In Gulou Village, Jinghai Town, Tianjin, Tian Erniu, Zhao Monkey, Big Tiger, and Silly Bear looked at everything they were gradually familiar with, and the steps under their feet were faster.

"Haha~ I'm finally home."

Zhao Monkey looked at the familiar village in front of him, and couldn't help but be excited to call out, and after walking for 3 days in a row, he was finally going home.

"The golden nest and the silver nest are still the doghouses at home~"

Dahu looked at the village in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh for a while, after going out for a period of time and then returning to his hometown, this feeling is still quite good, especially now it always feels a little different.

As they walked towards the village, they also looked at everything in the village with great novelty.

"The leaves of the old Tsubaki tree have all fallen off, and when we left, there were still many leaves in it."

"Isn't it, the buds of this old Tsubaki tree are delicious, but we won't be able to eat them next year, and we will definitely work on the West Mountain side by then."

"Who cut down that pine? It was planted when the guard was established, so why is it gone? ”

As the four of them walked towards the village, they also pointed at some things in the village, trying to find out what was different from when they left.

"Few, why did you come to our Gulou Village?"

The voices of the four people also quickly attracted the attention of the people in the village, and here at the entrance of the village, an elderly man looked at the four people, his face was a little familiar, but he didn't dare to recognize it for a while, so he also asked cautiously.

"Grandpa~ You don't know me anymore, I'm a monkey~"

As soon as Zhao Monkey saw the old man, he immediately walked over excitedly and said loudly.

"Monkeys?"

When Uncle Zhao heard this, he looked at Zhao Monkey carefully, and suddenly said in disbelief: "You are a little monkey?" ”

He really couldn't believe that the person in front of him could be his grandson, his own grandson he knew, thin and small, and the wind could blow him away.

But the young man in front of him, although he is not tall, is not thin at all, and he feels very well-proportioned and strong, full of vitality.

What's more, the person in front of him is relatively white, unlike his grandson, who has dark skin, and his clothes are clean and tidy, and his clothes and shoes are all new and new.

Uncle Zhao is still very clear about the situation in his own family, the poor in the family don't even have a decent clothes, and this monkey is going out for the winter (after all, it is not good to go out to beg, it is much better to say that going out for the winter) has gone, how can he wear such good clothes.

This hair is cut short, his beard is shaved and he is dressed up, how can he be his grandson.

And the spirit of the person in front of him is completely different from his grandson Zhao Monkey, his eyes are very smart, and the whole person is very confident when he looks at the past, and his grandson's temperament is too far behind.

"Grandpa, I'm a little monkey, do you remember, I burned your beard when I was a child~"

Zhao Monkey said very seriously, and only their grandfather and grandson knew about burning his grandfather's beard.

"You little monkey~"

When Uncle Zhao heard this, he immediately looked at his grandson carefully, it would not be wrong to look like this, but this change was too big.

"You've changed so much, I can't even recognize Grandpa, didn't you go out for the winter? Why are you back now, and you're here? ”

"I'm coming back for the New Year~"

"Haha, grandpa, you don't even recognize me."

Zhao Monkey was very happy, and then pointed to Tian Erniu, Big Tiger, and Silly Bear and said: "This is Brother Erniu, this is Brother Big Tiger, this is Brother Silly Bear~"

"Uncle Zhao~"

Tian Erniu, Silly Bear, and Dahu also greeted Uncle Zhao with a smile.

"You all seem to have changed one by one~"

Uncle Zhao looked at the three of them carefully and found that the three of them were the same as his grandson Zhao Monkey, and their whole people had changed, except for the same appearance, all other aspects had changed.

"Haha, it's hard to put into words~"

"We're lucky to go out for the winter this time."

Dahu smiled and said with some emotion.

"Yes, it's hard to say, in short, there are too many things that have happened, we can go back and talk slowly."

Zhao Monkey also nodded.

"Okay~Okay, just come back~"

Uncle Zhao looked at the four people in front of him, very happy, and then turned around and walked towards the village, shouting loudly as he walked: "The winter is back, the winter is back~"

"The monkey, the two cows, the big tiger, and the stupid bear have come back from the winter~ Everyone hurried out to take a look."

Gulou Village is a big village, the whole village is the people of the guard, everyone gathers together, ploughs the land in peacetime, and goes to the battlefield in wartime, and this guard system was still very good when it was first established.

It's just that up to now, the military households are the poorest and lowest existence in the Ming Dynasty, and these low-level military households have become the private slaves of those thousands, hundreds of households, etc., and the fields of the guard have also been encroached upon by nobles, officers, etc.

The remaining bit of land simply cannot support the growing number of military households, and the military households are strictly forbidden to engage in other industries, and their lives are extremely difficult.

In this winter, basically every household is nested at home, which is called nesting winter, because nesting at home is warmer, and it can also reduce food consumption.

As Uncle Zhao's voice roared, the entire Gulou Village also became lively, and people from every household walked out wearing shabby and blackened cotton clothes, ready to come out to see the excitement.

Silly Bear House.

"What? It's only twenty-nine, and the debt collector is back, how can I spend this winter, with him, no matter how much food our family has, it's not enough to eat~"

As soon as Silly Bear's mother heard the sound outside, she immediately became anxious, she couldn't help but look at the noodle jar in her house, and then look at Silly Bear's younger brothers and sisters, and the whole person was dark.

It's not that she doesn't love her son, but there is really no way, the family is really poor, and it is not easy to raise a stupid bear to be half a child, and there are still two small ones to raise, so she was ruthless to drive the stupid bear out for the winter.

This is the helplessness of the poor, but also the wisdom of survival, stay at home and the family will starve to death, the stupid bear will go out for the winter, at least the two little ones in the family can still live.

"Alas~ I'll go out to have a look, I'm coming back after all, it's a big deal to get out again."

Silly Bear's father, Bear Montenegro, sighed and walked out.

Tian Erniu's house.

Tian Erniu's wife, Xiuniang, was preparing to cook something to eat, and above the bed were two five or six-year-old children.

"Auntie~ I seem to hear someone say that Daddy is back~"

Tian Erniu's son couldn't sleep at all when he was hungry, and he wanted to go out to play, but in this winter, the weather was too cold, and Xiuniang didn't allow him to go out to play at all, so there was a little movement outside, and he could hear it clearly.

"Impossible~ Your father went out for the winter, and he won't come back until the winter is over."

"You must be hungry, wait a minute, it'll be dinner soon."

Xiuniang smiled and shook her head and said, she also misses Tian Erniu, but there is no way, there is not much food at home, Tian Erniu must go out for the winter.

At this time, Uncle Zhao's voice came in again, this time it was clearer, and even the embroidery girl could hear it clearly, and she was stupid all of a sudden.