poor family prodigal

Ping Jian sighed: "They think we are bandits stepping on the spot!"

He is from the mountains and knows what the villagers are thinking about outsiders.

Hongye pursed her lips. She was also a bandit and knew how afraid the villagers were of bandits.

The two dismounted and walked to find a house.

"Fellow fellow, we are merchants doing shopping. We missed Sutou when it was dark."

Ping Jian stood outside the courtyard wall and shouted: "Can I stay at your house for one night? I don't want you to take care of the food. I just want some hot water. I'll pay half a cent!"

There was no movement in the room. Ping Jian shouted again, but there was still no movement!

The two of them moved to another house, but no one came out from several houses in a row!

Arriving at a house in the village, Ping Jian shouted again at the top of his throat.

"Master, what are you doing? Aren't you afraid that they are thieves in blue?"

"How could a thief in green bring a woman out to visit a place? Let them stay overnight, otherwise they will freeze to death at night!"

A man and a woman started arguing, and soon the courtyard door opened!

A short middle-aged man came out and said: "Two friends, my name is Shan Huo Qin. If you don't mind, come to my house and spend the night. I don't want any money. I don't have a decent place for you. It's not easy to go out!" "

"Thank you bro!"

Ping Jian smiled and clasped his fists, stuffed half the money with his backhand, and led the horse into the small courtyard!

Four stone houses, plus a stable, are a small family.

There are quite a few people in the family. In addition to the couple, there is also a young couple, a half-grown-up man, and four children!

Grasping the half-money, Shan Huo Qin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shouted: "Old woman, hurry up and cook for the two guests. Big Dog, Ergou, hurry up and lead the horses for the guests. Big Dog's wife, hurry up and pour water for the two guests!" "

Half a coin or five hundred coins is not a small amount of money in a mountain village!

The family gets busy!

Soon the meal was ready, a basket of multigrain flour bread and a pot of wild vegetable soup.

Shan Huo Qin looked apologetic: "Both guests, I'm really sorry, I don't have anything good at home!"

Ping Jian smiled and waved his hand: "Brother, I am also from the mountains, so I am not so particular!"

"Please!"

Shan Huo Qin waved his hand!

The two sat down and before they started eating, Hongye noticed something was wrong.

The three children at the door were all staring at the multigrain noodles and swallowing their saliva.

Even the big dog couple and the second dog would glance at the multigrain pancakes from time to time, as if they hadn't eaten them in a long time!

Hongye couldn't bear to see it. He walked out the door carrying multi-grain pancakes and stuffed one into each person's hand.

"Guest, there is, there is, there is in the kitchen!"

Shanhao Qin stood up in embarrassment. When he saw his youngest son opening his mouth to bite, he slapped him on the back of the head: "You bastard, you ate the cake and the guests eat it. Bring it over quickly!"

"Wow!"

The fragrant pie was snatched away, and the five or six-year-old puppy started crying!

Shan Huo Qin couldn't bear it in his eyes, but he still put away the cakes, put them all in the basket, and gave them to the two of them: "Let the guests laugh, there is really something to eat in the kitchen, don't worry about gluttons like them!"

"I told them to eat, so I gave it to them. Why did you take it back?"

Hong Ye was a little annoyed, and distributed the cakes to several people. He also took out a paper bag from the package, cut the pork inside, divided a piece for each person, and said: "Don't listen to your father, listen to me, eat it quickly." Bar?"

Several people looked at the meat and swallowed their saliva, but then looked at Shanhuo Qin with expressions of fear on their faces!

Shan Huo Qin looked embarrassed. When Ping Jian nodded, he looked at the children: "Since the guest gave it to you, then you can eat it!"

A group of children, big and small, hugged the cakes and meat and wolfed them down!

Hongye looked on with a smile: "The feeling of doing good deeds is more satisfying than paying for travel!"

Ping Jian drank a bowl of vegetable soup and said, "Brother, are you having a hard time today?"

Shanhao Qin nodded and smiled bitterly: "He County is a mountainous area, and there are not many places to grow food. The county master's tax is heavy, so we have to eat one meal a day to survive. The Tsing Yi thieves made trouble a while ago, and they came to collect us again. After one wave of food, we can’t even keep one meal a day now!”

Not long ago, there was a rebellion in Hexian County. The leader was the green-faced beast, and his men were called green-robed thieves by the government.

After being driven out of the county by Longnan County soldiers, the thieves in green returned to the Qianhe Ridge area.

Fighting for food in the mountains all day long makes people panic!

Hongye frowned: Brother Leng Yun doesn't know how to restrain his brothers and let them rob poor people. How can he be considered a hero! They collect road money every day, and they only collect money from wealthy merchants, while the poor people don't receive any money for crossing the road!

"Hey!"

Ping Jian sighed: "Brother, you never thought about finding another way!"

Mountain goods Qin smiled bitterly and said: "We have little land to grow food, and there are no valuable iron ore or coal mines. Just a jade mine is worthless! On weekdays, I just collect some mountain goods and sell them, but I can't make much money!"

Ping Jian narrowed his eyes: "Then do you want to make money?"

"I think about it, of course I do, even in my dreams!"

Shanghao Qin Qin's eyes lit up and he said, "Guest, if you have any ideas for how to get rich, please tell me!"

Ping Jian smiled and said: "Not to mention getting rich, I can make your whole village eat and drink well!"

thump!

Shan Huo Qin knelt on the ground: "Please give me some advice?"

"Brother, get up!"

Pingjian helped the mountain goods Qin said: "I have a customer who wants water jade. He can ask for three hundred carts a month. As long as you step on the water jade and transport it to Tongmu Town, fifty miles away, I will pay one tael of silver per cart."

