Fifteen-year-old Liu Ru lifted the water from the well with some difficulty, poured it into the wooden barrel on the side, and then brought it to the vegetable field on the edge of the yard, watering the vegetable field one by one. The vegetable field is relatively large, with two points of land, which is still a relatively heavy physical work for a fifteen-year-old girl, and after half of it, her forehead is already full of sweat.

He straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked up at the sky, where the sun was gone, and only the red clouds could be seen from the top of the mountain.

On the tile house, the smoke of the cooking stove rose, and the fragrance was blowing, with the breeze blowing, Liu Ru couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva water, and after doing the physical work for a while, she was really hungry in her stomach.

She looked hopefully at the road in front of the door, and only when Daddy came from the other side of the road would she eat! However, with Daddy's temperament, if the sky is not dark, he will definitely not come back.

He took two sharp breaths of the aroma that came down the wind, lifted the barrel, and walked back to the well.

The woman in the kitchen walked out, sat on the small bamboo bench under the eaves, held a knife in one hand, held a bunch of fresh pig vegetables cut back in the other, and some vegetable leaves, chopped up with great skill, and brought the chopped vegetable leaves to the edge of the row of low grass houses on the side of the house, and shouted in her mouth, pouring the vegetable leaves in the basket into the pig trough, Liu Ru immediately heard the sound of the three pigs in the house hula eating.

In the long row of grass huts, not only pigs were fed, but also two sheep, and more than a dozen chickens, and when they heard the sound of pigs eating, their heads also poked out from the wall, bleating and waiting for food. And the dozen or so free-range chickens naturally gathered at this time, clucking.

When the woman was done with all this, the sky above the top of the mountain was finally getting darker and darker, and Liu Ru finally finished pouring the land, took a cloth from the woman's hand, and looked at the road outside the door while wiping the sweat on her face.

Daddy hadn't come back yet, but there was a horse that came from a distance at a trot.

"It's my brother, my brother is back!" Liu Ru jumped up suddenly, threw the cloth on the ground, and happily ran towards the courtyard like a deer, and made the dozen chickens that were pecking in the yard jump.

"This kid can't be quiet!" The woman's mouth was full of disgust, but her face was full of happy smiles, and she kept walking out to greet her.

The tall young officer threw the saddle and dismounted, smiling, and the next moment, a figure had already crashed into his arms: "Brother, I want to kill you!" ”

Liu Xing put his arms together, picked up the girl and put her on the ground, "It's such a big girl, be dignified." reprimanded, looked at his sister's pursed mouth, looked up and down, but smiled again: "I've grown taller, I've looked good, it's not a yellow-haired girl." ”

Turning around, he took a large bag of things from the saddle, "Well, this is what I brought back, they are all rare things, issued by the army, and brought back for you to taste." ”

Liu Ru shouted happily and rushed to the house with the package.

Liu Xing walked forward steadily: "Mother, I'm back." ”

The woman stepped forward and down, grabbed Liu Xing's hand, looked up and down, with a smile on her face, but tears in her eyes, her son was a soldier, how could she not be worried about being a mother? Seeing the son with all the beards and tails, this is better than any gift!

"Hasn't Daddy come back yet?"

"It's almost coming, I'm coming back soon, Ru'er, you dead girl, why don't you call your father back." The woman shouted with tears in her eyes: "Xing'er, you sit down first, and then I will kill a chicken and cook a few good dishes, and you and your father will have a few drinks in the evening." ”

Turning around, he quietly wiped a handful of tears, but he bent down with agility, picked up a big at his feet, and hurried towards the kitchen.

Liu Ru, who was holding a can of loquat in her hand, ran out of the house, stood on the threshold, looked at the end of the road, and shouted happily: "Daddy is back!" ”

The brother and sister turned back together, and under the last light, an old man was carrying a pear ploughshare on his shoulder, holding a big yellow cow in his hand, and was coming in the direction of home with bare feet.

When he saw the tall horse in the yard, he first shook it for a moment, then threw away the ploughshare on his shoulder, threw away the reins of the ox in his hand, and strode in the direction of home.

"Daddy!" Liu Xing shouted. Liu Ru, who was behind him, saw all this, and ran out sensibly, led the cow in, and tied it into the shed.

Leaving home at the age of seventeen, it has been three years, and Liu Xing has finally returned. When he left, his face was still green, but when he came back, he was already a mature man between his eyebrows.

Liu Laohan raised his slap, originally wanting to slap his son, but when his hand was raised, it only fell heavily on his shoulder. Back then, Liu Xing ran away secretly. In the first year, there was no news of his son, but that year was the most chaotic time in Dizhou, where there were wars everywhere and many people died. couldn't find any news of his son everywhere, and Liu Laohan was almost dead. But from the second year, the son finally wrote a letter back, and along with the letter, there was also the money that the son sent back.

