In the thatched hut that leaked everywhere, dappled sunlight poured in through the cracks, adding a bit of warmth to this dilapidated house.

"Whew~ A bait and a mouthful of boiling water, don't change a dragon chair!"

It is said that it is a dead dough, but in fact, it is more like a bun in later generations.

With a dry throat, Chen Youshui finally rushed down a large mouthful of bun that was choked in his throat, and the warm current went straight to his abdomen, making him so comfortable that he squinted his eyes and groaned.

Guo Changhan on the other side was not much better, gobbling it up.

"Eat slowly, and no one will rob you!"

His subordinates were so embarrassed, Meng Ke didn't want to look at them. He held the bowl in both hands, took a sip of warm water, and reminded in a low voice.

"Huh!"

The two of them responded, and the speed really slowed down.

This scene fell in the eyes of Zhang Laohan, who was smiling on the side, and his smile stiffened for a moment, and then returned to normal.

"It's okay, it's okay, I used to be a homeless person, a Han who fled back from Cyprus, and I feel the most clear about leaving my hometown to beg for a living and being hungry......

Zhang Laohan slowly unveiled his memories, and his turbid eyes revealed a little warm longing: "...... When I came to the village to ask for a bowl of water to drink, the village elder gave me a steamed bun and a bowl of scallion soup, and it took root here......

Chen Youshui and Guo Changhan listened to his narration, and secretly sighed in their hearts, 'They are all hard-working people'.

Zhang Laohan continued to tell his story: "After so many years, I still remember that bowl of soup...... It was as big as you, and there wasn't a drop of water left......"

"Uncle Zhang, don't be sad, you will have a good life in the future!"

Seeing that he was emotional, Chen Youshui hurriedly interrupted him, for fear that he would be sad.

Although Guo Changhan has a reckless and rude personality, his heart is not bad, he patted Zhang Laohan's shoulder, and comforted with a dull face: "Yes, yes, it will be fine in the future!" ”

"It's hard!"

Zhang Laohan touched Tiegen's head and sighed softly.

"Our village is poor, food is already scarce, and now there is famine...... It's hard enough to be able to sustain it. If it weren't for the protection of the master...... I am afraid that I have already been trampled into white bones by the hungry people. ”

After Zhang Laohan finished speaking, the room fell silent, and the atmosphere became extremely depressing.

Meng Ke and the three exchanged glances with each other and grasped the key in this sentence.

The Lord's Protection?

"Uncle Zhang, is this 'master' a good man in the township?"

Meng Ke showed a hint of curiosity on his face, and took the little horse and probed forward: "We are also fed up with the life of wandering, and we want to find a good family to serve the master to sell ourselves, so that we can fill our stomachs and live."

This kind of thing is not uncommon in this kind of people's poor life, and everyone is used to it. Moreover, as long as you can survive, sell yourself, sell yourself, anyway, it's just a different way of living.

Who would have thought that Uncle Zhang waved his hand after hearing this, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Master Zhao is indeed a good man in the township, and the whole village is his tenant." But if you want to sell yourself into the Zhao family as a slave, I advise you to dispel this idea......"

He paused, and then said slowly: "Since the great drought in Shaanxi more than two years ago, tens of thousands of people have been displaced. Master Zhao is kind-hearted, and his family is already full of people, not to mention the family members and subordinates who sell themselves, and even the tenants are not appropriate. ”

"So what are you going to do?"

Guo Changhan quickly adapted to his identity, secretly pushed Lao Chen, and asked anxiously.

"Ahem......"

Before Chen Youshui could swallow the bun in his mouth, he was choked by this sudden push, covering his mouth and coughing violently.

Drop the chain again and again......

