Datang Nongwang

Chapter 489
The big man is a little silly.

But fortunately, he is not so stupid that he can't even distinguish between good and bad.

Li Chongyuan was willing to accept him, just to give him a chance to survive.

although.

In this Zhongnan Mountain, there are absolutely a lot of bandits, but the living conditions and so on are all incomparable to those outside.

Even if it is like the original Qingfengzhai, there are people with good martial arts skills, but this life is not as good as outside.

Coupled with the fact that there are old people, women and children, the life of this bandit is no different from that of ordinary farmers, who need this and that.

Even if they could hunt wild game, their life would be difficult without salt or cloth.

Moreover, the three hundred or so people in front of them were originally villagers from Fufeng Village.

It's just because he was too poor and he was bullied like this, otherwise, he wouldn't have fallen into trouble in Zhongnan Mountain to become a bandit.

Just now.

Li Chongyuan asked.

The Fufeng Village where the big man lives is located in Lantian County at the northern end of Zhongnan Mountain.

The land is barren and yields little.

Moreover, the officials in Lantian County, as well as the local Zong family and others played their hands, which also prompted them to flee into Zhongnan Mountain to become bandits.

And Li Chongyuan wrote it down.

The situation this year is indeed not as good as last year.

Since the beginning of spring this year, it hasn't rained much in this heaven.

If it weren't for the waterlogging in Lizhuang, the crops in this field would have been gone long ago.

And the location of Fufeng Village is similar to that of Lizhuang, living next to Zhongnan Mountain.

However, the situation in Fufeng Village is far worse than that in Lizhuang.

There is no river, and crops depend on the sky for food.

This is not.

From the beginning of spring to the present, the rain has ended within two days, so it must be a drought.

With this drought, the crops in the field will naturally have no live heads, and as time goes by, in autumn, the official will definitely come to collect taxes when the time comes.Without food tax, the villagers of Fufeng Village were afraid of being arrested and sent to labor, so they chose to hide in Zhongnan Mountain in advance.

How about Lantian County.

Li Chongyuan really didn't pay much attention.

Just know the general situation.

but.

According to Li Chongyuan's own experience, Hu County, like Lantian, belonged to counties near the capital.

There are so many problems in Hu County, and this must be the case in Lantian County.

It was getting darker and darker.

The guards guarded carefully.

Not far away, the villagers of Fufeng Village, after eating and drinking, sat around one by one, talking softly.

Inside and outside the words, they all revealed their gratitude to Li Chongyuan and the others.

even.

There was also an old man who suggested that at dawn, come and kowtow to thank Li Chongyuan, a great benevolent man.

There are good things to say, and naturally there are doubts.

This is not.

A group of people sat together in the distance, looking at Li Chongyuan who was lying there from time to time, talking in a low voice, "The little man said that he would take us to Xixiang. Do you know where Xixiang is? There is Is it food? Can the words of the young man be trusted?"

"I've heard of Xixiang, but I haven't been there, and I don't know where it is. But the little man looks like a good man, he gave us cakes to eat, and hunted us so much meat. Follow him, for sure. Exactly."

"Don't forget, who bullied us into this. That young gentleman looks like a good guy on the surface, but his heart is so deep that no one knows what he is thinking."

"I said, you know how to think wildly. The little man has so many guards, and he gave us cakes to eat, and hunted meat for us. If the little man is really a bad person, he will never be so generous. Go to Xixiang Well, it doesn't matter if you go to Nanxiang, as long as it gives my family a chance to survive, I don't care where you go."

"..."

Small voices of discussion can always reach Li Chongyuan's ears.

At this time, Li Chongyuan was lying on a thick cloth, his eyes were staring at the night sky, but his ears were not idle.

When these discussions reached his ears, Li Chongyuan just smiled and didn't care at all.

There is a saying.

Humans are just a small river and lake.

There must be everyone in the rivers and lakes, and there are all kinds of ideas.

Don't talk about these people, even in Li Zhuang, there are all kinds of voices.

For these people's arguments, Li Chongyuan would just listen to them and let it go.

Just give them food, drink, and keep them safe, and everything will be fine.

Looking sideways at Li Chongzhen, who had already been sound asleep, Li Chongyuan really didn't know what this guy was doing.

In such an environment, he could still sleep so soundly.

Li Chongyuan really wanted to give this guy a kick at this time, so that he would know that society is sinister.

