Knowing that Old Man Cheng wanted to see him, Cheng Shui didn't think much about it.

She is tolerant of women, children and the elderly.

But she didn't expect that Old Man Cheng saw her to give her this thing.

"Youtu."

Cheng Shui was rarely surprised, the ancient information traffic was unfavorable, and such a map was worth a lot of money, and he couldn't get it at all. Generally, only generals with heavy armies, or powerful nobles, have them.

"Old Village Chief Cheng, what does this mean?" Cheng Shui looked at the old man on the hospital bed with an inquiring gaze.

That's right, in addition to Xu Ci, Old Man Cheng is the second person to see through Cheng Shui's purpose. Cheng Shui is also aware of this, so he will be more curious about the old man in the bed.

"This thing...... Actually, it's the Li family, cough cough...... It has been the Li family caravan for so many years...... Step by step. Old Man Cheng coughed more and more: "Yes...... Ahem...... Your father did it. ”

Cheng Shui couldn't bear it, and frowned at Cheng Shu: "What about that old naughty boy, go and find him." ”

Cheng Shu was also worried, and hurriedly went out to find someone.

Old Man Cheng smiled, and there was an abnormal flush on his face, as if he was suddenly a few years younger.

"Cheng Yatou ......"

"I'm here."

"When your father handed this thing and the Li family into my hands, it was to protect you." Old Man Cheng suddenly stopped coughing: "I put things in your hands now, also to preserve ...... Protecting Rui Ge and Cheng ...... Close. After he finished speaking, he looked at Cheng Shui with kind eyes.

Cheng Shui held the old man's hand and forced: "Don't worry, rest assured." ”

"It's coming, it's coming, the old naughty boy is coming...... Cheng Shu dragged the old naughty boy in a trance.

He threw himself down in front of Old Man Cheng's bed, held the old man's hand, and trembled. A big man, choked in his throat and unable to speak.

Ruige's mother and son also surrounded him, and Cheng Shui quietly took a few steps back and quietly vacated the place.

"Didn't save it, didn't save it......" The old naughty boy was pulled into the house by Cheng Shu, only glanced at the person on the bed, and ran away.

Now no one can take care of him, Cheng Shui is not used to such an atmosphere, and as soon as he walked outside the room, he heard a wail coming from the house.

The Cheng brothers, who had just entered the courtyard, couldn't help but pause.

Autumn is finally coming.

......

Two funerals in a row made everyone in the Cheng family seem to be covered in a layer of haze.

The laughter of the past is gone.

After the displacement, all the villagers moved back to the village, but the Cheng family stayed in the Li family village.

In the study, Cheng Shui was studying the map.

Although she doesn't have to wear linen and filial piety, she is also dressed in plain clothes. It is worth mentioning that now Li Fan is responsible for her food and clothing, this person is used to enjoying it, and the preparation for Cheng Shui will not be bad.

After a few days of rectification, the functional division of the Li family's village has become clearer, and even some small rules have been observed.

For example, now, the study is heavy, and there is no permission to enter.

"Knock, knock, knock."

"Who?"

"The head of the family, the subordinates resign."

"Come in."

Xu Ci pushed the door in and saluted again: "Master, are you looking for me?" ”

"You don't have to be so restrained, you can come and see." Cheng Shui beckoned to him and motioned to the table.

"It's ...... Yutu! Xu Ci almost jumped up, and his reaction was much better than Cheng Shui's original.

"Well, look at the ones we need now."

Seeing her so calm, Xu Ci had no choice but to suppress the excitement in his heart. However, he didn't need to look closely, and after a pause, he said, "My subordinates feel that the top priority should be to strengthen themselves. Whether displaced or ...... We all need to be able to fight back. ”

The two of them knew what Xu Ci had omitted. Seeing that he coped with it easily, he also knew that he should have been thinking about it a lot these days.

Indeed, Xu Ci is willing to surrender to Cheng Shui, of which, five points are admiration for her as a god, two points are respect and trust in her identity, and the remaining three points are guilt.

This can be seen from the unscrupulous means in his last life for revenge, he has no literati temperament that would rather die than give in, nor is he a stubborn old-fashioned antique. For him, his family is more important, and in addition to that, it is better if he can realize his ideals and ambitions.

"You're right." Cheng Shui nodded, "Li Sandao has stepped up his training of manpower. There's one more thing you need to do. ”

"Head of the house, please speak."

She pointed to a little lower part of Changliu Village, "This is marked with a small iron mine, but this map has been around for decades, and I don't know if the government has found it, so you can go and explore it first." ”

"Yes."

"This is next to the river under Changliu Village, you should pay attention to this trip...... If rain falls from the sky, how to deal with it. ”

As soon as this remark came out, Xu Ci was dumbfounded, this is ...... Is this saying it's going to rain? ...... How will you know?

He didn't dare to ask more, so he bowed his head.

After Xu Ci left, Cheng Shui sat down slowly. Of course, she knew the consequences of saying this, but due to the great drought, the river was dry, and if she didn't remind her, Xu Ci was likely to be caught off guard.

As for what he thinks in his heart, he is not afraid. One is that he doesn't dare to talk nonsense, and the other is that Cheng Shui is fed up with patience and grievances.

Her wife, what she was supposed to do would stir up the storm, are she afraid of a little legend.

As Cheng Shui expected, Xu Ci's heart was shocked, and he didn't dare to show it, Cheng Hui asked, and only said that he was going out to do something.

In the past few days, the three brothers of the Cheng family, including Cheng Guan's father and son and Li Benqi, all the men in the village have been trained by Li Sandao.

Because it was Cheng Shui's order, in order to let everyone save their lives.

Everyone is also very dedicated, and on this basis, Cheng Shui instructed Li Fan, who is now managing logistics, to increase it to three meals a day, and the food is full.

There is no need to mention the matter of martial arts, but the things that were said to recruit people did not go well.

The homeless people in this vicinity don't know if they have participated in the robbery of Shili Village and Changliu Village, and they dare not collect it indiscriminately.

Then there are only two people from the village who can recruit, although it is said that the food is full, but now the young and middle-aged are precious, and it is not really difficult for the family, and they are not willing to join the caravan.

It is worth mentioning that in the original Changliu Village, the lone seedling left by Mrs. Gao's family went up the mountain. Now he is mixed with Cheng San and several teenagers, and every day is also a scene in the village.

Taking this opportunity, Cheng Shui proposed that teaching one is also teaching, and teaching two is also teaching.

In order to find more things to do for Cheng Guan, let all the children in the village have to learn the words of Cheng Guan for two hours every day, not to be outstanding in writing, just to read, read, and count.

The people with children in the village were overjoyed when they heard this, you know, in this world, the poor people who can learn their names are considered talented, and half of the people in a hundred people may not be able to read and write, and there are only a few around Cheng Shui.

So everyone rushed to show favor to Cheng Shu, and in those few days, the threshold was about to be broken.

The days on the mountain seemed to have calmed down all of a sudden.

If not, Cheng Shui is waiting for that news.