Chapter Twenty-Nine: Returning at Night
The weather was too hot, and after drinking some porridge, the two of them sweated all over their bodies, and they were sweating all over their bodies, and they didn't bother to wash the pots and bowls. The two of them put out the fire in the stove www.biquge.info put out the pot lid, and then found a straw mat to spread it in the shade of the tree and fell asleep.
The weather was so hot that people were tired, and the slightest cool air on the straw mat seeped into the skin and felt so uncomfortable, Zhang Xin groaned, closed his eyes and didn't want to open them again, and he took a nap after a while.
I don't know how long it took, in a daze, Zhang Xin suddenly heard a loud "bang", quickly shook his head, opened his eyes and saw Zhang Yi standing in front of Zhang Xin and Zhang Xi with an angry face.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Zhang Xin's brain is still a little confused, I don't know what kind of evil fire Zhang Yi is making, I don't eat half a pot of porridge and keep it for me, I still want to eat it at night, why are you detaining him?
"You two...... How dare you eat meat......" Zhang Yi's face turned white with anger, and he squeezed out these nine words from between his teeth.
"Huh?" Zhang Xin and Zhang Xi never thought of eating some meat, we are not bald, why don't we let eat meat? The two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw a blank look in each other's eyes, and they really didn't know what kind of evil fire Zhang Yi made.
"Brother, I just ate some meat...... Not really, right? Zhang Xin scratched his head.
Zhang Yi didn't expect Zhang Xin to dare to talk back, he was so angry that he couldn't speak, and stretched out his finger to point at Zhang Xin, "You...... You....... You ...... for half a year, and you didn't come out of it, so you simply pulled out the whip from the wheel with your backhand, and whipped it at the two of them.
Although Zhang Xin was injured, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and although he was injured, he was also a first-class master in the world, but Zhang Xin didn't even dare to hide in the face of Zhang Yi's whip, so he had to protect his head and face with his hands. The big leather whip whipped on the flesh with a hot pain, and Zhang Xin and Zhang Xi "Ouch...... Ouch ......". Finally, Zhang Xin couldn't help it anymore and said loudly: "Brother, you are unreasonable, eat some meat and whip us!" ”
Hearing that Zhang Xin still dared to fight back, Zhang Yi sneered, "Yo, the little rabbit cub will reason with me, okay!" As he spoke, he withdrew his whip, walked to the carriage in a few steps, took out a large wooden box from the carriage with both hands, and threw it in front of the two of them with a "clang".
Zhang Xin opened the box and saw that it was a box of bloodstained waist cards, although a long time had passed, the original bright red blood stains had turned black, but Zhang Xin still recognized it at a glance, it was the waist cards of the brothers of the pro-guard team buried in Liangzhou.
Zhang Yi gritted his teeth and said: "The heroic spirits of the brothers are about to arrive home, and they are dying on the battlefield one by one for you, you two ...... Still eating meat? Can you eat? You're still not human! ”
Zhang Xin instantly realized that he had committed a big taboo, and now the three of them were spirit givers, and the spirit senders had to fast on the road, and the jerky he and Zhang Xi ate at noon was indeed a taboo.
As soon as Zhang Xin pulled Zhang Xi, the two stood up together. Zhang Xin said in a sullen voice: "Brother, we were wrong. Your whip should be whipped. ”
Zhang Yi stared at the two of them for a while, and "snorted", "Hurry up and pack up and hurry, this whip will be written down first." ”
Zhang Xin looked up at the sun and found that it was still three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was the time when it was scorching. But just made a big mistake, Zhang Xin didn't dare to fight back, "um" The two of them hurriedly packed up the messy sundries, and finally threw them on the carriage, and the three of them cleaned up, and continued to walk along the loess post road to Zhangcun under the big sun.
The weather was too hot, and the scorching sun was full of sweat, and the sweat was dried all over the body, leaving a sweat base mark on the clothes.
After walking for almost an hour, Zhang Xin couldn't help it, "Brother, let's rest." It's so hot, even if people can stand it, the horses can't stand it, so they have to feed the horses some water. ”
Zhang Yi shook his head, "Keep walking, there is a pavilion three miles ahead, and you can rest wherever you go." ”
Zhang Xin and Zhang Xi were helpless, so they could only continue to move forward patiently. Sure enough, they didn't go far before they saw a simple pavilion made of wood and thatch standing on the side of the post road.
The three of them went in to rest for a while, and it was almost evening at this time, Zhang Yi took out three corn flour cakes from his bag and handed them to Zhang Xin and Zhang Xi, "Eat." ”
Zhang Xin took the black corn flour cake, his face became bitter gourd color, although seeing that Zhang Yi is now in a bad temper and he owes a word to say more, he still has the courage to ask: "Brother, don't we still have some millet, shall we eat some millet?" ”
Listening to Zhang Xin talking about millet again, Zhang Yi's face was the same as a donkey, "What so much, love to eat, don't eat and roll!" ”
Listening to Zhang Xi say that the millet porridge at noon made Zhang Yi whip him a beating, how dare he commit a crime against the wind now, his eyes were closed, "Ah woo" took a big bite of corn flour cake, his neck was stalked, and the tears of choking came down, it was really unpalatable......
