Miao Peilan stood behind him and helped him comb his hair. Zuo Shaoyang smelled the faint fragrance of tender grass in spring again, and felt soft in his heart, so he leaned on her delicate body.

Miao Peilan gently slapped him on the shoulder, but she didn't move her body, and still let him lean on. Zuo Shaoyang's head was just between her twin peaks, feeling so soft and comfortable, and said softly: "I missed you last night......

When I said this, I was a little sorry, but when I said it, I felt that I was not lying, and it was indeed because I thought about her that I calmed down and finally fell asleep.

Miao Peilan glanced at the door quickly and said in a low voice, "Master, they are outside!" ”

"Afraid of what?"

"You're not afraid, I'm afraid!" Miao Peilan helped him comb his hair, put it in a bun, wrap it with a cloth band, and put it on, "Okay!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang stood up and shook his head: "Well, that's good!" ”

"You just sang a mountain song?" Miao Peilan looked up at him and asked with a smile.

Zuo Shaoyang was a little weak-hearted, and said: "It's this ......, I remembered two sentences when you sang last time, and I don't know if it's right." Why, do you hear me? ”

"Hmm!" Miao Peilan's eyes were full of joy, "Singing mountain songs, you must sing them sincerely!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang understood what she meant, smiled gently, and reached out to twist her smooth face lovingly: "Of course it's what I think in my heart......"

At this time, I heard Bai Zhihan's voice at the door: "Okay?" Young master, the lord and the wife want to talk to you about something. ”

"That's it! Come in and let Lan'er comb your hair! ”

"No, Lan'er come out and help me comb it, the master and the wife will talk to you in the concoction room."

Miao Peilan winked mischievously at him and walked out of the concoction room quickly.

In a moment, Zuo Gui and Liang stepped in, and Liang closed the door.

Without waiting for the two to speak, they heard a gong outside the door, and then came the voice of the officer and soldier yesterday who dragged out the emphasis: "Fellow villagers, this morning, but the last half day of grain sales, the grain has been handed over, when the food is tight, the officers and soldiers will uniformly put porridge to help the people, to ensure that everyone has food, and no one will starve to death, please rest assured that the villagers will not be relieved!" The general expressed his deep gratitude to those villagers who took care of the overall situation and took out the surplus food at home to support the officials and soldiers to suppress the bandits, and please rest assured that the officers and soldiers will soon eliminate the rebels, and the grain will soon be transported in, and everyone will not go hungry! ”

Hearing this, Zuo Gui and Liang glanced at each other, both smiled, and nodded slowly.

I heard the sergeant shouting outside: "The general also advises those people who have a fluke mentality, don't dream about it, it is absolutely not allowed to hoard food for huge profits, once this kind of person is found out, he will be beheaded immediately, there is no room for negotiation!" Attention! Attention everyone! Soon it will be noon, and as soon as noon is over, the officers and soldiers will have to search from house to house. If it is found that anyone's surplus food exceeds the limit ration, the general has already ordered that all of them be regarded as collaborators, and there is no need to report it, and they will be beheaded on the spot! Put someone’s head on a spike! Don't put all your family name and life into it for a little profit! ……”

This sergeant is very inflammatory, although Zuo Gui and the grain have decided to sell the grain to the officers and soldiers now, but when they heard this, they were still chilled, and Liang said to Zuo Gui urgently: "Master, let's hurry up and take the grain to the officers and soldiers, right?" ”

Zuo Gui nodded: "Zhong'er and Zhi'er are both injured, so please ask Miss Miao for help, let's take out the food together, right?" ”

"Wait!" Zuo Shaoyang glanced at the closed door, lowered his voice and said, "Dad! Mother! The food at home, except for the three buckets of rations, I let Brother Xiao transport the rest overnight. ”

"What?" Zuo Gui and Liang's eyes widened, and Zuo Gui didn't react for a while: "Brother Xiao? That Big Brother Xiao? ”

"It's the same Brother Xiao who helped us buy food last time." Zuo Shaoyang reached out and stroked his chin, pretending to brush his beard.

Zuo Gui remembered this and asked in surprise, "Where did he transport the grain?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang shrugged: "I don't know this." After you slept last night, Brother Xiao came to me, I told him about it, Brother Xiao's battle will take three months, and in the future, these grains will be life-saving, and now they will be sold to the officers and soldiers, and within three months, our family will starve to death! He said that he had a good place to store it, and the officers and soldiers would never find it, and that when we needed food in the future, he would send it to us little by little, so I agreed to let him move out. And he moved them all. I don't believe you can see for yourselves. ”

Such a big matter, related to the life and death of the family, Zuo Gui naturally would not easily believe Zuo Shaoyang's words, he lifted the iron pot, climbed up, and went down the stairs to the cellar, sure enough, the cellar was empty, and all the grain bags piled up in the cellar were gone, and there was nothing left.

Zuo Gui patted on the wall continuously, but didn't find any flaws, so he crawled out, glanced at Zuo Shaoyang, and then searched all over the concocted room, pulled the door out, entered the kitchen, and looked everywhere, except for the three buckets of rice in the rice tank, there was still no trace.

