Gao Qiuniang put down the book, looked at her high bulging abdomen, and asked, "Yuhan, why do you say that women have to have children?" ”

Yuhan replied with a smile: "Isn't marrying a daughter-in-law just to have children?" If a girl gets married, she can't have children if she wants to. ”

Gao Qiuniang pondered: "You are young, you don't understand yet. I'm thinking that having a child is a ghost gate for women, and at least one out of ten people can't get over this hurdle when giving birth, so why do so many people still fight their lives to break through this ghost gate? In the end, it is women who want to have children, and many people want to have more. ”

Yuhan smiled and said: "Children are a woman's hope for the rest of her life, and if she has a few more, maybe which one is a dragon or a phoenix." ”

Gao Qiuniang smiled and said, "Nonsense, how can ordinary people give birth to dragon seeds?" ”

Yuhan stuck out her tongue and continued: "Master, like the children born to our house slaves, they will be house slaves for generations to come. You are different, giving birth to a Langjun is not a dragon species, you can also be a general in the future, and after giving birth to a girl, you may be a queen or a princess, and the most common is also the head of the family. ”

Gao Qiuniang said: "What you said is not entirely right, for the sake of the prime minister, how can it be so easy to be a queen and princess?" There are also a lot of children in the family, and if they want to let the children born have a good life, which family is not carefully cultivated and carefully taught? Besides, which one of the families of the world is not a thousand choices, and they look at each other, and they look at each other? It's not easy for unsuccessful Langjun and girls to find a good home. ”

Yuhan pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "It's still the master's mother who is right, like you, you are full of poetry and books, and there is no such thing as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." It's like us, if it weren't for the master's mother, we wouldn't even know a single big character. ”

Gao Qiuniang didn't answer again, leaned back again, put her right hand on her abdomen, she could feel a slight fetal movement, she closed her eyes gently, but her mind couldn't be calm.

Yes, the child is indeed sustenance and hope for her.

Husband Sun Sheng in April with the Jin King Yang Guang expedition to the northern Xinjiang, away from home for more than half a year, when he left he was just pregnant with a child, now it is a month or two to give birth, during this time if there is no son Wuji and the child in the belly, how to spend this half a year of boring days.

has his son Wuji playing coquettishly in front of him and the infinite expectation of the child in his womb has made his life a lot fuller.

When I wanted to marry the eldest grandson of the general's mansion, I was not yet in time, and my love was not opened, and I still retained the innocence of a girl under the care of the general, and I didn't know what to worry about. It wasn't until she gave birth to her son, the eldest grandson, Wuji, that she grew older, and the husband and wife had a deep love for each other, so that they understood the taste of life.

In the past few years of marrying into the Changsun Mansion, she and Changsun Sheng have often gathered less and separated more, and her husband has been defending against Turkic invasion in Saibei all the year round.

Thinking of her son, Gao Qiuniang's heart was sweet, a smile appeared on her face, the corners of her mouth were upturned, her eyes were narrowed, she leaned back again, making herself more comfortable, and the book in her hand was placed diagonally on her left leg, as if she was about to fall asleep.

At this moment, I heard a woman in the courtyard shouting, "Xiao Langjun, you run slowly." Then I heard the sound of children running on the verandah.

Shuxiang smiled and said, "It must be Xiao Langjun who has gone to school." ”

Mo Zhu, who was guarding the door, opened the curtain, and a little boy of five or six years old had already run to the door and entered the house with a gust of wind.

Mo Zhu instructed the servant who accompanied Xiao Langjun: "You don't have to worry about it, let's all disperse." Then he lowered the curtain and turned his gaze to the inner room.

I saw the little boy running towards Gao Qiuniang on the Luohan bed, shouting: "A-Niang, A-Niang, I'm back." As he spoke, he was about to climb into the Arhat's bed.

Shuxiang on the side hurriedly put down the work in his hand, stood up and grabbed the little boy's arm, then picked up the little boy from behind with both hands, took two steps back and sat on the Hu bed.

Shuxiang put the boy on his right leg, looked at his little face and said, "This can't be done, why don't you take off your boots and hats and go to bed?" ”

As he spoke, he removed the hat from the boy's head and handed it to Yuhan.

At this time, Gao Qiuniang had already sat up straight and said to the little boy, "Shiro, are you out of school?" ”

The little boy replied, "Well, A-Niang. Then he nodded, as if he didn't go to the Luohan bed and hugged Gao Qiuniang to make love.

This little boy is Gao Qiuniang's biological son, the fourth son of Changsun Sheng, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was enlightened at the age of five last year and studied in the eldest grandson family school.

Xiao Langjun took off his hat with a horn on his head, his little face was white and red, and he was very cute, with a pair of big black and white eyes, shining with innocence and cleverness, wearing a blue brocade mink robe and white soap boots.

