Bianshanhan [farming]

When the cool breeze arrives, Bai Lu grows, and the cicadas sing, half a month has passed since the beginning of autumn in a blink of an eye.The poisonous sun in Bingzhou should still be very strong at this time of year, and the border town has begun to cool down.

Ever since Lin Tan led his troops out of the camp, Li Qingwen began to count the days on his fingers.

The Liu family brothers went to the fields every day. They found that some sorghum tassels had dried up and attracted many birds to peck them, so they cut them off with sickles.

There are quite a few of these, and several baskets can be carried back in one and a half days. These sorghum tassels are obviously smaller than others, and the color is a little lighter.

In order not to miss Jiang Cong and the others every day, Li Qingwen also went to the field with a basket on his back to get back the pre-cooked sorghum.

Some people feel sorry for these small ears, but Li Qingwen doesn’t think so. Early maturity is better than early maturity, especially in border towns. This yields less but matures early.

The food that can enter the warehouse is the food that can be eaten in the stomach.

Thinking this way, he specially rubbed the sorghum that came down early to grain separately, preparing to save the seeds.

Li Maoqun and the Liu family brothers also felt that it made sense. Biancheng was different from Yangshun Village. Even though there were less production points here, there was a lot of land and the harvest of grain was astonishing.

The land of the Liu family brothers is next to that of Guo Dayong and the others. When you go to see the land, you will inevitably see them.

Maybe it's because they've been busy making money this year, and their land hasn't been cleaned up properly, and there are many weeds, some of which have reached their waists.

Li Maoqun and the others saw the grass being pulled out along the way, and as they passed by, each of them picked up a big bag of grass.

Guo Dayong and the others were building a house for exiles. When they saw Li Qingwen and the others come back, they asked about Jiang Cong. Li Qingwen tried to speak calmly.

Some of them kept staring at the grass that the brothers of the Liu family were holding, and asked them how clean they were, why there was so much grass.

Boss Liu said it was pulled in your field, Guo Dayong sighed slightly when he heard that, he also knew that he didn't pay much attention to the field this year.

They also opened up wasteland this spring, and the Liu brothers' crops were much higher than theirs.

No matter how regrettable it is, people only have two hands after all, and if they can do one thing, they can't do that one. If they want to make money from criminals, they have to throw the ground away.

Thinking of the money in their pockets, they cheered up and continued to work.

Zhou Fengnian had originally come to the border town to avoid disaster, and it was only a day if he could spend a day. After Lin Tan left, the affairs of the camp were temporarily handed over to him, and his two guards got busy.

The Puju people appeared in the forest hundreds of miles away. They were close or far away from the camp, so they had to step up their defenses.Dozens of officers and soldiers rode horses around the camp to investigate every day, and other exiles also heard about it and felt uneasy.

Li Qingwen wished he could stay by Zhou Fengnian's side twelve hours a day, so that he could get the news as soon as possible, but he still endured it.

At the same time, the villagers of Yangshu Village, thousands of miles away, also frowned.

When spring and summer started today, there was plenty of rain, and the crops were growing gratifyingly. Some people said it was a rare harvest year.

As soon as I finished speaking, there have been only two rains that will wet my hair.

The succession of crops is weak, beans and millet can yield [-]% of the harvest, and sorghum is better, about [-]% to [-]%.

Even though the grain harvest was poor, the government did not report the disaster situation. This year's tax and grain are the same as in previous years, which makes the people in various villages sleepless.

Before Li Maoxian and Li Qinghong got home, on the road from Yuanbei City to Fanyang City, they saw that the crops on the side of the road were a little dry. wonderful.

After selling the goods, they entrusted the money and letter to the caravan to send to the capital. The father and son walked back and heard complaints from many farmers along the way. is dry.

Sure enough, when I got home, I found that the fields in the village were also dry.

Mrs. Jiang gave birth to a girl, and Mrs. Chen was very happy. There are too many children in the family, so it can be regarded as a daughter.

After Li Maoxian and Li Qinghong came back, the house suddenly became lively. The two of them told the story of the border town, and Chen Shi and Jiang Shi listened with gusto.

They only regret that they are not men, otherwise they would have to take a look to see if there are really so many trees, so many grasses and so many rabbits.

The family reunion is the happiest thing, but the cloud of poor harvest has been hanging over the head.

After Li Maoxian got home, he saw several letters. Li Qingzhuo sent him back from the capital to report his safety, and there was a letter from Cheng Nianming in which he said that he had received sweet sorghum seeds. Report good news but not bad news.

Qin Lin's letter was the thickest. After reading it, Li Maoxian kept frowning.

The drought in Li County was more serious. After Qin Lin and the others returned from the capital, they were already raising food for disaster relief. He told Li Maoxian to prepare more food in his heart.

