"Which village are you from, are you lost? Ahead is the frontier camp, not the place where you should come. If you want to get to town, turn around and come with us! ”

"No, we're not wrong, we're going to the frontier camp!"

Getting closer and closer to the camp, the villagers were finally willing to pull out the slogans in order to answer the questions of the soldiers clearly.

Otherwise, the slogan is made of red paper, and the north wind blows all the way, and if you take it out every time, I'm afraid that it will be blown out before you get to the place.

At this time, Liu Laozhu finally gave up, he took off his gloves, and with his frozen curled up fingers, he cherished one end of the red paper wrapped in bamboo pole paste, and motioned to Xu Youliang nearby to erect the other end and pull it up with him.

Liu Laozhu took the lead in playing the slogan at the front of the team:

"The people know that you are the door gods, and there is a charge called perseverance!"

Everyone remembered Tian Xin'er explaining the meaning of this sentence.

It is not necessary to fight a war to be called meritorious, but to guard the border for several years so that the enemy does not dare to attack, which is also called meritorious.

The more Liu Laozhu pondered, the more he felt that what the child said was so right, the empty gate was not like his own home, and anyone who was a thief or something would enter.

He deliberately chose this sentence as the slogan of the first car.

Behind the convoy, the drivers were not slow to react, and when they saw that the bamboo poles were erected in front, they immediately jumped out of the car and the people in the car also unfolded the next slogan:

"Candlelight illuminates thousands of homes, soldiers, don't be homesick!"

"We are your family, we have come to see you!"

If Liu Laozhu hadn't hurriedly turned back, jumped onto the board of the car with two small triangular red flags, waved to signal to stop, as long as the opposite side was literate, these three would be enough, otherwise the vehicles behind would have played slogans one after another.

What should I say, because it was Liu Jingdong who was responsible for writing the slogans, so some of the scrapped ones were not brought, otherwise there would be more slogans than the entourage.

They don't have much of anything, they just have a lot of slogans.

The main one, we didn't bring anything delicious, and there weren't so many tricks to make the soldiers happy, so let's talk a lot, talk therapy.

Isn't there such a sentence, called bad words hurt people in June, and good words are warm in three winters.

And the north is so cold, let's not pick up the whole sentence, the villagers have said that they will say a few more good words, so as to warm the hearts of the soldiers.

It's just that the red paper costs money, otherwise it can be good words from the town to the camp.

After all, when it comes to nagging, the people of the north have never served anyone. It's called Ga (cutting) the bud rice, there is nothing to do, nothing to do just sit on the kang and play.

There were 40 vehicles coming from the battalion, which was also a relatively large team.

The main car was full of soldiers who were going to the town for a stroll, and there were so many more of them than us.

Not far away, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and it seemed that those squads were all petty officials, and they met in a group to ride into the city.

It is conceivable that the people in the barracks of the northern army are not Wuyang Wuyang.

At this moment, the villagers finally realized that the gifts they had made up for all these years were a drop in the bucket.

I finally understood what it means to have an army of tens of thousands, and to support so many people every day, Emma, how much money does this have to cost, it is really an eye-opener.

But what the people don't know is that their New Year's gift of less than 100 grain trucks, plus when the three slogans are played, more and more soldiers can come to the people's team and stop moving forward.

The slogan is not telling them to win the battle.

Just ask them if they are homesick.

It is often the most simple words that move people's hearts the most.

Slowly, more and more soldiers and the common people met in a narrow way.

The soldiers and civilians looked at each other, their masks covered with frost and even their eyebrows white.

It is not easy for the people to think about the soldiers, no wonder the court sent the people who have committed serious crimes to their bitter cold land.

The soldiers watched the people freeze like that, and stopped silently on the opposite side, and many soldiers deliberately got out of the car and stood on the side of the road.

The two sides don't know what they're looking at, and they seem to be sympathetic to each other, blocking the road.

At this time, even the live broadcast room swiped the screen and couldn't see the number of words.

Moreover, in the team, there were already horseback soldiers who did not say a word, and when they saw the slogan clearly, they silently turned around and galloped towards the camp.

Later, Mrs. Xu couldn't see it, she inquired about the way, let's pass by, soldiers, what's going on here.

She had to beckon Qian Yuanwai and the four gentlemen of the academy to walk towards the ranks of soldiers.

Explain, they are going to continue to move forward, please rest assured, they can find the right way, all the soldiers don't have to worry about stopping here, it's not easy to go back to the holiday and hurry to the town.

In the town, there are more people welcoming you, and today is the fifteenth, and the town is very lively.

At the same time, the twelve Li Zheng, Bai Muyan and Xu Tianxin were directing everyone's vehicles to pull over, and they wanted to let the officers and soldiers of the big battalion pass first, but they didn't expect that someone on the opposite side suddenly rode forward.

This was probably the most senior general on the field, for he rode forward, and the others gave way, as if waiting for his orders, and then the man sat down on his horse and began to command.

