The sun is receding, and the mountain air is gradually rising. The faint green mountains are dyed a little red, and the crazy plants exude a unique strong smell.

Chen Qiuniang lay in the lush mountain grass, holding her breath, listening to the thunderous sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, she couldn't help but worry about Ma Si, and at the same time, she felt guilty in her heart.

Before today, Ma Si was just a lonely old man in the village with a strange temper, a good temper, and an upright person. And along the way, Chen Qiuniang used the innocence of a disguised child to gain the trust and love of this old man, but it was actually for her own selfishness. But this old man, who has been lonely for too long, because of her few false innocences and praises, really thinks about her at this dangerous moment.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, Chen Qiuniang held her breath, and through the dense grass, she saw Ma Si driving the car to the side of the road, restraining the horse, and making way for the comers.

Could it be a mountain bandit?

Chen Qiuniang's heart was hanging, it was originally just a few minutes, but she felt that it was so long.

Finally, the crowd approached, and it was a galloping horse caravan. The horse team was in full formation, led by a young man, about twenty years old, with soap-colored turbans, pale blue suits, and long bows and arrows. And the people behind him were all dressed in black suits, black hats, and long bows.

Well-trained, fat horses and well equipped. This is by no means the usual zhì and aura that mountain bandits can have. Chen Qiuniang judged that the hanging heart finally fell, and Ma Si should be safe.

So who are these people? Is it to save Zhang Ci, or to destroy Zhang Ci?

Chen Qiuniang still lay motionless in the grass, trying to adjust her breathing, for fear that if her breathing was heavy, it would be heard by people and cause unnecessary trouble. At this moment, the only thing she prayed for was for these people to ignore Ma Si and leave quickly.

Unexpectedly, her prayer did not work, and the man in the strong suit led by him suddenly reined in his horse and stopped beside Ma Si. The people who followed behind also reined in their horses at the same time, and their movements were uniform, and the horses in the whole mountain neighed in unison. As soon as the neighing of the horses passed, some people dismounted, drew their knives from their waists, and stood there as if on guard.

Could it be that someone from the Zhu family came to hunt her down?

Chen Qiuniang's heart was tight again, she had listened to Chai Yu's meaning before, and the Zhu family's power was not small. The power of this big family is not small, not because of the amount of money or how many powerful people it has befriended, but because of how strong its armed forces are. This kind of wealthy family will accumulate armed forces, and they say that they are house slaves to hide people's eyes, but in fact they are carefully cultivated armed forces.

Then, Chai Yu, who can enter the Zhu family's house and set fire, must be familiar with the Zhu family, he said that the Zhu family is powerful, and he must say that the Zhu family has a strong armed force.

"Old man, this road is going to Liucun?" Just after the neighing of the horses echoed, the man in charge asked. Although separated by a distance, the boundless sound of the wind still made Chen Qiuniang hear clearly, this man seemed to have a northern accent, and his voice was quiet.

Ma Si stood with his head bowed, shrunk and replied, "Yes." ”

"Thank you old man, I want to go to Er'e Mountain to hunt some game, and my old lady suddenly eats game first. I wonder how many roads have been taken into Mt. Er'e recently? The man asked again, clasping his hands together and behaving politely.

"There is only one, one mile south of the entrance of Liucun Village." Ma Si still stood with his head down, his body becoming more and more rickety, and he tried his best to be humble.

"Thank you." The man said aloud, but he waved to the horse team behind him, roughly signaling to move forward.

Sure enough, those who were on guard before put their swords into their sheaths, turned over on their horses, and their movements were in one go, neatly and uniformly, which was comparable to those honor guards who raised the national flag.

They didn't care that Ma Si was still shrinking and chattering "the work of raising hands, the work of raising hands", and patted the horse forward.

Chen Qiuniang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her heart was completely grounded. First, because these people are not mountain bandits, she and Ma Si are not in danger; The second is because listening to the words of the man in charge, they are going to Er'e Mountain and do not stop in Liucun, so they cannot be the people sent by the Zhu family to arrest her.

However, it seems that these people are in such a hurry to go to Er'e Mountain, and it is very likely that they are going for Zhang Ci. As for whether to save him or put him to death, Chen Qiuniang does not know.

Boy, whether you are a blessing or a curse depends on your creation. However, according to her analysis, this is the Zhang family's territory after all, and the person who killed Zhang Ci will not be so blatant.

So, if this kid is still alive, he will be saved, this is nominally hunting, but in fact it is blatantly going up the mountain to search and save people.

The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, rumbling by. Chen Qiuniang estimated that the horse team must have at least 200 people. is so neatly passed, it is really like the poem described "brocade hat mink fur, thousands of horses roll flat post".

Chen Qiuniang lay in the grass, and until she couldn't hear the sound of horses' hooves, she heard Ma Si shout in a low voice: "Girl, come out." ”

"Hey, here we are." She replied crisply, getting up and patting the grass clippings.

"Be quiet." Ma Si warned, with a stern face.

Chen Qiuniang was definitely frightened until Ma Si, so she didn't say much, just nodded obediently. , Ma Si set up the carriage, and the two of them set off to Liucun again.

Along the way, the four horses focused on throwing their whips to urge the horses forward, and did not speak again. It's just that when he was about to arrive at Liucun, Ma Si suddenly said to himself: "This Liucun is remote, why are there so many outsiders recently." ”

Chen Qiuniang was pondering how to answer. Ma Si flicked the whip again, and let the carriage gallop, so bumpy that she could only desperately hold on to the carriage.

When the two returned to Liucun, it was already evening, the sun was setting in the mountains, and the birds were returning.

