While treating the old man's fatal asthma, Yang Xianmao also experienced a terrible vision, and was almost bewitched by the illusion, and something even more terrifying happened. Since these diseases have been cured with earthwork remedies before, Yang Xianmao believes that he can also treat the disease of seeing ghosts with the heart of the black fox recorded in the ancient books.

However, there was a problem that made Yang Xianmao's heart not relax, because he did not feel a sense of relief after being completely cured like the first time, that is, he had not completed the task yet. Since he didn't get the psychological hint to complete the task, it proves that the task of saving Luo Laohan's life has not been completely completed, so what terrible things will happen to this old man?

Yang Xianmao's heart was not sure, he had to stay here, but if Luo Laohan's illness was cured, what reason did he have to stay?

Fortunately, this worry was quickly resolved by Luo Laohan, because Luo Laohan happily said to Yang Xianmao: "I heard that the little girl said that you are an orphan and have nowhere to go now. It just so happens that I have one less shopkeeper in this silk shop, so if you want to stay, you can help me take care of this silk shop with my daughter, I don't know what you think? The remuneration I give you will definitely satisfy you. ”

Luo Dakuang didn't understand why his father would give up the position of the shopkeeper of the silk shop to Yang Xianmao. Because before that, when my father was sick, he and his sister took care of this silk shop. He didn't come back to his senses for a moment, so he looked at his father. The father winked at him, and then at his daughter.

Now Luo Dakuang came back to his senses, it turned out that his father wanted to create an opportunity for his sister and Yang Xianmao to be together. Because although Yang Xianmao is homeless, she seems to be interested in Luo Xiaomei, but it is best not to bring it up before you are completely sure, lest it be rejected by Yang Xianmao once it is proposed, and the whole way will be blocked, it is better to let Luo Xiaomei be with Yang Xianmao first, and the two will have a relationship.

At that time, Yang Xianmao took the initiative to ask for marriage, so that everything would be logical, this was Luo Laohan's idea.

Luo Laohan saw that Yang Xianmao did not agree immediately. I thought he was worried about Jin Bing's call. So he said: "My silk shop is the largest in Longzhou, and there are all kinds of silk in it, and the pile is like a hill. That's the reason why I didn't take them away with me. I thought that since the Lord Zhizhou and the garrison were so tightly defended, they had organized so many strong men in the city to participate in the defense, and they had also hoarded a large amount of food. We should be able to hold on to Longzhou and wait until reinforcements arrive. So I thought about it and decided to stay, with my satin. Otherwise, if I leave this family business, then I will have nothing. Of course, this is just my personal judgment, I don't know if you think the same way, little divine doctor? If you feel that you don't have hope of holding Longzhou City, and you are worried about the life of the Jin army after entering the city, and you want to leave, I will not stop it. It's up to you, and if that's the case, I'll thank you a lot of money. You saved my life, you are my savior, and I must repay you well. ”

Yang Xianmao is not worried about the Jin army besieging Longzhou or breaking the city in the future, he has experienced too many wars, and he has never been afraid to fight the Liao army directly on the battlefield, and of course he will not be afraid at this moment. However, he needed a reason to stay now, although he knew that Luo Laohan wanted to keep him because he wanted to have a future development with his daughter. But I still have to say yes so that I can complete the task.

So he nodded and said: "Great, thank you for your trust, I will definitely work diligently and live up to my father-in-law's high expectations." ”

When she said this, Luo Xiaomei, who was on the side, had already guessed her father's thoughts, and her heart was like a deer, pounding and jumping. Just stood with his head down, even his neck was crimson. His ears were pricked up, and he listened carefully to Yang Xianmao's answer. I was worried that Yang Xianmao would politely refuse and insist on leaving.

When Luo Xiaomei heard Yang Xianmao's answer that she was willing to stay, her heart suddenly blossomed. She was ashamed and wanted to go directly to Yang Xianmao's side, but she didn't notice that Yang Xianmao looked at her, she was a little disappointed, but she was helping Yang Xianmao explain in her heart that the reason why Yang Xianmao didn't look at herself was because there was a father and brother next to him, and he couldn't be too intimate with herself. Anyway, he is willing to stay, and that will be a long time coming.

