Chapter 18: The Robes
"We're going to stay here for a month?"
Walking to the leftmost room of the row of huts, Heifu frowned.
It looks like a house that has been built for a long time, and the walls are made of earth, but many of the adobe have cracked and are full of potholes. The wooden door was also old, and even had a fist-sized hole. On the roof, thatch pressed with wooden beams and clods of earth rises in the wind, and there is a fear that it will be swept away at any time, and it is not known whether it will leak or not......
In short, it was similar to the shacks on the construction site he had seen in his previous life, barely accommodating, and the only thing he could see was that the ground outside was shoveled clean, and there was not a single weed left.
Ji Ying was already used to it, after all, he had already done two shifts, so he laughed at himself: "I miss the residence in the county prison a little, so I don't have to train and work." β
As he spoke, he pushed the door open for Hefu and quipped, "The public is in advance." β
"Good soldiers, but also know how to be humble."
Heifu could only accompany him to have fun, and reluctantly bowed down and entered, because this door was only less than seven feet.
After entering the house, he found that there was no oil lamp inside, not even firewood, and it was already a little dim, and only after his eyes adjusted to the slight darkness in the room did Heifu see its internal settings clearly.
I saw that in the small room, in the middle is a passage that can accommodate two people in parallel, and on the left and right sides is an earthen platform about one zhang wide, slightly higher than the aisle, and there are ten straw mats spread out in total. This means that the guards live according to the "tid", ten people per room.
When he entered, there were seven people in the room, chatting, and as soon as Heifu entered, they stopped talking, and turned around, and seven pairs of eyes looked at the uninvited guest!
At this time, Ji Ying also came in, and he was shouting before he entered the door: "Are there people from Zhuanshui Township?" β
After he entered the door, he looked at the people inside, and immediately looked happy, pointed to the two people on the left bunk and shouted, "Aren't these two brothers, Biao and Mu!" It's your turn to serve! β
Heifu looked at him, but he was a short, round-eyed man who was only six and a half feet tall, but next to him was an eight-foot strong man with thick arms, taller than Heifu. If it weren't for Ji Ying shouting out, he wouldn't believe that these were two brothers......
"We're cousins." The two answered their doubts, they also recognized Ji Ying, and recognized him with a smile, it turned out that although they didn't live in the same house, they were also together in the last service, so they met.
Hefu is a little embarrassed to call them by name, Bi is a pig, and Mu is not a peony, but a bull, did the cousins' parents make an appointment in advance? He even gave them the names of brutes.
But it's relieved to think about it, most of the ordinary people in this era don't have surnames, surnames and other things that are only available to nobles, and the name is also after birth, casually pointing to a thing as the name, as for referring to chickens, ducks, pigs, cows or flowers and trees, it depends on fate. Thinking about the nickname of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it is also a child.
If Mom and Dad don't want to refer to things, they will also call Uncle Ji Ji in order of age, such as Ji Ying. There is also the abundance of Chu State, Liu Ji, the unsuccessful youngest son of Uncle Liu's family, who is almost 30 years old and has not yet married a wife, and he is idle all day long......
In addition, you may also be given a name that suits the occasion, such as Heifu, because he was born a black fat boy. His younger brother was frightened because his mother was pregnant for ten months and was frightened when the delivery date was approaching, so he got his name.
Therefore, the two brothers are particularly envious of the eldest brother, the name of the heart, the parents specially invited the fortune teller of this era "Dayman" to come to the house, and turned the imperial calendar of this era "Book of Days" to take it, which is very formal and decent......
After that, Yu and Mu also helped introduce the other five people in the house.
"This is Xiao Tao, a native of Yunmengxiang." Xiao Tao was a short young man, the same age as Heifu, he was very shy, sitting in the corner, and silent.
"This is peaceful, but, and no, they are all people near the county seat."
