Chapter 169: The Soldier Has Returned

The official's eyes were full of brilliance: "What is the name of this formation?" Who arranged it? Is there a formation diagram? ”

The village chief said: "It's called the Forest Array, and it was arranged by a traveling Taoist more than fifty years ago. The man was so hungry that he fainted at the entrance of the village, but was rescued by my grandfather and gave him a bowl of rice and a glass of water. The Taoist thanked my grandfather for his kindness, and calculated that there would be a disaster in the world in fifty years, so he arranged such a formation for the village to bless the village from this catastrophe. My grandfather only learned that the Daoist was originally a master, but unfortunately, the Daoist left after arranging the formation, leaving no information and no formation map. ”

After hearing this, the officials felt that it was a pity, if there was a formation diagram, they would dedicate it to the emperor, and their official position would definitely be able to be promoted to the third level. Pity! The officials felt depressed and no longer had a good face for the village chief. After registering the households and fields in Qingshui Village, he did not leave any relief food, and left in a hurry with his men.

After three months, the entire border area had settled down, the gates of Anping County were wide open, and merchants from the north and south poured into the city again. Yao Huang went to the city during this period, but fortunately, most of the people she helped survived. Many people don't know who is helping them, so they set up a blank tablet and offer incense every day to thank this benefactor who has seen the head and the end of the dragon. Yao Huanglei was covered in a cold sweat, she wasn't dead yet, but she couldn't stand the incense worship. When Yao Huang was a child, he followed his grandfather to listen to the commentary, and there is this allusion in a passage that he remembers: Emperor Wen of Sui dreamed of flooding the imperial capital and called on his ministers to interpret the dream. Yang Guang bribed the goddess, pointing out that the crown prince Yang Yong colluded with Li Yuan to have a disobedient heart. Emperor Wen of Sui was furious and wanted to kill Li Yuan, but was protected by Dou Jiande, the Duke of Xia, and cut Li Yuan from his post. drove his family out of the capital. Li Yuan took the whole family back to Taiyuan. On the way, I met Yu Wenhua and intercepted halfway. When he was in danger, he was rescued by Qin Qiong who was passing by. When Li Yuan asked about the life of the benefactor, Qin Qiong had already ridden away. After hearing the question, he replied loudly: "The villain's surname is Qin Mingqiong." After saying that, he waved his hand twice, and put a whip on his horse, and the arrow went as if it were gone. Because the distance was too far, and the bell rang in Maluan, only one word Qiong was heard. I saw him shaking his hand, mistakenly thinking that he was the fifth in line, and he firmly engraved a Qiong Wu in his heart. After returning to Taiyuan, Li Yuan ordered someone to make a tablet of "Qiong Wu", three pillars of incense in the morning and evening, and thanked the life-saving benefactor. How is it possible for a mortal to accept incense worship like a god? That's a blessing. So poor Qin Qiong got worse and worse when she didn't know Li Yuan's good intentions, and when she went to Luzhou to run errands, she unfortunately contracted an illness in the store. The cost of the cart has been exhausted. In desperation, he could only sell his beloved mount, the Yellow Horse, for silver to cure the disease. If it weren't for Shan Xiongxin's help. Qin Qiong really can only say goodbye to his beloved Huang Huma, and the illness will not be cured soon! Thinking of this allusion, Yao Huang shuddered, and hurriedly ran to the house of the person who had received her favor to pretend to be a ghost, and asked them not to set up any more tablets.

The fields outside the woods have been cleared, all the crops have been planted, and the villagers are idle. After no longer doing farm work, the young people continued to learn martial arts with Wenren Chiba, and the older ones did some manual work, and waited until the day of the market to exchange a little money to buy daily necessities in the city. Aunt Zeng and Aunt Hua had children in their families who went to join the army, and they stayed at the entrance of the village all day long, waiting for their children to return home. But after waiting for a few months, their children did not come back, and the eldest ladies were anxious. The village chief went to the city to inquire about the situation, and heard that people from other cities and other villages who had joined the army had returned, and those who did not come back had only two possibilities, one was to be promoted to an official and not to leave the barracks casually like a small soldier, and the other was to die or be missing on the battlefield.

Of these two possibilities, all people are stubbornly biased towards the first, and no one can accept the second possibility. From then on, the people who guarded the entrance were no longer only Aunt Zeng and Aunt Hua, a few middle-aged and elderly women, but also the village chief and other fathers who were waiting at the entrance of the village, followed by the sisters of those who left. More and more people gathered at the entrance of the village, until one day, a group of people appeared on the path at the entrance of the village.

Aunt Zeng and Aunt Hua cried with joy, they saw that the two people at the front of the line were their sons. On this day, Shimizu Village is immersed in a sea of joy. The children who went out of Lu to join the army all came back safely, and they were all promoted, among which Zhao Erniu and Zeng Qinghua, who had the highest official positions, were promoted to the thousand presidents of Liupin, and they were transferred to Anping County as a defensive garrison, and they could often go back to the village to visit their parents in the future.

Qingshui Village has not been calm since this day, these children join the army and the families take turns to invite the villagers to dinner, one is to catch the wind for their sons, and the other is to celebrate the promotion of their sons. The banquet lasted for half a month, and Zeng Qinghua and the others' holidays were coming to an end, so they came together to visit Wenren Chiba and gave generous gifts.

