"Grandma! The people in the village did not run! They are all at the foot of the mountain, digging arrows! ”

Xuan'er ran home panting, only to find that there was no one in the village, he immediately ran to the east of the village, wanting to see if Gu Lan and they were still at home, who knew that before they got close, they heard a fiery trumpet.

He didn't dare to come closer, but secretly looked behind the tree for a while, and thought it was very strange that the people in the village had dug up the kudzu from the mountain and transported it down, and many people had pulled down the branches and leaves of the kudzu.

He couldn't figure out what he was going to do, so he had to hurry back and tell his family.

When Mrs. Gu heard this, her brows furrowed, Shu Ge, there were rumors in the village that Gu Lan's children were so hungry that they went to the mountains to dig Shu Ge, but then Gu Lan didn't die, so she didn't care.

Could it be that the people in the village have something to do with Gu Lan digging tree kudzu?

"Have you seen your Sister Lan?"

"Look! It's good, Zhu'er, Liang'er, and Zhu'er are all fine, and they're not dead! ”

Zhu'er is a child in the end, and she is ignorant of what Gu Xinghua is doing, but she also knows that if she doesn't get it right, she will die.

Now seeing that Gu Lan is not dead, he is faintly relieved in his heart.

Mrs. Gu slumped in her chair, "It's good if you're not dead, it's good if you're not dead." ”

Then he fell into deep thought, glanced at the women and children in the family, and instructed: "Eldest daughter-in-law, you go to the village to inquire about what they are doing." ”

Li was a little reluctant, twisted and refused to move, pouted and said: "Xinghua is about to offend people to death, and the people in the village don't call us to work, what kind of good face can I have when I go?" Why don't you call your second sibling to go? ”

She and the Chen family entered the Gu family at about the same time, and the two of them quarreled endlessly over who did more and ate less, and later compared each other in the confinement, and fought at least twice for a mouthful of food, and the feud in this confinement was settled.

At the beginning, Gu Lan's children were kicked out of the house and lived alone, and the Li and Chen families all had the idea of separating the family, but Mrs. Gu was unwilling.

When she finds an opportunity, she will squeeze on the Chen family, where will she let go of this opportunity.

Chen Shi rolled her eyes, and before she could speak, Mrs. Gu slapped the table and shouted, "I'm an old woman, what I'm saying now is useless, isn't it?" ”

Li Shi gasped in his nose and replied in a rough voice: "Okay, I'll go and see what they are doing." ”

Li waved his sleeves and pulled his eldest son to go out.

Her son Dan'er is fourteen years old this year, and he is already a young man, and he will discuss marrying his daughter-in-law in two years, but in this situation at home, Mrs. Gu is reluctant to take out a few eggs.

She has been talking about breaking up her family, otherwise she will suffer from this anger for decades.

Dan'er has listened to these words since he was a child, and his ears are almost calloused.

He touched his ears impatiently: "Mother, if you dare to say it, why don't you discuss it with your father?" What's the use of telling me? ”

"Hey, you kid!"

Li raised his hand to hit him, but at this moment, he suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice.

"Hey, where are all the people in this village?"

Li Shi turned his head blankly, and at a glance, he saw two horses tied to the tree not far away, the horses snorted, and there were seven or eight men standing next to them, all wearing red official uniforms without exception, but there were slight differences in color and accessories.

She couldn't tell the difference, but she also knew what the red color meant, and she was suddenly frightened, how could there be so many officials in the village!

"Mother, it's an official!"

Dan'er hid behind her, cowering in terror.

The men were getting closer, and the man at the head was handsome and had an extraordinary temperament, and he looked at Li and waved his horsewhip impatiently.

"What about you, can't the ignorant village woman even understand human words?"

"Why should adults be angry with this kind of woman, just give a beating!"

"That's it, don't do it, this village is really strange, no one has seen it since they entered the village, where have they gone?"

The person who came was Dongfang Shuo and his subordinates, the last time he asked the source of tapioca flour in Wang's restaurant, he thought about finding Gu Lan and getting the secret method.

But he was delayed by official business, and as soon as he finished his errand, he rushed to Xiaolongkan with his subordinates non-stop, and there is no need to say much about the hardships along the way.

The strangest thing is that Xiaolongkan didn't see anyone for a long time.

But there are traces of human life in the houses in the village.

Dongfang Shuo immediately thought that it was these untouchables who knew that he was coming to rest early and didn't want to tell him the secret method, so they avoided leaving.

In an instant, many ways to punish these untouchables had come to his mind.

When Li heard someone say that he was going to beat himself, his body was paralyzed, he couldn't say a word in his mouth, and he was bloody.

At a critical juncture, Dan'er still pointed to the east of the village with the courage to whisper: "Ladies and gentlemen, the people in the village don't know what to do over there, my mother and I are also going to check the situation, or I will show you the way!" ”

Dongfang Shuo nodded with satisfaction, took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and threw it over.

"Count you as acquaintances, reward you, lead the way ahead."

Dan'er put the silver in his mouth and bit it, and said in surprise: "Mother! It's silver! ”

He happily led the way in front, and talked incessantly along the way, trying to curry favor with these officials, and if he pleased them, he might get more rewards.

From his mouth, Dongfang Shuo knew what happened a few days ago, the girl named Gu Lan was embarrassed by the grain official because she couldn't hand over the grain.

Yes, the grain official will definitely not accept unknown tapioca flour, but she doesn't even have the money to buy it, does this mean that Gu Lan has just started exchanging tapioca flour for money?

Dongfang Shuo's fingers clenched the handle of the knife, and he was a little excited in his heart, the fewer people who knew about the things that the tree could eat, the better!

He has been thinking about this problem for the past few days, originally he wanted to tell the court about this method, and in terms of meritorious deeds, he will definitely be rewarded by the court, and his father will look down on him because of this.

But soon, under the reminder of his subordinates, Dongfang Shuo thought of another method, why didn't he hide the secret method by himself, make money with arrowroot powder, and establish his own power?

Even if his father looks down on him, he can't change his identity as just a side concubine of the Dongfang family, and he can't inherit the family business.

If you really want to make a name for yourself at home, you must be looked up to.

For this reason, Dongfang Shuo has decided to take the method of making arrowroot flour into his own hands, and the fewer people who know this method, the better, so as not to be discovered and used by people like him.

If necessary, he will kill everyone who knows how to do it.

Dongfang Shuo looked at the two untouchables leading the way in front of him, and his eyes suddenly deepened.

It's like a hungry wolf forced down the mountain in a long winter.