Chapter 50: A Whole Month (6)
She was curious and asked, "It's just a ten-year deed of sale, and you get ten taels of silver?"
Jiang Lang replied: "If you return to the master of the concubine, you can get twenty taels of silver." ”
Jiang Lang is the little family member she took a fancy to yesterday, surnamed Jiang, with a single name and a Lang character. The other little family brought by Jiang Lang today is called Qi Qing.
This surname is rare, and it also makes her curious, so she asks more. I learned that the ancestors of the Qing family are located on the border between Chongyang and Linghai Kingdom, but they are actually closer to some of the Pijia villages in Linghai Kingdom. It is just a small village surrounded by mountains on three sides, sealed with water on one side, and less than 200 people in the whole village. Most of the people in the village make a living by growing crops, hunting in the mountains, and fishing in the rivers, and rarely go out and about. Very few outsiders come to them. You must know that the small capital closest to Pijia Village belongs to the Linghai Kingdom, and it is also half a month's journey away from them. At that time, strictly speaking, the village did not belong to any country, and no country coveted this small village. Very few people know about the existence of this village.
At that time, Linghai Country was the largest country, and Chongyang Kingdom was gradually gaining momentum, constantly expanding its territory, and it was about to expand to the end of Pijia Village. Linghai Kingdom also began to get nervous, and resolutely drew a clear line not to let Chongyang Kingdom invade, naturally the bigger the better. The location of the village is just starting to look a little awkward.
It's also fate. On that day, Pi Qing's grandfather returned from hunting in the mountains, and he was the most powerful hunter in the village, so he naturally brought back the prey, and even brought back a person. This person is Jiang Lang's grandfather. At that time, Jiang Lang's grandfather was in a coma, and he was carried back by his grandfather with a deer on his left shoulder and on his right shoulder.
After the examination, Jiang Lang's grandfather did not suffer any injuries except for some minor abrasions. It's just that his face is not good, his breath is weak, and he seems to be hungry and faint. Qiqing's grandmother burned a pot of porridge, and her grandfather immediately divided the deer and asked her grandmother to cook a pot of venison soup. After a while, the aroma of broth and rice porridge wafted out, and Jiang Lang's grandfather reacted immediately. It's just that the person hasn't woken up yet, and his stomach woke up first, and he screamed a few times. After Qi Qing's grandfather and grandmother fed Jiang Lang's grandfather a few mouthfuls of porridge and soup, this person woke up suddenly. As soon as the person woke up, he couldn't see anything else in front of him, so he grabbed the porridge bowl in front of him and drank it in a big gulp.
After drinking a bowl of porridge, another hand passed over a bowl of fragrant venison soup. Jiang Lang's grandfather was stunned for a moment, and when he looked at that hand, it was a village girl with a beautiful face despite coarse linen. Grandpa Jiang Lang immediately blushed. At this time, I felt the strong support behind me, and when I looked back, I saw that it was a strong man who was quite his age and had an enthusiastic face. Jiang Lang's grandfather understood this, and also recalled that as a small soldier of the former army of Chongyang Guogang who had just recruited to expand his territory, he was anxious to show himself, so he rashly accepted the task of coming to explore the road alone. I didn't want to, I went to the foot of a nearby mountain and went around for several days, but I couldn't find a way to continue going. By this time, he was running out of food, and his horses were exhausted. He gritted his teeth, left his horse in place, and went into the mountain with enough dry food for a day, to see if he could climb over it. As a result, it was easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, so he lost his way on the mountain and got lost. After running out of ammunition and food, he was trapped in the mountains for at least three days, maybe more? He was already faint from hunger, and he didn't count the sun and the moon. is fortunate to be a pair of kind-hearted people in front of him and behind him, he didn't die on this unknown mountain far from home!
At that moment, Jiang Lang's grandfather was going to turn over and go down to kowtow to the two of them to thank him. But he had just woken up and drank that little porridge, and where did he get the strength in his body, but he almost picked it to the ground. The grandfather who was still Qing had a quick eye, and helped Jiang Lang's grandfather up again. Pi Qing's grandfather still belongs to the kind of silent and speechless type.
It was Pi Qing's grandmother who said, "Come, drink this bowl of soup while it's hot." He also sent the soup bowl to Grandpa Jiang Lang.
With the hot soup in hand, smelling the aroma, Grandpa Jiang Lang was indeed still hungry. looked up at Qi Qing's grandmother, and then looked back at Qi Qing's grandfather. Jiang Lang's grandfather was speechless for a while except for the endless gratitude in his eyes. I lowered my head and drank the soup, but I didn't know if it was smoked by the heat or something, and I suddenly felt that my eyes were moist. A full bowl of soup, half a bowl of soft venison that melts in the mouth, judging by the color of the meat, is freshly slaughtered, and it is cooked from the softest and most perishable parts of the deer body specially selected. The wild deer on the mountain, good at running and jumping, are all muscles of the body, and can pick out such a soft flesh part with a lot of oil and water in a short time, one is that the hunter is familiar enough, and the other is enough to have a heart.
When he finished drinking, Qi Qing's grandmother immediately asked again, "Do you want to add another bowl?"
Looking up at the two of them again, their eyes were thoughtful and caring. Jiang Lang's grandfather was so blocked that he couldn't speak, so he only nodded vigorously. Pi Qing's grandmother immediately went with a smile, and soon came back with a full bowl.
When he finished eating, his body had strength, and he forced himself back to the man's tears in his eyes, and he wanted to thank the two. I don't want to, the grandfather behind him pressed him back to the bed with the strength to lie down on the bed, and quickly helped him tuck the quilt, and then took Grandma Pi Qing out. The action was simply done in one go, and Jiang Lang's grandfather couldn't react. In the end, I finally heard a short and powerful voice from the great benefactor outside the door, Mrs. Pi Qing, "You can sleep for half a day." ”
Grandpa Jiang Lang suddenly felt that he wanted to laugh, so he obediently listened to the words of his great benefactor, Grandpa Piqing, and fell asleep with a smile. This night, Grandpa Jiang Lang slept very soundly and sweetly.
After that, Grandpa Jiang Lang will be raised at Grandpa Qing's house for a few days. The two sides get along very well. After being reminded by Grandpa Jiang Lang, Pijia Village knew that he was currently on the edge of the competition between Chongyang Kingdom and Linghai Kingdom. However, Jiang Lang's grandfather also said that their geographical location here is far away from any capital, and it is not suitable for the two sides to fight, so they should not provoke blood. But after the confrontation between the two countries, the territory is officially divided, and they will inevitably belong to a country in the end, so that they can prepare their hearts. When the people of the village heard this, they were shocked one moment, and they were relieved the next. Nominally belonging to a country, whether it is Chongyang Country or Linghai Country, they actually don't care too much.
In private, Grandpa Jiang Lang still proposed to ask Grandpa Qi Qing to move to Chongyang Kingdom. is also selfish, it is really a lot of feelings with the great benefactor in just a few days, I am afraid that in the end the village will return to the territory of Linghai country, and the village itself is too far away from the capital of Chongyang country, and it is reluctant to say goodbye, and it will be difficult to see each other again. After getting along in the past few days, Grandpa Piqing and Grandma Pingqing, who have never been out of Pijia Village, heard Grandpa Jiang Lang say a lot of good things about Chongyang Country, so novelty, and they were reluctant to make this friend who felt close after just a few days, so they were moved by Grandpa Jiang Lang.