Meng Ke secretly glanced at him, picked up the conversation and asked:

"Uncle Zhang, we really don't want to suffer from displacement anymore. We don't ask for big households to take in, we just want to not offend people in Beixiang, please give me advice, which big households in the township are evil, and which city tigers (small gangsters) are ruthless. ”

"Baby, you're a smart man! Since you want to know, let me tell you. Remember, in the village, you must not offend them. ”

Hearing this, Uncle Zhang glanced at him deeply and bowed his head appreciatively.

"Yes, yes, how many guts did we have? Dare to offend them? ”

Meng Ke smiled and nodded in agreement.

"This first one is ......"

……

"Smack-"

"The goal is already there...... This first one is the master of the Zhou family in Nantian Village! ”

Inside the hut, the carbon fire crackled as it burned.

Meng Ke stepped on the chair, looked around with a sharp gaze, and slammed the table.

Who would have thought that the mortise and tenon structure of the table would collapse in response.

Fortunately, everyone thought that the table was in disrepair and did not attract much attention.

Only one person's pupils shrank, and he sighed in his heart, 'What a lot of strength'.

This man's surname was Wang, his name was Jinshan, and he was a carpenter.

The others couldn't see it, but he knew that the table was made of birch, which is the most common in northern Shaanxi.

Birch wood is relatively hard, has poor resistance to decay, and is easy to deform when wet.

If Meng Ke's palm caused the table legs to bend and the table top to dent, this is possible.

But directly let the mortise and tenon joint break......

Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that the junction has been eaten into a hollow by insects.

The details will be carefully ......

"Who's going to fix the table? Let's fix it! ”

"Huh? Forehead! Yes! ”

Wang Jinshan squeezed over excitedly.

……

"Let's take this week's house as a good start......"

Meng Ke gave up a position to Wang Jinshan and continued.

"Good! Do him, you must do him! No, it's his whole family! ”

Chen Youshui echoed indignantly.

This simple tenant man has been so angry with the 'Zhou family crime' described by Uncle Zhang that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.

Shocking!

"I really can't imagine it, how can anyone be evil like this? Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of rats will make holes. The two sons surnamed Zhou are not good goods, they are male thieves and prostitutes! ”

He gasped and complained.

"What do you mean by that? Weasel and snake in a room? ”

"It's a nest of snakes and rats!"

Jia Shi coughed and added.

"Yes, rats and snakes in a nest! The walls of his Zhou family and the fields were all piled up with the bones of the villagers! ”

After that, Lao Chen pulled Guo Changhan and pushed forward.

"Lao Guo, you come and tell them, you have to take a breath!"

Guo Changhan sighed, he saw it very clearly.

Where did Lao Chen not think how evil the Zhou family could be? What the Zhou family did once happened around them. It's just that at that time, everyone was a plain-headed commoner, let alone talking to the victim, and they didn't even dare to glance there.

But it's different now......

Guo Changhan glanced at Meng Ke, whose face was sinking like water, and was holding his hands on his chest and falling into thought, and his heart settled down slightly.

With Meng Xiaolang, everyone dared to speak out to ridicule those landlords who were strong and strong, and dared to stand up and resist......

……

"Meng Xiaolang, just say it directly, what should you do?!"

Lu Cai walked in from outside with a pot of broth.

The meat in the pot is the result of today's hunting team - an old rabbit that has shed its hair and a litter of baby rabbits.

The stone stove was not far from the house, and his cooking of soup did not prevent the 'PAW team from holding a meeting'.

As soon as his words came out, everyone's eyes focused on Meng Ke.

"We have few people and no weapons, if we want to succeed, we must be surprised and unprepared!"

Meng Ke pulled out his waist knife, and there was a rare murderous aura in his eyes: "Let's do it today, the four principals of the Zhou family, none of them will be left!"

The light of the cold knife reflected the dotted carbon fire, and the people around could even smell the stench of blood left on the blade.

Intoxicating and exciting!

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Lu Cai excitedly pulled out the pig-killing knife and echoed loudly.

Who knew that Meng Ke gave him a disappointed look and turned his head to look at Jia Shi.

