After Ling'er and Liang Daming negotiated the conditions, they pretended to chat for a while, and when the third master came back, Liang Daming stood up and arched his hand: "Third child, thank you, I will send the food you want early tomorrow morning, and I will bother you to take care of my little friend tonight." ”

The third master was a little surprised, "Oh? It's rare to see you so happy. ”

"Third child, what you say is not very good!"

The third master smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm just kidding, Brother Liang, please come here." ”

The third master personally sent Liang Daming out, and Ling'er was not locked up in the firewood room this time, but was politely invited into the hall by the mother and daughter of the Lin family and sat on the seat. Lin Sanmei was curious about Ling'er, and kept staring at her, Aunt Lin slapped her hard and scolded in a low voice: "Dead girl, what do you see?" Work! ”

Lin Sanmei pursed her lips dissatisfiedly, Ling'er pursed her lips and smiled at her and winked at her, Lin Sanmei was stunned for a moment, and also winked at Ling'er, and the two eyebrows flickered, as if they had been familiar with each other for a long time.

About a quarter of an hour later, the third master came back to give Aunt Lin a look, and Aunt Lin left with the third sister without saying a word. Jia smiled and sat opposite Ling'er: "Little girl, look, I helped you negotiate a business, how can you thank me?" ”

She knew that it would be no good for the old fox to squint and smile, and Ling'er tugged at the corners of her mouth: "What kind of reward does Third Uncle Li want?" But let's say okay first, I'm just helping out with errands, and my family is not rich, so you can't open your mouth! ”

"Heh, that's of course, but that thousand-year-old ginseng is hard to find in the world, even if the price is tens of thousands of taels of silver, some people are rushing to ask for it, and you can get a lot of reward when the business is done, right?"

Ling'er twitched the corners of her mouth, this old fox was very shrewd, and if he didn't give him any benefits, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to leave this thief's den easily. So she stretched out a finger: "Give you a hundred taels, no more, we have worked hard for two years, and we only got two or three hundred taels of silver." ”

The third master was still smiling, seemingly unmoved, Ling'er frowned: "No, this is too little?" ”

The third master shook his head: "It's a lot." But we are not short of silver. ”

"And what do you want?"

"Grain. I want twenty stone of grain to deliver to the entrance of the village. ”

"Deliver to the entrance of the village!" Ling'er jumped up, "Third Uncle Li." Li Sanye, don't you know how difficult it is to transport food into the mountain, you are not easy to handle, how can I get it for a little girl? ”

The third master shook his head and smiled: "No, you can do it." ”

Ling'er plucked the cold in her heart. Could it be that this guy overheard her conversation with Liang Daming just now? That's not going to work, that road leads straight to her house. If you let the thieves know that there is such a maze that bypasses the mountain gate and leads directly to the bottom of the mountain, the family will suffer, no, no, you must not let them know.

Ling'er still wanted to argue. The eyes of the third master flashed slightly: "You have been here all these days, you must know what we do, right?" ”

Ling'er fights a spirit, threaten! This is the threat of *nakedness. Damn it! A thief is a thief, how can it be transgender? In vain I thought they were good people a few days ago. Being a bandit is a last resort, it's really hateful!

Ling'er glared at the three masters and gritted her teeth, seeing that the other party was unmoved, her brain began to spin rapidly: It's not a good way to fight with the bandits, why don't you pretend to promise him first, and when I get out tomorrow, I will push three or six five, pretending not to know anything? Anyway, there are so many officers and soldiers under the mountain, and they don't dare to do anything.

But...... What if all the officers and soldiers leave the camp? Or did they collude with the officers and soldiers? This possibility is quite large, my own house is so close to here, I can't risk the safety of my family, is there no way to get the best of both worlds?

Ling'er thought about it and decided to take a gamble, she slapped the table and gritted her teeth and said: "No problem, but I have two conditions, you must agree, otherwise I won't kill you." ”

"You say."

"First, don't track me down, don't ask me how to transport grain into the mountains."

The third master stared at Ling'er with a smile and was silent for a moment before nodding: "Of course." ”

"Second, from now on, no one of you is allowed to harm me or my family at any time or for any reason."

"Oh? Could it be that Xiaoyou's family has a lot of money, and I'm afraid that we will worry about it? The three masters said with a smile.

"You don't care about this, as long as you agree, I promise to send you food to the village every month in the future, how much you want, of course, the price has to be three layers higher than the market price, counting it as our freight and hardship, how about it?"

The third master was stunned for a moment, and then was a little surprised: "Is this true? ”

"Really, I dare to swear to the sky, but you also have to swear to the sky, only two conditions, if you violate any of them, your entire village will not die."

"You!" The third master stood up with a hula, his face was quite annoyed, but Ling'er stared at him without blinking, showing no weakness.

The two confronted each other for a long time, and the third master gradually replied to the merchant's skin and smile: "Okay, I swear, it's just a little girl, and you can't make any big waves." ”

The two reached an agreement and swore an oath with a high-five. The conditions were negotiated, and the three masters were quite polite to Ling'er, and specially instructed Sister-in-law Lin to cook some decent meat dishes to entertain Ling'er.

Ling'er let out a long sigh, fortunately, the bet was right, anyway, all the grain in his house has to be sold, who is it different to sell to? Selling it to bandits is close and trouble-free, and you can get a good price, although the bandits are sinister, how can they compare to those insatiable officers and soldiers?

The next morning, Liang Daming personally brought someone to pick up ten stones of grain, and the ingots also followed, I haven't seen them for a few years, the ingots have grown into a handsome little boy, seeing Ling'er just smiled and said hello, Ling'er went to take his hand, he was embarrassed to avoid.

Ling'er laughed dryly twice, and asked Liang Daming in a low voice: "Uncle Daming, what did the village chief say?" ”

Liang Daming smiled and said: "No problem, the village chief has agreed, but you can only give things after you have done it." ”

"Of course, please Uncle Daming send me the next three, I'll go back and prepare, and deliver it in three days, how about it?"

"Yes." The two privately discussed the way to deliver the message, and Liang Daming took Ling'er down the mountain, and the three masters also came over to see them off together.

Before leaving the mountain gate, the third master smiled and said, "Little girl, don't forget what you promised me." ”

"Don't worry, on the day of the Ten Days, you will be able to see things."

The third master nodded with satisfaction and watched Ling'er leave. Liang Daming looked back at the three masters suspiciously, and asked in a low voice: "She's just a little girl, why do you embarrass him?" ”

The third master disagreed: "Brother Liang, where did you start with this?" I'm a fair deal with the little girl, and when it comes to embarrassment, I still can't compare to you! ”

"You ......" Liang Daming was a little annoyed, the three masters laughed, turned around and strode towards his own village, Liang Daming shook his head and muttered: "The village chief is right, a thief is a thief, and he will never be able to change his thief spirit, and in the future, it is better to deal less with them." (To be continued)