Chapter 11: Vitality in Despair

Li Shimin glanced at the female general meaningfully and said: "Third sister, you used to be disdainful when you looked at men, why are you interested in a person on the side of the road today, you won't fall in love with him, right?" I saw that the female general picked up the horsewhip lightly, whipped it lightly on Li Shimin's back, and said, "Nonsense! How can there be a reason to see people at a glance, whether the women under the sky still want to live. In the future, I will look for a man who is famous for martial arts, and he is not yet on the right track when he is a brother, so be careful that I will beat you if you talk nonsense! Li Shimin pretended to be forgiven, smiled and said: "Sister, be merciful, I won't say anything!" Then he turned his head and said to the flag officer beside him: "Pass the order, tell the Qin general in front, and let him speed up the march and relieve the siege of Jinyang as soon as possible...".

After the army, Xiao Zheng's mother and son entered Weinan City and found an inn, and during the meal, some diners began to talk about the march just now, nothing more than arguing about whether it was Li Shiminqiang or Liu Wu Zhouqiang. Xiao Zheng just smiled faintly after hearing this, if he is not mistaken, there is no major change in history, Liu Wu and Zhou Wu are completely finished this time, Li Shimin's credit book has one more item, and he will get a better gift, and there is one more fierce general under his command - Chi Jingde, the door god captain.

Xiao's mother and son stayed in Weinan City for one night, hired a carriage and went straight to Yushan County, and walked for two days to Yushan County, inquired about the location of Shenhewan Village, and settled in Yushan County first. The next day, the mother and son bought gifts in the county seat first, put them in the carriage, and then took the car directly to Shenhe Bay. After walking for about half a day, I turned a small hill along the winding country road, and vaguely saw this small village called Kamigawa Bay, quietly located in a wide valley.

In front of the village, a bent river flows out of the valley slowly, the river three or five zhang wide rushes out of several half-moon-shaped ponds in the valley, the water surface of the pond is dotted with pieces of lotus leaves, the leaves are dotted with some pink, red, white lotus flowers, there are many graceful blooms, there are shy flowers, the breeze passes through the flowers and leaves swaying and swings out a condensation of blue waves, the light of the sunset shines on the pond to the lotus coated with a piece of gold, Occasionally, one or two small fish jumped out of the water and immediately returned to the water to stir up a few ripples, the stream by the river murmured, a few birdsongs came from the mountain forest, there were hundreds of acres of farmland in the valley except for a few small mountain bags, the farmland reclaimed by the villagers had just finished harvesting the grain, and some villagers carried the millet on their backs through the arched stone bridge adjacent to the village and walked towards the village. Hundreds of ten farmhouse courtyards are scattered along the river according to the pond, some dilapidated small earthen houses also come out of the curling smoke, all the streets in the village are paved by the villagers with stone roads and cobblestones little by little, the thin haze is like a veil around the mountainside, the small village seems more quiet in the evening, the village is not big, but the beauty of nature has not forgotten them, quite the charm of Mr. Yuan Liang's paradise.

The Xiao mother and son paid for the car and walked into the village with gifts. Some of the people's white geese quacked. Xiao's mother stopped a young woman who was about to return to the village and asked, "Dare to ask my sister, is there a family surnamed Dong in this village, named Dong Qi?" The woman thought for a moment and replied, "I really don't know the family that the guest said. Xiao Mu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Isn't this village called Shenhe Bay?" I saw the woman reply: "This sister, there is only one place within a radius of twenty miles called Shenhe Bay, and there is no village called this name in other places, I have been married to this village for two years, and it stands to reason that the people in the village are all familiar with each other, but I can't think of such a family, or you should inquire about the old people in this village and see if they know each other."

