A large piece of the good pork recoil meat is boiled like this, and then cut into palm-thick pieces one by one, neatly stacked in a large bowl, red and white, so that people can look at it, and they will have a great appetite and salivate. The freshly slaughtered rooster was put in a crockpot whole, boiled for half an hour on high heat, and then smothered for a while, only shallots, ginger, garlic, and salt were added, and when it was brought to the table, as soon as the lid was opened, the pungent aroma immediately lingered in the house, even though Liu Xing had long been not worried about eating, but smelling the taste, he still couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

It's the taste of what was once home.

It's the taste of his mother, who has been haunted by countless nights.

A bowl of chicken broth was placed in front of him, and several large pieces of fat and thin meat were piled up in the bowl in front of him.

"Eat, eat!" His mother sat across from him and looked straight at him, her eyes full of pity. "I haven't eaten a meal cooked by my mother in three years."

One sentence made Liu Xing's nose a little sour, sandwiched a piece of meat, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it, ate a few bites of meat, drank a mouthful of chicken soup, in Liu Xing's opinion, what he tasted was not the dishes, but the warmth of home.

Liu Ru was no longer hungry at this time, and the canned loquat that she opened, her father and mother only ate a few small bites, and the rest all went into her stomach.

"Brother, you have to eat more. Since the year before last, after our family had a pig killed, every time my father and mother would leave the best piece of meat, marinated and smoked, and then hung it on the beam, waiting for you to eat! Liu Ru said. But you never come back, and every time you leave it for a year until a new pig is killed, you will eat the last year's piece and make it again. ”

"Delicious, delicious!" Liu Xing nodded again and again.

Three years ago, he ran away from home and first joined Li De's Rangers, at that time, the Rangers were still very weak, and when Liu Xing became a member of the Rangers, there were less than a thousand people.

Slowly, the rangers became stronger and stronger, and Liu Xing also slowly became a captain, a captain, a captain, and a team leader from a small soldier, and to this day, he is already a battalion officer with a battalion. Because the officer configuration of the rangers is a grade higher than that of the foot soldiers, he is now a captain of Xuanjie, and if he goes to serve in the ordinary ranks, he will be a proper brigade commander. Although there is still some distance from the general, an officer like Liu Xing is precisely the backbone of the Tang Army.

Not only do they have a good military salary, but they will also get some special treatment from time to time, and money is naturally not lacking for him today.

"Dad, mother, this time I will be transferred back to Dizhou, it is estimated that I will stay for a long time, it just so happens that I also took this opportunity to buy a big house in the city, you and my mother, my little sister will move to the city in the future, don't have to work so hard." Putting down the chopsticks, Liu Xing looked at his father and said.

"No, no." Liu Laohan's answer was categorical.

"Daddy, you have worked hard for most of your life, it's time to enjoy happiness, and I will support the family in the future." Liu Xing insisted.

"Your father is not yet sixty years old, so will he go to eat and wait for death?" Liu Laohan'er shook his head again and again, his family was poor when he was young, he couldn't marry a daughter-in-law, and he finally got off the list in his thirties, although Liu Xing was only in his early twenties, but the old man's age was really not light. "Besides, I've worked all my life, and I can't be idle. How can we be comfortable here in the city, don't talk about this. If you really want to honor me, wait until I can't crawl anymore, and then carry me away. ”

Liu Xing looked at his mother for help, but it was obvious that his mother supported Liu Laohan on this issue: "Xing'er, what can we do when we go to the city, your father and mother will only serve the land and raise a pig, sheep and chickens for the rest of their lives. Now we are in good health, and we can work for many years! ”

Liu Xing was silent for a while, and finally nodded: "Then I'll take my little sister with me this time." ”

"You don't stay at home often, how can Ru'er go alone?" Mother shook her head repeatedly.

"Dad, mother, Ru'er is also fifteen years old, and she has been staying in the countryside, and she will not be able to find a good in-law in the future." Liu Xing glanced at his sister and said: "The house in the city, I invited a servant, they are all honest and responsible, the little sister went, it was the young lady, naturally only they respected, there is a school in the city, the little sister does not know a big word, this is not good." After entering the city, I arranged for my little sister to go to the school to study, and then learn what kind of financial housekeeper she is, but she can't be like a wild girl like now. ”

"Brother...... Liu Ru's face suddenly turned into a red cloth, and she paused and said unhappily.

"There is also a school in the town, maybe the girls go to school, but your sister is older." Liu Laohan groaned.

"Dad, where I arranged for my sister to go, I can't help but be old." Liu Xingdao.

