The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

The little boy stared at Xia Mianwan blankly, his expression becoming even uglier, "Can you still give me food?"

"can!"

"Is there any medicine?"

“Need to think about it!”

The little boy glanced at the three of them, then turned and walked in, "Come in!"

Now the three of them looked at each other in bewilderment. Should they go in... or not? There wouldn't be any traps inside...

Xiao Wu stepped forward hesitantly and said softly, "I'll go first, and you guys watch my reaction."

Xiaowu followed the little boy into the shabby house. The house was not big, but the floor was open and an old man was climbing up.

Unexpectedly, this inconspicuous shabby house actually has a tunnel!

Xiaowu didn't show it on his face, but he was extremely shocked in his heart.

"Aze, you stay outside." Xia Mianwan said something to Zhou Chengze and went into the dilapidated house.

The old man was probably in his fifties, and seemed to be in good spirits, but his clothes were really dirty.

The four of them were silent for a moment.

At this time, the little boy spoke first: "Grandpa, they said they still have medicine and food."

The old man bowed and said, "Thank you!"

Xia Mianwan said: "We want to ask some questions and know the situation outside. Food is easy to handle. If you need medicine, you have to tell me what's wrong."

The old man asked, "I have caught a cold from the fatigue and shock of the past few days. Is there any way to treat it?"

Xia Mianwan nodded and said, "Yes, but I have to go home to get it."

The old man had a look of joy on his face. "Whatever you want to ask, I will tell you everything I know."

"Did you come from the tunnel?" Xia Mianwan asked.

The old man nodded and said, "Yes."

"Where does the other end of this tunnel lead to?"

The old man was silent for a while and sighed, "The other end leads to my house in Yanzhou City, which is located under the rockery in the garden."

Xia Mianwan and Xiaowu looked at each other in surprise, "It can actually lead to the city?"

The old man nodded and said, "Yes."

Xia Mianwan asked again: "So...what is the current situation in Yanzhou City? What is the situation of your house?"

The old man said, "Fifty days ago, Huang Lin led 50,000 Huang Lin soldiers to attack the city. The number of soldiers in Yanzhou City was only 8,000, which was a huge difference. However, despite the huge difference, the defenders fought to the death. However, the soldiers in Yanzhou City suffered heavy losses. The Huang Lin army attacked the city day and night, and the defenders could not continue. Until seven days ago, Yanzhou City was broken. After the Huang Lin army entered, they began to vent their anger, killing the surrendered soldiers and the civilians. As for the women..."

The old man didn't say anything else, but everyone could guess the result.

Women...are just victims of this war.

"On the day Huanglin's army attacked, we hid in the tunnel under the rockery early. We wanted to come out from this broken house, but who knew that Dahuang Village would also be affected. We hid for three days before the noise in Dahuang Village died down. Only then did we dare to come out for a while at night." The old man paused for a moment and continued.

"Building a tunnel from the city to the outside of the city is such a huge project, it can't be completed in one or two days, right?" Xiao Wu asked.

The old man glanced at Xiao Wu and said, "Our family has been operating in Yanzhou City for decades. Because our former head of the family had a strong sense of crisis, this tunnel was completed many years ago."

"But since you can dig tunnels, how could you not store some spare food in the tunnels?" Xia Mianwan still felt that something was not right.

The old man smiled bitterly and said, "Of course we have always prepared it, but at the beginning we mistakenly believed the Huanglin Army. The Huanglin Army said that as long as we can take the initiative to hand over enough food, we can be free from this crisis. But the Huanglin Army has besieged Yanzhou City for so long, and Yanzhou City has long been out of food supply. When the defenders came to collect food, my family put in a lot of effort, but who knew that the defenders had already been exhausted and ultimately failed to defend Yanzhou City. That's when we thought about collecting some food and handing it over to the Huanglin Army, but the amount was never enough, so I embezzled the authentic food."

Xia Mianwan: "..."

It's really confusing...

The old man saw what Xia Mianwan meant by his eyes, and smiled helplessly: "If possible, I certainly don't want to hand in grain, but I originally thought that we didn't know the situation in Dahuang Village, and it might be difficult to deal with even if we escaped, so we wanted to take a gamble. Unexpectedly, we still lost the bet..."

At this moment, there seemed to be a hint of emotion in the boy's cold eyes, and he seemed to be about to break...

"The servants who took the grain to deliver the food were all strong maids. The men had already died under the city while defending it. Who knew that these beasts would not even let the maids go... In the end, everyone who went there died. It was too late when we received the news. I only had time to take my wife and grandchildren into the tunnel." The old man's face was full of pain. Life was so bitter, so bitter.

Xia Mianwan asked softly, "Is your house in the city safe now?"

The old man shook his head and said, "The house was given to a leader of the Huanglin Army. We didn't dare to go up and take a look."

"So...how much do you know about the situation outside?" Xia Mianwan continued to ask.

The old man said, "The news is blocked now, so I have no way of knowing. But I know that the original Kwantung Army is already heading to Yanzhou City, and I don't know what will happen next."

Xia Mianwan already knew all the news she wanted to know, and she already had a plan in her mind.

"What are your plans for the future?" Xia Mianwan asked.

The old man said, "We can only hide here for now. We are old and young, how can we take the children with us to escape?"

Xia Mianwan said: "Where is the patient? Take me to see the patient."

Seeing that Xia Mianwan was willing to treat his wife, the old man quickly said, "In the tunnel."

Xia Mianwan said, "I'll go down with you. Xiaowu, you and the child stay upstairs."

The old man knew that Xia Mianwan was still wary of them, but he had a clear conscience, so he didn't mind.

Xia Mianwan followed the old man down the stairs. There was a closed space at the bottom of the stairs, which was only about 20 square meters. But there was no one in the space.

The old man walked to one of the stone walls without hesitation and knocked a few times. A door appeared on the stone wall and opened.

Xia Mianwan didn't expect that there was such a hidden secret here, and couldn't help but have some idea of ​​the old man's background.

"Girl, it's in here."

Xia Mianwan followed the old man into the stone gate. Behind the stone gate was a space of about 40 square meters. There was some straw on the far left of the space, and a wooden bed on the right. An old woman and a little girl were lying on the bed.