Chapter 103: Charcoal in the Snow
When Zuo Feng turned around, he happened to see Uncle Tian's smiling face, and his gaze at him seemed to have a deep meaning, which made Zuo Feng a little stunned.
Zuo Feng pointed to the few people inside with an unchanged expression, and asked, "Didn't you say fourteen silver guards, why are there fifteen of them?"
Uncle Tian obviously didn't expect Zuo Feng to ask such a question, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "There is a person there who is Dongjun, the newly accepted son of the county guard, and besides him, it happens to be the Fourteenth Silver Guard." ”
Uncle Tian pointed to the courtyard with his hand as he spoke, and the person he was referring to was the one Zuo Feng felt a little familiar with before, a sturdy young man wearing a silver mask.
Hearing that this sturdy man wearing a mask was the newly adopted son of the county guard, Zuo Feng couldn't help but be a little more interested, and couldn't help but stand outside the door and take a few more looks.
"We're here to learn martial arts, please don't bother. ”
Someone inside noticed the two people outside the door, and one of the silver guards looked unkind, and when he saw Uncle Tian inside, his face softened slightly, but he still said with a dissatisfied tone.
Zuo Feng also felt embarrassed, and finally couldn't help but glance at the masked man again, and then he and Uncle Tian hurriedly left the courtyard. Shortly after the two of them left, a heavy closing of the door was heard, apparently the men had closed the door to the courtyard.
Although Zuo Feng was extremely curious in his heart, he also saw that Uncle Tian seemed to deliberately want to continue on this topic. Zuo Feng instinctively felt that this might be a troublesome matter, so he simply held back the strong curiosity in his heart and deliberately stopped asking.
The two of them walked silently for a quarter of an hour in this strange atmosphere. Just when Uncle Tian couldn't help it and wanted to continue to say something, suddenly a petite figure appeared at the end of the path.
When this petite figure appeared, Zuo Feng's face immediately showed a hint of softness. Then this petite figure came quickly, and one of them threw himself into Zuo Feng's arms.
"Tiantian doesn't cry, isn't my brother back? ”
The person who came was Zuo Feng's sister Zuo Tiantian, and at this time, Tiantian's face was full of tears, and he was beating Zuo Feng's chest with his small fist while crying. It took a while to stop crying, but he still said with sobs.
"Brother, where did you go, my father was injured by the bad guys, and they bullied me. ”
Zuo Feng stroked his sister's hair lovingly, and whispered, "It's okay, isn't my brother back?" Who bullied Tiantian, my brother will definitely not let go of those who hurt his father. ”
Uncle Tian interjected on the side: "Those people are ordinary gangsters, and the guards in the mansion have already taken action to deal with them after they arrived." It's just that they were too unstable and didn't leave a living mouth, so they didn't track down the people behind the scenes. ”
Zuo Feng didn't care too much about this, because he could already guess with his knees the people behind the scenes. While helping her sister wipe the tears on her face, she checked her sister's injuries.
Suddenly, Zuo Feng said in some surprise: "Hey, sister, have you started to cultivate?"
My sister didn't care about Zuo Feng's surprise at all, and said casually: "I don't know, I can suddenly feel that my body can absorb aura." ”
Uncle Tian seemed to remember something at this time, and said: "Since Tian Tian's injury, she has begun to cultivate, although she is only at the second level of the strong body stage now, she doesn't seem to know any exercises at all. We also found some exercises for her to practice, but she couldn't practice them at all, but her cultivation was slowly improving at a certain pace. ”
After listening to what Uncle Tian said, Zuo Feng looked at his sister with some surprise. Shen Die had said before that his sister's physique was not impossible to practice, but her physique was too special, and she could only practice if she found a suitable exercise, but now she can continuously improve her strength without exercising, not to mention that Zuo Feng has never heard of it, listening to Uncle Tian's tone, he doesn't seem to understand the reason.
Zuo Feng finally understood at this moment why the city lord Yasuo paid so much attention to his sister. After hesitating for a while, Zuo Feng said to Uncle Tian on the side: "Uncle Tian, I want to take my sister home first." ”
Uncle Tian nodded lightly, and was about to speak, but suddenly another woman's voice sounded: "Why did you just come back and take Tiantian away?"
Hearing this voice, Zuo Feng couldn't help frowning, the person who spoke had already heard that it was the eldest lady Anya. Turning around, he said with a wry smile on his face: "Miss, thank you for taking care of your sister during this time." ”
"Who is rare about your thanks, just get out of here if it's okay. ”
Zuo Feng shook his head a little helplessly, although this unruly eldest lady is unforgiving, her heart is not bad. Zuo Feng's words of thanks were not polite, but sincere.
He bowed slightly to Anya, turned his head to say hello to Uncle Tian, and pulled his sister back the way he came. When Tian Tian was leaving, he didn't forget to turn around and wave goodbye to Anya. When Anya's eyes fell on Tian Tian, she still showed a trace of reluctance, but then she reluctantly squeezed out a smile.
