There are flowers and wine, hoeing and farming

Chapter 60

"Boy, hurry up, bring two more jugs of wine." One of the men shook the jug and found that there was nothing in it, so he quickly waved to Qiaoqiao to bring the wine.

Qiaoqiao went to the back of the counter to get two more jugs and walked over. Just as she put down the jug and was about to leave, that General Li stopped her with an outstretched arm: "Second brother, sit down together, there are not many people now, so we are not busy. "

"That's right, little brother, every time you are dry, you put down your things and leave, can't you talk? See how enthusiastic they are, but you don't understand this." Several men also yelled.

Qu Zhiwen looked around and smiled at Qiaoqiao.Zheng Cang also nodded reassuringly, signaling her to sit down, everyone is just happy today, thinking about the lively and lively together, there is no malicious intention, if she insists on leaving, it will be a bit of a rejection of people's face.

Qiaoqiao simply picked up the jug, filled it up for several people, then took another small wine glass, and poured it halfway up with a smile on her face: "I'm the one who is ignorant, everyone taught me that this glass is a toast to everyone. "Qiaoqiao lifted the cup and raised her head, only to hear him gurgling, then turned the cup over and shook it, explaining to everyone that there was nothing in it.

"Okay, boy, not bad!" Everyone applauded loudly, and then picked up their glasses and started to do the same.

Both Zheng Cang and Qu Zhiwen looked at Qiaoqiao, a little worried that she might not be able to bear it if she was so bored. It can be seen that she blinked at them both without showing even a trace of red on her face, so she was relieved .

They were all sitting just now, how could they know that Qiaoqiao was pouring wine for herself while standing, everyone saw her aiming the wine jug at the mouth of the glass, in fact, only a drop or two was poured in.

After he drank it in such a sip, everyone stopped targeting her, and the topic returned to the matter discussed just now.

"Tell me, who did the sneak attack?"

"Haha, don't care who sneaked in, it's fun, these sons of bitches are so arrogant, can't they do it now?"

"Don't say that, in case it's those nomads..."

One of the black-faced men interrupted this man with a laugh: "It's absolutely impossible, what a coincidence, you beat them up, those nomads are not so stupid, they sneaked in just to beat them up A person who doesn't go to the battlefield at all, isn't this exposing himself? It must be someone who doesn't like them..." He lowered his voice while talking, and excitedly clenched his fist twice, describing it vividly.

While chatting, Qiaoqiao seemed to understand something. She looked at Qu Zhiwen and Zheng Cang suspiciously. General Li, who was sitting next to her and kept paying attention to her, naturally also saw her expression and gaze. He quietly He leaned over and said in a low voice, "Didn't you think that these two guys would do such a thing?"

Qiaoqiao nodded in bewilderment, and said blankly: "I didn't expect that." She came to her senses as soon as she finished speaking, and then she woke up and looked at General Li: "What are you talking about, I don't understand."

"It's nothing." Then General Li didn't continue, picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, and looked at Qu Zhiwen and Qu Zhiwen with an unpredictable smile.

A group of them ate and drank, and it took a long time to disperse, and Qiaoqiao, who had been worried all the time, wanted to ask them if they had done this, but there was no chance until they walked out of the gate, Zheng Cang turned back and glanced at her. Containing this comfort and confidence, Qiaoqiao couldn't help but relax her heart. She raised her hand, squeezed her eyes, and shook her fist hard at him.Seeing her performance, Zheng Cang smiled slightly, turned around and left with the large army.

Qiaoqiao was humming a song while fiddling with the flowers she had planted. These days, under her meticulous care, several seedlings gradually grew. She was surprised to find that two of them were planted before. The orchids of Yunlan, this kind of orchids are very beautiful when they bloom, most of them are like clusters of clouds, and they exude an elegant fragrance. The seeds of this kind of flowers are very expensive, but Qiaoqiao unexpectedly picked up a cheap one , each germinated seed is unknown, and after these two plants are confirmed, she is full of expectations for the following ones.

"What are you humming? I can't hear the tune." Liu Jian walked over with disdain and said, looking at the thin and young flower seedlings.

"The latest trend, haven't you heard of it? I'm ignorant." Qiaoqiao raised her chin provocatively.

Liu Jian gave her a blank look, smacked her with his arm, and said mysteriously, "Today, the boss said he would be late."

"Why?" Qiaoqiao said angrily.

"Let's go roast some sweet potatoes to eat." Liu Jian chuckled.

"If you don't go, there is not much left. If you eat it, it will be easy to see."

"I'll give you two choices. One, go to bake the sweet potatoes. Two, find the sweet potato seller. Let's buy some together. It's just for the restaurant. Cut the sweet potatoes into pieces and put them in the soup. It's also very delicious. Sweet."

"No, you tell the boss, let's go again."

Liu Jian began to pester Qiaoqiao, but Qiaoqiao was focusing on Huamiao, where there was no time to talk to him, even though he was chanting like a mantra, he didn't let go at all, and Liu Jian just flicked his sleeves and walked away in anger. up.

Just taking care of her few germinated flower seedlings with such peace of mind, more than ten days have passed, and it has been nearly twenty days since Qiaoqiao saw Zheng Cang for the last time, and she looks forward to seeing Zheng Cang in the restaurant every day He was on the sidelines, but he never came, and even his cousin who used to make surprise attacks had no news, which made Qiaoqiao start to feel a little worried. When he heard the footsteps and laughter of a group of people outside the door, I can't help but run out to have a look.

