In the corner of the barracks, there are more than 20 stoves lined up with fires, and the large iron pots on the stoves are boiling semi-fat and lean pork and various vegetables.

The men were busy around the stove, and the soldiers were waiting in line in front of the iron pot with cutlery in hand, and the aroma of pork overflowed, arousing the greed of countless people.

The Hulin Army followed the Xiyang King South Expedition to Lingbiao, the soldiers were stationed in Panyu, Guangzhou, where there was seafood, but there was not much pork, and now the class division could eat the familiar Huangzhou pork in Huangkou on the way, and many people were very excited.

Meat is not uncommon for the soldiers of the Hulin Army, they are so excited because these fat pigs that are killed and boiled are transported by ship from Xiyang, Huangzhou, upstream, and eat hometown pigs, can't they feel the taste of their hometown?

The hometowns of the soldiers are different, but after enlisting in the army, they settled down in Xiyang, Huangzhou one after another, and with their military merits, they divided the fields, money, grain, and houses, and took their families to live together, for them, Xiyang, Huangzhou is their second hometown.

Lined up to eat, the soldiers did not eat in line as in the past, but gathered together in twos and threes, and talked about it while eating, before the whole army held a meeting, don't General Tian Zhengyue reiterated the order of the king of Xiyang, that is, after returning to Xiyang, he will have a holiday for thirty days, and this news caused an uproar.

The soldiers still couldn't figure it out at first, but the generals repeatedly emphasized that this was an order from the king of Xiyang, because before the army set out at the end of last year, the king of Xiyang promised in public that he would have to return north from the Lingbiao class and must give everyone a holiday.

This is an order personally issued by the King of Xiyang, everyone must obey, go home to honor their parents, and sleep with their daughter-in-law!

Since the generals repeatedly reiterated that there was not a traitor who forged the order of the king of Xiyang, it was a sure thing to take a holiday after returning to Xiyang, so taking the opportunity to eat dinner, everyone talked about what happened after returning home.

It's not that they are duplicitous and change when they say they change, on the one hand, they really want to follow the King of Xiyang to kill the enemy, and on the other hand, they are indeed homesick.

Going out on the expedition, and seeing that it will be enough for a year with relatives, it is false to say that he doesn't want to go home, although he can 'learn foreign languages' with Hu Ji in Panyu, but he still thinks about his daughter-in-law at home.

There are also parents with gray temples and babbling toddlers, who have not been seen for almost a year.

A month is enough time for them to relate to their families and arrange things at home, and for the unmarried soldiers, they have extra vacation.

It is said that this is set by the king of Xiyang, and the soldiers in the Hulin army who have not yet married a daughter-in-law can apply for a three-month vacation, and after being approved, go home and hurry up to find a matchmaker to talk to the matchmaker, marry a daughter-in-law and go home, and strive to make their stomachs bigger within three months.

Anyway, I have a son and a half daughter, and I can't come back from the battlefield, and there is always a thought at home.

Marrying a daughter-in-law must have a dowry, which is not a problem for many soldiers, and everyone in this southern expedition fought bravely to kill the enemy, and their military merits were more or less.

The merits of each person in the merit book and the awards they should have received were clearly written, and they were publicized in advance, allowing them to be questioned, and everyone had no objection to the final figures.

And this time when I went back, the reward was cashed on the spot, and it is said that Xiyang City has prepared the reward (money, silk, food) that everyone deserves, and you can find a matchmaker immediately after you go back!

"I must let the matchmaker say that a little lady with a big ass is easy to give birth to, but she can give birth to a son!"

A soldier said with longing, and a few people next to him laughed: "Can you handle that reed stick?" ”

"What's the matter! When I was in Panyu, the orchids all said that I was amazing! ”

"Ouch, Orchid is amazing when she sees anyone!"

Everyone laughed and scolded, and some soldiers were longing: "I don't want a big butt, I want the matchmaker to tell me a big breast!" ”

"You're not a baby, what's the use of having big breasts?"

"Is it wrong for a man to like a woman with big breasts?"

