The red-brick and blue-tiled three-compartment house is surrounded by a bamboo fence, which is small but extremely compact. On the bamboo fence, many places actually pulled out the green branches and leaves, the tenacious vitality makes people look at it, think about it in a few years, this bamboo fence or will grow into a green bamboo forest.

Close to the bamboo fence, there are ridges of vegetable furrows, which grow all kinds of new and sparse vegetables inside, and they are extremely prosperous. In the center of the courtyard, there is an arm-thick osmanthus tree, a three-legged table surrounds the osmanthus tree, the table top is hollow, just on this tree, the remaining part of the side, you can also place some things, a few wooden benches are placed under the tree at will. In the hollow part, there is still a lot of gap, which obviously leaves room for the growth of the osmanthus tree.

Xiao Yuyin led the two children to push open the door of the bamboo fence courtyard, and the yard suddenly became lively, the chickens and ducks that were originally hovering in the middle of the yard immediately quacked and surrounded the three of them, and in a thatched house in the backyard, several captive pigs also hummed, obviously also heard that the master's family came back, it was time to eat.

The little boy galloped to a corner of the yard, uncovered a dilapidated clay pot, took a half-missing wooden scoop and put some grain out of it, and sprinkled it on the ground in front of him, and a flock of chickens and ducks immediately rushed over, surrounded the little boy, and kept pecking with his head down. The little girl squatted in front of the chicken coop, her small arms reached into the chicken coop and touched it, and when she pulled it back, there were already two more eggs in her hand, and the little girl giggled and lifted the two eggs high.

"Mother, mother, gave birth to two more eggs."

After taking the two eggs from the little girl's hand, Xiao Yuyin's face was also full of smiles, "I boiled these two eggs tonight, one for each brother and I." ”

"Really? Can I eat eggs? The little girl tilted her head, but she swallowed a mouthful of saliva involuntarily, and grunted, which made Xiao Yuyin's heart tremble.

"You can eat an egg today." His eyes were a little red, and Xiao Yuyin said, "My brother got another compliment from Mr. today." ”

The little girl smiled happily, ran to the little boy, and took the boy's sleeve: "Brother, you are so good, can you let Mr. praise you every day in the future?" After a pause, he shook his head again: "That's not good, the eggs still have to be exchanged for money." Brother, it would be nice for you to let your husband praise you once in ten days. ”

Listening to the little girl's immature voice, Xiao Yuyin's tears almost burst out of her eyes.

"Mother, I won't play in the future, I'll catch bugs for the chickens to eat, and if you eat the bugs, the chickens will be able to lay more eggs." The little girl said.

"Okay, Yu'er will catch insects in the future, let the chickens lay more eggs, and my mother will cook an egg for Yu'er to eat every ten days." Xiao Yuyin held back her tears and put the hoe in the corner, "Chenglin, take my sister to wash her face, chop grass and feed the pigs, and then cook for you to eat." ”

"Yes, mother!" The little boy sensibly led his sister and walked back.

A lamp is lit in the wing room on the left, this is the only place in the whole room where there is light, in order to save, the mother and the three are gathered in the little boy Cheng Lin's room, Cheng Lin is sitting at the table, holding a book in his hand, is reading in a frustrated manner, the little girl Yu'er is tired, lying on the table, listening to her brother reading with big eyes before, and then the little head will be little by little, and soon fall asleep.

Xiao Yuyin sat opposite Cheng Lin, but she was sewing a piece of clothing. She is a strong woman, her son Murong Chenglin is in the school every day, so she naturally dresses decently, her daughter is still young, but what she wears is changed from her brother's old clothes, fortunately, her daughter is not yet at the age of beauty, no matter what she wears, she doesn't mind at all, but when she grows up, it won't work.

Although life is hard, it can still go on. In fact, other families in the village have a very good life, when they are busy with farming, they will work as farmers, and when they are not working, they will go to the city to help, and they can get some spare money, that is, women, they can also cook something at home, take it to the city to sell, and exchange it for some money. If the government wants to do something to repair roads and build bridges, it will also pay wages, and there are all kinds of things, as long as you are diligent, you can live a good life. But Xiao Yuyin's family has no men and pillars, so many things can't be done. Even though the Ming Dynasty levied very low taxes on the peasants, for their family, they could only barely survive. Earlier, the village chief wanted to introduce a man to Xiao Yuyin, but in fact, he also saw that they were pitiful, if there was a man in the family, the day would be immediately better.

But Xiao Yuyin was unwilling. She knew that she was a barbarian, even if the people here did not look down on her because of this, but she knew that there was something different after all. If you really want to remarry, I am afraid that a son and a daughter will suffer. She would rather suffer herself than let her children be wronged.

