It was no one else who was left, it was the eldest sister of the Xue family who had a marriage contract with Jia Daihua, Sister Xiaozijin.

Xue Biao has a group of wives and concubines, raising children and daughters, but his biological bloodline only has one son and one daughter.

The son is still in infancy, and the daughter is the eldest sister of the Xue family who already has a marriage contract, and the small character Sister Jin.

In order for her daughter not to be disliked by her in-laws in the future, she was born in business, and after making a marriage with the Jia family, Xue Biao sent her daughter to Jia Yan's wife to raise her. Of course, the two families will not directly use the name of the Xue family to pick up people in the name of Jia Yan's wife and cousin.

When the Xue family had an accident, Xue Biao did not pick up his daughter in advance, but arranged for someone to give Jia Yan a silver ticket, and another handwritten letter, but if she can be a woman, she will be a woman, and if she is not a woman, she will be a woman, and she will entrust her daughter to Jia Yan and his wife.

Now Jia Yan's wife and husband are injured, and her son's future is half ruined, and she can't tolerate Sister Xue Jin, and she refuses to even ask for a silver ticket.

Of course, the disaster in front of her is the stepmother's black heart, but the root cause of this family affair with the Xue family is in the end.

If they hadn't met the Huo family, it would have been unkind and unjust for the Jia family to leave Sister Xue Jin, but the ready-made "cousin" is here, and this Sister Xue Jin can be regarded as having a place to go.

"Fifth Brother Huo, don't worry, I have inquired clearly, the affairs of the Xue family can't come to the table, let alone Xue Biao's children, even Xue Biao himself, the yamen will not be wanted, and others will not be implicated." Jia Yuan said earnestly: "My sister-in-law is sick, I think a lot, it's not good to go against her will, wait for the eldest brother to get better, and let the eldest brother forgive her." My eldest brother is the most important promise, this family business will not change, and he will only temporarily entrust the niece of the Xue family to the fifth brother to take care of him for a period of time. ”

Huo Wu frowned and said: "That's my cousin and niece, it's inconvenient for you to take care of it, and I should take it, but at the moment, the young and strong people in this courtyard are really inconvenient!" ”

Jia Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and said with a smile: "This is okay, the niece of the Xue family is only six years old, and she is not yet the age of men and women. ”

Huo Wu didn't refuse again, but he refused to accept the Zhuang ticket, but he also mentioned that the father and son were about to go away. The Huo family can take over Sister Xue Jin, but the young and old of the Huo family who stay in Jinling will not have to take care of the Jia brothers in the future.

Jia Yuan was quite surprised, but he didn't ask for details, and left with a little concern.

Sister Xue Jin stayed in the Huo family, in order to avoid extraneous branches, she still hid the surname Xue when she was in the Jia family, and only said that Sister Jin, the niece of Jia Yan's wife Zhen, was temporarily entrusted to Aunt Huo Liu's care.

Aunt Huo Liuyi knew about Zhen's miscarriage, so she didn't think much about it, and happily took over Sister Jin.

Sister Jin and Niuniu are the same age, she is a quiet and sensible little girl, and in less than half a day, the two children got together and went out hand in hand.

was beaten by the Jia family's affairs, Huo Wu remembered to ask about the time of the grain shop, it was already two days later, Niu Dalang and they also inquired a lot of news.

Since half a month ago, the grain store has recruited people to transport grain everywhere, but they have not returned.

The grain store claims to be in tight stock, but in fact, it has not been out of stock, but a large amount of grain has been sold.

If it's wrong, it's definitely wrong, but I don't know what the reason is.

"There are thousands of mountains in Changzhou, and there are many bandits! There is an iron mine under the mountain, nominally an official camp! Huo Wu whispered and guessed: "I just don't know if this shop is sent to the mountain or sent to the mountain." ”

Niu Dalang and the others all gasped.

If that's the case, where is this transporting grain, this is transporting people.

Struggling to survive, whether it is to become a mountain bandit or a mine slave, it is not what they want.

"In this world, work is not peaceful, but how can you live?" Niu Dalang frowned, revealing a little despair.

Niu Erlang and Niu Qing are both full and not hungry alone, and they can't starve to death when they find a place to eat, but Niu Dalang has to feed his son, and he can't help but feel difficult.

Huo Bao thought of Jia Yuan, who wanted to make up for 100 households, and suggested: "There are many vacancies in the army, and now it is convenient to fill them, if you can't find a suitable livelihood, you can join the army with Second Uncle Jia." ”

On the battlefield, the roles of officers and soldiers and thieves can be changed at any time. Under Jia Yuan, the future grandfather of the country, it is more stable than being a coolie.

Everyone looked at Huo Bao in unison.

Huo Bao's eyes lit up: "Uncle Bao wants to join the army?" ”

The bandits are hateful, but the real officers and soldiers are also majestic, and if they really want to put on that official skin, it is also a kind of protection for the common people.

Huo Bao shook his head: "In two days, I will go back to Quyang with my father to visit my uncle!" ”

Everyone was shocked, Huo Bao was not very old, but he was the backbone of the big guy, and everyone was uneasy when they heard that he was leaving.

Uncle Huo, who was qualified to dissuade Huo Wu's father and son, did not speak, and others knew that this was a designated departure, and they had to have their own plans.

