After chatting with the grandmothers in the village by the mountain pond where the water was fetched, Jiang Yugang and Xi'er slowly returned along the road they had come.

Along the way, Jiang Yugang adapted his experience of wandering around the world for various antiques as an antique dealer before crossing over, and turned it into a story of wandering around the world as a merchant in Mengyang.

There are naturally countless fallacies in it, but Xi'er has grown up in this mountain forest since she was a child, and she has never even been to the nearest Mengyang City, of course, she can't hear the problems in Jiang Yu's story, but is attracted by all kinds of twists and turns.

The reason why children are the most malleable is because people have the greatest curiosity and acceptance of the outside world at an early age. After listening to Jiang Yugang's story all the way, Xi'er no longer had the initial wariness of Jiang Yugang as an outsider, and completely regarded Jiang Yugang as a new friend.

When Jiang Yugang and Xi'er returned to Xi'er's house, the clouds on the horizon had begun to turn yellow, and it was not too early.

Ah Tian began to use Xi'er's stove to make a fire to cook, and before they came, they thought that they might have the opportunity to stay in the village for a long time at a time, so they also set aside a few days of rations when selling food. If it's not enough, then it's good to send someone from Manggu Mountain.

Because of the need to hide his identity, Ah Tian is not responsible for smelting or fire-making among the craftsmen, but he can always see various methods of using fire from time to time, so he is also quite proficient in the craft of making fire and cooking.

She also left the old woman behind, after all, there was no one at the old woman's house, so it was better to stay and eat with her. The old woman's surname is Dao, and some people of some ages in the cottage call her Grandma Dao.

When she was young, Grandma Dao's family was also a prominent figure in this area, but this area has been in turmoil for decades, and the cottage she was born in has long since ceased to exist.

When everyone gathered around to eat, Grandma Dao told everyone about her life with emotion, and when she said that her son fled to Manmo with her child, her eyes couldn't help but bring tears for the first time.

"This Luchuan soldier is really hateful." Jiang Yu swallowed a mouthful of rice and took the opportunity to complain.

"That's right, grandma, can't we find a way to drive the Luchuan soldiers out of the cottage and out of Mengyang?" Ah Tian understood Jiang Yu's eyes and echoed.

Grandma Dao couldn't help but be stunned: "This... The army of the Ming Kingdom came, but it didn't manage to take the Luchuan army, what can we do with a small cottage? ”

Jiang Yu couldn't help but help but support his forehead, the Ming army's series of battles in Luchuan did not go well, which not only brought strategic defeat, but also seriously affected the confidence of the people in this area in the Ming Dynasty, and finally could not resist in front of foreign enemies, and the Ming Dynasty's control in the southwest region was greatly affected.

"Didn't the Ming army occupy Mengyang and go all the way south to Jiangtou City?" Jiang Yu stubbornly spoke for the Ming Dynasty.

Grandma Dao was not very moved: "More than 100,000 people in the Ming Kingdom attacked, but they were trapped by more than a dozen villages in Luchuan, and they took Mengyang with great effort, and now there are 100,000 Luchuan troops in Jiangtou City, and there are 50,000 people in the cottage outside Mengyang City, I think, in the end, it is not the opponent of Luchuan soldiers." ”

Jiang Yu was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that even an old woman from a cottage could see clearly the difficult situation of the Ming army at this time.

"It would be great if the Ming army could come down to our cottages and help us defeat the Luchuan soldiers." Xi'er's father, Awuma, after drinking the anti-malaria medicine made by Artemisia annua, was in much better condition, except that he was still tired, and he no longer had a fever.

Ah Tianhua spent an afternoon rebuilding a deck chair with an old chair in his house, so that he could lie on the deck chair and let Xi'er help feed and take care of him.

When Jiang Yu heard him say this, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, could it be that this person had already discovered that his group was the Ming army.

He quietly observed Auma a few times, and found that there was nothing abnormal at all, and he thought that he was too careful, from another point of view, this is also a good thing, indicating that the people in the village have the idea of uniting with the Ming army to jointly resist the Luchuan army.

"The Ming army is fierce, and it may not be a good thing to come to the cottage." Grandma Dao has lived for so many years, and she has seen a lot.

"Aren't these brothers from Mengyang City? It is now the garrison of the Ming army," Auma thought of Jiang Yugang and his party. Now Jiang Yugang is the benefactor who saved his family, because after calling them "benefactors" was constantly resigned, he simply called him "brother": "Have you seen the Ming army?" ”

Hearing Awuma's question, An Bai took the lead and said: "The Ming troops stationed in the Mengyang area are quite well-behaved, and they have never heard of disturbing the people. ”

"That's true." Jiang Yugang also pretended to nod.

"Looking at it this way, the Ming army is still reliable." Aouma's eyes lit up.

Grandma Dao's face was worried: "Didn't the army of the Ming army go south?" Were the defenders they left in Mengyang the opponents of the Luchuan soldiers? The cottages in this area are all controlled by Luchuan, either manpower or material resources, and the Ming army is not having a good time with brute force. ”

"The material resources of the Ming army are continuously provided by Yunnan, and the manpower is insufficient, and our cottages are not enough? We sent people, and they contributed to drive the Luchuan army out together. Auma said with some excitement and coughed a few times. Xi'er's little hand quickly caressed her father's chest.

Jiang Yu heard him say this, and he almost couldn't bear to reveal his identity, and there was excitement in the eyes of several other people - before they could come up with a plan, the villagers here took the initiative to cooperate.

But Grandma Dao's words quickly poured cold water on Jiang Yuran: "The last time I fought with the Luchuan soldiers, our cottage was already greatly injured, and this time it ......"

As if she was about to say something, she glanced at Jiang Yugang and the others, but stopped again.

Auma motioned to Grandma Dao to continue: "These brothers raised by Meng are my life-saving benefactors, and they are also Xi'er's life-saving benefactors, I can trust them, Grandma, you can continue." ”

"This time... The young village owner has already set the rule that it is not allowed to clash with the Luchuan soldiers, and the village cannot afford to fight with the Luchuan soldiers again. Grandma Dao's face was embarrassed: "If we lose the battle with the Luchuan soldiers again and are killed, our village will be dispersed, and we can't stay in Nanshan of Manggu Mountain, so we can only flee everywhere." ”

"Young village master?" Jiang Yugang discovered new information, he heard that the owner of this cottage was killed by the Luchuan soldiers, but he didn't expect that there was a young village owner secretly presiding over the management of the cottage.

Auma explained to Jiang Yuyan: "The owner of the village was killed, but his son was hacked to death in the battle, and the young owner of the village was the nephew of the owner of the village, and was elected by several old people in the village to take charge of the cottage. ”

"The young village master said that he was not allowed to clash with the Luchuan soldiers again, so he would wait for death under the exploitation of the Luchuan soldiers and not ask for help?" Jiang Yu asked.