Chapter Twenty-Five: Affectionate
It is useless to talk to these rough mountain people, you must use the most straightforward and simple language, and express what you want and what they want directly.
The villagers were already cheering, boiling over the sky. Everyone feels an indescribable warm current in their hearts, which is inspiring. The warm current traveled around the body, and it was about to gush out, and it turned into a shout, bringing out everyone's heartfelt passion.
In this sacred and quiet place of the ancestral hall, more than 100 people are so noisy and noisy, I am afraid that the ancestors will also get up and ask what is the matter. But after the ancestors know the details, they will definitely not blame everyone. Muramasa thought so in his heart, and he couldn't help but shout along with everyone.
Yun Song, this doll, is even better than me, so eloquent! Hey.
Bailing Village has lived here for generations, ordinary and honest. Now, we are about to walk out of a group of our own soldiers, no longer like countless ancestors, who will wear out their courage and blood in the endless years of boring and poor, and finally disappear into the world silently, as if they had never come.
Ma Laohan, who was reluctant to let his son join the army and pull his son behind him, is now wishing that he was twenty years younger, and with a lot of strength, he followed Gao Yue to a future.
His blood was boiling, and he wanted to ask his son to sign up quickly, but when he turned his head, he couldn't find anyone, and then looked carefully, his own kid had already jumped to Gao Yue's side.
Muramasa hurriedly came out to maintain order. He sincerely hopes that the future sons and daughters in the village can mix up their faces, and then he can really straighten his waist and look at the village.
Under the leadership of Muramasa, the matter of signing up for the army was effectively carried out on the spot. There were a total of 236 young men in the village, all of whom were willing to join the army. Excluding those with poor physical fitness and the only son in the family, there are still one hundred and seventy-three people left.
Before Zhi Ping left, he promised that he could recruit a hundred people on his own. However, the Han soldiers and those who surrendered to the army in the city were all assigned to Gao Yue's jurisdiction, so it was impossible to recruit a hundred people here. Muramasa hardened his heart with Gao Yue and put down the conditions harshly.
For example, the height should reach seven feet, the strength to lift the flat stone in front of the ancestral hall, and the ability to jump out of two zhang (6.5 meters) in situ, etc., and then screen, and then screen, the remaining 72 people are all well-proportioned, strong and powerful, and vigorous warriors.
Looking at the pair of enthusiastic and expectant eyes that surrounded him, Gao Yue was very embarrassed and moved in his heart, everyone entrusted himself with such trust, no matter what, he couldn't let everyone down.
The chosen ones are, of course, elated, and their eyebrows dancing; More than 100 people who were eliminated looked depressed, and the elders in the family also sighed.
Gao Yue couldn't bear it in his heart, so he loudly persuaded them, asking them not to be discouraged, and when they had a firm foothold in the future, or if they had a vacancy and other opportunities, they would make up for it, in short, they would not forget everyone, and everyone cheered up a little.
Looking at the vigorous soldiers below, Gao Yue was very satisfied. These people will choose the best ones and build them as his own soldiers. As a military general's personal soldier, he must be selected from among the most excellent soldiers both physically and mentally, and even many of his relatives are military generals themselves.
The loyalty of these pro-soldiers, first of all, is beyond doubt. Even if the entire army betrays, this personal army will never abandon its commander. On the battlefield, the soldiers can even use their own bodies to protect their main generals, knives, guns and arrows, and use their own lives to protect the safety of their main generals.
And, as a personal soldier, he must often follow the main general to participate in countless tragic battles. After countless battles, it is completely certain that these people will become soldiers who are physically strong, highly skilled in martial arts, well-trained, experienced, loyal and not afraid of death in the future.
Everyone discussed, Gao Yue and everyone agreed, they all went home to clean up, and after two moments, they gathered at the entrance of the village and set off for the county seat together.
In ancient times, an hour was divided into eight quarters, and an hour was divided into four quarters, so half an hour was two quarters.
Gao Yue and Feng Liang returned home and rushed to clean the inside and out, and then the three uncles and nephews sat down and chatted for a while. Look at the time is coming, and the two are about to leave. Hu Laohan entered the house, took out the two baggage, and he packed the clothes and belongings of the two of them long ago.
Hu Laohan pulled Gao Yue, opened one of the burdens, grabbed Gao Yue's hand, and reached in to grope for it.
Hu Laohan whispered to Gao Yueyan: "In the middle of the clothes, there are two and a half dollars, and there is only so much for the time being." Liangzi is still young, I don't know anything, you keep the money...... Ay! You don't break away, take it! ”
"Your daily expenses, use them when you should, don't be reluctant. At the boss's side, you should also be mindful. Child, you are also an official now, if you are too stingy, you don't have to be looked down upon by others. ”
Gao Yue pursed his lips tightly and remained silent. The people in the mountains are poor, and they have to collect how much firewood and hunt more wild animals to get this money. Hu Laohan was frugal, saved up every penny, and now he took it all out without hesitation, just wanting his children to live a better life.
"Uncle ......"
Hu Laohan waved his hand, pulled Feng Liang over, and watched silently. Gao Yue and Feng Liang noticed the change in Hu Laohan's mood, and they all lowered their heads, and the three of them were silent for a while.