Luo Laohan smiled weakly, and said to Yang Xianmao: "Seeing that you are a little tired, I heard that the little girl said that you went to find a prescription for me, and after a hard night, you didn't sleep well. Why don't you go back and get some rest, my illness doesn't matter anymore. ”

Yang Xianmao was really a little sleepy, so he nodded in agreement. "But there are a few things before I go to rest, the first is whether we have enough food, because according to my guess, this battle will not end in a short time. So we had to make sure that there was at least enough food for the four of us, and that we would be able to last for at least a year. The second thing is that we need clean water, preferably our own. Because now the fine work of the Jin army is likely to have infiltrated the city, and it is very likely that they will poison the well in the city. The last thing is that we also need some common medicinal herbs, so that when we get sick, we don't have a place to heal, or we can find a place to heal and there are no herbs. ”

These words made the smile on Luo Laohan's face disappear suddenly, and he looked at Yang Xianmao suspiciously: "Do we need so much food? I think the food at home is enough, but it is estimated that it can only last for three months, just in the granary at the back." ”

Yang Xianmao shook his head and said: "That's definitely not enough, because this time the Jin Dynasty is pouring out of the nest, and it will not give up until it achieves its goal." This time is different from last year, they will not attack other places if they can't fight, they will attack with all their might, so the battle will be extremely cruel. If we don't have enough food, I suggest we evacuate, after all, we are left in the green mountains, and we are not afraid of running out of firewood. ”

Luo Xiaomei immediately continued: "I agree with Brother Yang's statement, I also heard that the Jin army is coming very fiercely this time, and there are many more reinforcements than before. ”

Luo Laohan smiled a little embarrassed and said, "No, where did the people of the Jin Kingdom get so many troops?"

"Don't forget, the Jin people have just destroyed the Liao Dynasty, and many of the Liao Dynasty's armies surrendered without a fight. After they had incorporated these armies, they sent them to fight as vanguards. So their forces are much stronger and more numerous, but it's not as simple as we think. ”

Luo Xiaomei persuaded her father and said, "Otherwise, we will listen to Brother Yang, money is something outside the body, let's leave." ”

Luo Laohan glared at his daughter and said, "You are really easy to say, do you know that this property is handed down from your ancestors, how can it be cut off in my hands? And do you know how much our silk shop is worth? Anyway, if you want to go, I won't go. This is our ancestral inheritance, I want to guard it, even if the people of Jin really break the city in the future, I will guard my silk shop, and burn me to death with a fire, you can go. ”

After that, Luo Laohan actually closed his eyes, twisted his head to the side, and ignored it at all. At this time, Luo Xiaomei looked at Yang Xianmao helplessly, she also knew that her father would not agree to leave. But since Yang Xianmao said so, she wanted to help Yang Xianmao persuade her father. I knew that this was basically impossible, but I still wanted to try it. Now Luo Laohan really refused categorically, and she had no choice but to look at Yang Xianmao helplessly.

Yang Xianmao smiled bitterly and shook his head, he had to save this old man. After all, he was concerned about the safety of his relatives who were imprisoned in the passage, how could he leave them alone to escape. So Yang Xianmao had no choice but to sigh and say: "I am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, since the old man entrusted me with the position of the shopkeeper of the silk shop, I will definitely do my best to ensure its safety." That's why I suggested that we need to raise more food, clean water, and some commonly used medicinal herbs. ”

Hearing Yang Xianmao's words, Luo Xiaomei suddenly became happy. Hurriedly explained to his father: "Brother Yang didn't have to leave, he just said that we had to be more prepared." I think that's right, too, if we're really under siege for more than three months, and we don't have enough food to eat, what if we don't have enough food?"

Hearing that Yang Xianmao said that he would not leave, and that he would do his best to maintain the safety of the silk shop, Luo Laohan relaxed his tense face, turned his head and said to Yang Xianmao: "What you said is not unreasonable, but since the Jin Dynasty army went south, Zhizhou and the garrison have begun to raise food. All the rice and old grain in the city have been forcibly purchased, and the income has gone to the barracks, where is there still grain to sell? ”

Yang Xianmao smiled bitterly and shook his head, if this was the case, it would be quite tricky. However, judging from the series of measures taken by the governor and the garrison before this, it is very possible to hold the city.

At the moment, you can only take one step at a time, and if you can't do it, you can still rely on your super skills to enter the barracks and steal some food. For Yang Xianmao, this should not be a difficult task. Now that Yang Xianmao had already made up his mind, he would no longer mention this topic.

As for the clean water source, the Luo family is no problem, there is a well in their backyard, the well is not very big, but the water is very clean. In terms of medicinal materials, Luo Laohan bought a lot of medicines before he was sick, and most of the commonly used medicines were basically available at home. Therefore, except for the grain that cannot meet the requirements of at least one year as Yang Xianmao said, the other two conditions are met.

Yang Xianmao did not go back to his room to rest, since he decided to stay, then he had to understand the situation in the whole city, so as not to be unfamiliar with the surrounding situation when he encountered danger.

Yang Xianmao spent a day looking around the entire Longzhou City before returning to the Luo family.