The young girl muttered a few words to her mother's back dissatisfiedly, stood still for a while, and suddenly strode towards the firewood room. The door of the firewood room creaked open, and the young girl poked her head in, staring at Ling'er up and down, and finally fixed her eyes on Ling'er's face for a while, and suddenly grinned:

"Hey, what's your name? How could he be arrested by the three masters? ”

Ling'er also secretly looked at the young girl, and saw that she was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with dark skin, two pieces of horizontal flesh on her disc face, and her facial features were squeezed out.

After Ling'er stood up, she arched her hand like a little maid and said, "Xiaosheng Bai Xiaowen has seen a girl. ”

The other party laughed: "My name is Lin Sanmei, but I am older than you, you can call me Sanjie." ”

Ling'er hurriedly said: "Bai Xiaowen has seen the third sister. ”

"Hee-hee, you people down the mountain are so funny." She walked in and sat next to Ling'er, looking at her with a smile: "Hey, Bai Xiaowen, which village are you from?" ”

"Xiaosheng's home is in the county seat of Kaupairi."

"Oh? From the city! Tell me about all the fun stuff in town. Miss Lin's eyes lit up, and she looked at Ling'er expectantly.

Looking at her expression, Ling'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that she was just a little white rabbit with a strong appearance and a pure heart, so it would be easy to do, there were more fun and interesting things, as long as she could get the news for a few days and nights, it wouldn't hurt.

Sure enough, Lin Sanmei longed for the strange things Ling'er said, and she also answered Ling'er's questions. According to Lin Sanmei, this village was not originally a den of thieves, but the hometown of several of the thieves was here, and since the mountain was closed five years ago, the villagers in the mountain have moved away one after another. Most of the houses here are vacant.

The thieves who could not often go down the mountain to rob had no source of food and clothing, and it was even more difficult to hide in the thieves' den, so they moved here one after another and turned to live as ordinary mountain people.

Even so, life here is still not easy, just like before, the officers and soldiers who have transported too much grain, salt and iron will be embarrassed, and the bandits have long been looking forward to the withdrawal of the officers and soldiers. It's so painful to go down the mountain and loot it.

Ling'er was worried when she heard this. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers did not leave, otherwise wouldn't the residents of the mountain have been unlucky? Seeing that Ling'er's face was not good, Miss Lin was also smart, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of." We don't rob civilians, we only attack those big landlords who eat people and don't spit out bones. ”

Ling'er is even more embarrassed, isn't her family a big landlord now? It's just that he hasn't bullied the people, and it seems that this vast foot of the mountain is not a good place. When he went back, he asked Daqiang to sell most of the land, and hide the valuable things in advance.

"Hey. Bai Xiaowen, what are you doing in the mountains? ”

"Me?" Ling'er rolled her eyes, pulled up Miss Lin's forearm and said, "By the way, Third Sister." Do you know where Liangjia Village is? ”

"Liangjia Village? What the hell are you doing in that place? ”

When Ling'er heard this, she immediately felt that there was a play, "Third sister, do you know anyone from Liangjia Village?" ”

Miss Lin San pouted: "I don't know anyone." But everyone knows that the surname Liang is not a good thing. ”

"Huh? Why? ”

"What else? Look at this mountain, the people in the mountain are except for our village. There is only that Liangjia Village, our village is mountainous, there is no way to grow food, and we have to worry about how to transport grain in every month; But there is obviously so much food in Liangjia Village, but he doesn't give it to us, and the big boss doesn't give them a high price, it's really annoying, and it's a neighbor, hum! ”

Lin San Girl was quite dissatisfied with this, with a look of hatred, the horizontal flesh on her face shook and trembled, Ling'er pulled the corners of her mouth, it turned out to be for this, she was relieved: "Sister, don't be angry, maybe- they also have a hard time?" ”

"It's a hard fart, the big boss clearly said that they have paddy fields in their village, and they can harvest a lot of grain every year, but what happened to the villagers and the villagers who sold some to us? It's not like we don't give money. ”

Got a field?! The last time I went to Liangjia Village, I didn't see any fields, obviously there are only a few vegetable fields, but think about the geographical location of Liangjia Village, if the forest on the edge of the vegetable field is sorted out, it should still be able to be cultivated. None of this matters, the key is how to get in?

"Third sister, have you ever been to Liangjia Village?"

Miss Lin San shook her head: "I haven't been there, but I often hear the big guys talk, what's the matter, you want to go?" ”

Ling'er thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, and I'm still in a hurry, third sister, you can help me!" Ling'er held Lin Sanmei's hand and looked at her with a begging expression.

Lin Sanmei couldn't help blushing a little when she saw Ling'er's handsome face so close to her, but she couldn't see that she was born black. Lin Sanmei withdrew her hand and retreated a little, turned her head and coughed dryly: "My mother called me, I'm leaving, you stay alive, I'll bring you something delicious later." ”

Lin Sanmei ran out, slammed the door shut, and didn't forget to leave the lock outside. Ling'er was helpless, so she could only sit on the grass in a daze.

Five days have passed in the blink of an eye, Lin Sanmei came to chat with Ling'er every day, but never let her go out, and asked her to help ask the third master to no avail, until the fifth night, there was a man's voice in the courtyard, Ling'er quickly stood up and came to the window, and sure enough, she saw the third master coming in with a torch, followed by a few people.