Nestled in the crook of the scholarly arm, the eldest grandson Wuji had lost the excitement he had when he first entered the door, and looked at Gao Qiuniang calmly with flashing eyes.

Suddenly, he sat up straight again, and asked crisply, "Auntie, is Grandpa coming back soon?" The nephews in the academy all say that Daddy is a big hero and an archer, is it true? ”

Gao Qiuniang couldn't close her mouth with a smile and said, "Is this still fake? Your grandfather is really a big hero and an archer of the godsend. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji begged: "Auntie, tell me the story of Grandpa." ”

Gao Qiuniang said: "Okay, but not now, wait until lunch." ”

Mozhu arranged the kitchen to set up the meal, because there were only two people to eat, Gao Qiuniang and the eldest grandson Wuji, one was a woman and the other was a child, and the meal was not very rich.

A few Hu cakes, a plate of preserved mutton, and a pot of shepherd's cabbage soup, in the old days, the family family had the norm of "eating without speaking, sleeping without speaking", so the two ate quietly.

After lunch, Yuhan and Shuxiang helped Mrs. to the Luohan bed.

The eldest grandson Wuji shouted that he was going up too, and Yuhan hugged him and sat on the edge of the bed and took off his boots.

As soon as the boots were taken off, the eldest grandson Wuji turned around, moved his hands and knees alternately, crawled towards Gao Qiuniang, and pestered A-Niang to tell Grandpa's story.

"Okay, A-Niang will tell Shiro the heroic story of Grandpa now. You have to listen carefully, and Shiro will be able to tell the eldest brother and nephews in the academy in the future. ”

Gao Qiuniang took the eldest grandson Wuji in her arms with her right hand, and let him lean his back on his right leg with his face facing him. Then she began to tell her son about Changsun Sheng in her gentle and sweet voice.

"Your grandfather is a great hero of the Great Sui Dynasty in fighting against the Turks, do you know what the Turks are?"

"I know, Mr. said that the Turks are bad people, they rob the property of the Great Sui and kill the people of the Great Sui." The eldest grandson replied earnestly.

"Sir, that's not entirely true. The Turks have bad guys and good guys. Gao Qiuniang corrected.

Gao Qiuniang went on to introduce the living habits of the Turks, "They are different from the people of the Great Sui Dynasty, they can't plow the land, they can't grow crops, they can't weave cloth. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said strangely: "Don't they do any work?" Don't you die of starvation? ”

Gao Qiuniang explained: "They will herd sheep and horses. Eat mutton when you are hungry, and wear sheepskin when you are cold. What should I do if I want to eat food and clothes? The good Turks exchanged sheep, horses, and the Great Sui Dynasty. The bad Turks killed the people of the Great Sui and robbed the things of the Great Sui. ”

"Why don't you let them be bad guys?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked.

Gao Qiuniang was afraid that he wouldn't understand, so she said patiently: "Your grandfather has been dealing with the Turks in Northern Xinjiang all these years and making friends with the Turks. If you are afraid of the bad Turks, you will send troops to attack them, and they will be better. Your grandfather is just beating the Turks every day, beating them to make them afraid, and then turning into a good person. ”

"Those bad Turks are most afraid of your grandfather, and when they see him with weak legs, they tremble."

Gao Qiuniang continued, gently stroking the shoulders of the eldest grandson Wuji with her left hand.

"Your grandfather is the one who knows how to deal with the Turks in the Great Sui Dynasty. He is not only strong in martial arts, but also brave and strategic, grandpa's archery skills are unparalleled in the world, he can 'kill two birds with one stone', ride a horse as fast as lightning, and move like a thunderbolt. ”

"That's why people call our Changsun General's Mansion 'Thunderbolt Hall'."

"Call our Changsun General's Mansion 'Thunderbolt Hall', hehe, I just know that Thunderbolt Hall came here like this. So what is 'killing two birds with one stone'? Eldest Sun Wuji asked curiously.

"'One stone and two eagles' means that your grandfather can shoot down two eagles with one arrow." Gao Qiuniang continued.

"When your grandfather was eighteen years old, we were still in the Great Zhou Dynasty at that time. The Turks and the Great Zhou had a very good relationship, and they had a king named Sha Bo Luo Khan who wanted to marry the princess of the Great Zhou. The Great Zhou Dynasty sent your grandfather as a messenger to send the princess over to get married. ”

"After your grandfather sent the princess, Shabalu Khan left your grandfather as a distinguished guest to live permanently. Once they went out hunting together, Sha Bo Luo Khan saw two eagles fighting for meat in the sky, so he took out two arrows and asked your grandfather if you could shoot them down. ”

"Did Grandpa shoot it down?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked with a raised face.

