Half a pot of millet gruel, the four of them each divided half a bowl, and added a small plate of radish pickles, which was the first meal the three of them ate in this humble home.

During the banquet, except for Fan Meng chattering about what happened during this time, and Li Yang pandered to her from time to time, who was one year younger than him, Fan Jinyan and Liang Xiangru only nodded occasionally to deal with it.

After the meal, Liang Xiangru said that she was too tired to rest for a day, and Fan Jinyan knew that she must have been sulking with herself because she had lied to her.

The oil lamp was burning flickering, and the small room was full of the pungent smell of tung oil, which was the bedroom of her sister Fan Meng. When Fan Jinyan came in, he saw Liang Xiangru curled up sideways on the bed, her body still trembling slightly.

"Xiangru." Fan Jinyan knew that she was crying, and she didn't know how to explain it, so she could only stand at the door and call softly.

Liang Xiangru's body was stunned, but she didn't turn over after all.

Fan Jinyan sighed, "I know you're angry, and I can't explain too much to you now, but please believe me, I didn't lie to you, I'm really looking for my relatives, and I firmly believe that I will find it, and you will understand it in the future, you should rest early!" ”

After Fan Jinyan left, Liang Xiangru sat at the head of the bed, staring blankly at the already empty doorway, her teary eyes full of doubts.

The Fan family is not big, there are only two bedrooms, and Li Yang can't be allowed to sleep in the firewood room. So, Fan Jinyan sent Li Yang, who had bad intentions towards Fan Meng, to his former bedroom to sleep.

"Big brother, where's my sister-in-law?" After cleaning up, Fan Meng saw his brother sitting at the dining table in a daze, and asked curiously.

"Huh?" Fan Jinyan came back to his senses, looked at his well-behaved sister in the dim light, and smiled, "She's tired, go to sleep first, I've wronged you during this time." ”

Fan Meng walked across from him and sat down, put his chin on the back of his hand, and whispered, "Brother, it's good if you come back, the clan master can no longer bully us." But he is always thinking about our field, what do you say! We can't afford to offend. ”

Fan Jinyan stretched out his hand and patted Fan Meng's emaciated little head, comforting: "Don't worry! Isn't there still a big brother, no one can bully you anymore in the future. ”

"Hmm." Fan Meng nodded happily, and then asked with some worry, "Brother, are you still leaving?" ”

Fan Jinyan smiled, nodded and said, "If you can't go, you don't have to take you with me, after this incident, I will never leave you alone at home again." Tomorrow, we'll sell the land and get out of here. ”

"Everything is up to my brother."

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Early the next morning, after Fan Jinyan got up, he saw Xiao Nizi washing rice and vegetables in the yard, and Li Yang also squatted next to her to tell her a story, making the little girl giggle.

He knew that Li Yang's actual age was an adult, and if it weren't for his small body, he would have broken his body a long time ago. At this time, it is rare to see a very attractive little girl of the same age and long, and it is normal for hormones to react.

Fan Jinyan had no intention of interfering, in his opinion, as long as Li Yang could treat Fan Meng sincerely, nothing else would be a problem.

"Brother Jinyan, what are you looking at?"

At this time, Liang Xiangru's voice sounded behind him.

Fan Jinyan looked back, only to see Liang Xiangru yawning out of the house, and suddenly felt happy, it seemed that Liang Xiangru had figured it out, "I didn't see anything, I was thinking about where we should go next." ”

"Please, maybe I'll tell you as soon as I'm happy?" Liang Xiangru smiled gracefully and returned to the appearance when they first met.

Fan Jinyan smiled dumbly, but he was completely relieved, this was the Liang Xiangru he knew, "Then I don't know what my wife wants me to beg!" ”

Liang Xiangru saw Fan Jinyan's thief's eyebrows, and instantly understood, and directly rewarded him with a white eye, "Fang Shan." ”

"Fang Shan?" Fan Jinyan was stunned, and then understood that Fangshan was in the territory of Nanzhili, whether it was to go south to Zhejiang, or west to Jiangxi, it had to pass through Fangshan. However, how could Liang Xiangru know, thinking of this, he asked the doubts in his heart.

"Hmph." Liang Xiangru snorted angrily, and when she saw Fan Jinyan roll her eyes, the boss said unhappily: "I asked Meng'er." ”

"Dreams?" Fan Jinyan 'poof' and laughed, Fan Meng knew that Fangshan was not unusual, Banpo Village was not far from Fangshan, and the people around him knew, "What can she know, you actually asked her?" ”

Listening to Liang Xiangru's explanation, Fan Jinyan finally understood, the second eldest of the clan elder Fan Shu's family was doing business in Nanjing, and when he was transporting a batch of goods southward some time ago, he was robbed by bandits in Fangshan, so he escaped by himself. This is also the reason why Fan Meng, a little girl, would know that there are bandits in Fangshan.

Fan Jinyan was happy in his heart, what they lacked most now was people, but they didn't expect there to be a group at the door of their homes, isn't this someone sending pillows when they doze off?

Thinking of this, Fan Jinyan didn't say a word, and decided to investigate and find out the strength of the gang of bandits first.

fled from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, the weapons of the two have long been missing, and they can't use the sickle at home to rob it! The bandits don't even have weapons to take advantage of, so it's no wonder that they don't be laughed at.

There is a small town on the road between Nanjing City and Banpo Village, in fact, there are some houses on both sides of the road, and the surrounding villagers usually buy daily necessities or sell some wild game from the mountains. In fact, most of them are bartering.

To the Ming Dynasty, silver, silver tickets have been popularized to every household, but many people still like to exchange for goods to trade, as long as both sides are willing, no one can say anything.

Fan Jinyan and Liang Xiangru walked a few kilometers, and after eating something casually in a small restaurant on the street, they inquired about the location of the blacksmith's shop.

The blacksmith's shop was open in a clearing in the town, and in it two shirtless men were sweating like a hammer and clanging something, looking like a plowshare.

Seeing that a guest came to the door, one of the men stopped what he was doing, took off the rag hanging on the pillar and wiped the sweat on his face, and walked to the two of them, "I don't know what you want to do?" ”

Fan Jinyan picked up a farm tool that had been made, worried about it in his hand, and couldn't help nodding, "The workmanship is good, and the materials are sufficient." ”

"The guest officer has good eyesight, and our brothers' craftsmanship dare not say that they are the first in Zhili, but they can't find a second one in ten miles and eight towns." I really can't boast about it, as soon as I praise it, this man blew it.

Fan Jinyan put down the farm tools, clapped his hands, and didn't talk nonsense, "I want to fight a few knives." ”

"Knives?" The man was stunned, what is the origin of these two people? Could it be a thief on Fang Mountain? But when I think about it, the world is in chaos like this, who has the kung fu to care if you are fighting contraband or not. Thinking of this, the man didn't twist, "No problem, I don't know what the guest officer wants, a few catties of material." ”