43. Lack of food
Cheng Sifang said, and put all his bag of money in front of the villagers. The villager's whole body trembled, and he suddenly slapped the money bag to the side, shouting: "What is the use of money? If money could buy grain, we would have bought it a long time ago! We want food, not money!"
Cheng Quartet was stunned: "How can money not buy food?"
The villager said: "Our village is far away from the water source, and there was a drought a few years ago, so we had already reported to Liu Biao, but Liu Biao was indifferent, the water source has not recovered so far, we have no harvest, we went to Xiangyang to buy grain, but we were driven back, we can do nothing but eat people? We are hungry!"
Cheng Sifang shouted: "Nonsense! Why wouldn't Liu Biao let you into the city?" The villagers said: "If we can go into the city to buy grain, will we still eat people?" My son...... My son ......"
When the villager said this, his voice became hoarse, and he knew without asking that this man had eaten his son in order to survive.
Cheng Sifang exclaimed: "There is really such a tragic thing in this world!" Qing Xuan pulled Cheng Sifang's sleeve: "Childe, let's go quickly, the people here are so terrible." ”
Cheng Sifang did not answer, and walked straight out of the door, and saw that many villagers were already gathered in front of the house, and it seemed that they were all waiting for the people who ate their own flesh.
Those three villagers were the strongest three in the village, and all the villagers couldn't help but take a step back when they saw that they knocked down the three of them at the same time with one move, and when they saw them come out of the four directions.
Cheng Sifang took advantage of the moonlight to glance at the villagers, all of them were yellow and thin, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, my name is Cheng Sifang, and I am a merchant!" As soon as they heard that it was a businessman, some villagers shouted: "We fell into this field, and it was all caused by your businessmen!"
"If it weren't for you businessmen driving up prices, how could we not be able to afford anything?"
"Damn the merchant! Fuck the merchant!"
In the face of the anger of the villagers, Cheng Sifang endured them one by one, and said: "I understand your feelings, but I am not a profiteer! I promise you that I will definitely buy grain for you tomorrow!"
One villager questioned, "Why should we trust you?"
Cheng Sifang said: "I'll stay here, you let Qing Xuan buy one, if she doesn't come back tomorrow, you will eat my meat!"
When Qing Xuan heard this, he was taken aback: "How can this be?" Childe, I will stay here, and you will go buy food." ”
The villagers listened to Cheng Sifang's words, and now, in order to eat a bite of food, they have to believe it, not to mention that Cheng Sifang is still here, even if there is no food, they can eat him.
Cheng Sifang smiled and said, "Qingxuan, you go, I believe in you." Qing Xuan didn't dare to disobey Cheng Quartet's words, nodded, took the money bag, and ran away.
Sunrise and sunset, waiting for a day, the villagers have long been unable to hold back, a villager shouted: "The surname is Cheng, she has not come back yet, it seems that you will not come back if you are left, do your words count?"
The villagers' meaning is simple, they want to eat themselves. Cheng Sifang was calm and calm, and said: "What are you panicking about? There is still an hour, if Qingxuan doesn't come back, it's not too late for you to eat me." ”
Qing Xuan rushed to Xiangyang City as fast as he could, used all the money to buy a cart of grain, and drove the car back at a fast speed.
Halfway through the journey, passing through a dense forest, he suddenly saw a group of men and horses rushing out and shouting: "Grain! There is food! Everyone hurry up and grab it!" Qing Xuan was taken aback, he actually met a bandit! Qing Xuan was originally very timid, but in order to save the Quartet, he didn't know where he got the courage to drive a car and rush towards the crowd.
There were more than 20 thieves, and when they saw Qing Xuan driving a grain truck into it, they were all hiding to the side. The bandit shouted and chased after him, and one of the bandits took up his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow, which hit the wheel and got stuck in the gap between the wheels. The wheels were stuck, the grain cart was immediately unstable, the horse pulling the cart was frightened, and the neighing man stood up, and a weak woman, where could she control the frightened horse?
When he got up, the bandits had already surrounded him.
"Grain!
"This chick is also born well, brothers, let's eat her again after we finish playing!"
"Good, good!"
All the bandits cheered, and when they heard that the bandits wanted to eat themselves, they trembled even more in fright, and shrank beside the grain cart, clasping their hands tightly, and their eyes closed.
"Hmph, a group of big men bullying a girl's family, you really have a face. ”
A woman's voice came, and then only heard the screams of the bandits one after another, Qing Xuan was stunned, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that more than 20 bandits had all fallen to the ground, and in a pool of blood, a woman in blue held a long sword, and stood there elegantly like a fairy descending from the sky.
When Qing Xuan saw it, he couldn't help asking, "...... you?" Are you ......" The woman looked at the road and said, "You go quickly, drive the grain cart, don't take this dangerous road, it is most appropriate to take the official road." ”
Time is running out, Qing Shu is worried about becoming a Quartet, stands up and says: "This woman, Qing Shu is in a hurry now, please tell your name, I will tell Childe, and Childe will definitely repay you." ”
The woman smiled: "My name is Xiao Zhihan." Qing Xuan saluted: "Xiao Nuxia, then I will leave first." So he hurriedly got into the grain cart and hurried to the village.
There was less than a stick of incense left, and the villagers were so hungry and thirsty that the villagers who couldn't bear it had already carried a sharp knife and walked to Cheng Sifang's side: "You better obediently let us eat it." Cheng Sifang slapped back his hand, knocked the villagers back two steps, and said, "With my ability, you can't eat me." Saying this, Cheng Quartet was amused in his heart, if he learned "Taixuan True Qi" by himself, how could this kind of thing come out of his mouth?
Cheng Sifang said: "There is still a stick of incense time, if you don't come by then, you don't need to do it, I will kill myself and let you eat." ”
As soon as the words fell, Qing Xuan drove the grain cart and rushed in from outside the village.
"Childe!"
Cheng Sifang stood up and responded, "Qingxuan!
Qing Shu drove the grain truck to Cheng Sifang's side, and Cheng Sifang patted Qing Shu's shoulder: "Qing Shu, good job." Then he said to the villagers, "Let's divide the grain." The villagers hadn't seen food for a long time, and they knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you to Engong, thank you to Engong, Engong is simply a living immortal!"
Watching the villagers happily distribute the grain, Cheng Sifang was relieved and asked Qing Xuan: "I didn't encounter any danger along the way, right?" Qing Xuan pouted: "I was almost robbed by the bandits, thanks to a woman who saved me." When Cheng Sifang heard this, his heart trembled: "Woman, did you ask her name?" Qing Xuan smiled: "Of course I asked, I still expect Gongzi to repay her for me, her name is Xiao Zhihan." ”