Light a torch and light the dead branches of the vehicles on fire. Then he threw the few officers and soldiers who died on the official road into the fire, then took the people and slowly entered the valley.
When they arrived at the mouth of the valley, several people hid themselves again and waited in ambush at the river at the mouth of the valley for half an hour. The fire on the official road in the distance had already gradually extinguished, and there was no movement at all on the official road. Zhou Xingcai called out all the regiment heroes. Youzai Youzai rushed back.
That night, almost no one slept in the villa.
After the women and children of the villa carried the first batch of supplies back to the villa, the entire villa became a sea of excitement. The things brought back were piled in the yard of the public warehouse, including cloth, ordnance, Food, these simple mountain people have seen food, but they have never seen so much food put together. I have seen pieces of cloth, but I have never seen the spectacle of hundreds of pieces of cloth piled together, let alone the seventy or eighty large livestock, including oxen, donkeys, and even a few horses. Even if all the livestock in the villa were added up, they could not catch up to half of what was driven back this time. How much is this worth?
And the copper coins, the golden copper coins. Stacked together in plain sight, for many villagers who knew one hundred at most, this 350,000 yuan was already a figure that could not be imagined in their dreams. All I can say is that it’s a lot of money. Several women circled around the pile of copper coins, looking at them again and again. Occasionally he reached out to touch it, but then quickly retracted it. I was afraid that my dirt-covered hands would stain the shining copper coins, and I was afraid that others would see it and say that I was taking advantage of everyone.
Although it was hectic, no one took away a grain of grain or a single copper coin. Those who had carried things back were already too tired to stand when they arrived in the courtyard. Although they did not carry much, after all, they were either old or young, and they could not do much physical work. After putting their things down, these people sat down directly against the wall, one to rest and the other to look at those things and feel happy.
The two family heads, Uncle Zhou, Wang, and Chen, are considered to be the strongest laborers among these people, and they are also chiefs and elders. Naturally, they have to carry more than others, and they have to take care of them all the time. Although these three people can trust the villagers in the countryside, none of them are afraid that someone will take advantage of it and bring the villa into disrepute. The more tired you are, the more you have to worry about. Seeing things piled up in the yard, it would be terrible if something went wrong. The three of them discussed it, opened the warehouse, and began to move things inside and keep accounts.
Zhou Hui, Wang He, and Chen Jian are the direct disciples of Zhou Xing. What they say must be carried out meticulously. Zhou Xing told the three people to keep an eye on Luo Yin, and the three people regarded this task as the most important thing in the world. No matter what he did, he couldn't let Luo Yin leave the sight of the three people. Even if Luo Yin wanted to make it easier, there would be at least two and a half pairs of eyes staring at him without blinking within this one foot. It's not that he was afraid that Luo Yin would take the opportunity to urinate and escape, he probably didn't have the ability, but if Luo Yin couldn't think of it and jumped into his own urine puddle and drowned himself, wouldn't he have betrayed his husband's trust?
Uncle Zhou is the manager of the public warehouse, but Zhou Xing usually does the accounting, while Zhang Jiang and Uncle Zhou are the cashiers. None of them were here this time. The three heads of the family discussed it and called Zhou Hui and the others. Uncle Zhou said: "Hui'er, your husband is the one who keeps the accounts of this public warehouse. Now that he is away, we can't let you leave things in the yard. A caregiver, responsible for counting points, accounting and warehousing."
Zhou Hui and the three others almost jumped up with joy after listening to Uncle Zhou's instructions. Today is a really good day. First, my husband gave me the task of guarding, and now my uncle has given me such an important responsibility. It is a public warehouse, and my husband can count and remember the numbers in it. Today, the three of us are actually responsible. Zhou Hui pursed his lips, held his head high, and replied: "Uncle's orders, the three nephews must do a good job."
Uncle Zhou looked at the solemn look on his nephew's face and felt that the child was sensible. He smiled kindly and said: "Good boy, don't panic. Just do it slowly. Uncle and Uncle Wang will help you maintain it outside. How can you move like this?" , it’s you who said that if you can’t make up your mind, let’s discuss it later.”
Uncle Zhou and the other two people first roughly drew a line on how to place the items in the public warehouse. Then, leaving the three of them in the house, they prepared paper and ink, and began to move things into the house. Even though the three of them took on the second important task, they did not forget the first task. The three generals, Luo Yin, also called Luo Yin into the house and asked him to sit on a grain bag. He was always within sight and began to work.
