Compared with the former residence in Hedong, there is no dock fort that is a little too narrow here, there is no noise from the neighbors, and one or two chickens and dogs barking are far away, and it feels very deserted.

The sky was gloomy today, although the view here was wider than the dock fort where he was used to living in Hedong, Zhang Guo, who pushed the door out, felt a little depressed, and then looked back at the thatched hut, frowning slightly.

Once you get used to the original way of life, you will be very uncomfortable with the sudden changes and feel dissatisfied everywhere. Even if Zhang Guo is a brave soldier, he feels that he still feels more secure by living in the dock fort in this troubled world.

It's a pity that Nanyang doesn't have a dock fort yet.

Only a few counties near Cao Cao and Liu Biao have officials hired people to help build the dock fort, and it is estimated that it can be completed in the coming year, while these places in Xixian can only be contributed by the local residents themselves, and they can't be done in two or three years.

According to Zhang Guo's observations, these local Nanyang residents were not too enthusiastic about building the dock fort, and he didn't know that he would have to live in this hut for a few more years.

Shaking his head, Zhang Guo turned to the stable, grabbed a few handfuls of hay and threw them into the wooden trough, leaning on the trough to watch the inferior horses at home chew the hay.

Not long after, the two-year-old son began to cry in the house, and the voice was loud, followed by the sound of the woman rushing back to the bedroom to coax.

My son gets up very angry, and he has to make such a fuss every morning.

Zhang Guo's brows furrowed even tighter, but he was not patient, if he went back to the house, he would only slap the kid on the buttocks a few times, and then bluff a few words, most of the time it was only counterproductive, and he couldn't scare the child and was complained about by the woman, so he just listened at this time.

The woman's persuasion worked well, and the child turned from wailing to sobbing intermittently. After the horses finished grazing, Zhang Guo took out the saddle from the side house and put it on the horse's back, and then hung up the usual Pu knife. Touching the waist card on the belt of clothes, he turned around and shouted to the house: "I'll go to the county!" ”

The woman, who was as young as Zhang Guo, rushed out with the child in her arms and shouted, "A'er is crying, and she hasn't had time to cook yet!" You lead A'er to play, I'll cook, and then I'll eat. ”

The child still hasn't calmed down. Sensing that the woman was about to deliver him to his father, she cried even louder, and hugged her mother and refused to let go.

Looking at this kid's appearance, it is estimated that it will take a while for breakfast to be ready, Zhang Guo said angrily: "It's just a meal!" ”

Then she took the reins and was about to leave, but the woman hurriedly shouted, "Don't be in a hurry, I am afraid that it will rain today!" ”

The woman returned to the house with the child in her arms, took out the two wheat cakes that had been left from the previous day's meal, and took the cloak and hat and put them under her armpits. When he went out to catch up with Zhang Guo, the wheat cake was stuffed into the blanket next to the saddle.

She struggled to hold the child, Zhang Guo took the coat and hat by herself, put it on the horse's back, and found a straw rope to tie it tightly and fix it on the saddle, try not to fall, and then lead the horse on the road.

Zhang Guo was originally from Yanzhou, and his family has been farming for generations. Later, he was coerced by the yellow scarf to go north, and his father died in the chaos. At that time, he and his brother were underage, and after the yellow scarf was broken by Gongsun Zhan, he followed his mother to the Shehou Kingdom to defect to Deng Ji, and has been until now.

Before going south to Luoyang, he practiced the policy of a fourth-class citizen, his mother remarried a farmer, and his brother was only a commoner when he became an adult. stayed in Henan to shoulder the responsibility of supporting his mother and stepfather.

Grandparents, fathers, stepfathers, and brothers are all just farmers, but Zhang Guo has participated in martial arts since he was a child, and when he grows up, he has to be selected as a brave soldier, and first join the Wuwei Army, and his household registration was originally set in Hedong. Half a year ago, it was reassigned to the Hengye Army, and the household registration was moved to this Nanyang County.

As a soldier, he must have the understanding to move his family and household registration at any time, and Zhang Guo did not want to double his salary after the army defending the land was converted into a regular army -- like many soldiers who grew up in Henan, Zhang Guo's salary was always received by his brother in Henan, and he could be regarded as a little bit of failure to support his parents.

He Zhang Guo nodded and moved into Nanyang, it was really not for the sake of benefit, it was just that Brother Pimple needed someone to fill the new army, so he was naturally ordered to come.

Because he is the Henan junior brother of the big brother, even if he hasn't met yet.

It's just that although the soldiers of the Yokono Army stay in the army most of the time and have few times to return home, the new neighbors and new environment make him feel a little unaccustomed.

In fact, Zhang Guo also knows that the biggest problem with his family feeling uncomfortable in the new environment is that the local residents are afraid of them, the newly relocated soldiers, but they are not close enough.

Just like now, he led his horse through the tunzhong, and the people he met either greeted him with a flattering smile or hurriedly avoided it, and he didn't meet any of them who were willing to get along with each other normally.

When I met the greeting, I only casually said twice, Zhang Guo angrily led the horse and kept going out, passing by the new school at the entrance of the village, the sound of reading aloud was sounding inside, and a few people in Tunzhong who had nothing to do probed their brains near the school.

The master was selected as a local literate person, and they were not afraid, but when they found Zhang Guo passing by, they all turned to the beginning.

Maybe it was the fear of the infamous reputation of the Sizhou Army in the past, or maybe it was because the fields with more household registration levels were confiscated by the government, or maybe it was because of the free cultivation for the meritorious people who were not at home in Tunzhong during the spring sowing this year, or maybe it was because he was hired by the government to build a new house for the relocated soldiers and supervise the construction of new homes for his own family, but the hired funds were still in arrears due to the shortage of money and food everywhere this year, and he felt that he had been fooled and his resentment had not dissipated.