After Xiao's mother thanked her, she walked to the village and came to the door of a house, which was obviously much larger than other people's yards, and should be the first household in the village. The door is open, there are five main rooms inside, five or six plum trees are planted in the courtyard, through the sparse plum branches, the statue of Confucius hanging on the wall of the atrium is faintly visible, and Xiao Zheng smells a strong fragrance of Chinese herbs through the courtyard wall. Xiao's mother stopped an old man who had just passed by at the door and asked, "Dare to ask the old man, is there a family named Dong Qi in this village?" The old man stopped and thought for a while, pointed to the courtyard where the statue of Confucius was hung, and said, "The house you said really exists, have you seen this courtyard?" This turned out to be his home." Xiao's mother replied in surprise: "Then thank you old man!" Just about to enter the courtyard, but the old man stretched out his hand to stop him, only to see the old man say again: "Don't worry, don't be too happy too early, this Dong Qi's family moved away four or five years ago, and I heard that the whole family went to Luoyang." After hearing the sermon, Xiao's mother turned into a stomach full of grievances, coupled with the days of running, she threw the gift in her hand and sat on the ground and cried, Xiao Zheng hurriedly bent down and comforted her mother in a low voice.

Mother Xiao cried like this, which startled the old man next to her, and hurriedly asked Mother Xiao what was going on. While comforting his mother, Xiao Zheng told the old man about the situation and experience at home by the way. The old man also sighed after hearing this, so he comforted Xiao's mother with Xiao Zheng not to cry first, and helped to find a way by the way. The crying also alarmed several surrounding households, it was meal time, people put down their jobs and walked out of the house to see what was going on? The crowd gathered around listened to the old man's narration and expressed sympathy for Xiao's mother, so everyone comforted Xiao's mother with a word. Xiao's mother also slowly stopped crying under the persuasion of everyone, and the noise outside alarmed the residents of this courtyard, only to see an old man coming out of the courtyard gate, only to see that this old man was not dressed as a farmer like the people in the village. The old man was about sixty or seventy years old, wearing a cyan hat on his head, a cyan robe on his body, although a little old, but the pulp was clean, the beard more than two inches long on his chin was a little white, his eyes revealed a peaceful and kind look, and a few wrinkles on his forehead made the old man more stable.

When everyone saw the old man coming out of the courtyard gate, they saluted one after another, only to see him go out and ask, "What happened to cry in front of my door?" After listening to this, the old man stroked his beard and said to Xiao's mother: "The Dong Qi you said moved away a few years ago, it turned out that he and I were old acquaintances, and his family happened to move to Luoyang, when the old man saw that the village was peaceful and peaceful and the scenery was good, so he bought it and prepared to settle down here to support the elderly.

Seeing the sad look on Xiao's mother's face, the old man thought for a while and said: "Your mother and son are helpless to go to the Dong family, even if you two turn back to Luoyang to find him, you may not be able to find it, now it's getting late, you two can live in my cross-courtyard, there are three rooms over there that are empty, but the inside is also clean, if you two don't dislike it, you can live temporarily and make another picture later, can this be?" ”

Xiao's mother hesitated a little after hearing this, everyone saw Xiao's mother's thoughts, and the people around said: "You two don't worry, Mr. Li is a famous good person in our nearby village, you two have met a noble person today, the children in the village and the neighboring villages are studying here, and the old gentleman's medical skills are good, today is just in time for Mr. Xiu's bath, you don't have to be polite when you live here, wait tomorrow to discuss what to do." ”

Hearing everyone say this, Xiao Mu thought about it and saw that it was already dark, but there was no way to go back, so she saluted the old ancestor and said, "Then disturb your old man." I saw the old man smile and said: "It's okay, there is a cross-hospital in my hospital, there are three partial rooms in it, usually just for patients and babies who can't go back to study, it's also clean inside, you two can live first." With the help of everyone, the mother and son packed up and lived in a house across the courtyard. When the villagers learned that the mother and son had not eaten, the east brought out a dish, and the west family took out a pot of rice, Xiao's mother was moved and thanked everyone after eating, and the old gentleman saw that the mother and son were tired and tired for days and did not bother, and the mother and son washed up after eating and went to bed early.