Zheng Qingchuan suddenly felt strange when he saw the fourth young grandmother of the Hong family so happy today.After all, since the third young master and the fourth young master of the Hong family went down the mountain, the third young grandmother and the fourth young grandmother have been crying a lot.Today is abnormal, and when it was time for dinner, the answer came to the door: "The second young master, the third young master, and the fourth young master are back," the little servant of the Hong family said to Hong Zhengchang happily.As soon as the little girl's words fell, the third and fourth young masters of the Hong family entered the house slowly, their faces embarrassed.Hong Zheng has often blamed himself these days, and when he saw the two people in front of him at this time, he suddenly understood, and quickly stood up, walked over and hugged the two cousins, not daring to lose his temper at all, pulled them over and sat down at the table, and ordered the maid to bring wine, and said with a smile: "Drunk, let's talk again" Su Mu also reached out and patted the shoulders of the third young master and the fourth young master.Zheng Qingchuan looked at their faces, there was no bitterness of wind and frost, they were still pampered, and he guessed in his heart and immediately smiled.Ah Qing, Ah Yun and the people of the Hong family had a good relationship, and hurriedly ran over to talk to the two cousins who came back.Ah Qing and Ah Yun spoke warmly, and the embarrassment on the faces of the third and fourth young masters of the Hong family suddenly dissipated like a cloud, and they were much happier and more natural.The people of the Su family, the Hong family, and the Yao family were beaming, and the smoke from the kitchen rose again, happily adding vegetables, and burning the wild boar and pheasant to the nose.Countless scents wafted to the neighbors.On the neighbor's table are millet porridge, sour radish, bacon, dried fish, eggs, chicken, rich and poor.However, they all looked at each other in unison.Originally, you could see by looking at the clothes that the person opposite was not simple.Everyone invariably sighed: "It's really good to eat" A few swarthy children immediately ran away, crossed the line, and looked intently at the dinner table of the Su family and the Hong family, and the third young master of the Hong family was asking: "Cousin Su, are you going hunting again" Suddenly, everyone found those dark-skinned children, and their eyes and faces were suddenly different.Zheng Qingchuan asked the nurse to bring a plate of wild boar meat to the children, and Mrs.
Su immediately smiled happily.Mrs.
Su said: "Dark-skinned children are the most diligent and work a lot" Ah Yun glanced at the back of her hand, she was very white, and immediately said: "I'm not lazy" Mrs.
Yao and the daughter of the Su family sat at a table to eat, listening to these words, and suddenly laughed from ear to ear.After a while, the children who had run away with the meat came back and brought bowls.The nurse happily said to Zheng Qingchuan: "They are all good children, send the bowl back" Mrs.
Su had grown vegetables before, so there was no look of disgust on her face, which was completely different from everyone in the Hong family.At night, after Su Mu and the cousins of the Hong family chatted, they went back to their house.Zheng Qingchuan was waiting for him, listening to the sound of coughing, spitting, children's cries, talking, chickens and ducks barking, and dogs barking in the Taoist temple, and it was not quiet for a moment.She had already laid out the quilt and left tea on the table.There is only one bed, one table, and one wardrobe in her current house Su Mu took off her coat, lay down in the quilt, and hugged Zheng Qingchuan, warm and refreshing.Zheng Qingchuan asked in a low voice: "Didn't the third cousin and the fourth cousin go far" Su Mu said helplessly: "These days, the two of them have been living under the mountain. ”Zheng Qingchuan smiled and thought: Fortunately, they lacked courage to go to Prince Xin, so they could only hide at the foot of the mountain, and when they heard that the defeated soldiers were coming to Shandong, they had to go up the mountain.Su Mu found that Zheng Qingchuan's voice was getting more and more energetic, and asked: "Is it so noisy that you can't sleep" Zheng Qingchuan said the opposite, and said with a smile: "It's too lively" While saying, he arched his head to his chest."
Will there be people coming up tomorrow" Su Mu hugged her tightly and said: "I heard that the people under the mountain discussed it before going up the mountain, and went to other temples, nunnery and Taoist temples, the incense in this area of Mount Tai is vigorous, and many temples are the largest on the main peak."
I don't think anyone will be here tomorrow. ”Sure enough, as Su Mu said, no strangers came up the mountain the next day.However, some of the people on the mountain went down the mountain to inquire about the news, and then moved things up the mountain by the way.The Su family lived in the mountains for a few months, and opened a few vegetable fields under the command of Mrs.
Su.When Mrs.
Su saw these croppers, she chatted very affectionately like a fellow villager seeing a fellow countryman.Mrs.
Su asked with concern: "Those soldiers won't find here, right?"
The local people laughed: "The soldiers who have suffered defeat will become bandits sooner or later, we are remote here, I hope they don't chase after them." ”Ah Qing suddenly shouted: "Qiqi, come and see that they have carried a lot of live pigs up and walked so many mountain roads, why don't you kill the pigs first and pick them up after working so hard" Zheng Qingchuan took Ah Qing and A Yun's hands, and when he went out, there were a lot of live pigs, and the three of them were wearing dark blue men's shirts, their hair was wrapped in a blue bandana like a scholar, and their eyebrows were painted black and thick with eyebrow pencils.Little cucumbers, small melons and pretty children are also dressed like this.Pretty asked a guy to ask."
