Chapter 7 The Way of the World
After eating the grilled fish, everyone eased up, Shen Yue discussed with the few people sitting around: "Now we don't have any food, just fishing will not last long, the crops planted are still two or three months away from the harvest, I want to go back to the village early tomorrow morning to see, if the Yuan soldiers leave, I will find out some of the grain buried in the village." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Several people also nodded in agreement, but they were all curious about the high-yield crops mentioned by Shen Yue, and when they were eating, they had already learned from the lively Pingyuan that Shen Yue had planted some crops that could yield more than five hundred catties per mu, and they were all a little surprised, especially Gao Sheng, who knew the meaning of it.
Shen Yue was softly ground and soaked by the four of them, walked to the small field opened up by the cave stream, and saw that some seedlings had grown in the field, although he had not seen the harvest yet, he didn't know if it was as magical as Shen Yue said. But I have never seen such crops grow, and I have a little belief, and I spontaneously found water to carefully water these new seedlings, Shen Yue felt a little touched by the ancients' awe of food, and prayed that these crops would be harvested safely as soon as possible, and they could bring some help to this era.
Approaching midnight, Shen Yue took Gao Sheng, Guan Xing, and Ping Dayong brothers, and the five of them got up and set off. Ping Shuwen was not in good health and stayed in the cave.
In the early hours of the morning, several people came to the dense forest outside Pingjiazhuang Village, and there was no fire in the village from afar, and no human voices could be heard.
Guan Xing said: "I'm sharp, let's go to the village to investigate first to see if there is an ambush." "Say goodbye, the cat walks forward and hides in the village.
After less than a quarter of an hour, Guan Xing ran over with a smile and shouted: "Yuangou ran away, there is no one in the village, but there are some good horses." ”
A few people followed up and entered the village, and the courtyards were already dilapidated after the fire, and when they came to the courtyard where Guan Xing said that there were horses, they saw more than a dozen horses lying in the courtyard and were out of breath, and there were more than 30 horses listlessly tied to the wooden fence. Originally, the vitality of horses is stronger than that of humans, and because of their huge size, they are lucky to survive a lot even if they eat poisonous salt.
He also searched for grain from the village, and learned from Pinglan that he had hidden grain in his home, and Shen Yue smoothly dug out a bag of corn from the corner of his house. The Ping Dayong brothers also took out more than 30 catties of grain from their homes, and several people searched for them from several courtyards, estimating people's habits of hiding grain, and found more than 100 catties. By the way, I collected some clothes and daily necessities, and put them all on horseback. Although the horses have not fully recovered, walking is not a problem.
Several people each pulled a few horses to the river to drink water and eat some grass, and then hurried back to the mountain.
Early the next morning, Shen Yue was woken up by a loud noise, and came to the cave to see the Ping Dayong brothers cutting down trees.
Seeing Shen Yue coming, Ping Dayong smiled and said, "Brother Shen, we want to cut down some trees to build a wooden house, we can live here comfortably, and then build a fence to raise the horses." ”
Shen Yue hurriedly stopped it, once the news of the treasure came out, I don't know how many people would come to hear the news, and it would no longer be safe here, no matter whether he got the treasure here or not, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be killed by those people who were obsessed with money, and he could not stay here for a long time.
Hearing Shen Yue's explanation, the two were a little depressed, and Shen Yue comforted: "You first pull the horses nearby and let them go, and then we will leave after eating in the afternoon, there is always a place for us in the world." ”
"What Brother Shen said makes sense, we are few and weak, so it's better to leave early. But the wood is also useful, and we can use it to tie up the fence of the two fields. At this time, Gao Sheng came over and patted the two brothers on the shoulder and said with a smile.
The two of them were a little embarrassed, but they were also happy when they heard about the two fields, but they were reluctant to leave, so they had to stay alone to take care of the two fields. Shen Yue was angry and laughed at the two of them, and comforted: "These crops are not so delicate, although we are new acquaintances, we have also experienced life and death together, and we can't risk letting the two of you stay here." He promised to take the time to come back in the future, so he persuaded the two of them to happily hold the wood and go with Gao Sheng to build a fence for the field.
As soon as the two of them were persuaded to leave, Pinglan ran over with her eyebrows locked, grabbing Shen Yue's arm with tears in her eyes.
