Yuan Fang habitually wanted to reach out and rub Xia Yi's head, but when he saw the helmet on Xia Yi's head, he hurriedly withdrew his hand and said depressedly: "I didn't say anything, let's talk about yesterday's wine, Xia Yi, do you also have a headache?" ”

Xia Yi cried and said with a sad face: "Yes, it still hurts now, brother-in-law, is there any way, it's too uncomfortable." ”

Huo Bingyan leaned over and said sarcastically: "Who made you drink so much wine, see if you dare in the future." ”

Xia Yi grinned: "Didn't you mention Sister Jingqiu happy yesterday." Yu Jingqiu recognized his family, and a big stone in Yuan Fang's heart was finally put down, and when he had time, he was not in a hurry to hurry, not to mention that there was a carriage dragging down, even if he wanted to, he couldn't get up quickly.

At about one or two o'clock in the afternoon, Yuan Fang and his party came to Yingyue County, Yingyue County learned about Yu Jingqiu's affairs and congratulated him on his good deeds, and warmly invited him to his mansion for a banquet, and he didn't eat much at noon.

A sumptuous banquet, accompanied by the county manager, Yu Zhan was flattered, this was something he couldn't think of before, the county magistrate was a lofty existence in the eyes of ordinary people, and now he can drink at the same table with the county magistrate, watching the county magistrate pay attention to his daughter like a flattering man, Yu Zhan sighed in his heart, and was honored.

After eating and consulting Yu Zhan's meaning, the team set off again, Huo Bingyan and Lin Menghan met Yuan Fang at the city gate, as soon as they met, neither side spoke, Yuan Fang looked over with inquiring eyes, Huo Bingyan and Lin Menghan nodded in response.

Huo Bingyan and Lin Menghan did not follow Yuan Fang to the county governor's mansion for a banquet, but went to the dark night contact point in the city in the name of replenishing supplies, and instructed the person in charge of the dark night contact point to send someone to closely monitor Zhong Mingde, the village manager of Tawan Village, not to startle the snake, and to report immediately if they find anything.

From Yingyue County to the county seat, Yuan Fang and his entourage spent most of the day on the road for half a day, and they did not arrive outside the south gate of the county town until late at night.

The soldiers guarding the city did not dare to open the city gate on their own initiative, Yuan Fang did not embarrass them, and camped outside the city to rest, the next morning, the general who defended the city learned the news and scolded his subordinates for a bloody head, and then asked the county lieutenant to open the city to greet him, and they came with Xiaolu and Sang Rou, who arrived last night, more than half a day faster than Yuan Fang.

After breakfast at the inn, Yuan met Xiaolu's family, who was left with an old father and an unstable brother, whose mother and sister had died at the hands of the Japanese a few years earlier.

Xiao Lu's father's name is Fang Ping, an honest fisherman, simple, honest, and doesn't like to talk much. Xiao Lu's brother's name is Fang Liang, his name is magnificent, but he is not very good, he is familiar with himself, his eyes are full of lust when he looks at the female soldiers, and his words are even more vulgar, no different from those idle market gangsters.

Sang Rou secretly told Yuan Fang that Xiao Lu's brother Fang Liang was a gangster in the local area, doing nothing all day, and following a group of fox friends and dog friends to plague the township, and the local village manager couldn't do anything about them, because there was a guy with an unusual identity among them, who was said to be related to the small leader of the errand in Linhai County.

Sang Rou didn't say that this Fang Liang also stole Xiao Lu's saber to show off with his fox friends and dog friends, how to say this matter, it can be big or small, if it is investigated, Xiao Lu will inevitably be punished.

Yuyue added in disgust: "Brother-in-law, I also heard that this Fang Liang often steals the family's money and goes out to eat and drink, Uncle Fang is not in good health, he can't make much money, so he can barely make ends meet, this Fang Liang stole the family's money, Uncle Fang really has no choice but to borrow money to live, after a long time, Uncle Fang can't change the silver, and the people in the village don't lend him money, do you know what Uncle Fang eats when we go?" ”

Yuan Fang guessed: "Bud rice noodles? ”

In Yuan Fang's heart, bud rice noodles are already the most unpalatable food, rough, difficult to swallow, and the taste is not good, especially the grinding technology in this world is not developed, and it is impossible to remove rice skin and rice head, and the taste is particularly poor.

Yuyue shook her head and said, "No, Uncle Fang eats tree bark." ”

Yuan Fang was horrified, eating tree bark, what kind of situation is that, although the people of the Eastern Sage Empire are not rich, most of the basic food and clothing are still no problem, even if they catch up with the famine, it is just so, and Nanzhou, although this harassed place, because of the coastal relationship, there is still no shortage of food, at least you can fish for food, and the most unhelpful villagers will help to some extent, and Xiao Lu's father is actually reduced to gnawing tree bark to live, which contains many factors, and Fang Liang is definitely the main reason.

In fact, just like Yuan Fang thought, it was Fang Liang who caused all this, Xiao Lu's father was not in good health, suffered from severe rheumatism, and he endured the pain to go out to sea to fish in order to live, but the money he finally earned was ruined by his son, and in order to survive, he could only borrow money from everywhere.

The villagers of the same village pity Fang Ping, and they all helped each other at the beginning, but the money that Fang Ping just earned had not had time to repay the debt, and was stolen by his son, and the result could only be in arrears, for a long time, Fang Ping had a bad reputation for not paying off the debts, and the other villagers were not rich, so no one threw money into this bottomless pit, besides, what made everyone angry the most was that Fang Liang, a scum, often bullied the same village, and even with it, Fang Ping also began to attract people to hold grudges, and no one came to help, Fang Ping, he had no way to do anything about his son, he couldn't scold, he couldn't control it, In order to survive, he had to drag his half-crippled legs to dig wild vegetables in the field, and he could barely survive the winter with a stockpile.

This year, Fang Ping's physical condition is getting worse and worse, he can hardly get off the ground, and he can't dig up more wild vegetables, so he has no choice but to feed on tree bark.

After listening to Sang Rou and Yuyue's words, Yuan Fang's eyes were full of anger, but when he saw Xiao Lu with a helpless face not far away, he took a deep breath, suppressed the raging anger and sighed.

At this time, Fang Liang threw his chopsticks on the table, and said to the waiter at the post house dissatisfiedly, "What kind of broken thing is this?" You're going to entertain your guests with this kind of thing? Tell you, my little sister is a military doctor, with the rank of general, and the same level as the county manager, you just take something for me to eat, don't you take my little sister and Lord Yuan in your eyes? Speaking of this, Fang Liang secretly glanced at Yuan Fang, and when he saw Yuan Fang looking at him, he nodded his head for a while, but he didn't find any reaction from Yuan Fang, and continued to show off his might for a while.

The female soldiers cast disgusted eyes one after another, Tian Erniu couldn't help but say angrily: "Fang Liang, that's enough, don't pick and choose, don't eat if you don't like it, no one forces you to eat." ”