The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 5 Visitors in the middle of the night
"Dalong has indeed grown up. He will be sixteen years old after the New Year. He is not a child anymore."

"It's time to talk to him about finding a wife."

The old lady looked at Li Xiao, and her eyes began to light up.

As soon as they talked about this, the two women suddenly had a deeper common topic.

"As a mother, you have to pay more attention to this matter. See if there is a suitable daughter in the nearby village." The old lady put down her bowl and chopsticks and started discussing with Qin Dani.

"I went back to my parents' home today and happened to see a pretty girl in Lonely Mountain Castle. I asked around and found out she was from the third son of the Chen family."

"She's very pretty, with a big butt. You can tell she's a fertile woman."

Qin Dani said excitedly.

Maybe she came back early just to propose marriage to Li Xiao.

"It's good to have a big butt. It can give birth to a big fat boy, and the most important thing is to continue the Li family's incense." The old lady smiled. She was very satisfied without even seeing the person.

"Mom, if you think it's okay, can we ask a matchmaker to talk to her in a couple of days?" Qin Dani said.

The old lady nodded: "I think it's okay."

Seeing that his lifelong event was about to be decided by these two people, Li Xiao could no longer hold back.

He shook his head firmly and said, "I don't think so."

"Grandma, Mom, I haven't even met that girl. I don't even know if I like her. How can we get married?"

"What's the big deal? It's just that when you have sex!"

"After so many days, you started to like it." Qin Dani said in a tough tone.

The old lady also supported Qin Dani and said earnestly, "Dalong, you have to listen to your mother on this matter."

"Your mother and I are experienced people, and our judgment is not wrong."

"I fell in love with your mother at first sight. After I asked her to marry your father, she gave birth to you guys one after another. You are so proud of yourself."

"You are the eldest in our family, so you need to find a wife who can give birth to a son."

Faced with the repeated bombardment from the two people, Li Xiao felt dizzy.

I never thought that as a time traveler, I would be urged to get married?
In my previous life, I managed to live to be thirty years old, but now, I’ve only just turned fifteen!

You're committing a crime, don't you know?

Forcing minors!

Li Xiao's head was about to explode, and he could only bring up his father, whom he had never met in this life.

"Mother, getting married is a major event in life, and I need my father's consent."

"Should we wait until my father comes back to discuss this?"

It is said that Li Xiao "woke up" half a month ago, but before that, his cheap father had already gone to war with his second uncle and a hundred young men.

Li Xiao could only find his appearance from the memory of his previous life, he had never actually seen him!

Sure enough, after hearing this, Qin Dani and the old lady stopped talking immediately.

Although the family has the old man as the mainstay, the father's involvement is definitely necessary for marriage.

"Okay, let's wait until your father comes back, then we'll go find a matchmaker." Qin Dani nodded in agreement.

After finally finishing this dinner that made Li Xiao terrified, Li Xiao returned to his room.

Li Xiao's house has five main rooms. The one on the east side is his parents' room, and the second one on the east side is the girl's room.

In the past, elder sister Dafeng and younger sister Sanfeng lived there. Later, Dafeng got married and only Sanfeng was left living there.

However, since Li Xiao's father was away at war, Sanfeng always went to sleep in Qin Dani's bed.

As for the room in the middle, it is the living room and dining room, and the ancestral tablets are also placed here. The old man and the old lady live in the westernmost room.

So, the second room in the west finally became the house of Li Xiao and his three brothers.

There is a window on the south wall of the room and a brick bed on the north wall.

Li Xiao was lying on a sheepskin mattress, staring at the ceiling with a look of despair.

"marriage?"

"Mad, you want me to get married after just half a month?"

And she was just a fourteen-year-old girl, which would have been enough to sentence her in the previous life.

But there's nothing we can do about it. This is the way the times are. Men who get married at the age of 20 are considered old and single.

Li Xiao estimated that he could not bear it either. He couldn't do the Five Finger Mountain every night.

“The standards cannot be lowered.”

"Beauty is the prerequisite, virtue is the foundation, and gentleness is the bottom line." Li Xiao thought to himself.

You can get married, but you can’t settle.

Li Xiao was thinking about what his wife would be like in this life when he heard some fighting sounds coming from the side.

He yelled at the second and third brothers.

"Hey, both of you put down your knives."

"If you break anything, I'll skin you alive."

The two guys were fighting over his cavalry sword.

Wootz steel is not so easy to break, and I am mainly afraid of hurting these two idiots.

After all, this Wootz steel knife is sharper than other ordinary knives.

A slight scratch on the skin will leave a bloody cut.

"Brother, this knife looks really powerful, please give it to me!"

Sanbao grabbed the cavalry sword, ran to Li Xiao, and spoke in a flattering tone.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiao snatched it away and placed it where he could easily reach it.

"Get out~"

"If you want a knife, ask grandpa to forge one for you tomorrow."

"This one is too big for you."

Li Xiao slapped away Sanbao's face as he approached him. He had no feelings for men.

Erhu came up just as shamelessly: "Brother, I have big hands, so this knife is perfect for me. Let me play with it some more."

Although Erhu is two years younger than Li Xiao, he has grown rapidly. He is tall and strong, almost catching up with an adult.

He was only slightly shorter than Li Xiao, but looked stronger. He wielded the cavalry sword with great vigor. However, Li Xiao was unhappy and didn't want to play along. He glared at them and said, "Get out of here too."

