Qixingzi was born safely, washing three, drawing lots, and having a 100-day feast went smoothly, time flies, and three years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Farming in Kushui Township gradually stopped, and commerce flourished.

From the original small village in the col where birds do not poop, it has gradually become a wealthy township famous for spicy seeds, and some people even codified a slogan called "There is water in the north, there are cattle in the south, and spicy people are really not worried", alluding to Liangzhou Kushui Township and Tongzhou Niujia Village, which are the two largest places in Kyushu to grow chili peppers and produce spicy vegetables.

One side is peaceful, and there is one side to guard, since Uncle Liang guarded the border pass at night, the Xirong people have been unable to attack for a long time, and their morale has gradually sunk.

They were originally a people on horseback, good at cavalry guerrilla warfare, and fed war with war, and never knew what grain and grass were. But when they met the Liang army, they retreated all the way from the Pingshui Pass to the Great Wall Pass, the two armies confronted each other for a long time, and there was nowhere to rob, and there was no food to eat, and the Xirong people gradually had the intention of retreating.

Although he had the intention of retreating, he could not come in vain, so he proposed peace talks, so as to make some money and cloth back.

As soon as the peace talks were proposed, the Qing nobles and ministers of the DPRK and the central government agreed to the peace talks one after another, and they felt that it was too profitable to exchange some gold, silver and cloth for more than ten years of peace on the border.

However, the Jiangmen clan led by the Liang family was resolutely opposed, and they felt that they had to beat the Xirong people, so that he could survive and go away to Moxi, in order to exchange for a hundred years of stability on the border!

They quarreled with each other, and the emperor couldn't make up his mind, so Uncle Liang would be out at night and not subject to the king's orders, so a holy decree summoned him back to Beijing, and then let him go back when the result was discussed.

In this way, the talk of peace talks has been shelved, and the news has gradually spread to the people, and the people have also discussed it, each with their own opinions.

……

Kushui Township, Xu Sheng's family.

After giving birth to Qiqi, the original adobe thatched house was not easy to live in, leaking in winter and hot in summer, so as soon as Luo Shi came out of the month, he began to raise money and asked craftsmen to build a brick house with grinding bricks and joints.

According to the layout of the small quadrangle, it is still the north hall, and the left and right places are the dining room and the study; The west house is the bedroom of Luo Shi and Qiqi, and the east house is given to the ascender, up and down two in, and it is very spacious.

In the south stove room and toilet, Luo Shi also deliberately separated a bath room and bought a large bath bucket, which completely solved the headache problem of difficult bathing.

In October, the sky is clear and clear.

Luo Shi took down the account books from the study, and hid a package of silver ingots sent by the Liangzhou shop in the culvert under the kang bed.

Pushing the window lattice and glancing out, I saw that Shengzi was playing with Qiqi - the huge man was lying on the ground for her to ride a horse, and Xiao Nizi did not forget to hold a withered yellow wicker in her hand, giggling vigorously.

With a smile on the corner of her mouth, Luo Shi rolled up her sleeves and planned to go to the stove room to make lunch for the family.

stepped out of the threshold, with a smile in his eyebrows and eyes:

"Da Luo Tiansa has fun, don't sweat, be careful that the cold wind blows cold, I'll cook and eat, what do you want to eat?"

Xiao Nizi's dark eyes rolled around, raised her little meat paws, and said in a milky voice:

"Mother, I want to eat donkey meat buns! It's good for dad to eat white steamed buns, dad is so good at eating, if he eats meat, he will eat his mother to the poor, dad, don't you say? ”

Shengzi is a daughter slave, facing Qiqi's little face, she will only laugh, what she says he should do, not to mention steamed buns, even mud bark, and is willing to eat for her.

Luo Shi scolded with a smile and said:

"I can't get a fetus with your little uncle, I only think about the big buns of donkey meat"

Qiqi has never seen a pocket, but she has known that she has a little uncle since she was a child, and she also likes to eat donkey meat buns, and pouted:

"Mother, when can I see my uncle?"