When Li Maoxian and Li Qingrui went to the county again, the price of rice shops had already risen.Li Qingrui only bought some health supplements for his daughter-in-law, and the father and son went home.

As soon as he arrived in the village, Li Maoxian was dragged away by Li Benshan and Guo Daquan, and a group of people discussed about taxation and food.

If there is a disaster this year, we still need to pay money and food as usual, and if we hand over, the rest will not be enough for the family to eat.If you don't hand it over, the government is afraid that they will come to arrest someone...

Just as they were discussing, Mrs. Zhang came and asked Li Maoxian, why Guo Daquan and his family received money, but Li Maoqun didn't take back anything. It was because he didn't recognize his mother, or someone had stolen the money.

That suspicious look seemed as if Li Maoxian deliberately hid the money Li Maoqun earned and refused to give it to her.

This sister-in-law completely lost the face of their old Li family. Li Ben was so angry that he was about to die, and closed the door in front of Mrs. Zhang.

Outside, Mrs. Zhang scolded Li Maoqun for being unfilial. His mother didn't want him, and he threw away so little money and food every year.

The people in the village curled their lips when they heard this, and they were still not satisfied with paying so much for a year, and they still wanted to eat human flesh and drink human blood?

The village is gloomy, but the border town is not too far behind.

Waiting was the most tormenting. During this torment, the weeds that Li Qingwen was staring at slowly turned yellow leaves. After a light rain that wet the ground, the sorghum leaves in the field changed color, and the weather suddenly cooled down.

I really can't wait any longer.

Early in the morning, Li Qingwen didn't alarm anyone, put on a leather robe, took the dry food prepared in advance, and rode sweet dates to the gate of the camp, but was stopped by officers and soldiers.

At this very moment, everyone is not allowed to leave at will. If there is an urgent matter, Zhou Fengnian must personally order the release.

Knowing that Zhou Fengnian would definitely not be able to get out at this time, Li Qingwen walked back listlessly, Zhou Yao stood on the side of the road and looked at him, "The autumn harvest is coming soon, there are not many people, and you still want to sneak away?"

Zhou Yao escorted Li Qingwen back, but Li Maoqun didn't know that he was stopped when he went out, and he and his brothers from the Liu family were sharpening their sickles.

Li Qingwen silently took out the sacks to dry, picked out the leaky ones and patched them.

After a while, Ma Yongjiang, who went to the door to inquire about the news, also came back with his head drooping. He sat down on the ground and muttered: "I had a dream yesterday, and I obviously dreamed that they came back..."

Zhou Yao glanced at him and thought to herself, if dreaming works, everyone must be on the kang now...

But it is obvious that these words cannot be said at this time, otherwise these few people's hearts will be even more confused.

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes in the distance. Li Qingwen and the others immediately got up, put down their work, and ran to the door quickly.

Before they got to the place, they saw the officers and soldiers drew their bows and arrows and shot them outside, while beating the drums for warning.

The enemy is coming? !

The camp immediately became a mess, and many people ran back to pack their things and wanted to escape!

Li Qingwen's heart felt as if it had fallen into a hole in the ice. It was cold from the inside out. If the enemy got here, then Jiang Cong and the others...

Just when everyone raised their hearts to their throats, the horse outside stopped far away, and the man on the horse yelled "don't do it" while taking off his clothes.

Hearing their shouts, the second wave of arrow rain stopped.

When Zhou Fengnian led people out of the city gate, the dozen or so people outside had already taken off only a layer of underwear.

The weather at this time was no longer warm, a gust of cool wind blew by, and a bunch of people shivered like chicken cubs.

Zhou Fengnian circled them several times on horseback, looking at these people leisurely.

Looking at the flickering cold stars in the distance, Old Sun couldn't help it anymore, and said with a bitter face: "My lord, can you let the people inside put down their bows and arrows first..."

The people in the camp also realized that something was wrong at this time, and after seeing Zhou Congxin waving, they put down their bows and arrows.

Seeing this, Li Qingfeng immediately put the robe on the ground over his body.

Zhou Fengnian laughed angrily, "I was almost tied into a hedgehog just now, how dare you wear these messy clothes now?"

Li Qingfeng grinned and said: "This is a good leather, Brother Jiang said that it can be sold for more than 20 taels of silver in the capital."

The gate of the camp was full of officers and soldiers with weapons, Li Qingwen couldn't get close, he looked at Zhou Fengnian from a distance as if he was talking to people outside, and heard the officers and soldiers in front said that he was not an enemy, his heart fluttered.

Just when he was burning with anxiety, Zhou Fengnian finally led those people back. Li Qingwen's size was at a disadvantage now, and he stepped on his feet to see, but he couldn't see anything.

