Chapter 129: The Age of Hardship Riverside Mountain Village

I don't know how long it has been in this space-time rift, Zhang Xuan only felt through two white lights, and then he felt that he was in a warm water.

It seems that he has been reincarnated again! This feeling of warmth after a long absence, Zhang Xuan fell asleep groggily, this time the heavenly thunder is more powerful, it seems that with his own progress, the power of the heavenly thunder will also rise.

"Zhang Cheng, look, the child is kicking his stomach again!" A female voice said, Zhang Xuan knew that this female voice came to his ears from the amniotic fluid, and it was his mother.

It turned out that his father's name was Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Xuanxin said that he didn't need to change his surname. Now it's time to listen carefully.

"Jiu Niang, don't you scream, it's easy to get hurt if you get up too hard!" A male voice said, and then Zhang Xuan only felt that his big hand had been sticking to his feet through his belly, and Zhang Xuan withdrew his feet.

"The child is so strong!" Zhang Chengdao: "If only it were a daughter!" Without waiting for Zhang Cheng to sigh, his mother Jiuniang scolded: "What do you say? Do you want to make your home last? ”

"Don't be angry!" Zhang Chengdao: "I also want to have a son, but this army is in chaos, and my son can't live if he is arrested to be a soldier!" ”

"It's like my daughter doesn't have to go!" Jiuniang said: "My father-in-law was dragged to fight and didn't come back, and my mother-in-law was also dragged by the officer to cook without any news!" ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he said in his heart that this world is still a war-torn era, and he doesn't know what it is.

Zhang Cheng said again: "Dad, he gave me a soldier and asked me to take care of the family, how do you want to come and arrest Ding again, fortunately, my mother let me hide and go for me, otherwise how can you two women live at home!" ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he remembered Du Fu's "The Stone Entrenchment", and secretly said that his family was full of disasters and difficulties, and he might not be able to grow up smoothly.

"I heard that some people in the village are already preparing to cross the river and flee to the Sui Dynasty!" Jiu Niang was a little excited and said, "Why don't we run too!" ”

Zhang Chengdao: "Don't mention it, the day before yesterday, I went to work in the county, and I learned that those who were going to cross the river to the Sui Dynasty were all arrested, and now they are hanging outside the city gate and basking in the sun!" ”

Jiuniang was silent when she heard it. Zhang Cheng said again: "I'm going to go to the back mountains to build a house, and then we will go to live in the back mountains, and those who pull soldiers won't be able to find us!" ”

"That's a good idea!" Jiu Niang was also happy. Zhang Xuan listened for a while, and knew that it was the period of confrontation between the Sui Dynasty and the Chen Dynasty, but the Sui Dynasty and the Chen Dynasty confronted each other for many years in the history books, and finally Yang Guang, Yang Su, Han Baohu and other generals came, and half a year later, they attacked Jiankang, the capital of Chen.

After that, the rest of the region also fell to the wind. My home is in the south of the Yangtze River, and I don't know where it is, if it is on the outskirts of the capital, that family is more than lucky.

The husband and wife said some more words, and Zhang Xuan found that there was no useful information, so he fell asleep. A few months later, Zhang Xuan only felt that his body was cold and his buttocks hurt, so he screamed.

"Wow~Wow~" Hearing the cry, the old woman said: "Okay, the voice is so loud, it's a handle!" Saying that, Zhang Xuan took a bath, and then hugged Zhang Xuan to his mother Jiuniang.

Jiuniang was also weak, but she still breastfed her son. Zhang Cheng was also overjoyed when he heard it, and when he saw the midwife come out, he said, "Thank you Sanniang!" I only have some white rice here, don't dislike it! ”

"Thanks!" After the midwife took it and left, Zhang Cheng entered the house and was excited to see his wife and children, "I have a queen!" He began to cry as he spoke.

"What are you crying about!" Jiuniang said weakly, "What name do you give your son?" Zhang Cheng wiped his tears and said: "Dad asked someone to write a letter, saying that he asked the scholar, the man's name is Zhang Xuan, and the woman's name is Zhang Li." ”

"When did he send a letter?" Jiuniang asked, and Zhang Cheng didn't hide it when he saw this: "I went to work last month and met Lao Litou, and he told me." Zhang Cheng said and left tears again: "Dad, he violated military law and was beaten to death!" ”

Jiu Niang was also sad when she heard it. Seeing this, Zhang Cheng hurriedly comforted: "I was going to tell you later, but I didn't expect to hold back today!" ”

"We've got to live well!" Jiuniang said. Zhang Cheng also dried his tears and said: "I caught fish today, I'll cook soup for you, I didn't dare to show it to Sanniang just now!" ”

As he spoke, he went down to the kitchen to cook fish, and after a while, he brought it in and didn't give it to Jiuniang to drink. Mother Jiuniang also fell asleep after drinking.

Zhang Xuan's heart was gloomy, his grandfather was killed, it can be seen that this army is cruel, and grandma doesn't know if she can come back when she goes to the army to cook, it's really pitiful.

After three or five days, Zhang Xuan was able to open his eyes, and then he could see the appearance of his parents clearly, his mother Jiuniang's complexion was yellow, and her facial features were upright, but she was quite thin. My father was a tall and thin man who worked as a carpenter and had a long face.

Mother Jiuniang lay on the bed for more than ten days, and then went to work in the field, Zhang Xuan sighed in his heart, even if foreigners don't do confinement, they won't do these heavy jobs.

My father went to work in the county, and my mother cultivated the family's fields, and sometimes my father came back to do farm work at night, fishing in the river, and catching birds in the back mountains to replenish my mother's body.

