No matter if you are a human or an immortal, you can still farm for me after traveling through time!

The night passed quickly, and the first ray of sunlight broke through the darkness and shot down from the distant sky, illuminating the farmland covered with cold fog. In large areas of farmland, only a section of harvested straw remained. In some fields, The tender shoots have just sprouted, and you can’t tell they are wheat seedlings unless you look closely. They are so thin and tender that they are as fragile as the wind, waiting for a snowfall to cover them up, ready to go.

The village spent its first night safely.

Several women from the Li family took turns keeping watch, and those who were not on duty stayed in the cellar to rest.

At night, a patrol team composed of villagers knocked on the door to greet each other. Li Aweng passed by the house several times and asked about the situation at home. He continued patrolling after learning where Erlang was and that his female family members were safe.

The cockcrow continued, and several women in the Li family's study finally breathed a sigh of relief. Li Tuanlang and Li Jinniang were still young and couldn't stay up late, so they fell asleep early in the night and opened their eyes only when they heard the cockcrow.

Ji Qingyue also stayed up all night. He was worried that bandits would suddenly break in, so he sat in the thatched hut and stayed up all night.

It's daybreak, everything should be fine.

Ji Qingyue yawned, got up and planned to go back to sleep, thinking that Li Erlang would be back when he woke up.

Unexpectedly, not long after sleeping, there was no news from Li Erlang. Instead, the news from Li Silang came back first.

Ji Qingyue's sleep was not peaceful this night. It seemed that not long after he lay down, he heard Aunt Li's cries coming one after another. He woke up suddenly and realized that something was going on outside.

Aniang Li in the yard was crying heartbrokenly. She howled: "How could it be possible?! These bastards who have cut off their children and grandchildren are doing it again!! My Shiro!! Ah! Ah!!"

Grandma Li was also on the verge of collapse. Xu Qing and Li Jinniang each supported one, and the news was passed one by one. When the people who came to deliver the letter arrived at Li's house, a large group of people were already following behind them. Some of them stepped forward to help take care of Grandma Li and Grandma Li, and some I immediately went to find Li Aweng.

A decision must be made immediately on this matter, and Li Silang couldn't wait any longer.

My sister-in-law, Mrs. Li Liu, came from the village. Her words were full of gnashing anger, and she wished she could eat those bandits alive: "Those beasts, who were cut into pieces with a thousand cuts, heard the news of the war coming from the border, and immediately attacked Shiliang. village, catching the people there by surprise and killing a few people. After that, those beasts went straight to the village to learn..."

Aunt Li cried so hard that her whole body twitched, and her mouth was full of curses.

Just when everyone was offering comfort, Muramasa led the people who patrolled last night into the Li family yard. Li Aweng was in the team. After talking to the person who sent the message, he hurriedly walked out to support Ainai Li and whispered. : "The bandits want us to exchange twenty stones of corn for Shiro..."

The messengers were ordinary villagers in Shiliang Village. When Shiliang Village was attacked by bandits, some people went to report it to the authorities, and some people quickly notified the children's families.

He only mentioned that after Li Silang was kidnapped, Aniang Li cried and cursed. He never had the chance to continue talking. Fortunately, Aweng Li came back soon.

Everyone in the courtyard was stunned when they heard the bandit's terms of release. They were speechless for a long time. When Li Aniang and Li Ainai heard this, they couldn't catch their breath and fainted.

Twenty stones of corn, what a concept.

Although their family has more than several hundred acres of land, they cannot cultivate so much. Moreover, not all of this land is suitable for growing food. Most of it is mountainous land with no access to water. They can only grow fruit trees. With intensive farming, they only plant fruit trees. They have nearly 40 acres of corn, and other farmland is used to grow mulberry, wheat, beans, and sorghum. The average yield of corn fields per mu is less than two dan. After a year of hard work, their family can harvest 70 dan of corn a year. Thank God.

Thank you for the good weather this year and the fields being disease-free and disaster-free.

After paying the tax, excluding the seeds and a year's worth of food for the family, there was no surplus food left at home.

Now I have to exchange twenty stones of corn for Shiro...

What happens after you take it out...?

In the next year, I'm afraid their family will have to go out to buy food or borrow food.

The bandits were talking about twenty stones of corn. If they could not see the grain before dark, they would kill Li Silang immediately.

An aunt in the crowd muttered: "Is this aimed at you?"