How to describe people who are well-trained, Liu Laozhu looked at the two small flags of one red and one green in his hands, he waved it for a long time just now, covering the scum and shaking his arms, and there was no house finch on his arm, otherwise the house finches would have to be killed by him, and the vehicles behind him understood that there was no need to continue to play the slogan.

Looking at the people again, the sword pointed upward, and everyone in the rear quickly got off the station with a solemn appearance, and even the vehicles were not side by side, becoming a straight line.

Jian Feng pointed to the east again, ho, even more amazing, everyone brushed to the side of the road and took a step back, all of them stood on the side of the road with a sound, it is not an exaggeration to say, even the horse's head was pulled eastward by the coachman, looking in the direction of the mountains in the distance.

What Liu Laozhu didn't know was that he was afraid that the war horses would be short-tempered and would disturb them who passed by in turn later.

Then after the command, they also turned over and dismounted, and were standing at the front of the team, looking at them and shouting: "The people go first!" ”

As soon as this person's drinking order came out, the villagers were almost frightened.

Because the voice of Qi Brushing suddenly came: "The people go first!" ”

Ah, I wasn't talking to them, and they almost bowed over and replied, "Well, let's go first."

It turned out that people were shouting passwords.

And the people have never received such supreme treatment, so we nodded to people.

Where can Leng Buding stand this? Today, I was watched by so many soldiers on the side of the road, and my eyes were not tired of us being grass people, but taking it seriously.

The four gentlemen of the student team secretly sighed in their hearts: No wonder the people now call the Zhenbei Army the Zhenbei New Army.

And the village team will only be more excited than the student team and the merchant team.

Some elderly men and women sat in the car, and no one could see them, but they sat up straight with bated breath, and the churning waves in their hearts could not be spoken.

After that, how many people are willing to go home and visit the door, even if they take a handful of beans.

The old men and old ladies of the villages who came to the border today sat under the roots of the trees as long as they were free, and repeated the words for a whole year.

A few Li Zheng who followed turned their heads to look at the generals, until they couldn't see anyone, and then suddenly ran to Mrs. Xu and Liu Laozhu excitedly. I couldn't catch my breath, and I had to come to these two people to chat a few words.

Like Xu Jiazhuang, Li Zheng arched his hand to Mrs. Xu, and he finally realized that this time Mrs. Xu specially called her hometown village, which is not called giving things for nothing, this is called taking care of them and borrowing light.

Another hour had passed, and it was half past two in the modern afternoon.

When the convoy of 100 grain oxen, mules and donkeys arrived at the last checkpoint, I don't know if it was the reason why someone sent the letter in advance, anyway, when Xu Tianxin got off the car to pass the customs documents, he only saw one general.

The remaining eleven soldiers and generals in this station were actually in the pressurized water well.

Seeing the sweaty appearance on their foreheads, it seemed that they had been pressed for a while, and hot water was also boiling in the four cauldrons in the station, and they took the initiative to inform her with just a glance at the customs clearance paperwork: with the speed of their livestock, they would arrive at the camp in another hour.

Afraid that they would be hungry, it was best to stop here and eat first, and it seemed that they were going to get food after speaking.

Xu Tianxin returned to the team and discussed with her grandmother first, and when Mrs. Xu heard this, she decided to eat first, so as not to let us laugh when we were hungry and see the soldiers, and then we would return after the condolences, and I didn't know when I could eat the next meal.

But there is a purpose, we must not touch the food in this station, even if we ordinary people tie up a few soldiers, we can't let people sprinkle rice in the pot.

Can they be tied, there are so many of them, and there are only twelve generals stationed in the last checkpoint, so tying twelve people is not like playing? What about weapons, you're not a thermal weapon.

Then it turned out that the twelve garrison generals not only did not give the people their own rations, but were also forced to let them taste the yellow rice of the Xu family.

The food on this trip was provided by the Xu family, who took the lead.

And since the sixth day of the new year, there have been caravans and New Year's gift teams returning one after another, thinking about the Xu family only fifteen years ago, these days together have earned more than 180 taels of silver.

The sticky bean buns and frozen dumplings in the dozens of homemade freezers outside have long been sold, and I have to take the time to pluck duck feathers for this side to eat, how can I have time to wrap sticky bean buns.

Mrs. Xu simply asked the entourage to eat yellow rice this time.

There is a saying called 30 li shinoodin 40 li cake, this cake refers to the yellow cake made with yellow rice, which is a specialty of the north, and is more hungry than shinome.

There is also a sentence called a pillow of dream yellow grain, and the yellow sorghum here also refers to millet (yellow rice).

After making the slimy one, one person eats a spoon and fills his stomach.

But there is one point that it has just finished burning its mouth, and it must not be dipped in cold water in order to eat it quickly. Both the golden and sticky yellow rice and sticky bean buns have a property that can be used as a bloodless weapon when necessary, and if eaten like this, it will burn the stomach mucosa and even kill people.

So when Mrs. Xu took a group of people to share the meal, she was instructing, eat slowly, let's just rest for a while, so as not to get tired when we arrive at the camp. When selling sticky bean buns to merchants, they can't help but ask.