"The kid?"

"In the firewood room, what should I do with the three masters?"

When Ling'er saw those people coming to the firewood room, she quickly retreated and sat back on the haystack. The door of the firewood room creaked: "Little brother, come out quickly, the person you are looking for is here." ”

Ling'er looked up and saw a middle-aged man with a full beard at the door looking at herself, looking carefully, who was Liang Daming? Ling'er was overjoyed and immediately got up: "Uncle Daming, it's me, little stone!" ”

"Little stones! How are you? ”

The third master smiled and said: "Since you know each other, then you are not looking for the wrong person, come, come out and talk slowly." ”

When a few people returned to the courtyard, Ling'er didn't care about being messy, and took Liang Daming's hand in a few steps and said happily: "Uncle Daming, I finally saw you!" Are you okay? Ingot up? Village chief, are they all right? ”

Liang Daming was stunned for a moment, perhaps frightened by Ling'er's enthusiasm, he smiled and rubbed Ling'er's head: "I haven't seen you for a few years, the little girl has grown up, grown taller and looks better, we are all good." ”

"Girl?" Aunt Lin and Third Sister Lin were surprised, but the third master didn't have any expression, just smiled and said, "You guys talk slowly, I'll go do something, and I'll be back in a while." Sister-in-law Lin, you and the third sister are coming with me. ”

Seeing the three of them out of the courtyard, Ling'er let out a long breath, Liang Daming stared at Ling'er for a long time, and then leaned closer and asked in a low voice: "Girl, why are you here?" Wasn't he robbed by this group of bandits? ”

Ling'er smiled awkwardly: "That's not it, Uncle Daming, in fact, I went to the mountain this time, mainly to find the village chief to ask for something." ”

"Oh? What's the matter? ”

"This ......" Ling'er hesitated slightly, but decided to tell the truth and tell the truth about his father's illness and his desire to find thousand-year-old ginseng.

Liang Daming's face began to become serious when he heard half of it, the two were silent for a moment, and Liang Daming said: "Girl, it's not that I don't help you, it's just ......"

"Uncle Daming, the doctor said that my father's illness can only drag on for half a month at most, I really have no choice but to come to you, I am not a greedy person, I don't need the whole ginseng, even if it is only half or a few roots, as long as it can save my father's life, I am willing to do anything."

Liang Daming hesitated for a long time, and wanted to refuse several times, but he couldn't bear to see Ling'er's begging look. At the end, he sighed and said: "Girl, I really can't be the master of this matter, I have to go back and ask the village chief to see what his old man says, or you wait here for two days, and I will come back and write back to you after I go back and ask?" ”

Ling'er lowered her head, remembering that Village Chief Liang was not a good talker, last time he said that he was kind to them, and he also threw himself out in a daze, he was just a seven or eight-year-old child at that time, and now he has nothing to do with them, and the officers and soldiers have sealed the mountain again, and it is basically impossible for the village chief to loosen his mouth, unless- unless he can do something that is extremely beneficial to them.

But what is it that they need and can do? Ling'er thought about it for a while, and when she saw Liang Daming looking at her, she pulled the corners of her mouth and changed the topic: "Uncle Daming, are you very familiar with the third master?" ”

"It's not very familiar, it's just that it's in the same place, and I just occasionally meet and say hello."

"And how did he find you?"

"We have our own code."

"That'...... And what did they tell you about me? ”

"This ...... Girl, in fact, I won't tell you, the wind has been tight recently, the village chief doesn't let us go out casually, and I didn't plan to come over, but Li Laosan sent letters repeatedly saying that he had detained the people in our village, I thought it was the kid who went out to find out the news was robbed by them, so I came to take a look. ”

"In this case, can the three masters make any conditions to you?"

Liang Daming hesitated slightly, but still said the truth: "They want ten stones of grain in exchange for you." ”

Ten stone grain! These three masters are really uneasy and kind, wait, if I can provide them with a large amount of food and transport it into the mountain, Ling'er's mind flashed, "Uncle Daming, is your village also short of food?" ”

"Naturally, there is a shortage, the grain that you bought five years ago has long been eaten, but fortunately, the back mountain has opened up a piece of land, but the yield is not high, the people in our village have not planted the land for hundreds of years, alas, this mountain will be sealed forever, and our food is also very tight."

Ling'er lowered her eyebrows and sorted out her thoughts, looked around, and leaned into Liang Daming's ear and whispered: "Uncle Daming, if I can provide you with a thousand stones of grain and guarantee that people will send it to the entrance of the village without knowing it, can you persuade the village chief to give me a thousand-year-old ginseng?" Half a branch is fine. ”

Liang Daming looked surprised: "What did you say?" ”

"Uncle Da Ming, that's what you heard."

Liang Daming frowned: "It's easy to buy grain under this mountain, but it's not so easy to send people into the mountain unknowingly, otherwise how could these people be so helpless?" ”

Ling'er was full of confidence, and said with a smile: "I am free to do my best to ensure that I will not be discovered by the officers and soldiers, how about it, Uncle Daming, do you want to think about it." ”

Liang Daming pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, as long as you can get this done, you don't have to ask the village chief, I will promise you now and promise to help you find ginseng." (To be continued)