Others came to their senses, and twenty shi of food seemed to be deliberately making things difficult for the Li family.

Li Aweng and his granddaughter sent his wife and daughter-in-law into the room and settled down. When they came out, they heard Muramasa saying in embarrassment: "It's all this beast Masan. After this matter is settled, I will immediately summon the clan veterans." He was removed from the clan."

It turned out to be Masan, who took advantage of a wedding in the village last time and went into the village with bandits to steal food. Xu Qing accidentally discovered him, and the family took the opportunity to escape into the mountains and became a bandit. Now he took the opportunity to take revenge on the Li family.

Li Aweng raised his hand: "Let's not talk about him anymore. Now my family's Shilang's affairs are very important. I must save him no matter what. I also asked the village leader to go to the village to help me borrow some donkeys. I will prepare food immediately and set off for Shilang as soon as the donkey cart arrives. Liangcun.”

The village leader didn't talk nonsense and immediately took people to the village to borrow donkeys. The remaining people gathered at Li's house helped carry food.

Twenty stones of grain, at least two thousand kilograms, was too much for Li Aweng to handle by himself.

The men went to help Li Aweng carry the grain, while the women packed the cart and took care of Grandma Li and Aniang Li. After a while, the village chief drove four or five donkeys pulling the cart to the gate of the courtyard.

Looking at the donkey coming from the village, a woman said in confusion: "Isn't this the donkey of David Li's family? The news has been sent to their family a long time ago, and Yu Lang is also in the village school. Could it be that their family's donkey not going to……?"

Muramasa nodded solemnly: "Their family can't afford so much food..."

People who knew the situation didn't say much, and the atmosphere suddenly became more solemn, with only the sounds of men carrying food and the braying of donkeys from time to time.

Ji Qingyue came to the bridge and froze in place after listening to the conversation outside. He didn't know what he could do, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't do anything.

Dozens of bags of grain quickly filled the donkey cart. Before setting off, Li Aweng told Xu Qing and Li Jinniang: "When your grandma and grandma wake up, tell them that I have gone to Shiliang, and tell them not to worry and wait at home." Let’s come back.”

Xu Qing held Tuan Lang in her arms, and Li Jinniang stood beside her. They nodded solemnly: "Ah Weng, you must be careful!!"

After that, Li Aweng asked the village leader to help take care of his home. After that, he drove to Shiliang Village with several villagers.

When the people dispersed, many messy footprints were left in the yard. Li Tuanlang was young, but he seemed to know what happened. He hugged Xu Qing and muttered: "Auntie, fourth uncle..."

Xu Qing hugged Tuan Lang and hugged Li Jinniang. She didn't know whether to comfort them or herself: "It's okay! It will be okay."

Several aunts who wanted to stay were persuaded by Xu Qing to leave. After everyone left, Xu Qing closed the courtyard door again and cleaned up the mess in the grain house with Li Jinniang.

Suddenly there was twenty kilograms of grain missing, and the grain house that had finally been filled after the autumn harvest was now more than half empty, and their hearts became melancholy.

Dad Li and Li Dalang in the military camp had no idea that their family was facing a great disaster, but even if they knew, they could not do anything in the military camp.

At this time, the military camp was immersed in the joy of a complete victory. The whole army's view of General Yang Huang instantly changed, and they instead praised him for his wisdom, martial arts, and resourcefulness.

Yang Huang listened to his subordinates' report in the meeting room. In this battle, a total of 88 Uighurs were annihilated, and none of their soldiers died.

There have been very few battles in Ghost Crying Gorge, and this was the first time such a battle had a perfect result. More importantly, they crushed the Uighur people's conspiracy.

More than a month before the incident happened, Yang Huang had just arrived at Guiwei Gorge to take up the post of general. The soldiers were observing him all the time to see if he was as hopelessly dandy as the rumors in the capital.

Whenever a soldier sees him, he will think that he has no general temperament in his body. No one is willing to obey him from the bottom of his heart.

But Yang Huang didn't care at all. He still used it as a decoration in the military camp. After the training organized by the deputy general ended every day, he took a group of people to hunt in the surrounding mountains. Within a month, he killed all the soldiers in the military camp. We took turns taking him away several times and ran to all the nearby hills.