Gradually.

Discussions in the distance gradually faded away, leaving only the slightest burning sound in the bonfire.

Li Chongyuan also gradually fell asleep amidst these small voices.

When the sky is getting brighter.

Li Chongyuan woke up suddenly from his dream, sat up on his buttocks, panting continuously.

"Xiao Langjun, what's the matter?" Xingba, who was standing by, saw Li Chongyuan sitting up suddenly, walked over and asked softly.

Li Chongyuan glanced at Xingba ignorantly, only to realize that he was just having a dream, "It's nothing, it's just a nightmare."

After Xingba heard it, he didn't care.

Already awake, it's hard to fall asleep again.

After everyone is ready, it's time to set off.

yesterday.

Li Chongyuan had already explained to the people in Fufeng Village that they were going to Xixiang on this trip, and they had to cross Zhongnan Mountain, which was nearly a thousand miles away.

And when Li Chongyuan and the others set off, the villagers of Fufeng Village didn't say anything, they carried some extremely simple bags on their backs, and followed Li Chongyuan to the end of Meridian Road.

The road is difficult.

What's more, it is the Meridian Road that few people walk all year round.

After several days in a row.

Food is in short supply.

one evening.

Xiang Ba approached Li Chongyuan and complained: "Little Sir, I said at the time, leave these people alone, you have to take them to Xixiang. With so many mouths, the pancakes and food we brought are all gone. We've run out of food, and we've only walked halfway, so we'll probably have to eat wild vegetables for the rest of the way."

"This is something I didn't expect, and it's all my fault. I'm too anxious. In this way, you send three people to Shiquan County or Huangjin County, and ask them to go there to get some pancakes. As for the next time, you can only It can make people hunt some prey to solve their difficulties." Li Chongyuan was helpless at the moment.

Before departure.

Li Chongyuan asked Xingba and the others to get a lot of pancakes, and even used horses to carry some food.

Li Chongyuan and his group of fifty people carried enough food to go to Xixiang.

But Li Chongyuan didn't expect that after entering Zhongnan Mountain for a few days, he would run into these fake mountain bandits from Fufeng Village.

Second.

Li Chongyuan also forgot to send people back to buy food, which led to the current situation.

Xiang Ba looked in the direction of Meridian Road, sighed and said, "Young Lord, you don't know that the further south we go, the more difficult the road will be. Even if I send people to buy food, it will be too late. Fortunately, it's summer now, we don't lack wild vegetables, and we don't lack meat, but we only lack food."

Xiang Ba's words meant that it would be futile to send people there.

As for the more difficult it is to go south, Li Chongyuan has a deep understanding of this point.

It's been nearly ten days.

The further south you go, the more difficult and dangerous the road becomes.

After a long time, Li Chongyuan didn't speak, just stared blankly at the villagers of Fufeng Village who were sitting around and roasting their prey, talking and laughing lively.

"Then let's take a walk and see. Gather some wild vegetables and serve them with meat, and you won't be hungry. I don't believe that we won't be able to get out of Zhongnan Mountain within ten days." Li Chongyuan had no choice but to I firmly believe that within ten days, I will be able to arrive at the Wukou of Meridian Road.

As for whether it works or not.

All this is unpredictable.

three days later.

Some people can't stand it.

Eating wild vegetables with meat every day is really hard to swallow.

and.

This is still filling the stomach without salt or other ingredients.

And the person who couldn't bear it was not the villagers of Fufeng Village, nor the guards, but Li Chongzhen.

After eating light barbecued meat for three days in a row, Li Chongzhen was furious at this moment, "I won't go, I'll die of starvation, anyway, I won't eat this meat if it kills me. You can eat it if you like it. eat."

"Whether you like to eat or not, I'll starve you for two days, I'll see if you eat or not." Li Chongyuan rolled his eyes.

Roast is definitely good meat.

Only there is no salt.

If you add a little salt, maybe you can still eat it.

Even Li Chongyuan, who had eaten light meat for three days, really didn't want to talk anymore.

It's too tasteless, and it's really unpalatable.

Don't eat it, you have to catch up for the day, otherwise, your legs will be wobbly.

Li Chongzhen threw away the light meat and yelled at Li Chongyuan, "Fuck you, I said take the waterway, you have to take this broken road, you want to eat it, anyway, I won't eat it."

