It was March, the sky was beautiful, and the Deng family gave birth to a baby girl.

It is said that the Deng family is an outsider, and Deng Chang, the pillar of the family, was originally a native of Tai'an, Shandong, and an ordinary soldier under the command of Shandong Daojiedu.

In the first year of the Tang Dynasty, there was a plague in Deng Chang's hometown, and Deng Chang was the only one left in a family of thirteen.

There was really no way to make a living at home, so Deng Chang came to Shandong Province to serve as a soldier.

In the first year of the Tang Dynasty, because the Shandong Daojiedu envoy came to Chang'an to pay tribute to the emperor, and the officers and soldiers from Shandong Dao came to Chang'an, he never thought that the Shandong Daojiedu envoy came to Chang'an and was ill and mourned, and a line of 3,000 people was disbanded by the emperor's order, and the imperial court wanted to go home with the sergeants.

Deng Chang had no relatives in his hometown in Shandong, and when he saw that the land in Woniu Village outside Chang'an City was fertile, he did not go back, and settled in Woniu Village outside Chang'an City and opened two acres of thin land.

It is said that Deng Chang settled in Woniu Village, Deng Chang was born as a soldier, has the strength of his arms, and is kind-hearted, some people saw him hardworking and willing to work, and gave him a kiss and married the daughter-in-law of the current house.

The ancestral hometown of this daughter-in-law's family is named Wang Zhishan, who moved to other places in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and was originally from Qingzhou Mansion, Shannan Province.

Because of the famine at home, he took his family to Chang'an, the capital city, to ask for food, and when he arrived in Woniu Village, the family found that the land was fertile and sparsely populated, so they settled in this Woniu Village.

That's the old story.

Yesterday, the daughter-in-law of the Deng family was pregnant and gave birth in October, and there was thunder in the sky and heavy rain.

The ancients also talked about etiquette, and when a child is born, even if the husband has to go out to avoid it.

It was raining heavily outside, and Deng Chang was waiting in his yard, almost being struck by lightning.

Zhang and Deng's two families had children, Zhang's father was in Woniu Village, and there were many relatives in the village, so there were people who came to Zhang's house from the morning.

In contrast, the courtyard of the Deng family is a little shabby, in addition to Zhang Chengsi who brought a pound of millet to the door in the morning, it was the two younger brothers of his daughter-in-law who brought a basket of eggs to see.

It was already early in the morning, and it rained heavily yesterday, and the courtyard of the Deng family was not dry.

Some relatives of the daughter-in-law's family came to Deng's house to come and see.

It is Deng Chang's daughter-in-law's younger brother, Deng Chang's brother-in-law - Wang Yuan, and Wang Yuan's younger brother Wang Fang, Wang Yuan is ten years old and Wang Fang is seven years old.

The two children went into the house to see their sister and niece, and the room was not big, so they set up two wooden chairs in the courtyard of the Deng family and basked in the sun.

Not far away, Zhang Chengde's house is still lively, and there are still relatives in nearby towns to see.

Brother-in-law Wang Yuan pointed to the Zhang family and said to his younger brother Wang Fangyan, "Brother, look, yesterday our sister gave birth, and Zhang Chengde's family in the same village also gave birth, why is his family so lively, and our family is so deserted?" ”

Wang Fang, "I don't know. "What can a seven-year-old understand.

At this time, Deng Chang walked out of the house, with a white porcelain bowl in his hand, and he had just boiled two eggs.

In the house, the daughter-in-law Wang was sitting on the bed and breastfeeding, and today the two younger brothers came to the house to deliver a basket of eggs, and asked Deng Chang to cook three, and Wang asked for one, and then asked her husband to serve the eggs to his two younger brothers.

Deng Chang came out with eggs, "Is there anything wrong with our family?" Why are you two naughty bags in such a good mood to come and see your sister? ”

Wang Fang, "My sister gave birth, last night the midwife Xi Gu came to the house to report the good news, knowing this, early in the morning our father and mother have to go to the ground, mother asked us to bring a basket of eggs to see my sister." ”

"Our father and mother went down to the ground to serve the ground? No wonder it's just the two of you. ”

In ancient times, when a daughter got married, it was water that was spilled, but no matter what, I never thought that my daughter-in-law would give birth, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law would not come.