After suppressing his two younger brothers, Li Xiao continued to lie on the bed and think wildly.

Night life in this era was very monotonous. Married people could still have some entertainment activities, but young men like them had to go to bed early.

There is everything in the dream.

"Boom~"

"Whoa whoa whoa~"

When we finished eating, there was already thunder in the sky, and now it finally started to rain heavily.

Northern Xinjiang is located between the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains, as the Altai Mountains run from southeast to northwest.

Therefore, when the warm and humid air currents from the Atlantic Ocean reach northern Xinjiang, they are blocked by the Altai Mountains and fall as rain.

This results in abundant rainfall and frequent heavy rains in the northern Xinjiang region in summer.

This kind of heavy rain lasted all night, and Li Xiao gradually got used to it.

Amid the sound of heavy rain, Li Xiao gradually fell into a deep sleep.

But late at night, Li Xiao was suddenly awakened by the barking of a dog. He suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the kang.

In my previous life in the army, blowing the wake-up call in the middle of the night was a common method of training new recruits.

Li Xiao also developed a habit in the army, and would be woken up by any loud noise in the middle of the night.

"Woof woof woof woof~"

"Wow~"

Li Xiao sat on the bed, listening quietly to the dog barking.

Although blocked by the sound of heavy rain, the sound could still be heard to be very urgent, and it was not just one or two dogs barking, but all the dogs in the village were barking.

This situation should not be an accident, perhaps someone has entered the village.

Li Xiao glanced at the two idiots who were snoring in their sleep, ignored them, and got up and put on his clothes.

He took the bow and arrow from the wall, took his cavalry sword and prepared to go out and take a look.

Just at this time, the old man also put on his clothes and walked out of the inner room.

He also carried a bow, a pot of arrows, and a long sword at his waist.

The grandfather and grandson looked at each other, neither of them spoke, and left the house one after another.

The two stood in front of the gatehouse and looked out. The rain was still pouring down outside, and it was pitch black, and they couldn't see anything.

"Has anyone entered the village?" Li Xiao asked in a low voice. After all, he was not as experienced as the old man.

"Yes!" The old man nodded slightly and said only one word.

Then, he took out two straw raincoats from the house and handed one to Li Xiao.

"Go out and take a look. Be careful."

There is only a trench and low walls outside the village, but it is not enough to keep people out. It is easy for petty thieves to get in.

But if you want to get out, it's not easy.

After the old man asked the old lady to lock the door from the inside, he took Li Xiao on horseback, armed with a bow and arrow and a sword, and walked out of the yard.

When we got to the street, we saw some other people riding horses.

They were all like Li Xiao and his grandson, who came out to check after hearing the noise.

"Third brother, have you found anything?"

The old man saw a man not far away, who looked to be about fifty years old. He was his younger brother, Li Xiao’s third uncle.

The Li family came here fifty years ago and has been reproducing for several generations, so they have quite a large population.

Li Xiao and his family are from the eldest branch of the family, and there are several other branches!

"Brother, I just came out too, but from the noise it seems to be in the north." said the third grandfather.

"Let's go and take a look," said the old man.

Along the way, more than a dozen villagers gathered and rode their horses north together.

However, when they walked to the gate of a courtyard, they saw that the gate was open and the lights in the house were on, and Third Uncle's face immediately changed.

He said angrily: "Oh no, this is Wang Wu's house."

"Wang Wu followed Dahai to Beishan, leaving only Wang Wu's wife and children at home."

Li Xiao's other uncle also said, "Hurry up and go in to take a look. Don't let anyone get hurt."

Soon, a group of people rushed into Wang Wu's yard.

The sheep in the sheepfold were crying in fear and running around, and the three horses in the stable were neighing anxiously.

From the horseshoe prints in the yard, it can be seen that someone had indeed entered the yard just now. The marks left on the muddy ground were very clear, and there was only one horse.

Li Xiao was also very familiar with this place. It was Tietou's home. When he came back in the evening, he even greeted Aunt Wang!
It was true that only Aunt Wang and Tietou and his siblings were left at home.

So at this moment, Li Xiao was also worried.

After all, Tietou is also his little brother, so naturally he doesn't want anything to happen to Tietou's family.

"Come out~"

A group of people rushed into the yard, and Third Grandpa immediately shouted loudly, and everyone silently drew their bows and arrows. If there was any unusual movement of the people in the house, they could be shot into a hornet's nest in an instant.

In fact, this is the norm in cavalry combat, with most of the time it is long-range shooting and mutual probing.

Close combat will only be chosen when it is absolutely necessary or when one has a huge advantage.

The old man didn't say anything. He held the hilt of the knife with a serious expression and stared at the house indifferently.

The scar on his face looked even more hideous and terrifying against the backdrop of lightning, and his entire body exuded a strong murderous aura.

Li Xiao stood behind the old man on horseback, also drawing his bow and arrow and aiming at the house, but he didn't feel too nervous.

Judging from the situation, there shouldn't be many people entering the village. With so many of them together, one arrow from each person can turn the village into a hornet's nest.

Soon, there was movement inside the house and the door slowly opened.

The old man and others were just about to go forward and surround him, but the next second, taking advantage of the flash of lightning, everyone saw the man's face clearly and stopped instantly.

Third Grandpa said in astonishment: "Xiao Wuzi, why is it you?"

"Didn't you go to Beishan with Dahai? Why are you back?"

(End of this chapter)