The ingot-shaped dumplings floated in the pot with their stomachs facing up, bubbling with bursts of white gas.

There were also a few small dishes on the table in the room, and a pot of wine was scalding.

Zhu Chongba sat cross-legged on the kang, filled a small cup for himself, and picked up a few heads of garlic. Then the sauce meat is clamped, and it is chewed beautifully in the mouth.

Multiply...... Take a sip, the hot aroma enters the stomach, and the cold on the body suddenly dissipates clean.

He didn't drink alcohol before, and only occasionally drank it after he got married. The so-called small days are wine, and the more you drink, the more you have.

"Girl, that's enough, sit down and eat!"

Ma Xiuying held two large plates of dumplings that had just come out of the pot and put them on the table.

He sat down on the edge of the kang and said with a smile, "Serve it hot!" ”

Zhu Chongba picked up the chopsticks, "Let's eat the hot dumplings that have just come out of the pot." After speaking, he grabbed one, threw it in his mouth, smiled with his eyebrows and eyes, and said vaguely, "It has to be mutton filling, fragrant!" ”

Ma Xiuying pushed the plate forward, "Slow down, no one will grab it from you!" ”

Zhu Chongba raised his head and smiled, ate several in a row, and took another sip of wine.

"The doctor said, Dad is just a few days!" Ma Xiuying hesitated, "Earlier, my mother found a gentleman and chose a piece of auspicious land, which is on the mountainside of the Hetao." ”

"Don't worry, after the death of my father, we will definitely do it properly, let his old man go sightseeing!" Zhu Chongba's chopsticks paused, "Although we are not his son, but the matter of wearing linen and filial piety, we are duty-bound, and there will be no shortage of etiquette." ”

Ma Xiuying nodded, looked at Zhu Chongba's gaze, and brought some tenderness.

This man is good anywhere, marry him until now, hold it in his hand and hold it in his mouth. Outside, send people to be fierce and vicious without blinking. At home, there is no word of kindness.

But if there is something on the Guo family's side, she is more concerned than her daughter, and no one can find fault with it.

"Girl, I want to open some!"

Zhu Chongba saw that Ma Xiuying's face was a little melancholy, and opened his mouth to persuade, "Every family has this experience, and no one can run away in life." As he spoke, he sandwiched a dumpling for her, "You eat more, you've lost weight recently!" ”

"Hmm."

Ma Xiuying also picked up chopsticks and lowered her head to eat.

But as soon as my teeth bit into the hot filling, the soup splashed on my tongue, and I suddenly felt a burst of fishy gas rush into my mouth.

Immediately after that, his stomach turned over, and he didn't even have the strength to suppress it, so he covered his mouth, bent over and retched.

Vomit......

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Chongba was startled, hurriedly jumped off the kang, and patted Ma Xiuying's back, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

vomited twice, Ma Xiuying just wanted to straighten her waist, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she didn't say anything, and she started retching again.

"Someone, call the doctor, hurry up!"

Zhu Chongba hurriedly shouted outside.

"Don't!" Ma Xiuying grabbed Zhu Chongba's hand, and tears came out, with bursts of flush on her face.

"What's wrong? You...... You.........? ”

Zhu Chongba suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, squatting in front of Ma Xiuying, his voice trembling, "You...... Pregnant? ”

"It should be! It's always hard to be on my body these days! ”

Ma Xiuying was so ashamed that her face and neck were red, and she lowered her head like a mosquito.

Zhu Chongba jumped up, "What should you call it?" Let's see you have it! ”

said, slapped excitedly and laughed, "Damn, our Zhu Chongba is going to be a father, going to be a father!" ”

After a while, the doctor came.

Even with it, Zhu Chongba's brothers and partners from childhood to adulthood also came. They were all crowded at the door, waiting for news.

Unfilial piety is the greatest, and the heirs are the top priority. Zhu Chongba is twenty-six this year, and a man of his age has babies running all over the ground.

So after getting married, this is what I look forward to every day.

Besides, he is now the commander of an army of tens of thousands of people, how can there be no heir to this family business.

"Doctor, what's going on?"

As soon as the doctor went out, he was stopped by Zhu Chongba.

The doctor was a thin little old man, and Zhu Chongba's big hands were like pliers. But the doctor was afraid, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

"Madame Venerable...... It's really a joy ......."

"Good!"

Zhu Chongba laughed heartily, then stared at the doctor and asked, "Is it a man or a woman?" ”

The doctor was originally terrified, but when he saw that at this moment, the owner of Haozhou was as innocent as a child, so he smiled.

"Now I'm just pregnant, I can't see it!"

"We're so happy!"

Zhu Chongba smiled and rubbed his hands, "Come, give the doctor a reward!" ”

Inside and outside the courtyard, there was a lot of festivity, reflecting this bleak winter day. The lady of the steward had good news and left quickly.

