Cai Tai distributed the food to everyone, and everyone was grateful, saying that he had really met a good official. If Chu Zhongli wants to stay as a guest in Shixi Village, Chu Zhongli wants to be warm, but the number of people and prisoners he brings with him is almost twice that of Shixi Village, not to mention that if those prisoners arrive at night, they may not know what to do. I thought to myself, it's better to let the big army go back first, and my main people can be guests here.

So he said to Xu Yuan: "Old Xu, can you go back with the troops? There are so many people, they can't all stay in this small village." ”

Xu Yuan was a little distracted, looking at Fang Rou from time to time out of the corner of his eye, and said to Chu Zhongli: "Lord, do you think it's okay to change someone?" Chu Zhongli understood at once, nodded and said, "Okay, you stay here, then the waning moon will lead the team." "I thought to myself, Wanyue was able to command five or six hundred robbers to gather in the mountains and forests, and let her lead the team will definitely be able to complete the task.

Wanyue looked at Chu Zhongli with innocent and pleading eyes, and said, "Master, I want to keep it too." Chu Zhongli was the most resistant to such a look, and said, "Okay, okay, you keep it, then Brother Lu will lead the team?"

Lu Chongxi shook his head with a Confucian crown and said, "Xiao Sheng really doesn't know where Linjiang City is. ”

Everyone's eyes gradually looked at Zhang Feizi, and Zhang Feizi shouted: "Don't look at me! I want to eat a banquet! Not to mention that it is already very difficult for me to manage myself, and let me manage so many people, doesn't it cost me my life?"

Chu Zhongli is a little embarrassed, he doesn't want to go, he wants to stay, so he can't go by himself, right? These are either old brothers, old friends, or partners, and harmony cannot be hurt. So I hesitated for a while, not knowing what to do.

At this time, Feng Yi seized this opportunity to come out, stepped forward in three steps and two steps, knelt in front of Chu Hou, and said, "The villain is willing to lead the team and bring the prisoners and supplies back to Linjiang City!"

"You...... Can it work?" Chu Zhongli really didn't trust him, a small soldier, sent a letter, saw a prisoner, and was able to lead the team?

"Master, I think he can do it, although he is not very good at martial arts, but he is serious. Wanyue persuaded beside him. What's more, there are Lao Chang and others, there is no problem with force, I think there is a lack of him who is serious about doing things.

"My lord, I think he can too. Xu Yuan was beside him to help. "If I ask Lao Zhang and Lao Liu, the two officers, to listen to him, there will definitely be no problem. In fact, Xu Yuan didn't know much about Feng Yi, but now no matter who goes, he doesn't have to go, so he can complete his big goal, so he also supports Feng Yi.

"Okay. Chu Zhongli smiled helplessly. "Then you lead the team, if you don't understand anything, ask Lao Zhang and Lao Liu, and Lao Cai will also follow, and compensate the place where the food and salary are requisitioned all the way, and they will be paid according to double the amount. ”

"Yes!" "Yes." Feng Yi and Cai Tai replied in unison.

After giving the order, Feng Yi led a team of nearly 1,000 people and left from Shixi Village. The five people who were left were Chu Zhongli, Xu Yuan, Zhang Feizi, Wanyue, and Lu Chongxi. Because Fang Laohan didn't have the labor to help them move the grain, these people went to Fang Laohan's house first to help them move the grain.

After arriving at Fang Laohan's house, I saw that the courtyard was messy, and the thatched hut seemed to be quite good, but it was the same inside, full of dust, and it looked like it was deserted. After Fang Rou saw it, she remembered the tragic past and couldn't help but shed tears.

Xu Yuan wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know what to say, he was a little nervous, pulled up his cuffs and trouser legs, and said, "I'll clean up the house!" Chu Zhongli smiled and said to the three people: "Let's go, let's go out first, hide outside and see the excitement." So the four of them said goodbye to Fang Laohan and Fang Rou, but they leaned on the wall to watch.

Fang Laohan asked Fang Roudao: "Girl, who is this?"

Fang Rou said: "This is General Xu Yuan, Chu Hou's right-hand man, he is very good, he saved me this time." ”

Fang Laohan was a little surprised: "How much grain can the general make in a year? That Liu Erzhu in the east of the village can make a lot of grain, and after eating, the rest is taken to the market and bought, and he can get a lot of broken silver, and there are almost one or two when he puts them together!"

Fang Rou smiled slightly and said, "Dad, don't ask." ”

After a while, Xu Yuan cleaned up the house, and Fang Rou said, "General Xu, thank you." Xu Yuan wiped the sweat on his head with the hem of his clothes and said, "Hey, thank you." I see you're running out of water in your tank, so I'm going to fetch you water!" "Don't...... No need to ......"

