Xue Yu lives in the southeast corner of Baisha Castle, in a dilapidated house, with earthen walls, thatched roofs, wooden doors, no windows, and no yard. The environment is quite simple, and it is cleaned very clean!

It’s not that the military households bully their lives, but that there is no house in the White Sand Castle that is not dilapidated. Relatively speaking, Xue Yu’s residence is pretty good!

The house is divided into three rooms, and to the west is a storage room, which contains food, dry firewood, and some debris!

There is a kitchen in the middle, a stove, an iron pot, and a broken water tank that two people hugged each other!

To the east is the bedroom, and a earthen kang is built near the south wall. It is more than 1 meter long and more than 6 feet wide. It is not as big as the area. However, there are nearly twenty children sitting on it. They are leaning against each other tightly, and they are still trembling with coldness!

There are a few young children whose hands are red and swollen, like carrots, and their ears are frozen, and yellow mucus is constantly flowing out, which looks very pitiful!

"Ah!-Ah!"

Xue Yu walked back and forth on the ground with his hands behind his back, sighing from time to time, and his little face was covered with sorrow!

The winter in Yulin is not ordinary terrible!

The north wind was howling, the weather was cold, the water tank was placed in the house and next to the stove, and it was frozen into ice all night. You can imagine how the temperature outside was.

There is no floor heating or heating in this era. There are only two ways to keep warm: one is to wear thick clothes, and the other is to burn a fire kang!

Cotton was introduced to China as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty. It began to be planted on a large scale during the Song and Yuan dynasties, and the textile industry also flourished. Many textile workshops appeared everywhere, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions have gained the reputation of "clothing and quilting world"!

The problem is that the military households are too poor and they don’t even have the financial ability to buy single clothes, let alone cotton coats and quilts.

There are several old sheepskin coats with bare plates and hairlessness, which are used by everyone. Whoever goes out will wear them. As for those who don’t go out, they can only sit on the kang to keep warm.

The kang is built with earthen embryos and is connected to the kitchen stove. It has a mat on top and a flue underneath. Although it looks not very good, the heating effect is quite good!

But, there is a prerequisite for using a kang to keep warm, that is, there must be enough dry firewood!

"Mouse, how much food is there for our dry firewood and?"

"There is not much dry firewood anymore. Even if you save some burning, it can only last for three or four days. The food is better. If you make porridge, you can still last for about half a month!"

"Can you get some firewood back?"

"Boss, there's nothing we can do. Now this little firewood is still supported by our neighbors. The ones we picked up by ourselves have already burned them!"

The white sand castle is close to the desert, and there are very few plants and trees around it. Insufficient fuel has always been a big problem. In summer and autumn, it is difficult to spend in winter.

In previous years, the grandfathers of hundreds of households would lead young and strong people to cut down trees far away, and then put a lot of effort back to the white sand castle for the military households to spend the winter!

However, in the Battle of Sarhu, all the young and strong men died on the battlefield, and none of them came back. The rest were the elderly, weak, women and children, and they did not have the ability to travel far, so there was no reserve of dry firewood!

In order to keep the kang warm, people picked up all the dead branches, fallen leaves and hay nearby, and then cut off several empty houses and chopped doors, windows, beams and pillars for firewood, but it was still not enough.

Many military households were frostbite, but the weather was getting colder and colder. If this continues, people will be frozen to death.

Even if you don’t freeze to death, you will starve to death!

In fact, twenty miles south of the White Sand Castle is the Red Stone Mountains, with lush grass and trees on it, especially the abundant oily pine and cypress trees, which are all good materials for making fires!

There are countless wild beasts in the woods, whose flesh is edible, its skin is garnished, and its bones are used as medicine. Early winter is a good time to hunt!

What is depressed is that because there are rumored that there are people-eating monsters in the mountains, the military households dare not go into the mountains to chop firewood and hunt, and the Red Stone Canyon inside has not been through for decades.

Xue Yu did not believe everything about the fairy, but he dared not believe it. Therefore, since he came to Baisha Castle, he has never approached Red Stone Mountain to avoid encountering unknown dangers!

But now, there is no other way, either freeze to death or starve to death?

Or, take a risk!

"Mouse, please stay and take good care of the children, big black, monkey, flower snake, and prepare for nothing, go out with me to chop wood!"

"Boss, it's so windy outside, are you going to chop wood there?"

"Don't worry, I have my own way!"

If you want to go into the mountains to chop firewood, axes, saws, and vehicles, otherwise you will be able to carry people on your shoulders and you will be exhausted and you will not get back a few firewood!

It’s easy to say that the tools for cutting trees are sent to Hu Dahui to get it. As for the vehicles, there are only three ox carts in the White Sand Castle, which is the most valuable property of the military households. It is managed by the Grandpa of the Hundred Houses himself. If you want to borrow it, you must obtain his consent!

There was no choice but to go to find Grandpa Baihu and make up a lie so that he could lend the ox cart!

...

"You're going out to chop wood?"

"Yes, there is almost no firewood at home. If you don't chop some back, the children will be frozen!"

"The trees dozens of miles away have been cut down, and now they are cold and cold. Are you going to chop firewood?"