The teacher asked him to come here just to find the manpower to mine and transport it to Fu County!

And told him how to recruit people and organize them!

"Really?"

General Qin, a mountain product, was doubtful: "But water jade is of no use. No one has ever bought so much!"

"You don't have to worry about what people bought it for, just call the villagers to dig it out."

Ping Jian said: "I can pay you the deposit first and let you purchase the carriages and horses."

"Ok, Ok!"

Shan Huo Qin nodded repeatedly: "As long as there is money, I will summon the villagers to prepare immediately!"

"Don't worry, it's already night, let's do it tomorrow!"

Ping Jian opened a bag and pushed it over: "Here are three hundred taels of silver to buy carriages and horses for you. We will transport ten carriages a day to Tongmu Town. There will be someone there to accept the payment!"

"……Um!"

Looking at the white money, the mountainous Qin tremblingly stretched out his hand, and after touching it, he said with tears in his eyes: "Old lady, kill that old hen at home, let's entertain the distinguished guests!"

"Brother, stop working so hard. It's midnight and I have to rest and rush back tomorrow."

Ping Jian quickly stopped him.

Shan Huo Qin diligently went to get water for washing his feet.

Hongye said secretly: "Uncle Pingjian, that little thief asked you to come here not to inquire about the situation in He County, but to buy water jade mines!"

"Both!"

Ping Jian said softly: "Madam is in Zhoucheng. To go to Zhoucheng, you have to pass through Hexian County. Sir, I asked you to come and feel the situation here, so as to make preparations in advance!"

"It's strange to believe you!"

Hong Ye muttered: "That little thief robbed my sister-in-law Mengying, how can he still remember his first wife?"

Ping Jian chuckled and shook his head, not arguing with this cut-tongued, tofu-hearted little girl!

The group was just getting ready to take a rest.

The sound of hurried knocks on the door was accompanied by vicious shouts: "Open the door, open the door quickly, the Tsing Yi Army is here to collect food."

"Collect food!"

Shan Huo Qin's face turned pale and he shouted from behind the door: "Didn't you come to collect it ten days ago?"

That time during the grain collection, half of the rations stored by his family were taken away!

It’s difficult for the whole family to spend the winter now!

"Last time was the last time, and this time is this time. After you finished eating yesterday, why don't you stop eating today?"

The voice outside the door was vicious: "If you don't open the door, I'll break in and get in! Let me tell you, our black-faced general has brought five hundred people here. If you don't open the door, just wait!"

"No, it's just like we collected the food from home last time, and now we're collecting it again!"

"We are not allowed to live any longer and we have to fight these evil thieves!"

The big dog and the second dog have red eyes, one is holding a spear, and the other is holding a fork.

Hong Ye draws his sword and rushes forward!

Harvesting grain is done in one wave, but thieves in green are harvesting two crops, forcing the villagers to death!

Ping Jian waved his hand to stop the three of them, and pulled Hong Ye over the wall and jumped to the back of the house!

Shan Huo Qin then opened the door with an apologetic smile on his face: "Fellow soldiers, we really don't have much food at home. If you don't believe me, take a look!"

"Go away, I will see for myself!"

The leading bandit was wearing leather armor, two people on both sides held torches, and all eight people in the group were holding knives.

"Hey, you have a donkey and two horses. Your family is rich enough!"

As soon as the torch was illuminated, the leading soldier looked towards the stable and waved his hand: "Take the two horses away!"

"Can not be done!"

Shan Huo Qin quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Master, this horse is not mine, but belongs to a passing merchant. You can't take it away!"

"The passing merchants are also rich people. We want to meet them even more!"

A group of people rushed into the house holding torches. They searched around and found no one. Not only did they say with a straight face: "You old dog, how dare you lie to us!"

"me!"

Shan Huo Qin doesn’t know what to say!

Suddenly, a thief in green pointed at the big dog's wife and said with an evil look on his face: "Captain, look, this little wife is quite handsome!"

The leader of the thieves looked up and down, walked over, grabbed the big dog wife and dragged her into the house: "Hold the door for me, you will benefit soon!"

The eyes of the other bandits shone, understanding what the captain meant!

Stab it!

The sound of clothes tearing and the cry for help came out: "Master, save me!"

"You beasts, I'll fight for you!"

The big dog couldn't bear it anymore and rushed into the house with the pole!

thump!

He was not good at fighting, so he was no match for the bloodthirsty bandit, and was defeated directly.

As soon as Ergou made a move, a knife was placed on his neck, and the women and children started crying!

"Gentlemen, please let me go!"

Shan Huo Qin knelt on the ground and cried.

The bandit guarding the gate was unmoved at all, and the tearing sounds continued in the house!

"Assholes, these people are animals and beasts, they don't deserve to be called bandits at all!"

Hongye's eyes were so red that he directly picked up the knife and jumped into the yard!

Ping Jian also rushed into the yard without saying a word!

Puchi, puchi...

The two of them rushed forward and chopped down the bandits one by one without any unnecessary words.

"what!"

A bandit fell down and shouted: "Captain, there is a powerful Lianjiazi!"

In the room, the bandit leader's face changed drastically when he heard the screams. He grabbed a whistle around his waist and blew it.

call out!

The sharp whistle pierced the quiet night like a sharp arrow!

boom!

Hongye kicked open the door, threw the knife out with his backhand, and nailed the bandit leader to the wall.

Swish!

Seeing the corpses strewn about, the yard was completely silent, and the Shanhuo Qin family were frightened.

"Well, something happened to Team [-]!"

The whistle spread, and a burly man in the village riding a tall horse with a face as black as coal darkened his face: "Let's go, I want to see who dares to touch my black-faced King Kong brother."