On the official road in the north of Xiyang City, more than ten four-wheeled carriages are slowly moving southward in turn, the first snow after the winter will dye the earth mottled white, and the north wind is howling, blowing down the curtains lifted on the carriages.

"A-Niang, there is a city in front, it seems that you are preparing to go to Xiyang City." A teenager said, the middle-aged woman next to him nodded when she heard this, and the other people sitting in the carriage also looked happy.

"It's finally here, I've taken a car all the way from Anlu, and it's so bumpy that my old bones are about to fall apart." An old woman rubbed her waist and said, and a middle-aged man next to her smiled when she heard this:

"Auntie, this is a four-wheeled carriage, and only the big families in the city can afford it, and we are blessed to sit here all the way."

"Who's to say it's not, it's all four-wheeled carriages that can only be seen in the city, and if you think about it, there are two more wheels than a normal carriage, so how much more is that?"

"The old man in my village bought a four-wheeled carriage to come back to transport goods, but after running on the dirt road for less than a month, it was bad here and there, and only the big families in the city could use it to run on the official road."

The people in the carriage were chatting enthusiastically, while a young woman, thin and shabby, dressed in a somewhat shabby garment, held a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes in her arms, and a large package leaned at her feet.

She lifted the curtain and glanced outside, and then stopped talking, and after struggling for a while, she still mustered up the courage and asked the middle-aged woman with a teenager: "Auntie, you will get off the car in a while, how can you find your family?" ”

"I said Mrs. Liu, you don't have to worry about this, the carriage we are sitting in, as well as more than ten cars in front and back, are all sent by the army to pick up military dependents, and they are properly arranged along the way, and a hundred hearts are put away." The middle-aged woman said with a smile.

"But I saw the carriage turn to the side, as if it wasn't going into the city." The young lady whispered, and the middle-aged man opened the curtain and looked at it when he heard this, and said with a smile that this is going to the east, and the military camp is not in the east.

"My family's eldest Langtuo came back after a while, saying that their military camp is on the outskirts of Chendong, and then they divided the house in the city of Ba, and that city is still east of the military camp." Middle-aged woman comforting young lady.

"That's right, what are you doing in the city, they don't live in the city, we're going to Bahe City, the carriage has to come out of Xiyang City, it's a lot of trouble."

"Didn't the general who led the team say that they knew that we were here today, maybe they were already waiting."

The atmosphere in the carriage was very lively, and everyone said a few words from time to time, and they, along with the rest of the people in the carriage, were the families of the soldiers of the Hulin Army, specifically most of them were the families of the soldiers who had land.

Their husbands, sons, or brothers had recently acquired land and houses, and it was when they needed their families to come and settle down on the farmland.

But then the question came: how to get to Xiyang City in Bazhou. Many people have never been to the state city, not even their hometown, and it is not easy to go out, especially far away, in these years.

It doesn't matter if you trek on foot, eat and sleep in the open, you are afraid that you will get lost, or you will lose your life if you meet a thief halfway; If you hire a car or a boat, it is not appropriate, and the black-hearted coachman or boatman may start to kill people and seize money at any time.

Although he didn't have much money, he lost his life for a few tens of dollars, which was really a disaster from the sky.

Therefore, those who have to go far away are either to have a companion with their fellow villagers and villages, or to be with their clansmen, and what they want is to have a response on the road.

If there are mothers-in-law, sisters, or female relatives in the same company, when encountering such a situation, they can only blame their bad fate, and they are taken captive just to survive, and they don't know if they can live to meet their families.

In view of this, the people are exempt from going far away, which is no exception for the families of the soldiers of the Hulin Army.

However, their concerns quickly dissipated, and the Hulin army sent carriages to pick up people along their addresses, and of course, in order to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to kidnap people by impersonation, these carriages were brought to their homes by local officials.

With the yamen as a guarantee, everyone dared to rest assured on the road, from the countryside to the state city, and with other family members to do all the way, follow the convoy to Bazhou, along the way to stay in the post station without spending a penny, eat and live warmly, accompanied by cavalry guards are very assured.

With proper care along the way, the family members who have hardly been out of the house are relieved, and the people in the same car begin to talk to each other, after all, everyone has to be neighbors when they arrive in Bazhou, and it is not wrong to be familiar with each other in advance.

