But the village chief didn't dare to hit anyone anymore. Thinking of what the fat old man had just said, the village chief said impatiently: "You can live here if you want. But our Xingjiazhuang is different from other villages. You guys can live in Grandma Ju's house." After that, I can’t go out until tomorrow morning.
You are not allowed to move around the village. Don't ask the villagers anything. "
Di Ying immediately put on a smiling face, smiled and cupped her hands, thanking her again and again.
Then he turned around and ran back and told Granny Ju.
Grandma Ju let the door open. The three of them finally found a place to stay.
Live in the west wing.
Grandma Ju lives alone in this house. This is the conclusion Di Ying came to when Granny Ju opened the courtyard door and looked inside.
Entering the courtyard, this guess was confirmed.
It is obvious that Granny Ju lives in the main house.
So what's going on in the three rooms in the west wing: they are almost spotless, neatly arranged, and have all the necessary necessities?
It doesn't look like anyone has lived there for a long time?
After Grandma Ju let the people in, she closed the courtyard door again.
Peng Liang took out the herbs from the tool box and gave them to Granny Ju.
Grandma Ju didn’t accept it either.
He just said, "Don't bother me if you have nothing to do."
Then returned to the main house.
From the time she opened the door to now, her wrinkled old face has never shown a trace of kindness, let alone the slightest hint of a smile.
"It looks like he has a grudge against us."
After Peng Liang returned to the west wing, he muttered this to his family.
Di Ying also felt this way.
He looked down at his whole body and touched it again.
Didn’t you realize how richly you were dressed?
He didn't even know how poor he was getting. If it weren't for the clerk at Dishun Carriage and Horse Racing who secretly sent him some money from time to time, he would have been relying on the guards to support him.
Isn’t this long collared robe very different?
Of course, it's a little different when you enter the village.
Very few of the villagers wore long robes or fur boots.
"I'm afraid they have a grudge against everyone."
Di Ying answered aloud, and then said: "It won't be peaceful tonight, you should listen more at night."
Peng Liang raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
This meant that there was work to be done, and a little bit of excitement arose in his heart.
Gong Shiba was also a little excited, and his eyes lit up.
This was a rare occasion for him to be "entrusted with an important task."
Xingjia Village is located on the south side of the official road from Xincai County to Yuzhou City, almost forming a triangle with the county, state and city.
Moreover, the separate village is also far away. It is alone in the middle area between three mountains, and it is not far from the three mountains.
And their backs were facing the official road where Di Ying and others came from.
In such a geographical environment, it is not easy to do good things, but it is much easier to do bad things.
If attacked, even if there is no resistance, the whole village can immediately enter the mountain and escape without a trace in a short time.
In terms of military strength, this is a treasure land that can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating.
The night is getting dark. The cold wind carried large snowflakes and slapped the window lattice continuously, making a whining sound.
Peng Liang went to the kitchen to boil hot water, tore up the dried meat he brought with him, and cooked some hot soup.
I divided a bowl and wanted to give it to Granny Ju, but she didn't open the door for him, so I had to bring it back again.
Gong Shiba lit a charcoal pot in the house.
The charcoal basin is ready-made, and there are still signs of being burned frequently.
In unoccupied houses, charcoal pots are often burning...
This whole village and this Grandma Ju are very weird.
Gong Shiba took out the Hu cake from the bag, broke it open and soaked it in the broth. When he served it to the adults, his neck still shrank.
"Sir, why do I feel like my back is getting hairier?"
Di Ying took the soup bowl, blew it, then took a big sip, and sighed: "Huh, it's finally warm. It's such a sip in this winter. You, hurry up and drink too. , you will lose your hair after drinking it.”
Gong Shiba: "...Sir, are your nerves iron-clad?"
Di Ying shook her head: "The meat is already in the bowl, just wait and eat."
Gong Shiba: "..."
He rubbed the back of his neck and sat down to drink his bowl of broth.
But no matter how much I drank, even if I drank two large bowls, the cold feeling on my back became more and more serious.
He had never gone on a mission alone with an adult before, and now he knew how difficult it was...
Just thinking about the safety of the adults, Gong Shiba felt that it was more difficult than when he went deep into the outpost and was alone as a scout.
Di Ying also saw his nervousness.
After thinking about it, he smiled and asked: "How many years have you been in the army? Where did you become a soldier?"
Gong Shiba listened to the question, wiped his forehead, and replied: "I served as a soldier in Fengzhou, Anbei Protectorate. Because my family was poor, I went there when I was sixteen.
It's been eight years since I left. Five of those years were spent as a scout captain. Later, he was transferred to Dadu City and entered Zuojinwu Guard.
Speaking of this, in fact, it is not all due to military merit. It was because our former general from the Pioneer Battalion was transferred to the Zuojinwu Guard as deputy general.
When he came back, he tried his best to bring back as many people as he thought were familiar and useful.
Then I worked in Zuojin Wuwei for two years. When I was about to grow hair, I heard that you had killed Lai Wangcai and others.
That makes us happy. I was secretly drunk for three days and three nights.
The first time you came to Zuojinwuwei to select people, we all... all laughed at those who wanted to be selected by you...
The second time you came, it was sudden, but as soon as we heard the news, we really rushed to get to you.
I can be chosen by you. My family slaughtered a pig and invited the neighbors to eat it. My grandfather lost two teeth from laughing.
But he doesn't have many teeth anymore, only these two are left. hey-hey.
And my father, when he ran back to tell his family the good news, he tripped over the threshold and knocked out two teeth.
It's a pity I didn't see it.
At that time, you were in a hurry and we were in a hurry.
It was my father who always sold biscuits on the street not far from Miyagi. I quietly told him this news when I passed by him.
Later it was you...
When you resigned, I went back home and found out about those things. "
Having said this in a mess, Gong Shiba looked at the adults in his family, his eyes reflecting the light of the charcoal basin, and said brightly: "My family members were relieved when they heard that you resigned.
My grandfather said: The most difficult thing is not the corrupt officials in the prosperous times, nor the ordinary people struggling to live in the dilapidated world, but the bamboo shoots that have to grow out of a puddle of mud. How difficult is that bamboo shoot? It’s too difficult to look fair and clean. "