In the laughter and scolding, the long-handed and long-legged wheat iron rod took the food and turned aside, sat down next to a few comrades, and saw Hu Si Wanshan talking to Zhang Dinghe, hehe laughed: "Dinghe, thirty days, can your waist withstand it?" ”

The army is full of fighting men, and when it comes to meaty things, Zhang Dinghe is not annoyed, and laughs: "I'm afraid she won't be able to stand it!" ”

"Ouch, don't be so weak that you can't get out of the door at that time, how can you come to my house as a guest then?"

Zhang Dinghe just laughed, Hu Si Wanshan put down his chopsticks and asked Mai Tiecane: "Lao Mai, has your family settled down in Xiyang?" ”

"Settled." Mai Tiecane was very happy, this time with the army back to his hometown of Shixing, he was honored to return to his hometown, when the Hulin Army set off from Panyu, he took his family to go together, at this time he had arrived in Xiyang first, and settled down in the military area of the city.

"Lao Mai, the joy of housewarming, you have a treat!" One soldier laughed and said that they were recruits who joined the army at the same time, so they had a good relationship.

"Slow down, after fifteen days, I will invite you to come to the cold house as a guest."

"Oh..."Hu Si Wanshan and the other soldiers laughed ambiguously, laughing so much that the iron staff was a little embarrassed: "Hehe, everyone is busy, don't say anything else." ”

This kind of thing, everyone understands, so they laughed "hey, hey, hey", although after returning to Xiyang, they all hope to follow the king of Xiyang immediately to kill the enemy, but since they can have a thirty-day holiday to reunite with their families, many people are really happy.

Whether it is a golden nest or a dog kennel, it is always their warm home, and everyone is born and dies, isn't it just to make military achievements to improve their lives and the lives of their families?

Finally came back alive from Lingbiao, went home with heavy money and grain, reunited with his parents, wife and children, and then took his family to see the newly divided fields, Zhang Luo next year's spring ploughing, looking forward to the next year's autumn harvest, how warm the scene must be.

Zhang Dinghe was looking forward to it at this time, he was originally from Chang'an, and he was a palace guard when the Sui State was still there, and later moved to Ezhou on the Yangtze River with his neighbors to settle down.

exchanging his life for military merit in order to change his family's circumstances, Zhang Dinghe was willing to do so, but his wife was worried, and often made awkward troubles for this, and now, Zhang Dinghe was finally able to prove to his wife with actual results that he did it.

Zhang Dinghe went south with the army this time, bravely killed the enemy and made many military achievements, and accumulated to be able to get land in Xiyang County, although it was still wasteland, but the surrounding water conservancy facilities have been perfected, as long as you work hard, the harvest will come up after a few years.

Zhang Ding stayed in the barracks on weekdays, while his wife alone could not cultivate the fields, and his wife had no relatives in Xiyang, and there were no relatives to help, but this was not a problem, because Zhang Dinghe still had colleagues and "organizations".

The Hulin Army organized a "mutual aid association" to serve the Hulin Army in service or retired soldiers and their families, one of the services is to help the soldiers carry out spring ploughing, take care of farmland and autumn harvest, as well as carry out various mutual aid activities in daily life, the membership fee is not high, but it is really reliable.

Zhang Dinghe had already made a plan to hire tenant farmers, lease iron ploughs, and buy seeds at the mutual aid association, and then do a good job of spring plowing in the spring of the next year, and then hire tenant farmers to take care of the new fields, and his wife could visit them from time to time.

In the autumn, his family had a harvest, and although the harvest of the newly cultivated land would not be too much in the first few years, and the expenses of employing tenant farmers had to be deducted, there was certainly a surplus of grain.

These surpluses will not be much at first, but Zhang Dinghe can meet the daily expenses of the family with his military salary, not to mention the military exploits he has made this time, in addition to dividing the fields, he can also share a lot of money, grain, cloth, and save some flowers, which is enough for the couple's expenses in the next year or two.

If you have a field and a house, you will have children, so Zhang Dinghe held back his strength and wanted to seize the time to 'make people' after he went back.

He is bent on 'creating people', and other colleagues have their own plans, some want to find a matchmaker to talk to the matchmaker, some think about how to divide the land to open up the wasteland, and some think about how to 'manage money'.

"I saved money in Rishengchang cabinet to make money, the mother-in-law at home is always unwilling, afraid of being deceived, helpless to save for a year, this time back, the deposit period is almost up, then see what else she has to say! Next, I'm going to save for a three-year term! ”