Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

After Zhang Wu figured it out, he felt relieved. Song Shiwei didn't want to have a deep conversation with him. In Song Shiwei's opinion, no matter what Zhang Wu wanted to do, it had nothing to do with him. He accepted him in the first place just because he thought that he could do things properly. Such a pure heart can be really annoying sometimes.

But so what? It’s really troublesome, so I’ll just give up!

Besides, it is not Zhang Wu's turn to be a good guy in this matter. Someone will consider the villagers, so there is no need to do anything unnecessary.

Not to mention what the master and servant thought, over there on the villagers' side, Huang Changyuan had just chosen a place to rest and settled the villagers when he was mysteriously pulled away by his second son.

"What are you doing? Can't you see I'm busy? There are so many disaster victims over there staring at us like hungry wolves. If we don't make proper arrangements now, what will happen if something unexpected happens?"

Huang Changyuan kept chattering along the way, but Huang Hai turned a deaf ear to him. He pulled him to a secluded corner, then turned around and left very neatly.

Huang Changyuan looked at his son who was leaving, then at Xie An and Shen Yan, his face full of confusion: "What are you two doing?"

Shen Yan didn't say anything, but took a few steps to the side, looking out for the enemy.

Xie An bowed politely to Huang Changyuan and said, "It was thanks to all of you uncles and aunts who informed us of the incident at the official post station last time. If you hadn't informed us in time, it would have been difficult for us to escape from those bandits unscathed. We might even have suffered heavy casualties. I haven't had the chance to thank you all."

Huang Changyuan waved his hands repeatedly: "General Xie, you are too polite. It is just a small favor. For General Xie who defends the country, we should do this. Since we enjoy the protection of General Xie, we are just reporting the news. We really don't deserve the word of thanks."

Xie An's expression became more and more gentle. He raised his hand and took out a silver note of five hundred taels from his bosom: "My father knows that the price of food in the city has increased, and he is afraid that the money brought by the uncles is not enough, so he asked me to give a thank you gift."

Seeing that the village chief was about to refuse, Xie An said, "We are now traveling with your village, and we have supported each other along the way. We are sincerely grateful to you all. It is just a matter of words to you, but it is a real grace of rescue to us. I hope the village chief will not refuse. Life is more important now."

Huang Changyuan was deeply moved by the sincere words. After a long silence, he finally accepted the banknote with trembling hands.

If it were his own family, he would never accept the banknotes no matter what. However, he now has an entire village to be responsible for. They all followed him and along the way, they all listened to his arrangements as before. He couldn't help but consider them. What's more, what everyone lacks most now is money. Huang Changyuan really couldn't say no and could only thank them repeatedly.

Shen Yan saw Xie An finished speaking, then walked back: "Village Chief, now that our two families have been exiled, I hope you can keep the matter of the banknotes a secret."

Huang Changyuan nodded immediately: "Don't worry, gentlemen. I know the severity of the situation."

After returning, Huang Changyuan continued to make arrangements without changing his expression. There were a large number of disaster victims over there, watching closely. Now night had fallen, so Huang Changyuan added a lot of people to the night watch, trying to ensure all-round protection to prevent any accidents.

This time, Zhang Wu and Song Shiwei both participated in the night watch. The young and middle-aged men who would go to the city to buy things early tomorrow morning would be responsible for guarding the first half of the night, and the others would guard the second half. Even half of the officials were assigned to guard the night. It was also the first time that the exiles were so close to the villagers.

Among the disaster victims outside the city, there were many who wanted to steal things, but seeing that the people on night watch in Dahe Village were all in high spirits, they could not find any loopholes, so they had to give up in the end.

Especially those who were on night watch, each of them held a long knife with dark red blood stains on the knife, which was terrifying to look at.

Can't be bothered.

Song Shiwei was among the night watchmen for the second half of the night, along with Xie An and Shen Yan. The others were on all four sides, surrounding everyone.

Song Shiwei had no interest in talking to others the whole time. He was either staring at the fire in deep thought or looking around. Although his face looked gentle and calm, Xie An and the others sensed aloofness and indifference in his eyes.

"We have been traveling together for a long time, and Mr. Song's name is well-known, but I have never had the opportunity to meet him. Fortunately, the timing is right today, and I can finally sit down with Mr. Song and talk quietly."

Xie An suddenly spoke up. Song Shiwei couldn't remain silent any longer. Hearing this, he smiled faintly and said, "Who can compare to the fame of General Xie? I'm just an ordinary person. Master Xie thinks too highly of me."

"Mr. Song, you are too modest. Not to mention your superb swordsmanship, even your extraordinary hearing is beyond the reach of others. If this is still considered ordinary, then there are probably no ordinary people in this world."

Song Shiwei met Xie An's undisguised scrutiny with a sullen look in his eyes, "Mr. Xie, you are too kind. When it comes to extraordinary skills, you are still better."

Seeing these two people praising each other back and forth, and even showing a trend of continuing, Shen Yan could no longer bear it and gritted his teeth: "I say, you two, that's enough. You know that being too modest is pride. Is it difficult to admit that you are excellent?"

Xie An and Song Shiwei lowered their heads at the same time and touched their noses.

Shen Yan glared at Xie An, then turned to look at Song Shiwei: "Xie An and I have no other intentions, we just want to make friends with Mr. Song. We have heard from the villagers these days that it was you who instructed Brother Huang Ping and his friends to go to the official post station to report the news. So Mr. Song also deserves a share of the life-saving grace."

Song Shiwei immediately raised his hand and said, "Mr. Shen, you are too polite. The reason why I reminded the village chief and the others was simply because I didn't want them to sacrifice their lives for their sincerity. After all, in this world, there are not many kind and sincere people like the village chief and the others."

"As for the life-saving grace... that's not the case. From the beginning to the end, I never thought of saving you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have parted ways with them after knowing what the village chief and his men were thinking."

Xie An? Shen Yan: …………

So, so honest?

Such straightforward words left Xie An and Shen Yan silent. For a moment, they really didn't know how to respond to Song Shiwei's words.

After a while, Xie An finally took the initiative to speak.

"No matter what Mr. Song's original intention was, our two families have indeed received the grace of his rescue. If there is any need for us in the future, Mr. Song can just ask for it. As long as you don't despise us for being exiled prisoners and not having enough abilities, that's fine."

Song Shiwei raised the corner of his mouth: "Okay, I'll remember what you said today, Master Xie. If that day ever comes, I'll definitely bother you two."

Originally, they thought Song Shiwei would continue to refuse. The two of them had already thought of countless reasons in their minds, but now all the words came to an abrupt end. For a moment, they felt a little uncomfortable.

Where the two of them couldn't see, a smile appeared in Song Shiwei's eyes.