Chapter 47: The Hourglass
When I returned home, I met Grandma (it turned out to be Eminem, but it was the same pronunciation as Ah Mu, so it was better to change it to Grandma. After writing "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info anyway, I know it's my grandmother's together), Feng Junyan was glued to his sister's hourglass. The hourglass is her own name, originally everyone called her Erniang, but after Feng Junyan made her an hourglass gadget, she cried and shouted for others to call her the hourglass. Feng Siji, who claims to be enlightened, could only reluctantly agree to a name full of water after she cried and made trouble.
"Hourglass, is there anything wrong with you?" Feng Junyan, who was about to go out to arrange the Jiang family's accommodation after washing, saw her sister waiting in the yard looking at her angrily as soon as she went out. The little girl was not yet in time, with two pigtails on her head, wearing an azure dress, standing in the yard and staring at her brother.
"Brother, didn't you bring a gift to the hourglass when you went out this time?" Feng Hourglass is only one year younger than Feng Junyan, and if he wants to be in someone else's house, he may be ready to let someone else's family go. But this little girl who has always been spoiled by Feng Junyan, although she is already a half-old girl, is still as simple as a blank piece of paper. Because it won't be until next year, I comb a total pigtail all day long and pretend to be a child and coquettish everywhere.
"My brother is going to war this time, and he's been busy fighting the bad guys, so he forgot to bring a gift to the hourglass, can I make up for the hourglass next time?" Looking at my sister's puffing appearance, I can only smile bitterly, the journey is hard, and I am worried every day, how can I still have time to think about bringing gifts to the little naughty ones at home.
"You haven't said a word to me since you've been back for so long, and you didn't say hello to me when you saw you on the road." Feng Hourglass looked at his brother with a wry smile, but still refused to let him go.
"It's my brother who is not good, because he is in a bad mood, so he ignores that the hourglass is still beside him, and my brother will definitely change it in the future." Feng Junyan stretched out his hand and touched Feng Hourglass's head.
It turned out that it was because he ignored her, and now he wants to come to himself to find a sense of existence. I thought that so many people couldn't come back, and this little girl still wanted to ask for a gift, which was simply a lack of beating, but now it seems that she misunderstood her. Thinking like this, the original unhappiness in Feng Junyan's heart also dissipated, and it seemed that his sister didn't understand anything.
"Don't touch people's heads, they'll get stupid." Feng Hourglass slapped Feng Junyan's hand on his head and said in disgust.
Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black. Feng Hourglass, who has been following Feng Junyan's buttocks, has been influenced by Feng Junyan, and many of his behaviors have become very "rude". It's not like ordinary Jin women at all, learning to be popular and doing housework. Don't talk about playing crazy all day long, it's almost over, and she doesn't look like a girl at all. For this matter, Zhang Man, who was also wild when he was young, couldn't help but say again and again that he couldn't teach, couldn't teach, and even locked her up and beat her up. If it weren't for Feng Junyan's protection, Feng Hourglass would have blossomed a long time ago.
Because someone is protecting her, the little girl stabs Lou Zi more and more frequently. The only consolation is that although this kid often causes trouble, he still knows right and wrong, and he hasn't forgotten the fact that he is a girl.
"Did you learn everything that my brother gave you when he left?" Seeing that Feng Hourglass's temper had passed, Feng Junyan also began to exercise his rights.
The women of the Jin Dynasty can basically only study with the noble daughters of high-ranking families, otherwise it is the kind of broken family of poetry and books, but Feng Junyan will not allow his sister to be an illiterate person who doesn't know anything. Although she is not expected to be a talented woman, she still has the most basic knowledge. So when Feng Hourglass was six years old, Feng Junyan took the initiative to be a teacher for her, and all kinds of dead goods in Chinese pinyin and simplified characters were stuffed into the little girl's brain, and Feng Siji and the others were completely happy to see it happen.
The pace of learning is completely based on his own progress that year, so twelve-year-old Feng Hourglass has now completed the primary school curriculum and is beginning to enter junior high school. Before Feng Junyan set out on the expedition this time, he assigned Feng Hourglass a memorization and comprehension of the 24 solar terms. These 24 solar terms can best reflect the changes of the seasons, guide agricultural activities, and affect the clothing, food, housing, transportation, astronomy and geography of thousands of households.
"Of course, don't look at who this girl is? I'm the second smartest person in the whole of Abaca Town. Feng Hourglass looked at his brother proudly, and immediately memorized the twenty-four solar terms, and by the way, he also showed off the knowledge of spring, summer, autumn and winter that he had stolen from Feng Junyan.
"The hourglass is the second smartest person, so who is the first smartest." Feng Junyan saw Feng Hourglass's triumphant appearance, and asked very uninterestingly.
"Brother, you are bad, kill you, kill you." Feng Hourglass saw that Feng Junyan was making fun of her, so he immediately stopped doing it, and waved his fist to make Feng Junyan look good.
"Alright, alright. I know wrong, the hourglass is the smartest, okay. Touching the arm that was pinched red, Feng Junyan was directly defeated. No matter how big or small this woman is, which dynasty has this ability to pinch people is really innate.
"Brother, Brother Eleven, are they really not coming back?" Feng Hourglass, who had quieted down, stood beside Feng Junyan, lowered his head, twisted his shoes, and whispered.
The eccentric Feng Hourglass is usually the most loved by those brothers and sisters of the same age, but this time there are so many people, and only Feng Junyan and Feng Bing are back. So many familiar people who take care of themselves on weekdays are gone, and it must be false to say that she is not sad. He didn't speak along the way, and he didn't say it until now, which can be said to have been beyond Feng Junyan's expectations.
