After this place, you will soon reach a small border town. Fortunately, they left home early this time, and it was still very early before the heavy snow closed the road. So, they were not in a hurry, and they spent more than a day in the town resting than in previous years.

During this day, the children were asked to collect their favorite things, and Peng Yunjiang was also given some silver money to buy two sets of clothes and some daily necessities.

Chen Dagongzi rested in the inn, while Xiaohu and Li Dangtou looked for General Qin, and under the slogan of visiting, they actually begged for help.

Before Xiaohu left home, Er Ya knew that he must have gone to see General Qin first when he passed through the border. So, I took two boxes of tea and brought them with me. It's not that the second girl is slamming the door, it's really not suitable to send too many things. If you bring too many things, whether they are worth it or not, they will be too eye-catching and easy to cause misunderstandings. Therefore, after the couple discussed, they planned to send two boxes of tea, one - excellent - excellent - small - said - more - new - the most - fastest - WWW.UUXS.CC - the box is four bottles, which is eight taels.

And Li Darttou was even more single, he didn't bring anything, and followed Xiaohu empty-handed to the residence where General Qin lived temporarily.

The old soldier welcomed the two of them in, took them to the living room to serve hot tea, and said: "You two drink slowly, my general will lead the troops to practice every morning, and he will not be able to come back until early noon." If you two get tired of sitting, go around the courtyard. ”

When he was with Li Dart, if he didn't need Xiaohu to speak, Xiaohu basically didn't speak, and Li Darthead came out, and he was like a little follower, shrinking back. This time, he repeated the old play again, and put the initiative on Li Dangtou. Seeing that he didn't intend to answer, Li Daotou shook his head, and said to the veteran of the general's family with a smile: "Your old man is busy, don't care about us." We'll wait here for the general to come back and rest by the way. ”

The old soldier nodded with a smile, "Hey! The two of them sit, and the old slave went out first! ”

Li Darttou and Xiaohu sat for a while, drank two cups of tea, and had to go to the toilet because of the urine. The two of them walked around in the huge courtyard, but there was something indescribable in their hearts.

It is a vast and sparsely populated place, and this house is said to be only the residence of the head of a border guard, but it is as large as a royal palace. And because of the early winter season, coupled with no one to take care of it, this incomparably large yard is particularly desolate, making people walk in it, depressed and unhappy to the extreme. The two found the latrine that they had gone to, solved the big problem, and hurried back. On the way back, they couldn't bear to take a second look at the depressed and barren remnant of winter.

The reason why General Qin didn't arrange for someone to clean up this courtyard was also because he didn't plan to stay here for a long time. was able to defend here for so long, and it was also because his grandson had violated military regulations, and he wanted to take his grandson and let his grandson gain a foothold in the army, so he took the initiative to ask for orders to guard this border city. When Sun Tzu's military rations are shipped back smoothly, he can ask for a small credit. Such a small merit is slowly accumulated, and in less than a year, he will be able to rise to thousands of households, and he will be able to gain a firm foothold in the army.

Li Darttou and Xiaohu were a little unable to sit still, and the old general stepped on the point back, and of course he was very happy to see Xiaohu and Li Darthead.

"Why did you come so early this year? Wang Dalai and my grandson have come to your house, have you seen them on the road? ”

This time, Xiaohu didn't dare to be a little follower who didn't speak, so he quickly nodded and replied: "Back to the old general's words!" Not far from the boundary of Fucheng, we ran into them. They were all very good, and they made it all the way to our city. ”

The old general smiled and said, "I know this, they have sent the news back, and they have rushed back with food." Do you want to wait for them and then go to the grasslands? ”

Xiaohu shook his head and replied: "Thank you for the kindness of the old general, it's just that we still have a lot to do this year, and we can't delay." In addition, I would like to ask the general for one thing! ”

Old General Qin is a straightforward character, but he doesn't know anything yet, so he casually agrees. When he heard Xiaohu say that he had something to ask for, he asked casually, "What's the matter?" Let's talk about it first! ”

"My family is opening up wasteland in Yangquan, and I still have to raise livestock, because I can't buy too many livestock for a while, so I want to exchange some with the herdsmen of the grassland, and when the time comes, I want to borrow the special war road for your army, I don't know if it's okay?"

Old General Qin didn't answer Xiaohu immediately, he was considering the possibility of borrowing that way.

The old general spoke for a long time and said, "If you really need to borrow that way, then our army can only send people to help you deliver the cattle to the place, and none of your people are allowed to enter." "Don't let Xiaohu's people enter, the old general has more considerations, and the general situation of the war is not allowed to be civilian, so as to prevent malicious destruction by the enemy side. On the other hand, they are also unwilling to let their opponents impeach themselves on this ground, so as not to put themselves at a disadvantage.

For Xiaohu, as long as he can send the livestock to his destination with super shortcuts and less trouble, he doesn't have to think about anything else. If you follow the normal official road detour, it will take at least 20 days, and thousands of animals have to travel so much, which is even more difficult in this winter when there is a lack of forage.

