Wei Qing turned out all the silver on his body, not even missing a copper coin, he carefully put the silver in Li Youfu's little hand: "You have to take good care of this money, spend it slowly, I am an officer, and now I only have this money on me, when I return to the barracks, I will immediately find a way to raise a sum of money for you to ensure that you can live." Don't turn over the ground anymore, okay? ”

Li Youfu looked at the heavy silver in his hand, he couldn't accurately estimate how much silver there was, he didn't know that Wei Qing had handed over all the only ten taels of silver on his body to him, but he at least knew that such a large sum of money, as long as he saved money, it was enough for the two brothers to live for a few months.

He pulled his younger brother: "Brother, this uncle has given us a lot of money, let's kowtow to him quickly!" ”

Li Youcai didn't quite understand these things, but he had always listened to his brother's words, and since his brother asked him to kowtow to this uncle, he immediately followed his brother to kowtow to Wei Qing seriously.

Wei Qing hurriedly squatted up and stretched out his hand to pull the two brothers, but as soon as his hand touched the two children, he couldn't control his feelings anymore, and hugged the two children, and tears flowed for the third time.

Wei Qing didn't hit the road again until the second watch. He helped the two children find a family surnamed Ma, and it took a lot of effort to persuade the family to help take care of the two children, until he repeatedly promised that he would send a hundred taels of silver within ten days, and the family agreed to take care of the two children first.

The next day, the camp city fifteen miles away from Zhaojia Village. The city is not big, and there are not many people, but although the sparrows are small, they have all kinds of organs, and there are all kinds of people.

Wei Qing walked alone on the bluestone-paved road. He was thirsty, hungry, and tired. There were tea stalls and restaurants on the side of the road, but he couldn't go because he didn't even have a penny in his pocket.

He doesn't regret it, he would have regretted it if he hadn't done it. But now it's a big question, how can he get back to camp? Is it possible to go all the way back?

Wei Qing looked down at his body.

Swords cannot be sold, and if weapons are sold, it is a great sin. What about clothes? This dress is not a military uniform, you might as well plan it, but this dress is too ordinary, I'm afraid it's good to change a few steamed buns, not to mention that he can't just walk on the street in a big way wearing a shirt.

He sighed, it seemed that there was only one thing left to use.

He slowly reached out and pulled out a small gold medal from his pocket. This brand is very small, only less than two taels, but it is indeed made of pure gold, and it is no problem to exchange it for thirty or forty taels of silver.

He held the gold medal in his hand and hesitated.

This gold medal is his most precious thing, and he would rather give everything than lose it. His fingers were accustomed to grinding the words on the gold medal. He didn't have to look to know that it was engraved with the word "peace".

It was his brother's peace charm.

When he was just one year old, his brother was only three years old, and at that time the Wei family was quite well-off, at least in the village. His parents took him and his brother on a trip to the countryside when they suddenly ran into robbers. The gang of robbers was obviously prepared in advance, and they came up directly to rob the two brothers, but fortunately, his father resisted desperately and saved him, but his brother was robbed.

This gold medal was originally because the fortune teller said that his brother was short of gold in the five elements, so he brought a gold medal, this gold medal was his brother's favorite thing, and when he was robbed by robbers, this gold medal fell to the ground, and his brother stretched out his hand all the way and shouted vaguely, "Cards, cards!" ”

The robber left a message before leaving, and asked the Wei family to take five thousand taels of silver to replace people, but although the Wei family was not poor, five thousand taels of silver was really unable to make up enough, and there happened to be a team of military horses from the imperial court nearby, and my father hurriedly went to ask for help, but I didn't expect that the incompetent general would fight the robbers with great fanfare, how could the robbers sit and wait to be killed? When the officers and soldiers found the robber's lair, they only saw a letter, which said that they had gone away and would no longer rob here, but the Wei family would no longer have to think about redeeming the child, they would sell the child as travel expenses.

The officers and troops returned victorious. They completed their mission, and the robbers were driven away and never to return, at least that's what the robbers' letter said. As for the children of the Wei family, there is no way, maybe, maybe, I hope that one day in the future, due to some chance, I will meet them, and I will talk about it at that time.

Wei Qing naturally didn't remember this, because he was too young at that time. But his parents will never forget. Since Wei Qing was remembering, he kept telling him that he also had an older brother. Every time he spoke, the tears of his parents fell.

On this expedition, my father thought that Wei Qing would pass by many places, so he told Wei Qing that if he had the opportunity, he might as well inquire about where there were children with similar experiences, and see if he could be blessed by God and miraculously find his brother. In order to have a proof, let Wei Qing bring this gold medal.

But it was clear that this was nothing more than a psychological comfort for his parents for the loss of their child.

More than ten years later, is the three-year-old still alive now? Even if he is alive, with such a vast area and such a large population, how could Wei Qing be so coincidentally encountered? Even if you do, after more than ten years, can a three-year-old child still remember those things?

