The heavy snow had stopped.
The cold wind was not as noisy as it used to be.
Outside the courtyard of the Chen Family, several Qinghe Gang members stood holding crossbow arrows, pointing their arrowheads towards the yard. At the slightest sign of trouble, they would pull the triggers without hesitation.
Chen Mo certainly wouldn't expose himself completely. He and Zhang River stood inside the house, in a position unreachable by the crossbowmen.
Five or six Qinghe Gang members rummaged through the house, taking away all the food and dozens of wen coins Chen Mo had purposefully left out in the open.
The clothes in the wardrobe were also pulled out, thrown onto the ground.
Chen Mo even saw them looking under the heated brick bed, searching thoroughly.
The hidden cellar was under the heated brick bed in his parents' room, where Han Anniang was hiding.