"When you are older, with your small arms and legs now, you shout to hug him after walking a few steps, how can you go to Tongzhou to see him?"

Luo Xin already had a plan in her heart, and in a few years, she would take Qiqi back to Tongzhou and entrust people to her pocket to take care of, so that when the ten-year limit comes, she can also go with peace of mind.

Shengzi is used to eating this little uncle's vinegar, obviously he is by Qiqi's side, and it hurts in his heart, why does the little girl keep remembering the kid she has never met?

Hugged Xiao Nizi from her back with her backhand, Shengzi dusted the dust on her trouser leg and stood up, pouting Lao Gao, almost hanging up the oil bottle.

Qiqi ghost spirit, seeing that his father was unhappy, hurriedly called sweetly:

"Daddy, hug—"

Shengzi's hand stiffened, but he couldn't help but move.

"Daddy...... Seventy-seven to hug ......"

Qiqi's mouth was flattened, and it seemed that he was about to cry out in the next moment.

Shengzi immediately relented, stretched out his long arms, picked up the little person, and told her to sit high on her shoulder, shrugged gently, and sang strange tunes in her mouth, coaxing her in her own way.

Luo Shi held back a smile and threw a look at Xiao Nizi—

Qiqi comprehended, and immediately took out a broad bean from his small coat pocket, slapped it on Shengzi's mouth, and clumsily stuffed it in, giggling:

"Dad, let's ride the big horse again! I'm going to be a general, and I'm going to kill the bad guys! ”

"Good!"

Shengzi took broad beans in her mouth, and there was a hint of sweetness in her heart, and immediately asked her to ride on her neck and run crazy in the yard to amuse, and for a while, the yard was filled with the laughter of the two.

Luo Shi shook her head helplessly, and walked into the stove to prepare lunch.

Now that the conditions at home are good, I have raised such a girl, and I stew egg soup almost every day, and steam a meal of white fish meat for Qiqi every three or two days.

Vegetables are grown in their own vegetable fields, rich in variety, is a big meat dish, and is not limited to the New Year's food, pork bar, mutton bed, red and white flower cake-like pork and mutton, is often cooked in the pot, there are many patterns.

The egg soup is stewed early, and then simply fried a meat and two vegetables, and stewed wolfberries and radishes with small ribs to make a pot of nourishing soup.

Carrying it in a food basket, Luo Shi set the meal in the dining room while shouting Shengzi and Qiqi to wash their hands and eat.

"Shengzi Niang! Shengzi Niangzi! ”

As soon as Luo Shi put out the meal, she heard the daughter-in-law outside the courtyard hurriedly call her, and she was a little suspicious in her heart, rolled down her sleeves and opened the courtyard door for her, and asked:

"Aunt Cuiying, what's wrong? So flustered? ”

Since Erkui successfully married his wife and became pregnant, Aunt Cuiying was beaming all day long, smiling at everyone, walking in a hurry like today, with an anxious face, and Luo Shi had not seen it for a long time.

"Let's go in and talk!"

The daughter-in-law lowered her voice, glanced left and right sneakily, and pushed Luo Shi's shoulder and pushed it in-

Luo Shi couldn't refuse, so he had to stretch his neck and say loudly to Shengzi: "I have something important to say to my aunt, you feed Qiqi and eat egg custard first, and you can also eat a little radish...... And watch out for fish bones."

After some chattering and explanation, she was dragged into the house by her daughter-in-law.

Sitting on the kang, Luo Shi turned out two celadon cups of the same color as Cuifeng, and poured tea for Cuiying, so that she calmed down the rough panting that came from trotting all the way.

"Auntie has something to say slowly, don't worry-"

"Where is there no hurry!" Manchu's daughter-in-law interrupted her, and immediately said: "I don't know if it's true or not, but there is a letter from the cottage that brought me a letter, saying that something happened at the border pass, and the Xirong people have already entered the Great Wall Pass, and they secretly bypassed the double hump and went straight to Liangzhou to kill!" ”

Rashi was taken aback, full of disbelief, and her first reaction was absolutely impossible.

