"What do you eat?" Shi Cheng put his robe on the swing and sat cross-legged on the futon opposite the two. He didn't know how to farm, he couldn't understand the damage of hail to the fields, but he was very interested in eating.

"Oh." Lin Huan'er took her eyes off Shi Cheng and pushed Huamei over, "This, Huamei." ”

"It's also made of plums?" Shi Cheng picked up a word and sniffed it on the tip of his nose, and quickly put it in his mouth.

He quickly raised his eyebrows slightly, and commented while chewing on the plum, "Added sugar and ...... It doesn't taste like a plum, it's a bit like an apricot, but it's more fragrant than an apricot, and it has a rich fragrance. ”

He quickly finished eating a plum and spit out the core, "How to sell it?" ”

Lin Huan'er: "It's not worth selling, I'll give it to you." She didn't deliberately use this plum to please Shi Cheng, she really had the intention of giving it to him to try it out, after all, the plum she sold to Shi Cheng was five yuan a tael, and the dishes she sold to Jinyuan Hotel were only four yuan a tael, isn't this a shame.

Shi Cheng waved his hand, "This can't be done, this thing is very expensive, right?" ”

Li Zheng answered, "Today we are thinking of sending the plum to the old customer to try it, and we must not ask for money." If Lord Shi still wants to be able to make a reservation like Dinglu Mei, we will send it back every half a month. ”

Shi Cheng glanced at Li Zheng, "Okay." He paused, "Remember that your father went to Shu from the army?" ”

"Yes, my father entered the barracks two years ago and has not been heard from since." Li Zheng's hands clenched nervously under the table.

"Didn't ask your fellow villagers?"

Li Zheng replied, "I've been asking, but I also fled the famine, and I will more or less send some news to my family, but my father has no news at all." ”

Shi Cheng nodded, "What's your father's name?" ”

Li Zheng suddenly got up and knelt on the ground, and solemnly saluted Shi Cheng, "My father Li Xuan, a native of Chengdu Mansion in Shuzhong, joined the army with fellow villager Liu Chongwen. ”

Shi Cheng pondered for a moment and raised his chin, "You get up, Li Xuan and Liu Chongwen, I have the impression of these two people, I personally led the team to send them into the camp back then, and the camp they are in is quite special, they can't write letters to their families, so you can wait with peace of mind." ”

……

Walking out of the Guanyin Pavilion, Li Zheng finally couldn't hide his excitement, his peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his lips curled into a big smile.

Behind him, Wei Yuan hurried over and saluted Shi Cheng, who was standing in front of the door with his hands on his chest, "My lord, I already have some clues, the Li family in Xiaxi Village bought saltpeter, it seems that it is for ......"

"Freeze the water-soaked grain." Shi Cheng answered.

He spit out the words in his mouth in the open space outside the temple with a "poof", turned around and went back to the temple, "Let's go, I asked clearly, and I also asked an acquaintance." ”

Wei Yuan was a little stunned and followed Shi Cheng across the threshold and closed the vermilion gate, "Acquaintance? ”

Shi Cheng shook his head and smiled, and then let out a long sigh.

……

Lin Huan'er was not as excited as Li Zheng, she was still thinking about the sulfurous breath on Shi Cheng's body, plus the loud noise she heard in the back mountain last time...... He's not going to be making **, is he?

But isn't the battle with Shu Di coming to an end soon? Why did Shi Cheng deliberately come from the provincial capital to hide here at this point in time?

She had some guesses in her heart, but she didn't dare to think about it. only followed Li Zheng and walked with his thoughts.

"Sister Huan'er, are you still angry with me?" Li Zheng turned his head, "You don't want to call me brother so much?" But I'm older than you. ”

Lin Huan'er was stunned, and she didn't know why Li Zheng suddenly jumped to this topic again, "I'm not angry." ”

Li Zheng slowed down his pace and waited for Lin Huan'er to catch up, "Your little face is wrinkled together, and you still say that you are not angry." ”

Lin Huan'er could only follow Li Zheng's train of thought, "It's not that you don't want to call you brother, just tease me like that...... Makes me feel like a fool, that's why I'm angry. ”

"Poof," Li Zheng burst out laughing, "You're not smart in the first place." ”

Seeing that Lin Huan'er's willow eyebrows were about to rise again, he replied with a strong desire to survive, "Of course Huan'er is a smart little girl in Bingxue, otherwise how can she study a complex and delicious food like Huamei?" It's just that Huan'er is not very sensitive in some aspects, such as not lying, such as always being straightforward and stupid in dealing with people. ”

Li Zheng's smile became more and more gentle, "It's because Huan'er has such stupid shortcomings that he met me, you can't lie, I can help you lie, you don't like to treat people, I'm very good at it, aren't we very complementary?" ”

"Huh", Lin Huan'er turned her head not to look at Li Zheng, she didn't want to see Li Zheng's expression, and she didn't want to think about whether Li Zheng's expression at this time was solemn or joking, but it was undeniable that her heart was warm.

She digressed the topic, "How can you be good at lying as a boy?" Shame or not. ”

"I used to live in a big family, and there were many people in the big family, so there must be wives and concubines competing for favor, brothers and brothers, how could I survive and become my grandfather's favorite child if I couldn't lie?"

The corners of Li Zheng's lips curled slightly, "I didn't understand at that time, the careful thinking between the rooms in the face of the national enemy and family disaster was not worth mentioning at all, now I hope they will continue to come to compete with me, but unfortunately, I am the only one who escaped." ”

"The King of Shu slaughtered the city?" Lin Huan'er asked cautiously, she had only heard that the people of Shu were miserable, but she couldn't imagine what had happened in Shu.

"Collect money and food." Li Zheng's tone was mocking, "Pledge the families of all the big merchants in the city, and ask each family to hand over all the money and food for military supplies." My grandfather was beheaded on the spot by the King of Shu for taking the lead in opposing it. The death of the women and children of the whole family, the filling of the army. ”

Lin Huan'er didn't know what to say for a while.

"I'm sorry ......"

Li Zheng shook his head, "Huan'er, thank you." If you hadn't brought me here today, I wouldn't have heard from my father so quickly. It's a bit ridiculous to say, Uncle Li and I couldn't inquire about him before, and even wondered if he had violated some military regulations and was used as a palace man......"

Li Zheng went to deliver the news to Liu's family, and said goodbye to Lin Huan'er early, while Lin Huan'er continued to walk along the path towards his new house.

walked to the door of his house, and before he could open the door, he saw the door of his yard "squeak" open, and the second aunt came out of the door.

She looked thinner than she had been a month ago, her eyes were a little red, and she looked like she had just cried. Seeing Lin Huan'er, the second aunt showed a familiar and not overly enthusiastic smile, "Huan'er is home, I haven't seen her for more than a month, and Huan'er has turned a lot whiter." ”

"Second aunt." Lin Huan'er called out politely.

"Hey," the second aunt agreed, reaching out to touch Lin Huan'er's head, opening her mouth to say something, but she wanted to say something, "I'll go home and cook first." ”