Zhang Zheng watched the little girl hide the pastries she gave him in the only jar in the house, and asked with some curiosity, "What are you doing here?" The little girl hid the pastry, a smile appeared on her face, clapped her hands and replied: "I have never eaten such a delicious pastry, and I have never eaten it, so I want to keep it for my mother." Zhang Zheng looked around and remembered that the little girl had said that she hadn't eaten for two days.

Then he asked, "So that's the case, is there no food at home?" ”

"Yes, yes, there is food at Nannan's house, but it was hidden by A-Niang, and Nannan couldn't find it. It was sent by a group of uncles wearing the same clothes a few days ago, but A-Niang didn't let the girls eat. Zhang Zheng couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you let the girl eat?" The others who followed Zhang Zheng were also stunned when they heard the little girl's words.

Why should there be food hidden at home, such an older child, not let her be full, how can this aunt bear it?

"Because A-Niang said......" The little girl was just about to explain, when everyone suddenly heard a scream from outside.

"Ah, who are you, don't hurt my girl." Zhang Zheng looked at the sound and saw a woman dressed as a peasant woman standing at the door, looking at the heavily armed soldiers in the room with a frightened expression.

The woman was still holding a hoe in her hand, and when the little girl saw her wife, a smile appeared on her face, and she ran towards the woman with a pout.

Then stretched out his hand: "A-Niang hug!" When the woman saw that the others in the house were not moving, she threw away the hoe in her hand and picked up the little girl.

Then he looked at the dozen or so big men in the room with a wary gaze, and asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you?" Zhang Zheng saw the little girl giggling in the woman's arms, and it was obvious that this woman was the little girl's mother.

Zhang Zheng adjusted a smile that he thought was the kindest and explained to the woman: "Sister-in-law, don't get me wrong, we are not bad people. I just came here to wait for someone, and I heard that she hadn't eaten for two days, so I just got something for her to eat. ”

"You're really not bad guys?" After listening to Zhang Zheng's explanation, the vigilance in the woman's eyes had not disappeared, but her voice was no longer so trembling.

After all, Zhang Zheng's face is too handsome, and he looks harmless to humans and animals.

"Yes, sister-in-law, as you know, a few young people of my age came to the village a few days ago. I heard from the people in the village that they had entered Yushan, do my sister-in-law know when they will come out? By the way, they are companions with us, and we are here to pick them up. It can be seen that the woman is very vigilant in her heart, so Zhang Zheng had to slow down her speech, for fear of scaring the woman.

Hearing Zhang Zheng say that they were here for those young people, the woman breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and the vigilance in her eyes eased slightly.

"It turns out that the sons are here for this matter, and those sons are good people, and they went into the mountains to cut wood to help the villagers repair their houses, and the old woman doesn't know when they will return." After the initial panic and fear, the woman determined that Zhang Zheng was not a bad person, and began to speak in an orderly manner.

It's just that she still stands outside the door with Nannan and doesn't dare to come in, Zhang Zheng can imagine that this woman will definitely run away with Nannan in her arms if there is a slight disturbance.

Even if this is their home, after all, Zhang Zheng's personal guards are all heavily armed armor soldiers, and they look really scary.

Zhang Zheng saw that the woman's fear came from the guards around her, and said to the guards, "You go out first." After the guards left the house, only Li Wucun stood in the house, Zhang Zheng said to the woman: "Sister-in-law come in, I have a few questions in my heart and hope that my sister-in-law will help solve my doubts." When the guards had dispersed into the village, the woman carried her into her own house tremblingly.

When the little girl entered the house, she suddenly broke free from the woman's arms and said to the woman, "Auntie, my brother has brought delicious food for Nannan, and Nannan has left a little for you, and Nannan will bring it to you." Then he ran to the vat in the house, and turned it around.

Zhang Zheng looked at Nan Nan and couldn't help but smile. Seeing that the woman spoke in an orderly manner, and that the little girl was taught by her to be extremely sensible, Zhang Zheng asked the woman, "Sister-in-law has read?" Standing in front of Zhang Zheng, Mrs. secretly glanced at the person in front of her, and only felt that the son in front of her was really beautiful, and he was even better looking than a woman.

Speaking can't help but be a little restrained: "Back to Gongzi's words, when the old woman was young, her mother's family was wealthy, and she read some of it. After listening to the woman's words, Zhang Zheng was a little surprised, those who can afford to read at this age are definitely considered to be big families, why did this woman fall to this point again?

The woman in front of her is an old woman, but in Zhang Zheng's opinion, this woman will definitely not be more than thirty years old.

Zhang Zheng nodded and said: "I see, what about Nannan's father, why do I see that the village is full of women and children, and I don't see a young man?" This question seemed to arouse the woman's sadness, and the woman replied with a little choked up: "The young men in the village, the year before last, the imperial court conscription, all died, and none of them came back alive. Zhang Zheng thought about it, the year before last was the third year of Zhenguan, which was the year when Li Er launched a counteroffensive against the Eastern Turks.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was poor, the people's livelihood was withering, and the Turks were like a hungry wolf, so they ran to the Tang Dynasty from time to time to fight the autumn wind.

In the end, Li Er was overwhelmed, and the monarchs and ministers tightened their belts and finally gathered 200,000 troops for Li Jing.

And most of these 200,000 troops were drawn from Guanzhong. The old Qin people dare to fight, and they dare to fight to the death. This can explain why Jinyang, thousands of miles away, is fine, but there are such barren villages near Chang'an.

The young and strong people in a village are dying, and it is not an exception to want to come to Nanpo Village. Zhang Zheng's mood was a little heavy, and he asked a little unspeakably: "Why did Nan Nan say that there was food at home, but she hadn't eaten for two days." There are also houses that have been crushed by heavy snow, Your Majesty has already announced to the world that the imperial court will help the people to rebuild......" But as soon as he finished asking, without waiting for the woman to answer, Zhang Zheng suddenly smiled bitterly.

Zhang Zheng understood that it was not the government of Lantian County that had a problem, but that there was a problem in Nanpo Village. The uncle who wore the same clothes came to bring them food, and it should be the errand sent by the Lantian County Ya.

As for rebuilding houses, the young and strong people in Nanpo Village are all dead, so what can be used to rebuild them. Do you rely on those women and children in the field, or do you rely on the servants sent by the county government?

In the entire Lantian County, there are only more than 200 people from the county order to the government officials, and it is difficult enough to send food from door to door, so how can they rebuild?

It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice~