Seed dealers in ancient times

Zheng Jiangting's throat seemed to be scuffed by fire, it was dry and itchy, and he was forced to open his eyes under the extreme discomfort.

The sun was scorching hot, pouring down through the windows, he opened his eyes and quickly closed them, the strong sunlight made him very uncomfortable.

"You finally woke up!"

A delicate voice made him open his eyes again, and suddenly a girl in a goose yellow dress and braids jumped out from beside the bed. He was confused for a moment: "Who are you?"

"You don't care who I am." The little girl poured out a glass of water and handed it over, "You've been in a coma for two days."

Zheng Jiang stopped shaking, and then remembered that he followed the bandits to the village, and fainted at the gate of the village due to excessive blood loss. Unexpectedly, it took two days in a flash.He got up and wanted to get out of bed, his mind was dizzy for a while, waiting for his mind to clear up a bit, he pushed the door and went out regardless of the little girl's obstruction.

The first thing that catches the eye is a large courtyard. There are seven or eight old people sitting in the courtyard, weaving chicken coops and dustpans under the sun, and turning their heads to say a few words from time to time. Like in a small courtyard of an ordinary farmhouse.

"Xiaoqiu, are you awake?"

The little girl jumped out from behind Zheng Jiangting: "Wake up."

"Boy, are you all right?"

Zheng Jiang stopped to see the kind-hearted old man, but he couldn't bear any hostility, and said, "It's all right."

After saying that, he turned to look at the girl named Xiaoqiu: "You said I've been in a coma for two days?"

"Yes."

Zheng Jiangting's expression froze, and he didn't know whether the officers and soldiers of Chunlai County had successfully delivered the food to Chunlai County, how the gang of bandits dealt with it, and whether his family knew that he was arrested by the bandits.

He was very confused, grabbed the little girl and asked, "Where is the person who brought me up that day?"

"You twisted my arm so badly!" Xiaoqiu patted Zheng Jiangting's left hand, wondering how one hand was so strong even though one hand was hanging: "Let go! Let go!"

Zheng Jiang stopped hearing the sound before withdrawing his hand.

Xiaoqiu rubbed her arms: "You mean Zhen Sheng, right? He went hunting, but he's not here."

"Take me to him quickly!"

"What do you want me to do with your grandfather!"

A young man walked in from the door and dropped a pheasant in his hand on the ground: "Auntie, you can stew this chicken tonight."

Zheng Jiang stopped and walked up: "Do you have any news about the officers and soldiers?"

"I have news from officers and soldiers to do what, we are bandits."

Xiaoqiu rolled her eyes when she heard the sound: "Just say what you want."

"You stinky girl, your elbow turned out in just two days."

As Zhen Sheng walked into the house, he said, "The batch of grain has already been sent to Chunlai County, and the people from Xifeng have also been put in prison. What else do you want to hear?"

Zheng Jiang breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhen Sheng is actually in a good mood, Xifeng has no leader now, the stockade is just a pile of offal, and they have a much wider hunting ground, so they are not afraid to bump into Xifeng's people and move from side to side.

Zheng Jiangting went straight to the point: "When are you going to let me go?"

"It's fine to let you go. Write a letter back and ask your family to bring you money to redeem you. Seeing that your family has a lot of money, you have to get three to five hundred taels anyway."

Xiaoqiu, who was on the side, chopped off Zhen Sheng's foot when he heard the words.

"What's wrong, you're turning your arm out, I'll tell your dad to go."

"I'm going to tell dad that you bullied me!"

Saying that Xiaoqiu turned around and went out, Zhen Sheng hurriedly chased him out: "Whoever bullies whom, you should explain clearly."

The two ran outside, Zheng Jiang stopped sighing, and found a pen and ink in the house to write a letter, no matter good or bad, he must report back safely.

His right hand was injured, and it was very difficult for him to write. His hand pulled his muscles to the wound, but after writing two lines of words, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Zhen Sheng, you are not allowed to blackmail him."

"Why not? Isn't that how the people caught before were arranged in this way? I didn't do anything wrong even if you told my uncle about it."

"I didn't say you did anything wrong, but you just can't blackmail him." Xiaoqiu put her hands in her hands, with a calm face.

Zhen Sheng looked left and right: "Could it be that the eldest lady has taken a fancy to him?"

"So what if I fall in love with you!" The girl in the bandit's den was bold and not as thin-skinned as ordinary girls, and said bluntly, "Is there such a handsome man in our village?"

Zhen Sheng snorted: "Little girl, don't just look at people by their appearance."

"The family is not bad. They even sent relief food to Chunlai County. You went to rescue the food and sent a signal to the village, almost causing the people in the village to fall into the hands of the government. It's no wonder that Dad doesn't clean up you."

"Don't, you have to say something nice for me."

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It was already noon when Zheng Jiang stopped writing the letter, and when he was about to go out to take the letter to Zhen Sheng, Xiaoqiu just came back.

"I have written the letter, you can read it."

Xiaoqiu put the food on the table, and there was a smell of chicken soup in the air: "You haven't eaten all day, let's eat first."

