The place where Tang Yi stood was a place that receded from the sea, that is to say, it used to be a piece of sea water, digging a few meters down, and you can dig out shells.

At present, it belongs to the jurisdiction of the Changlu Salt Field, as far as the eye can see, there are tall reeds everywhere, and in late autumn, they have withered and yellowed, and there is no edge in sight, and there is a piece of gold everywhere.

In the eyes of others, this is a wasteland, but Tang Yi doesn't see it that way, he has been here in his last life, Tianjin Station!

In addition to the world-famous small station rice, it was also the birthplace of the Beiyang New Army, where Yuan Datou trained the Beiyang New Army of Six Towns, and finally destroyed the Manchu Dynasty.

Tang Yi didn't expect to come here, he arranged for Yu Dayou to go to Tianjin to train troops, Yu Dayou valued this desolate and wide area, and the terrain was complex, so he chose here.

As a result, Tang Yi is going to Tianjin, of course he has to find a safe place, just ask the world, is there a better bodyguard than Yu Dayou?

"This is fate!"

Tang Yi smiled slightly, very happy.

Yu Dayou didn't know what Tang Yi was thinking, and when he saw that he was happy, he also grinned.

"My lord, the last general has already arranged a place for you to live, please take a look here."

Tang Yi followed the direction of Yu Dayou's finger, there was a courtyard house, there was a river in front, and a poplar forest in the back, neat and clean, Tang Yi was interested, looked inside and out, leaned over to the wall and sniffed, and there was a smell of earth.

"Is it a newly built building?"

"Tell me the truth, when the brothers heard that the adults were coming, they spent seven days working day and night to get out. The house hasn't dried yet, but don't worry, go back and let them light the stove and bake it a little more, and you can make sure it won't get wet. ”

Tang Yi smiled and waved his hand, "Brother, I came here this time just to experience the suffering of the people, to be tempted to endure it, and to gain what it can't!" This courtyard house is good, but it is too far from the village, and it is really inconvenient to live here, so I better find a place to live by myself. ”

With that, Tang Yi walked out of the courtyard and went straight into the carriage.

Yu Dayou has a square head, Lord Tang, what are you doing? Could it be that this yard can't be built? Alas, I really don't know how to do things, I would have bought a mansion if I knew it. Yu Dayou was full of chagrin and hurriedly chased him out.

The carriage walked five or six miles, and a village appeared in front of it, saying that it was a village, but it was only a few dozen houses, and there was not even a wall, but some wooden stakes were inserted.

The houses in the village are also crooked. Some of the houses were planted with fruit trees, some had chickens and ducks, the dirt roads were narrow and dirty, and children in straw sandals were chasing them, and when they saw the carriage, they were so frightened that they hid behind the houses, flashing black bean eyes, and watched vigilantly.

Walking from the head of the village to the end of the village, there was no shop. Only occasionally will there be merchants who will come and bring much-needed goods.

Yu Dayou pinched his nose, walked around with Tang Yi, and said in a low voice: "My lord, this is really not a place for you to live, the last general has already asked the brothers to look for it, go back and find you a salt merchant's courtyard, to ensure that it is spacious and spacious." ”

"No, I think it's fine here."

Tang Yi walked to the front of the carriage, opened the curtain, and said with a smile: "What do you think?" ”

Wang Yueying didn't even frown, "It's good." ”

"My sister said yes, so naturally it's good." Liuying was extremely obedient, but she just listened to Wang Yueying's words.

Ping An poked out his little head, he looked around, and suddenly found that there was a forest on the edge of the village, the leaves were falling, and on the high branches, there were several birds' nests, which could dig birds' eggs, a good place!

"Dad, I want to live here."

As for the ordinary, babbling, wanting to say something, but others automatically ignored him.

It's easy to decide, but you have to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

After walking around the village three times, he finally called the local chief, who was a very responsible old man, with a black and red face and deep wrinkles, like those carved with a knife.

In his life, the biggest official he has ever seen is the county master, but he only glanced at it from afar, and he bowed his head in fright, not even knowing what he looked like.

As soon as he saw Yu Dayou wearing iron armor, his knees were weak, and he couldn't help but kneel.

Tang Yi smiled and grabbed the lieutenant chief, "Hehe, uncle, don't worry about him, it's me, and my family want to live here, is there any vacant house in the village, be spacious, don't be afraid of breaking, just live in people." ”

Li Chang grinned, as if he had eaten bitter gourd, whose house was a radish and a pit, how could there be any superfluity.

He thought for a long time, "Behind the Land Temple, the village is so spacious. ”

"Okay, please take me to see it."

The chief led the way, to the east of the village, sure enough, there was a very large courtyard, it was originally the threshing floor in the village, and then the threshing floor was moved outside, it was changed to a land temple, the front three doors, the middle is dedicated to the land lord, and the remaining two houses are the places where the chief gathers the villagers, reports taxes, and levies labor.

There was a large row of dilapidated houses in the back, six or seven of them.

"Earlier, this was a granary, and there was a bumper harvest at that time, but over the years, even the family's grain hoards were not satisfied, so they were empty, if you don't dislike ......"

"Don't dislike, don't dislike!"

Tang Yi stretched out his hand into his arms and touched it for a long time, but he couldn't take it out, not to mention how embarrassing it was.

"Yu, Brother Yu."

