The second wave of messengers arrived, a servant who had remained outside the horse farm to do menial work.

He hurriedly walked into the courtyard, looked a little panicked at the people under the poplar tree, and said, "Master, when I was feeding the horses by the Houshan Lake, I saw people from the government coming. “

He took a breath and said, "There are a lot of people who have stopped and camped at the horse farm next door to us. ”

The girl in the dart game still had her hand on my shoulder, and when she heard this, she let go of her hand in unison.

Several people walked under the tree together and waited for the horse owner's reaction.

The door of the main house was pushed open with a "bang", and the two smiling people walked out one after the other, and saw the different expressions of the people under the surrounding trees, Sister Li said strangely: "What's wrong?" ”

The owner bowed his head and gave the horse fodder, and went up to his wife and repeated the servant's words.

She glanced at Sister Li, and both of them frowned, changing their previous relaxed appearance.

After listening to this, Sister Li said: "This place is only a few miles away from the mountain pass, and the people of this Yuzhou government are also strange, are they like us, and they also plan to stay in the grassland for one night and see the scenery before leaving?" ”

As soon as I mentioned the scenery, I flickered Ji Jiu's eyes in front of me, and there was a conversation like a dumb riddle with me in the house, and he and I couldn't finish talking.

The horse farm owner's wife understood what she meant, corrected Sister Li's mistake and said, "Li Darthead, if the leader of that team is the same as a few days ago, then I have seen it too." "The other party is not from the Yuzhou government, but a general from the national capital who is in charge of recruitment." "There is a meeting in the army in Sealand every year at the end of the year, and that person and my eldest sister should also know each other."

The girl who had been listening to the conversation interjected in a low voice, "It's a pity that my eldest sister is far away from here. “

She said it softly, except for what I heard next to her. Only another girl in the game could hear it.

The man quickly reached out and pressed the back of her hand, and quietly glanced at her.

When I saw the actions around me, I knew in my heart that the people in the dart game were reminding themselves not to talk too much.

After all, the people of Yubei who met in Pingshui at the racecourse were not familiar partners in the dart game, and it was unnecessary for a person with a special identity who couldn't help now to be mentioned.

Not only is it unnecessary, but I am also afraid of causing other misunderstandings!

Although some time ago, the matter of requisitioning horses was generally smooth. But walking around the city of Yuzhou, Ji Jiu and I also heard some different voices from the people sporadically, so before figuring out the attitude of the horse farm owner and his wife, it is the best choice to be cautious in words and deeds! "You just said that you were camping temporarily, and you didn't say anything else?"

The owner's wife was obviously calmer, and asked the servant who came back from outside, "Since you have met the man from the horse farm next door. Do you hear any other rumors? “

The black and thin servant stood under the tree, and at first glance he looked like a person who worked on the grassland all year round.

When he came back from outside, he didn't expect a large group of people to wait in the courtyard, and he was also stunned for a moment.

I paid attention to the place he said, and the route we walked didn't pass through the area where he was grazing and working!

Hearing the hostess's question at this moment, he thought for a while before saying, "Hear a few words." It is said that there is a shortage of horses, and it is necessary to increase temporarily. ”

"Well, what else did you say?"

"The route can pass through several horse farms and over Yushan Mountain, so they are very sure that they can recruit it."

Under the hostess's patient questioning, the servant gradually eliminated the original nervousness of seeing so many people at once, and his mouth was much smoother!

He said clearly: "I picked it at the horse farm next door just now, and the officers and soldiers are choosing it together with the horse farm owner." I've heard that if there aren't enough of them, you'll want to come and see us. ”

I was suspicious when I heard it, no matter how I listened to it, it was all about making up the numbers, and I saw it clearly when I first arrived. Of these horse farms, we have the largest number of horses and the largest scale.

Their strange behavior can only be explained by catching one family to make up the number, not enough for other families to make up!

The owner of the horse farm also looked at him with a puzzled expression, as if he was remembering.

"People from the government came a few days ago, and the number was approved, only a little more. Why did I stay in Yuzhou City for a few days, but there were less. ”

"Li Darthead. You are from Yuzhou City, and there is a notice posted by the government saying that the number is not enough? ”

The owner of the horse farm turned his head and asked Sister Li.

I've certainly not heard of such news myself. Didn't I even see that announcement? Listening to her questioning, I observed the reactions of the others.

Several of them shook their heads: "I've never heard of it." ”

"Just pick, pick it, you don't necessarily have to force it, the people from the Yuzhou government have come back a few times, and they are very polite."

"The small, the small ones look a little different." But the servant spoke up.

"It was also said that the horses that were collected died because the horses they fed were careless, and the person was directly thrown into the prison of Yuzhou City."

I looked up suddenly, and gave him a grim look.

"The general who came to the horse farm next door looks," he looked embarrassed for a moment, as if he didn't know how to describe it.

"Is the one who takes the lead, a man or a woman?" The owner of the horse farm looked at him intently and asked.

