"You kid, can you not be in a hurry? Seeing that other people's families are hugging their grandchildren, I still don't even have any hope, why don't you hurry?! ”

Zhuang Pinggui said angrily, "You're not too big now, but don't regret it when you really become an old girl." ”

"Marriage naturally has to pay attention to the word fate, and before fate arrives, it is useless to force it."

Zhuang Wan smiled slightly, but then sighed, "Besides, it's so difficult in the village now, and you, Dad, are the village chief, you have to shoulder everything big and small, and your daughter can help more or less at home, if you really get married......"

"Alas......" Zhuang Pinggui's expression was a little lower, "It's all the fathers who drag down the daughters." ”

"How can you say that?" Zhuang Wan said with a smile: "If I get married, I will marry a man who stands up to the sky, no matter how bad it is, I must be able to help the people in the village get out of trouble, if you want to marry me, you have to bring Yaole Village with you, otherwise I won't marry." ”

"Then I think the afterlife here is not bad, the starry eyebrows and sword eyes, the heavenly court is full......"

As soon as he heard Zhuang Wan's words, Zhuang Pinggui came to his senses again, and he couldn't wait to use all the idioms he knew, but there were not a few drops of ink in his stomach, and he broke off without saying a word, just looking at his son-in-law in the room with a more earnest gaze than any words.

"Daddy!" Zhuang Wan helplessly supported her forehead, "Forget it, I'll go boil the medicine......"

Mo Qian was lying on the bed bored, his body was crossed by the branches I don't know how many times, now that he was conscious, the pain was unbearable, and he was thinking about doing something to divert his attention.

At this time, he saw a middle-aged man with a kind face standing outside the door, so he moved his body and sat up to say hello.

Zhuang Pinggui smiled and nodded, "What is your name in the next life?" How did you get here? ”

"Boy Mo said clumsily, he is also a person from Jiangnan Province, when he went out to visit friends, he suddenly encountered a flash flood, so he was washed into the river unconscious, if it wasn't for Miss Zhuang's kindness to save my life, I am afraid that I have already crossed the Nai He Bridge now."

Mo Qian said sincerely, the other party saved himself, so he didn't want to deceive, but the current place is a hostile sphere of influence, and if he reports his real name, it is easy to cause trouble, but fortunately, "humble words" are his own words, and they can't be deceived.

Zhuang Pinggui waved his hand, "I am the village chief here, you can call me Uncle Zhuang, young people are blessed with great fortunes, don't talk about life and death." As he spoke, he pondered the other party's name, "Humble words? It's a good name, but I don't know how to 'peck'? ”

"Uncle Zhuang, what are you talking about, people's names mean modesty, always remind yourself not to be arrogant and vain, but it's not a chicken pecking rice."

While the two were talking, they saw Yue Yao walking in with a bowl in her hand.

"You little girl, haven't you studied for a few years, and you still take it out to show off, are you trying to bully your uncle?"

Zhuang Pinggui scolded with a smile, but he was not annoyed.

Yue Yao smiled, "Then I don't dare, it would be too much of a loss to be beaten to death by Sister Wan." ”

After that, he turned to Mo Qian and beckoned: "You are weak now, hurry up and eat something, otherwise you will not be able to eat the medicine later." ”

Mo Qian thanked him and took the bowl, to be honest, he was hungry now.

It's just that when I saw the contents of the bowl, I couldn't help frowning, and I saw that it was rice porridge, but the rice soup already accounted for more than half, but fortunately, the amount of rice porridge at the bottom was quite enough.

But the side dish is only a lone pickled radish on the porridge noodles, and as for the oil star, there is nothing at all.

This reminded Mo Qian of the days when he had just crossed into this world, miserable......

Zhuang Pinggui looked at Mo Qian's expression, he knew what was going on, and said with some embarrassment: "Humble words, I'm sorry, our village is really not very rich......

"It's okay, I'm already grateful for having food." Mo Qian was not picky, he drank all the porridge in the bowl in one bite, it was hot, and he finally recovered some strength.

"It's just that I don't quite understand, the edge of Taihu Lake is the land of fish and rice, why did I get to this field, could it be that there was a famine last year?" Mo Qian asked, and there was no such thing in his impression.

"Not really." Speaking of this, Zhuang Pinggui's face was a little sad, "It's a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster!" You are not a local person may not know, our Linghu is just a small county, it can be said that the emperor is far away, the local county order levies heavy taxes every year, and the young and strong are sent to conscription, and the crops are not taken care of, is it just the same as the famine year? Coupled with the inability to rectify the surrounding public security, Jiangyang thieves are infested, and they loot from time to time, which family can have surplus grain? ”

"There is no king's law!" Mo Qian put the bowl on the table in his hand and said angrily, "Is the Jiangnan Provincial Inspector Imperial History eating dry rice?" ”

Zhuang Pinggui looked confused, "What kind of official is that?" But no matter how big the officials are, they can't eat here.