As a baby, Zhang Xuan can only try not to cause trouble for his parents. The family is poor, and there are only a few diapers, Zhang Xuan controls himself every time, and cries a few times when it is convenient.

Gradually, her mother Jiuniang also discovered the pattern. "Zhang Cheng, your son is so easy to bring!" Jiuniang hugged Zhang Xuan and said: "If you cry once, you are hungry, and if you cry twice, you will and pee!" ”

Saying that, he looked at Zhang Chengdao again: "My son will definitely be an extremely smart person when he grows up!" Zhang Cheng took Zhang Xuan and looked at his son, only to see that his son's complexion was delicate and fair, his eyes were clear, he didn't cry or make trouble, and he looked very well-behaved.

"That's it, that's it!" Zhang Cheng lifted Zhang Xuan high, "You are exactly the same as Jiu Niang!" "The husband and wife are also rare to relax.

In winter, Zhang Cheng took advantage of his fineness to build a thatched hut in the back mountain, and Zhang Xuan was also taken by his mother Jiuniang to deliver food to his father Zhang Cheng, and then he saw the time outside.

This is a riverside village, behind which there is a hill that is not very high, stretching for dozens of miles, and it is not steep, and this village is mostly thatched houses, and occasionally one or two dilapidated brick houses are uninhabited.

Zhang Xuan knew after thinking about it that this brick house was built by a rich family, but in the troubled times, it was these little rich people who were caught first, after all, they had no background, and they had more oil and water than the poor.

Jiu Niang took Zhang Xuan for more than three miles, and came to a pine forest hillside, where his father Zhang Cheng was cleaning the ground and digging the foundation, and there were a lot of bricks and stones on the side, presumably stolen from the dilapidated house.

After all, Zhang Xuan's house is also a thatched house, and there is not a single brick or tile. Seeing his wife and children coming, Zhang Cheng also stopped and smiled: "Jiu Niang, do you see this place like this? ”

"How do I know!" Jiuniang said and took out the food, Zhang Cheng said while eating: "I am going to build a house, put a stove, water tank and bed in it, hurry up for a month, and it will be built!" ”

Jiuniang hugged Zhang Xuan and looked at the dug foundation, and said happily: "Now we have a place to hide!" "It was rainy in the south in winter, and it took more than two months to build this house intermittently.

Before the Chinese New Year, Zhang Cheng used local materials again, hit the bed and the door, and this room can be regarded as a habit. During the Chinese New Year, Zhang Xuan went to see his uncle's family again.

Uncle's grandfather has long passed away, only one grandmother is still there, grandmother They gave birth to a total of nine children, four died, and two of the remaining three sons were dragged to serve as soldiers, only the seventh uncle was at home, two daughters got married, and only Jiuniang came back to visit this year.

My uncle's family is also very bitter, there is no most bitter in this world, only more bitter. Zhang Xuan's family can occasionally eat fish, meat and bird meat, while his uncle's family has no meat for the New Year.

My mother came back this time and brought pickled fish and bird meat, which gave my uncle's family some New Year's flavor. After the New Year, spring planting begins at home.

Zhang Xuan followed his parents to the county seat to buy salt, and then he found out that this is Dangtu County of the Yangtze River, and the notice wrote that the emperor changed the yuan, and this year is the first year of Zhide.

Zhang Xuanxin said, the first year of Germany? That is the opening of the emperor for three years, and five years later, the opening of the emperor for eight years, the Sui Dynasty will go south to cut down Chen, and then the world will be unified, Emperor Wen of Sui will be the emperor for fourteen years after this, and then Yang Guang will be the emperor for fourteen years, and then three years, the world will return to the Tang Dynasty.

However, the things after that are still too far away, at the moment Zhang Xuan's task is to grow up safely, as for the future, Zhang Xuan does not care about it, with his strength, money, beauty, wealth and rights, it is all at his fingertips.

Moreover, when Tu is still nearly a hundred miles away from Jiankang, the capital of the Chen Dynasty, it must not be the target of the Sui Dynasty's key attack. And there is a small base in the back mountain of the house, so it is worry-free.

A year later, Zhang Xuan began to talk and walk, which made his parents happy, and his neighbors also thought it was strange. When his mother Jiuniang was working, Zhang Xuan played alone on the ridge, and sometimes caught some frogs.

On the ridge, I saw a big-headed baby more than a foot tall holding a frog and playing, which made the mother laugh and bend over. Zhang Xuan's life is not shocking. In addition to the fact that sometimes the family would be knocked on the door of the house to collect taxes, and sometimes the officials would arrest Ding, and the family fled to the back mountains.

After two years of fear, the news of my grandmother's death came, and my father Zhang Cheng completely broke his thoughts. After the New Year, Zhang Xuan secretly said, this year is the sixth year of the emperor, next year the Sui Dynasty will cut down Liang, the year after tomorrow will cut Chen, and the year after tomorrow will let his father avoid it, if he is arrested to be a soldier, but there is no return.

Zhang Xuan's life still continues, and his mother Jiuniang is also pregnant again. Zhang Cheng is also very happy, although the life at home is difficult, it is still happy.

After conceiving in October, her mother Jiuniang suddenly had abdominal pain, so Zhang Xuan hurriedly called her neighbor Li Sanniang to help her mother into the room, and Zhang Xuan boiled water to prepare to bathe the newborn.

Father Zhang Cheng went to work in the county and did not come back, Zhang Xuan only heard his mother's shout, and it took a while to hear a baby crying, so he hurriedly brought water in. I saw my mother's face sweating.

"It's a daughter!" Li Sanniang smiled and bathed the baby, but Zhang Xuan saw that his mother was pale, and he didn't care at first, but suddenly saw that his mother's lower body was red.