Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Sunset
(The typhoon is out of power, upload it first for fear that the phone will be purely out of power later)
When the first rays of sunlight sprinkled in the city of Chang'an, Chang'an was already full of people, and the land that had been silent overnight woke up again, and began to wait for the sunset to arrive at the fingertips mechanically, repeating yesterday's quiet night. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Although the moon is not as round as the Mid-Autumn moon, it is much brighter than the moon in other periods.
On such a poetic night, putting so many small dishes on the stone table, drinking and talking, it is really a great enjoyment of life, Qin Yong, Niu Zhongren, Cheng Huaimo and a few people came to Lin Fan's house early, as soon as they came here, they asked Lin Fan for a balm, smelled it from time to time, and couldn't put it down, until they were advised by Lin Fan to lose their original smell and become water after a long time, and they couldn't clean their faces, so they didn't dare to open it again, but they still held it in their hands and looked left and right.
As for Xiaozhu practicing martial arts over there, they are not interested in it at all, they are people who practice martial arts, and they have already played the basic kung fu of Zama Bu n years ago, which is not uncommon, they only greet Da Er a little and continue to appreciate the treasure in their hands.
Lin Fan didn't understand what was so beautiful about a small vase, from the sunset to the bright moon hanging high, their lives were really simple, their thoughts were quite pure, looking at the small vase, drinking small wine, and chatting with Xue Tao.
Everyone has their own world of lust, fantasizing about how Xue Tao will introduce them after seeing this kind of balm, how to let them see her true face, and after three rounds of drinking, Lin Fan will pour cold water on them.
"Don't expect Xue Tao to meet you, she doesn't look good at first glance when she's put on such a big shelf, if it's so good, someone will already be on it... My intuition tells me that this woman is not simple, there must be a certain story, her requirements are very high, so high that we can't even imagine, just a few of your generals will be obedient and obedient after sending a few bottles of unique balm in the world? It's simply impossible!
Don't believe it, why don't we bet? ā
"Bet on what!" Cheng Huaimo was extremely displeased by Lin Fan's splash, and he was most annoyed at the moment.
"Bet five times."
"Okay, bet on it!"
The habits brought by later generations made Lin Fan feel that there was no guarantee or guarantee, so he made a gambling contract and asked them to draw a pledge and sign on it, so that he could rest assured.
Patting the bet contract, Lin Fan smiled and said: "You guys prepare the silver, since I am so confident to bet with you, I will be completely sure, hehe... I have to think about how to spend this money when the time comes." ā
Cheng Huaimo said disdainfully: "Brother Lin, don't be happy too early, it's not certain who wins and who loses, when Lao Tzu wins, Lao Tzu won't invite you to dinner... ā
Lin Fan smiled even more proudly, seeing that Cheng Huaimo was angry and didn't overdo it, Niu Zhongren and Qin Yong laughed.
Maybe it was the alcohol that caused some emotions, but in the end, Qin Yong was sad, "Maybe there are not many opportunities for us to drink like this in the future." ā
Lin Fan and Qin clinked glasses and said with a smile: "Why did Brother Qin say this? ā
Qin Yong looked at the bright moon in the sky and sighed: "The war is about to start, I have to go to the battlefield later." ā
Cheng Huaimo suddenly stopped being angry, he was excited when he talked about the war, patted his chest and said confidently: "Brother Qin, why worry, isn't it just a little Turk, as long as our Tang army is approaching, they will be so frightened that they will kneel down, haha, we finally have the opportunity to go to the battlefield again, as a Tang army, we should be proud of galloping on the battlefield, how can there be any reason to retreat!" ā
Qin Yong shook his head and said: "I'm not afraid, the eldest husband should die on the battlefield, it is Qin's honor to be able to contribute to the Tang Dynasty, but the war is about to start, and I won't be as idle as I am now, and I have to practice day and night... ā
Lin Fan laughed and said: "I thought that what was the matter, wouldn't I just drink a few glasses of wine, there will be opportunities in the future, and when you return from a big victory, I will wash the dust and catch the wind for you!" Drink him for a few days and nights... When will you leave? ā
"I don't know yet, but yesterday the Turks came to ask us to support the attack on the Turks, the Turks are the largest tribe in the north, and it has always been a heart disease of the Tang Dynasty, this time Du Shangshu took this opportunity to ask for troops to attack the Turks, Your Majesty has agreed, now we have to make pre-war preparations, as for when to set off we have to wait for the Holy Order." After Qin Yong finished speaking, he touched Lin Fan again, and there was not much time to drink in the future, so he had to cherish what he was looking for.