Suddenly he heard "Zaier", Li Qingwen's body trembled, and his eyes became wet.

Li Qingfeng squeezed out of the crowd wearing the clothes of a Puju soldier. When he saw Li Qingwen, he was still smiling heartlessly.

Li Qingwen ran up with clenched fists, but in the end he let go of his strength and hit him on the shoulder, "Little fourth brother, you are back, where are the others?"

"A dozen or so of us came back first. I was afraid that you would be worried, so I sent a letter." Li Qingfeng also showed off his new clothes to his younger brother, "Brother Jiang and the others follow General Lin behind."

"Is anyone injured?" Ma Yongjiang squeezed over and asked eagerly.

"No." Li Qingfeng responded very happily.

"Why not, I was injured!" Zhang Yuhai stretched out the back of his cut hand, "I was scratched by a tree branch while running."

The wound was not small, but it was already scarred. In the eyes of those who worried about their lives day and night, this was not even a fart. Some people said, "Why didn't you scrape off your lifeblood?"

Those who scolded fiercely were the most worried about before, and the person who was scolded didn't care at all, scratching his head and laughing.Finally came back safely.

Lao Sun and the officers and soldiers were reporting to Zhou Fengnian. Hearing that Lin Tan and the others would be back soon, Zhou Fengnian finally breathed a sigh of relief. Guarding the camp was also a hard job, which he didn't like to do.

The other refugees also let out a long sigh of relief. If the enemy really came, they would not be able to run on two legs. It would be good if they were caught. If they encountered a tyrannical person, they would all die land.

Leaving Lao Sun behind, Li Qingfeng and others were hugged back to their residence, and Ma Yongjiang asked them why they were dressed like this.

"...there are a lot of them, covering the top of the mountain, and there is a flat-haired beast staring at us in the sky. It is difficult to escape, so we sold our loopholes and lured them to catch them." Qi Min said: "We put them alone Some were caught, stripped of their clothes and changed into Puju soldiers."

Hearing his understatement, Li Qingwen's heart trembled non-stop, and he asked, "And then?"

"Then we followed the Putu soldiers around the mountain to find ourselves!" Li Qingfeng was very happy when he mentioned this, "We also learned a few words from the Putu soldiers."

As he spoke, he murmured a few words, probably something like "What about people, don't let them go".

Li Qingwen didn't think it was fun, so he broke into a sweat.

Ma Yongjiang's face changed when he heard this, "You have suffered for me this time... I should have gone by myself if I knew it earlier."

"Brother Jiang said, it's a good thing you didn't go this time, or something bad will happen." Li Qingfeng said ruthlessly, "He said you are easily exposed when you are surprised."

Ma Yongjiang's face was wrinkled like an orange that had been in the sun for several months. In all fairness, if he encountered such a dangerous situation, he might really scare the three souls away.

"Oh, don't mention it. If there is no danger, it's good to come back. It's good to be back."

After Lin Tan led the troops to arrive, Jiang Cong immediately asked Lao Sun to take Li Qingfeng and the others to the rear to prevent the two sides from being affected by the war.

Li Qingfeng and the others only knew that Lin Tan and the Puju people made a move, and it seemed that there were no casualties, so they were urged to come back to report safety.

After talking for a long time, Lao Sun came back and hurriedly yelled at someone to change his clothes.They were also careless this time. They just wanted to come back early, but they didn't expect to be mistaken for the enemy. They managed to escape, but were shot to death by their own people.

This reckless act of theirs caused confusion in the camp, so that nothing happened, or they would have to be punished.

Li Qingfeng was reluctant, but he took it off anyway and told Li Qingwen to keep it well, this thing can be exchanged for money.His was taken from a Puju soldier leader, and it was worth more than anyone else's.

Whether it's money or not, Li Qingwen doesn't even think about it, and he will be thankful when he comes back well.

When the good news came, everyone thought they could finally sleep peacefully, but in the middle of the night a strong wind blew open the windows. Everyone woke up, folded their arms and closed the windows, and came back to find that the kang was cold.

Cool overnight.

Those who got up early sneezed several times, put on their clothes and ran to the field without eating.

Li Maoqun and Liu's brothers looked at the sorghum tassels one by one, and picked up the bean pods that had fallen on the ground, and looked at the beans inside. Most of them had grown.

The rice by the river is not very good, and it may freeze to death no matter how cold it is.

Li Qingwen, Zhou Yao and the others first picked all the medicinal materials in the medicine garden that could be picked, and after picking them back, they were not finished, and they needed to be dried and washed, and they had to be processed in various ways.

In this weather, they can't dry outside, they have to dry in the house. They have occupied the stables, and they are empty anyway.