Chapter 73: Chaos
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This cart was made by her grandfather. Back then, he wanted to buy a horse, but he didn’t have any connections. Later on, as the Mu family’s money slowly dwindled, this cart was left idle.
Later on, Mu Shi made a wheelbarrow out of it and stored it in the storeroom.
Mu Yangling did not know what had happened, but seeing how panicked Mu Shi was, she reckoned she should take this out.
By the time Mu Yangling finished packing up, Mu Shi had already brought more than ten people to West Mountain Village with torches to investigate the situation.
Liu He got someone to fetch them to the Liu family’s courtyard. The entire village was there, and no one spoke in the chilly night.
Mu Yangling wrapped Shu Wanniang and the two babies in the blanket and stuffed Little Bowen and Xiulan in. Then, she whispered to Madam Ma-Liu, “Great-aunt, help me take care of my mother. I’ll go ask Great-uncle what’s going on.”
Looking at the flames in West Mountain Village, Madam Ma-Liu said in a low voice, “There’s no need to go. With such a big fire, there’s an 80% chance that the Hus are attacking.”
Mu Yangling was shocked. “There are stationed troops in our Xingzhou Prefecture.”
Madam Ma-Liu smiled bitterly. “Four years ago, when the Hu people attacked south, Liuxia Village was burned down just like that. No one in the village, old and young, walked out alive. At that time, our West Mountain Village was lucky. Before the Hu people reached us, the soldiers of Xingzhou Prefecture arrived. However, Liuxia Village was long gone. If the Hu people came down again, wouldn’t it be our West Mountain Village’s turn this time? I wonder how many villagers can survive.”
As West Mountain Village and Nearhill Village were only separated by a mountain, Mu Yangling was inevitably anxious. She did not know why Mu Shi had to run to West Mountain Village at a time like this.
Having lived for decades, Madam Ma-Liu explained in a low voice, “Only the villagers of our two villages know about the path from West Mountain Village to Nearhill Village. Your father wants to seal that path. If the Hus take the main road, they won’t be able to reach Nearhill Village and will go straight to another village. We just have to stay in the Liu family’s courtyard and wait for the Xingzhou Prefecture’s troops.”
Mu Yangling looked up at Chef Mountain and did not ask things such as, “What if the villagers of Xishan Village betray them?” She only said, “Aren’t we going to send someone to inform the Xingzhou Prefecture’s garrison?”
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