him a fierce look.
Li Laosi quickly smiled flatteringly, guessing that his wife was going to plead for him.
But before the couple could speak, Mrs. Li had already shouted from inside the room.
"Fourth, Hongying, come in!"
The couple quickly pushed open the door and entered. Tao Hongying saw her daughter sticking her butt out and walking slowly on the window sill.
She quickly got on the kang and hugged her daughter, fearing that she would fall.
But Li Laosi's eyes were glued to the long knife on the kang, "This... is this a long knife?"
"Humph," Li Laosi snorted and replied impatiently.
"Yes, Fu Niu specially said it was for you to protect yourself on the road."
Li Laosi was so happy that he held the knife in his hands and pulled it out of its sheath.
The blade, which is more than two feet long, is sharp and dazzling!
He held his breath subconsciously, stretched out his hand and rubbed the blade, and blood was seen on his fingertips.
"Good knife, good knife! It's so sharp!"
Mrs. Li took her granddaughter and raised her chin proudly.
"Needless to say, there is nothing wrong with what Fu Niu brought out. You ignorant father must come back safe and sound, otherwise you will feel sorry for Fu Niu."
"Mom, don't worry, I will definitely Come back early."
Li Laosi put down the knife and solemnly agreed, and finally snatched the daughter away and rubbed her little face with his stubble.
Jiayin was so angry that she grabbed her father's bun with her little hands, which made Li Laosi grin in pain.
Mrs. Li and Tao Hongying both laughed. Tao Hongying took a careful look at the knife and felt slightly better.
At this point, Li Laosi has decided to go out as a escort.
But the family righteousness failed. Mrs. Li refused to let her go, and Mr. Li refused to take her with her.
Bouncer Liu didn't know it would be so dangerous before, so he even thought of taking his son and apprentice out together.
But after the escort, he regretted it.
It happened that Li Laosi came over, and after discussing it, they decided not to take the two boys with them.
With two people and two fast horses, they traveled day and night, and they could go back and forth in ten days.
The speed is fast and the risk is minimized.
Jiayi was very disappointed, but thinking about how his fourth uncle would go out without anyone at home to protect him.
Not to mention anything else, the thirty acres of crops at home are the only one within a hundred miles.
Although there are people from the village taking care of it, they can't prevent someone from the other village from being jealous and causing mischief.
Tao Hongying silently packed the package for her husband, including a simple set of clothes, a pair of shoes, and then some medicine for wounds and pills for dysentery and wind-cold.
What's left is all flour cakes, made of fine thin noodles. They are dry and have no flavor, but they can be stored for three to five days without fear of spoilage.
Then put a large bowl of wild boar meat sauce in a bamboo tube. You can stop and rest at any time on the way to have a full meal.
Jiayin also searched the space and found an old-fashioned military kettle and a military green satchel.
The dark green pot body is a little mottled, but it is still strong and has a long strap.
The satchel is 80% new, a bit ugly but practical.
On the night of departure, Li Laosi changed into narrow-sleeved clothes and pants that facilitated movement.
The left side carries a water bottle, and the right side carries a satchel containing clothes and dry food.
Putting on the big hat, the look is really weird.
No matter how worried Jiayin was about her father's safety, she couldn't help but laugh on her grandma's shoulder.
Mrs. Li didn't care about her granddaughter and told her son over and over again to be careful.
Li Laosi kowtowed to his mother, touched his daughter's face, and then strode out of the house.
Not far outside the village, Liu Biaotou was already waiting on horseback.
He didn't go in because he didn't want the horses' hooves to cause the dogs in the village to bark, and he felt ashamed of the Li family.
If he had a choice, he would definitely not beg Li Laosi to accompany him.
This escort trip is really too difficult!
Before I picked up the escort, I agreed that it would be a banknote, which was easy to carry and not easy to be discovered.
But after getting the dart, he discovered that there were not only a hundred taels of gold, but also a bag of gems.
These things together totaled five thousand taels, and they were so eye-catching.
He thought about it for a while, and the only one who could help and was trustworthy was Li Laosi!
But for the Li family, this meant that Li Laosi was going to gamble his life, and he had no face to face it...
Li Laosi got on his horse, took the gem bag handed to him by the escort Liu, and carefully stuffed it into his arms.
Then after thinking about it, he handed the long knife to Liu Biaotou.
He is better at bow and arrow, and the saber hanging on the side of the saddle is enough for self-defense.
This long knife can play a greater role in the hands of a knife master like Liu Biaotou!
Sure enough, Liu Biaotou drew out his long knife and looked at it, his face turned red with excitement.
"Where did this knife come from? It's such a good knife!"
Li Laosi sighed when he thought of his mysterious and well-behaved little girl.
He felt bad for a father to have his daughter worry so much.
But he couldn't tell the truth at the moment, so he answered vaguely.
"This is passed down from our ancestors. It seems that my great-grandfather had a brother who was a traveler. It was so far back that my family can't remember it clearly. My mother was worried about this trip, so she took it out for me to use."
When he heard that it was an ancestral inheritance, Liu Biaotou's desire to buy it with a lot of money was gone.
He couldn't put it down and touched it again and again, and then handed it to Li Laosi.
Li Laosi refused to answer, waved his hand and said.
"Brother Liu, you are better at using a knife. You should carry this knife!"
Liu Biaotou's eyes lit up. He wanted to refuse, but he really liked it.
Such a good knife was the only one he had ever seen in his life. This time, he felt more and more confident about having such a sharp weapon.
"Good brother, then I won't be polite to you anymore. I will return it to you when we return victoriously."
Li Laosi looked back at the dark village, with only a few lights in the direction of his home.
He knew that the family was waiting for the sound of his horse's hooves, and if they couldn't hear the sound of the horse's hooves, they would not be able to rest peacefully.
"Let's go, Brother Liu, leave early and come back early!"
The two men and two horses quickly disappeared into the night, running more than a hundred miles in one night.
At dawn, the two of them rested under a tree, ate dry food and drank water. They felt that everything was going well and felt much relieved.
But how could they know that such a huge sum of money could be concealed in a small place like Junyang?
Someone has long been eyeing them, like poisonous snakes, waiting for an opportunity!