Early in the morning, Zhang Lan took his dozen battalion soldiers and began to rummage through boxes and cabinets at the residences of civilians in various counties.
He personally visited the scene of the fire and came to the conclusion that the food might have been stolen rather than burned.
But to Zhang Lan's disappointment, he found nothing. After searching for a long time, he found nothing. Finally, he came to Gu Sinian's kitchen.
Gu Sinian stood aside obediently and said doubtfully:
"I wonder what your instructions are for your great presence?"
"No big deal."
Zhang Lan's eyes, almost covered by fat, slowly scanned the kitchen:
"I came here specifically to see how the brothers' food is."
Gu Sinian pointed to a few bags of food in the corner:
"Thank you for your concern, sir. All the food for brothers is here."
Zhang Lan tore open the grain bag and took out a handful of grain, which was full of rice mixed with sand and gravel. Rubbing his hands in return.
This grain looks so familiar to Zhang Lan, he ordered it to be mixed up.
Gu Sinian said pitifully:
"Alas, your Excellency was considerate and gave our brothers so much grain, but I don't know why there was so much gravel mixed in the grain bag.
If you ask me, the counties must have tampered with the grain collection. Those bastards have been doing nothing all day long! Our brothers are working hard on the front line, but they are sneaking around! "
Gu Sinian scolded him endlessly, Zhang Lan's expression was a little stiff, so he had to change the topic:
"Is all your food here?"
"yes."
Gu Sinian nodded and bowed: "That's all we have left. Brothers usually save food."
Zhang Lan glanced sideways:
"What's in that?"
There is another room on the side of the kitchen. The door is tightly closed, and no cracks are exposed. It is obviously suspicious.
Zeng Lingchuan, who was standing aside, quickly laughed and started laughing:
"Sir, this is the utility room, there is nothing."
"open to take a look."
"Why don't you forget it, sir, what's so interesting about the place where you put the debris? I'll make you covered in ashes later, and you guys will feel bad about it."
Zeng Lingchuan and Wu Xiang stood at the door of the room with apologetic smiles on their faces, but refused to open the door.
It would be okay if he didn't. But when you stopped him like this, Zhang Lan became even more suspicious and said with a cold face:
"Get out of the way, I have to take a look today!"
"Master Baihu, there's really nothing to see."
Zeng Lingchuan still refused to move: "Let's go to the side room and make a cup of tea for the adults to warm up."
"No! Open it!"
Zhang Lan had a strong feeling that the food he had thrown away might be hidden here, and he immediately glared at Gu Sinian and said:
"Why, Gu Dianshi, didn't you listen to what I said?
What a courage! "
How could Gu Sinian be so careless? He quickly stared and shouted:
"Open it when you are told to do so, how can you talk so much?
I looked back and thought we were doing something shady, so I opened the door quickly! "
"Do you really want to open it?"
"open!"
Under Gu Sinian's scolding, Zeng Lingchuan awkwardly opened the lock and kept the door ajar:
"Why don't you go in by yourself~"
"snort!"
Zhang Lan gave a cold shout and pushed the door open without saying a word.
He had already planned that if there was food hidden inside, he would immediately cut Gu Sinian into pieces.
"Ugh~"
"Pfft~"
"What the hell does this smell like! It's so fucking stupid!"
But as soon as the door was opened, a sour, rotten, and disgusting smell hit the face, making Zhang Lan and several camp soldiers retching and almost fainting.
"Ugh~"
There were no so-called grain bags in this small house, only rotten vegetable leaves, hard bark, and even half-eaten cornrows thrown in half the room.
Maybe it had been stored here for too long, and it had deteriorated visibly, which made Zhang Lan feel sick all over.
"Close the door, close the door quickly!"
Zhang Lan backed away repeatedly and cursed angrily:
"You guys are going to die, why are you piling all these things in the kitchen?"
Zeng Lingchuan lowered his head and replied aggrievedly:
"Sir, my brothers are hungry and worried that they will not have anything to eat in the future, so they store the rotten vegetable leaves they dug out and the saved cornstarch here. They will eat these when there is nothing to eat."
"What, these things are actually for eating?"
Zhang Lan was shocked:
"Is this edible?"
Not to mention eating it, just smelling it almost killed this man from a hundred households.
Wu Xiang replied:
"Your Majesty's body is too valuable to eat these things, but we are all poor people. Survival is the most important thing. We will eat anything when we are hungry.
Oh, it’s so painful~”
Wu Xiang and Zeng Lingchuan sang together, and as they talked, their eyes began to turn red.
Gu Sinian smiled bitterly and said:
"It makes the adults laugh, brothers are used to living a hard life, alas~
But don't worry, adults, even if we starve to death, we will not rely on stealing or robbing. Even these wild vegetables are dug by the brothers themselves and will never cause trouble to the adults! "
"Yes, we won't cause trouble to the adults!"
The expressions on these people actually made Zhang Lan feel guilty and sympathetic deep in his heart, and he said bravely:
"Ahem, it's not easy for you.
