Jade of Rebirth

Huo Zhang came to see Yuan Heng and his wife, it was actually not a big deal, it was precisely because Minister of the Household Department Xie Xun went to look at the farmer's house in the outskirts of the city yesterday, and found that the life of the farmer was more miserable than imagined, so he returned home I met Huo Zhang on the way, and Huo Zhang volunteered to report to Yuan Heng for him.

After Yuan Heng heard this, he was also very worried. The other things can be solved, but there is no food to eat, so he can't change it!As the saying goes, "It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice", he is "it's hard for a smart man to be a relief officer without rice"!

Yuli comforted him and said, don't worry, let's go to the outskirts of the city to see if we can think of other ways.

Yuan Heng had no other choice, so the three had no choice but to prepare a carriage and go outside the city to see it in person.

Yuli was sitting in the carriage, Yuanheng was driving the carriage, Huo Zhang was riding the horse, followed by Wu Yeti and Shuilongyin, the four of them protected the carriage two in front and two behind.Although the city has recovered a bit and is no longer as hungry and full of roads as it used to be, it can't be compared with normal county towns. The road is very empty when the carriage goes out, so even the speed of the carriage is very fast.As a result, when he was approaching the gate of the city, Huo Zhang's horse was a little happier, and almost collided with a person who rushed out suddenly.

"Ouch!" The man fell to the ground and hugged his feet in pain, "It hurts me to death, my feet!"

Yuan Heng and his party had no choice but to stop. Yu Li opened the curtain of the carriage and looked out, only to see a very shabby young man with a dirty face, a small burden on his back, and a painful expression on his face. Hold your own feet.

Huo Zhang was still a little dazed, thinking that I clearly reined in the horse before hitting him, so I didn't hit him at all?How did he fall to the ground and hurt his foot?

But even though he thought so, he got off the horse very honestly, stepped forward and asked with concern: "Sorry, I didn't see the road clearly while riding the horse, where did you get hurt?"

As soon as the boy saw him, he yelled: "Are you blind! Don't you see that I'm such a big man?! I'm so mad, look at my feet! They're almost swollen!" He tore off his shoes and socks, revealing a fair and small foot, the ankle was indeed swollen, probably because he accidentally sprained his foot while avoiding it.

Seeing that he was indeed injured, Huo Zhang felt even more guilty, and apologized again and again: "Sorry, sorry, I really didn't notice, how about I take you to the medical center to have a look?"

"You bastard, of course you have to go and see it! Not only do you want to see it, but you also have to pay for my loss!" The young man grabbed Huo Zhang's sleeve and made a fierce look, "Don't try to escape, I'm going now There is no way, you have to carry me over!"

"Okay, no problem. Since I caused you to be like this, I will naturally be responsible." Huo Zhang said, turning his head and saying to Yuan Heng who was beside him, "Then I will accompany this little brother to the medical center first, and you go first." .”

Yuan Heng looked down at the young man sitting on the ground looking like he was cheating, narrowed his eyes slightly, and nodded: "Okay, you go first."

Yu Li looked at the two of them, and thoughtfully put down the curtain of the carriage.

The carriage started on the road again, and this time only Yuan Heng was left in front.Sitting at the entrance of the carriage, Yu Li said to Yuan Heng, "I think that boy just now is a bit strange."

"What do you think is strange?" Yuan Heng asked with a smile.

Yu Li analyzed: "The young man looked ragged and his face was dirty, but when he took off his shoes just now, his feet clearly didn't look like what ordinary farmers or people raised by ordinary people should have. With his hands, slender and tender, it looks like he doesn't work often, he must be a pampered young man."

"Maybe he's a rich young man who ran out of the house in a fit of anger." Yuan Heng said while driving the carriage, "You can tell from his cursing tone that he is unruly and rude. He must have been spoiled. , maybe you can't get rid of it like brown sugar." He said, with a hint of gloating in his tone.

Yu Li couldn't help laughing: "Don't gloat, now is an extraordinary time, we must be vigilant against every suspect."

"You think he might have been sent by Chang Qishan?" Yuan Heng raised his eyebrows.

"Isn't it possible?"

"Well, he has martial arts, but his martial arts aren't that high, so he can only protect himself. He's far away from dealing with Shuilongyin and the others." Yuan Heng shook his head, "Chang Qishan wouldn't be so stupid to send this kind of person here. of."

Yu Li made up her mind: "That's good."

After talking, the two went to the countryside outside the city. They didn't reveal their identities, so they went to each house to have a look. They saw that many farmers were digging wild vegetables, hunting rabbits, and pheasants to eat Stomach, food is almost no.In winter, when there are no wild vegetables and game, they will definitely be hungry.

"Well, in this case, how to survive the winter is a big problem." Yu Li said worriedly.

"Yes." Yuan Heng and Yu Li said as they walked along the edge of the field. "The relief food sent by the imperial court can last until mid-November at most. After all, there are so many people who need to eat..."

The two were walking, and saw an old man squatting on the edge of a field, digging something in the field, Yu Li was not afraid of getting dirty, so he walked up to him and asked:

"Old man, what are you digging? Are you digging wild vegetables?"

The old man raised his head to look at him, and smiled on his wrinkled face: "Young master, you don't know that, the little old man is not digging wild vegetables, he is digging kudzu. We have a lot of kudzu here. The kudzu root is used as medicine, but there is no food at home, this kudzu root can be eaten on the top of millet!"

"Really?" Yu Li looked at Yuan Heng in surprise, then squatted down and dug with his own hands, but before he touched the soil, Yuan Heng grabbed his elbow:

"Your fingers are tender, don't move, I'll dig it out for you."

Saying that, Yuan Heng personally took a stone and dug up the whole kudzu, and there were indeed several big roots underneath, and Yuan Heng's eyes also showed brilliance: "Old man, is it this? This is really edible ?"

"Of course we can eat it. We don't have to eat it now, so we eat it as steamed buns." The old man said, and quickly threw a kudzu root into the basket, "and this kudzu root grows faster than other things." It is resistant to drought and cold, you see, isn’t it the only one that survives when other crops die?”

Yu Li took a look at the kudzu root in Yuan Heng's hand, then passed it to the old man, and asked, "Then how do you plant it?"

Hearing this, the old man smiled and said, "Puderaria vine, just cut off a section of the rattan and stick it in the soil, it will germinate in a short time."

Yu Li and Yuan Heng looked at each other, and thought tacitly in their hearts: Yes!The people can spend the winter!