Xiaohu bent over to the old general and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, old general!" With the words of the old general, the kid can finally come back from the grassland over there for livestock with confidence! ”

Xiaohu got this thing done, he was too excited, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hide his disgust in front of the old general, so he gave the tea to the old general, and left with Li Dangtou, and he didn't even keep the old general for dinner.

Back at the inn, there was nothing wrong, seeing that Peng Yunjiang didn't go out to buy things with everyone, Xiaohu and Li Dangtou chatted with him intentionally or unintentionally.

Li Dangtou asked first: "Which side of your family was implicated by relatives and officials and was exiled here?" ”

Peng Yunjiang replied to Li Darttou: "It was the grandfather of our Peng family's big house, who was a little unclean in the control of Haiyan smuggling, and was found out." Originally, my grandfather was not so strict about the crime, at most he was dismissed, but then the matter became bigger and bigger, and I don't know how to do it, my grandfather was sentenced to death, and our family near the head of the house was also raided and exiled. ”

Xiaohu's heart trembled when he heard this, this official will also die?! He asked Peng Yunjiang in a low voice: "What about the children and grandchildren of your grandfather's family?" ”

Peng Yunjiang replied with a somewhat gloomy expression: "Fortunately, the crime committed by my eldest grandfather is not as good as Cheng Dù, my eldest grandmother and cousin and aunt were exiled like us. It's just that they are older than us, and the places they go to are more miserable than ours, and we almost died here in the first place, and I don't know if they can live well?! My father said that if we have a chance, we would better go to the grandmother and them, and it would be great if we had the ability to help them. As he spoke, he sighed and said, "Hey! What good can we do like this! ”

Li Darttou comforted Peng Yunjiang, who looked a little sad: "Don't be sad, you can all get through it well, and so can they." In a few years, you will still be able to reunite. ”

Peng Yunjiang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Big brother, you don't know how difficult it was for us at the beginning.

At that time, when my grandfather's incident first happened, he said that he was not guilty of any serious crimes, that is, he gave people a thousand catties of salt, and at most he was dismissed from his official position. Because as the prefect, the approval of this article is within the scope of his authority, even if someone makes a fuss about this, it is nothing more than demotion and dismissal. So my grandmother didn't take it seriously, and my father didn't take it seriously. Who knows, in just a month, the situation changed greatly, my grandfather was suddenly sentenced to death, we just got the news, before we had time to ask clearly, some officers and soldiers came to our house and took us away, no one thought to bring money on us in advance. We were driven here penniless, and when we arrived here we were given only one meal a day, and the adults had to take care of us children, and they were always hungry. It was the time when we were able to eat, and the little rations we saved in the mouths of adults couldn't help our stomachs. Later, I was also hungry, so I took the risk and thought of going to the place where you passed by to rob. Later, I became sensible, and I was really scared to think about it. If it weren't for the kind kind of you, we would not have survived. ”

When Peng Yunjiang said this, Li Darttou couldn't help laughing, Peng Yunjiang was right, when they met people who were abiding by the rules of the right path, if they were those who were three or nine streams, maybe they would be tied up, and maybe they would be sold somewhere.

Peng Yunjiang continued: "When we came home at that time, we didn't dare to tell our parents that we secretly hid in that place every day and waited for you. Knowing that you won't be back in the next few days, we will still be waiting with joy. Until you actually brought us the flock, we couldn't believe it. I rushed home in a daze, and my father beat me and my brother for a few days because we couldn't tell where the sheep came from.

However, thanks to the flock of sheep, my mother, my aunt, and my cousin were too weak to die, so they were rescued by drinking goat's milk. And because we have sheep, the chief who is in charge of us has also done a lot better to our family, but he asks us to give him a full-grown sheep every month to eat. Later, my father discussed with him, saying that this group of sheep should be seeded and handed over to him in the next year, and said that he would hand over one sheep in two months, and one a month really couldn't keep up. Originally, my dad just tried it and discussed it with the man, but he didn't expect the man to agree! Although we were very careful in herding sheep, we didn't understand a lot of them, and that person helped teach us. He also helped us treat and breed the sheep, and the next year we added more than 20 lambs. In a few years, our sheep increased to more than 500, not counting the food given to the chief. My dad said that a few of us had a good life, and we met good people! Hey! I think so, too! ”

Peng Yunjiang said as he scratched the back of his head and smiled smugly. However, soon his face fell again, and he said worriedly: "I don't know if my grandmother can have such a good life as us and meet someone who helps them!?" I just hope they are all well. ”

Li Darttou asked very strangely: "You don't resent your grandfather at all, and you have suffered the sin of exile in vain?" ”

Peng Yunjiang shook his head and said, "I can't complain!" My father said, if it weren't for my grandfather's promising, our Peng family wouldn't even have a field, how could we have such a good life and study?! When I can't enjoy it, I don't even have a word of gratitude, and when it comes to suffering, I cry and scold my mother and blame others. My father also said that if you can enjoy happiness with you, you must be able to suffer with it, and people must not forget their roots, otherwise heaven and earth will not tolerate it! ”

Xiaohu and Li Darttou both nodded secretly, with such a reasonable father, it seems that their education will not be bad, Xiaohu is much more at ease with them than at the beginning, but what the real character is, we can only know when we get along in the future. R1152