Xu asked them to gather at the Ziyi Gong Office first.

Wu Qiniang didn't prepare a car for them, they carried their burdens and walked over there.

The baggage was large and heavy, containing all their luggage and a complete set of carpenter's tools—the former was essential for travel, the latter an integral part of all carpenters.

The good thing is that each of them is well-trained in this area. Even Jiang Wangfeng, who looks white and tender and pampered, often has to be trained to march through the city with weights.

As a craftsman, how can you do it if you can't do it physically?

There were only three of them who set off today, and they were very fast, and the closer they got to the Ziyi Office, the more people were also packing around them.

The new craftsmen who were about to serve looked at each other and said nothing, just silently marched in the direction of the office.

In any case, it is really hard to carry such heavy luggage and walk such a long distance.

Arrived at the Ziyi Office, entered the door, the bluestone slab open space in the front yard was already full of people, this time there were two hundred people, the number is really not small.

Xu Wen looked around, but there was no familiar face...... Oh, by the way, there's one. He saw Tian Jifeng at a glance, he probably didn't take care of his beard in the past two days, and a lot of stubble grew on his green skin, but he was still foaming at the mouth and chatting with the people next to him.

"Haha. Jiang Wangfeng also saw that person, laughed twice, and insisted on pulling Xu to ask what he was talking about.

As soon as they walked nearby, a group of handymen came out of the front room, each holding a sign in his hand, and inserted it side by side on the ground in front of him.

There were words written on the wooden plaque, Xu Wen squinted his eyes, and at the same time heard Tian Jifeng's voice: "What is this written?

"I don't recognize it...... I didn't learn to read. The man who spoke to him said a little embarrassed.

"Me too...... Ask someone. Tian Jifeng suddenly lost his spirit and sighed.

"It's the number of the camp, and I'm telling us to stand by the number," Xu asked.

"Brother, are you literate?" Tian Jifeng's eyes lit up, and he looked at Xu and asked.

"Know a little. The 12th battalion of the 3rd district was there. Xu asked.

"How do you know that I am ......" Tian Jifeng was wondering, and when he saw Xu Wen walking under the sign, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly rejoiced, "Great, it turned out to be ours!"

Jiang Wangfeng next to him had been watching, and then suddenly burst out laughing, and then pulled Xu San, "Let's go, let's go over." ”

The person who chatted with Tian Jifeng just now was not from the same battalion as him, and after Xu asked his information, he showed him the way, and he hurriedly trotted over.

Tian Jifeng's story was not finished, so he smacked his lips a little regretfully, and accosted Xu Wen: "What is the name of the brother?"

"Words 14. Of course, Xu Wenbao is a pseudonym.

"My name is Tian Jifeng, Tong and Yu Shui, what about you?" Tian Jifeng asked again.

"I'm also in the water. "The two are not only in the same camp, but also in the same prefecture and county, which is really a bit of a coincidence.

After narrating, Tian Jifeng's workshop is only five mountains away from Xiaoheng Village, and the distance from Yushui County is about the same, and Tian Jifeng has also heard of Yao's wooden workshop in Xiaoheng Village.

"By the way! I heard that the leader of the third company, Xu Wen, is also from Yushui County, have you seen him, do you know?" Tian Jifeng suddenly remembered something and asked excitedly.

“...... I know, he is also from Yao's Mufang. Xu Wen was silent for a moment and did not lie.

"What!!" Tian Jifeng was shocked, "Xu Wen is really from Xiaoheng Village? I couldn't believe it before, how could a fifth-level wooden workshop teach a three-in-a-row leader? It turned out to be true! This is so interesting......" He blinked vigorously, as if he was thinking about how to add this detail to the story.

Then he soon found out that there was a lot of good material in front of him, how could he easily miss it. So he pestered Xu Wen to ask him what Xu Wen was like, whether he had a good relationship with him, what he had said and done. In that posture, Xu asked Dan to say something, and he would frame it as a quotation that would be passed on forever.

Xu Wen was helpless, and when he turned his head, he saw Jiang Wangfeng looking at this side and laughing, and he knew what he was laughing at.

If this guy hadn't contributed to the trouble, the man surnamed Tian wouldn't have been so embarrassed...... Jiang Wangfeng, you wait for me. Xu Wen rolled his eyes and held a grudge.

"You haven't learned to read and write?" asked Xu Wen when he turned back to Tian Jifeng.

Tian Jifeng's eyebrows fluttered, and when he heard this, he immediately shook like a frosted eggplant.

"Hmm. Our village is too remote, there is no one in the village who reads, and no one invites a gentleman. Tian Jifeng said wistfully.

In fact, if you have been in the mountains, you will not particularly feel that there is a big deal about not being literate. This is true for everyone, and reading and literacy doesn't seem to be of much use.

But he was sent out to learn carpenter, because his performance was really good, and he had the opportunity to be sent to take a county exam. When you open your eyes, you know what the world is like and how important this seemingly useless skill is.

"Have you passed the county exam?" asked Xu.

"No, there's a question in there, let's make a stool. Just do it, the examiner even specially listed an item next to it, writing words, let me do more mortise and tenon, the more you do, the higher the score. I know how to make mortise and tenon joints, more than a dozen kinds, but I can't read, I don't know that there is this in the exam! Tian Jifeng was aggrieved and died when he mentioned this.

This question seems familiar......

"What year did you take the exam?" asked Xu Wen, looking at Tian Jifeng's beard.

"The year before last, Xu Wushou was also that year, but unfortunately I left early because I had something to do at that time, and I didn't see others, regret. Tian Jifeng said.

"How old are you?" asked Xu Wen.

"XVI. Tian Jifeng replied as a matter of course.

I really don't see it......

At this time, the people gradually arrived, and the stewards came out of the house, and the little craftsmen who were chattering were quiet.

They were well trained in this regard, and soon everyone shut up and listened to the steward's announcement of the departure.

It's nothing more than some related discipline in the process of traveling, which is similar to when students go out on a spring outing, and unified action is not allowed to leave the team or something.

However, when students go out, the most afraid of accidents is the teacher, who is repeatedly told to hold it. In this world, the words of the steward are only said once, and when the time comes, you will be responsible for what happens, and you will not only be responsible for not seeing anyone when you leave the team, but the government will also use the excuse to investigate your responsibility for violating the law, and the end will be very miserable.

After the announcement, it was time to set off in a procession, and more than a dozen stewards and more than 100 middle-aged craftsmen walked together, which was a considerable team.

This time, they are not the only fledgling young people who are going to serve in the Western Desert together.

Xu asked beside him, and Tian Jifeng breathed a sigh of relief very obviously.

Not long ago, they were apprentices, and with a master to take care of, of course they felt more confident.

But here in Xu Wen, there is always only one person who can be called a master by him......

The crowd began to flow, and he picked up his heavy luggage and glanced in the direction of Yipinfang from a distance.

Say goodbye today, I don't know when we will see each other again......

He sighed silently.

At this time, a horse-drawn carriage had just passed through the city gates.

Lian Linlin's voice came briskly from the carriage: "In this case, we should arrive before Xiao Xu, right?"

"Hmm. Lian Tianqing replied lightly.