Since Luo Yin saw that Zhou Xing let go of the people of Mian County, he would definitely be able to stand up to the people and fall into the hands of the Shu army scouts, with life and death at stake, and he no longer cared about his own safety. On the contrary, when he saw Zhou Xing's subsequent arrangements, he felt very strange. When he entered the valley and saw many people, Luo Yin suddenly realized that this was not a Shu army scout. He was clearly a mountain man pretending to be a baggage baggage. Understanding this, Luo Yin became more curious. Not only were these mountain people powerful in combat, but none of the more than fifty sergeants and leading captains could escape. They also watched from luring the enemy to encirclement and annihilation, grabbing and transporting food. , and even put the blame on someone to get away with it, all the arrangements were carefully thought out. You need to take a closer look at the background of these people.
Since he had these thoughts, even if Luo Yin was allowed to leave, he would still try his best to follow. Besides, Zhou Xing also told the children that they were not allowed to run away, but they were not allowed to get into trouble. Doesn't that mean that he was still useful? There's no danger anyway, so why are you running? The food was lost, the officers and soldiers were dead, but I, the boss, couldn't explain it clearly and couldn't escape the involvement. Anyway, I have to wander around the world alone, and I don't want to stay anywhere.
Seeing the nervousness of the three children on the way, Luo Yin secretly laughed in his heart. In the past twenty years, he had seen every day either tedious official duties or intrigues. It was rare to see such innocence. Luo Yin did not speak and just followed the children. For him, it was a rare peace of mind. As for the children, the old master is quite obedient and well-controlled.
Sitting on the grain bag, Luo Yin was hungry and thirsty. However, looking at the people in the village, they were all the same all the way back. No one said anything about eating or drinking. He was too embarrassed to ask for food or drink, so he had to endure it. , watching the children busy.
The cloth was brought in first. The cloth was afraid of moisture, so three layers of wooden boards were used to build a platform underneath. The cloth was placed one layer horizontally and one layer vertically, with the same quantity on each layer. Then they were put into a pile and all were finished. The three of them counted the numbers. Luo Yin watched coldly. The three of them actually counted the number of each layer instead of one by one, and then the number of layers. The three of them drew a few strange symbols on the ground and reported the total number. Luo Yin was very surprised. It was already difficult for the three children in this villa to know numbers, but they actually knew how to do math?
When Zhou Hui took the pen and ink, Luo Yin looked at the paper and ink and was not surprised. From the smell of the ink, Luo Yin, an old scholar, already knew that this was the lowest form of ink. What made Luo Yin feel strange was that what Zhou Hui took out from his arms was not a writing brush, but a chicken feather. Can chicken feathers also write?
Not only can the chicken feathers be used for writing, but Zhou Hui's expression turned out to be sacred and proud when Zhou Hui took out the chicken feathers and dipped them in ink to write.
Of course Zhou Hui is proud, because in the entire villa, apart from his husband, he, Zhou Hui, is the first one, and it is also the first time that Zhou Hui dips a chicken feather in ink to write. Watching Zhou Hui writing on the paper stroke by stroke, Chen Jian and Wang He were also filled with envy. He didn't even bother to look at Luo Yin anymore.
Luo Yin stood up and took a closer look. Although Zhou Hui's handwriting was neat, it could not be said to be beautiful, and even a little ugly. Seeing Zhou Hui's serious and slow look, Luo Yin was tempted to snatch it away and register it for him. impulse. However, he didn't know why, he couldn't do this, because he vaguely felt that this child was not just writing, but completing a sacred and important process.
There are many fans in this villa, which are very good and interesting. Luo Yin gave such a definition.
Strings of copper coins were also brought in. The three children counted the strings carefully. Three hundred and fifty thousand coins. After counting, they wrote it down on the paper. Luo Yin looked at it and recognized the words written on the paper. But what are those ghost drawing symbols? Does that mean they remember to count?
Three hundred waist knives, five hundred spears, sixty bows, three thousand arrows, all recorded one by one, and two hundred and ten stones of food. Two hundred and five stones were entered into the warehouse. Uncle Zhou, the manager of the public warehouse, directly transferred five stones out. First, all those involved in the transportation took back two kilograms each. Those livestock were also recorded by Zhou Hui, and they were assigned to families with livestock and raised temporarily. We will discuss the specific arrangements tomorrow. The people in the village rejoiced, picked up the grain, led the animals, and went home. It was already slack time in farming, and farmers had rules to control food consumption. When idle, they could only drink water, and women and children had to drink more. Eat some wild vegetables. Now that each person has gained two kilograms, he can have a good meal. The old and the weak all weigh two kilograms. The head man will definitely have more when he comes back, so there is no need to keep it for the head family. Let’s eat well first and celebrate the New Year. talk later. Therefore, everyone in the village started to make this dinner, and ate it late in the evening. When they were full, the old and young were laughing and talking, waiting excitedly for the family members to bring back more. nice one.
Uncle Zhou and the others did not leave. After all, all the young people in the village had not returned home. If they said they were not worried, they were just trying to comfort each other. Only when they all came back could they rest their hearts in their stomachs.
