Parents are busy farming

From that moment on, she noticed something different about Fang You.

To be honest, Ye Zifen valued this man named Fang You very much.

However, she was not in a hurry to make a conclusion and decided to observe him for a while to get a fuller understanding of his talents and character.

After all, whether you can trust him at critical moments requires further testing and verification.

It didn't take long for Ziwei and Fang You to move the bags of grain to the back of the carriage where Liu Meng'er was riding.

Due to the blocking of light, it cannot be seen from the front of the carriage.

Ye Zifen also has selfish motives. She needs food for her clothes. What will happen to people who are really out of food?

Perhaps because the noise they made while carrying food was a bit loud, three or four people walked out of the tent where the Ma brothers lived.

Seeing that several of them were here, these people walked towards this side one after another.

After seeing clearly that Fang You had a strange face, everyone became alert. "Miss Ye, who is this?" one of them asked.

Ye Zifen thought for a while and replied: "This man is a villager from a nearby village. He knew that our caravan would pass by here and came here to borrow money from us. He plans to go to the county town to participate in the reservoir excavation project to earn money. Livelihood. In today’s turbulent world, it’s really a helpless move.”

Hearing what Ye Zifen said, another person asked: "Then I wonder if we can help?"

Ye Zifen shook her head slightly and dissuaded her softly: "It doesn't have to be like this. Everyone, please go back and have a rest. It's freezing outside and we have to get up early tomorrow morning to continue our journey."

After hearing Ye Zifen's expression that he didn't need help, the few people just nodded and turned around and walked towards the tent together.

After they had completely entered the tent, Liu Meng'er asked Zi Zifen: "Miss, are you doing this to protect those in the village?"

Ye Zifen replied: "It's not just to protect the people in the village, but also to protect them. After all, they are still young and ignorant, and they don't know what to say and what not to say. If someone is not careful, If you say the wrong thing, you will get into trouble."

Hearing this, Liu Meng'er nodded as if she had some understanding.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Zifen added another sentence: "As the saying goes, 'If the king is not secretive, he will lose his ministers; if the minister is not secretive, he will lose himself; if a few things are not secretive, it will cause harm'."

Although Fang You seemed to understand the meaning of this sentence, he understood the profound meaning of Ye Zifen's previous words about protecting the villagers.

Therefore, he secretly made up his mind to tell Uncle Luo these words in person when he arrived.

Although Fang You's knowledge is limited, fortunately, his memory is quite good.

The night was as dark as ink, and the wind was biting and biting.

Before the man named Luo returned to the village, all the young and strong men in the village had already gathered on the road near the entrance of the village and were waiting eagerly.

They either squatted and huddled together, holding various farm tools in their hands - hoes, shovels, etc.; or they stood up and stamped their feet and rubbed their hands in an attempt to drive away the discomfort caused by the cold.

The bone-chilling night wind blew mercilessly on everyone's bodies, but they showed no intention of flinching.

Under such harsh weather conditions, staying outdoors at night is really torture.

Everyone stood around an old man. The old man did not carry anything with him and just stood quietly without saying a word.

There was a complaint from the crowd: "I wonder if Uncle Luo and that brat Fang You have heard the news? We have been waiting here for a long time, why haven't we seen them come back? Could it be that there was some accident? It was Xiao Liu earlier. Witnessed those people coming this way! "

The complainer's name was Fang Hou, Fang You's second brother.

His family has a unique way of naming their children, in order of "front, back, left, right, middle". The smallest one has no characters, so it is called Xiaoliu.

Today's Xiaoliu looks like sixteen or seventeen years old.

Since there are many brothers in the family, they often gather together.

As his mother said: "Brothers fight, father and son go into battle, even if they are robbing, they have to work together to fight together." This family atmosphere makes them have a deep friendship with each other and are closely connected.

Xiaoliu showed a bit of displeasure on his face and complained: "Second brother, I said I saw it, why don't you believe it! Didn't Li Zheng already send people over to check, and they saw it too. Could it be that You always think I’m unreliable!”

Everyone on the side had not yet spoken, but the honest and honest man standing in front of them spoke first: "Okay, stop arguing!"

In fact, he didn't agree with robbing the caravan in his heart. You must know that these businessmen are more or less skilled in staying close to each other. If they really fight, they may lose their lives.

He glanced helplessly at the brothers behind him and sighed secretly in his heart.

In order to protect this group of people in the family, his two sons were drafted into the army the first two times.

But now they actually have the nerve to argue here.

Seeing the eldest brother in front of him speaking, several other elders closed their mouths, and for a while no one dared to say anything anymore.

After all, in this family, the only person who can take charge is my eldest brother.

Perhaps only Fang You dared to say a few more words when he was present.

The old man who was besieged in the center of the crowd also held the same view as him. This old man was the leader of their village.

He has done good deeds and been a good person all his life, but he never expected that he would be forced to become a robber at this moment.

However, faced with the tragic situation that the entire village was about to starve to death, he could not sit back and ignore it, even though he knew that this move was wrong...

Staring at the group of men beside him, he said deeply: "If you want to go, remember to take care of your own safety and don't fight desperately. That's all! These are all evil obstacles!"

After speaking, he fell silent again. For a moment, everyone in the village was silent.

Everyone remained silent, staring quietly ahead, as if time had frozen. Finally, I heard the sound of extremely fast walking, and then a lonely figure gradually emerged.

"Oops! Why is there only one person back? Who is it?" Suddenly, a surprised voice came from behind, breaking the tranquility.

People turned their heads one after another, their eyes fixed on the figure that was getting closer and closer.

As the distance got closer, the figure became clearer.

Xiao Liu was so excited that he couldn't contain himself. He stood up suddenly, waved his arms, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "It's Uncle Luo, Uncle Luo! This way!"

Others were also infected by his emotions and stood up one after another, looking eagerly into the distance.

When the figure approached, the old man in the crowd couldn't help but stand up and walked forward quickly.

He grabbed the visitor's arm tightly and asked anxiously: "Why did you come back alone? Where is that boy Fang You?"

However, at this moment, the visitor let out a painful groan - "hiss".