"Lord Cheng said with a smile, it was Lord Cheng who appreciated his face and had a light meal with us rough people. ”

Cao Genu gave a toothless smile and waved back after the bull poured the hot tea.

"Without further ado, it's better to hit the day or let's see you at the Xiangshan Building at noon, I'll send someone to make arrangements, Ming Qiantuan is now eighty people, and I'll charter the entire Xiangshan Building to pick up the wind and wash the dust, haha, that's it?"

said that it was an inquiry, but it was an undoubted arrangement of everything, and the bright light under his eyes was deep and cold, and he was quietly tentative.

The other party threw out an olive branch of sincerity, but Cao Genu couldn't ask for it, so he got up and gave it up indifferently:

"Lord Cheng is so enthusiastic, Cao and his brothers are disrespectful haha, then let's... See you at noon?"

Since ancient times, it is easy to talk at the dinner table.

"Hahaha, then it's decided, Cheng Hao, you go and prepare everything, and be sure to let Captain Cao feel the flavor of our imperial capital and the charm of the south. ”

Cheng Penghui's eyes were slightly relaxed, although the fact that people came to the imperial capital meant that they were satisfied with Shen Lao's conditions, but they were still close to being really in place, and there was almost something more practical.

Suppressing the joy in their hearts, this is the first batch of powerful help they have secretly recruited, if it goes well today... He can return to Shen Lao.

Both sides were smiling and groaning, and officially said goodbye at the door.

Glancing at the two strong men and guards from a distance, and feeling some subtle and extraordinary fluctuations as soon as he entered the door, Cheng Penghui slowly lowered the curtain of the carriage, and his suppressed eyebrows finally relaxed a little.

Cao Genu entered the door and slowly put down his smile, and said in a deep voice: "Big cow and rhubarb, come out." ”

"Captain, what are you looking for?", who has been trekking outside all the year round, with a somewhat healthy dark face, a tall body of nearly 195, threw down his arms, and smiled with an unchangeable country accent.

Da Niu's full name is Lin Da Niu, when he was three years old, most of Linjia Village was washed clean by the flood in the middle of the night, with countless deaths and injuries, and he went in his sleep, including the honest and kind village chief grandfather.

Houses have been washed down the river, all belongings have disappeared along the river, and the land, the root of survival, has become a deep riverbed.

As a result, the few surviving more than 50 villagers were able to integrate into the new village after seeking help from nearby township officials, except for a few who had relatives in other villages.

The rest of the people bowed in the direction of Linjia Village, and marched towards the imperial capital, hoping to attract the attention of officials from all over the road, and even the attention of the imperial palace in the far south.

Linjia Village was already remote, and the sudden flood not only washed away Linjia Village, but also several villages suffered heavy losses, so they did not dare to accept refugees in vain.

When there is a famine, everyone is in danger, and the mud bodhisattva crossing the river is difficult to protect himself, so how can he send the surplus grain in vain?

At the beginning, the villagers of Linjia Village were also very understanding, honest and peaceful, and this kind of behavior of not stealing, robbing and guarding themselves moved the village chief of a village, and finally let them in.

But then the stomach was so hungry that everyone ate the roots of the trees and the grass roots, and there were no fields, no food and no food, and no warm clothing, so that everyone's psychology was close to collapse.

In the end, when there is nothing to eat, I think about what I shouldn't be worried about.

At first, it came secretly, but later, it was openly robbed, and the weakness of human nature was slowly exposed until it was exhausted, so that it was driven out by the outside village unanimous to the outside world.

Da Niu's father and mother are honest and timid, and half of all the food they searched for went into the belly of the only baby who was rescued.

Two-year-old sister ...... Suffocated alive in a flood mixed with almost impermeable mud, they were washed near a place where they often went to hide and seek, and when they found it, it was already cold.

But none of them cried.

Maybe it's the flood that is too earth-shattering, or maybe it's the life in the future, it's lost, or maybe it's ...... Their family will also be reunited soon.

When life tests human nature the most, it is often a long wandering road without enough food and clothing, without roots and leaves.

The so-called imperial court opened warehouses to release grain, and the crowdfunding and public assistance of the co-relief office and the fund-raising office were exploited layer by layer, and the corruption filled their pockets, and it was long since they were unable to take their turn.

Wandering all the way, beating drums and shouting grievances all the way, no one accepted them, because there were not many of them left, and they were quickly reduced to twenty or thirty people.

The stomach cramped with hunger, and finally everyone began to exchange meat for meat, from frequent vomiting at first, to becoming accustomed to it.

Even relying on the largest number of people in their village, one day he actually stretched out his hand to a little girl from the old and weak women and children in the outer village.

But he still stood up bravely and scolded the usually gentle and hearty neighbor, and the other party snorted, stopped because the other party's family came back from looking for food, and glared at them fiercely.

Before leaving, he also glanced at the big cow meaningfully.

The father and mother of the big cow shook their bodies again and hugged the big cow tightly, obviously getting closer and closer to the warm southern country, but they felt more and more cold and abnormal.

Worried eyes looked at each other, they decided to send only one person out to look for food at a time, and they didn't dare to enlarge the cow alone, although their own kid was still a strong boy after losing weight, but to an adult who often ate human flesh......

After a few days of calm, something suddenly happened that made people's eyelids jump.

Da Niu's father was anxious, seeing that it was dark, and he hadn't seen his mother-in-law come back, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

decided to go to the big cow and his mother, but he was still thinking about the child, and the big cow sleeping on his back went to the place where they usually looked for food.

When I first arrived at the peach blossom grove, I said it was a peach blossom, but in fact it became a bare tree trunk, and the roots of the tree were basically dug up.

With a 'squeak', Da Niu and his father removed his shoes and looked at the things on the ground in a daze.

This is...... He gave Da Niu a mother's love token.

She always smiled and said that this was her most precious thing outside her body, and usually, in order to work, it had always been hung in front of her moon......

In all these years, he had never seen her take it off, except for bathing moments......

Dig out the jade pendant that has fallen into the soil with your hands, wipe off the mud and dust on it, and receive it into the innermost pocket of your chest.

The hands on the back of the big bull tremble slightly, trying to be calm, and people's instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm always drives them to think about the worst and most in line with the law of development.

'Crunch', he quickened his pace, and suddenly stopped in a corner, and under the fifteen flawed moonlight, the light was so abundant that it made people's eyes ache.

The throat was choked like an inflamed throat from a bad cold, and there was a hint of cracked lips that were thick and dry, and there was a hint of cracked lips, but nothing came out.

It's like suddenly seeing the cold and stiff little body of his beloved little girl, still holding the small wooden toy he recently made......

The woman on the ground, or rather, a cold skeleton.

Lying quietly on the cold red earth.

The blur of flesh and blood is not enough to describe, or rather, except for the head, the rest of the body, like slaughtering a sheep and a pig, was cut off by a person piece of flesh.

Da Niu Ta's father lifted the dough-like softened legs and feet, and slowly stepped forward and knelt on the left side of her waistbone, his big hands trembling and not knowing where to put them.

“...... the kid...... Jingjing...", as soon as she spit out her maiden name, her voice was choked again.

waited until her eyes touched the clenched things of her finger bones, and finally couldn't help the grief in her heart, making this big man who had always stood up to the sky cover his eyes and cry.