Before the sky was bright, Zhao Liangzuo, who was rumbling with hunger, got up from the grass bunk, ran to the outside of the grass shed, poured a bowl of water from the broken clay pot, and then drank it in a big gulp.

"Gotta get something to eat."

Zhao Liangzuo glanced at the field in the distance, he was only fifteen years old, he was born in a military family, but now, this military household is not a military household has long been meaningless, after all, the imperial court has changed the recruitment in the early years, if his father is in good health, it is estimated that he will also go to the army to earn some military salaries and support his family, but his father's body is not good, in order to see a doctor, he even sold the last bit of land in the family, and it is very appropriate to describe the Zhao family with the four walls of the family.

Originally, for the Zhao family, this winter itself was extremely difficult, because in winter, there were no wild vegetables in the field, and there were few wild animals on the mountain, so they could only rely on the little grain stored at home to hang their lives, in case they couldn't survive, maybe they would have to send their sister to a rich family as a slave, or they would have to be starved to death.

He heard his father say that he wanted to send his little sister to Master Liu's house. Later, the pigtail soldiers came, and my father was killed by the pigtail soldiers in order to protect them, and his mother also died, so he fled to the mountains with his sister, and hid in the mountains for a whole winter, almost starving to death several times.

When I returned home, my home was gone, the house had been burned down and the walls had collapsed.

The home is gone.

He had to build a straw hut against the old wall, and now he was the head of the family.

"Brother, are you going out?"

A weak voice sounded from the side of the shed, Zhao Liangzuo turned around, only to see his sister with a yellow face and thin muscles standing timidly in the grass shed looking at him.

Seeing the little sister, Zhao Liangzuo grinned and said.

"Little sister, you're hungry, you pick up some firewood next to you, and then dig some wild vegetables, I'll go outside to see, maybe I can beat a chicken back, when the time comes, boil a pot of chicken soup for you to drink, maybe if you're lucky, maybe you can lead the pig, sheep or something back......"

When there are fewer people, there are more wild things in the field. Even the Zhuangzi is overgrown with all kinds of wild vegetables, and sometimes, some of the livestock that escaped when the pigtailed soldiers entered the Zhuangzi to kill people wandered around the village.

"Well, good!"

Chunhua blinked and shook her head.

"Brother, pay attention when you go out, don't be reckless, if you touch a wolf, a wild dog or something, you must hide far away, I see that there are some vegetables growing in the vegetable garden of Uncle Wang's house, and there are also a lot of wild vegetables in the Zhuangzi, which is enough for us to eat."

Although she is young, Chunhua seems to be very sensible.

"I see...... Little sister, if you dig up the vegetables, just take a look at the book "New Compilation of Four Words on Opposites", and recognize the words I taught you yesterday, there is a picture next to it, you can recognize it, our mother said, even women have to be literate, and they can find good people in the future! ”

Zhao Liangzuo didn't say anything more, turned around and went out, he didn't dare to look back, for fear that the little sister would see the tears welling up in his eyes.

The book "New Compilation of Four Words on Opposites" is one of the few things he found in the collapsed house, when his mother was alive, he used the book to teach him to read, and later used it to teach his little sister, but now, his father is gone, and his mother is no longer there.

"From now on, you will be the head of the Zhao family!"

Zhao Liangzuo, who came out of the house, strode towards the outside of Zhuangzi with a broken bow, although his father and mother were gone, but he knew that the Zhao family would rely on him in the future, although he didn't know what to do, but he knew that he should let his little sister eat first, and now there are still some crops growing in this field, and the wheat in the field is ripe, leave some rations, and sell them on the market, so that you can buy some farm tools.

As for those who have a meal now, they are also forced to do so, after all, now he and his sister can only live on wild vegetables and prey.

"If you can fight a wild dog today, two dog skins should be exchanged for a sickle......

After leaving Zhuangzi, Zhao Liangzuo, who was walking on the edge of the field, looked around, and then carefully looked for prey at the edge of the field, and before he knew it, he came to a forest at the foot of the mountain, and at this time, he saw a figure appear on the edge of the forest.

Someone?

As soon as he woke up and relaxed, Zhu Guoqiang saw someone coming over from a distance.

"These guys, do you have to practice well, practice, are the sentries dead?"

Seeing that there were no sentries on the left and right to intercept him, Zhu Guoqiang walked over to meet the comers, and when he got closer, he found that it was a young man with a bow.

Zhao Liangzuo was also startled when he saw Zhu Guoqiang walking in, this was because the other party was wearing a placket jacket.

Although the military household has long been separated now, because of his military background, Zhao Liangzuo still recognized at a glance that the battle jacket worn by this person was the inner lining of the armor.

Is he an officer?

Why are there officers and soldiers here early in the morning?

Seeing the other party walking towards him, Zhao Liangzuo quickly knelt down on one knee and said with some trepidation.

"The villain has seen the military master!"

"Master Jun? How do you know I'm a military master? ”

Zhu Guoqiang wondered.

"Back to the military master, the villain is a military household in Weili, and he recognizes the battle jacket on the military master."

"Oh? Who are you, and what position do you hold in the guard? Why did you come out early in the morning? ”

Zhao Liangzuo hurriedly replied.

"Back to the military master, the villain's name is Zhao Liangzuo, who is a military household of Jinan Weizuo, because the family has run out of food, so I came out to see if I could hunt a pheasant or something to wrap my stomach for my family, and I never wanted to surprise the military master."

"Oh, you came out hunting, what about your family?"

"Back to the military master, my father and mother died at the hands of Jiannu."

Looking at this yellow-faced and thin-skinned young man, Zhu Guoqiang sighed lightly in his heart, looked at him and said:

"You don't have to go hunting, you come with me!"

Although he was a little confused, Zhao Liangzuo still responded.

"Yes!"

took the young man to the campsite behind the woods, and what he saw was a large cart, and bags of grain filled the cart, which made Zhao Liangzuo dumbfounded.

In the next moment, the military master's words made Zhao Liangzuo speechless in shock.

"Hu Dezhu, bring a bag of grain to this kid, and then give him two taels of silver."

"Master ......"

Without waiting for Zhao Liangzuo to say words of gratitude, Zhu Guoqiang laughed and said.

"Literate? Look at what is written on that flag? ”

"Do the right thing for heaven!"

Staring at the four big characters on the flag, Zhao Liangzuo was surprised.

"Army, military master is not, not an official army!"

"I'm a thief, am I afraid?"

Master Jun...... No, the words of the Mountain King made Zhao Liangzuo shake his head and say.

"Don't be afraid! The king is a good man. ”

"Good guy ......"

The young man's words made Zhu Guoqiang smile, and then said.

"Would you like to go up the mountain with me?"