"Xijon people enter the customs, how come there is no rumor at all about such a big thing? Didn't you talk about peace talks a while ago? ”

"Yes, so I was also stunned, and quickly looked for a discussion, according to reason, you will never talk nonsense, and he also told us to quickly pack up our things and run south, General Liang was trapped in the capital and did not return, did the Xirong people take the opportunity to enter?"

Luo Shi was silent, and her mind was thinking very quickly.

If this is true, then the peace talks are likely to be smoke bombs set off by Xijon people in their last stand. The grain and grass are unsustainable, and the city pass cannot be captured for a long time, thinking that the Liang family army cannot overcome it, so make an idea from the inside to find an opportunity. In the name of peace talks, the court and temples are called to start disputes, once there is discord, the civil and military are separated, and the mental strength is not used together, then they will have an opportunity.

But that's not right, even if Uncle Liang returns to Beijing at night, the city defense must be more stringent, how can he enter the customs so easily?

The daughter-in-law seemed to know Luo's doubts, and hesitated to speak:

"I heard that Yougen said that it seems that the soldiers defending the city, bewitched by some fox in the army, secretly opened the door to a team of fast horse cavalry in Xijon in the middle of the night......"

The astringency is like a fish in the throat, and the heart is uncomfortable, Uncle Liang has been living and rejecting the enemy for three years, is it ruined like this?

The daughter-in-law was completely counting on Luo Shi to give her an idea, and under her eager gaze, Luo Shi let out a sigh of relief and said:

"In this way, let's close the shop first, settle the wages, and pack up a bag of baggage for the journey, so that we don't have to rush in case we have a chance...... Then let's go to find Lizheng, if the whole village deserters are in trouble, you and I don't have such a big face, so that the people in the village can follow the family and abandon their jobs, and follow us to the south for a message of chasing the wind and shadows."

"Good, good...... But where are we going? Go to the capital, go to the emperor's feet and hide in the socket, it should be the safest place in the world, right? ”

"Can't go to the capital, once the Xirong people enter the customs, they will be killed while robbing, they must be driven all the way to the capital, like our foot strength, even if we are lucky enough to rush to the capital before the Xirong people, the city gate may not allow refugees to enter, at that time, the lives of the people are worth a few dollars, worthy of the face of the court? Once a few spies entered the city and provoked wantonly in the imperial city wall, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the emperor? ”

Manchu's daughter-in-law nodded, slapped her palms and said:

"By the way, let's go to Tongzhou, where it is rich and stable, far away from the Xirong people, and it is your maiden home, there is no better place to go!"

Luo Shi thought about it for a long time, although there was a risk of being recognized when she returned to Tongzhou, but once the military disaster broke out, the imperial court was too busy to take care of itself, and the eldest princess of Jiayuan must be sitting like a needle prick, and she probably didn't have the energy to do "hunting" again.

talked about the preparations for the escape, and forgot about eating for a while, and the shengzi in the dining room didn't come, so he came to look for her outside the room:

"Daughter-in-law! The rice is cold! ”

He banged on the door, full of breath.

Luo Shi explained to Aunt Cuiying, got up and opened the door, and when she saw Shengzi standing alone at the door, she subconsciously asked:

"Where's Seven-Seven?"

"In the dining room"

As soon as Shengzi's voice fell, suddenly Qiqi's loud cry came, mixed with the man's vulgar abuse, Luo Shi's heart fell into an ice cellar, and she screamed:

"Seventy-seven!"

Quickly pushed away the shengzi who was blocking the door, and ran briskly towards the dining room.

Shengzi reacted back at this time, he was anxious and ashamed at the moment, and after slapping himself hard, he took out his throwing pocket from his arms and ran towards the dining room with Luo Shi!