My Parents Are Omnipotent

  Chapter 26 for self-preservation

  The second day after returning from the county seat, Ye Anlan and Ye Jinkui went to town together.

  Father and daughter bought two carts of rice grain, planning to avoid the eyes and ears of the villagers, and store it in the hidden cave that Ye Anlan discovered before.

   It's just that before they left the town, there was a group of sword soldiers who were hunting strong men everywhere.

  These soldiers began to arrest people from the outskirts of the town. While arresting people, they did not forget to search all kinds of things from the people's homes. It is more appropriate to say that they are soldiers rather than bandits.

  Ye Anlan and Ye Jinkui originally wanted to take a detour to avoid these chaotic soldiers, but they had a mule cart each, and they couldn't perform actions such as drilling small alleys, climbing over walls, and climbing roofs.

   In desperation, the father and daughter could only force their way out.

  Relying on their agility and good driving skills, when the soldiers approached them carelessly as ordinary people, they caught them by surprise and slammed their whips at the same time.

   Those unprepared soldiers subconsciously hid on both sides of the road for fear of being trampled by the running mules. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ye Anlan and Ye Jinkui drove the mule cart and disappeared in a flash.

   "The houses in the village cannot continue to live. Today is the town, and tomorrow it might be our village's turn." Although Ye Jinkui was jolted by the running mule cart, his mind never stopped.

  He drove the mule cart and said to Ye Anlan: "After the food is unloaded, I will go to Lizheng."

  Ye Anlan has no objection, "Success."

  The father and daughter went around in a circle, drove the mule cart directly to the foot of the mountain, and then moved the grain up the mountain one after another.

  After moving, he drove the mule cart home, and then Ye Jinkui hurried to Lao Lizheng's house.

After telling Lao Li that someone was arresting strong men in the town, Ye Jinkui hurried back to his home—their family’s food, money, quilts, and mule carts were all within the scope of looting, and he had to go back quickly to help Family members transfer property.

   Sure enough, the next day, the village also came to arrest the strong men.

  Luckily, Lao Lizheng had already notified from door to door yesterday. Since last night, the young people and children in the village have all hid in the mountains.

  The only ones who remain in the village today are the elderly who don’t have to worry about being taken away or molested.

  The soldiers couldn’t catch anyone, they cursed and wreaked havoc, and then left with all the chickens, ducks, pigs, food, etc. they could find in the villagers’ homes.

  The villagers stayed on the mountain for another day and night, and found that the soldiers did not intend to kill a single carbine, so Lao Li went up the mountain himself and called all the villagers back to the village.

Ye Jinkui, who had been paying attention to the movement at the bottom of the mountain, received the letter and personally came over to greet his wife and children home, "Don't move all the things in our house home. I don't know how many times this kind of thing will happen in the future. Put things on the mountain It's safer than putting it in a village."

  Ye Anlan nodded in agreement, "I'll block the entrance of the cave with big rocks later, to ensure that no one, no matter if it's a human or a beast, can't enter this cave in our house."

  The cave they live in is not a short distance from the foot of the mountain. In addition, there is nothing valuable or edible around here, so even if the villagers enter the mountain, they will basically not go to this remote area on purpose.

  However, if the soldiers catching strong men choose to search the mountain, forcing the villagers to come out of the few artificially dug earthen caves at the foot of the mountain, then the villagers will undoubtedly choose to go up the mountain.

   When people panic, they will inevitably panic when they run. Ye Anlan doesn't want the food, gold and silver, quilts and other things that her family finally dumped on the mountain, all of which are cheaper than some villagers who happen to come here.

   "By the way, father and mother, I will go out later."

  Ye Jinkui was taken aback, "You don't want to ask for news, do you?"

  Ye Anlan nodded, "You, Fengshou and Erlang will take care of the family. If there is any disturbance, you will send my mother and two younger sisters to the mountain."

  Ms. Li grabbed Ye Anlan, "No, you can't go, it's too dangerous outside right now because of the turmoil."

Ye Anlan smiled and patted Li on the shoulder, "Mother, our family can't just blindly hide at home or on the mountain. As you said, it's hard to say what will happen outside now. Think about it, In case there are soldiers coming to the village to arrest the strong men, in case bandits come to burn, kill and loot, in case there are refugees who take advantage of the fire to loot."

  The more she talked, the paler Li's face became, but Ye Anlan couldn't help it. She couldn't treat her family as a few delicate flowers and take care of them in all directions without any dead ends.

  In the chaotic world where people are not as good as dogs, the sooner people accept the reality, the sooner they can gain a foothold through their own efforts.

  Mo said that she really needs to go out to find out news, even if she doesn't need it, she still wants to take this opportunity to make a fortune from the war.

  Before their family had ten taels of gold and more than two hundred and seventy taels of silver, but now they have only ten taels of gold and less than fifty taels of silver left.

   Indeed, she had hoarded enough supplies, but with only supplies but no money, Ye Anlan always felt that something was missing in her life.

   And there is another very important point, that is, so far, she has not fully grasped the natural power of this body.

  After living an ordinary life, she took advantage of the new body after being resurrected from the dead. With such a golden finger, Ye Anlan is not willing to let it remain out of control.

  Before the chaos of this world completely involved her, Ye Anlan was determined to thoroughly master this magical power originating from her blood through continuous training and actual combat.

  ***

  The Ye family who returned to the village were full of worries. Ye Anlan, who was dressed in men's clothing and had pot bottoms on her face, was far less dangerous than the Ye family imagined.

  Although she is not the kind of person who can fight a hundred people, she has rich combat experience and her five senses are particularly keen. If she just wants to avoid dangerous elements, it is really not a difficult thing for her.

After leaving the village, she deliberately bypassed the large group of soldiers and refugees, and only chose places with few people to inquire about the news without any trace. Can you send a fortune by the way?

  When the sun started to shift westward, she immediately swayed back in the direction she came from. The whole process can be said to be without any danger, very smooth but also very exciting.

   Ye Anlan was very satisfied with this. She weighed the few pieces of silver that she picked up one after another today, and happily prepared to go back to the village.

   "Hey—wait a minute—"

  When there were still about five or six miles away from the village, Ye Anlan was stopped by a young man walking alone on the official road.

  The young man has handsome facial features and fair complexion. He is wearing a shirt that represents his status as a noble scholar, showing his superior social status.

  (end of this chapter)