It's a long way up the mountain, and the sun is shining, if you kill the pig first, and wait for the pork to be picked up the mountain, it won't be fresh" Knowing this answer, Ah Qing and Zheng Qingchuan smiled.No wonder Su Mu and Master Du only bought rice, flour and oil from the bottom of the mountain, hoarded them in the granary, and went hunting and eating game every day.After a while, another fish came up.The smell was not fresh, and Ah Qing, Ah Yun and Zheng Qingchuan hurriedly covered their noses.On this day, the locals' tables are also filled with meat dishes.The neighbors on both sides are evenly divided.A few days later, the locals didn't dare to go down the mountain, and said tremblingly: "Don't come up here when the defeated army arrives at the foot of the mountain" Zheng Qingchuan discussed with Su Mu: "We have to prepare weapons."
We have a lot of people, and if we are well prepared, we are not afraid of those remnants. ”Su Mu said: "There are a lot of Qi Mei sticks, but there are only a few swords.What's more, if you have a weapon, it is in vain if you can't use it. ”Ever since he saw the soldiers at the foot of the mountain, he was in a bad mood and very worried.Zheng Qingchuan said: "Let's be condescending, stones are also weapons, and bows and arrows and even torches are also weapons.Also, I saw that the neighbors carried a lot of farm tools, and a lot of hoes were also very powerful weapons" Hearing Zheng Qingchuan describe the hoe as a very powerful weapon, he couldn't help but laugh when he said it seriously.Su Mu said: "I'll talk to Li Zheng tomorrow" rubbed her shoulder, and said: "Ah Qi go to sleep" Su Mu originally found another cave where he could hide two miles away, and he didn't plan to fight hard, but now he has changed his plan.Early the next morning, Su Mu went to find Lizheng.Speaking of which, it is easy to talk about how easy it is to turn the family and the farmer into soldiers, among the people in the Taoist temple, except for Master Du, who has the experience of licking blood from the knife edge, the others are afraid that they will be frightened when they see the dead person, and although they can't escape, although the little guy of the Su family can do some kung fu, but it is only a little better than ordinary people, and it is not in the way to beat eunuchs, but they have never been on the battlefield.Su Mu first said his plans and hardships, and then asked: "Is there any other way for Li Zheng?"
The wrinkles on Li Zheng's face were written with bitterness, and he sighed: "Right now, there is no other way except this method and escape."
If the emperor had sent troops to arrest the defeated soldiers earlier, we wouldn't have to be afraid. ”Speaking of which, Li Zheng still had luck in his heart, and said: "As soon as we see the soldiers, our legs are scared and we can't win, and there are thousands of soldiers under the mountain" Su Mu understood that Li Zheng was the bolder he was, the younger he was, maybe those middle-aged croppers would be bolder, so he said: "Li Zheng, we can prepare first, if the enemy only comes to explore the way, we can win."
Be prepared, aren't you?"
Rimasa nodded, his face heavy.Su Mu and Master Du went to find those middle-aged and young farmers again, and the result was an instant hit, just do it, Ah Qing, Ah Yun and Zheng Qingchuan were holding a rice basin, sitting on a small bench picking the sand in the rice, and watching Su Mu not far away.A Qing asked: "Qiqi, what are they laughing at, it seems to be very happy and like a fight" beat other people's shoulders with his fists, but laughed again, isn't it like a fight, but like a madman fighting A Yun said while picking up sand: "Master Du said that martial arts are different from literati, literati are friends with literature, and if a word is well written, there are countless friends, but Wufu is not a fighter, he doesn't know each other, and he fights with his own hands, so he is convinced" Zheng Qingchuan admired: "Ah Yun is right" Ah Yun was proud, and said with a smile: "Qiqi, The nurse gave Master Du clothes, and I happened to see it, and Master Du asked me not to tell you and my brother. ”Zheng Qingchuan was happy when he heard it, and said: "Ah Yun is so good" Then he tilted his head and thought about it, and said: "I'll ask the nurse in person later, in fact, this is a good thing, let's pretend not to know, don't tell others, maybe, in a few days, we can eat the wedding wine" The nurse has no husband now, and Master Du has no wife now, if the two of them have feelings for each other, Zheng Qingchuan is happy to be the first matchmaker, they send the selected rice to the kitchen, and then wash it with water a few times.Although the three of them can't do heavy work, they do a lot of light work.Unlike the young grandmothers of the Hong family, they still embroider in the house, make new clothes, and tie the veins.After breakfast, the children of the farmers began to collect stones and pile them in the open space in front of the Taoist temple.Some people cut bamboo to cut it.Some people took out farm tools and repaired them.As soon as he saw such a scene, Zheng Qingchuan understood that what he and Su Mu discussed yesterday had been put into practice Mrs.
Yao suddenly walked to Zheng Qingchuan's side and sighed: "The man in my family took his son to go to Prince Xin, Prince Xin won the battle, and now he is the emperor If my son and husband go to the capital, it stands to reason that they will bring someone to pick us up" Zheng Qingchuan took her hand and said: "Aunt Yao, the news is not clear now, let's wait patiently to get through the difficulties in front of us first, and then say" Mrs.
Yao suddenly leaned into Zheng Qingchuan's ear and said: " I have something to tell you, let's go to the house and say" When I arrived at Mrs.
Yao's house, closed the doors and windows, Mrs.
Yao took out a few small porcelain bottles, and whispered: "I have some medicine here, it is Heding Red." ”Zheng Qingchuan, whose head was red but a thunderous poison, was suddenly startled, his face turned white quickly, his eyes glared at the boss, looking at Mrs.
Yao's face, and after a while, he suddenly understood and asked: "Aunt Yao, you asked me to take these medicines for self-defense, right":