"What are you doing here?"

Dongfang Shuo asked knowingly.

"This ......" Li Zheng wiped the sweat on his forehead, bowed his head and said: "The official doesn't know, Xiaolongkan is located at the foot of the mountain, and every year the heavy snow covers the mountain, there are wild beasts invading the village, and the small people will do a good job of defense in advance to prevent the invasion of wild beasts!" ”

These people chop wood and transport things, and they really seem to have a bit of meaning in what he says.

If Dongfang Su hadn't known the secret of Shu Ge earlier, maybe he would have been fooled by him.

"Oh?" The corners of Dongfang Shuo's mouth hooked up a sneer, pointed to the tree kudzu in a person's back basket not far away, and asked, "Isn't that a tree kudzu?" Kudzu is poisonous, so what is the use of you digging up kudzu? ”

Li Zheng's body trembled like a sieve, and while he was struggling, he quietly observed the expressions of these officials, and saw that they had a playful look on their faces, and immediately "plopped" and began to kowtow.

shouted: "Xiaomin doesn't hide from the official, and is willing to tell you the secrets of the village, we are trying to fill our stomachs!" ”

"How do you fill up?"

"Adults don't know that arrowroot can be ground into powder and eaten after soaking, and we are making arrowroot powder."

"Isn't kudzu poisonous? And how can it be eaten? ”

"Soak for five days, you can eat, if the adults don't believe it, it's better to go to the cold house, let the old wife make it for the adults to taste, and there are a few old hens at home, and they can also be made together with the adults to make wine dishes!"

Dongfang Shuo laughed, the horsewhip made a crisp sound in the air, and he scolded: "You little old man, you seem to be old and confused, but you are actually very shrewd!" ”

Gu Lan watched from a distance, biting her lower lip, she immediately realized that these people were coming for her.

Thinking about it, the reason can only be in Wang's Restaurant, the cassava flour she sold has attracted the attention of these officials, so what will they come for?

A three-year-old can think of it.

At this moment, Gu Lan finally understood what it was like for a child to hold gold in the city.

It's like being roasted on a fire.

She still lacks understanding of this era, and she doesn't know how tempting it will be for a fresh, edible food to appear.

She wanted to stand up and take on all this, but was held down by the woman next to her.

"Leave it to Lizheng, he will always have a way to solve it."

Will you give it to Rizheng?

Gu Lan carefully looked at the old man kneeling on the ground, he was older than Grandpa Shao, his hair was gray, and his waist was bent, he helped the court collect food that day, she felt that she was doing nothing here, like a person who was in the same category as those officials.

oppress the people, fish and flesh among the people.

But looking at the attitude of the villagers at this time, I felt a little different.

Everyone trusts Li Zheng very much, and he will stand up when he encounters something, even if he is very spineless, he can always solve a possible disaster with the smallest loss.

It's the poor hen of the house......

In just a few days, it was hit hard one after another.

"Kudzu is edible after being poisonous, who told you? Why didn't you report it to the court? ”

Dongfang Shuo asked aggressively.

"My lord, this method is the idea of the villain, the little old man has lived for decades, and he can't remember when he knew the method, only vaguely impressed, and he has not dared to try, this year there is really no food at home, and the little old man will not live long anyway, so he tried to eat the tree kudzu with this idea, but he didn't expect it to be able to eat!"

Li Zheng blew spittle, changed the topic, and said with a sad face: "The little old man hasn't had time to report to the court, thinking about letting the people in the village eat it and try the poison first, but I didn't expect the official to come, the official is really clever and powerful!" ”

Dongfang Shuo snorted coldly, realizing that the old man in front of him was a ghost, but he was afraid that he would not be able to tell the truth.

He slowly shifted his gaze and swept around the crowd.

asked, "Gu Lan can be here?" ”

"Adults know Gu Lan? She's just a little girl, what's the matter with adults looking for her? ”

Li Zheng looked puzzled and puzzled.

"The official learned that this method is her ancestral secret method, and I want to ask her clearly, what's the matter, can't it?"

"What! That girl told someone else about it! Li Zheng suddenly became furious, got up from the ground in a fit of rage, and scolded: "I tell you again and again, you must not tell anyone outside the village about this method!" What about Gu Lan! Bring her out to me! ”

"Don't tell anyone outside the village? The imperial court can't do it either? ”

Finally the truth came out of the old man's mouth, and Dongfang Shuo looked at him playfully.

Li Zheng's body stiffened, and he hated it so much that he hit his mouth.

sneered: "Please forgive me, the little old man is really helpless, the tree can be eaten, the more people know, the less we can eat?" If the adults don't dislike it, the little old man is willing to offer the secret method with both hands, and only ask the official to forgive the little old man! ”

Gu Lan walked out of the crowd, she looked timidly, looking at Li Zheng's eyes full of fear.

As soon as Li Zheng saw her, he hated her and kicked it, but because of old age and weakness, he almost flashed to himself.

He scolded: "You girl told outsiders? ”

Gu Lan pretended to be scared, covered her face and cried: "I really want money, so I sold the arrowroot powder to others......"

"Why is this girl like this! Tell others what else we eat! ”

"What a brainless girl! I'm! ”

The people in the village also pointed at Gu Lan, with a look of hatred, eager to come up and give her a kick.

Dongfang Shuo saw all this in his eyes, and sure enough, he said that an ignorant village girl, still a little girl, how could she know this secret method.

Now it seems that everything can be explained.

Li Zheng told the villagers the method and ordered them not to speak out, but instructed the villagers to rely on this method to survive the winter.

Who knew that a girl who wanted money would have the audacity to leak the matter.

Dongfang Shuo's eyes only stayed on Gu Lan for less than a second, and then he turned around happily.

"Drive," Dongfang Shuotou didn't reply, "Li Zheng Lao'er, lead the way ahead!" ”

This is at the invitation of Li Zheng, and he is going to his house to eat chicken.

When a group of people disappeared into the road, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to whisper.

Gu Lan bit her lower lip thoughtfully.

This level of cooperation from the villagers has broken through the ordinary villagers, which is also too tacit!

And why not let her say it was her idea? To protect her?

Why?

Gu Lan's mind was full of questions, and she couldn't figure it out.

"Alright, let's get back to work, hurry up!"

The people in the village consciously started the work in their hands, and the grass was thrown down by Dongfang Shuo, and Zhou Yang hurriedly held his daughter in his arms and coaxed her.

With doubts, Gu Lan went to the bamboo forest where Old Man Shao lived.