"If it weren't for Mr. to teach us martial arts, we wouldn't have been able to return to our hometown, but I'm afraid that we would have become a ghost on the battlefield!" Zeng Qinghua said sincerely, "Sir, if you have something difficult in the future, just look for our brother, we will go to the soup and go to the fire!" ”

Others patted their chests and reassured.

Hearing the person Chiba smiled: "It's disrespectful under it, if you are embarrassed, you will ask a few people to help!" ”

Zeng Qinghua and others returned to Anping County, and Zeng Qinghua took his widowed mother with him when he left. Zeng Qinghua was favored by his boss and wanted to marry his daughter to him, Zeng Qinghua took his mother to the city this time to let Aunt Zeng officiate at the wedding. He bought a house in the city and a few slaves, and when Aunt Zeng arrived in the city, he was happy. In order to bring her eldest son, Aunt Zeng suffered a lot, and she was finally able to enjoy the wealth earned by her son, and this life was not in vain, which made many mothers-in-law who had secretly sarcastic her bad fate envious and jealous.

Many families in Qingshui Village were invited to Zeng Qinghua's wedding. Yao Huang saw the bride, not very beautiful, but very delicate and gentle, not at all like a girl from a military general's family. Aunt Zeng was very satisfied with her daughter-in-law, and took Yao Huang's hand and said a lot of good things about her daughter-in-law. Yao Huang listened with a smile, and didn't understand why Aunt Zeng had to pull her to say these words, why didn't she say it to people of the same age as Aunt Hua and Aunt Li, and it was okay to pull her sister to say it, why did she pull her? She's not interested in that!

Yao Huang was told by Aunt Zeng that she was so angry that she quickly found an excuse to slip away. Aunt Zeng looked at Yao Huang's back and sighed, she knew her son's heart best, and she once regarded Yao Huang as her future daughter-in-law. Where do you know that everything is impermanent, his son became an official, and he married Miss Guan, he and Yao Huang are no longer ...... Fortunately, there was no clue at the beginning, otherwise the two children would have been criticized.

After Aunt Hua attended the wedding of the Zeng family, she returned to the village and immediately began to look for a matchmaker for the second daughter-in-law. Zhao Erniu didn't want to get married, but his mother threatened that if you don't marry a daughter-in-law to your mother, your mother won't recognize you as a son. As a filial son, Zhao Erniu obediently compromised. It took more than two months for Aunt Hua to select the girl she liked from a large number of girls' information provided by the matchmaker, and finally got engaged before the Chinese New Year. The woman is the third girl of the family, not only is she literate in reading, but she is even more wonderful. If it was in the past, Aunt Hua would not consider marrying such a daughter-in-law for her son, questioning that the other party was too delicate to go to the field and unable to do farm work. However, the son is now an official, and it is only suitable to marry such a daughter-in-law, so that he can get out of the way and earn face for his son.

The wedding is scheduled for the summer of the following year, and when the son grows up, he will always have to divide the family, and the old house will be left to the eldest son, and the second son will build a new house when he gets married. Zhao Erniu originally wanted to buy a house in the city, but the village chief and his wife refused. Lao Tzu and his mother are still there, what is it if you go to live in the city alone? Take Lao Tzu and his mother to the city too? Aren't you your big brother? And you Lao Tzu and your mother don't want to go to the city, how good it is to stay in the village, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the air is fresh, people stay for a long time, the body is getting healthier and healthier, and the food is fragrant. So, just build your new house honestly and don't think about moving to the city. You are a person from Qingshui Village, you must take Qingshui Village as the foundation, love Qingshui Village, don't be like Zeng Qinghua's little white-eyed wolf, sneak out of the village as soon as you are developed, and treat yourself as a city person. Cut, are the people of the city more noble than the peasants? We're not uncommon!

"The second girl has grown up and is getting more and more beautiful." Chun Yu Jinfeng's eyes are full of admiration, I haven't seen her for nearly three years, the little girl has grown into a beautiful girl, Zhong Lingyuxiu, as if the most beautiful things in the world are concentrated on her, and the ethereal and dusty temperament is faintly revealed all over the body, which makes people ashamed of themselves from the bottom of their hearts. Chun Yu Jinfeng thought that such a woman could not even compare with the young lady of the family, if he didn't get married, he might pursue her as his wife. Immediately, Chun Yu Jinfeng shook his head again, the marriage of the son of the family is not a matter of two people, but about two families and two interest groups. His own family would never allow him to marry a village girl with no background - is there really no background? Chun Yu Jinfeng was very skeptical.

"Brother Chunyu, your complexion is not very good, pay attention to rest more!" Yao Huang greeted Chun Yu Jinfeng with a smile.

"That's why I came to Qingshui Village, just to be able to relax completely." Chun Yu Jinfeng said, "Second girl, because of the war, our Chun Yu family's study has not received your notebook for a long time, when will there be a new one for me?" Readers have been looking forward to it for a long time. ”

"Okay, I have two manuscripts of the story in hand, I'll give it to you later." Yao Huangdao.

"Is it the "Legend of Chu Liuxiang" you mentioned? What else is it? Chun Yu Jinfeng asked, he was very envious of Chu Xiangshuai, who was all over the world, and hated to become such a person himself. It's a pity that I can only fantasize. (To be continued......)