The old man sighed, his eyes full of sadness.

"Wait a little longer."

The man who was originally more calm opened his mouth worriedly: "Village chief, since they are all gone, let everyone come out." Everyone was in a hurry, they didn't have much food with them, and they had to work tomorrow......"

"Yes, village chief, let's go back."

"Yes, there are still a lot of weeds in my field that I haven't hoeed."

"Me too, I just turned over the ground, and this seedling hasn't been planted yet."

The voices of people in the cellar wanting to go home were endless, and the old man tried to stop it, but he coughed heavily.

Hearing the village chief's cough, they gradually fell silent.

The man hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man and smoothed his back.

At this time, a little boy ran over and hugged the old man, his expression was very sad, "Don't be angry, the village chief and grandfather, it's all bad for Zigui, Zigui shouldn't run around." ”

The old man's coughing gradually stopped, he gently touched the boy's head, his eyes were full of kindness, "Grandpa doesn't blame you, it's just that I'm afraid that they will stay outside and lead us out." There is still some food in the cellar, Ye Cheng, you go and get it and send it to everyone. ”

The man poured a glass of water for the old man, took the key he had given him, and walked towards another part of the cellar. At this time, the old man patted the little boy who was holding him, and the boy cleverly followed the man away.

"Daddy......" Ye Cheng took the boy's hand, and the boy called him quietly.

"What's wrong?" Ye Cheng walked to the front of the storage room and stopped, then took out the key and opened it. There is a lot of food here, and there is little room for them to stand.

"Daddy, I'm sorry......" the boy shrugged his head and apologized to his father.

If it weren't for him running around, Daddy wouldn't have been able to find him. He wouldn't be discovered by that group of people, and Daddy was almost caught, and he had to stay outside until they left.

Ye Cheng handed the torch to his son and resisted a bag of sweet potatoes by himself: "Next time, if there is no one in the village, just stay here and hide, don't let people find out." Let's go. ”

"I see, Daddy." Ye Zigui nodded obediently, holding a torch to illuminate his father, "But Daddy, why do we have to hide when outsiders come in our village?" ”

Ye Cheng didn't answer his son's question, but silently carried the sweet potato to the place where the rice was cooked, and then put it on the charcoal fire to bake.

"Daddy ......" may be because of the child's curiosity, Ye Zigui is dissatisfied with his father's attitude, pulling his sleeve and swaying.

"Nonsense!" Ye Cheng scolded angrily, and was so frightened that Ye Zigui sent his hand away, "Why do children do so much work?" Just remember what our adults say. ”

He looked at his father's angry face, and lowered his head aggrievedly, "The child knows his mistake......

Ye Cheng did not continue to reprimand him, but continued to bake sweet potatoes for everyone. Half an hour later, the sweet potatoes were baked, and the father and son brought two large pots of sweet potatoes to everyone.

The satisfaction on the faces of hungry villagers was evident as they ate hot sweet potatoes.

The food in this cellar was cultivated by their own hands in previous years, and it was stored here for them to eat for two or three years. First, they can eat here whenever outsiders come in, and secondly, they can cope with the drought.

When they had eaten their fill, they went to sleep, and when it was daybreak, they returned to the village.

Ye Cheng saw that the sweet potatoes on the side of the village chief had not been touched, so he stepped forward to persuade him to eat some.

The old man sighed and shook his head, and said, "No, you can keep it for food." ”

Then got up and was about to rest, Ye Cheng hurriedly went over to help.

"Village Chief, there is still a lot of food stored in the cellar, you can eat some first." He continued to persuade the old man, but the old man was still unwilling to accept it.

"Ye Cheng, you are what I grew up watching. After so many years, I still want you to suffer with me, my old man feels uncomfortable! ”

The old man's tone was full of self-blame and guilt, and his eyes full of vicissitudes were full of tears.

Ye Cheng helped him sit on the bed and squatted in front of him to comfort him: "It's not your fault, if it weren't for you, we would have died a long time ago." And it's been so long, you don't have to blame yourself anymore. ”

The sadness in the old man's heart was not clear to others, he was in tears, but he only let Ye Cheng leave.

The night in the cellar passed as soon as it was sleep, but the owl outside had to keep its eyes open and watch the movements of the rats in the cave.

Morning soon came, and the black crow, who had been keeping watch all night, woke up the sleeping Mizu-san.

There's movement in the cellar.

At first, it was just an opening, and then a man came out, and after looking left and right to make sure there was no problem, he stomped twice on the cellar mouth.

After that, many people came out one after another, ready to leave this endless corn field.

The black crow and Mizusan followed behind, not spotted in the slightest.

It was only after everyone returned to the village that they found where the three of them were standing waiting for them to appear.

"Let's go! Come on! The old man looked at them in horror with his cane, and shouted to the villagers behind him.

For a moment, the women screamed and the babies wept. They tried to run back, but their path was guarded by Mizuzo and the crow.

The villagers took the farming tools they had brought back from the fields and protected the women and children.

"Don't be afraid, there are only a few of them, let's go together!" One of the villagers shouted loudly, and the others rushed forward with a roar.

The village soon fell into a scuffle, with many villagers being beaten to the ground by three secret guards. Screams, cries rang out in the ears of the village chief.

"Stop, stop...... You can't beat them...... I can't beat it......" the old man cried out in despair, and then coughed violently. The woman hurriedly helped him, but at last the old man lost his support and fainted.

When the woman saw this, she shouted anxiously, "The village chief has fainted!" The village chief fainted! ”

"Flying Eagle." Feng Nan'er gave a faint order, and after he knocked down a few more big men, he ran towards the woman.

The woman screamed when she saw the sudden man, and then she lost consciousness all of a sudden, and the other women screamed in horror when they saw it.

"Let the village chief go!" It was Ye Cheng who spoke, and he shouted at the flying eagle with a hoe in his hand.

Flying Eagle ignored him, and prepared to bring the village chief to Feng Nan'er.

The spearhead was quickly pointed at him, and the villagers who had been besieging Black Crow and Mizusan all slashed at him.

"Be careful not to hurt the village chief!" Ye Cheng spoke again, and at this time he saw a familiar figure running towards the flying eagle.

"What are you doing with the leaves! Go back! He was so angry and anxious that his son was so stupid that he went to die.

Ye Zigui finally caught up with Feiying and hugged his thigh.

"Hurry up and release the village chief's grandfather!"