Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

When the cook and the two little girls arrived in the kitchen carrying food on their backs, they relaxed after seeing no one around.

A little girl quickly opened the bag and was surprised to find that it was all new rice.

"Mom, it seems we have met a rich family. Look at this rice. It's not Chen rice."

Her mother, Chef Hu, was looking around in the kitchen. When she saw many kitchen utensils covered with dust, she knew that the newcomers hadn't seen anything yet.

They have been around this yard for several days, so they can be considered "familiar with the roads."

"Erya, go fetch water. Your father and uncle have been hungry for several days and are about to have a good meal!"

Chef Hu looked at the firewood pile outside again, and spat fiercely, "These rich people are not good people. It would be a good idea to let the rich man Wang go away and find a new one."

It turned out that their group was the bandits from the nearby mountains. They cooperated internally and externally with the unmanaged soldiers in the army, and they have gradually grown in power.

Several wealthy families in the county have already been trampled by them. They kill a "big fat pig" every month, and the brothers get rich together.

But the local rich man Wang's family had good luck. Not only did they sell the best-built new house in their family to Laiji at a low price, but they also avoided the disaster. However, the uninformed Laiji family was about to be unlucky. .

Laiji's family was originally a slave. In order not to cause trouble, there were few servants in the family.

Besides, although he came to Pingan Prefecture to be an official, he went from the capital to a "remote area", so not many people in the capital came out with them.

Now Lai Er's family consists of Grandma Lai, Lai Er, Lai's second daughter-in-law, three sons and their girl, and the last one is Lai's six-year-old girl.

They, as a group, brought the servants they were used to. Except for the little girl who brought an extra nanny, everyone else was surrounded by two or three people.

There were only about twenty people in their group. If the men in Lai Er's family were not really strong and Lai Er's wife was a fat woman with a big body and waist, they would have been robbed before entering the city.

Therefore, they had a place to live, and Lai's second daughter-in-law wanted to find more people to clean the house.

However, their family had been targeted by bandits, so before they could go out to find Ren Yazi, they acquired a cook named Hu who claimed to be a "widow" and four "orphan" girls because of her kindness and greed.

When Chef Hu had finished cooking the thick porridge and reported it, the valet brought by Lai Er came over to help carry the porridge pot to the door.

For a while, a manservant went to the door and set off a plate of firecrackers. After lighting them and letting them crackle, it was considered to have driven away evil spirits.

Chef Hu had already seen her husband in the crowd, so when no one was paying attention, she passed on the news that the four girls had touched her to her husband.

"The newly arrived family named Lai is a wealthy family in the capital. It is said that they are relatives of the Duke of Guo's family, so they came to our place. This family of eight actually has three officials."

"This Mr. Lai is a fellow magistrate, who is responsible for catching thieves and preventing bandits in the prefecture and county. The magistrate and county magistrate hasn't come yet, so now he is in charge."

"There were two other generals who said they wanted to enter the military camp, but they did not enter the camp. It was Mr. Lai who went in to have a look. Huang Shancai didn't see him at the door. He walked around inside and came out to ask questions. Only then did Huang Shancai know Outsiders are coming.”

"This hozen can't even look at the door!"

Chef Hu's husband slapped his leg and cursed a few times.

However, he was also a deputy commander in the Ping'an Prefecture camp. He knew that everyone in the camp was not with the new governor, so although he cursed a few times, he was not afraid at all.

"Then do you want to take action tonight?"

Chef Hu asked her husband. Everyone had heard that the cellar of the rich man Wang's house was full of rice, so they all followed him.

As a result, after further investigation, it was found that the rich man Wang was bragging, and his family had no food left for a long time.

But this is correct. Who can endure a drought for more than two years and still have enough food at home?

"Does the Lai family bring much food?"

Deputy General Hu asked. He had no choice but to lead someone to haul a batch of food. If not, the brothers would also collapse.

"Here, I heard that there was a whole boat, and the servants of the rich man Wang's family helped transport it. I didn't see this."

Deputy General Hu sighed, knowing that he was taking a gamble, but the world is in chaos now, and all the rich families in this state who can take action have already been touched. If they wait any longer, someone will propose to touch the families who cannot be touched. .

"Forget it, you, Da Niu, Er Ya and the others will search hard. Once you find the entrance, tie a strip of cloth on the tree. Anyway, their family's backers are far away in the capital, so don't worry about other things."

Vice President Hu felt cruel to the president. He also had to think about the brothers who were following him. If he didn't comfort him, he would be afraid that they would become ambitious and cause even bigger trouble.

Although the emperor has not yet begun to crack down on corrupt officials, isn't this just a matter of words? If it hadn't been for the camp's monthly salary not being paid for a long time, who would want to cause trouble!

"In short, since their family is sensible and knows how to give porridge and save people's lives, we must not be unkind. When the time comes, you will be more careful and don't let the brothers take their lives."

Chef Hu thought of the two charming young ladies she met later. They were only four or five years old, and they were both obedient and would not run around. Chef Hu thought of her daughter when she secretly glanced at her with a smile.

If life hadn't been really hard, she would never have done something that would send her to hell.

Late at night, when Lai Er's family all went to bed, Chef Hu quietly walked to the door and found that only one woman in the family was watching the door.

"Mom, should I give her a stick?"

Hu Da Niu was eager to try and show off her talents. Chef Hu nodded, and she touched it quietly.

Because they were hidden in the shadows, and there was a lantern on the mother-in-law's side, Cook Hu didn't expect anything unexpected to happen to her.

As a result, not long after Hu Da Niu passed by, she kicked down the lantern. After a few flutters, it became silent.

"Big girl, big girl!"

Chef Hu was anxious and was about to go over to take a look when she heard her daughter reply to her.

"Mom, it's okay, it's done!"

Chef Hu breathed a sigh of relief, and went over with Erya, and saw the woman lying by the door through the moonlight.

The three of them pushed the mother-in-law away together. Cook Hu opened the door and let in Deputy Manager Hu and the others.

"Is everyone here?"

"Did you find food?"

The two said in unison, and then answered separately: "Brothers are all here, there are more than fifty of us, and the grain truck is also ready."

"I found it. I'm afraid something might happen. The third and fourth babies are watching inside."

Deputy Commander Hu was very satisfied and waved his hand, "Brothers, it's time to transport the food! Except for the big head, all the gold, silver and jewelry found are mine. The only thing is, I still want to keep my family alive..."

"I know, I know, brother, don't worry!"

The people below agreed enthusiastically, and they were already impatient and wanted to snatch it away.

Deputy Commander Hu stopped talking and shouted directly:

"Okay, brothers, let's go!"