tiger at home

As soon as I arrived in the field, I heard someone arguing, and when I walked in, I found out that it was Liu Meihua and another outdoor surnamed Zhou Dahai.

After hearing a few words, Lin Ziqian almost understood it.

Liu Meihua married an honest but frail man, and now it takes half an hour to go back and forth every day to go to the mountains to fetch water. His husband Liu Wang is obviously not good enough, and their family only has a mother in her 60s and a woman under ten years old. dolls.

For the past two days, Liu Wang was carrying water every day. He fell down the mountain and twisted his ankle. Obviously, he couldn't carry water anymore.So the burden of carrying water fell on Liu Meihua's shoulders. As a woman, she was not very diligent, so she didn't want to go to the mountains to carry water, so she thought of a trick.

She made a hole on the ridge of the field to draw water from the next door's field. She also watched the time when others watered, and came here after they finished watering, and came here before they watered next time. The hole is plugged.

After three days like this, Zhou Dahai must have realized that their seedlings are not growing well and the water in the field is not enough. He is planning to water more water today, but when he came over, he happened to see Liu Meihua digging out the ridge to divert water .

Zhou Dahai escaped from the famine more than ten years ago. He has a foreign surname and took root in Menghu Village. He persevered through all the difficulties.Now the four members of his family, especially the two middle-aged children, are able to eat but can't stand up. The whole family relies on him to clean up the two acres of land. Liu Meihua ruined his field so heartlessly. It was killing him. If he hadn't discovered it early, the production would have dropped sharply this year.

Unconvinced, he quarreled with Liu Meihua on the spot, who knows that Liu Meihua is not easy to mess with, especially recently his younger brother Liu Chen set up Hongcheng for everyone and earned more than three taels for everyone. For the money, she is very confident.

The two were arguing, and Liu Meihua suddenly said, "What are you hanging on to? After taking care of your two acres of land for a few months, even if you sell all the grain you harvest, you won't be able to transfer three liang of silver. The city made your family earn 14 taels of silver, so what if I pump all the water in your field? I can pump if I want!"

Unconvinced, Zhou Dahai fought with Liu Meihua on the spot, but Liu Meihua didn't feel wronged at all. She rolled up her sleeves and slashed several blood marks on Zhou Dahai's face.

When Zhou Dahai's daughter-in-law and the two 14-year-old boys came over, seeing such a scene, naturally, blood welled up in his heart, and he was so angry that he wanted to fight Liu Meihua desperately.

Liu Meihua saw that their whole family had come, so she naturally knew that she was invincible, but she didn't know how to be afraid, so she pointed her finger at Zhou Dahai's nose and scolded, "You old lady, how dare you bully me, Liu Meihua! You don't even look at it!" Let's see who is the biggest in Tiger Village! Who has the final say! You wait! I will find my second uncle when I get back, and you just wait to be expelled from Tiger Village!"

Not to mention that Zhou Dahai's daughter-in-law and others saw that the head of the family was pointed at his nose and scolded. It was Zhou Dahai himself. Rushing up, several people chased and beat Liu Meihua.

When Liu Meihua saw them rushing over, she ran naturally, but she couldn't dodge in time, and they beat her hard a few times. When she ran out, her clothes and hair were all messed up, and naturally there were many blood marks on her face. Dahai's daughter-in-law stayed behind angrily.

After running a certain distance, Liu Meihua turned around and pointed at them, and said loudly, "Zhou Dahai, wait for me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw that Zhou Dahai's family seemed to be about to continue to charge forward, she took a swipe at her shoulder, turned around and ran away.

... Lin Ziqian was almost speechless, how could there be such a shameless person?She obviously did something wrong, but how can she be justified?

However, Lin Ziqian planned to detour his family members in the future so as not to be entangled.

However, there is no lack of such things happening in Tiger Village, especially when the time to go up the mountain to carry water becomes longer day by day.Many people's crops have withered due to lack of water, and the villagers have begun to save water for washing and drinking.

At this time, it was only mid-July, and it had been more than two months since the last rainfall.The drought in most parts of the south has caused the land to dry up, crops to die, and small crystals of white particles to spit out from the saline-alkali land. Even sitting at home, you often hear rumors that a certain place is extremely short of water, and many people die of thirst on the streets.

There are also legends that this severe drought, which is rare in a hundred years, was caused by the emperor's incompetence and immorality, and the sky gave an early warning.

Lin Ziqian had guests at home that night.

He was enjoying the shade in the yard, watching Lin Zijin write homework after class, but Xiao Bai suddenly whimpered towards the door.

Then he heard the clang of wheels on the road and the sound of horseshoes knocking on the road getting louder and louder. Lin Ziqian opened the courtyard door, and saw a huge carriage speeding up from afar. Carrying burdens big and small.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the yard, Lin Zijin took Xiaobai to the front of the carriage to look curiously, the curtain was opened, it was Liu Fang.

"What's wrong, Brother Liu?" Lin Ziqian stepped forward to help Ma Jianguo who got off the carriage.

Ma Jianguo grabbed his hand, his face was heavy, and he whispered, "Go in first."

Lin Zijin hurriedly helped them in, and when they came out again, some people gathered together and looked towards this side, and some children even climbed onto the tree and looked into the yard.

Lin Zijin went forward to lead the carriage, the horse snorted, and its front hoofs stamped on the ground.