The little scholar was very upright, and when he received the leader's instructions, he immediately raised his hands and shouted: "I am willing to die for Lang Jun!"

"I am willing to die for Lang Jun!"

The chaotic echo came together and was deafening.

"Wrong, it's to die for the people of the world!"

Meng Ke corrected sharply,

"Gentlemen, you are waiting for the road to worship the general, starting today!"

……

These four words have been absolutely attractive to any man (even emperors) throughout the ages.

All the tasks of hunting and building houses were temporarily put on hold, and everyone drank broth, shared rabbit meat, nourished their spirits, and silently waited for a news.

"Smack-"

I don't know how long it took, but the midday sun gradually set westward, and finally there was a rush of footsteps outside the house.

The door was pushed open, and all eyes were on the visitor.

Chen Youshui gasped and felt that the clothes on his body were already soaked.

He looked up and tried to speak, but the sound in his dry throat and eyes was as bad as a broken gong beating a drum.

"Hit, hit...... I inquired about ......"

"Quick, Lao Lu, bring a bowl of water to Lao Chen to drink!"

Meng Ke looked overjoyed, and did not rush to urge the news.

Hearing this, Lu Cai hurriedly handed over the bowl in his hand.

After Chen Youshui took it, he poured it into his mouth a few mouthfuls, and then sat on the chair, panting heavily, and his face became ruddy.

"You can rest for a while......"

"No, Meng Xiaolang, don't ...... rest"

Chen Youshui waved his hand tiredly and continued: "It was not easy to avoid the sight of Uncle Zhang and the people of Zhangjia Village to trick Tiegen out. He told Emen that there is indeed a bamboo forest, and there is no need to detour, you can see a bamboo forest on the path from Emen to Nantian Village......

It turned out that he had traveled nearly thirty miles back and forth to inquire about the location of the bamboo forest.

"Good! Lao Chen, you just stay in the shack and guard everyone's family, let's ......"

Meng Ke patted the other party's shoulder, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Youshui: "If you don't stay, you have to go." I want to be the first to rush in and kill this rich and unkind livestock! ”

"Good!"

……

"We don't ask how good you are, just line up in a row, listen to my command, and march together with the sharpened bamboo!"

Meng Ke glanced at the thirteen men holding bamboo guns around him, and for a while he really felt a little hot.

Delusion, illusion.

He shook his head and laughed to himself.

"Meng Xiaolang, what if the bamboo spear is cut off?"

Under the shade of the trees, a man raised the doubts in his heart.

Meng Ke glanced at him,

"Then use it as a stick, take it and rush with us! Let's rush to the front, you can follow......"

The man and Meng Ke glanced at each other, their eyes quickly glanced elsewhere, and when they saw Meng Ke turn his head, they quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

'Fortunately, Meng Xiaolang didn't see it, alas, I'm really a little scared! ’

Alas, after all, he is a good family, and it is normal to be afraid of suddenly fighting with others with inferior weapons.

Meng Ke shook his head and sighed silently in his heart.

He knows the truth that 'a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall', and as the boss, he should not have personally led the charge, but there is really no one available at the moment.

If you shrink back and cower again, I am afraid that the army's spirit will collapse in an instant.

There is no advance or retreat, just live to die!

……

"How long will it take for you guys to arrive? I can't see the way anymore. ”

Lu Tu licked his lips and asked a little irritably.

The sun was already about to set, and if they didn't get to Nantian Village before dark, their group of malnourished people would be blind.

Night blindness is an innate accessory to everyone in this era, and it has almost become an innate accessory.

"It should be almost there, according to what Tiegen said, we have already walked half the way when we arrived at the bamboo forest, and we have been walking for so long......"

Chen Youshui touched the beads of sweat on his head, he had traveled more than seventy miles a day, and Rao was now supported by Guo Changlin, and he was a little unbearable.

Suddenly, Meng Ke in front of him stopped.

"Meng Xiaolang, what's wrong? Arrived? ”