"I will definitely cut firewood if I take people away!"

"Go away, are you going to Hongshi Mountain?"

Grandpa Baihu, Grandpa Tartar, Eunuch Lu and more than 20 old military households all sat in the same room, so people could be warmer with crowds!

There is a fire pit in the middle, with water burning in an iron pot on it. What burns below is not firewood, but dry cow dung. The lack of fuel is plaguing everyone!

It is said that people are old, horses are slippery, rabbits are old, and eagles are hard to get. This is true!

After a few words of Xue Yu's lies, Grandpa Baihu discovered them.

"Child, have you heard of the Red Stone Mountain?"

"I know a little bit!"

"Since you know that you still dare to go into the mountains to chop wood, aren't you afraid of death?"

While speaking, Grandpa Baihu pointed to the corner of the wall, where an old man was curled up, ragged in clothes, undressed, his right arm was broken, and he was completely stunned and said nothing, but he was Grandpa Crazy in the castle!

"His name is Lei Yunting. He was once the number one warrior of Yulin Guard. He practiced good sword skills, as fast as wind and rain, as fast as lightning. Even in the army of ten thousand horses, he could still kill three in and three out, and made great achievements!

Twenty-five years ago, strange things appeared in the Red Stone Mountain. Those who entered the mountain were always missing for no reason. Dozens of people were left without even a trace!

In order to find out the true image, Lei Yunting led nine good men into the mountain. Six days later, he was the only one who ran back. His right arm had been broken and he became crazy. He didn't say a word all day, just staring at the direction of Hongshi Mountain!

No one knows what happened, but one thing is certain that it can make the corpses of nine good players disappear and scare the number one warrior of Yulin Guard into this, something terrifying must have happened, and in Red Stone Mountain, there must be something terrible!

Therefore, the previous generation of officials from all households, that is, my father, issued an order not to allow anyone to enter the mountain again, so as not to cause greater disaster!?"

...

Grandpa Baihu told the past, with a low tone, sad, mixed with deep fear!

The same is true for other old military households. Everyone is thinking about a question. What exactly is there in Red Stone Mountain?

A monster who practices to become a spirit, a demon who eats people and does not spit bones, or a hungry ghost that runs out of the underworld?

No one knows the answer.

People are always full of fear of unknown things, which is a nature!

"Child, are you going to go into the mountains now?"

"want!"

"Well, aren't you afraid of death?"

"Afraid!"

"Since you are afraid of death, why do you still have to go into the mountain?"

...

"I'm afraid of death, but I know even more that if there is no firewood and food, at least two-thirds of my friends will not be able to survive this winter!

I am their boss. As long as I am still angry, I can’t watch them starve to death or freeze to death. Even if I really want to die, let me be the first one!

Hongshishan, I will definitely enter. Please don’t stop me. Also, if I can’t come back, please try your best to take care of the children I have left behind. Thank you!”

After Xue Yu bowed and bowed, he walked out strode, took a ox cart from outside, and returned to his residence!

The ancients said, "Without death, there will be no major disasters. You have all died once, so what else is there to be scary?"

At worst, go to the Hall of Hell to report!

Or, if you travel through time again, you may be lucky and will be able to travel to another world next time. It is also a pleasure to open a golden finger, refine a qi, and cultivate an immortal!

Of course, not being afraid of death does not mean dying for nothing. Since you know that Red Stone Mountain is in danger, you must be prepared.

After returning to his residence, Xue Yu put the soft golden armor on his face, Ziwei's soft sword buckled around his waist, covered it with clothes outside, placed the dragon scale dagger in the left boot bucket, and placed the musket in the right boot bucket. Gunpowder and lead balls are all installed, and you can shoot at any time!

Everyone else also took advantage of the guys!

"Boss!"

"Why are you here?"

"Our life was saved by the boss. No matter where you go, we will follow!"

"Okay, then let's go together!"

Just as they were preparing, Hu Dachui led the people, some carrying self-defense weapons, and some carrying tools for cutting trees. It turned out that they knew that Xue Yu was going into the mountain and also went with him!

After they were ready, the group led the ox cart and walked towards the south gate of the White Sand Castle. Unexpectedly, they were blocked as soon as they arrived at the door.

Grandpa A hundred and Tartars led more than twenty old military families, wearing shabby armor, holding swords, guns and sticks, standing neatly in front of the gate. Everyone showed a sense of determination. The other two ox carts were also packed up and stopped beside them!

"Boy, don't think you are brave. There are no men who are afraid of death in the Yulin realm!"

"Isn't it just a life? We twenty or so old brothers, accompany you!"

Among humans, there is never a lack of brave men, but the pioneers are lacking!

As long as there is one person who bravely takes that step, others will follow, and Xue Yu's brave behavior awakens the blood in everyone's body.

"Okay, let's go into the mountain together, but there is something that is ahead. This time, I will follow my command of all actions!"

Xue Yu is never afraid of death, but his own destiny must be controlled by himself.

...

"Haha, such a crazy little kid, you're going to command us before you grow your hair?"

"Okay, we old bones will all listen to you this time!"
Chapter completed!