"Knock knock!! Small ditch, open the door, get up quickly. ”

Lu Xiaogou, who was sleeping, was woken up by a knock on the door, and he didn't even open his eyes and shouted: "Liu Mao, you bastard, what kind of noise in the morning, and let people not sleep." ”

Liu Mao shouted outside, "Fart, when are you still sleeping?" Yesterday, Mura Zhengke said, today I went to Mengqicheng to receive New Year's goods, if you delay the labor and management, you will beat the out. ”

"New Year's goods?" Lu Xiaogou suddenly fell asleep, and a carp got up from the bed: "Wait for me for a while, I'll come right away." ”

He put on his clothes in two or two, wiped his face casually, hung the water bag on his waist and grabbed a piece of cake and put it in his mouth, and opened the door with his other hand.

These movements are done in one go and take no more than three minutes combined.

He lived in a three-room tiled house and a half-acre fence yard built by the Yamen Gang, which is the standard for basically every immigrant household.

Three tiled houses are the minimum living guarantee, and if there are many people in the family, you have to find a way to build it yourself. The three and a half years old teenagers had no family, and the three rooms were too big to be repaired.

In fact, most people have not repaired it, mainly because they have no money and no food, and if they want to repair it, they can only wait until next year.

The three of them came from one place and were not familiar with the others, so they asked for three houses next to each other in the corner, and it was quiet to live by themselves.

At this time, Liu Mao and Yang Shidan were already waiting at the door.

Hurriedly locked the door, Lu Xiaogou said in a hurry: "Hurry up, hurry up, don't delay time." ”

Yang Shidan said angrily: "Now that I know that I am panicked, why did I go earlier." ”

Lu Xiaogou was not ashamed, and said with his eyebrows: "You don't know, I dreamed of marrying Chuncao last night, and I was about to enter the cave room when I was woken up by you." ”

Speaking of this, he glared at Liu Mao and said, "You return my cave room to spend candle night." ”

Liu Mao said angrily: "Phew, you run out quietly, Uncle Dung Fork must have married Chuncao to someone else, don't dream." ”

Lu Xiaogou's face stiffened, and he said in frustration: "Yes, she must be married." ”

Liu Mao said: "You can't be serious, right? I want to marry her so much, why do I want to come out? ”

Lu Xiaogou pointed to the tiled house on the side of the road and the rice crackers in his hand and said, "If you don't come out, you can live in such a big house, and you can eat this snow-white rice cake all at once?" ”

Liu Mao shook his head and said, "How is it possible, it's not bad not to starve." ”

Lu Xiaogou said: "Yes, so I came out." It's just a pity that after coming out for so long, I still haven't been able to become a soldier. ”

Liu Mao retorted: "I think it's good to have a big house to live in without wind and sun, why do you want to be a soldier, how dangerous it is." ”

Yang Shidan suddenly said: "Don't you like Huang Xiaoduo in the next village, if you make meritorious contributions as a soldier and get ahead, his father will scramble to marry her to you." ”

Liu Mao didn't speak anymore, and it could be seen that he really liked the girl named Huang Xiaoduo.

Halfway there, they met a man with an ox cart, so they took a ride, and it took nearly two hours to reach Mengqi City.

Looking at the ten-meter-high city wall, even if you have seen it many times, the three of you still feel very spectacular.

The city gate is guarded by city guards, but they only maintain order and do not stop passers-by at will.

Entering the city, the three of them were not in a hurry to pick up the New Year's goods, but wandered around the streets.

The city is very lively, there are lights everywhere and it is very festive, and there are stalls on the roadside to sell all kinds of food and utensils.

There are also a lot of people, including Han people, slang people, and native people, among which Han people are the majority. But everyone's dress and decoration are exactly the same, and their living habits are almost the same.

The biggest difference comes from the accent, most of the Han people have a northern accent, and the slang and Turen Chinese dialect is not very fluent.

Well, the yamen has a rule that everyone is treated equally, all are Han Chinese, and they are not allowed to be treated differently between Han and slang.

Lu Xiaogou and the three of them have studied "Chinese Civilization" and know the reason.

But rules are rules, and there is still a gap in everyone's hearts if they don't say anything, but there is no discrimination or anything.

These slang people and natives are not stupid than them at all, and they are really not qualified to discriminate. And people greet each other with smiles, are you embarrassed to discriminate?

In fact, the three of them didn't know that the key reason why there was no discrimination against slang people was that the Han people on the island were also from ordinary people.

If the family is strong enough to try it, even if they starve to death, they will think that they are superior, and they will curse a barbarian in their hearts before they breathe.

Even for ordinary readers, this stereotype is not so quickly eliminated.

On the contrary, ordinary people have no concept of this kind of thing itself, and it is easier to accept national integration.

The three of them wandered around the city aimlessly, envious of the more prosperous life here.

So the three teenagers sighed: "It's too prosperous here, and the legendary Luoyang is just like that." ”

At this moment, a voice next to him laughed: "Hehe...... The gap between Mengqicheng and Luoyang is even bigger than the gap between Mengqicheng and your village. ”

Lu Xiaogou and the three of them subconsciously seemed to refute, but when they saw clearly who was opposite, they hurriedly swallowed the words back into their stomachs, and saluted respectfully: "Meet the lord and lady." ”

It was Wen Yi who spoke, and next to him was Xie Daoyun, who was holding a small carp in his arms.

He was wandering around the city with his family, and when he saw the three teenagers comparing Mengqicheng and Luoyang, he thought it was very interesting, so he casually accosted him.

Although he had never seen Luoyang in this era, he knew how prosperous it would be just by thinking about it. Even if it has been reduced to a place of a hundred battles at this time, it is not comparable to Mengqi City.

"No courtesy, we don't have so much red tape in Dongning Island."

"Thank you, Lord."

Seeing Wen Yi's kind attitude, the three of them felt a little calmer.

Lu Xiaogou, who was the most courageous, couldn't help but ask: "Lord, is Luoyang City really so prosperous?" ”

Wen Yi thought for a while and said, "Let's just say it, Mengqi City is only as big as a small corner of Luoyang City. ”

A little corner? The three teenagers looked at each other, this was completely beyond their imagination, what it should be like.

"But I believe that one day Mengqi City will become a metropolis no less than Luoyang City."

He said this very confidently, as if he were announcing the result.

The three teenagers were also excited: "We believe that under the leadership of the lord, Mengqicheng will definitely surpass Luoyang." ”

"Haha......" Wen Yi said happily: "This is also inseparable from your efforts, are you three brothers?" ”

"No, we're fellow villagers." Lu Xiaogou briefly told the experience of the three of them.

The others didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, but felt that the three teenagers were too reckless.

Wen Yi, who knew the truth, was really surprised in his heart, he didn't expect to meet the parties involved here.

After looking the three of them up and down, he suddenly laughed and said, "Didn't you say that you want to join the army?" I'll give you a chance. ”

"After the beginning of the year, the Seventh Water Division will recruit new troops on the island, and when the time comes, you can go directly and report my name."