Huo Bao immediately said: "Fifth grandfather, Uncle Bao, take me and the eldest brother." If you encounter hard stubble, I will also give Uncle Bao a sweep! ”

Niu Qing also said: "Fifth Uncle Huo, Brother Bao, count me as one!" ”

Shi looked at Huo Wu's father and son, and then at his grandfather, lowered his head and said nothing.

However, Niu Dalang listened to Huo Bao's previous advice and decided to take his brother to join the army.

When Second Uncle Shi came out of the funeral, Shi Jin also got the news and knew that Huo Wu's father and son were about to go north, so he quietly brought Second Aunt Shi over to practice for Huo Wu's father and son.

Those few house deeds and land deeds were exchanged for gold that was easy to carry, not only did not reduce the price, but also increased the market price by 30%.

Huo Wu refused to take advantage of this.

Second Aunt Shi said please, please ask the father and son to take care of one or two if they meet the Shi family brothers and sisters.

Huo Wu agreed to the request, and only accepted the market price, asking them to take care of Uncle Huo and the others who stayed in Jinling.

For a full five hundred taels of gold, Huo Wu privately gave Uncle Huo fifty taels of body, and then twenty taels with Aunt Huo Liu, and the remaining four hundred and thirty taels were divided into two parts, and the father and son hid them with them.

Jia Yuan still remembered the "Ninety-Nine" seat in Wangjiang Tower, and specially set up a table there to feast Huo Wu's father and son.

A few days ago, like a lost dog, now he has put on a new military attache uniform, and he is a hundred households from the sixth grade, and he has jurisdiction over one hundred households and one hundred and twenty soldiers. The two Niu Dalang brothers, who had just joined the army, were under Jia Yuan.

When such a big lama entered the city, how could he not show it to the Jia clan?

"There is chaos in the north, and the Jinling Guard is also ready." Jia Yuan said with a little reluctance: "Fifth Brother Huo's eyesight, Brother Bao's strength, it's a pity not to enter the guard." ”

Huo Wu didn't show his skills before, but with the posture of teaching his children, he was not an ordinary person.

Huo Wu waved his hand: "Xiaobao is still young, and I can't bear the restraints, but I can't live in the army." ”

Huo Bao is curious.

After knowing that each state capital has a thousand households, under the jurisdiction of ten hundred households, Jinling, as the provincial capital, has four thousand households, Huo Bao's heart moved: "It would be better if Second Uncle Jia could make up for a thousand households, and there are more than 1,000 people under his command!" In this Jinling realm, you can also have the final say! ”

Jia Yuan shook his head and said: "Qianhu is a positive five grades, how can it be so easy to make up?" It's another radish and a pit, don't say I'm shallow, that is, Shi Jin has been in the army for more than ten years, and now he is from the five-grade palm print, the second in command of thousands of households, and he has to boil it if he wants to make up for thousands of households. ”

"When Jinling is in chaos, there will be vacancies in thousands of households." Huo Bao said in a low voice: "Whether it's Uncle Shi or Second Uncle Jia, they are brothers, no matter what the situation is, they can also have room to speak." ”

Jia Yuan held the wine cup silently and looked at Huo Bao deadly.

Huo Bao refused to say more, and only struck hard at a beef soup.

The imperial court forbade the killing of cultivated cattle, but there is this beef soup on the menu of this restaurant all the year round, and the owner of this restaurant is not an ordinary person.

Jia Yuan, the abandoned son of the Jia family, as the head snake of Jinling, has a wider communication than imagined.

Seeing that Huo Bao loved beef, when he left the restaurant, Jia Yuan asked for a beef leg from the kitchen.

When I returned to the small courtyard, this beef leg, except for the tendons and bones to make soup, the rest of the beef was fried beef jerky. There are also meat dishes such as pork jerky, sausages, and air-dried chicken.

With the experience of being hungry, Huo Bao specially prepared these meats to take with him, so that he could "recharge" at any time.

Two ready-made mule carts, plus a waterproof tent and a couple of improvised sleeping bags with eiderdown.

The rest is pots and pans, rice, flour, grain and oil, and all kinds of dried meat.

In addition to these food and luggage, everyone is also equipped with weapons.

Huo Wu is still accustomed to using machetes here, Huo Bao's purple gold mace, Huo Bao changed to Badou's new bow (purchased by hundreds of households), Huo Hu is a customized cast iron rod, Niu Qing is still a Yanling knife.

After all the preparations, Huo Wu and the others did not delay any longer, and on this day they said goodbye to everyone and crossed the river from the wild boat again.

However, in the past ten days, the fare has increased several times. The Huo family and his entourage have mule carts, so they have to calculate the price of a chartered boat.

Huo Wu happily agreed, and did not make a counteroffer.

The boatman made a few remarks: "The north is in chaos, if the guest officer wants to do something, it is better to go back quickly, who knows when the river will be closed." ”

Huo Wu thanked him and asked about the number of people who crossed the river today.

"There are fewer people going north, and not many people going south. Everyone said that when the white-shirts arrived at the riverside, the people who had families on the water had taken the boats and didn't dare to pull people anymore......"

When the boat arrived at the Jiangbei ferry, not only did there be no waiting river crossers on the riverside, but even the tea shed was gone.

If it weren't for the fact that there were still a few earthen caves at the old site of the tea shed, everyone really wouldn't be sure that this was the last ferry.

What about people?