He gave the porcelain bowl in his hand to the two children, "Have you two eaten in the morning?" Zhang Cai, your sister asked me to boil two eggs and told you two to eat them while they were hot. ”

Wang Fang waved her hand, "Brother-in-law, I'm not hungry." ”

Wang Yuan stretched out his hand to take one, and added it to his brother-in-law.

Then Wang Yuan still asked Zhang Cai, "Brother-in-law, why is the Zhang family so lively when they have children, but our family is so deserted?" ”

Deng Chang, "You kid, you can't stop your mouth when you eat." The father of the Zhang family is the head of our Woniu Village, and there are many relatives in the village, so his family is so lively. Our family is a foreign household, there are few relatives in our Woniu Village, and our sister has given birth, so there are naturally fewer people who come to visit. Why are you asking this question all of a sudden, kid? ”

Wang Yuan, "I'm just curious. ”

Deng Chang, "Our father and mother went to the ground, why didn't you two go to the ground?" ”

Wang Fang, "Our father said that this year's rain is diligent, and this year is a good year." We didn't shovel grass for a few days, and my father and mother went to shovel grass in the field. We also said that we wanted to go to the ground to help, but my mother said no, and said that my sister had just given birth, and her body was weak and needed nutrition. Our eggs were picked up early in the morning. ”

These words made Deng Chang's mood brighter a lot.

However, in the blink of an eye, there was a lot of sadness.

When a girl gives birth to a child, as a parent, she doesn't come to visit, but instead works in the field, and the place of service is more important than the daughter's birth?

Deng Chang couldn't hide the bitterness in his heart, he was in a foreign country, he had no relatives, he lived alone, and finally married his wife, and his wife's family was so indifferent to his own girl and himself.

Picked up a horse and sat next to the two brothers-in-law, and the three of them did not speak for a long time.

It was still his brother-in-law Wang Fang who spoke first, "Brother-in-law, I heard from our father that you once served as a soldier in the capital army. What is it like in the army, can you tell me about it? ”

Deng Chang said, "Oh, you said the army. "Brother-in-law, my hometown was originally from Tai'an, Shandong, and in the third year of the Tang Dynasty, there was a plague at home, and I was the only one left in the family." Because life was really unsustainable, I went to the shogunate of Shandong Province to sign up as a soldier. It belongs to Tai'an Province, Shandong Province. In the eighth year of Zhenyuan, that is, three years ago, Shandong Daojiedu made Shi Dabiao bet 100,000 birthday gangs to celebrate the emperor Tang Dezong, and I and the sergeants took the birthday gang to Chang'an. How do you know that Shandong Daojiedu made it to the capital and not adapt to the water and soil, so he died. The emperor ordered us soldiers to go home on our own. I have no relatives in my hometown, and when I saw that the land in Woniu Village outside Chang'an City was fertile, I settled in Woniu Village. Then a year ago, someone introduced me to your sister. ”

Wang Yuan, "Brother-in-law, what is it like in our Datang army, haven't you told us that there are bullies in the army?" ”

Deng Chang was born in the army, or in the army, drinking wine every day, eating meat in a big bowl, although he was not rich in that day, he also lived happily, plus he had a few friends in the army, and he didn't think it evoked his memories of being a soldier in the army in the past, "I don't know what the Tang army looks like, but what my Shandong Daojiedu makes the army look like, I can tell you," and then there was a bad smile.

In Woniu Village, outside Chang'an City, the capital, Deng Chang is not familiar with his life, and the two brothers-in-law can chat with him on weekdays.

In addition, he just had a child and was a new father, so he wanted to joke with his brother-in-law who talked a lot.

Wang Yuan knew that his brother-in-law was going to make him bad, so he got out of his chair and hurriedly ran away.

Deng Chang didn't catch it.

Wang Yuan shouted into the house while hiding, "Sister, sister, brother-in-law bullied me." ”