Chapter 5: The Beginning of the Dream

Finally, the movement, the scene, and the feeling that the breath can bring to the body in this world are all gone.

A mysterious void began to appear in my consciousness.

In this blank space, I can't remember who I am, I can't remember anything related to me, and I even have a sense of ignorance about things.

I started to feel helpless, and all I had left was a feeling of wanting to cry.

And it was in this blank space that pictures finally began to appear in my mind, no longer messy, no longer blurry, but little by little began to occupy my memory.

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The Tang Dynasty, the most glorious dynasty in China.

After experiencing many stories and disturbances, it finally ended in the sky of history like the remnant sun of dusk, and it can no longer be traced.

The war, from the moment when the night shrouded, from the demise of the behemoth Tang, the history of China entered the most chaotic five dynasties and ten kingdoms.

It was less than a hundred years of time, and it was also a short, but 'dazzling' decades.

If you hide in the mountains for a few years, you really don't know who the Son of Heaven is today? Even the age of standing on the land of which country.

Xing, the people are bitter.

Death, why not the suffering of the people?

Displaced and shattered, but still alive, even if it is a sea of suffering.

Niejia Village.

He is a victim of this war.

In 935 AD, the year before the establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty, it was inevitably destroyed by war.

The people of Niejia Village, who originally thought that their village was a paradise, were forced to embark on the road of exile in this year.

In times of peace, it is difficult for those who have lost their homes to gain a foothold in a foreign land.

What's more, this is an era of war?

A year later, most of the people in Niejia Village had died of various famines and diseases, and they could not even wait for the day when the Later Jin Dynasty was established, the Son of Heaven opened a granary, and amnesty was granted to the world.

Most of the people in Niejia Village, who were exiled together, are not a few families left.

In the end, they all chose other villages, even escaping mountains and wilderness, and when they came to this Xiaolong Town, only Nie Dashi's family was left.

At this time, it is already winter.

When the snow was flying, Nie Dashi supported his wife, who was bumpy all the way and was a little weak, holding two young children, standing outside the door of Xiaolong Town.

On the ancient bluestone city wall, the three words of Xiaolong Town are dragon flying and phoenix dancing.

In the cold world, this quiet town actually has a peaceful and warm taste.

"This is it." Nie Dashi said softly, after a year of exile, this was the first town that Nie Dashi liked at first sight.

"Xianggong, it's not like there is no place to stay along the way, why did you choose such a town? There is no land, and we don't have many entanglements, how do we settle in a town? Beside Nie Dashi, the woman who was weak but couldn't hide her beauty finally spoke.

At the age of 15, he married Nie Dashi, and now it has been 10 years.

has given birth to 4 children, and in this war-torn era, it is already a good thing to have two of them survive.

25 years old is still a very young age, but in that era, people have already gone through vicissitudes, where can you see such a young age? It's like a woman approaching 40 years old.

"Although I am useless as a scholar, I have read the books of sages for a few years. Now that the new dynasty has only been established for a year, there is still an urgent need for some scholars in various places, and it should not be a problem for me to find an errand. Nie Dashi has his own considerations, the relationship between husband and wife has always been good, and he comforts his wife softly.

He knew that compared with such a small town, his wife preferred to find a quiet mountain forest and live that secluded life.

From now on, any war, no matter how prosperous it is, it has nothing to do with their family.

But as a man, Nie Dashi knows that even if he retreats to the mountains and forests, it is not a long-term solution.

A family lives, not to mention the big one, it's the rice, oil and salt, which one can get rid of the relationship with the world?

Moreover, thinking of this, Nie Dashi's eyes fell on the two young sons, like the parents in the world, he had great expectations for his young sons, how could he be willing to bury the mountains and forests for a lifetime?

If you choose a village, it is too easy to break up your home, and the big city may not have the ability to stand on it.

On the contrary, it is easy for such a town to avoid the scourge of war, and it is easy to gain a foothold here.

This is all that Nie Dashi considers, as the only cultural person in Niejia Village.

Such a decision is fate, when Nie Dashi's wife brought his son into this town, he never thought of any evil calamity, in his heart as a scholar, it was just a strange force.

Maybe he didn't think so, but aren't those legendary beings too far from their own lives? Ordinary people who would have thought of this.

After entering the town, it was very common.

The people in the town are a little friendlier than Nedas expected, maybe this town is relatively remote, and it is lucky to avoid the calamity of war again and again, right?