After lying in bed for two days, it was impossible to smell the scent and say that he was not hungry, but Zheng Jiangting had something on his mind, and he didn't move his feet until he got a definite answer.

"Give me the letter, and I'll just give it to Zhen Sheng for you." Xiaoqiu took the letter and looked at ten lines at a glance. Unfortunately, she couldn't read the big characters and didn't know what was written on it. She didn't want to lose face, so she pretended to admire : "I didn't expect that you are not only handsome, but you can also write beautifully."

Zheng Jiangting frowned, he was not very happy about being praised, and did not answer.

Xiaoqiu folded the letter and stuffed it into the envelope, and immediately filled a bowl of chicken soup and pushed it to Zheng Jiangting: "Taste the chicken soup quickly, the pheasant that Zhen Sheng brought back just now is delicious. Many people in our village not only eat If you don’t get chicken, you won’t even have enough to eat, and it’s only because you are a patient that you are treated like this.”

Zheng Jiang stopped looking at the letter and opened his mouth to speak, the little girl immediately said: "Don't worry, I will give the letter to Zhen Sheng, he was called away by Daddy."

In desperation, Zheng Jiangting took a bowl and drank the chicken soup. It was indeed a chicken running in the mountains. The stewed chicken was already very delicious with a little salt. He drank a full bowl and saw Xiaoqiu sitting opposite him without blinking. Blinking at him, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

He wanted to draw the little girl's attention away, and said: "You said just now that some people in your village are not full to eat, is there a shortage of food in the village?"

"It's missing! Of course it's missing."

Xiaoqiu's straightforward answer subverted Zheng Jiangting's view of the cottage. According to common sense, the cottage should eat meat and drink in big bowls. How could there be a shortage of food.

"Don't think about it. Although our place is a cottage, it is different from Xifeng's. They are real bandits, and we are just ordinary villagers."

At the beginning, there were quite a few villages in Xifeng area, but since Xifeng entrenched the bandits, life was very uneasy. The bandits would enter the villages to burn, kill and loot every harvest time. The government did nothing to catch the bandits. Nowhere to turn to and suffered a lot, some even voluntarily joined bandit dens in order to save their lives, and some moved their families. As time went on, the number of people in the village on Xifeng became less and less.

Most of these villagers are people who have no conditions to leave. In order to survive, everyone discussed and gathered together, and found a remote place in Xifeng to start a new life. He started to take up arms to resist, and over time he became a bit of a gangster.

Because of the remoteness of the location, the farmland is less reclaimed, the grain harvest is not large, and many people can't eat enough, so they engage in some bandit activities. Sometimes they will go down the mountain to rob the caravan, or abduct the caravan The leader asked the family to send some money and food to redeem people.

Zheng Jiang was stunned, no wonder what Zhen Sheng said.

"But it's all right now. The leader of Xifeng was captured by the government." Xiaoqiu held his face and said, "But it's strange, the bandits in Xifeng are so clever, why did they stumble this time."

Zheng Jiang stopped to think about it. When the bandits from Xifeng came to hijack the car, they seemed to say that he knew that the grain truck would come, and he should have received the news in advance.It's just that Zheng Jiang doesn't know who sent the news, but no matter who it is, his heart can be punished.

"Okay, I've said so much, you can eat quickly, don't waste it. I'm going to deliver a letter to you."

Zheng Jiang stopped watching the little girl with the envelope bouncing around, and said politely: "Thank you."

Xiaoqiu went out of the room, glanced at the envelope, blinked, then looked back at the room, but went back to her own room instead of going to Zhen Sheng's room.

"Daoyuan, is there any news about Xiao Zheng?"

Uncle Ren was frightened a lot in Xifeng, and he was still in a daze when he returned to Chunlai County, and he got better after resting for a day.

"Father, I have already sent someone to look for it. Xifeng has a vast terrain, so it is really not easy to find the cottage, otherwise the bandit den in Xifeng would not have been rampant to this day." Ren County magistrate sold the grain transported to the county seat as it should, What should be distributed has been distributed, and people are tired.

Uncle Ren was restless: "This batch of food was raised by Xiao Zheng. If he hadn't sent me here to save me, how could he have fallen into the bandit's den? Blame me, blame me, blame me! If he There is a good or bad, how can I explain this to the Zheng family."

Uncle Ren grabbed his son's hand: "Xiao Zheng is the pillar of the Zheng family. There is only an old mother and a weak brother in his family. You must find him back."

"Father, I will definitely try my best to find Brother Xiao Zheng, not only for the kindness of raising food, but also for the righteousness of sacrificing your life for your sake, no matter what you say, you must find him safely and send him home." Ren Daoyuan held his father's hand back. Hand: "I got the news that the new county magistrate of Jincheng has been appointed, so I will write a letter to hurry over there, and ask them to help suppress the bandits in Xifeng, so that Xiao Zheng can be found by then."

Uncle Ren nodded again and again: "Go and do it!"

"The boy has already written a letter, and there is something I need daddy to help with right now."

"What's the matter?"

"How should I eat the pile of potatoes sent here? No one in Chunlai County has eaten it."

The old man Ren was in a state of confusion, and when he heard that there was still some use for him, he felt a little more at ease: "You ask some people to come and watch."

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