When Gao Quan led his troops into Xu Laogen's village, the villagers were by no means happy with Commander Gao.

There was no one on the streets of the village, and the doors and windows of every house were closed. Countless pairs of eyes watched through the cracks and windows of these strangers who had rushed in, the eyes that shot out from behind each door were full of suspicion and vigilance, and the eyes inside each window were full of distrust.

What kind of village is this? Even the isolated Peach Blossom Garden in Tao Yuanming's pen is not so hostile to outsiders. What kind of changes did this village go through that made the villagers so suspicious and distrustful of outsiders? Even if they already knew that these people were national soldiers, the villagers were still the same!

Gao Quan followed Xu Laogen into his house with a heavy heart. A thin middle-aged woman in the back room greeted her, and as soon as she walked to Xu Laogen, she saw a group of soldiers coming in, and the woman was startled, and pulled Xu Laogen into the house.

"Don't be afraid, sister-in-law, we are not devils, we are the national army." Gao Quan tried to gain the woman's favor in what he thought was the gentlest tone. Looking at her intimacy with Xu Laogen, you don't need to ask if she is Xu Laogen's wife! He came to Lao Xu's house to borrow other people's medicinal wine, and it was a matter of course for him to show favor to the hostess of this family.

The woman looked at Gao Quan's eyes full of vigilance and fear, not only did she not answer Gao Quan's words, but also pulled Xu Laogen step by step to retreat to the door of the inner room.

"Sister-in-law, we are really not bad people, if you don't believe it, you can ask Brother Xu." This time it was Hong Yingying who spoke. When it comes to disguised reconnaissance and leading troops to fight, Hong Yingying may not be as good as Gao Quan, but when it comes to dealing with mountain people, Hong Yingying is obviously better at it.

Hearing Hong Yingying's words, the woman immediately stopped retreating, nor did she speak, but looked at Xu Laogen with her inquiring eyes.

"These commanders are indeed the national army," Xu Laogen finally remembered to explain to the woman, "They came to our house to use the medicinal wine I brewed. After explaining to the woman, he turned his face to Gao Quan and introduced them: "This is my woman, I have never seen the world, so the chiefs laughed." ”

After listening to her husband's own words, the woman believed that these soldiers were really not malicious, smiled apologetically at Hong Yingying, turned around and entered the back room by herself, and after a while, she brought out a teapot and a few tea bowls. There are too many people coming, and the Xu family doesn't have so many bowls, and the big and small bowls are only five or six together. This time, Xu's wife was embarrassed again, and finally said the first sentence after Gao Quan and them came.

"I'm really sorry, there are not enough tea bowls at home, you chiefs use them first, I'll go to the neighbor's house next door to borrow a few more bowls."

"Sister-in-law Xu, don't bother, we are not here to drink tea. Brother Xu said that there was medicinal wine at home, and someone happened to sprain his foot, so he went home with Brother Xu to rub the medicinal wine. ”

Hong Yingying is completely correct in what she said, and there is nothing wrong at all. It's just that the order of some things was gently reversed by her, and when she heard Xu Laogen's wife's ears, it was as if Xu Laogen first showed off in front of these national soldiers that there was medicinal wine at home, and then someone in the national army sprained his foot, maybe Xu Laogen deliberately invited people to come to the house to rub the medicinal wine! Sister-in-law Xu's eyes when she looked at Xu Laogen became a little weird.

Xu Laogen smacked his lips, he couldn't defend himself, it was indeed Gao Quan who he invited to his house to rub the medicine and wine, if he hadn't told these national soldiers that he had it at home, how would people know that his family had medicine that could cure sprained feet?

Forget it, the clear ones are self-turbid, Xu Laogen decided to put all these indifferent things aside, he still has serious things to do!

"Sir, please wait a moment, I'll go get the medicine and wine."

After finishing speaking, Xu Laogen nodded at everyone and turned around and went into the back room, looking for his medicinal wine. Since the sister-in-law of the Xu family opened her mouth, the next communication was much simpler, finding seats for everyone, pouring tea, and being very busy.

Hong Yingying is a woman, and she has a gender advantage when she talks to Sister-in-law Xu, so she walks over and asks about the family's economic situation first, and then asks about her livelihood. People in the mountains generally have a small piece of mountain field, and the grain produced is basically enough to eat half full for each meal, and after paying various taxes, it is not necessary to think about it if they want to rely on that small piece of thin field to eat enough. At this time, it is natural for the mountain people to go up to the mountains to hunt, dig up some mushrooms, fungus, medicinal herbs and other mountain goods and sell them to supplement the family.

In this case, Xu Laogen, who is proficient in hunting skills, of course, came out of the crowd. With its ability to often hit some beasts to sell in the bazaar for money, the living conditions of the Xu family are much better than those of ordinary mountain people, so that when guests come, they can even take out tea to entertain guests. Dream on! And Xu Laogen also relied on his superb hunting skills to have a prestige far beyond ordinary people in the village. Although he is not the village chief, Xu Laogen is sometimes more effective than the village chief in the village.

Speaking of her husband, Sister-in-law Xu had an expression of happiness and admiration on her face, and this expression was sometimes seen by Gao Quan from Hong Yingying and Huiqin's faces.

"What about the children in the family?" At the age of Xu Laogen and his wife, it is impossible to have no children at home, since it is a chat, of course we have to talk about children after chatting about the family.

"There are two daughters in the family, one got married two years ago, and the younger one is Xiaohua, also known as the Hu Changqing. has a son named Xu Gensheng, who joined the national army, and I heard that he was a soldier in the 72nd Army. Sir, you are all members of the national army, have you heard of Xu Gensheng? ”

Speaking of her son, Sister-in-law Xu suddenly came to her senses, pulled Hong Yingying and asked, she also saw that Hong Yingying was a woman. Although Director Hong's long hair is coiled in his military cap and the clothes he wears are no different from those of male soldiers, her delicate skin, sharp voice, and bumpy figure all show the difference in gender between her and the rest of the soldiers. Sister-in-law Xu is also a woman, and with the sensitivity of a woman, she discovered the fact that Hong Yingying is a woman at the first time.

"Sister-in-law, we are from the 500th Army." As soon as Hong Yingying said this, she found that Sister-in-law Xu's face was a little gloomy, and quickly changed her words: "As long as you have the opportunity to meet people from the 72nd Army, I will help you inquire about Xu Gensheng's news." ”

Hearing this, the expression on Sister-in-law Xu's face relaxed slightly, "Then thank you to this chief." About what she thought, these people and her son in front of her are all national soldiers, as long as they want to inquire, they can always inquire about one person, at least there are so many national army commanders to help inquire, it is always much better than her waiting at home.

There was hope for her son's news, and Sister-in-law Xu was in a surprisingly good mood, so she went around again, and she didn't know where she took out a large handful of chestnuts and mountain dates and put them on the table to entertain the guests.