Ma Si stopped the horse at the archway at the entrance of the village, and the person who asked him to bring the goods waited under the archway, and when he saw him coming back, he greeted him from afar. Ma Si got out of the carriage, counted the goods, and collected the money. The people who came to receive the goods, seeing Chen Qiuniang here, had to gossip, saying that the Masi sports car should not be such an unlucky one.

Ma Si didn't speak, but the woman with the broken mouth seemed to be trying to make Ma Si believe, and found evidence that Chen Qiuniang was ominous, saying that Liucun, a place where birds don't lay eggs, after she cheated the corpse, so many people from the Northland came to them, and they didn't seem to be kind, and the village chief was worried about the future of Liucun.

"Those people were just going up the mountains to hunt, passing through here." Ma Si finally spoke.

"What else? A few who came yesterday were the ones who stayed at the village chief's house. They walk around with knives all day long and are not good people. Not to be outdone, the broken-mouthed woman was not to be outdone.

"People said, it was a catcher sent by the imperial court." Ma Si said slowly, leading the horse to Chen's house.

"If there is a fast catch, there will be bad people. Why are you coming to our village? There must be bad guys in our village. Our village is in danger. It's all thanks to some little hooves. The woman with a broken mouth was even more energetic, and glanced at Chen Qiuniang as she spoke, her eyes were very resentful.

Chen Qiuniang was very tired and didn't bother to pay attention. In such an ignorant village, if you encounter these things, you have to worry about them, and you have to die of exhaustion.

"I said Fourth Master Ma, don't give yourself up for a few dollars." Seeing that Ma Si and Chen Qiuniang ignored her, the broken-mouthed woman took the goods and walked out for a while, but she still shouted loudly.

"The man who has the ability to manage your family is the one who is." Ma Si threw it out with a word, it was a sharp weapon, and he poked directly at the sore spot of the woman with a broken mouth. The whole village knows that the woman's man has taken a fancy to the beautiful ** in the village, and the two of them come and go, and they don't shy away from suspicion. If this woman dared to say more, her man would have beaten her to the ground, and the whole village heard the cry. This woman was subjected to domestic violence several times, but the old village chief came forward to save her.

The woman suddenly wilted, and after a while, she said viciously, "If you don't listen to anyone's advice, you have to cry." Why didn't your son break your leg in the first place? ”

When Chen Qiuniang heard this, she was very gloomy. Everyone knows that Ma Si's son is unfilial and beats his father. Later, Ma Si's son died again, and he became a lonely old man. This should be his deepest wound.

These pains should have been kept secret. But in the rural areas where there is a lack of material and survival is difficult, most of the thoughts are: Why does Lao Tzu hurt alone, it is better to have pain alone than all pain, and everyone is in pain, so I am happy. So, when they quarreled and chatted, they often poked each other's wounds hard.

Ma Si ignored it, and only said nobly and coldly: "It's just a girl who has no ability." ”

The broken-mouthed woman's face was even more distorted, and Ma Si ignored the person directly with a high estimation, and turned to Chen Qiuniang: "Remember the words of the fourth grandfather, live hard, and the rest is fine." ”

Chen Qiuniang looked at Ma Si like this, and the two of them did not poke each other's sore spots, and there was no possibility of a fight in the end. Only then did she put her mind at ease and said to Ma Si crisply: "Qiu Niang obeys the teachings. ”

"A doll who has read a book is sensible." Ma Si sighed with a smile, and rushed to Chen's house with a flick of the whip.

At that time, it was late, and in the twilight, Chen Liushi put on crutches, leaned on the door of the firewood and stretched his neck to wait for Chen Qiuniang, although the distance was not very good, but it could still be seen that she was very anxious. In the house, the two children who usually have no strength to cry are crying, crying hoarsely and weakly, as if they will not be able to catch it at any time, and Chen Qiuxia is singing and coaxing the children.

"Grandma, what's wrong?" Chen Qiuniang jumped down from the carriage and ran over to grab Chen Liu.

"No, no, it's fine. It's okay to see you. Chen Liushi said hurriedly.

Chen Qiuniang was sure that something must have happened, but because Ma Si was present, she didn't ask, after all, no matter how good Ma Si was to herself, she was not a family. The affairs of this family, good and bad, have to be dealt with by the family first. Therefore, she ran up and happily took Chen Liu's by the hand, saying that she went to buy rice and noodles and came back today, so that Chen Liu's family should not worry.

"Hey, don't worry, don't worry." Chen Liushi walked into the house with her support, his expression and words were very excited. Chen Qiuniang turned back to Ma Si and said, "Fourth grandfather, this rice noodle will trouble you." ”

"Well said." Ma Si unloaded a small bag of flour and a small bag of millet and helped Chen Qiuniang move into the house and put them away.

Chen Liushi thanked Ma Si. Ma Si praised Chen Qiuniang again, saying that he didn't need to thank him for this little thing, and immediately said that he would feed the horse immediately, otherwise the horse would be tired, and the horse would not be able to go to work on the next market day.

Chen Liushi thanked Ma Si for another while, and then sent Ma Si away. As soon as this horse left, Chen Qiuniang took a closer look at Chen Liu's family. Chen Liushi refused to let her look, and kept hiding in the dark, but her legs and feet were inconvenient, and she stumbled and almost fell.

Chen Qiuniang was not embarrassed by Chen Liu's family, but shouted: "Chen Qiusheng, come out." ”

Chen Qiusheng was choosing the goose foot board that Chen Qiuniang ordered to dig when he left in the morning, and when he heard his sister calling him, he immediately came from the house.

"What's going on at home?" Chen Qiuniang asked straight to the point.

(Someone left a message suspecting that I didn't write it...... I can only say that different types of novels, narratives, and emphases are different. In the past, it was either a palace fight, or a conspiracy, or a wealthy family, or a game. And this is a short farming article for parents, and it will definitely look relatively bland. I've always been me, and I've been writing seriously. ）