I know from the letter that my son has become a soldier, and it seems that the military salary is not bad.

Letters are always short-lived, and it wasn't until half a year ago that they finally stabilized, almost once a month, and more and more money was being sent.

From the letter, he knew that his son had been transferred back to Dizhou and had become an official, but he was busy with military affairs and could not return home for a while.

"You're willing to come back!" There are thousands of words to say in my heart, but in the end, it just pops up like this.

"Dad, you've received all my letters, haven't you?" Liu Xing said with a smile.

"Why didn't you receive it?" Liu Laohan finally couldn't hold back, his son returned safely, and all the previous grievances disappeared with his son's appearance in front of him. "Now that the post stations of the government have been repaired to the town, every month, I will go to the town to see if you have any letters back!"

Looking at the three big tiled houses at home, looking at the vibrant appearance of the yard, and then looking at the clothes on the sister-in-law's body, Liu Xing smiled: "Life is better now!" ”

"That's right, the current government is very different from the previous government!" Liu Laohan said with a smile: "There are more than ten acres of land at home now!" There are also these pigs, sheep, and chickens, all of which can be turned into money, and these few vegetable plots can also add a lot of income to the family every year. The money you sent back has not been touched, and your mother has saved it for you to marry a daughter-in-law! ”

"Don't work so hard for your father, my son's salary is very high now, which is enough for you to live a good life." Touching the thick layer of cocoons in his father's hands, Liu Xing said.

"It's hard work, but it's hard work! It's not what it looked like when you left three years ago! Liu Laohan glared at him: "Dad is a farmer, this is all his job, if you don't do it, then you will be punished by God!" ”

"Brother, I go to the town every few days to sell vegetables and eggs, and I also make money!" Liu Ru stroked her hair and smiled, while looking at the glass can in her hand over and over again.

"Little sister is so capable!" Liu Xing took the can from Liu Ru's hand, pulled out a knife from his belt, easily cut the sealed iron sheet, and handed the can to Liu Ru: "Come, taste it, in our small place, this thing can't be bought." ”

Liu Ru excitedly took a sip of the juice inside: "Brother, it's so sweet!" It's expensive, right? ”

Looking at his sister who took out a loquat with two fingers and put it in her mouth and chewed it carefully, Liu Xing said: "Well, I heard the quartermaster say that when you sell it outside, it probably costs one or two silver for such a jar!" ”

Liu Ru froze somewhere at that time. Her mouth was wide open and she could no longer close it, and she held the can tightly in her hands with both hands, for fear that she would accidentally break it, but her trembling hands showed her inner surprise at the moment.

Liu Laohan also widened his eyes: "One or two silver? Grandpa, you dead girl, you can eat this? ”

"Dad, it's nothing, I didn't spend any money, the army issued it, and officers of our level have each issued several cans!" Liu Xing smiled and said, "Sister, just eat." ”

Liu Ru screamed, stood up, held the cans in both hands, and walked in the direction of the kitchen with small steps.

Liu Laohan looked at Liu Xing, but his eyes were full of relief, son, after all, he is out of luck! Now it seems that he was right to run out in the first place.

"Didn't you say half a year ago that you were fighting in Mozhou? Why is it back to Dizhou now? Liu Laohan asked.

Liu Xing said with a smile: "Yes, in Mozhou before, we were subordinate to General Liu Chenglin, and after the battle in Mozhou was over, we received a military order to come to Dizhou again, under the command of General Qin Zhao." ”

"You can still move around as you please?"

"Look at what you said!" Liu Xing said: "We are all Li Xiangye's soldiers, often transferred, here today, where is Ming, no one can say when to change a boss." Besides, my son and I were originally a ranger, and wherever there is a fight, I will go. ”

Old Liu Han'er shuddered: "So, is our Dizhou going to war again?" ”

"It should be!" Liu Xing said: "Otherwise, we rangers will not be transferred." But the specifics, not for an officer of my level to know, anyway, when the time comes, it will be ordered. ”

"How old are you now?" Liu Laohan asked.

Liu Xing was a little proud: "My son is now in charge of a thousand cavalry!" Dad, do you know the spectacle of a thousand horsemen galloping on horseback? ”

"How nice is it not to fight? Now that life is so good, why should there be a war! Liu Laohan said with some loss.

"Dad, don't worry, even if we fight, now we are the only ones who beat others, and others dare not provoke us." Liu Xingdao: "We are living a good life now, but there are still a lot of people like us, life is still very hard, we Yixing Club said when we lectured, let everyone live a good life, it is the mission and obligation of our Yixing members, we must fight for it for life." ”