Heavy snow fell from the sky, and the entire red plain was shrouded in a white world.

Bao Zhong pushed open a crack in the wooden window, looked at the thick white snow that had accumulated overnight in the small courtyard, and was stunned for a long time, until he heard a series of coughs behind him, and then hurriedly put down the wooden mullions again, blocking the cold out of the window.

A few steps to the bed and knelt down, looking at his mother lying on the bed sickly, Bao Zhong's heart was full of sourness, a seven-foot man, his eyes were red.

The mother raised her hand weakly, gently landed on Baozhong's wrist, and her voice was hoarse: "Don't be like this, the son of the Ren family, don't cry." ”

"Mother...... Your son is unfilial, and he makes you suffer this. ”

"The Buddha said that people live in the world to suffer, maybe this time my mother can finally stop suffering and go to your father......"

"Mother, don't say that, you will be fine, and the Bodhisattva will bless you. Don't talk yet, my son will bring you some hot water. It snowed last night, and when you recover, your son will accompany you to take a good look at the snow scene. ”

After serving her mother to drink a few sips of hot water, she coaxed her mother to fall asleep with her eyes closed, and then quietly got up and went out lightly.

Pacing anxiously in the small courtyard, opening the courtyard door from time to time to look out, waiting for a long time, only to wait for the younger brother who hurried back.

Seeing that his younger brother came back alone, Bao Zhong hurriedly asked, "What do you say?"

Xizhong said in frustration: "The doctor refused to come, he said that he would come when the consultation fee owed to him was settled." ”

The doctor is a member of the fine seal family, but to talk about it, in fact, the ancestor is a Han people who defected to the party, because the battle of Baima Mountain was defeated too quickly three years ago, and the doctor who accompanied the army also failed to run out, so he stayed in the city. Three years ago, the White Horse Academy knew the roots of this doctor, and planned to convert him to Han nationality and open a museum on the street, but was rejected by this doctor, the reason for the refusal was very simple, he considered himself a member of the party, and he believed in the Buddha.

Since the beginning of the year, Bao Zhong's family can't afford to pay the doctor's consultation fee, and now he owes a year, Bao Zhong wants to scold, but he can't scold, in the end, the doctor has seen his mother this year, I'm afraid that there are no less than ten times, and it can be regarded as the end of benevolence and righteousness. clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth and was silent for a long time before he let go again. After thinking about it, he said, "I'll go find Li Yansi!"

Xi Zhong grabbed him: "Brother, I was surrounded by Jingcheng and them on the way back, and I wanted to borrow food from our family." ”

Bao Zhong shook his head: "Where is there still food?" As Lu Ze of the Renjia family, Baozhong originally had a lot of property, but in order to take care of the Renduo family left in Hongyuan, more than 200 mouths ate his three years of youth, and no matter how rich the family property was, he was already poor now. The Renjia family is not a big clan in the Tuoba Department of Hongyuan, and they can't interfere in the distribution of food for the relief party members in the White Horse Courtyard, so they are deducted and deducted, and they are really destitute now.

I only heard Xi Zhong say: "That's what I told them, where is there food now." But they said, it's really not good, let you take the lead and lead everyone into the mountains to grab a handful. Those untouchables in the White Horse Department are living very happily now, they robbed our cattle and sheep, we should snatch them back!"

Bao Zhong thought for a while and said: "This matter still needs to be considered in the long run, and now it is not as good as it was back then, and it is not a last resort, so you can't make this decision." ”

"Brother, life is too difficult, I think they have a good idea, you can take everyone to do it!"

"Don't panic first, you let everyone not be stupid, there is a new abbot Zhao in the White Horse Courtyard, let's take a look at the line first. What's more, the grain will be distributed tomorrow, and we will talk about it after this juncture. As for today's food, I'll go to Li Yansi to borrow it. ”

Bao Zhong walked through the streets and alleys, came to the house of Zuru Li Yansi, looked at the potholed brick wall in the corner, and the dry firewood pile outside the small door, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, Li Zuru's life is not easy.

As the leading figure in the original Qiongxi Town, Li Yansi's family is definitely not what it is today.

When the war was defeated, the Ming army once occupied half of the town garrison, and then thousands of Han people migrated to take over the houses occupied by the Ming army. Li Yansi had no choice but to split the mansion, and now the eldest ancestor and his family are also crowded in two small courtyards, looking very embarrassed, just like Baozhong's family.

Li Yansi met Bao Zhong in the flower hall, and when he heard Bao Zhong say that he was here to borrow grain, his fingers buckled on the pear blossom wooden table many times: "Bao Zhong, I remember that you only came seven days ago, and the eighty catties of grain were eaten so quickly?"

"Zu Ru, I have more than 200 people in my family, where is enough......"

"Baozhong, I don't have any food left at home, if you endure it any longer, tomorrow will be the day of the distribution. ”

"Zuru, my wife has been lying in bed for three days, and the doctor has stopped treating her, so she has to pay back the consultation fee to my family. ”

"You go back first, and I'll talk to him when I get back, so that he can go to your house and see your mother." Your mother is cold again?"

"Yes. ”

"Bao Zhong, it's not that my uncle speaks badly. Your mother is weak, and this cold disease is two days and two hairs, and the doctor goes to diagnose and treat it. After the diagnosis and treatment are completed, and the prescription is prescribed, do you have the money to go to the Han people's pharmacy to get the medicine?"

"Zuru, can you think of a way?"

"What can I do?"

"I've heard that the food distributed by Hakuba is twice as much as what we get......"

Li Yansi suddenly jumped to his feet, pointed at Bao Zhong, and said: "What do you mean? Are you saying that I have withheld your grain? Am I that kind of person? Don't you know that the Ming people have lost everything they have to do, and they say that there are so many, how much can they actually be distributed? Besides, you don't care about the party members outside the city, but you just ask? Even if I didn't give you the full amount, I didn't steal a pound of grain myself! All of them were brought to the Zhouji tribesmen!"

Looking at the angry Li Yansi, Bao Zhong didn't say anything more, but said: "Zu Ru, let's rent those lands to the Han people, it's better than being so wasted." ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Yansi immediately exploded, pointed at Baozhong, and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about? Baozhong, am I unwilling to rent? Han people are not willing to rent!"

"But the land rent is too high......"

"Where is it higher? It's much less than before! In the past, we could harvest seven buckets per mu of land, but now we only collect four or five buckets, which is very rare! Not to mention that there are still two buckets of rent, isn't Hermes-Epitek renting seeds? How can I say that I don't want to rent it?"

"But now it's different from the past, there used to be three ministries of slaves farming, and it was always difficult to treat Hermes-Epitek as a ministry. ”

"Baozhong, it's definitely wrong for you to think so! What am I doing this for? Is it for myself? Isn't it all for our party members? Now that we have persevered for three years, as long as everyone stands up again, the White Horse Courtyard will have to nod and agree! Now it's up to us to see who can hold out to the end!"

"But ......"

"Baozhong, we can't go back! I have inquired, and the country is already powerless against Hongyuan. On this occasion, our party members must devote their hearts and minds to one place, and only in this way can we exercise self-government like the three departments! Those lowly slaves can exercise self-government, so why can't our noble party members?"

"Zu Ru, Hongyuan is already a Ming person, how can we insist? As long as there is a decisive character, we will bring disaster upon ourselves. ”

"But he didn't come, didn't he? The previous Zeng Zhili was not this kind of person, but what about Zhao Zhiran this one? He has been here for a month, and he has also done nothing, and in my opinion, he is not this kind of person either. ”

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