……

Haozhou City is dilapidated, the whole city is icy and cold, Xiao Suo is only cold, and there is no sound in the daytime.

Zhu Wu rode in the city, the grassy streets, pavilions and pavilions here are so strange and so familiar.

The original Haozhou was not a prosperous scene. However, it is also a place to live and work in peace and contentment, peace and tranquility.

But now.........

A few old people on the side of the road, sitting helplessly in front of the decayed house on crutches, looked at the sky with old eyes, and their backs were arched.

The child, squatting behind the crack in the door, looked at the street in horror, Zhu Wu's horse team. Then he was immediately ripped away by his parents and hidden.

The occasional person is tormented by war and hunger, and his eyes are hollow and like walking corpses.

"When I was a child, I liked to come to this street the most, the sugar people on this street are delicious, and there are small Chinese drums for sale!"

Lan Yu, who followed Zhu Wu, was already choked.

"Fifth brother, why did Haozhou let them plague the city like this, this is our home!"

Zhu Wu held the reins and shook his hand.

Yes, this is his home, although he used to be just a little beggar in the city. But here he lives, and all his sorrows and hopes are here.

"Ahead...... But Zhu Gongzi ........."

Just as Zhu Wuzong walked around the corner, an old voice called him.

On the war horse, Zhu Wu followed the sound and looked at it, and a thin old beggar slowly stood up against the wall.

When he saw Zhu Wu, the old beggar's stagnant eyes suddenly became warm, and the whole human body trembled with excitement.

Zhu Wu felt that this person was a little familiar, "Are you ......?" ”

"Little Lao'er is a grandson ......"

"Doctor Sun!"

Zhu Wu remembered it and blurted out.

This old beggar is Dr. Sun, the doctor who received three taels of silver from him and gave Guo Yingzhi's arm.

After it was broken, the ruffian who was almost robbed by the fire snatched his daughter's Dr. Sun.

The neighborhood that lives on the edge of the Zuoying station.

"You...... How is this so? ”

Dr. Sun's family is rich and he is a doctor specializing in treating bone injuries, so he will not fall to this!

"Zhu Gongzi!"

Dr. Sun burst into tears, "It's all gone, my family is gone!" ”

Zhu Wu jumped off the horse, "You speak slowly!" ”

"My family......... It's all gone! Dr. Sun couldn't cry, "Haozhou suffered a defeat, and those who were soldiers began to rob, and when there was a shortage of food, those who were soldiers also robbed." The people in the city let them rob it all over, my little girl, let those people die to the scourge........."

Lan Yu clenched his fists and scolded, "No one cares? ”

"Who cares!"

Zhu Wu sneered, Haozhou City has been in crisis several times, and Zhu Chongba, the chief manager, is the one who uses people, and I am afraid that many things are also turned a blind eye.

Under the repeated orders of his Dingyuan army, there are still people who go to harm the people. What's more, Haozhou is a mess of ruined armies in various places.

Zhu Wu had heard of the battle of Anfeng, and in order to capture Anfeng, he would relieve the lack of food in Haozhou. The Red Turban Army in Haozhou turned into a beast army. The remnants of the Anfeng people, every family with filial piety.

"It's Zhu Gongzi........."

"Zhu Xiaoshe ......"

"Zhu Xiaolangjun ......"

More and more neighbors recognized Zhu Wu, coming out from behind the door, from home, from the shadows, and gathered on the street.

On that day, Zhu Wu was stationed in the city with the left battalion, although he was a thief, but as a local disciple, Zhu Wu only had to protect the villagers and never offended.

So, when the neighbors recognized him, they immediately surrounded him.

First, several old men who were dying had already knelt down tremblingly.

"Xiao Langjun, you are our doll in Haozhou, why don't you accept Haozhou? We, the folks, are all treated as cheap by outsiders............"

"Fifth brother.........!"

Lan Yu's voice was hoarse and she cried.

Behind Zhu Wu, those Haozhou disciples who followed him to fight in the north and south were already crying.

………

In the courtyard, there are several large tables with wine and food.

For happy events, you have to drink something.

Zhu Chongba's partners and brothers sat around the table and laughed.

However, in the corner of the courtyard, after Dao Yan whispered in Zhu Chongba's ear for a while, his face was gloomy.

"Did he say that?"

Dao Yan dusted off the dust on the monk's robe, "I heard it with my own ears, can it be wrong?" ”

"What did Xiao Wu say?"

"...... he?" Dao Yan sneered twice, "Does it matter what he says?" What matters is, what he thinks! ”

Zhu Chongba's face was gloomy, "It's a shame that we're so good to him, Lao Gaba died!" ”