Ping is in his twenties, and he is indeed mediocre in appearance, like most ordinary people in this era, his eyes are blank, his eyes are dull, and there is nothing impressive.
And the "can" and "can't" are also two brothers, and the names are funny together, but they see that Ke's face is full of acne scars, and he can't have a pair of cross-eyed eyes, and he also purses his mouth and doesn't like to talk. It stands to reason that brothers will not be recruited together, but they are all adults and do not belong to the "cohabitants", so they are recruited together.
In general, these men were about the same age as Heifu, and at most they had served once or twice.
"This is Chaobo, and he is also from Yunmengxiang."
In the end, he was introduced to the innermost one, this person is older, he looks like he is thirty-seven or eight, and he has a long goat beard, and I don't know if he is the "uncle" because his brother is the first in the family, or is he older, and he gets the honorific title?
Chao Bo seemed to be a person with a higher status in this group, he didn't get up and give up his hands like everyone else, just sat leisurely on the couch, nodded, and pointed to Heifu and said, "Housheng, where are you from?" β
Heifu had been silently remembering everyone's names just now, and only then did he bow his hand to them and say, "I'm from Yunmeng Township......"
"It turned out to be a fellow villager." Chao Bo laughed, showing a mouthful of yellow teeth.
"Seeing that you are not very old, it is the first time to serve, it is okay, I will take care of you more in the future...... What do you call it? β
"Hef." Heifu smiled and whispered in response.
"What!?" As soon as these words came out, the room was shocked, and the courtier, who was still relying on his old age and sitting cross-legged, stood up suddenly, looked at Heifu in surprise and said, "You are Heifu!" β
"The black man who is the best match for the three thieves?" Yu and Mu also looked at him in surprise.
Has my reputation reached here? Heifu was a little surprised, so he nodded.
"Half of Anlu County is talking about your deeds today, and we were still talking about you just now." But the two brothers came over to talk, and their words were full of compliments.
"You...... You...... Can you really snatch the white blade empty-handed? Xiao Tao, who had been silent, also spoke, it turned out that he was a stammer, but he looked at Heifu's eyes, which were full of admiration.
Ji Ying was proud now, and raised his head again and said: "Of course, Brother Heifu is very good at kung fu, it was I who assisted Heifu to capture the thief, and he was also worshiped as a duke!" β
"That's amazing." Ping, who lives in the county seat, also cast envious eyes, and what he cares about is Heifu's title.
"It's nothing." Heifu was still very modest, waved his hand and said: "Everyone, sit down and talk, everyone will be robes in the future, Heifu is serving for the first time, and I hope to take care of it." β
The crowd looked at each other and sat down again, but it was only a sentence or two, and the black man had already judged their attitude towards him.
Woo and Mu are normal curiosity; But he was not a little afraid, perhaps because he was afraid that Heifu was a brave and ruthless person and would bully them; Ping envy the title of Heifu; Xiao Tao is the worship of the brave by young people, and perhaps the courage of Heifu to defeat the three thieves is what he longs to have......
As for the courtier? He looks like an old oilman, and he can't figure out his plans for the time being.
At this moment, Heifu found that eight of the ten straw mats in the house had been spread out on top of the simple bed, and only two were still empty, which was probably the place left for Heifu and Ji Ying......
If you count it like this, there is one less person in the room.
"Where's the other one?" Ji Ying also found out, he sat casually on the edge of the bed and opened his mouth to ask.
"The prince has gone to the hΓΉn Xuan." Bi said cautiously, as if he was a little afraid of the man.
"So, there are two dukes in this room."
Taking advantage of the last bit of light before dark, Heifu looked at the costumes of everyone in the room, and found that the rest of them were all Qianshou soldiers, but they didn't know what kind of person the other public soldier was, and whether they could get along or not.
At this moment, the wooden door outside was kicked open!
The cold wind blew in with the rain, and then a loud voice sounded:
"It's really unlucky, Naigong just went to pull a arrow, and it actually rained!"