The power of the imperial court in Yangcheng is almost over, and the county order here is nominally under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but it is also hanging a skin, whether the imperial court can be moved or not. ”

Mo Qian nodded slightly, tilting his head a little distracted, what Zhuang Pinggui said was the truth, after Yangcheng, the further south he went, the more the influence of the imperial court decreased, and he naturally couldn't help with these things when he first arrived.

Zhuang Pinggui saw Mo Qian staring at the porridge bowl in a daze, thinking that he hadn't eaten enough, and said, "Humble words, you haven't eaten enough?" Xiao Yao, you go and get a sweet potato again. ”

Mo Qian hurriedly waved his hand, "No, I've just recovered now, I can't eat too much, by the way, Uncle Zhuang, you said that I was rescued by the river, that is, Yaole Village is close to the river?" ”

Zhuang Pinggui nodded.

"In that case, why not catch fish and shrimp through the river to satisfy your hunger? These days, when the water is rising again, there should be more fish and shrimp. ”

"It's not that I haven't thought about doing this, but we are not the only village facing the food dilemma, and those who can catch it have already been caught, and the rest are small fish and shrimp.

Casting a net for half a day may not be able to catch one, and it takes time and effort, and then I broke this thought, not to hide it from Your Excellency, now the food in the village is getting tighter and tighter, and the mountains and forests around the village are about to be emptied by us. ”

Zhuang Pinggui said, and he couldn't help laughing, but this smile was somewhat bitter.

"Okay, you can rest first, Uncle Zhuang won't bother." Zhuang Pinggui sighed, got up and said.

Mo Qian pondered for a while, and suddenly stopped Zhuang Pinggui, "Uncle Zhuang, I have a way, I don't know if you want to believe me?" ”

"Oh? Come on! Zhuang Pinggui's face was full of surprise, he originally just said this in passing, he didn't think that this young man could help at all, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected surprise.

Zhuang Pinggui hurriedly came over, this matter was too important for him and even the entire village.

And Yue Yao originally had a lukewarm attitude towards Mo Qian, but after hearing him say this, he also leaned over with interest.

Mo Qian explained his plan to the two of them in a low voice, and after a while, Zhuang Pinggui raised his head in astonishment.

"Is this method really effective? It doesn't work for us to use the Ecstasy, like you said, we just need to carry a lantern and stand by the river at night and there will be a school of fish coming in? Doesn't that sound like child's play? ”

The Ecstasy Array is not a formation, but a kind of fishing net with very small mesh, once this kind of fishing net is launched, the big and small fish will be caught in one net, so its other name, "Jeopardy Net" may sound more appropriate.

It's just that due to hunger, a large number of nearby villagers have been captured, and even the ruthless means of the desperate net can't have much effect.

The method given by Mo Qian is even more vicious, which is to use the light trapping method commonly used by modern fishermen, and then supplement it with a net, and wait until the fish gather under the light, and catch them all.

I have to say that such a method is almost devastating for the blow to fishery resources, but if there is no food, it is also a devastating blow to the people of the village, so between the two, it is not difficult for Mo Qian to make a decision.

"Wouldn't it be too whimsical?" Yue Yao shook her head slightly, her face was also full of disbelief, "I've never heard of this method, could it be that Feiyu also likes lanterns?" ”

Mo Qian smiled slightly, "Right or wrong, it's not really important, at least for now, it's a solution, isn't it?" ”

Zhuang Pinggui listened to Mo Qian's words, but nodded approvingly, "What I said is good, even if we fail, we have no loss." ”

"Haha, we don't need to speculate here, I really want to know, let's try it tomorrow night, right?"

"Why wait for tomorrow night?" Zhuang Pinggui thought for a while, then stood up suddenly, "Without further ado, I'll try it now." With that, he hurried out.

As soon as Zhuang Pinggui walked out, he met Zhuang Wan who came over with medicinal soup, looking at Zhuang Pinggui's hurried expression, he was a little puzzled, "Dad, it's so late, where are you going?" ”

"Hehe, good thing, I'll be back in a while, right...... This son-in-law is good. After that, he left without looking back, leaving Zhuang Wan with a confused face.

……………………

A fast horse galloped in from outside the city, ignoring the checkpoints on the road, and went straight to the military camp in the city.

When they arrived at the barracks, before the tent was hit, the men on the horse pulled the reins and went straight into the tent.

"General, I'm back." The man on the horse knelt down on one knee and said with his head tilted slightly.

is a thin and capable man.

The person sitting in the center of the big tent was half-squinting to rest, but when he heard this, he opened his eyes suddenly, only to see that the pupils were covered with bloodshots, which was obviously the sequelae of excessive anxiety.

"Wang Bin, how is the investigation? Any news? "A series of questions followed.

The man named Wang Bin below shook his head, gritted his teeth and said, "Our brother searched for thirty miles along the river where Master Mo fell, but found nothing. ”