Chen Sanyou was carried to Uncle Jiang's house and placed on a bamboo basket.
In view of the fact that Chen Sanyou's mouth and eyes were a little crooked, Yingbao took out the silver needle given to her by Mrs. Wen and gave Chen Sanyou acupuncture.
Select the Dicang, Jiache, Yamen, Hegu, Tongli, Lianquan, Chengjiang, Fengchi and other acupoints, and slowly insert the silver needle.
After the acupuncture, they pricked him for bloodletting, then pried open his teeth and fed him half a bowl of medicine mixed with Wudingzhi.
Mrs. Wen also took Chen Sanyou's pulse and confirmed Yingbao's judgment.
But she had no medicinal herbs and could only count on her young apprentice Yingbao for treatment.
Yingbao gave Chen Sanyou acupuncture and bloodletting. After the treatment, his face relaxed a little and he soon fell asleep.
Chen Yin was relieved to see that his father was safe and sound, and he talked about the bandits with Jiang Sanlang and others.
"Those bandits were too brutal. They killed anyone they saw, even the elderly and children."
Chen Yin wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said dejectedly, "They went into the mountains to search. I saw that the situation was not good, so I took my family and ran into the mountains. We lost a lot of food on the way."
Jiang Sanlang was curious: "Then why did you come to Jiangjia Village?"
Chen Yin said with a bitter face: "My uncle said he wanted to find a remote village to take refuge in, so he thought of Jiangjia Village. Since your hometown is here, maybe we can meet you there, so we came here."
"Where is Chief Chen?" asked Jiang Sanlang.
Chen Yin: "My uncle and his family ran away separately from us, and then we got separated."
There were no roads in the forest, and bandits were chasing them from behind. The dozens of them were in a panic and had no idea where to go. How could they stay together
"Dad suddenly fainted on the road, and we were all scared. We traveled all night yesterday, and we didn't expect to meet you, wuwuwuwu..."
Chen Yin couldn't help but shed tears when he thought of his panic last night and his ecstasy when he saw Dalu and Yingbao this morning.
Jiang Sanlang patted his shoulder and comforted him silently.
When Old Man Jiang saw that Chen Sanyou's family had not eaten, he asked his daughter-in-law to cook a large pot of rice porridge for them using their own rice.
There are more than a dozen people in Chen Sanyou's family, including the old and the young. Although they brought some food, it was not much. Old man Jiang was a little scratching his head.
But they were all from the same village who had fled, and they were acquaintances who got along well with each other. It seemed unreasonable to just turn away and do nothing about it. But if I did, the little food I had would be gone after it was eaten up.
Now that bandits are causing chaos, even if you have money you can’t buy food, and you don’t know when this bandit problem will end.
Well, let's take it one step at a time. From now on, we can only drink porridge. I hope we can hold on for a while longer.
Not only Old Man Jiang was depressed, but Grandpa Jiang was also troubled. With so many people coming at once, their family couldn't afford to entertain them.
After drinking a bowl of porridge, Chen Yin recovered and realized the problem, so he took out five taels of silver and gave it to Jiang Sanlang.
"Third brother, I want to build two straw huts first, and we will live in them. I know you guys are living in a tight spot, so I can't make things difficult for you."
Jiang Sanlang nodded, took the silver and handed it to Jiang Jiu next to him: "Brother, I'm sorry to bother you with this matter. Use this silver to ask the villagers to build two sheds for Uncle Chen's family."
Jiang Jiu did not refuse. He took the silver and went out to find someone for help.
Since people have paid for the shed to live in, that couldn't be better.
The village chief of Jiangjia Village was also an open-minded man. He not only agreed to let the Chen family settle in the village, but also agreed to let them build thatched huts in a place in the village that would not get in the way.
Money makes the world go round. Jiang Jiu gave out five taels of silver and the villagers worked together. Soon three straw huts were built, with several trees as thick as arms as frames and the roofs covered with thin bamboo and straw to protect against wind and rain.
Two large bundles of straw were stuffed into the shed for them to use as bedding at night.
Chen Yin's family of four shared a thatched hut with his parents. His eldest brother's family and his second brother's family had more people, so they each had one.
Mrs. Chen was a little unhappy and grumbled to her husband, "What's the meaning of Jiang Sanlang's family? They live in a proper house, but let us live in a straw hut. How can we sleep in such a small hut at night?"
There are three children in her family. The eldest son is fifteen years old and the youngest daughter is ten years old. It is inappropriate for them to squeeze together with their parents.
Chen Dalang was also unhappy, but he was a refugee and was lucky enough to be taken in by Jiangjia Village. How could he ask for too much? "Well, just squeeze in. It's not like you're going to live here forever."
Mrs. Chen snorted, spread the bedding on the straw, and began to organize the things she brought.
But in the evening, clan leader Chen Fu's family and Li Dayong, Li Eryong and others arrived at Jiangjia Village in a panic.
There were about 20 or 30 people in this group, young and old.
Now it was Jiangjiacun Villager's turn to be shocked, and he quickly asked what happened to Jiang Jiu.
Jiang Jiu had no idea, so he had to ask Jiang Sanlang.
Jiang Sanlang was talking to Patriarch Chen and his men, "So those bandits are searching the village?"
Li Dayong nodded: "We met many villagers along the way. They were all from nearby villages, and some were from the town. Their homes were robbed by bandits.
Yesterday I met a village guard, who said that when the village head led them to fight against the bandits, they were defeated. The bandits were too fierce and didn’t care about their lives. They injured several of them at once.”
"Third brother, you don't know that the wave of bandits we encountered earlier was only a small part. Now there are more and more bandits coming."
Li Eryong said, "I met an acquaintance. He had seen bandits holding animal-tooth flags. He would pull anyone into his team and kill anyone who dared to escape or resist with a knife."
Patriarch Chen: "So, Sanlang, this is not right. It is not safe for us to stay in Jiang Village. We should draw up a charter and prepare early."
Along the way he noticed that the bandits were attacking the village in an organized manner, and seemed to want to use it as their base. If this was the case, there would be a fierce battle here.
Jiang Sanlang pondered for a moment and said, "Since we can't hide, let's fight them! We can't just wait for the court to rescue us."
Chief Chen stroked his beard and nodded: "I think so too, but we have limited manpower and no weapons. How can we fight the bandits with bare hands?"
Chen Zhu came down from the battlefield and interjected, "There are wild bamboos in the mountains. Let's buy some ropes from the people of Jiang Village and make more bamboo arrows for long-range attacks. As long as we kill the first batch, we will have close-combat weapons."
Jiang Sanlang suddenly recalled his ambush on Chen Guanglu. He thought for a moment and said, "If the open attack doesn't work, let's do it covertly. We can't just sit there and wait for death. Bandits are also human beings. They also need to sleep and rest. We might as well take the initiative and attack them by surprise."
"This is feasible." Chen Zhu agreed.
Yingbao leaned against the door and listened to their conversation, and began to ponder in her mind.
The bandits not only need to sleep, but also need to eat. Since they attacked in an organized manner, the looted food would definitely be handed over to the person in power for unified distribution and management. It would be great if we could find where they store their food so that we can store it all in the cave.
But this is only something we can think about, it is difficult to put into practice.
"Yingbao, what are you doing?" Wei Zhan ran over and saw the little girl hiding behind the door furtively, and asked curiously.
Yingbao walked over as if nothing had happened, "Nothing."
"Then what are you doing hiding behind the door?" Wei Zhan asked with blinking eyes.
"What's it got to do with you?" Ying Bao glanced at the boy, considering whether to sew his mouth shut.