"Your grandfather took the arrow, rode away at a gallop, looked at the direction and angle, shot an arrow, and carved the two together and fell from the sky. From then on, Shabalu Khan was very in awe of your grandfather, and left him to live in the Turks for a year, and asked him to teach the children of the Turkic nobles archery. ”

"The Turks respect Grandpa so much, why did it become bad later?" Eldest Sun Wuji asked strangely.

"Because they are forgetful and capricious in their sights." Gao Qiuniang said angrily.

"In the year of his accession to the throne, the Sui Dynasty was established. Sha Bo Luo Khan was very dissatisfied with the few gifts that the Great Sui had given him. On the pretext that he was the son-in-law of the Great Zhou and wanted to avenge the Great Zhou, he gathered uncles and nephews such as Datou Khan, Apo Khan, and Tuli Khan to attack our Great Sui. ”

"What big-headed khan, bald donkey khan? Why did the Turks have a whole bunch of khans? The eldest grandson Wuji raised his little face and looked at his mother and shouted.

"The Turkic 'khan' is equivalent to the 'king' of our Great Sui Dynasty, do you understand?"

"Understand, it's the Turkic name 'what khan', and the Great Sui Dynasty called 'what king', right?"

Gao Qiuniang raised her left hand and touched the head of the eldest grandson Wuji, and praised with a smile: "Shiro is so smart!" ”

"Okay, you listen carefully, I'll move on."

"As mentioned earlier: 'Sha Bo Liu' was very dissatisfied with the few gifts given to him by the Great Sui, so he used the excuse that he was the son-in-law of the Great Zhou and wanted to avenge the Great Zhou, and gathered the uncles and nephews of the Khans such as 'Datou, Apo, and Tuli' to attack our Great Sui. Isn't that the end of it? ”

Eldest Sun Wuji nodded: "Yes." ”

"Today, the Supreme will convene the ministers to discuss countermeasures, and your grandfather knows the Turks best, so he said: The Gaiyi people have no relatives, and they have no faith, they are tempted to benefit, and they are afraid to threaten, and there is no one who is not deceived by others, and kills each other."

"It means that the Turks have no family affection, do not pay attention to faith, tempt them with benefits, scare them with force, and you can coax them into killing each other."

"It's your grandfather who has a way to make these khans kill each other. Today, the Supreme Beings are overjoyed when they hear this, and they adopt your grandfather's advice to deal with the Turks. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Qiuniang said with infinite emotion: "For 20 years, your grandfather has been running between Beisai and the Turks all year round, using various schemes, and now it has finally achieved great results, and it has lived up to your grandfather's years of hard work. ”

"A-Niang, is the Turks still bad?"

Seeing that the eldest grandson Wuji asked again, Gao Qiuniang continued: "Now I can't break it if I want to." After twenty years of fratricidal fighting and the Great Sui conquest, the Turks have suffered a great loss of strength."

"First of all, 'Sha Bo Luo' destroyed the nest of 'Apo', and then 'Apo' and 'Datou' took the old nest of 'Sha Bo Luo', and 'Sha Bo Luo' was angry to death."

"The son of 'Sha Bolu' wanted to avenge his father, and he led the people of 'Apo' to fight and kill 'Apo', and as a result, both sides were defeated."

"'Tuli' saw that he was alone, so he surrendered to the Great Sui and was named the Khan of Qimin, and your grandfather led 50,000 troops to help him build the Great Li City, and is annexing the small tribes to the Great Sui."

"Ah Niang, why did the Great Sui make Guishun's 'Tuli' the Khan of Qimin?"

"The word 'Qi' has the meaning of enlightenment and enlightenment, and the title of 'Qimin' Khan is to let him educate the Turkic people well and be a good subject of the Great Sui."

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji seemed to have lost interest, and shouted: "Ah Niang, don't talk about it, don't talk about it, I'm about to be dizzy by this group of khans." Anyway, I know that Grandpa is a big hero, a sharpshooter, and he can kill two birds with one stone, and the Eldest Sun General's Mansion is Thunderbolt Hall. ”

As he spoke, he was about to get off the Luohan bed, "I still have to go to the school hall in the afternoon, it's time to go." ”

Gao Qiuniang showed that she was still unsatisfied, but she looked helpless, and ordered: "Scholar, wait for Shiro to go to school." ”

Mo Zhu lifted the curtain of the door and shouted outward: "Huang Fei, take Shilangjun to the school hall." ”

Shuxiang carried the eldest grandson Wuji to the edge of the bed and sat down, put on boots, put on a hat, and then hugged him to the ground and pulled his robe.

The eldest grandson Wuji stood up facing his mother, made a gesture with his crossed hands, and said solemnly: "A-Niang, Shiro retires." Then he took Shuxiang's hand and walked to the door of the upper room.

When the eldest grandson Wuji came out of the upper room, the nurse Huang Fei, the maid Yun Shu, and the scholar Qin Ge were already waiting outside the door.