"Boss, is there a war recently?" Qiaoqiao didn't know much about the news, so she had to ask someone else.

"I've never heard of it. However, those nomads may not always attack our main city. It is also possible that some nearby villages and towns will also store food and livestock there. If these soldiers find out what happened, I will also go to those places to guard."

"Oh." Qiaoqiao had no way to contact them, so she could only calm down and wait.

However, it took another half a month to wait, and the sky became cold under the gusts of north wind. On this day, Qiaoqiao took a large pot full of leeks and put them in the restaurant to pick them patiently, and closed half of the leaves. A few people rushed in through the door.

"It's time to come here, these bastards, once there is a disturbance, we will not be safe."

"That's not it, my little life was also lucky enough to get it back, that knife, it passed close to my scalp."

Several people chatted lively, beckoning Liu Jianxian to bring up two jugs of wine.

One of them wrapped his neck with a white bandage, and the other wrapped his hand. Looking at the appearance of these people, Liu Jian asked gossipingly, "Who are the military masters? Is this a war?"

As he asked, he poured the wine to several people courteously.

As soon as these people heard him ask, the chatterbox couldn't stop.

"It's not the Huo family."

Qiaoqiao also raised her ears and listened carefully. She probably heard that the Huo Clan who had disappeared for more than a month suddenly came to attack again, and it was a surprise attack at night. The facilities and means of the city emerged endlessly, and the gates were almost broken by them. Later, they opened the gates to fight and stood there for several days. Fighting desperately, they were forced to make some concessions, and gave them a small amount of food and winter cloth so that they would not starve to death in winter.

In fact, it is impossible for these nomads to be strangled completely, and it is also impossible for one to indulge them. They have to fight every year, and then make a little concession. They get food, and they also get peace, so they just live on.

Qiaoqiao was listening, and suddenly heard one of them mention a sentence: "Hey, the battalions that went out to fight have injured a lot of people, and even died a school lieutenant and several centurions."

Qiaoqiao's hand picking leeks stopped suddenly, she stood up, and rushed to the man: "Who, who is it? Which captain?"

She looked a little scary, her eyes were staring fixedly. The soldier looked at her for a long time before saying, "It seems to be the captain of cavalry and archery. It should be the one named Zheng?! I don't know too well." He said She muttered something, but Qiaoqiao couldn't hear it, she only heard the words that perhaps her brother Zheng Cang died.

As if a burst of thunder had knocked her down, she was so shaken that she couldn't hear anything clearly. After her ears buzzed for a while, she woke up in a jerk, and rushed to the restaurant door with red eyes, directly towards the barracks. run in the direction.

"Hey, hey...Xiaoqiao, what are you going to do?" Liu Jian hurried to the door and yelled twice, but happened to run so fast that he couldn't hear what he said, but even if he could hear it, he wanted to come She won't answer either.

"Huh, huh, huh..." Qiaoqiao ran desperately, her legs seemed to be filled with lead, she didn't know if she had run for a mile or two, but the barracks still seemed far away from her. It was a little painful, like being poured with pepper water, but she still ran forward step by step.

It can't be Zheng Cang's brother, it can't be his, there are so many captains, such as cavalry and archery captains, bow and arrow captains, city guard captains, in short, there are a lot of captains here, what a coincidence, they are What about Zheng Cang?
But even though she kept comforting herself like this, the worry and panic in her heart still climbed to the highest point. After turning a corner, not far away, she saw a few straight sergeants standing guard.

Qiaoqiao accidentally tripped, and under inertia, she threw herself out and fell directly to the ground.

"Where did you come from? So careless?"

The people around laughed softly, Qiaoqiao ran here in one breath, the muscles all over her body trembled uncontrollably, tears flowed out all at once, her face was covered with mud and dust, she With difficulty, he raised one hand and wiped it, stood up trembling, and walked towards the sergeants.

Her face was covered with tears, and her body was dirty. Before she walked into the crowd, they all stretched out their spears and pointed at her: "Stop. What are you doing?"

Qiaoqiao wiped her face vigorously, forced a smile: "I, I want to find a captain named Zheng Cang."

"who are you?"

"I, I am..." Qiaoqiao didn't know what to say, she twirled her tongue, but said nothing.She swallowed suddenly, and asked with difficulty: "Didn't you fight the Huo clan a few days ago? What are the names of the sacrificed people?"

"This kid, how can I tell you this kind of thing, go aside."

"Tell me, me, I just want to know if there is something wrong with that captain named Zheng Cang, please, I am not a bad person, nor do I want to ignore anyone, I am an ordinary person here, I ..."

Qiaoqiao explained incoherently, she was anxious and impatient, while expecting these people to tell her who died, while resisting faintly, if it was really Zheng Cang, she would rather never know, anyway, she had something in her heart a consolation.

She could only pray over and over again, wishing she could kneel down and beg them to tell.

"Just tell this kid, it's nothing anyway!" Some people nearby couldn't stand it anymore, and started pointing.

"Go away, let's go, or you're welcome." Several people were a little annoyed, pointing their spears at Qiaoqiao's chest.

Just when Qiaoqiao felt hopeless and helpless, the tall wooden door opened from the inside, and the shouts of sergeant training could be heard inside, and a group of people walked out, with General Li at the front.

(End of this chapter)