They are all poor families, and they are all husbands, sons, and relatives who can't eat enough to join the army, and they thought that this meal would only be able to eat if they had to fight for their lives, but they could not only eat enough but also get a share of the land, and everyone was full of expectations for life in the coming year.

It is not enough to have land, you have to have tools to open up the wasteland, and you have to have seeds, but their relatives have already brought a message, and the army has already prepared these things, and they can rent them without paying for them, and then use the harvest to pay them back when the autumn harvest comes.

There is such a good thing, and someone made a special trip to pick it up, so the family members did not hesitate any longer, even the young lady plucked up the courage to carry the child on the road, and there was no need to bring any large luggage, because Bazhou had already arranged it.

The house has pots and pans, and there are bedding and so on, as long as people can live in it, and after the New Year, they can open up wasteland and cultivate land, and it is said that those wastelands are protected by river embankments and ditches to divert water for irrigation, and as long as you are willing to work hard, you will definitely have a good harvest in the autumn.

There was a shouting outside the carriage, and the sound was uniform, and some people lifted the curtains to look, but saw that the carriage they were riding in was passing by a military camp, which occupied a large area, and there were moats outside the brick camp walls, and there were many brick buildings in the barracks, and soldiers were watching them.

"It's a barracks, it's the barracks of the Tiger Forest Army." The boy exclaimed, and everyone leaned over to look out the window, and they were all amazed at the size of the barracks where the flag was displayed, and someone shouted from the other side, but they saw a big river.

No, it's a big river, almost a boundless river, and no one has ever seen such a wide river except those who grow by the river.

"That's wider than the lake in our township!" Someone exclaimed.

"It's rare and weird, isn't it? This big river is the Yangtze River, which is said to flow from Shu thousands of miles away in the west, and then flows thousands of miles to the east to Jiankang, the capital of Chen. ”

"That's a long time!"

"Of course, how about the Yangtze River?"

The carriage continued to walk, and I don't know how long it took to speak, but the carriage slowly stopped, only to hear the loud shouts outside, "Arrived", everyone was happy when they heard this, and after the door curtain was opened, they saw that there were people outside.

When I got out of the carriage, I saw a circle of men around, all of them were dressed in black uniforms, all of them looked at their side with anxious faces, and many people just glanced at them and found the familiar faces in the crowd.

"Da Lang!!"

"Big brother!"

"Ah Niu!"

"Auntie!"

Joyful shouts rang out from time to time, and the soldiers who had been looking forward to it for a long time in the cold wind saw their relatives, and the young lady, who had been worried that she could not find anyone, recognized her husband and snuggled up in her husband's arms with her son in her arms.

"Attention, attention!" Some generals clapped their hands and shouted loudly for everyone to hurry across the river, "The wind is strong by the river, and the walking barrier can't block much wind, so don't freeze!" ”

"Crying and crying, all of them, advance to Bahe City!!"

"Be careful when crossing the pontoon bridge and walk slowly with the old man in your arms!!"

"You guys don't just stand there, help with things!!" ……

In Bahe City, there was laughter and laughter in many courtyards, but Chen Midou had a solemn face as if he was facing a great enemy, and the Hulin Army, who was a good melee fighter who killed people without blinking an eye on weekdays, was now at a loss by the person in front of him.

"General Chen!! That girl is a well-known handsome lady in ten miles and eight towns! A woman with heavy makeup spat in front of him, holding a handkerchief in her hand and dangling it, chattering a lot without breathing, and her voice was so loud that Chen Midou's ears were deaf.

'Flies, there's a loud fly flying in my ears. Chen Midou thought so in his heart, and forced the urge to pull out a knife and cut people, as if he was stiff and immovable, it was not that he didn't dare to let this woman get out, but he really couldn't make the decision.

Because his mother is here, it is not his turn to speak.

"Auntie, you can rest assured, I, Jia Siniang, am a well-known matchmaker, and there are no less than twenty family affairs!" The woman turned to an old woman and continued, "Happy days! ”

"Don't worry about me, the name is recorded on the list of matchmakers in the state government, otherwise I wouldn't dare to come to the door to disturb me, right?"

"You don't have to worry, that girl's family is all honest people, her brother has a family, and she doesn't have the virtue of knocking bones and sucking the marrow!"