"You try shouting again, believe it or not, I will slap you to death." Li Chongyuan dared to yell at himself when he saw this guy, threw the meat in his hand, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to slap Li Chongzhen.

Li Chongzhen took a few steps back nervously, and looked at Li Chongyuan in fear.

Li Chongyuan is also angry.

And this anger naturally came from his own miscalculation, and he didn't let people go back to buy food.

At this moment, Li Chongzhen dared to bump into him at this juncture. If he really angered Li Chongyuan, Li Chongyuan would definitely beat him up.

The noise of the two cousins ​​here did not affect Xiang Ba and the other guards.

They just glanced at it before turning their heads elsewhere.

The villagers of Fufeng Village, who were sitting around not far away, turned their heads and looked over after hearing the noise here.

The big man, Dahei, even held a piece of thin meat, and walked towards Li Chongyuan.

When Dahei approached, he showed his silly and honest smile and looked at Li Chongyuan, "You two good people, meat is a good thing, so don't waste it. My mother said that if you waste food, you will be struck by lightning."

Uh.
Dahei's words were obviously here to tease the pair of brothers.

Wasting food will be struck by lightning.

Li Chongyuan often heard this sentence from his mother in his previous life.

As long as the food is not to his liking, Li Chongyuan will always pour it out.

And every time this happened, Li Chongyuan's mother would teach Li Chongyuan a lesson. In addition to verbal lessons, sometimes she would slap him in the face.

in the eyes of farmers.

Food is precious.

No matter what kind of food it is, it is extremely precious.

According to Li Chongyuan's mother recalled.

In the early 80s, a huge flood occurred in my hometown.

The houses were washed away, the rice in the fields was also washed away, and many people even died.

According to Li Chongyuan's mother recalled.

That year.

Poverty, hunger, sleepiness, cold, cold, etc. are all what they experience.

And the hardest part is being hungry.

Relief food is scarce.

If there are old people and children in the family, it is even more important to be close to the old people and children.

Men and women can only go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and cook them.

Every family has resisted like this.

After that year.

Another flood came in the second year, which made the already impoverished hometown suffer another merciless whip.

The rice is crushed, and the husk is crushed, and a certain proportion is made into dumplings for eating.

It takes a month or two to eat.

In the last WC, I had to forcefully buckle in to solve it.

Whenever Li Chongyuan wastes food, he will be reprimanded by his mother and even beaten.

And this moment.

When the big man Dahei talked about wasting food and was struck by lightning, Li Chongyuan's thoughts immediately returned to his previous life.

More than a year.

Been in this world for more than a year.

Li Chongyuan still misses his family in his previous life and his hometown.

but.

No but.

Nothing can be changed.

Can not go back.

moment.

All kinds of memories flooded into my mind, tears filled my eye sockets, and my eyes were wet.

Just when Li Chongyuan was thinking about the past.

There was a lot of movement in the distance.

"Haha, here, big master, come quickly, they are here." A burst of laughter pulled Li Chongyuan out of the sadness of recalling the past.

After this loud laugh, Xiang Ba Xing Ba and the others immediately became nervous, threw away the light meat in their hands, picked up weapons, and rushed to the periphery.

At this moment, the people of Fufeng Village were even more nervous and at a loss. They didn't know what happened. They were all sitting in front of the bonfire, looking stupidly at where the sound came from.

Le Dao quickly approached Li Chongyuan, "Young Lord, there are bandits."

"What!!! Are there really bandits? Hurry up, protect the people in Fufeng Village, and don't let them get hurt." Li Chongyuan looked into the hazy mountain forest under the moonlight, looking at the figures that Yixi could distinguish After that, I was also terrified.

It's already night, why are bandits still showing up?

This group of people is not afraid of being eaten by wild beasts in the mountains.

As soon as Li Chongzhen heard Le Dao's report, he went straight to his horse, pulled out a knife, and rushed towards the guards.

Seeing this, Li Chongyuan knew that this guy was also holding back his anger, probably he was going to take these bandits who came out of the blue.

Le Dao, who got the words, hurried to the villagers of Fufeng Village.

After a moment.

When the villagers of Fufeng Village learned that it was a real bandit that appeared in the forest, they were all so frightened that they cried and shouted.

The old man begged God.

The woman begged for land.

The little baby kept crying.

(End of this chapter)