Listening to Xuan Miao'er talking endlessly about the way these people in the village get along, Xiao Jin was a little in a trance, this little girl is not big, but she sees the relationship between people very thoroughly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It seems that I brought you here really right, the way you get along in this village is really different from what I thought, then I will ask people to prepare more gifts, let's go to Lizheng's house in the afternoon." Xiao Jin really felt that it was too right to bring Xuan Miao'er here.

Xuan Miao'er hurriedly denied Xiao Jin's idea: "Brother Xiao, don't give too many gifts to Lizheng, just follow the ordinary four gifts, bring two more pieces of good fabric, this woman is easier to bribe, and give too many gifts, and the people in the village also gossip, our Hu family should be very poor, don't forget." ”

"You're right, then you go and arrange the gift, and I'll let someone cook on the kang. Xiao Jin suddenly felt that the doorways in this village were no less than those in the palace.

"That's okay, by the way, Brother Xiao, have you noticed? Although these officers and soldiers have problems, they only collect food and do not harm the people. After Xuan Miaoer came, she found that the chickens, ducks and geese in every yard were there, and the vegetable fields and gardens of each family were also fine.

"I found out, it seems that the general with the army is not simple, if these officers and soldiers rob everywhere and harm the people, then the people will also rise up to resist, and then they may not get anything, or make a big deal, now they are quietly collecting food, and the people will also believe that it is really the emperor who asked them to collect, which is the best. "Xiao Jin is paying more and more attention to his opponent, this is not a simple opponent.

Xuan Miao'er sighed: "I didn't expect it to get more and more complicated, I hope we can quickly figure out what is going on, and we can collect as much useful information as possible to go back." ”

"We'll only stay for three days at most, and if we stay any longer, it will be suspicious. Xiao Jin's facial expression was very serious.

Xuan Miao'er was also nervous in her heart, but she still pretended to be relaxed and said, "Well, then I'll hurry up and prepare the things for Lizheng." ”

After the two finished speaking, they also went their separate ways.

After lunch, Xuan Miaoer went to Liang's house with some snacks and sweets, and if you want to go to Lizheng's house, someone must lead the way, or it is better to accompany you, this person can only go to Liang's house to find it.

When I entered the courtyard of Liang's house, I saw the little boy who went to his house to pick walnuts and fell, and the little boy was so frightened that he ran into the house when he saw Xuan Miaoer.

Aunt Liang heard the voice and walked out: "Lan'er is here, come into the house." ”

Xuan Miaoer followed Aunt Liang into the house and sat down: "Aunt Liang, these snacks and candies are for the children in the family to eat and play, and these two pieces of fabric are also a little bit of my heart to make a dress for you and Dacui." "The fabrics that Xuan Miaoer brought back this time are mostly cotton, and she knows more about the suitable gifts in this village.

"Look at the things you brought me back, how many can you bring with you when you come back from afar. "Aunt Liang is really happy to look at things, this thing is a rare thing in this place, and it is also the heart of others.

At this time, Xuan Miaoer saw the little boy hiding behind the door, Xuan Miaoer took a piece of dim sum and stood up and walked over, reaching out to touch the kid's brain: "Give you a snack, boy, be bolder." ”

Aunt Liang was a little embarrassed: "Look at this kid, I haven't seen anyone alive, he's timid, and he doesn't usually like to talk, which makes you laugh." ”

Xuan Miaoer smiled and said to Aunt Liang: "It's good to grow up, my younger brother used to embroider, but now he is a little man." After speaking, he put the snack in the boy's hand: "Come and eat, there will be more after eating." ”

Aunt Liang thought that Mrs. Hu had given birth to another child: "You still have a younger brother, how can your younger brother still embroider?

"Well, my father didn't take office, so the family didn't live very well, and in the past two years, my brother has opened a small shop by himself, and the family has been doing well. Xuan Miaoer found that she had talked too much, and she shouldn't mention her younger brother, so she didn't dare to say anything about it, so she hurriedly got down to business: "By the way, Aunt Liang, I came here to ask for something, I think we are back here, we should go to Lizheng's house to see, after all, this house is in the village and is taken care of by the villagers, but it is not good for our brother and sister to go, and I want to bother Uncle Liang to come and accompany us." ”

Aunt Liang thought for a while: "Then you have to wait for the evening, at this time they are all working in the field, Li Zheng also followed the officers and soldiers out to supervise the work, and there may not be anyone in their family, so there are officers and soldiers watching, and no one can come out." ”

This is also true, originally Xuan Miaoer and Xiao Jin still wanted to go earlier, but this is really not good, even if they go by themselves, but Li Zheng is not at home: "Uncle Liang came back that night, please ask him to introduce us." ”

"Okay, let Uncle Liang come over in the evening, and don't come out this afternoon, so as not to cause trouble. "Aunt Liang is not worried about this brother and sister, one is that there are many officers and soldiers in the village, and the other is that the reputation of the Hu family is not good.

Xuan Miao'er knew that people were kind: "Well, we will be careful, then I will go back to Aunt Liang." ”

Aunt Liang sent Xuan Miaoer out of the yard.

Xuan Miao'er went back to report the matter to Xiao Jin, and Xiao Jin looked outside: "We still have to go out for a walk, because we don't have much time, and we can't hold back in this room all the time." ”

"Well, I think so too, let's just walk around the village, and it's best to meet the older one and ask about it. Xuan Miao'er actually didn't pay much attention to the deeper meaning of what Aunt Liang said, that is, their Hu family's reputation in the village was very bad, because her mind was on collecting grain here.

Xiao Jin is the same, both of them are focused on the matter of collecting grain, so they don't think too much about the Hu family's bad reputation and character in the village.

The two of them walked out of the courtyard and walked along the avenue, because at this time the young people in the village were working in the fields, and it was usually the old people who got together to rub buds, pick beans, and rub straw ropes.

The brother and sister walked under a big willow tree, and there were several old men sitting on a few stone piers under the willow tree, all of them with gray hair, looking old, and several old men were also talking about the collection of grain.

An old man in cloth and clothes asked the other people: "My brother has lived for decades, do you think there is something wrong with this grain expropriation?"

The gray-clothed old man sitting on the side shook his head: "Something is wrong, it's really wrong, food was also levied a few years ago, but there is no such thing as not leaving us a way to live, this levy is too much, they are taking it to disaster relief, but we have no food to eat, isn't that equivalent to inviting disaster?"

"Isn't it forcing us to death?" said another old man in a black coat.

The gray-clothed old man sighed: "We are old, we will starve to death, poor children at home, if this is better in spring, at least we can dig wild vegetables or something, this autumn is winter, I really don't know how to live this day." ”

The old man in green cloth pondered for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Do you say that this is really the emperor's order?"

The old man in the black coat hurriedly interrupted him: "Brother, don't talk nonsense, this will make the officers and soldiers cut off their heads when they hear it." ”

The old man in gray had an angry face: "If you cut off your head, you will cut off your head, I have lived enough in my life, if I die, it can be useful, then I will die." (To be continued.) )