Life was inevitably difficult at first, but as Nie Dashi had predicted, he soon found an errand in the town as a scholar and with the help of his neighbors.

And his wife also relied on her embroidery skills to earn some money in the town.

In this way, although life is still not rich, the family has really gradually established itself in the town.

In the blink of an eye, there are only three autumns and winters, the days are calm, but they are also warm, and there are no major changes.

If you talk about change, that is, the eldest son entered the school at a young age at the insistence of Nie Dashi, and the couple, who originally did not want to have an heir, inadvertently found out that they were pregnant with another child.

"Since it's here, it's providence, so let's ask for it. And don't talk about the birth and giving away. After discussing for a long time, Nie Dashi made this decision.

"But Xianggong, now our lives can only be said to be barely maintained. You plan to let the eldest and the second child go to school, if you add another mouth, I'm afraid this day" Nie Niangzi has deep worries, women are always more insecure about life.

"It doesn't matter. My errands are not too busy, and I can take on more work to write letters and couplets for others. In addition, we also have a few taels of silver savings in a few years. I inquired that Lao Lu was going to sell his shop at the corner of the street, because he was going back to his hometown. I was thinking, should we pick it up and open a sewing shop, with your craftsmanship, the business will be good. It's definitely better than if you were at home and doing a few jobs to earn more. There was a sense of relief between Nie Dashi's words.

"Huh? Xianggong, this is true. Nie Niangzi's eyes also flashed with hope, if she could, who would want to give away her child?

"Of course it's true, but in the days to come, the lady will have to work harder." Nie Dashi felt a little guilty, and sighed in his heart that it was useless to be a scholar, if it was the prosperous era of the past dynasty, he could also go to get a reputation and change his fate, and now he is in this world

This sigh, Nie Dashi could only accept it in his heart.

In the blink of an eye, it was autumn again, and Nie Niangzi's shop was opened, just as Nie Dashi expected, business was good.

The people of the town are simple, and they choose which one has good craftsmanship, and there is no intrigue or stumbling matter.

And Nie Niangzi's belly is also getting bigger day by day at this time.

In October, Nie Dashi estimated that by the day of spring tomorrow, he would have another child under his knees.

On this day, Nie Dashi's errand was finished very early, and he said goodbye early and returned home.

It just so happened that the work in Nie Niangzi's hands was finished early on this day, the eldest son had not yet returned home from school, and the younger child went to the shop next door that sold dim sum to play with other children.

A rare time for the couple to be alone.

Looking at his wife's belly, which was getting bigger day by day, Nie Dashi's heart was warm, and he couldn't help but gently cover his stomach with his hand, and said, "Lady, do you think our next child will be a son or a daughter?" ”

"There are already two sons, and this one is probably a daughter." Nie Niangzi said with an indifferent smile.

The life of the town is peaceful, and after being well raised in the past few years, Nie Niangzi's face has lost a lot of vicissitudes, and she has gradually become whiter, but she has also regained a little youthful brilliance.

Nie Dashi looked a little stupid, but when he thought about his wife's words, his heart was sour, he sat down and held his wife's hand and said, "If there is no third girl and the eldest girl who don't go, we also have a daughter." There was no deliberate partiality, even more careful than the kids, and we still didn't keep them. In my opinion, this baby must be a boy, and we don't have that girl's life. ”

"Say what?" Thinking of the two daughters who passed away, Nie Niangzi's eyes also flashed a little sadness, but with the fetus, she couldn't love it too much, so she quickly asked herself not to think about it.

Nie Dashi also noticed the inappropriateness in his words, and quickly apologized, said something else, and amused his wife again.

Just when the two were discussing what name to give the future child, the eldest son who returned from the school broke into the house in a hurry.

"Mother, mother, come out quickly." The child's crisp voice echoed through the room.

Nie Dashi hurriedly let go of his wife's hand, put on a majestic appearance, came out of the house, grabbed the eldest son who was about to break into the inner room in a hurry, and said: "Dad has already told you, in words and deeds, you must be polite and steady. ”

The eldest son is a little afraid of Nie Dashi, and when Nie Dashi said this, how could he dare to argue with his head down.

Seeing that the child was also taught, Nie Dashi calmed down a little, and then asked: "Let's talk about it now, why are you calling your mother so urgently?" ”

Nie Dashi just asked unintentionally, who knew that when he asked, he really asked something.