"I'll come, Tayun doesn't like strangers touching him." Liu Fang came out from behind, stepped forward to hold the horse neatly, and pulled the cart in.

"Brother Liu is still the best." Lin Ziqian asked him with a smile, "Brother Liu came with a carriage this time, how many herbs are he going to bring back? Let me tell you first, I don't have much in stock!"

Liu Fang smiled, and patted his shoulder with a big hand, "The water bill in the town is too expensive, we don't mind if we come here to drink water for a few days!"

"Of course, Brother Liu, you can stay here. Grandpa Ma has always taken care of me. Wuweitang will benefit the village. Our Tiger Village will definitely welcome you!"

Lin Ziqian closed the courtyard door and brought Liu Fang into the house, "Brother Liu, what's going on?"

Liu Fang went to the door and took a look, then grabbed Lin Ziqian and walked inside, whispering, "The king of Jin has rebelled!"

King Jin is the brother of the current emperor. Two years ago, the current emperor succeeded to the throne, but King Jin died of illness for no reason. Now the news of King Jin's rebellion suddenly appeared, which is really surprising.

Lin Ziqian was startled, grabbed his clothes and asked, "Isn't King Jin dead?"

"He rebelled? At war? Where?"

Liu Fang grabbed him and entered another room. Ma Jianguo was sitting inside with a cane in both hands, his eyes were blank, and he sat upright. Lin Ziqian had never seen him so serious before.

Seeing that Lin Zijin was still eating sweets inside, Lin Ziqian stopped him, "The horse is in the yard, must be tired after walking such a long distance, Zijin should also feed the horse sweets!"

"Eat this candy." Liu Fang handed over a small bag, "Zhuiyun likes to eat this kind of candy."

Lin Ziqian watched Lin Zijin go out, closed the courtyard door, and asked in a low voice, "Grandpa Ma, where did the war start?"

"Jin'an." Ma Jianguo spit out two words, sighed suddenly, and his shoulders slumped, "Thousands of refugees fled to Hongcheng, and Hongcheng refused to let them in at first. They clashed with officers and soldiers, rushed in and robbed everywhere." , the flames lit up all night, and the sound of crying was everywhere."

"Although the county magistrate has already asked for support, Chenhe Town will soon become the second Hongcheng. Presumably your village chief has also received the news today." Liu Fang said.

Lin Ziqian was stunned for a moment, he didn't know that a war broke out in Jin'an, which was so close to him, Hongcheng suffered, and soon the central area would be ignited by the flames of war!

He tried to calm his trembling tone, "Then what should we do?"

"I have entrusted all the herbs that can be mobilized in Wuweitang to Hongcheng and handed them over to the corresponding people. But once the war breaks out, the public security will be chaotic, and casualties will be inevitable. Before that, we need to collect enough herbs." Ma Jianguo said The voice is not loud, but it seems to have the ability to calm people's minds.

"The purpose of Wuweitang is to cure diseases and save lives. We will not escape, but if unnecessary deaths or injuries are caused due to the lack of medicinal materials, it is not allowed." Liu Fang said.

"So you are here to go up the mountain to collect herbs?" Thoughts flashed through Lin Ziqian's mind, "Can't you find the merchants who bought the goods in the past?"

"I found it, but it's not enough." Liu Fang glanced at Lin Ziqian, "Tiger Mountain is a spiritual mountain, and the medicinal materials are abundant and of high quality. We need a large amount of medicinal materials this time to make a finished medicine in the shortest possible time."

Lin Ziqian bowed his head, the alarm clock is very chaotic now, he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Lin Ziqian, we need your help." Liu Fang said.

Lin Ziqian struggled in his heart, the war was about to start, he needed to hoard food and supplies, he needed to take good care of Lin Zijin, once their village was washed away by refugees, the two children would be like wolves in the eyes of a bunch of adults The tender sheep in the eyes of the crowd, he can use martial arts to defeat them once or twice, but what if he goes up in groups?He can guarantee his own life, but can he protect Lin Zijin from harm?

His parents passed away, and Lin Zijin was his only relative, so he must not lose anything.But practicing medicine to save lives should be a noble character, and it is the dream of myself and my father.To help or not to help?

"Lin Ziqian, I don't force you, you have to protect Lin Zijin before the refugees flee and the laws are chaotic." Ma Jianguo patted his head, "You are still young, don't take too much burden, follow Liu Bigui and try to survive. "

Tears flashed in Lin Ziqian's eyes, his eyes were wide open, and he tried hard to hold back, "Grandpa Ma, I am familiar with the herbs in the deep mountains, I can explain them to you in detail, and I can also show you my father's letter, but Lin Zijin still doesn't like it." Little, I can't leave him behind."

"It doesn't matter, you just need to tell us the road conditions up the mountain and some places that need attention." Ma Jianguo said, "This time, it will take up to a month or more than ten days to enter the mountain. You should also hurry up and prepare. Some food, find a hidden place to hide you all."

"Well, Grandpa Ma, you should also be careful, there are many ferocious beasts on the mountain." Lin Ziqian felt reluctant, looking at Grandpa Ma leaning on a walking stick and looking old now, and looking at Liu Fang's thin shoulders, he was afraid of what they would encounter when they went up the mountain The mighty beast is worried.

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