"Brother, can I still come here to play with Sister Anya in the future?"
"Of course, why do you ask?"
Tian Tian asked as he walked, Zuo Feng replied with a smile, and then asked casually.
"But, why does Sister Anya seem to dislike you so much?"
Zuo Feng shook his head a little helplessly, the reason for this was not clear to him. If he said that he had offended this barbarian girl in something, Zuo Feng couldn't think of it even if he wanted to break his head. But he couldn't tell, but every time he saw this barbaric girl, he subconsciously wanted to avoid it as soon as possible.
Anya stood in place at this time, looking at the two figures, one big and one small, and when her eyes fell on Zuo Feng's thin back, she seemed to be relieved, and muttered, "You finally came back safely." ”
After finishing speaking, he didn't care about Uncle Tian, who was peeking at him on the side, his face was crimson, and he turned his head and ran towards the other side of the path.
In the backyard of the shop in Zuojia Village, Zuo Feng and the five elders were sitting opposite each other with serious faces at this time. After a long time, the fifth elder sighed slightly and said, "Hey, I didn't expect that they didn't make it alive to join us in the end. ”
The Fifth Elder was an old man of about fifty years of age, dressed in a long robe like a shopkeeper, and he had been in charge of the shop for the most recent period. At this time, the old man seemed to be a little older, there were tears flashing in the corners of his wrinkled eyes, and the violent ups and downs of his chest could also show the old man's inner turmoil at this time.
"How are they doing?"
After a moment, the old man asked in a hoarse voice.
Zuo Feng glanced at the five elders in front of him with a complicated expression, and said, "Several elders are buried under the hillside outside the village, and the other people in the village who stayed behind are also buried by the small river outside the village. ”
Zuo Feng did not tell the details of what happened after leaving the city this time, not because he distrusted the five elders, but if he told them in detail, it would only increase the old man's troubles.
"Hey, you're doing the right thing, you can't let the corpses of the villagers be eaten by wild beasts. ”
Zuo Feng knew the old man's mood at this time, and the extremely elders who stayed behind had all grown up with him since childhood. This kind of affection even exceeded his affection for Master Teng Xiaoyun, so after a little hesitation, Zuo Feng still diverted the topic and asked casually.
"Why did I come back this time and find that the business of the shop was so bleak, as if no one was coming, and there was dust everywhere on the counter. ”
Hearing Zuo Feng ask like this, the fifth elder sighed again and said, "Hey, this old shop is really not going to be in business. ”
Zuo Feng's heart moved, and a bad premonition lingered in his heart, so he asked eagerly, "What's going on?"
The Fifth Elder was obviously still immersed in grief, shook his head and said, "It's useless to tell you these things, and it will only increase your troubles. ”
Zuo Feng was a little anxious in his heart, his voice couldn't help but raise a little, and he continued to ask: "Come and listen, even if I can't solve it, have you forgotten that my relationship with the City Lord's Mansion is over now." ”
When the fifth elder heard Zuo Feng mention the City Lord's Mansion, he finally reacted, and then said slowly with a solemn face.
"Since the last time someone was making trouble in the old house and your father was injured, there have suddenly been several more mountain shops on this street. ”
Zuo Feng's heart sank, and he couldn't help but curse that Zhang Yu in his heart, but he didn't say anything but continued to listen patiently. The fifth elder paused slightly, and then continued.
"Our shop is already very small, and it is on such a side street, so there are not many customers on weekdays. This time, there were suddenly four more shops selling mountain goods at the corner and end of the street, and after that, we could hardly get half of the customers. ”
The fifth elder slowed down, and continued with some dejection: "It's a pity that with the hard work of the village chief at the beginning, this shop can only be sold at a low price in a few days. Although the price is lower, it can at least relieve the pressure on the village a little. You also know that we have always relied on the mountains to eat, and now that people have gone into the city, we can't get any goods, and the money brought from the village has been almost spent. ”
Zuo Feng was relieved when he heard this, and at this time he and the City Lord's Mansion were in a situation where they were not embarrassed or embarrassed. Just rejected someone's solicitation, turned around and cheekily begged someone, obviously Zuo Feng still felt resistant from the bottom of his heart. After listening to the fifth elder at this moment, he also knew that it was just "no money".
Although Zuo Feng is not very rich now, he can still be regarded as having some assets, so when he heard this, his face softened and said with a smile.
"Fifth Elder, if it's just these problems, I think it's easy to solve. ”
After speaking, Zuo Feng casually took a package beside him. There were a total of three packages in his hand, all of which Zuo Feng secretly took out from Najing before entering the door while no one was on the left and right, after all, it was better to try not to let others know about his secret.
The Fifth Elder had naturally noticed the package beside Zuo Feng a long time ago, but at this moment, seeing Zuo Feng's relaxed smile, he also handed the package to himself. He also reached out to take it a little inexplicably, but as soon as he started it, he was almost unable to hold it by the heavy weight of the package.
"This, this is?" the fifth elder asked as he looked at the package in surprise.
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