Mrs. Cui also made a big pot of rice and brought it over with Zhou Ronger. Putting it on the wooden board, Uncle Zhou looked at it and first greeted Wang and Chen, the two family heads, and then cupped his hands to Luo Yin and said with a smile: "This old man is neglecting it. He is really busy. The rough rice in the country can fill his stomach." Mrs. Cui had just seen Luo Yin, and didn’t know Luo Yin’s identity, so she hurriedly greeted her. Luo Yin bowed his hands and thanked her. He was already so hungry that his heart was pressed against his back. He didn’t want to be polite, so he hurriedly did the same. Zhou The uncle smiled again and said: "Hui'er, two good nephews, come and sit down together. They are both tired after a long day. Haha, let's eat and have a good rest." "
Zhou Ronger smiled, took the paper Zhou Hui recorded on, and said with a smile: "Brother Hui can also write."
Uncle Wang chuckled and said, "Ronger's niece is looking down on others, isn't it? In our village, except for the master, these three are the most knowledgeable. Today's accounts were all counted and recorded by them. Without them, we would not be able to do that." There are still a lot of things left in a mess.”
Seeing that Uncle Wang was happy, Zhou Ronger was also excited for these little brothers, so she patted Zhou Hui on the head and asked him to eat. Mrs. Cui made a special stir-fry today, which was very exquisite. Several people were hungry and devoured everything.
Zhou Ronger sat aside, looking at the records under the bright light of the pine trees. She was also happy that Zhou Xing had won the first battle, and couldn't help but read it out softly. At first, everyone just ate and didn't pay attention. Later, after hearing this, Luo Yin couldn't help but asked, "Brother, who is this?"
Zhou Hui and the other three were surprised to see that Sister Ronger actually knew the words on her account. How could Sister Ronger learn so well if she didn't attend class with him?
When Luo Yin asked, Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Let me laugh, this is my little daughter Ronger."
Luo Yin looked at Zhou Ronger and said, "Your love is beautiful, has a dignified manner, and is literate. It's really rare."
Uncle Zhou heard what Luo Yin said was so elegant. Although he didn't quite understand it, he knew that he was praising Ronger. He smiled broadly and said humbly: "Brother is complimenting me. My little girl is clumsy, but I can't live up to it."
Luo Yin looked at Mrs. Cui's behavior and she behaved like everyone. Although she smiled and asked, "I wonder if your love comes from family education, or from someone who has learned from you?"
Mrs. Cui paused slightly and said, "Both my husband and I are illiterate. My daughter also occasionally goes to school to learn some random lessons from her husband."
Luo Yin stroked his long beards, nodded and said, "Your love is really smart."
Uncle Wang laughed and said, "To be fair, brother, this virtuous niece is the first-class woman in the village."
When Zhou Ronger saw everyone praising her, she couldn't reply. She stood behind Ms. Cui, smiling and saying nothing.
After everyone finished eating, Cui and Rong'er quickly packed up their bowls and went back to rest. Uncle Zhou asked Wang He and Chen Jian to accompany Luo Yin to Zhou Xing's place to rest. Wang He and Chen Jian were happy and didn't want to leave. Mr. Helpless said that the old master was under the care of the children's group, so he had no choice but to accompany him. Uncle Zhou and the two heads of the family, Wang and Chen, calculated that the young men would be back in more than an hour. These people worked hard and always had to prepare hot water and meals. Therefore, Zhou Hui was left to guard the door, and the three of them chose the one that was nearby and had a large family, and rushed over to give instructions. The three families received food for one stone, and prepared meals and hot water for ten people.
Most of the strong men carrying it included children from various families, and since the food was from the public servant, of course they would not refuse it. Every family started to light a fire and carry rice. Even the neighbors, after hearing the commotion and asking questions clearly, came to help.
It was almost the fourth watch, and there were loud voices outside, but the team that had been practicing together was back. These people have traveled a long distance with heavy loads. Although they are all strong men, they are still very tired. The food was put into the warehouse one stone at a time, and it was almost three hundred stone. Uncle Zhou ordered that every family in each class should go to eat by themselves, and then go to rest after eating.
After selecting the number of people, Zhou Xing and Huang Shi were missing. Zhou Can replied that it was arranged by the superior and he could decide on his own without any worries. Sure enough, not long after, Zhou Xing also wandered into the courtyard. Uncle Zhou felt relieved when he saw that there were not many people there.
Zhou Xing saw that Uncle Zhou's arrangements were very appropriate and did not say much. He was very tired and told Huang Shi to eat quickly and go to rest.
Uncle Zhou slept until noon. After lunch, he watched his daughter carefully pack away the bowl of snacks, put them in the basket, and walk out the door.