Yang Huang stood on the top of the mountain, facing the wind that could blow people down, and looked at the different scenery at the bottom of the mountain. On one side was the endless grassland, on the other side was the vaguely endless dry field, and in his ears was the sound of the wind, howling ghosts and howling wolves. , screaming so panicked.

"What's your name?" Yang Huang suddenly turned around and pointed at Li Dalang. The wind was so loud that Li Dalang didn't hear clearly what Yang Huang said. He just saw his actions, so he stepped forward and saluted: "General, what are your orders?"

"what's your name?"

Li Dalang heard it clearly now, and replied curiously: "Report to the general, my subordinate Li Changji."

"Where are you from?"

Li Changji: "My subordinate is from Ganzhou, and his home is in Shangli Village, Shandan County." He said with a soft expression, pointing to a certain direction in the southwest: "It's less than two hundred miles away from here."

"Two hundred miles... we can reach there in less than two days of marching." Yang Huang paused for a while and pointed to a narrow cave on the leeward hillside. "See that hole?"

The cave is about half a person high, but its width is very narrow. It is just a gap. It is difficult for soldiers wearing cotton clothes and light armor to squeeze in. They have to take off their clothes and tighten their stomachs before they can get in.

At first glance, it seems that he is making things difficult for others.

The other soldiers paid attention to the movements here while resting. They couldn't hear what Yang Huang was saying, but they saw that his hand was pointing at a stone cave, so they wanted to see if Li Changji would obey General Yang's order.

Li Changji answered truthfully: "I saw it."

"Okay, tomorrow you will go hunting with me in the mountains, bring enough dry food, and go in to see how deep the cave is and whether there are any wild animals hidden in it." After saying that, Yang Huang smiled meaningfully and looked at Li Changji: "I Guess, there’s probably a wild wolf hiding inside!”

When others heard this, they realized that the general was really making things difficult for Li Changji.

Li Changji thought for a moment, and Yang Huang was not in a hurry. He stood there and stared at the cave.

Soon, Li Changji agreed. Even though Yang Huang's tone was gentle and didn't sound like an order, he knew that it was an order and he couldn't help but agree. The reason why he didn't agree immediately was because he was trying to figure out Yang Huang's intentions.

After that, Yang Huang seemed to have forgotten about Li Changji. Others were both gloating and making suggestions. After Li Changji dealt with them one by one, he went to Uncle Li to explain.

After training on the second day, he went to the kitchen to collect dry food, and then followed Yang Huang up the mountain.

Unexpectedly, there was a huge conspiracy hidden in the cave, and Yang Huang's words did mean something.

Apart from the two of them and Dad Li, no one else knew about the conversation that day. Dad Li muttered: "Wild wolves... Wild wolves are indeed burrowing animals, but have we ever hunted anything these days? Almost nothing. How could wild wolves find a nest in a barren mountain with no food? I think The wild wolf General Yang is talking about is certainly not an animal like a wild wolf."

Li Changji felt deeply: "Dad, since there are no wild wolves in the mountains, they are in the grasslands. The wild wolves that General Yang mentioned are probably..."

People, Huihe people.

In the distant village, not long after Li Aweng left, Li Auntie and Li Aniang woke up. After knowing that Li Aweng had taken away the food, they didn't say anything and nodded to express their understanding. After a while, Li Aniang asked: "Where is Erlang? Is there any news about Erlang?"

Li Erlang set out for Shiliang before dark last night. Until now, one morning has passed, and there is still no news at all. I don't know if he has reached Shiliang safely.

They could only pray in their hearts that everything would be safe.

In the afternoon, the sun was obscured by dark clouds, cold winds descended, and the temperature dropped suddenly. People who had stood for a long time could not help but stamp their feet because of the cold. Ji Qing wrapped his cloak tighter and tighter.

Suddenly, the door of Li's courtyard was banged. Li Aniang hurriedly ran out of the house. Just when she thought it was Li Erlang and the others coming back, she heard Li Sanlang's voice from outside the door: "Aniang!! Open the door!! "

Li Aniang had already walked to the yard when she heard the knock on the door. After hearing the sound, she rushed to open the door and saw that it was indeed Li Sanlang standing outside the door. He was wrapped in a dusty cloak, his little face was red from the cold, and his shoes were covered in mud. It looked like he had just walked back from the county.

"Sanlang, why are you back?" Li Aniang burst into tears immediately. She quickly closed the courtyard door and pulled Li Sanlang into the house.