Yu Dayou was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took out the silver, but he didn't bring any money.

The two big men, with a pair of big red faces, fortunately, at this time, Liuying came over and took out a golden bean and sent it to Tang Yi.

Tang Yi hurriedly took it and sent it to the lieutenant chief.

"I rented this yard, this is the deposit, you have taken it." The people in the countryside are simple and simple, and Yu Dayou is here, but Tang Yi is not worried about being lost.

"Hey, hey!"

The long eyes are shining, he has never seen golden beans in his life, he is happy or something, and an old face is happy to become a chrysanthemum.

"If you have any instructions, go back and tell the little one, and the little one will definitely do it for you."

"Hehe, I have to trouble you, it's not early today, the place where I live hasn't been cleaned up yet, I can't entertain you, when it's cleaned up, I'll invite the big guy to dinner."

"You're busy, you're busy." The lieutenant retired.

Tang Yi walked around the courtyard, his brows furrowed.

There are a lot of houses, but they are all adobe, not to mention that they have not been cleaned up for ten years, the windows and doors are broken, there are holes in the ceiling, and the wind leaks on all sides, even the horse circle of the Tang Mansion is not as good.

Yu Dayou shook his head when he looked at it, and persuaded in a low voice: "My lord, listen to the last general's advice, don't spoil yourself, and the lady and the young master!" ”

"We're fine, if the master can live, we can live." Wang Yueying's attitude is resolute, this time out of Beijing, it is extraordinary, so many fans of Dongchang are staring, Wang Yueying recognized one. In any case, the family must be together and must not be separated.

Don't worry, with me, I won't suffer!

Tang Yi gave his daughter-in-law an encouraging look, and said to Yu Dayou with a smile: "Brother, I just want to experience the taste of a handful of blue wisps, and the big things in the court can't stop me, this little thing in front of me is nothing." ”

Seeing Tang Yi's resolute attitude, Yu Dayou didn't say much, he secretly thought in his heart, with Lord Tang's enjoyment, he couldn't even hold on for three days, just wait by himself.

Yu Dayou waited to see the excitement, and took someone to say goodbye, leaving the Tang family of four, plus one Liuying.

"Let's pick up the place where we live first, and talk about the rest tomorrow."

Tang Yi found a felt blanket, temporarily plugged the hole in the wall, and went to arrange the bedroom. Liuying was very considerate, she proposed that Ping An and Pingfan follow her, and Tang Yi and his wife lived in one, that is, it was enough to tidy up two houses.

But just the two rooms made Tang Yi so tired that his eyes were full of gold stars, and after half an inch of dust, the walls were covered with cobwebs, fortunately, it was cold in the north early, and there were no mosquitoes, otherwise he would have been bitten all over his body.

But what if the weather is cold and freezes in the middle of the night?

Liuying had an idea, her carriage was padded with three layers of wolf skin mattresses, all of which were moved down and spread on the kang, even if there was no fire, it was not cold, Ping An and ordinary two little things had no heart and lungs, hehe, it was happy, as if they came out for a camping outing, but they were happy.

The little donkey also ran back and forth in the yard, pulling its neck and barking wildly.

Looks like I'm alone!

What is there to worry about, Tang Yi, who was infected by the children, ran to the backyard and found a pile of rotten wood, he moved it to the front of the house, set up a bonfire, and the leftover dry food, cut it into thin slices, and roasted it on the fire for a while.

Liuying boiled a pot of water, Wang Yueying turned out the meat floss, as well as homemade milk powder, washed it with hot water, the milk fragrance overflowed, and the two children held the big bowl and drank it happily.

The red coals reflected the cheeks of Tang Yi and the three of them, very warm and intimate.

It seemed that he should say something, but his tongue was so stupid, and in the end there was only a sigh left, "Rest early, life will be better." ”

Wang Yueying and Liuying nodded vigorously together.

……

After turning the day, before the sun came out, Tang Yi got up, he first went to the well in the west of the village, picked up two loads of water, and filled the water tank.

However, Tang Yi also lost a lot of people, everyone was wearing a short fight, but he was wearing a long shirt, and he didn't look like a person who worked at all. When he appeared, he was so frightened that everyone else retreated, and his heart said that there was a monster somewhere.

When I got home, I quickly found a groom's clothes and put them on, the clothes were right, but the skin was fine and tender, and the ten fingers were slender, so I didn't look like a working person.

No matter what, Tang Yi hummed a little song, carried the burden, went to the outside of the village first, and found a loess pit, the loess was sticky, just used to mix mud.

He picked up the loess, poured water on it, and went to cut a few bundles of pampas reeds, and Ping An did not understand what it meant, and looked at it curiously.

"Remember what your dad taught you to do? The reed is tough as silk, and the rock has no transfer. That's what we're talking about. Tang Yi explained to his son with a smile while cutting Pu Wei into regular pieces.

"Mix the cut pampas reeds into the yellow mud, mix them evenly, and smear them on the wall, so that the holes will be firmly blocked, and in winter, we will not be afraid of the cold."

Ping An followed behind like a fart, watching his father look like a magician, and the dilapidated earthen walls of the place he passed through were all renewed.

In the evening, after Tang Yi had eaten, he didn't even want to say a word, his head was stained with a pillow, he snored like thunder, and he was so tired that he fell asleep. (To be continued.) )