Zhang Huan bought a pound of sugar, twenty pounds of rice, and some small items for fishing boats at the Fan Ji grocery store in Shidao, and touched the remaining five taels of silver in his arms, Zhang Huan smiled, straightened his waist and walked towards his fishing village.

Along the way, Zhang Huan couldn't help but sigh, the desolate Shidao Bay where his house is located, has changed too much, the foot is a wide hard road, the road is next to the big tile house, all kinds of people are coming and going, and his own fishing village has also changed, many families, including Zhang Huan's family, have renovated the original grass house, Zhang Huan stood outside his door and cracked his mouth happily, and straightened his new robe, Zhang Huan pushed open the door of his house.

"Huan'er," when Zhang Wu saw his son, tears immediately remained. Put down the needle and thread in his hand, took Zhang Huan's hand, and took a good look. Zhang Huan was dressed in a short blue dress, with his hair tied on his head, a waist knife around his waist, and thin-soled boots on his feet, and he was much more energetic. The body is stronger, but the face is darker.

"Mom, don't cry, I'm not back now." Zhang Huan showed his white teeth and smiled, and helped Zhang Wu to sit down warmly in his heart.

"Mom just misses you, you've been gone for a few months, and Mom thinks a lot in her heart." Zhang Wu wiped away his tears, looking at his son, but he couldn't see enough. "Yu Qiang, who also served in the fleet, has already gone home once, unlike you who haven't come back once, Mom's heart is always unstable."

"Mom, it's different, Yu Qiang is a soldier on a Fu ship, I am a soldier on a new galleon, and I am not familiar with galleons, so I don't have a holiday, and I am familiar with galleons these days." Zhang Huan explained the difference between himself and Yu Qiang, of course, he sailed with the fleet, and he also fought with the red-haired thief, not to mention, which made his mother worry. Originally, my mother just didn't agree to be a soldier, or my father's idea, in a word, I didn't want my son to be trapped in a fishing village to fish for a lifetime, so my mother reluctantly agreed.

"Where's the family?" It's not unusual for my dad to be away, after all, as long as the weather permits, the fishing boat will go out to sea to fish, but the eleven-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother are not at home.

"I went to the school, and I said that what is the junior primary school, both boys and girls have to go to school, and if they don't go, they will be punished, no, the two naughty ones have gone, fortunately, the children do not charge money when they go to school, and they will provide a meal at noon." Mom mentioned this, the spirit is a lot better, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, literacy is a luxury thing, not to mention the scientific examination, that is, literacy, the way out for children in the future may be different, after all, more than ninety percent of people in the Ming Dynasty are illiterate and illiterate. "It's really a good thing since Lord Zhao came."

"Not only that, after Lord Zhao came, our Shidao has changed a lot, our family has eaten a lot, and I have also become a soldier to eat food."

"That is, your father often said that Lord Zhao is a living bodhisattva who saves the suffering and saves tens of thousands of Liao people, and our family's work is much better." Zhang Wu also understands where the changes in his family come from.

"Mom, this is five taels of silver. You put it away and fill it up at home. Zhang Huan took out five taels of silver and put it on the kang.

"Huan'er, how are there so many." Zhang Wu was stunned. When his son left as a soldier, he said that he would pay one tael of silver a month. In her mind, her son had to spend some money when he was away.

"Mother, I'm also in charge of people now, I know some words, the boat is good, Shangguan ordered me to be a deputy boatswain, I was paid one and a half silver a month, and there are rewards for going to sea, look, I bought some rice and sugar," Zhang Huan was also quite proud, and it was right to go out on an errand. Or dad has a vision, what's so good about being trapped in this fishing village, only going out with adults is a man's way out.

"Really, I'm out of breath." Zhang Wu was stunned for a while, and had to digest the news for a while, which parent doesn't want their children to have a good way out.

In the evening, the family was not lively, a few children went home, the father also returned from the sea, Zhang Wu specially bought some meat, made a few fresh sea fish, the family had a lively meal, the two of them drank a good meal, and the family reunited.