Even if the children have to go to school, even if those who had no land and less land before will divide the acres of land, the Nanyang villagers who are the big brother still have doubts and estrangements about outsiders like them! This is very different from Henan and Hedong, and he can clearly feel it in Tunzhong.

The people refused to come close, and these brave soldiers who had only been south for half a year were not very familiar with their neighbors in Bentun, let alone the people in the same pavilion and county. How to choose the old people in this county, and who to choose?

Now it is the beginning of May, the big brother of the pimple has set the first day of the beginning of June, and the villagers will definitely not be able to take up their posts, and the Wei General's Mansion only restricts the meritorious people to elect people before the end of July, and the villagers from all over the country can go to Luoyang before October.

In order to elect the old villager, the army gave him a month off, Zhang Guo thought that there was enough time, maybe he would have time to go back to visit his parents, but after returning home for two days, he carefully calculated it, and it was not easy to vote for himself in this case.

If the household registration is still in the former residence in Hedong, it is naturally not difficult to find an old man with high moral integrity in his heart, but this is Nanyang County, and there are few old people who are familiar with Bentun.

How to choose? Who to choose?

Until he left the village and stepped on the stirrup and rode on horseback, Zhang Guo was still a little confused.

Hit the horse to run to the county, along the way in addition to the people, today as he went to the county there are also a lot of brave soldiers, settled in the county soldiers all belong to the Hengye army, weekdays are the same robe Ze, whether you recognize it or not, you have to greet on horseback when you meet.

Some are to get votes and vote, some are just to see the appearance of the ticket post, the rules, most of the brave soldiers encountered the same destination as Zhang Guo, gradually, more and more people gathered on the same road, forming a small team, when entering the county, there were more than 20 people.

Everyone went to the official temple, and an old messenger said to Zhang Guo in front of the door: "The matter of voting, there was a notice in Luoyang more than ten days ago, and it has been posted on the inner side wall of the official temple, and the princes can go to see it first!" ”

Unlike the notices to all the people, this notice was only posted inside the official temple, and when they heard his words, all the brave soldiers tied their horses outside.

As he entered the door, the servant asked him, "Is there anyone who can read?" Do I need to ask the county clerk to read it on my behalf? ”

Including Zhang Guo, three or four people spoke at the same time: "No need to work hard, we are literate!" ”

The old officer nodded, led Zhang Guo and the others to the wall on the left side of the official temple, pointed to the notice posted on the wall, and went back to the front of the door to be on duty.

All the brave soldiers crowded under the notice, and a young brave soldier who had just joined the army this year read out loud: "To be established a new system, the villagers and elders will control the rise and fall of the country, and they must be virtuous." Those who have contributed to the people, the head of the people, and now they are responsible for the country's election of virtuous and elderly, so they must not be careful! If you are a well-known sage, will you have a new strategy, or may there be a deficiency in the law? Or can you change your mind by observing the government? Therefore, regardless of the evil, the virtuous first. However, it should also be known that the road is far away, and the villagers still need to serve for three years, and it is not easy to drive back and forth. If it is rare for people to make a decision in the public opinion, or do not hold a higher level of self-control, be proud of the people, can bend over and bend your waist, visit the pavilions and people, ask the women and children, and you will definitely have income over time, only this unwarranted hard work, Deng Ji is ashamed, and I still hope that the public will help me as before, and do not complain if I am tired! ”

After reading the notice, Zhang Guo and the robes, you look at me, I look at you, and they were silent for a while.

The young soldier read it again softly, and then he said, "There is no hurry to vote, or you can go to get the ballot post first." ”

So they went to the main register office to get the tickets.

Zhang Guo got his ticket and watched it carefully, but it was a thick paper post folded in the middle, and when he opened the paper, the middle of the next page said "Tong Recommended...... for the village elders", and the small characters at the bottom are written with their household registration, military affiliation, name and date to be filled.

When receiving the vote, the main note explained that this ticket, when voting, you must fill in the household registration name of the recommender in the center of the large print above, and fill in the date in the small print below, and the holder of the post will stamp the new waist card seal. On the day of the unveiling of the votes, the county magistrate asks the supervisor to take a roll call in front of the official temple to count the votes in public, and both the voters and the voters need to roll call.

If you want to vote, you can fill it out now and give it to the master. After reading the content of the previous notice, several people who came to vote stuffed the ballot card into their arms again, and everyone left the official temple first.

It had already begun to rain lightly in the sky, and Zhang Guo and his companions retreated to the porch, carefully stuffing the ticket slip into the place close to the flesh, so that it would not be wet by the rain, before going out again.

Zhang Guo was not afraid to leave without rain gear, Zhang Guo was not afraid, took the coat on the horseback, put on the hat, and tore the two cakes on the rain and swallowed them, there was food in the stomach, and he suddenly felt a lot better, and then climbed on the horseback again.

When rushing home in the rain, Zhang Guo was still thinking, the big brother pimple was reasonable on the notice, did he hold his own identity a few days ago, and he was hypocritical? Nanyang's new neighbors refuse to come close, can't they take the initiative to meet and make friends?

In order to be able to hand it over with a clear conscience, this month's time, not to mention the people of Bentun, Waitun and Waiting themselves should go to the people to visit and inquire about it.

Although he can't go back to Henan to visit his parents this time, who calls him the little brother of Brother Pimple's little brother in Henan?

Under the hat, Zhang Guo's two eyes gradually brightened.

It was a rare opportunity to run on the water stains and mud on the ground, and the four hooves of the bad horse seemed to be much happier, and one man and one horse gradually blended into the rain and fog until they were no longer visible. (To be continued.) )