Before Fang Rou finished speaking, Xu Yuan picked up two buckets, ran to the well, and came back with two buckets of water in a row, saw that there was dust on the water tank, and brushed the tank clean. Then he went to the well and fetched seven or eight more buckets of water, and filled the jars. After filling it up, it was not enough, Xu Yuan saw that many places in this yard were too dirty, so he fetched two buckets of water and brushed the yard, although he was sweating profusely, he still kept dry. Old Man Fang stroked his sparse beard and looked at Xu Yuan with satisfaction.

Later, Xu Yuan really didn't know what to do, so he had to stand and stop doing it. Fang Rou handed Xu Yuan a towel and said, "General Xu, you ......" Originally, she wanted to say, "You don't have to help us do so much", but suddenly realized what Xu Yuan meant, and didn't say anything after that, her face turned red.

Xu Yuan stood there silly, scratching his head with his hand, not knowing what to say. Chu Zhongli was so anxious there, and thought, what are you stupid about, it's all paved to this point, can't you come to something simple?

After waiting for a while, Xu Yuan finally made up his mind and knelt down for Fang Laohan and Fang Rou. Fang Rou knew what he wanted to do, lowered his head, grabbed the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, bit his lip, and his whole face became even redder.

Before Fang Laohan could react, he said, "General Xu, why are you kneeling for us?"

Xu Yuan said: "I want to marry Miss Fang, I hope the old man can agree." ”

Fang Laohan said: "This ...... This ...... "He's too old to react to anything."

Xu Yuan continued: "I am not a smart person, but I am down-to-earth and willing to use this strength to make Miss Fang worry-free and unharmed. I hope the old man will promise me. ”

Fang Laohan finally understood, helped him up, and said: "Young man, I agreed, I see that you are so capable, you must have strength to pick up the hoe, you can find someone like you as a son-in-law, I am not afraid that my daughter will be hungry!"

"Haha, thank you Lao Taishan, I'll kowtow to you!" Xu Yuan happily kowtowed to Fang Laohan, and his head knocked loudly. Fang Laohan hurriedly helped him up, and Xu Yuan said to Fang Laohan: "In the future, the first boy I have with Fang Rou will give him the surname Fang, which can be regarded as the inheritance of your old Fang family......!" Good boy ......"

"Yay!" the waning moon suddenly jumped out and shouted. "I can't imagine that Lao Xu, you still have two more moments, you are stupid, this will take care of Fang Rou's sister!"

As soon as Chu Zhongli heard it, this waning moon was exposed as soon as he was happy, but it was just right, so let's all come out. And so he also emerged from outside the wall. Xu Yuan and Fang Rou were a little surprised at first, but they understood it instantly, and they both laughed.

Fang Rou suddenly approached Xu Yuan and whispered to him, "Why don't you ask me if I agree, just ask my father." ”

Xu Yuan smiled and said, "The order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, your father just agrees." Besides, I don't have to ask to know that you can definitely agree, based on your usual performance. ”

The last sentence made Fang Rou so ashamed, with Fang Rou's gentle character, he gently slapped Xu Yuan's waist with his fist and said, "I hate it." You...... Treat me well in the future. ”

"That's nature. Xu Yuan responded.

Chu Zhongli, as the person with the highest status present, of course had to say a few words, and said: "Since this is the case, then tonight's celebration banquet will be held together with the wedding banquet." Xu Yuan should be going to take Miss Fang back to Linjiang City, and when the time comes, you can't leave Old Man Fang here alone, you can go with the old man. ”

"Isn't my land deserted?" said Old Man Fang with his mouth open.

"Wow, what a place!" Zhang Feizi jumped out and said. "Your son-in-law has an ironworks, and when he starts running, he doesn't know how much land he earns a year. ”

"What is an ironworks called...... Fang Laohan said with his mouth open and his eyes blank.

"Well, when I go back, I'll give you ten acres of fertile land as a gift, and that's it, right?" Zhang Feizi said.

Fang Laohan shook his hand: "The big landlord only has ten acres of fertile land, and you are almost fat and wasted, and you will not be hired for plowing the land, and you will return ten acres of fertile land." ”

When everyone heard this, they all laughed, not knowing whether they were laughing at Zhang Feizi or laughing at the old man, but more because of the humor caused by the misplaced information between the two.

Fang Rou said to Xu Yuan, "You take out some silver and show it to my father." ”

Xu Yuan had five hundred taels before, and it was impossible to carry them all on his body, but he also carried four silver ingots, about twenty taels, and took them out of his pocket and handed them to Fang Laohan. "Father-in-law, this is my greeting gift to you. ”

Fang Laohan was shocked after seeing it, and said, "Why is there so much money?"

Fang Rou walked up to Fang Laohan and said, "So, you don't have to be afraid of the land being wasted, people don't rely on farming at all." ”

After everyone's persuasion in unison, Fang Laohan finally knew what was going on, and promised Fang Rou that after the wedding banquet tonight, he would return to Linjiang City with Fang Rou.

Lu Chongxi groaned: "Woohoo, a pair of beauties will eventually become married, how can this situation not make Xiaosheng poetry prosperous." So he shook his head and chanted a poem.