"Brother Shen, you go and see my father, he coughed so badly just now that he vomited blood."
When she returned to the cave, she saw that Ping Shuwen's face was pale, his breathing was a little short, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. Wang and Ping Yuan were carefully feeding the water on the side.
Shen Yue squatted down and touched Ping Shuwen's forehead with his hand, he was a little hot, but he had no experience in seeing a doctor, and he didn't know anything about medicinal herbs, so he had to comfort him: "Let's leave here in the afternoon and go to the nearby county town to find some doctors." He got up again and took a clay pot, grabbed a small handful of salt, mixed it with boiling water, and handed it to Pinglan.
"Use this to feed your dad first, this is called normal saline, it can be relieved a little."
Pinglan hurriedly took it, although she didn't quite understand what normal saline was, but she was already very convinced that Shen Yue could help her family.
Near noon, Guan Xing came back with two hares, and he didn't care when he learned that he was going to leave in the afternoon, and said heartily to the Wang family: "Brother Ping is hungry by Yuangou, and I will eat my stewed rabbit meat to ensure that he will recover in a few days." ”
Shen Yue was a little close to this honest man, and asked him about the surrounding customs.
After lunch, a few people changed into the clothes brought back from the village, picked a few sturdy horses from the horses and rode up, these horses were tortured by poisonous salt and honest, Guan Xing held the seriously ill Ping Shuwen and rode a horse, Shen Yue sat behind Pinglan, Gao Sheng took Pingyuan, although Wang was a woman but not weak, riding a horse alone, Ping Dayong Ping Dashan brothers used a rope to connect the rest of the horses together and followed behind, and then ran out of the mountain to the nearby county seat.
Towards evening, after about sixty or seventy miles to the south, I saw the county seat in the distance. Shen Yue came up with the name of this place from Guan Xing's mouth Wei County, because the population of the war was only two or three thousand people for many years, and it was not possible to protect itself, not to mention that the Yuan soldiers sent troops to rescue when they went south to plunder, and the outer city wall was just a high earth enclosure for one person, and it was estimated that he could climb over, and the area was not too large, and it was not as good as a small township in later generations.
Seeing a group of people coming, several guards at the city gate were already panicking, hurriedly closed the city gate, and stood behind the earthen wall to look around.
Shen Yue rode to the front of the city and shouted inside: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are villagers who came from Liaodong to sell horses, and we almost lost our lives when we encountered robbers on the way, and we are willing to offer ten good horses to all military masters, please let us rest in the city for a few days." ”
When the officers and men in the city saw that several people were unarmed, and that there were women and children, they were relieved, and when they heard that they could get ten more horses, they laughed and opened the city gates.
The group threw themselves into an inn in the city, and hurriedly put Ping Shuwen on the bed, and Ping Shuwen was already a little unconscious on the road. Shen Yue called Xiao Er, who came to the inn, to ask for a doctor, and asked the shopkeeper to lead Gao Sheng and the others to find a buyer to sell the remaining horses, leaving only nine horses for his own use.
Not long after, Xiao Er brought a white-haired doctor to the house to treat Ping Shuwen, the old Chinese medicine doctor saw Ping Shuwen's face on the bed, frowned slightly, sat down and picked up his arm and closed his eyes to feel the pulse, but he didn't speak, took out the four treasures of the study and wrote down a prescription, and then pulled Shen Yue out of the house, bowed his head and whispered: "Ling Tang's condition is strange, I see that his complexion is already a desperate image, the pulse is disordered and vain, if ordinary people have already passed away, Ling Tang can survive to this day must have some adventures, but the body has been damaged, I am afraid that his life will not be long." The prescription I prescribed can only temporarily suspend him, so you better prepare early. ”
Shen Yue asked the old Chinese medicine doctor to go to the inn lobby to rest first, but turned around and saw Ping Lan standing behind him with tears pouring out, Shen Yue was miserable in his heart, the saddest life and death in the world, and the fear of helplessness in the face of the illness of his relatives was especially desperate, whether it was noble or lowly, ignorant or civilized, only death was the fairest and most awesome way in the world. Shen Yue stepped forward and hugged Pinglan on his shoulders, worried but speechless to comfort.