The Zhao family and Su Xiyuan were warmly retained by the Song family and ate a hearty lunch before leaving. Song Laosi also borrowed the Jiang family's ox cart and sent them to the entrance of their village.

Su Xiyuan bent down to carry the bamboo basket on the ground, and was almost flashed. The basket, which should have been empty, was filled with potatoes, turnips, cabbage, a bag of wheat, and a pound of bacon—more than they had brought with them!

Zhao shook her head helplessly, looking at these things, she felt a lot more at ease. The better the Song family lives, the more her daughter and granddaughter will not face the situation of starvation. Very good!

Song Laosi and Zhao Changsheng sent the captured thieves to the official mansion, and when they came back, their faces were not good. There was a drought in the early part of this year, and there was a lot of rain in the later part of the year, and many villages had no harvest. In order to survive, many people choose to take risks, stealing, robbing, pickpocketing, and taking......

Wulei County has already received a lot of similar cases, what can be done? The prisons are full, and the county government has to feed them! Some prisoners were beaten and released, but they hugged the stone lion in front of the county yamen, crying and making a fuss about life and death and did not want to leave. How nice it is to have food and drink in prison, it is much better than waiting to starve to death at home!

Zhao Changsheng sighed and said, "The county master said, let us insist on it again." King Chen has already sent people to the south to purchase grain, and soon there will be cheap grain sales in the town, and those hungry and red-eyed people will not stare at us! ”

Song Laohan said worriedly: "What if there is cheap grain? In the past few years, the big guy's family has long been emptied, how can there be money to buy food? ”

"King Chen loves the people like a son, he won't care, right? Didn't we distribute relief food last year? "Song Laosi is quite optimistic.

Zhao Changsheng glanced at him and shook his head in his heart: Chongzhou is not a rich place, King Chen has been helping the victims for two consecutive years, even if his family has a mountain of gold, it has also been taken out! He wondered in his heart, should he dedicate his discovery in the mountains to King Chen?

Thinking of his wife at home and his identity, Zhao Changsheng quickly dispelled this thought: he, Zhao Changsheng, the only task is to protect this family and protect ...... She!

The village chief invited all the heads of more than 50 households in the village to a meeting to discuss the establishment of a village protection team.

The village chief smoked a dry tobacco pouch, glanced at the villagers in front of him who were not talking, and said bitterly: "I know, it's cold, and the big guys don't want to participate." However, have you ever thought that the news that our village was not affected by the disaster has already spread in the nearby villages of ten miles and eight villages. There are two of those things like last night, and the next person to be emptied of food is likely to be you! Participating in the village protection team is to protect your own home!! ”

"Village chief, it's not that we don't want to participate. How cold is the winter here, frostbite all night outside, and people are hard! How do you protect the village, how do you patrol? A man about thirty years old took a breath of hot air into his hand and stomped his feet, his words full of helplessness.

The village chief looked at Zhao Changsheng and asked, "Changsheng, you can do some kung fu and walk through darts with people, and you must have seen more than us." Do you have any solutions? ”

Zhao Changsheng thought for a while and said, "I do have a few immature opinions. ”

"Tell me about it!" The village chief's eyes lit up and urged.

Zhao Changsheng took a look at the terrain of the mountain village in his mind, and said after a pause: "You can pick the tallest tree in the four directions of the village, southeast, northwest, and build a tree house. The tree house can shelter from the wind and rain, and can overlook the whole village, which is used for lookout and vigilance. Inside, the combustible brazier keeps warm. Choose another place to use as a resting place for the escort team, and every once in a while, go out on patrol. ”

Well, in this way, the watchtower and the patrol team have it, double security!

Song Laohan said: "Our Song family's ancestral house is uninhabited, and it is at the entrance of the village. You can lend it to the village protection team to rest! ”

A few carpenters also stood up: "We will build a wooden house to ensure that it is warm and firm!" ”

Zhang Orion said: "I have a few skins at home, which can be lent to the people standing guard to wear, that thing is the warmest!" ”

Seeing this, others also expressed their active cooperation one after another, and obeyed the command in all actions.

The village chief saw that the big guys were thinking in one place, and they were trying to make a difference, nodding again and again, and their eyes were hot.

Song Laohan returned home and said to his five sons: "It's decided, one person from each family will join the escort team, and you brothers will take turns!" After all, it's a matter of our own safety! ”

Song Laosi said: "It's not every day, our family can only take turns once in a few days, and I only go for half a night at a time, I'll do it alone!" ”

Boss Song shook his head and said, "We are a family, how can we put everything on your head?" Listen to my father's arrangement, our brother will go in four turns! ”

Wait a minute, brother? Song Qingmo hurriedly said: "Big brother, did you forget me?" ”

Boss Song looked his weak body up and down, and said with a little disgust in his eyes: "Didn't your husband say that you should try it next year?" It's not been a few months, so you'd better be more warm. If you can come back after taking the exam, you will be considered a contribution to your family. ”

Song Laohan knocked the cigarette bag pot and echoed: "What your eldest brother said is good. Don't get involved with the village protection team, lest you suffer from the wind and cold, and you have to spend money to see a doctor! ”

Not long after Song Laohan came back, Song Laosi was called away by the village chief again. There were six or seven strong men standing in the village chief's house, among them were Zhang Lihu and Zhao Changsheng. Song Sixi seemed to have guessed the village chief's intentions.

Sure enough, the village chief looked at them and said slowly: "The village wants to set up a village protection team, there is no benefit or anything, it's okay for a day or two, and it will definitely be dispersed after a long time." I wondered, can you go into the mountains again and get some prey back as a reward for the village protection team? ”

Song Laosi gasped in his heart, can it be so easy to enter the mountain? If it wasn't for the sharp blade given to him by his mother last time, would the autumn hunting team be able to return completely! Now, it's freezing, and the difficulty of hunting has to be increased several times!

Zhao Changsheng should come down first and said, "I'm fine!" ”

The sadness on Zhang Orion's face instantly dissipated, and he followed closely: "If there is Brother Zhao, I have no problem!" ”

Who in the village doesn't know that Zhang Changsheng's kung fu is good, and he once killed more than a dozen wolves by himself, and with him, the safety factor has been raised to a new height. Coupled with the words of the fourth child of the Song family, Zhang Orion was full of confidence in this winter hunt.

The other villagers also thought the same, and when Song Laosi agreed to join, the others also nodded in agreement.

The village chief was relieved again, and said with a little guilt: "This is about to be the New Year...... On this trip into the mountains, you remember that it doesn't matter if you are a prey or not, your safety is the most important! ”