It's still far from the day of the wheat harvest, and it's not yet the hottest month, but the sun is starting to get a little hot! The sun shone on those who were busy in the fields with their bare backs, sending out a series of beads of sweat.

The wheat seedlings in the field have risen very high, but they are not growing very well. Some of the leaves appear a little yellowish. This is obviously due to the lack of water. Since the beginning of spring, there has not been a few rains in the field. I don't know what's wrong with God, is he so stingy with those few bits of rain?

The person who was hoeing the ground straightened up and took off the straw hat on his head and fanned the wind vigorously, only then could he see that the person with a strong body was already an old man in the Ming Dynasty. There are not many wrinkles on his face, but his gray hair shows his true age. A scar from the forehead along the bridge of the nose directly to the left side of the face is very seeping!

The old man gasped a few times and shouted, "Boss! Calling the second and third children, go home for dinner. ”

Not far away, a sturdy young man with a bare back got up from the field, said yes, and walked to the side of the field. He also has two younger brothers over there.

The old man walked in the other direction with his hoe. He walked out of the field and sat on the ridge, rubbing his feet against each other, and the dirt fell from the soles of his feet. The old man frowned and looked at the falling dirt and felt very unhappy. Because the dirt on his feet fell off as soon as he rubbed it, and it was not as wet and slimy as it was in the early years. That kind of soil is the soil that should be in the field, and the wheat can grow well when there is enough water. However, the soil on the feet is dry and falls off, which means that the surface of the soil has dried up.

The old man stared at the dirt for a moment, and then all three of his sons came over. The sound of footsteps woke up Old Khan. He put on his straw sandals, stood up, put his clothes on his shoulders, and took up his hoe, and walked first towards the village, with his three sons following and laughing quietly.

This old man's name is Niu Bajin. It is said that he weighed 8 catties when he was born, so his name was 8 catties. When he was young, Niu Bajin didn't want to farm in the village, so he went to the army behind his parents' back. As a result, he was lucky, and soon after joining the army, he caught up with the Battle of Banzhou, one of the three major expeditions of Wanli.

Niu Bajin had a good body at that time, and Xiaoqi who led the team happened to be the same villager as him, so he was very important to him and taught him a lot of skills to survive on the battlefield. Niu Bajin also lived up to expectations, and the battle was quite brave. Later, near the end of the war, Niu Bajin pursued a leader, who bribed him with a belt studded with gold nuggets to let him live.

Niu Bajin has never seen such a large piece of gold! After a little stunned, he was counterattacked and sneak attacked by that guy, and almost split his head with a knife! Niu Bajin gritted his teeth and hacked the head to death, and returned to the barracks covering his wounds. He was also a little clever enough to hide the belt in a secret place outside the camp. Otherwise, it would be a capital crime to be found when you enter the camp and search it!

Until the wounds healed, the war was almost over. Niu Bajin lied that his face was injured and affected his eyes, so Shangguan sent a few taels of silver and let him go back to his hometown. Niu Bajin quietly retrieved the belt, cut off the gold nuggets on the belt, cut it into several pieces and sold them separately, and there was a sum of silver, which could be regarded as a return to his hometown.

As a result, when I returned to my hometown, I found that my parents were very sick, and if it weren't for the support of the villagers, they would have died long ago! Niu Bajin immediately took out the silver and asked the doctor to cure his parents' illness. He used the remaining silver to buy dozens of acres of land, and finally settled down.

His parents were overjoyed to see that their son had returned and had made a fortune again, and soon he was cured of his illness. But that serious illness was a bad foundation after all, and later the old couple died one after another. Fortunately, before the old couple died, they saw the birth of their eldest grandson, which can be regarded as a peace of mind.

Many years of tranquility passed, but unfortunately, his wife died of illness a few years after giving birth to the third child. Stay with the four of them. Niu Bajin did not continue the strings, and took care of the three children carefully. When they grew up, they passed on everything they had learned in the army to their three sons.

That's it. The Niu family has three young men, and the Niu Bajin family has four dings. This is a big force in the village! In addition, Niu Bajin himself dared to speak and dare to do in the army, and he remembered the feelings of the villagers to take care of their parents, as long as the villagers had something to do, they would help out. So it has the support of the villagers. Even if the village chief has something, he will discuss it with him.

But on the other hand, those who have been taught a lesson by Niu Bajin are not this attitude!

Niu Bajin walked in front with a hoe, and his three sons followed behind and laughed endlessly. Niu Bajin is thinking that the boss is 18 years old, and he has grown into a big and small man, and it is time to say goodbye. He also knew that the boss seemed to be a little at odds with the eldest girl of the Zhao family at the end of the village. It's just that the Zhao family, Daddy Zhao's money string wants a dowry!

I've saved some money over the years, but it's not much! The second child is two years older than the eldest child, and he is about to reach the age of discussing relatives, so he should always give him a plan. If it really didn't work, he gritted his teeth and got engaged to the Zhao family first. Amazing, I lead the second and third children to do more part-time work, and I can always earn back a dowry money for the second child!

Niu Bajin was thinking wildly, only to see a person running in front of him in a hurry. Before Niu Bajin could take a closer look, the man had already run closer, pulled his arm and said, "Uncle Niu, Uncle Niu!" No, it's not good! Something big is wrong! ”

Niu Bajin looked at it, it turned out to be a baby and a puppy from the same village! He asked, "Little dog, what are you doing in a panic?" Is the sky falling? ”

The little dog ran in a hot sweat, panting and said, "Uncle Niu, Guo Laizi has returned to our village." ”

Niu Bajin snorted and said, "So what? Didn't you beat him lightly last time? This time, if he causes trouble again, he will beat him up again. ”

This Guo Laizi is either a bystander, or a lazy man in the same village, stealing chickens and dogs all day long. There is also a girl who is not a serious person. The brother and sister did not plough the field, nor did they go down. In the village, people hate dogs. Later, Guo Lezi also joined a gang in the county! From time to time, he often brought people to the village to show off his might, and had conflicts with the villagers many times. As a result, he was taught a few times by Niu Bajin. Recently, because he stole sheep from the village, he was driven to the county town by Niu Bajin and beaten up. It is said that the beaten man lay in bed for more than half a month before he got up.

The little dog was even more anxious when he heard Niu Bajin say this, and said, "Uncle Niu, you don't know." I don't know how to catch up with the new master book in the county, and marry my sister to the master book as a concubine! This time, he came to the village to move, saying that he was going to the county seat and would not return to our village. ”