Let's do this, tomorrow, tomorrow I will send someone to give you more, an extra bag of food. "
There were more than two hundred people, and each person received a small handful of a bag of grain. But this was the most generous Zhang Lan had seen in a long time.
"Thank you, sir!"
Gu Dianshi immediately pretended to be ecstatic:
"What are you all doing in a daze? Thank you sir quickly!"
"Thank you, Mr. Baihu!"
"Master Baihu is truly the most virtuous man in the world!"
Everyone thanked them repeatedly, making Zhang Lan feel a little embarrassed.
"Okay, I'll leave first."
Zhang Lan patted his butt and walked out:
“The city wall must be repaired, we must not be lazy!”
"clear!"
The group of people wandered out of the kitchen, and the confidant who followed them asked cautiously:
"Boss, do you think they stole the food?"
"Damn, you are such a pig-brained person! Why did I accept a loser like you!"
Zhang Lan spat Xingzi on his face when he opened his mouth:
"Open your dog eyes and take a good look. If you steal food, do you still need to eat those things? Are you going to eat them?"
Damn it, if I had known I wouldn't watch it, I wouldn't be able to eat today.
Go now! unlucky! "
…
"Hahaha, so happy!"
"Brothers, fill up the wine and drink it!"
"Dry!"
In that shabby barracks, Gu Sinian and his brothers sat on the floor, forming a large circle.
There was a piece of cloth spread on the ground, and there were vegetables, meat, and even wine, but it wasn't long-lasting wine, but Qinggou wine, which is the most common in border areas.
The place was a bit shabby, but the food was by no means bad. It was in sharp contrast to the room full of rotten vegetables in the morning.
After selling Zhang Lan's grain, Gu Sinian and the others were now extremely rich.
However, this kind of food can only be eaten secretly by a few people. The other brothers can only increase the food and improve the food little by little, otherwise it will be bad if there are too many people and the news will leak out.
"What a pleasure!"
The blacksmith drank all the wine in the bowl, gave a thumbs up and said:
"Master Gu, you are really powerful. Two days ago, I was wondering why you asked me to dig up rotten vegetable leaves. I was just in case Zhang Lan came to search and punish him today.
Absolutely amazing! Didn't you see that he almost vomited from the smoke, hahaha. "
Gu Sinian laughed and said:
"Zhang Lan is not stupid. If the food is gone, he will definitely come out to look for it. How can he believe it if he doesn't pretend to be miserable?
But having said that, Brother Zeng and Brother Wu, your acting skills are really amazing. You had runny noses and tears. Even I almost believed it. "
"Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed again.
Zeng Lingchuan wiped the drink from the corner of his mouth and said:
"A greedy guy like Zhang Lan should take care of himself. This food belongs to us.
Before, I would definitely find an opportunity to give this guy a slap in the face.
Humph, the bullying is coming to our brothers. "
"Hey, don't be impatient for a moment."
Gu Sinian pressed his hand, took a bite of the chicken leg and said:
"Let's use our brains wherever we can. Don't use force with people like this. It's not worth it to get yourself involved later.
I'm happy, but remember, everything this time is rotten in your stomach, and you can't say a word out loud! "
"Okay, listen to Master Gu!"
"Yes, listen to adults!"
"besides!"
Gu Sinian held the wine glass and said:
"We are on the front line now, not Fengchuan County, and I am not an adult.
From now on, we are all brothers. Except for Xiao Liuzi, all the eldest brothers are older than me. Just call me Brother Gu! "
"boom!"
"How does this work?"
Qin Xi's eyes widened, he slapped the wine bowl on the ground and said:
"I'm an upright person, and I don't want to put it in words. Although Brother Gu is young, his brain is definitely the best among us, and his skills are not weak. I admire such a person, Qin Xi!
I only recognize capable people!
From now on, Mr. Gu will be my eldest brother! "
"Yes! I agree too!"
The blacksmith picked up the wine bowl and said:
"Whether it's Master Gu or Brother Gu, my blacksmith will only listen to you from now on! Let me go east, never west!"
"right!"
"That's right, brother!"
Although this group of people had not drunk too much, they were obviously in a mood, and a bunch of wine bowls were all raised in front of Gu Sinian:
"We respect big brother!"
Gu Sinian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. They were all older than him, and they all sounded like big brothers.
However, he did not act coyly, picked up the wine bowl and said:
"I won't say too much, just one sentence!
As long as I don't starve to death, there will be food for my brothers! "
"Dry!"
"Dry!"
"Hahaha!"
Everyone's face is filled with smiles. Today is the happiest day in Youtun City.
"Okay, drink less wine."
Gu Sinian rubbed his hands excitedly and cried:
"Today is mainly about eating! Eat everything for me until I'm full!"
"Okay! Hahaha!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Just when a group of people rolled up their sleeves and prepared a large piece of Duoshuo, a deafening sound rang out and spread throughout the city.
"what happened?"
Everyone looked at each other, what are you doing in the middle of the night?
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"War drums!"
Zeng Lingchuan was the first to react:
"Brother, this is a warning drum!"
Gu Sinian stood up suddenly, his eyes cold:
"Yan Bing is here! Call all the brothers!"
