Zuo Gui and the others were stunned for a moment, they had calculated the rations before, and forgot the son of the Qu family who was in prison, Zuo Shaoyang said: "I'm sorry, this bucket of grain is for you, and your uncle's will make up another bucket of rice." Speaking of this, Zuo Shaoyang took out the deed of sale of Bai Zhihan from his arms and handed it over: "Zhi'er, thank you very much for taking care of me these days, and thank you for saving me with Pei Lan last night." So, life for life, you have repaid me for saving your grandfather's life, we are even, and now you are free. ”

Mrs. Qu and Mrs. Qu were even more pleasantly surprised, and they were busy thanking each other, so that Bai Zhihan hurriedly took the deed of sale.

Bai Zhihan said calmly: "Zhi'er dare not forget the advice of her grandfather: an oath is an oath, and it will not be abandoned for any reason. Be your slave and maidservant because of the oath I made, and since you have saved my grandfather, I must fulfill my vow, and be a slave for my wife and concubine. You choose me as a slave, I am your slave, and I can never change! Don't say that I didn't directly save your life last night, but Miss Miao saved it, even if I really saved your life, I can't offset it if I save it a thousand times or ten thousand times. I saved your life, it is you who owe me, I am your slave, I am the fulfillment of my promise, I have made a poisonous oath, if you drive me away, I can only swear to die! ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled bitterly: "Why are you such a fierce eye, I won't let you be my slave now, it's all right?" - Hmph! How can there be any reason to force people to be slaves! ”

Bai Zhihan smiled miserably, didn't speak, grabbed the scissors in the sewing basket placed on the stove, and stabbed it towards the heart!

Miao Peilan has been paying attention to this side, and when she saw that the two of them were going to talk stiffly, she felt bad, so she quietly moved over, and saw Bai Zhihan reaching out to grab the scissors, and immediately rushed up with an arrow step, her movements were already very fast, but she still couldn't stop it, and the scissors flashed cold light and pierced her heart! Miao Peilan only had time to push Bai Zhihan's left shoulder, and the scissors stabbed crookedly and pierced deep into her left arm!

Bai Zhihan didn't even snort, pulled out the scissors with a snort, and pricked it towards his heart. After slowing down, Miao Peilan had already grabbed her right hand holding scissors. wanted to snatch the scissors in her hand, but Bai Zhihan couldn't grab them.

Everyone was stunned, and the old lady Qu was even more frightened, and ran over and hugged Bai Zhihan: "Zhi'er! Zhi'er don't want it! He reached out to grab the scissors in her hand, but she held on to them. The blood quickly stained Bai Zhihan's sleeves red, dripping down Hao's arm. Snow-white clothes, scarlet blood, it is even more shocking to watch.

Liang and the others were also panicked, not knowing what to do.

Zuo Gui was still calm, and said urgently: "Zhi'er, don't take your life, you are my Zuo family's slave, don't drive you away, master, I said it, what Zhong'er said doesn't count!" Master, I still let you serve Zhong'er! ”

Liang Shi was also busy saying: "That's it, the old man said it counts, besides, Zhong'er also feels sorry for you, I don't really want you, you can't be stupid!" - Zhong'er! Say something! ”

Zuo Shaoyang was also shocked into a cold sweat, he didn't expect this woman to come to the real thing, saying that suicide was really suicide, if it weren't for Miao Peilan's vigilance, quick movements, and timely stopping, I am afraid that it would have been burned at this moment! Hurriedly stammered: "Zhi'er, don't be like this, follow me if you want to, I will still let you be a slave, you have to be happy, you can serve me for the rest of your life, I will never say anything to let you go in the future!" ”

Only then did Bai Zhihan let go of her hand, and Miao Peilan hurriedly took the scissors from her hand.

Zuo Gui saw that Bai Zhihan only injured his arm, and it would be fine to stop the bleeding, and he was not very worried, but now the bleeding is not stopping, and the bleeding must be stopped immediately, and he hurriedly said to Zuo Shaoyang: "Zhong'er, you still don't treat Miss Bai's injury?" ”

"Oh!" Zuo Shaoyang said with a bitter face.

Miao Peilan didn't wait for orders, and hurriedly ran out of the door to get the first aid kit.

Zuo Gui said to Mrs. Qu: "Zhi'er is a member of our Zuo family, and the extra bucket of rice will be given to Uncle Qu in prison, and you can send it to him." ”

The old lady Qu wept and nodded in agreement.

Miao Peilan had already brought the first aid kit. Zuo Gui said: "Miss Miao, you help Zhong'er treat Zhi'er's injuries, let's go out and make room for them." With that, he opened the door and came out. Liang, Mrs. Qu and others all rushed out and closed the door.

The original medicine in the first aid kit has been used up, and after coming back, Zuo Gui has replenished it again, so now the medicine and supplies in the medicine kit are complete.

Zuo Shaoyang used scissors to cut open her sleeves, revealing a bloody arm, which pierced deep and pierced through the humerus hole of her upper arm. After the examination, fortunately, no bones or large blood vessels were injured, and debridement was carried out in a hurry, and the wound was sutured and bandaged.

After finishing his work, Zuo Shaoyang took out the ginseng four reverse pills from the medicine box and handed them to Bai Zhihan: "Eat it!" ”

"Don't eat, I'm fine!"