Li Sanlang panted and sat on the chair. There were only a few female relatives left in the room, and their eyes showed worry. He explained: "I was worried about my family, so I took leave in advance with Master Fuzi. After leaving the city, I found that the official road had been blocked by caravans and could not be cleared for a while. In order to get home faster, I had to take the mountain road back. "At this point, Li Aniang and Li Ainai both cast disapproving looks.

The mountain road is not only winding and winding, but also extremely steep. Usually only one person can pass by, and no one has walked on it for a long time. It is unknown what the road condition is. If there are some relatively recent or relatively wide mountain roads, it is very easy to encounter bandits, so almost no one dares to walk on mountain roads now.

The mountain wind was fierce and the gravel burst. Although the mountain road Li Sanlang took was shorter, it was also extremely dangerous! !

Keren has arrived home safely, and her starting point is good, so Aniang Li didn't say anything more.

Of course Li Sanlang knew that the mountain road was dangerous, but if he continued to wait, the official road might not be cleared for a whole day and night, let alone get him home quickly.

A few years ago, the county built a new road, connecting some villages that were not directly connected before. Shiliang is right in the middle of Shangli and the county seat. The time to reach Shiliang from both places is about two hours. .

Neither the old road nor the mountain road passed through Shiliang, so Li Sanlang was unable to pick up his younger brother.

"When we passed the village on the road just now, someone told me about Shiliang. Auntie, how are they?"

Aunt Li paused while holding the kettle to pour water for Li Sanlang: "Erlang originally planned to take Silang home last night, but now... there is no news..."

Li Sanlang froze on the spot. Now he was the only man in the family who could come forward. He couldn't help himself: "What is the situation now? Please tell me quickly, Auntie."

Aunt Li handed over the tea bowl. Li Sanlang was so thirsty that he didn't care about the literati etiquette. He hurriedly took a big sip. Then he handed the bowl to Aunt Li and asked, "Isn't there any news about Aweng going to Shiliang?"

"The thieves want us to exchange twenty stones of grain for Shiro. If we don't see the grain before dark, they will take action. As soon as you heard this, I took the grain to Shiliang. Counting the time, it's time to arrive now. If everything goes well, you, Aweng, can bring the people back after handing over the food."

It takes two and a half hours to walk from them to the village school in Shiliang. It has been more than three hours since Li Aweng left. If everything goes well, they should be on their way back now.

Li Sanlang couldn't believe it: "Twenty stones?"

This is outrageous, but if these twenty stones can exchange for Shiro's safe return, it will be worth it.

Li Sanlang recalled that when he left the city in the morning, he happened to encounter the county captain leading more than 20 officers out of the city. They shouted to go out of the city to capture the bandits. It seemed that the county captain was going to Shiliang. "The county has learned about the bandits' attack on Shiliang Village. I thought that this morning the county captain took people out of the city to go to Shiliang. I thought it was just a simple bandit causing trouble, but I didn't expect them to go to the village to study."

"Where is the military mansion? Did they just ignore it without sending troops to suppress the bandits?" Grandma Li was surprised and said: "Those bandits are ruthless and decisive. How can a few officers resist a large number of bandits!"

"Now that the war has begun, you cannot inquire about the whereabouts of the military mansion." What Li Sanlang said was the truth, and they knew it better than anyone else.

But the bandits are not stupid characters who will be easily captured. The reason why the people of Shiliang Village could only surround the village school without taking any follow-up actions is because in addition to the dozen or so people who kidnapped children in the village school, there are also bandits hiding somewhere outside. That's why they didn't dare to act rashly.

The person who handed over the food was in one place, and the person who released the people was in another place. The bandits in the two places had their own ways of contacting each other.

Li Sanlang didn't dare to say more. Since the border war broke out, rumors in the county have been flying all over the place. No one knows whether they are true or not.

The battlefield is on the northern border in the northwest of Ganzhou, some distance away from Ganzhou. The old man chatting on the roadside said that the level of martial law in the county was comparable to the military chaos six years ago.

If he also goes to Shiliang, if something happens, there will be no man in the family to come forward, so it is impossible for him to leave his mother and grandmother behind.

Li Sanlang opened the curtain and looked in the direction of the stone beam. He could not see the stone beam, but could only see the peaks rising between the clouds and mist. They were the connected Lancang Mountains, and on the back of the peaks was the endless grassland!