The son is older, has more experience, has been quite a bit of a master, the first 30 years to listen to Lao Tzu, the last 30 years to listen to the son, now the son must be much more knowledgeable than himself, look at this style, but for the sister in the future, with the son's current status, of course, I want to find a good brother-in-law for the sister, but the premise is that the sister can not be too hasty.

"It's okay to arrange it this way, it's up to you. If you are used to being in the countryside, you should learn the rules. Liu Laohan nodded in agreement.

Liu Ru immediately lowered her head, not knowing whether she was happy or sad.

"Xing'er, what about you? It's time for you to start a family, too! Knowing that his current son might not be able to arrange it himself, Liu Laohan simply asked Liu Xing directly.

Liu Xing smiled: "After coming to Dizhou, an old prefect from the past also introduced me to a family business, let's talk about it after this battle is over, no matter how I have to earn a general's position and come back, otherwise I won't insult the lintel of others." ”

Hearing this, Liu Laohan was even more silent. It is necessary to have the position of a general so as not to humiliate the other party, and it goes without saying that the other party's court is definitely not comparable to himself, an old farmer.

"Can we win this battle?" After struggling for a long time, Liu Laohan still didn't hold back.

Hearing the worry in his father's words, Liu Xing couldn't help laughing: "Those people on the other side, where are our opponents." You can rest assured. ”

"Last year, your uncle came, saying that he was about to be unable to live there, and he kept raising taxes and taxes, and he went five years after receiving them, and he also forcibly recruited many people to serve as soldiers, and I heard that there are more than 100,000 people over there!" The mother said worriedly: "How many people are here, are you enough?" ”

"There are not many people fighting wars." Liu Xing shook his head: "Since my uncle can't live there, why don't you come to us to beg for a living?" ”

"I can't get over, check it strictly. It's him, who also came here secretly, pitiful, at first I thought it was a begging, and I thought that we are here, where are there people begging for food? The mother wiped a handful of tears: "I wanted him to stay and not leave, but he had a big family, and he received a cart of things for him, but he didn't ask for it, saying that he couldn't take it back, and finally gave him a few taels of silver, sewn it into his clothes, and at the end of his life, he took a piece of bacon." ”

"So, we have to fight as soon as possible, so that poor people like my uncle can live a good life like ours!" Liu Xing said with emotion: "We can't let those people poison the people anymore." Li Xiang said that we are liberators and builders, and we must be worried about the congenital worries and happy in the world after tomorrow. ”

"Have you seen Xiangye?" Liu Laohan's eyes widened.

"How can I have this qualification!" Liu Xing shook his head again and again: "But we have to attend classes every month in Yixing Club, and there will be a gentleman in the class who will tell us some of the things that Xiangye said, and some we can't understand, so Mr. will explain in detail." In short, in a word, we Yixing Society want to let the poor people in the world live a good life. ”

"Is Yixing Society an official government, why have I never heard of it?"

"It's an official government, and it's not an official government. But you've definitely seen it. Liu Xing said with a smile: "Those people wearing black clothes and red scarves are the people of Yixing Society!" ”

Liu Laohan suddenly realized: "Every year in the spring and autumn harvest, I can see many such people to help. Aren't you also from the Yixing Society, why don't you dress up like them? ”

"I'm an officer, and I'm a little different from them." Liu Xing knew that he couldn't explain it to the old man, and he didn't want to say more. "Dad, mother, the military affairs are busy, I have to leave early tomorrow morning, the things at home are arranged like this, Ru'er will clean up at night, and go with me tomorrow, while there is still free time during this time, I will arrange my little sister, once the fight starts, then I can't take care of it again."

"The biggest fight I've ever had in my life was when I fought with people from neighboring villages for water, and there were only a hundred people together, but I was scared enough, Xing'er, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, you, you have to be good!" Liu Laohan was not without worries.

"Your son has experienced a hundred battles, and even a strong army like the Lu Long Army has never beaten us, what is the Pinglu Army!" Liu Xing laughed: "Don't worry." ”

This night, the family did not sleep.

After eating, the grandfather and son moved chairs and sat in the yard to talk, while the mother was happy and sad to pack up Liu Ru's clothes in the house.

The northeast is fixed, the northwest is flat, and Li Ze's strategic focus has finally turned completely to the south, and the first thing he wants to take is the area under the jurisdiction of Pinglu Jiedu. Elite troops like Liu Xing's belong are moving one by one from all over the place in the direction of Pinglu. The whole of Dizhou is turning into a big military camp step by step.

This time, there was no sneak attack, no strategy, Li Ze would use his strong military power to crush the past in a dignified manner.