Wei Qing hesitated with the gold medal. Of course, he would not sell the gold medal, but he saw that there was a pawnshop not far away, and it would be a good idea to save the emergency here first, and then withdraw the money to redeem it when he returned to the barracks. It's just that if such a precious thing is lost, how can he explain it to his parents if the pawnshop loses it? But if he doesn't pay this gold medal, he will have nothing to exchange for money with.

After hesitating for a long time, Wei Qing gritted his teeth and put the gold medal back in his pocket.

He would rather go back to the barracks for food than disappoint his parents, this is his parents' trust in him, and he can't break his trust because of such a small matter!

"Guerrilla Wei, what are you doing here?" Wei Qing had just put away the gold medal when a voice suddenly sounded behind him. Wei Qing turned around and looked at it, and his heart was overjoyed, this person was not believing in vain!

This time it was really timely rain, Wei Qing grabbed Bai Buxin, and his excited speech was a little incoherent: "Bai Dutong, it's really good!" What are you doing here? ”

Bai Buxin is a little inexplicable, it's only been a few days since the breakup, is it necessary to be so excited? "I'm going back to the camp to report, just passing by here."

Wei Qing smiled happily: "Bai Dutong, this time you are going to break the fortune, I don't have any money on me now, and I am thirsty and hungry." ”

Bai didn't believe Daqi, and he didn't know how Wei Qing could be mixed up like this, but he didn't ask anything, just pointed to the restaurant next to him: "Let's go, let's eat!" ”

Wei Qing didn't move, he looked at Bai Buxin: "Do you know how much silver I want to eat?" ”

Bai Buxin was a little dazed. Wei Qing is not a playboy, he eats, a steamed bun is a meal, a few sweet potatoes are also a meal, at most find a few pickles, what's wrong today?

Wei Qing ignored Bai Buxin's expression and continued: "I will eat a hundred taels of silver for this meal. Not only will you take care of my food and drink along the way, but if you can lend me a hundred taels of silver at once, I will accept it without any gracies. ”

Bai Buxin nodded: "No problem." Wei Guerrilla, let's go to dinner first, and the hundred taels of silver will be delivered in a while. ”

This time it was Wei Qing's turn to be in a daze. One hundred taels is not a small amount for them law-abiding soldiers, and he was ready to explain the reason in detail, but Bai Buxin agreed without even asking.

"Don't you ask me why I don't have a penny? Nor do you ask why you borrowed so much money at once? Bai didn't believe it, Wei Qing couldn't help it.

Bai Buxin smiled: "When you're full, you'll naturally say, now, let's go into the restaurant." ”

In the restaurant. Wei Qing had already eaten almost, he ate three bowls of rice in one go, drank a whole pot of tea, and even ate all the rice grains on the side of the bowl. But he didn't just care about eating, and while eating, he told what he had experienced in the past two days.

Bai Buxin raised his glass to drink tea, and his hand was not put down for a long time. When he finally put down his hand, there were still tears in the corners of his eyes. "The soldiers are in trouble, and the people are not happy." He sighed.

Wei Qing also sighed.

Bai Buxin beckoned to the guy: "Man, check out." These five taels of silver will be used as a tip for you, find me a pen and paper, and when I finish writing, help me send a letter to Li Dutong in Yingcheng. ”

The man was overjoyed, and the tip of five taels of silver was enough for him to spend a month.

Bai Buxin explained to Wei Qing while writing a letter: "Li Dutong and I are good friends, our two families live next to each other, I don't have so much money with me, but Li Dutong is stationed here, there must be." Besides, such a large sum of money still has to be entrusted to a safe person, so it just happened to be annoying that Li Dutong would send it, and I would ask him to help visit the two children often. ”

"You're writing the wrong number." Wei Qing watched Bai Buxin write a letter on the side, and saw that Bai Buxin wrote "Begging to borrow two hundred taels of silver, send it to Zhaojiazhuang surnamed Ma, and hand it over to Li Youfu and Li Youcai's brothers。。。。。。 ”

Bai Buxin shook his head: "That's right." You pay 100 taels, I pay 100 taels, which should be enough for the expenses of the two brothers for five or six years, and after five or six years, at least one of the two brothers can stand on his own, and they will be able to earn a living on their own. ”

Wei Qing didn't speak, just nodded deeply. He didn't have to say thanks, and he didn't need to thank him, they knew that very well to each other.

Along the way, Wei Qing and Bai Buxin didn't talk too much, and Bai Buxin's taciturn personality made him better at thinking rather than talking. Moreover, there seems to be more tacit understanding between Wei Qing and Bai Buxin, and many times there is no need to speak at all, with one look and one action, they can understand each other.

But when they arrived at the barracks, there was one thing that confused both of them.

When they arrived at the camp, they heard the news: Wei Qing is going to be the commander of the army!