That's a hundred and fifty buckets of grain, which could fill half a room, and if it were hidden in the house, it would be impossible not to find it. And I searched all the places in the house that I could find, but there really wasn't.

Zuo Gui entered the concoction room, looked at the Liang family, and then stared at Zuo Shaoyang, and said in a low voice: "Zhong'er, this is not a joke, this is a matter of life and death for our family, where did you and your brother Xiao hide the grain, hurry up and tell us, there is still time to hand over the grain." It's too late! ”

This incident was completely unexpected, and Liang was so nervous that he couldn't say anything: "This ......, yes, ......, Zhong'er, don't ......, make fun of ......, but you can't joke......"

Zuo Shaoyang said with a smile: "Mother, I'm really not joking, Brother Xiao transported the grain away by himself, and I don't know where it is hidden." ”

Zuo Gui suddenly remembered something, and said in a deep voice: "What about Zhi'er?" Zhi'er also slept in the concoction room last night, did she know about it? ”

She didn't know that at that time, Brother Xiao ordered her sleeping hole, and she fell asleep, and she didn't know the whole thing at all. - By the way, to tell you the truth, Brother Xiao knows martial arts, and he is quite high, and it is too easy for him to hide something from the officials and soldiers. So you don't have to worry, the officers and soldiers can't find this food. ”

Liang was so anxious that he was about to cry: "Zhong'er, why don't you go and talk to Brother Xiao, beg him, let him return the grain and hand it over to the officials and soldiers?" Yes? ”

"Mother! I don't even know where he is now, how do I contact him? He is the head of the dragon and the end of the dragon, he has always come to me, I can't find him. It's true! ”

Liang was dumbfounded, trembling with tears falling down, and looked at Zuo Gui: "Master, this ......, what can I do about this?" ”

After panicking for a while just now, Zuo Gui's father calmed down, stroked his beard and said, "What are you afraid of?" What's there to be afraid of? Now that this is the case, anyway, there is no surplus food in our pharmacy that exceeds the limit, what can the officers and soldiers do to us? ”

Zuo Shaoyang's relieved mother said: "Yes, mother, let's treat it as nothing, anyway, now Brother Xiao doesn't know where to transport the grain, and he can't find him, so it's the only way, as long as the officers and soldiers don't find more surplus food than the standard in our pharmacy, they won't do anything to us, don't worry." When the time comes, you should go to Qu's house with Zhi'er for a while, and my father and I will take care of it here. When the officers and soldiers have finished searching and left, you will come back.

Liang had no idea in his heart, and looked at his husband Zuo Gui and didn't know what to do.

Zuo Gui said: "Okay, listen to Zhong'er, you and Zhi'er will go to Qu's house to see Mrs. Qu in the afternoon, and sit there for a while to chat." The officers and soldiers are also going to search their homes, so you can help take care of them. ”

Liang is a warm-hearted person, hearing this, she nodded, she was frightened when she saw Zhang Blacksmith don't cut off his head on the street yesterday, and now after gradually calming down, she thinks about it, anyway, there is no extra food at home, and the officials and soldiers will not treat the family well, and her heart is a little calm.

The family opened the door and came out, Miao Peilan and Bai Zhihan just saw Zuo Gui looking around like a headless fly, I don't know what he was looking for, some worried about whether something was wrong, at this moment when the three of them came out, Zuo Gui had a gloomy face, and there were tears on Liang's face, and they were even more worried, but Zuo Shaoyang smiled and groaned, and even a little proud, and even more strange. But it's not convenient to ask.

Zuo Shaoyang saw that Bai Zhihan used the bottom of the pot to wipe her face like a cat, which was a little funny, but her appearance was really amazing, if not, she would not be able to diagnose the patient, because the patients all looked at her.

Zuo Shaoyang wanted to go to the ward to re-examine the wounded and sick, Bai Zhihan wanted to come over to help, Zuo Shaoyang said: "You are also injured, forget it, it's better for Peilan to support me." ”

"Zhi'er is your slave, so she is naturally supported by Zhi'er. One hand is fine. Bai Zhihan insisted on supporting Zuo Shaoyang's armpit with one hand.

Zuo Shaoyang had no choice but to let her help him, while Miao Peilan helped him on the other side, and when he arrived at the door, he pushed open the door of the medicine shop.

Zuo Shaoyang looked out, wow! The whole world is silver on one side! The slopes of the mountains in the distance, the rooftops of the houses nearby, the trees, and the streets were covered with thick snow, and the eaves were hung with half-foot-long ice cubes, and the snow on the ground was half a foot deep! I'm afraid it's the biggest snow I've ever seen since I crossed over. In normal times, the shopkeepers along the street would have come out to clear the snow, but at this moment, every house is closed, and no one comes out to clear the snow.

Yesterday, where blacksmith Zhang was beheaded, the large pool of blood had already been covered with snow, and there was no trace of it; at the corner of the street, the grain collection point of the officers and soldiers was still there, and from time to time people carried grain bags to sell rice. Then go back with a sigh.

The officers and men on the streets took the trouble to look at the gongs and shout over and over again, and groups of officers and soldiers patrolled the streets and alleys, checking every pedestrian who passed by.

(To be continued)