At this moment, Lin Fan remembered that the Tang Dynasty would attack the Turks around August next year, and he was not much surprised, nodded and said: "In the era of war, war is commonplace, just get used to it." ā
Seeing that several people were a little lonely, Lin Fan raised his glass and laughed: "Come, let's continue, today we don't talk about state affairs, only women!" Come! ā
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Raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while, this sentence basically cannot be used in the peaceful days of later generations, and it is insufficient in the war era of the Tang Dynasty, where you are fighting for the territory and expanding the territory.
In the era of war, it takes less than 1,000 days to raise soldiers to come in handy, so to speak, as long as you are a soldier, you must always be ready to go to the battlefield, because no one can predict when war will break out.
Li Shimin's ambition has always been very majestic, with strong national strength, the ambition to expand the territory has never been depressed, this ambition is not a one-time formation, in the early years with Li Yuan to fight the world, witnessed the power of the battlefield and authority, the heart of the territory has germinated, after the unification of the Central Plains, he also wants to expand the territory to the north, the Turks in the north have always been his troubles, there has long been the heart of the Turks, but because they can't find a suitable reason, on the other hand, the Tang Dynasty has not been established for a long time, many things still need to be stabilized, I haven't picked this piece of heart for a long time.
This sudden envoy was a fuse, and Boss Li had an upright reason, saying that it was helping, but it was actually his way of expressing his ambitions.
Since he was determined to subdue the Turks, preparations must be made, and the soldiers could no longer be idle, Qin Yong, Cheng Huaimo, Niu Zhongren, etc. were all engaged in training, and now Lin Fan wanted to see them once unless he went to the barracks.
Soldiers have things to do for soldiers, ordinary people still plan how to live, and the people in Anyang enter the busy season again after the first farming.
The first crop of rice is the time of weeding and fertilization, and if the weeds are not removed during this period, there may not be a good harvest by the time of the autumn harvest.
The people of Datang are simple and hardworking, the dawn has just broken, every household has opened the door, the strong man carries the farm tools, the peasant woman carries the bamboo basket, and some people of the same status are followed by the family in twos and threes, each with a smile on their faces and a shimmering spirit to their respective crops.
As soon as the sky was slightly bright, every household in Anyang opened their doors, and the family ran to their fields with laughter and laughter.
At this moment, Lin Fan is sleeping, sleeping deeper than a pig, his parents have already finished eating and carried a hoe to the field, their family is different from other families in Anyang, other people's children like Lin Fan have long been the main labor force in the family, and they are already busy in the field at this time.
Lin Fan is different, the Lin family is now a noble family because of Lin Fan, as the only noble in the family, naturally he can't work in the field, his parents will not complain because there is no other labor force in the family, their hearts are sweeter than others.
Lin Fan got up lazily after the sun dried his buttocks, Xiaoxue didn't get up much earlier than him, today she gave herself two or three days off, mainly to cook some meals at home, so that her mother would be less tired, and take care of the fields and the family, no matter how strong her body was, she would be tired.
Now this time is just the time to deliver dim sum, Xiaoxue cooked the noodles and put them in the bamboo basket, so she went to the field with her brother to deliver them to her parents.
The fields and ridges are lively scenes, looking at these honest people, looking at the sweat beads on their foreheads of their parents, eating the pasta sent by Xiaoxue with a happy smile on their faces, and Lin Fan leisurely wandering among the ridges, looking at everything around and feeling the breath of nature, a sense of déjà vu arises spontaneously.
When he was a child, his parents' generation made a living from farming, and lived a life with their backs to the loess facing the sky every day, without worrying about food and clothing, and living in a small ravine surrounded by mountains to entertain themselves, which was also comfortable.
Simple happiness gradually changed with the changes of the times, when everyone else went to the city to make a living, Lin Fan's family could no longer survive in the small ravine, so the fields were deserted, the people were basically gone, only the old people and children were left in the village, and the young people rushed to the city, just to get out of this mountain one day.
After years of hard work, Lin Fan's family finally settled down in the big city and completely walked out of the mountains...... Now, as if going back in time, standing in the field, Lin Fan seems to see the scene of his hometown again, and the past is vivid, just like yesterday, just ...... There are no parents and brothers around......
"Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Second Brother, Sister, how are you doing?" Lin Fan thought about his family silently in his heart, slowly closed his eyes, and the appearance of his family appeared in his mind, showing the past time......
When I opened my eyes, my eyes were blurred with tears...... I once thought that I had been in Datang for so long and I could let go of the past, but now I have touched the scene and the past lingers.
The most unforgettable thing in life is love, since people can't forget love, then let love hide deep in the bottom of your heart, in this land that is both familiar and strange, slowly bloom new love, open up a new life, after all...... If you live, you have to live well, don't you?
"Brother, brother, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Xiaoxue waved her hand anxiously in front of Lin Fan, "Did the sand run into your eyes?" ā
Hearing Xiaoxue's call, his parents hurriedly put down the bowl in their hands and came to check, Lin Fan shook his head movingly, wiped his face and smiled, now this family is the closest person in this world, from them Lin Fan felt the family affection again...
Seeing Lin Fan smiling as before, Xiaoxue and her parents were relieved, her parents continued to eat noodles, and Xiaoxue silently followed behind Lin Fan, and the two wandered in the field like this, Lin Fan sometimes bent down to see how the rice was growing, and sometimes broke off a piece of grass and put it in his mouth to play.
His eyes fell on a piece of rice, squatted down and looked at it carefully for a while, tore off a young leaf from the rice, folded it and pinched it slightly, and a stream of green juice overflowed from the crack, which was flowing down from a small insect, and Xiaoxue could see this scene clearly.
"Brother, you just strangled a little creature." Xiaoxue held the tender leaves stained with insect juice that Lin Fan had dropped, showing the girl's unique love.
My day, this pest deserves your pity? Lin Fan was almost angry, and tore off another leaf crawling with small insects and asked Xiaoxue, "Who will you choose between this insect and rice?"
Xiaoxue looked at Lin Fan suspiciously, not understanding why he asked, but without thinking much, she pointed to the rice and said, "Of course it's rice, it can feed our stomachs." ā
"That's right." Lin Fan threw down the leaf, stood up and sighed softly: "It's just that your poor little worm will eat our rice, and when we grow up, we will only be hungry." ā
"So bad?!" Xiaoxue was shocked and furious, and stomped on the young leaves that were dropped by Lin Fan with her little feet, and it didn't take long for the ground to be covered with green juice, both the young leaves and the small insects.
Xiaoxue was still angry, and broke off the leaves with small insects crawling from the rice ears next to her, and threw them on the ground and stepped on them desperately...
After eating the snack, the father patted his full stomach and walked over leisurely, pointed to Xiao Xuehu, who was still stepping on it hard, and asked suspiciously, "Xiao Xue, what is she doing?" ā
Lin Fan said with a smile: "She is saving our rice." ā
Looking at his father's suspicious expression, Lin Fan took a few steps and broke off a young leaf from a rice plant, pointed to the small insect on the young leaf and said, "Xiaoxue killed this little insect." ā
"This little bug eats rice?" The father took the young leaves and looked left and right, he really couldn't understand what harm such a small insect would cause to the rice, and said with disdain: "Can such a small insect eat up all the rice?" Give it this young leaf and you will eat it for a lifetime. ā
"Don't underestimate this little thing, it will be the king of this field when it grows up... You may not know the name, it is a locust."
"Locusts?" Father's face changed suddenly, he is a native of the Tang Dynasty, extremely afraid of natural disasters, smell the locust color change, the harm of locusts to food has not happened in the previous dynasty, the past locust plague, the ancients can only let it go, if there is no food can only be hungry.
Lin Fan nodded and said: "If these locusts are not eliminated, there will definitely be a big locust plague in the near future, look at the number of these little insects now, they will definitely sweep the entire Guanzhong when they grow up, and the people will inevitably be hungry again." ā
"Locust plague, locust plague..." the father muttered to himself, his eyes fixed on the rice paddies in front of him, not knowing what to say, and the smile on his face was gone, as gloomy as a dark cloud.
I can understand my father's feelings, the locust plague was a catastrophe for the ancients, unlike the various pesticides in later generations, when the locusts came, in addition to watching the grain being devoured by the locusts, I didn't know how to start.
"If certain measures are taken now, the locust plague may not happen."
"Do you have a way to stop the locust plague?" The father looked at Lin Fan excitedly, his expression was excited, his eyes were full of anticipation, the little locust in his hand had already been crushed by him, the green juice slid down from his fingertips, and Lin Fan was disgusted to see it for a while. (To be continued.) )