"There was so much blood, and my face was like a peach blossom, but now there is no blood, and I said that it was okay! ――Eat it! If you want to be my slave, you have to be obedient! "Put the pill to her mouth.

Bai Zhihan glanced at him, lightly opened his lips and took the pill in his hand. Zuo Shaoyang took the water bowl handed over by Miao Peilan and sent it to Bai Zhihan's mouth, Bai Zhihan took a sip and swallowed the pill with water.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "You are a real person, how can you say that you will die if you die, your father and mother raised you so big, and they made you commit suicide?" Even the hair given by your parents can't be easily cut, it's better for you to commit suicide, this is a manifestation of great unfilial piety! Do you understand? ”

Bai Zhihan's expression was faint and he didn't say anything.

Zuo Shaoyang sighed: "Okay, I'm afraid of you, follow me if you like." ――But what now? I'm hurt, you're hurt, who of us is serving whom? ”

A slight smile appeared at the corner of Bai Zhihan's mouth, and he moved his uninjured right hand: "One hand can also work." ”

"Alright, you'd better heal your injuries first. Don't crack the wound. I still have Lan'er to help. You change your clothes first, and you want to scare people to death with blood? ――； Lan'er, help me out, and then bring Zhi'er a basin of warm water to wash the blood off her hands. ”

Miao Peilan hurriedly helped Zuo Shaoyang out of the door. Then brought a basin of warm water, Mrs. Qu and Mrs. Qu hurriedly followed into the house, and saw that Bai Zhihan's injury had been bandaged, so they were relieved. Miao Peilan bolted the door, helped Bai Zhihan undress, and washed the blood on her arm.

Miao Peilan helped Bai Zhihan find a men's suit and change it into, and became a handsome boy again.

Old Mrs. Qu and Mrs. Qu saw that Bai Zhihan was fine, so they were relieved, and they told a lot of words, and thanked Zuo Gui for their kindness, so they took the rice back.

The officers and men who were beating the gong and shouting were divided into several teams, and almost every street had a group shouting. Shout for a while, stop for a while, stop for a while, and shout again. The shouting makes people's hearts furious. At first, there were still people watching on the street, but when they got to the back, they all went back to the house. Before it got dark, the streets were empty.

Only patrols of soldiers armed with spears and swords passed by from time to time to check whether anyone was selling food without permission.

Liang had been standing at the door, looking at the street to see where the officials and soldiers were buying grain, to see if anyone was going to sell grain.

At first, no, when it was almost dark, the first one to sell grain finally came out, and then, many people came out one after another, and the army grain collection office was lined up for a while. One by one, they carried large bags of rice noodles on their shoulders, crying and mourning, and did not speak.

The more Liang looked at it, the more empty her heart became, if there was no one to sell food, she still had a little bottom in her heart, but now that she saw so many people selling food, her heart was also like a cat scratching at peace. From time to time, he turned his head to look at her husband Zuo Gui.

After Zuo Gui went to the door to see, he also began to feel a little uneasy, and walked around the lobby with his hands behind his back and his head down.

Zuo Shaoyang fought desperately, and it was nothing if he made up his mind, it can be seen that the second elder looked like this, and his heart was even heavier.

In the evening, the sky began to fall with snow again, the snowflakes were fluttering at the beginning, and then gradually got bigger and bigger, becoming a heavy snowfall, after a while, the ground was completely white, Miao Peilan's family moved to the grocery store next door, the wounded and sick who stayed in the lobby, and their family lived separately in the wings on both sides.

At the beginning of the watch, the sound of gongs suddenly sounded on the street, and groups of officers and soldiers appeared on the street, all holding lanterns and torches, illuminating the street.

An officer and soldier struck a gong and shouted: "Fellow villagers, come out and see!" Blacksmith Zhang of the blacksmith shop, tried to sell grain privately, was caught red-handed by the patrol, and according to the general's order, he was executed immediately. ”

Soon, both sides of the street were crowded with people who poured out to see the excitement, and under the heavy snow, they all became pulsatillas, but they stood on tiptoe and watched.

From the corner of the street came a group of soldiers, first tied up a big man with a full beard, the soldiers on both sides held long knives to the big man, staggered to the street, not far in front of Guizhitang, pressed down and knelt, followed by a few old and young, crying all the way to kneel and kowtow and beg, saying that they would never dare again, and would rather give all the food to the officers and soldiers to atone for their sins, but none of the officers and soldiers paid attention to them.

Liang and the others looked at it intently, and recognized that the big man was really Blacksmith Zhang from the blacksmith shop at the corner of the street, and the old and young begging behind him were Blacksmith Zhang's parents, wife and children.

Zuo Shaoyang looked at it, and his heart was gloomy, this is the officers and soldiers killing chickens and monkeys, how can they spare this blacksmith.

Now it is necessary to collect food from the hands of the people of the city, that is, to take food from the mouths of the people, and the people must have complaints, at this time, to achieve the goal, the only way to achieve the goal is to use force to forcibly collect food, but not to offend the whole city, so as not to cause civil strife, therefore, as little violence as possible, and when it must be used, it must be used with great fanfare, so as to achieve the ultimate goal, which not only has a deterrent effect, but also does not kill too much and arouse the disgust of the people. Now is the time to shoot the first bird, and if you catch the first one, you will definitely correct the Fa on the spot and set an example.

(To be continued)