Chapter 687: A Family Reunion
After a brief chat, Hule hurried home and quickly entered the village.
Although there are no foreign enemies here in Donggui Village, there are fierce beasts. Wolves, in particular, were greatly reduced in the vicinity after being swept by a small militia in the town. However, wolves can be seen occasionally, especially in the cold winter weather.
So wooden stakes were made around the village and some vines were entangled. There were also some pampas reeds, which were wrapped around a large fence around the village.
Some bells are hung on the fence, and if a wild beast approaches, it will immediately trigger the warning. In the past, when I was ignorant and ignorant, I still played with the children in the village with bells. But after being beaten, he never dared to touch it again.
"Who is this?" ,
"Yes! Why is Möngger still walking with him? The women and children in the village were all ready for dinner, and only the half-grown children were still playing outside. When they saw a stranger coming in, they all said curiously.
"Meng Ge'er, is this an outside merchant?" , a child was bolder, and said in contempt for it.
A merchant is a merchant who has no fixed business and walks around. Generally, it can be divided into long-distance and short-distance. A long-distance merchant is generally a caravan and is large in size. They were not the main line of the Silk Road, and generally large caravans passed through less.
On the other hand, some small merchants will often come to their place to trade.
Most of them are small businessmen in the town, and they make a living by going to the countryside. The items sold are needles and threads, iron pots, hoes, cloths, pots, dishes, chopsticks, oil smoke sauces, small stools and other items, which are not valuable, and are light and carryable. In addition, they will also sell some food, such as candy, biscuits, canned food, etc. There are also small toys such as building blocks, small bows and arrows, knives and axes, and children's educational books such as comic books.
In general, there are not many things, but there is a lot of variety.
Such small businessmen also have a rare help in promoting regional economic exchanges. Therefore, the government also adopts a low-tax or even tax-free commercial policy for such merchants.
It is not easy for people in the village to go to the town on a trip, so it is quite inconvenient to buy daily necessities. Occasionally, merchants come and they are welcomed by the villagers. Moreover, Donggui Village is not without products, such as the cattle and sheep that are raised, from meat to fur, they can be sold for money. And the village also grows cotton, which is also a benefit.
If it weren't for the fact that there were too few men, Donggui Village's income would have increased several times.
Merchants come to the village to trade, in addition to the guaranteed sales, the purchase of products from the village is also one of the important benefits.
Of course, in order to ensure the fairness of the transaction, these merchants who are qualified to trade in the village are registered by the government. If it is reported by the villagers that he deliberately lowered the price and deceived ***, he will have his business qualification certificate revoked and will be fined.
Therefore, although the merchants have profits, they are not too outrageous. The money that the villagers can exchange can also ensure that life is good.
"No, he's my Abba!" , Scorn proudly introduced again. After getting along with each other galloping on horseback before, he is now very satisfied. I can't wait to tell everyone that this is my Abba.
"Ahh That's not for sale! The kid said disappointedly. For these half-grown children, nothing is more important than eating.
"My Abba is a special training soldier!" , did not see the look of expectation, contempt added.
"Special Trainers?"
"Do you know how to make sweet sorbet?" , a girl with pigtails asked. Sorbet in the summer, there is no child who does not like. It's a pity that you can only eat it when you go to town, and the average child may not be able to eat one a year.
Scorn was speechless.
"Cut! I don't know how to make sorbet. The other children dispersed.
"Let's go! It's time for you to wait at home. Seeing that the children had dispersed, Khule urged.
Since defecting to Dayuan, it was the first time that Hule came to Donggui Village. It was also at the beginning that they were transferred to Tubo for special training, and the tribesmen were centrally placed by the government. Although I have letters to communicate with my family every month, it is the first time I have seen the specific situation.
Looking at it now, the government is really good to their beggars. The wooden houses were divided into twelve rows, and a dirt road was built in the middle, with two rows of houses on one side and ten rows of houses on the other. Each household has a courtyard in front of and behind it, surrounded by a low earthen wall. Some vines spread out from the earthen walls, bearing tiny grapes.
A pear tree is still peeking out of the yard, and its branches are luxuriant.
Agya had told him in a letter that the government had built them a beautiful house. It's not cold in winter, and it's cool in summer. At the time, he didn't feel anything, but now that I look at it, it's a beautiful and spacious house.
Khule didn't have a good life. Before the fall of the beggars, they lived in tents and lived comfortably. But in terms of beauty, it is not as good as this wooden house.
Led by Scorn, Khule came to the second row of houses facing the village road. There is a wooden sign hanging outside, which reads No. 6 in the second row of Donggui Village. They are arranged from the direction facing the snow-capped mountains, from one to twelve rows. There are twenty houses in each row, for a total of two hundred and forty.
Not every home is a single house. For example, some unmarried girls and unmarried men live in the last row of dormitories.
It's just that there are no single men now, so the last house is full of girls. There are not many people, and there are quite a few empty houses.
The courtyard door of the Lemon House was not closed, and a little boy and a little girl could be seen inside robbing the wooden horse. He is also not very old, about six years old.
Led by Scorn, Khule came to the second row of houses facing the village road. There is a wooden sign hanging outside, which reads No. 6 in the second row of Donggui Village. They are arranged from the direction facing the snow-capped mountains, from one to twelve rows. There are twenty houses in each row, for a total of two hundred and forty.
Not every home is a single house. For example, some unmarried girls and unmarried men live in the last row of dormitories.
It's just that there are no single men now, so the last house is full of girls. There are not many people, and there are quite a few empty houses.
The courtyard door of the Lemon House was not closed, and a little boy and a little girl could be seen inside robbing the wooden horse. He is also not very old, about six years old.
"Wow woo woo ······", the little boy was pushed to the ground by the little girl, and just happened to touch the tip of the stone with his buttocks, and immediately cried.
"Little sister, you are bullying the third brother again." Scorn hurriedly ran over to pick up the little boy and taught him a lesson.
"He pushed me too!" , The girl replied with an aggrieved face.
But when he saw Khule, who had followed him in, he stiffened his body with some fear.
"You're just Yao Yao, aren't you?" , Hule said with a gentle expression as much as he could.
But perennial special training in the Tibetan area, the complexion is black and red, and there is a feeling of 'no one should approach' when you look at it. As soon as Kule's words fell, Yao's nose was sour, and he was frightened and cried.
This embarrassed Kule. hurriedly squeezed out a smile and coaxed him to stop crying. As a result, he cried even harder.
The movement here finally caught the attention of the mistress of the house.
I heard the sound of pot lids colliding, and scolded as I walked: "Yao, are you fighting with your brother again?" I told you to take your brother to have fun, and Eji wants to cook, why do you keep making trouble for me? ”。
When I got out of the house, I saw a woman with her hair tied with a coarse cloth holding a spatula, and she walked out with a look of hatred for iron and steel.
Bang dang!
The spatula fell to the ground!
"Daddy, kid?" , Agiya said with a glare.
"Agia!" When Khule laughed, his teeth were very white.
"You're back!" Agiya threw herself into Khule's arms.
I haven't seen her for so many years, and Khule also wants to kill her, and he kisses her in the face.
"Ahem... Don't-don't, the kids are watching! Agiya was too shy to look into Khule's eyes.
Only then did Khule notice that he was covering his younger siblings' eyes with both hands. And he also closed his eyes tightly. "I don't see anything, don't have a needle's eye." ”。