"Hourglass, don't cry. Brother Eleven did not leave us, but changed the way and became the stars in the sky to accompany us. So don't let them see you crying. Feng Junyan looked at his sister who suddenly became sad and sobbed quietly, and he didn't feel good in his heart. She is not the only one who is sad, and the whole village is sad I don't know how much, but these things have happened, and no one can change them. Now he doesn't even dare to face every family one by one.
"Brother, don't lie to me, you told me before that the stars in the sky are suns, how can it be that people change. The hourglass knew that my brother didn't want me to be sad, I just saw that the two girls were crying, and I wanted to cry too. There are so many people, why have you been out for less than half a year, and you and Brother Bing are left, why is this happening? Feng Hourglass suddenly looked at Feng Junyan and asked a thought-provoking question.
"Why is this happening?" Feng Junyan couldn't answer this question, telling her that war is so cruel? But how can a person who has never been on the battlefield understand only by the description of others? Let her go to the battlefield to see? But didn't they do it so that people like her would never have to experience everything on the battlefield? He doesn't know the answer to this question.
"Okay, stop crying. It's not pretty to cry anymore. Although the eleventh brother can't come back, but the elder brother brought back the people they saved this time, and now I'm going to arrange a place for them to live, do you want to go with me? Feng Junyan, who couldn't answer, could only divert his sister's attention.
"Ah, my mother is already arranging, did my brother save these people from the bad guys?" Feng Hourglass was changed the topic by Feng Junyan like this, and the expression on his face became a little better.
"Yes, they were all rescued from the bad guys by my brother and others. Their home was burned down by the bad guys, and the family was gone, and my brother could only return to our house with the homeless them, and the hourglass would definitely agree to my brother taking them in, right? Feng Junyan took his sister by the hand and went out directly.
"Since they don't have a place to go, they can come to our village. Hourglass was willing to be their friend. But my mother said that our food would not be able to feed so many people. Obviously, Feng Hourglass also heard some news from Zhang Man's mouth.
"Don't worry, my brother will solve these problems. Don't you believe my brother? Feng Junyan looked back at his sister, with a look of you not believing me, I was so sad.
"Of course not, of course not. My brother is the smartest, and of course I believe him. It's just, it's just, oh yes, brother, when is my father coming back? Feng Hourglass, who didn't just come up with a reason a few times, directly changed the topic that was unfavorable to him and asked about other things.
Looking at his own clever ghost whose eyes kept rolling, Feng Junyan could only smile bitterly. This girl, when she encounters a topic that is unfavorable to herself, she will immediately create a new topic.
"I don't know, but I'll be back a year later. Ah Father and Uncle Liu have gone to see Lord Thorn Shi, and they may not be able to come back in a short time. Thinking of Feng Siji's matter, somehow, Feng Junyan always felt that something unexpected would happen.
"What's the matter, Father?" Looking at his sister biting her lip, Feng Junyan asked dotingly.
"I haven't seen my father for almost half a year, of course I want to. But as long as my father is okay, it's fine, and I'll see you later. Feng Hourglass once again knocked off the evil hand that wanted to reach his head, and glared at his innocent brother angrily.
"Don't touch my head, it's not tall."
"When I was at the intersection just now, did my brother see my sister?" Feng Hourglass took Feng Junyan's arm, leaned on his brother, and asked as he walked. There was a bit of schadenfreude on his face.
"See, what's wrong?" Feng Junyan didn't notice the expression on his sister's face, and asked curiously.
"Then you brought back so many women this time, aren't you afraid that your sister will still be angry? I've seen so many women looking at my brother without blinking. Feng Hourglass looked at his brother in confusion, and his expression became even more subtle.
"It's not surprising that they came back with me, and I am the main one." Feng Junyan didn't know that his sister was waiting to see her jokes, and he didn't know why girls didn't need a reason if they were jealous.
A group of people from the Jiang family followed Feng Junyan into the village, and after eating under Zhang Man's arrangement, they had been waiting for Feng Junyan to appear. Because it was the people brought back by the young patriarch of his own family, and because Feng Junyan claimed to everyone that these people were refugees who were rescued by the dead people of the Feng and Liu families, although they knew that the appearance of these people would increase the burden on the village, the hospitable villagers were not hostile to these strangers. They had all suffered from the war, and their ancestors were refugees who had fled here because of the war, and with simple compassion and conscience, they quickly accepted the fact that they would live with these people in the future.
The place to live is very simple, there are still many open spaces in the village, as long as the houses are strong, there is wood everywhere on the mountain, and bamboo can be seen everywhere by the river. There is no shortage of carpenters in the village, and although it will take some time to build a house that can accommodate more than 70 people, the problem of housing can be solved after all. But the problem of eating is difficult to solve.
The food in the village is not too sufficient, and every year it has to rely on the young and strong to go into the mountains to hunt to provide part of the consumption. This time, the young people in the village lost more than 20 at once, and although the number of people eating was reduced, the number of people hunting was also reduced. Originally, it was possible to rely on hunting to solve part of it, but now there are more than 70 people in many places at once, and it is difficult to make up for such a big gap. In the end, Fengjiazhuang is only about 200 people, and now there are one-third more at once, and most of them are adults, and the pressure on food is greater.
When Feng Junyan brought his sister to the Jiang family's place, the Jiang family was sorting out where they would live in the future with the help of the villagers. After Feng Junyan arrived, the whole scene became even more intense. In the future, they will live on the land under their feet, so everyone is working hard for their own future.
This group of women who have suffered a lot has become the most beautiful scenery in Fengjia Village.