Chapter 152: On the way
The days of rushing are boring, and the days of rushing are lonely and painful. Especially in ancient times, when it was hot and rainless, the pipes were all dirt roads, and the sky was full of dust, and when I rested every night, my clothes and hair were full of dust.
It's good that there is a post station station, and at Xue Lang's level, you can take a hot bath and clean yourself up. In the days when there was no post station stationed in the wild, Xue Lang was not easy to make himself too special, so he fetched water to wash his face and feet every day, and barely cleaned up.
For this reason, Li Gang also praised Xue Lang once, saying that Xue Lang loved to be neat and tidy in the past, and he had a good background, such a background, he could still endure to let the dust cover his body and not engage in specialization, which shows that his character is solid and steady, and he can take on big things!
Xue Lang naturally thanked him modestly, and said in his heart that Li Shangshu was really misunderstood, he was just trying to create an image that he had become accustomed to traveling, and filled in the pit for the origin he had made up in the past-
After four years of traveling, how can a person who is known as trekking through mountains and rivers not get used to the hard work of rushing! The pit you dug yourself will be filled with tears and tears! (The author of this sentence encourages the protagonist together)
Li Gang admired Xue Lang very much, and during the journey, he often called Xue Lang to his carriage or his old man climbed into Xue Lang's carriage to talk to Xue Lang.
Although Comrade Lao Li is over the age of old, he still has a young heart and is full of curiosity about the foreign country from which Xue Lang came. Pulling Xue Lang to ask questions from east to west, poor Xue Lang was already very hard to travel, and he had to rack his brains and spend brain cells to make up words to deal with Comrade Lao Li.
Lao Li said: "The journey is tiring, can Xue Counselor still get used to it?" ”
Xue Lang obviously sat numb in his buttocks, and he had to answer with a normal face: "There is a carriage to ride, and someone on the road takes care of food and clothing, such a hurry, compared with the journey when I returned, is already enjoyment, where can I talk about hard work." ”
Li Gang asked curiously: "I heard that Xue Counselor's return journey has been four years, it must have been very hard?" ”
Xue Lang took the opportunity to answer, took the opportunity to move his buttocks, and said with a smile: "I really felt hard at the time, but now that I think about it, it is all wealth." A valuable spiritual wealth! ”
"Spiritual wealth?"
Li Gang understood the meaning after a little thought, and praised: "This is quite a wonderful word. Is it such a wonderful harvest, can Counselor Xue share it with the old man? ”
Not at all! However, it seems impossible!
Xue Lang complained in his heart, and began to make up nonsense on the spot with a look of reminiscence on his face, taking advantage of the convenience of modern people's consultation, Xue Lang said: "Li Shangshu is interested in listening, so the lower officials will pick up a few of them and tell Li Shangshu to listen." When we climbed the Caucasus Mountains, there was a steep section of the mountain road, with no trees, only smooth rocks. It was snowing at that time, and in order to cross this road, I and the casual guards used a long rope to tie ropes around each person's waist, and they carried the buns directly, and put shoes with spikes on the soles of the shoes, and hurried step by step......"
Xue Lang directly described the scene of climbing the snow mountain that he had seen in a documentary, and swapped some inappropriate things, not only Li Gang, but even the coachman and Changjian who were sitting on the wheel outside could also listen attentively.
After talking about climbing the snowy mountain, start talking about skiing, and after going up the mountain, you should go down the mountain. So, Xue Lang went from climbing the snow-capped mountains to skiing down the mountain, and then to dog sledding, and so on through the cold winter, to the green forest, the forest with huge trees, there are brown bears taller and stronger than people, and there are also packs of hungry wolves and tigers roaring in the mountains and forests.
These are not the most terrible, the most terrible are the various poisonous snakes and poisonous insects that are annoying in the wilderness and in the woods in summer, and the situation in the desert where the water bag and belly are equally empty-
Xue Lang said: "There is still a way to solve the problem of water, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is large, dig a pit on the sand pile, spread all kinds of impervious things on the pit, the next morning, you can collect a little bit of early morning dew, collect more, save a little drink, and finally be able to cope with the past, hungry depends on luck." ”
Li Gang asked, "Is there still food in the desert?" ”
Xue Lang said: "The world is so big, there are no surprises. Don't look at the desert doesn't seem to have any signs of life, but under the sand, there are still many small animals and insects living in the desert, because there are buns beside them, although they are full and hungry, but they can always find some food with the help of buns, so as not to starve to death in the desert. ”
Li Gang nodded and said: "It can be seen that the journey is grinding, at the age of Xue Counselor, the so-called young and strong, but also exhausted by the arduous journey and fainted in the wilderness, almost endangering his life, regularly eating well during the journey, sleeping unstable." ”
Another bug was inadvertently hit! Xue Lang silently praised himself, and his interest in chatting with Lao Li was much more positive, which was better than sitting alone in the carriage in a daze.
Chat with Lao Li about what you have seen and heard, and you should pass the boring travel time. Although Lao Li is upright, he is not the kind of person who is hard and unpopular, the old man has already lived a fine life, and his speech is quite level. With Xue Lang's emotional intelligence, sometimes he reacts after being asked, but fortunately, in addition to passing through this big secret, Xue Lang has nothing that he can't say to people.
After a few days of mixing like this, Li Gang and Xue Lang gradually became acquainted, Li Gang probably put himself in the position of elders, and his eyes on Xue Lang were always with fascination and kindness. The most intuitive thing is to call, Li Gang no longer called Xue Lang Xue Counselor, and directly called him Youyang, Xue Lang, as a junior, can only obediently call Li Gang Li Gong.
The elderly more or less have a hobby, that is, to protect the media and say kiss! Geng is as upright as Li Gang, but he didn't get rid of this law, and after getting acquainted with it, he actually cared about Xue Lang's personal problems: "At the age of Youyang, it is time to start a family, why haven't you married yet?" ”
Xue Lang was silently pained, but he still explained his thoughts. Li Gang is not a forced person, he touched his beard and smiled mysteriously: "I see." However, after entering Beijing, you may become a son-in-law candidate for a young lady who has not left the cabinet, so you Yang should not be picky. ”
Xue Lang smiled bitterly: "Xia Guan heard that when people got married, the woman was only thirteen or fourteen years old, so young, if I got married earlier, I was afraid that I would be able to be a daughter, so I didn't marry." What's more, if the lower officials get married, they will naturally want children when they get married, but if they marry such a little wife and come back, they are afraid that they will become ghosts if they have children, wouldn't it be a waste of life? Besides, I have no intention of marrying a wife now. ”
Li Gang just touched his beard and smiled: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to get rid of it at that time." ”
Xue Lang smiled and nodded, but did not speak. It is now the Tang Dynasty, and the IQ of the emperor and ministers is online, so I think that Li Yuan and Li Shengren should not do such a stupid thing as giving marriage.
Cheng himself has been married to two families since ancient times, relying on power to forcibly give marriage to people...... What are you a courtier? The simplest respect between people is not played like this.