Liu Laozhu took advantage of the fact that everyone was eating, and hurriedly lay out of the window and said two words loudly, no way, the house was not big enough, so he had to dial into the house to eat:

"Listen to me, let's talk about it, it's the big camp below, what are we doing? Right.

Busy all the way thirteen tricks to choke enough, you must take out the fullest state, put your useless thoughts away, make people happy, make people laugh.

Yangge team, you even have to shake the lice on that head to it in a daze, belch, twist is the joyful energy, this is festive!

So take advantage of this place to quickly wipe all the snot, what are you responsible for, and the leaders are also quickly following the instructions. ”

After speaking, Liu Laozhu swallowed his hungry spit and continued to squat under the outside wall to wait.

He must squat here and dare not move, otherwise it will not be his turn to eat in the next wave.

Then two soldiers walked in front of Liu Laozhu, Liu Laozhu was stunned and didn't notice that people were silently blocking the wind for him with their bodies.

In fact, everyone is more responsible than Liu Laozhu imagined, especially after just receiving the kind of treatment that is looked down upon by the soldiers, everyone is excited.

No, the leader in charge of beating the drums didn't care about being hungry for a long time, and while knocking on the bowl with chopsticks, he was helping the drum pair recall the drum beat: "At first, it was poking it, poking it, poking it, poking it." ”

"Don't worry, we won't be mistaken."

At this time, on the hot kang of the last checkpoint, there was still a group of old ladies who were drawing eyebrows.

Today is very special, they are no longer chattering, but communicating with each other: "What kind of powder do you use, why are you whiter than me, I use white pine bark powder." ”

"I use tapioca flour."

"Then you're a loser, you wipe me a little."

They are very hard, the makeup is a wood stick to draw the eyebrows, the red lips and red face are torn off the corner of the couplet, and they use the couplet paper to purse their lips and rub their faces.

Even these grandmothers who want to twist Yangge deliberately bring out a broom pimple.

If Xu Tianxin hadn't seen it in advance during the rehearsal at home, and borrowed her a hundred heads, she wouldn't have imagined that this burning kang broom could be used as a curling iron.

It is to use the stove pit fire to ignite the front end of the sweeping kang broom, and then quickly clip the bangs, one by one, and the soldiers stationed in the station will be dumbfounded.

As for the effect of dressing up.

Sun Li was asking the old ladies on the kang, "...... Who is my second aunt? My second aunt asked you for a bowl of rice and waited for the rice to be served. ”

Without removing makeup, I can't already recognize who is who.

Aunt Sun is fifty-eight years old, today they are the old couple who came with the team, her man is a suona team, when she went out to hand her a man's rice bowl, she gave her the old man a startle:

"Emma, who are you?"

"I, can I paint, old man, I don't have anywhere to take a picture of the basin."

"That's okay, that's too good, look at you and laugh. You seem to have popped out of the tomb, and the paper figure is alive. It's even worse than the rehearsal at home. ”

"You know a six, what you want is to laugh, what are you doing without laughing. I don't care if others think I'm beautiful or not, I just need to be beautiful in my own heart! ”

Why is this still in a hurry? Then why do you ask other people's opinions?

After Aunt Sun finished speaking, she went to the car to wait, and wanted to vacate the house for the others so that the others could also eat quickly.

Gao Mantang, who came with the team, was also making the final preparations, and he tied up a large bag of blackened burning sticks.

It's a pity that there weren't so many days for him to make bamboo paintings, but he drew a good hand.

He planned to go to the camp and use burning sticks on the wall of the camp to draw a scene for the soldiers and soldiers to spend the fifteenth day of the first lunar month together today. I don't know if they let him paint.

Before Mrs. Xu left, she also instructed the team members who were responsible for setting up the stove and distributing the meal for the last time: "Every time you give the other party a piece of food, look up at the soldiers who take the food." Didn't we say yes before we came? The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years, and there must be many strong men in the camp who have not returned home for several years. Since you are visiting on behalf of your parents, and you say that you are their family, you imagine what it will be like if you haven't seen your son for ten years. So try to take a good look at it, and it's best to remember what they look like. ”

The student team is also deliberating, they plan to use the snowman form to make a slogan similar to a snow sculpture and build a slogan by hand. They wanted to use their writing hands to pick up a spade of snow and carve it little by little, and write to the soldiers in another form.

At five o'clock in the evening, Xu Tianxin's live broadcast room was playing background music: "Pigs, sheep, where are they going......"

She was sitting in the head car and looking up at the sky, where the ancient father must have looked up.

Because when I heard that he died, it was in this month. At the very least, before closing the eyes, he will lie on his back on the ground and take one last look at the sky.

In front of the camp on the border north of the town, suddenly there was a noise of gongs and drums, and red slogans were displayed, and it was the people's team that was walking towards you.

Xu Tianxin stopped looking at the sky, looked ahead, and suddenly paused: Wait a minute, how can there be so many oilcloth sheds in front of the camp, and there seem to be a lot of stools and pot stoves.

(End of chapter)