Early the next morning.

The grass is verdant, the dew drops hang on the branches, and the sparrows chirp overhead.

"The early bird gets worms!"

Xia Houan stretched his waist and woke up from his dream.

The night guard is divided into two shifts, each shift has four people on duty, one is to patrol the infestation of wild beasts, and the other is to add firewood and fire to keep the air warm and peaceful.

Otherwise, the fire will be extinguished, and you will have to wake up in the middle of the night.

The teenagers had no objection to this.

Waking up the sleeping boy, Xia Hou'an got up to wash, finished breakfast together, extinguished the bonfire, and set off again.

On the way, Xiahouan rode on horseback, preoccupied.

As the leader of this squad, he has a lot to think about.

If you don't say what is far away, you can say what is near.

Basic necessities of life.

Everything is nerve-wracking.

In particular, 'eating' is the most imminent.

Coming out of Qian County, Xia Hou'an only brought two big bags of baked cakes, which was still his betrayal of his hue, and he was looking for Jin Lian, the daughter of Wu Qing, the owner of the baked cake shop, behind his back, and came on credit with a cheeky face, if he couldn't afford it, it was estimated that he would have to pay for it at that time.

According to the eating speed last night, it is estimated that it will last another two or three days, and these two pockets of baked cakes will be turned upside down. The people along the way could occasionally see it, but they were poorer than they were.

What's the whole thing?

Xia Hou'an was very melancholy in his heart.

"Big brother, I see that you are worried along the way, is there something troublesome? If you have anything, say it, and we'll figure it out for you. ”

Xu Huai, the young master of the Xu family, stepped forward.

After last night, Xia Houan said that all the people from all over the world are brothers, so they all call him 'big brother'. This shows that the little brothers are still very convinced of Xiahou'an's ability.

I can't figure it out, what can you do with the second ancestor and the gentlemen who only know how to eat, drink and have fun on weekdays...... Xia Hou complained with peace of mind, but after thinking about it, multiple people have a lot of strength, and it doesn't hurt to talk about it.

As the old saying goes: three stinkers, and one Zhuge Liang!

So, Xiahouan expressed his worries about food.

"That's it?"

Xu Huai and his friends thought it was a big trouble, and immediately said that this was also a problem?

"Do you have a way?" Xiahou An suddenly came to the spirit.

Xu Huai was full of confidence, patted his chest and said: "What is there to worry about, from here to the southwest of the direction of twelve or thirteen miles, is Huli Township, where there is my family's grange, don't dare to say anything else, the grain is enough!" ”

I don't read much, don't lie to me......

Xiahou An will be skeptical.

After that, the group galloped quickly and came to Huli Township.

As Xu Huai said, there is indeed a large grange here, and hundreds of tenant farmers are ploughing the fields and hoeing weeds and sowing new seedlings.

"Young Master, why are you here?"

The steward in charge of the grange trotted out and saluted Xu Huai respectfully.

When he saw the others, the steward wondered: Why are there so many sons and daughters of Qianxian County, could it be that they have traveled and played in Huli Township?

"Take me to the granary."

Xu Huai went straight to the point.

The steward didn't think much about it, thinking that the young master was just passing by to take a look, so he honestly led the way in front.

Soon, the group came to the warehouse where the grain was stored.

The steward opened his posture, proudly introduced the grain and grains stored everywhere, and advocated his own merits, but the little son of the Xu family was too lazy to listen to his ramblings, and waved his big hand, full of momentum: "Brothers, take what you want to eat by yourself, take as much as you want, don't be polite to me!" ”

The teenagers rushed forward and scavenged for the delicious desserts on the farm.

Only Xu Chu silently carried a few big bags of grain in front of the tool man, and went out to resist.

"Young Master, what are you doing here?"

The sudden change made the steward look at him.

"What am I going to do to report back to you?" Xu Huai raised his eyebrows, his tone was very dissatisfied, this young master has acted all his life, why do you need to explain to you?

Seeing the big bags of grain being moved out, the steward was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, and begged there vigorously: "Young master, young master, you can't do this, the master knows, he will definitely kill me!" ”

Xu Huai turned a deaf ear and beckoned Xu Chu to move vigorously.

When the soldiers on the manor heard the news, they surrounded the place on all sides.

However, Xu Huai was not stunned at all, he drew his sword in his hand, and shouted: "A group of dogs, whoever dares to step forward, I will cut off someone's dog head!" ”

The servants knew that this was the master, and they were holding weapons from afar, and no one dared to step forward.

…………

Half an hour passed.

"Enough is enough."

"Big brother, you're welcome! Where is this going, move some more, Brother Chu eats a lot, so that he can be full! ”

"It's really enough, and we won't be able to leave any more."

"That'...... All right! ”

Xu Huai said with regret, obviously unfinished.

Out of the grange, the group with a good harvest was satisfied, turned over and rode on horseback.

"Steward, what are you going to do?"

Seeing this group of plagues go away, the Zhuang Ding were relieved in their hearts, and finally sent away this group of plague gods.

But at the same time, I felt a wave of sorrow.

As the guards in the grange, the main responsibility is to protect the grain from theft, and now there are dozens of bags of polished rice and millet missing, and they will not escape responsibility after the inventory is carried out in the future.

And out of such a big basket, the steward, as the main person in charge here, had an even more ugly face, and ordered unhappily: "Go and prepare a horse for me, I want to go back to Qian County, and the head of the family!"

on a wide avenue.

The group was leisurely.

Looking at the grain on the horses, Xiahou An gave a thumbs up and praised Xu Huai: "Good brother, you have done my brother a great favor this time." With these, in a short period of time, we will not have to worry about eating. ”

Xu Huai grinned and only said a trivial matter.

Someone was not convinced, and immediately said: "What is this! Big brother, go south, the mountains and forests there are all ours, and there are a lot of wild animals in captivity. Goats, porcupines, elk...... You can eat whatever you want!"

"Big brother, I also have ...... in my family"

"Go to my house, big brother!"

The teenagers chattered and talked as if they were invited to take credit.

Young and vigorous, they don't accept each other, and they are afraid of falling behind.

"What's the use of just eating, big brother, there is my family's iron shop at the foot of the mountain in front, let's go get some weapons and equipment!"

"Wonderful!"

Xia Hou'an high-fived and praised this, they are still wearing regular robes, and it is very inconvenient to fight. In addition, there are no weapons except swords, and it would be great if you could get equipment.

"Big brother, there is my family's Goolan dance workshop in the next county, do you want to ...... big brother?"

"Is it regular?" Xia Hou'an's eyes lit up.

"It has to be formal."

"Then I'm not going."

The teenager was frustrated by this.

Xiahou An laughed, patted him on the shoulder to show comfort, and then looked around at the young people, waved his big hand, and rushed to the next place.

Half a moon flies.

When they left the border of Qian County, this team of forty people was almost completely equipped with food, armor, weapons, helmets, bows and crossbows, and quivers.