In fact, the current days have greatly exceeded her expectations. When the barbarians were newly defeated and the whole clan was moved out and resettled, she thought that what was waiting for her would be to become a slave, and she would be separated from her own son and daughter, and she would never see each other again, and she was desperate at that time.

But what they never expected was that they would be able to live the life they are living like now, although they are more bitter and tired, but they are free after all, and the family is together, so what's the harm if they are harder.

This made her full of admiration for the emperor of the Ming Kingdom. She didn't hate the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, even if her man died in this war. The two clans fight, the winner is the king, the loser is the coward, there is nothing to say, the unfortunate thing is only that the defeat is their own side. If your side wins, you will definitely not be so magnanimous. As a member of the barbarian aristocracy, she knew all about the fate of those who were captured, and her own family used to have slaves.

Xiao Yuyin is an aristocrat, and her thoughts are naturally different from ordinary people. If you lose, you accept your fate. It is already a surprise to have such an ending as it is now.

Or, this is the reason why the Ming Kingdom is so powerful!

Yes, Xiao Yuyin now feels that the Ming Kingdom is really strong. The village where she lives now is a large village of more than 1,000 people, and there are not only schools in the village, but also militia reserves. Every month, there will be a few days to be gathered for military training, in the past, officers from the county came to guide the training, but this year, a few retired soldiers took on this job, Xiao Yuyin saw that there were hundreds of young people in this village, and they looked like soldiers day by day.

A village can gather a decent army, how many counties and villages are in Zhengyang County, if there is really something, in the blink of an eye, a huge army can be assembled. Xiao Yuyin is knowledgeable, those soldiers are not trained by fake tricks, but real killing kung fu, as well as the battle array organization, those soldiers who have just retired can be seen at a glance that they are all veterans of the battlefield.

Alas, what do you want to do so much! She sighed in her heart, lifted the changed clothes, and compared them with Yu'er, who was sleeping on the table, nodded with satisfaction, and stood up: "Chenglin, it's not early, it's better to get up early tomorrow, go to sleep!" ”

"Yes, mother!" Cheng Lin nodded obediently, put away the books, watched Xiao Yuyin pick up the sleeping Yu'er, and then held the lamp and sent his mother to the side room on the other side.

"Mother, I'm going to sleep too." Putting the lamp on the table, Cheng Lin walked towards his room in the dark.

Blowing out the oil lamp, the house suddenly fell into darkness, there was no moon outside today, I heard the village chief say, there will be a heavy rain in the next two days, tomorrow you have to get up early, dredge the ditches in the field, otherwise the rain will fall heavily, the water will not drain out, but it will soak the crops.

Thanks to the non-stop ditch construction in the past two years, Zhengyang County is not afraid of drought, but is a little afraid of heavy rain. These jobs should have been done by men, but in their own homes, they are the only ones who do them.

She sighed, rubbing her hands gently, her skin that used to be creamy was now extremely rough, and the calluses in her palms had hardened.

Yu'er next to her turned over, her little mouth opened and closed, as if she was talking in a dream, and she was arguing carefully, but she was muttering about catching insects and eating eggs, Xiao Yuyin's heart was sour, she got into the quilt and hugged her daughter tightly in her arms.

Half-asleep and half-awake, there was a sudden soft sound on the window lattice, Xiao Yuyin was excited, and immediately woke up, turned his head with some difficulty, and stared out of the window.

There are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, let alone a beautiful widow like her! There are many rules in the village, and the management is strict, so naturally no one dares to harass her during the day, but at night, the black lights are blind, and the viciousness of people will inevitably show some tails, and she has encountered it several times in the past two years.

My hand groped under the bed, and when I lifted it again, I already had an extra pair of scissors in my hand. She got up with her clothes and picked up a gong from the top of the cabinet on one side.

There was another thud outside the window.

Xiao Yuyin's voice trembled a little, glanced back at her daughter who was still sleeping on the bed, and lowered her voice: "I don't care who you are, dare to leave my house tightly, otherwise, I will ring the gong." When the time comes, the face must not look good. ”

As soon as the gong sounds, it is a warning, which is a skill that the whole village knows and must have, as long as the gong sounds, every family will come together to catch the thief.

There was silence for a few moments, and then a voice rang out.

"Yuyin, it's me!"

Xiao Yuyin was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person froze there in an instant, how could he forget this voice. With a bang, the gong fell to the ground, and with another click, the scissors fell to the ground.

"You, you...... Aren't you dead? ”

"Yuyin, I'm not dead."

Xiao Yuyin stretched out her hand to open the window, and under the faint light, a familiar face appeared in front of her.