"Yes, woman."

"I don't look very old, it's cold, and it's not easy to speak."

The horse farm owner's wife suddenly showed a surprised expression and said, "I am familiar with all the people from the Yuzhou Mansion, as well as several officials from the Sealand State Capital that I mentioned to you, and I have also seen them when they selected war horses last time. "Those people are all enthusiastic and kind, when did they come to be so difficult to speak?"

My heart jumped, as if I had overlooked something crucial, but the fist hanging at my side slowly clenched.

The servant said with a bitter face: "The little one doesn't dare to talk nonsense, if everyone sees it, they will understand that the little one is telling the truth." ”

"No one doubts your words," said the owner of the horse farm to his wife in a gentle tone, "no matter what kind of officials come to collect horses, as long as they come to collect horses normally, they will do things according to the rules." "We are just the little people in Yuzhou, just cooperate with them."

After all, the people of the steppe are different from other places, and after discussing the matter of the army camping, the man quickly thought of a new topic.

"Since they are not camped at our horse farm. Then tell the kitchen to prepare more food, and if the time comes, they can come and walk around, so that they can entertain them. ”

"Well, I'll listen to you."

His wife agreed, and the two of them spoke softly. After discussing the amount of food to be prepared, they began to get busy.

Most of the people in the courtyard suddenly dispersed, and they were all helpers to help, and those who went back to the house went back to the house.

Sister Li and I were still standing under the tree, she looked at me, walked over and patted me on the shoulder and said, "Listen to your eldest brother." You just dragged him up to Yu Mountain. ”

What the? I looked at her dumbfounded.

"You're so old, don't be ignorant and do childish things all day long."

"You didn't see your eldest brother on the road, didn't my sister say you, Xiao Linzi, you have to see when you are playful."

"I" I'm angry. I didn't know how to answer when I looked at her for a while.

Ji Jiu's snake spirit disease!

He himself wanted to go to the mountains to blow the cold wind, and he brought me with him, but now it's good, he can't find an excuse, he thinks about one, how can he push it on me indiscriminately!

Sister Li didn't listen to my explanation, and said seriously: "It's not easy for your eldest brother, it's not easy."

A series of hard things are about to up! "He's so worried about you."

She looked at the earth with a sad expression and said, "It should be time and someone to share the burden for him." ”

After she finished speaking, she left, and I watched the ground too!

I'm in a bad mood!

I'd love to find a brick!

After sunset. The temperature on the grassland has plummeted, and it is no longer comparable to the daytime.

At this point, Ji Jiu has a good reason to stay in the house like a boudoir lady, and the door will not go out!

The way he looked gave me a delusion for a moment. He regarded this temporary residence as his previous home in the bamboo forest in the East Courtyard.

I watched him drink water calmly, flip through the book, and watched Sister Li bring in two meals successively, I was lying on the desk happily, and I felt sleepy for some reason.

The blanket was resting on a shelf in the corner of the house.

After Ji Jiu finished reading the second book, it was hard for him to find such a thing in the racecourse. I heard that it was the owner of the horse farm who came to live in Yuzhou when his family came to live temporarily.

Most of the people in Yuzhou have prosperous families, and I don't know which relatives have forgotten them.

Ji Jiu flipped through the book with the missing corners. I glanced at it with relish. Those two books are both booklets that record the scenery of Yuzhou.

He suddenly raised his head and glanced at me who was sleepy, and a smile flashed in his eyes, "You can sleep tonight." ”

Hey, you said it earlier!

I glared at him angrily, because of this temporary preferential treatment, I temporarily lost interest in asking him about the false accusation for no reason.

I walked over to the chuang and rolled up the quilt on it and put it on the stool, still using the blanket I had found. "This is for you," I lit a stool with my hand and motioned to Ji Jiudao, "It's cold at night, and the quilt keeps you cold." “

He didn't even have the interest to look at it, what a weirdo.

Without raising his head, he only vaguely agreed, indicating that he understood.

I had only slept for half an hour, and I was still lying in my clothes, when I was woken up by the sound of talking by the window.

When I opened my eyes, I didn't know when Sister Li came, and I was complaining to Ji Jiu about his habit of me, and the two of them chatted very energetically.

Distorting the facts, regardless of how depressed I, the audience, are.

When Ji Jiu heard the movement, he had already caught a glimpse of me waking up, so he smiled and made a gesture: "I'll talk about him when I'm free." “

"You have to talk about it, no matter how pampered a boy is, he can't get used to that."

"Definitely."

When I went out and walked into the backyard, there was already an open-air stove and two long tables in the courtyard.

It's different from the grassland scene in my impression of the sky being chuang, but it can't stand the steaming aroma of broth food.

Everyone sat happily together, and the bonfire I was looking forward to lit up a corner of the courtyard.

Only in the grassland can you eat the most authentic beef and mutton, the pastures in Yubei are mainly horse-feeding, and there are not many cattle and sheep.

However, it was an unfinished meal (to be continued).