"The old couple are very talkative, and they also have fields at home, so they won't come to eat and drink, and they won't ask for bride price indiscriminately!"

"That girl has a strong body, she can do any farm work, she can endure hardships and have a good temper, and she will definitely honor your old man when she enters the door!"

"Big butt, good birth, if you pass the door this year, you will definitely be able to hold your grandson next year!!"

Jia Siniang persuaded her bitterly, she is a well-known matchmaker in Bazhou, and now Xiyang County has granted land to open up wasteland, and many families have shared the land, which is a good opportunity for their matchmakers to show their skills.

If you have land at home, you will have the mind to get your mother-in-law, and those who have a field, those who are worried about their daughter's marriage also have goals, so it is when you need a matchmaker to match it, business begins to boom, and there is an endless stream of people who come to the door.

Many families have found Jia Siniang and asked her to help find a good husband, and Jia Siniang, like other matchmakers, set her sights on the soldiers of the Hulin Army who had recently turned red and purple.

This gang of fighting Han soldiers has a high salary and good treatment, and has fought many battles in the past six months, and has won many rewards for their military exploits, and now they have divided a lot of land, although it is wasteland, but there is a river embankment to protect it, and the crops that are not afraid to be planted are not harvested, the key is that they are all from poor families, and most of them have not been married before.

Especially those who are the masters of the building and the army are basically singles, for example, the general Chen in front of him, who looks upright and tough, and more importantly, he has the ripe fields of Bahe City, as well as a house and a lot of money and grain, which is a rare Lang Jun.

Jia Siniang knew that this kind of fighting man was not easy to speak, if it weren't for Yuwen's envoy Jun also having the intention of letting the soldiers get married, they wouldn't dare to come to the door to find a fight, and they would not be worried about their lives thanks to the state government's guarantee, so they kept coming into this Bahe City to talk about matchmaking.

She had already done her homework, knowing that this General Chen had no mother-in-law, although she had a straight face all day long, but she also heard that he had an old lady, so as soon as she heard that his old mother had arrived in Bahe City today, Jia Siniang rushed to the door like a gust of wind to come to the matchmaker, she pondered that her son must listen to his mother, and when she entered the door, she knew that the opportunity had come.

This General Chen is submissive in front of his mother, just like a mouse seeing a cat is really a filial son, so Jia Siniang, who has a lot of experience, knows that as long as he convinces the old man, this marriage will be done.

must be persuaded immediately, otherwise it will be a bad thing for other matchmakers to come to the door, Jia Siniang made up her mind to use what she has learned in her life, and she must set up her family affairs, and sure enough, after trying her tongue, the old man was relieved.

"Mi Dou, Wei Niang thinks this girl is good, what do you think?"

Chen Midou listened to it without tears, he only knew how to practice hard after joining the army, and after going into battle, he only knew how to fight to kill the enemy, and he didn't have the kung fu to think about which girl, of course, they couldn't have the opportunity to think about the girl.

So for Chen Midou, this family affair is nothing, anyway, they haven't met, it all depends on what the matchmaker said, of course, there are inevitably those who have no conscience to cheat the bride price, but the army has audited the matchmaker who comes to the door, and the matchmaker in front of him is a matchmaker with a good reputation.

It's just that he thinks it's too urgent, he has a field and a house, and he doesn't have to worry about finding a good girl who wants to marry, if he hurriedly agrees to the family, what if he marries someone who is not suitable.

"Midou?"

Chen Midou, who was distracted, heard his mother's question, and then he was excited, and he mustered up the courage to ask: "Are you waiting to see?"

"Ouch, hey, General Chen! If you wait any longer, the girl will be hooked by another family!! ”

"That" Chen Midou only felt that his tongue was knotted, he really didn't know what to do, he heard the matchmaker say that the girl should be good, the key is to be able to work and be filial to the elderly, this is the most important thing.

He can endure hardships, but his mother has to be taken care of, and someone has to take care of the housework, if he marries a lazy and snobbish mother-in-law, where can he be worthy of his mother's years of nurturing grace.

"Mi Dou, according to my mother, this family business is so decided, right?"

"Ahh ”

Seeing Jia Siniang holding the deposit and turning out of the door like the wind, Chen Midou was both happy and a little apprehensive in his heart: Will it be too fast for the first matchmaker to come to the door to make a marriage. )