Qian Er also went home, but his home was in a refugee camp, and after being close to his home, Qian Er couldn't find a home for a while, because most of the houses in the refugee camp had houses, although they were thatched houses, but they were houses, not nests. So, Qian Er was a little tragic, inquired in many ways, and finally found his own door, look at the yellow adobe house, Qian Er hesitated to push open the door, only to see the father was knocking and fiddling with a chair, and saw the second son standing at the door stunned, with a surprise on his face, the second son has not been home for a few months, and the Spring Festival is spent outside.

"Dad, my son has said hello to you." Qian Er knelt down and kowtowed to his father.

"Okay, Er'er, it's good to come back, it's good to come back." Father Qian tearfully helped up his son, since the wife, eldest son, daughter-in-law, grandson died tragically in Liaodong, the old man for the remaining two sons, granddaughter is the baby's tight, now, the old man's greatest wish is to reunite with the family and live a peaceful life. However, he can't stop his son's future, after all, he is old, and his child's life is still long, and it is impossible to be trapped in the refugee camp forever, so the second son wants to be a soldier and eat food, and the old man agrees ruthlessly. Fortunately, the second son should be a sailor, and the danger is small, but the wind and waves are scary, and as soon as there are wind and waves in Shidao Bay, the old man is worried. Today, the second son finally came back safely, and the old man was greatly relieved.

Qian Er took out the candy he bought for his niece, "Dad, what about the little girl." ”

"Oh, Xiaoya went to school, Lord Zhao didn't know what to think, the girl also had to go to the school, and if she didn't go to pay the punishment, she had to let her go, but fortunately, Xiaoya liked it very much, saying that there were many children in the school, and it was fun. Anyway, it didn't cost anything, and it provided a meal, so I went with her. Daddy babbled on and on.

"Dad, what about the third brother, when will you come back." Qian San asked.

"Your third brother is busy now, at the moment, the adults ordered to ask for a lot of things, your third brother has to work overtime every day in the artisan camp, and he returns very late, but he also earns a lot, your brother estimates that he has more than two taels of silver this month, and it used to be one or two silver, which is doubled." The old man was happy at the mention of this.

"Dad, there are five taels of silver here, you have collected it." Qian Er took out five taels of silver.

"Er'er, you've saved up a few pieces of silver in the past few months, so let's keep some of it." Daddy said.

"Dad, we still have a reward for sailing, and I still have three taels of silver." Qian Er didn't dare to say that he saw the battle array, and Lord Zhao Lie rewarded him, for fear that the old man would be worried.

"That's good, that's good, let's save again and build a better brick house in the autumn." The old man accepted the money and looked forward to the future. "You and the third child are not young, build a bigger house, so that I can marry you a daughter-in-law." This is the old man's greatest wish at the moment, after all, Xiaoya is just a granddaughter, and the old money is looking forward to the day when he has a grandson as soon as possible.

At the end of the evening, Qian San returned home with stars and moons, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the whole family was reunited today, and the second brother who served in the sailor had gone home, which was really a surprise.

The two brothers haven't eaten together for a long time, this time they had a good drink, one told all kinds of things at sea, whales, typhoons, and Xiyi people made Qian San stunned when he heard it, and Qian Er also knew from his younger brother the origin of the weapons on his ship, and also knew that his younger brother worked overtime to work harder than him, and finally the two were drunk.

However, after Qian Er woke up the next day, he felt that something was wrong.

"Father, third brother, don't tell outsiders about our army's expedition, this is the captain's and sailor's instructions to calm down thousands of instructions, don't dare to violate it, if it leaks out, I will have to be punished with hard labor, and my family will also be implicated. Qian Er said solemnly.

Father Qian and Qian San hurriedly agreed, jokingly, how to live if they broke the input, they were busy answering, and they would never leak out.

The scene of the soldiers returning home for reunion was staged in many places on Shidao, of course, it was necessary to warn the family not to spread the word, but more soldiers had no homes, and they were left alone to watch the brothers who had families go home for reunions with envy. Fortunately, Lord Zhao did not forget them, and gave them additional meals, which comforted them.

The officers and men of the naval division rested for three days and reassembled for training. They understand that the time to go to sea is near.

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