The separation was imminent, Hu Laohan said in a hoarse voice: "Liangzi, you and your eldest brother are going out to break through, uncle, I am very happy." Originally, you were like your uncle, I was afraid that you would have lived in the mountains all your life and had no chance. I'm glad that your eldest brother will be able to take you out when he comes. ”
"Your eldest brother is the lucky star that fell from the world and fell on our family, and he is your backer. Liangzi, from now on, you will follow your eldest brother closely with one mind, as long as you don't do bad things for evil, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, dare to frown, it will be a shame for me. ”
"Although we are from the mountains and have no pedantic, we still have to understand the truth of being a human being. You followed your eldest brother, that is, for a lifetime, remembering a loyal word. If you dare to have any bad intentions and do any ugly things of betrayal, I won't forgive you when I die, do you hear? ”
Feng Liang raised his lowered head and nodded heavily. He sniffled, tears in his eyes.
Hu Laohan stretched out his rough hand, rubbed it slowly and carefully on Feng Liang's face, and patted his whole clothes again, his fingers trembled very much, his lips and throat squirmed, and he couldn't say a word.
Feng Liang finally couldn't hold it anymore, he cried out, he threw himself into Hu Laohan's arms, and hugged his uncle who had been dependent on him for many years.
Gao Yue's heart was touched, and his eyes were red. Somewhat overwhelmed, he walked softly to the door and turned his back.
Hu Laohan calmed down. He pulled Feng Liang and called out to Yun Song, suddenly took a few steps forward, poofed, and knelt in front of Gao Yue!
"Uncle, don't do this!"
Gao Yue's brain boomed, and he immediately knelt down in horror, he leaned out and wanted to help Hu Laohan and the two up, this time Hu Laohan struggled hard, but he knelt on the ground and couldn't get up.
It's good to talk about it, so I helped Hu Laohan up. After Hu Laohan sat down in the hall, he gasped for a while before saying, "Yun Song." It's rare for you to call me uncle, I can recognize a good doll like you, and I am very happy in my heart. I have something to say to you. ”
He beckoned Feng Liang to come to him, turned his head to look at Gao Yue, and said in a low voice: "When Liangzi was seven years old, my brother-in-law was forcibly recruited by the imperial court at that time to serve as a soldier, and he died on the battlefield that year. My hard-working sister couldn't think about it for a while and looked for a short time. ”
"Seven-year-old dolls, all of a sudden, without their parents, can only cry wow, how pitiful! The old man and I have no wife and no children, so I took him in, and from then on I depended on him for my life, and he was like my lifeline! ”
"He is next to the old man and me, he doesn't eat well, he doesn't raise well, his body is thin and weak, every time I see it, I feel very uncomfortable. Now, I entrust him to you, you are a capable person, he follows you, and I can rest assured. ”
"You take him to break through, and in the future, he can glorify his ancestors, and I will have the face to go down to see my sister-in-law. On weekdays, you should discipline when you should discipline and punish when you should be punished, and don't be ambiguous. ”
"There's just one thing." Hu Laohan suddenly became excited, grabbed Gao Yue's arms tightly, and two lines of hot tears rolled into the deep wrinkles on his cheeks, and then rolled into the unkempt gray beard.
"Liangzi calls you eldest brother, and the old man only begs you to treat him as if he were his own brother. If he makes a mistake and does something big, think about the old man, spare his life if you can spare him, remember him in your heart, look at him sooner or later, don't let him out, what goes wrong, he is a hard-working baby, I beg you......
Feng Liang rushed over and hugged Hu Laohan, and the two uncles and nephews hugged their heads and cried.
Gao Yue choked back tears, solemnly knelt down in front of Hu Laohan and kowtowed, raised his head, and said word by word: "Uncle, my life was saved by you and Liangzi, and you treat me like a relative." ”
"I am a tall man, and my words are like a peak. In the future, Ryoko will be regarded as a fellow mother, and she is my dearest person. I will do my best to watch over him and support him, uncle, don't worry! ”
He kowtowed again, and tears finally dripped down his eyes. All men don't flick when they have tears, like Gao Yue, even in the face of thousands of enemies, they would rather drain their blood than frown and shed a single tear.
But how much steel is made, turned into finger softness. It can make the iron-beaten man shed tears, that is the softest place in the bottom of his heart, touched by deep family affection, and in front of his family who loves like the sea, he can remove the hardest and coldest shell.
Old Man Hu choked up and nodded, and hurriedly helped Gao Yue up. He hugged one in one hand, looked left and right, trembling, and in an instant, it was already a decrepit dragon clock.
After a while, Hu Laohan calmed down a little, and said with a forced smile: "I'm old and confused, you go out to run for the future, what a good thing this is, what a cry, hehe, wipe it all." ”
Feng Liang sobbed and said, "My eldest brother and I have left home, what should you do alone?" ...... who also have to collect firewood and hunt"
"Huh." Hu Laohan pretended to wave his hand relaxedly, "I'm at home alone, I'm the most comfortable, don't worry about me." Besides, the old neighbors on the left and right are here, and they will help me on weekdays, but they can still starve me to death? ”
He buried the sadness of parting deep in his heart, and only smiled and comforted Gao Yue and Feng Liang, and the three of them said a few more words, they had to go out.
Gao Yue dressed up, packed up, picked up his baggage, and went out with Feng Liang. The two of them took three steps, walked two steps and stopped, and they were hard to give up; When I walked out of the distance and looked back, the beloved haggard figure was still leaning against the door, quietly watching.