After eating a cake, although he was not very full, Zhang Xin really couldn't eat it, so he had to drink some cold water mixed with water to be full, and then watched Zhang Yi eat two corn flour cakes one by one.
The three of them had dinner after all, Zhang Yizheng took out three big black umbrellas from the car, turned his head and saw Zhang Xinzheng about to climb into the car, and couldn't help but kick his eyes, "Get down!" Zhang Xin was so frightened that he hurriedly climbed out of the car. Zhang Yi glared at Zhang Xin again, and handed one of the big black umbrellas to Zhang Xin, "Caught under your armpit, if you get rid of it, I'll kill you!" ”
Zhang Xin let out an "oh" with a bitter face, and then took a big black umbrella and clamped it under his arm with Zhang Xi, who was also suffering from a bitter face. This time, I didn't even have to sit in the car, so I had to walk back to Zhang Village. Zhang Xin's injuries are not healed, but he just clamped a big black umbrella and counted it, Zhang Xi had to hold a big wooden box in addition to the big black umbrella, and the sweat dripped down his chin and fell to the ground without taking two steps, looking so embarrassed.
The pavilion was not far from Zhang Village, and the three of them fell to the entrance of Zhang Village without taking two steps. From a distance, many old and young masters at the entrance of the village are either sitting on the ridges of the fields, or leaning against the trees, chatting and farting in groups.
Looking at the villagers at the entrance of the village, Zhang Yi's face was gloomy, he pursed his lips tightly, and walked forward without saying a word. Zhang Xi looked at Zhang Yi so terrifyingly, and he didn't dare to greet the familiar villagers, so he had to hold the box and follow Zhang Yi closely. Zhang Xin didn't know these villagers, and when he saw that Zhang Yi and Zhang Xi didn't speak, he felt even more puzzled, so he had to lead the carriage behind and follow Zhang Yi step by step.
Strange to say, the entrance of the village, which was originally quite noisy, got closer and closer to the three young people with big black umbrellas under their armpits, and the noisy sound became smaller and smaller.
The three of them silently walked through the crowd, Zhang Xin was uncomfortable being stared at by everyone, although he was confident that with his current national art cultivation, these villagers were not his opponents when they came up together, but he was still inexplicably uncomfortable staring at them, so he had to lower his head.
The three of them walked to the door of the first family at the entrance of the village, which was a rather dilapidated earthen kiln, and the firewood at the door was crooked. Zhang Yi stretched out his trembling right hand and knocked on the firewood three times. After a while, the firewood squeaked open, and a middle-aged woman poked her head out, "Ah, Zicheng, you're back!" I've been thinking about it for the past two days...... Still thinking about ......" The middle-aged woman was quite happy to see Zhang Yi, and was about to say a few words, but at a glance she saw the big black umbrella under Zhang Yi's armpit, and her voice couldn't help but be lowered immediately.
Zhang Yi's throat rolled up and down for a moment before he spoke with difficulty, "Wang ...... Auntie, I'm sorry, I couldn't bring Erlang back......" said, opened the box Zhang Xi was holding in his hand, took out a blood-stained waist card from it, and handed it to Aunt Wang tremblingly, "Erlang...... is a good example, it did not insult the prestige of Datang, but he was killed by a knife in the chest. ”
The aunt stretched out her hands that had become yellow from perennial labor, took the waist card tremblingly, and her calloused hands gently stroked the lines of the waist card, gently as if touching her child's face, touching and touching, her eyes suddenly turned red, and two lines of hot tears couldn't help but flow down.
"That's good, the second child of my family didn't embarrass our Datang. It's just right...... Go and accompany the boss, they have been in a good relationship since childhood, and the boss of the province will be lonely again......." As she spoke, Aunt Wang suddenly whimpered, and then she couldn't cry.
Zhang Yi looked at Aunt Wang's appearance and said softly, "Mourn." Then he turned around resolutely. Holding a big black umbrella, he knocked on the firewood of the second earthen kiln.
On this day, Zhang Xin followed Zhang Yi all over Zhang Village, knocked on the firewood of each family, and sent the blood-stained waist cards in Zhang Xi's box to every household. The more Zhang Xin walked, the more he felt an inexplicable sense of guilt biting his heart like a poisonous snake: "Why, they all died, but I survived." Zhang Xin actually knew that it was not his fault that he survived, but he just couldn't look at the tearful faces of those who lost their sons, fathers, husbands, and brothers with their eyes. How he wanted them to scold him, even beat him up. But those who have lost their loved ones will only whisper, "My family's ...... Didn't embarrass Datang, right? ”
Zhang Xin has worn a military uniform for two lifetimes, but it was not until this moment that he realized that he still did not understand the meaning of military uniforms.