Chapter 19: After the War (Revised)
Begonia doesn't know when she fell asleep.
Suzhou City is not big. The Hai family lives near the bell and drum tower in the center of the city, and can clearly hear the sound of enemy troops charging and soldiers killing the enemy from the city wall not far away, but the city is very quiet, and only occasionally there will be people riding on the wall to talk a few words.
She fell asleep in such a relatively quiet environment.
When she was awakened by the sound of the bell, she found herself next to her grandmother Ma's shoulder, crushing Ma's shoulder.
Ma didn't seem to have slept all night, and his eyes were still bloodshot. She didn't think her granddaughter was pressing herself, but smiled at Begonia while moving her shoulders: "Wake up?" When the battle is over and the battle is over, go back to the house and go to sleep. After breakfast, the milk will call you again. ”
Haitang was still a little confused: "The battle is over?" Did we win? ”
"Gua Wazi, of course you win!" Ma Shi rolled his eyes at his granddaughter, "Otherwise, who has the leisure to ring the bell!" ”
Little Brother Reef is no longer sitting in front of the East Chamber. Second Uncle Hai Changan also climbed down from the wall, and came to the backyard with the second aunt Hu Shi one after another, and said to Ma's family: "Mother, Dad and Uncle Cousin, Uncle Cao, and Uncle Lu fell asleep directly in the hall, and they slept soundly, so I didn't wake them up." You can go back to the house and take a rest, you stayed up all night last night. ”
Ma stood up and patted the ash on his body: "How can you let your father sleep directly in the hall?" There's no kang or bedding over there, what if you catch a cold? Tell them to go back to the house and rest! Chang'an's daughter-in-law went to the kitchen to call someone, hurriedly spread dozens of cakes, and boiled a pot of hot soup, and the big guy ate and fell asleep. I don't have to do anything now, and I guess few people on the street will come out. "I'm afraid that the whole city hasn't slept well, and I will definitely have to make up for sleep today.
Hu Shi answered and was about to leave, Hai Changan took her hand, turned back to his mother and smiled: "Mother, the people in the kitchen haven't slept all night, why bother to make them work hard?" I went to the street to buy ready-made ones and got them early. I don't know if other shops can open shops, but the noodle soup shop of the old Zhang family will definitely open. The veterans of the city had to go to his house to eat noodles after every battle. Isn't the noodle soup hot and fragrant better than the dry cakes we have at our own stall? ”
Ma Shi paused, remembering that when his son Haidingcheng was still alive in the past, he always followed the veterans to the soup noodle shop of Lao Zhang's family to eat breakfast after the war, regardless of the fact that the family had prepared food for him, and he couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart, but it was not good to show it in front of his second son, so he nodded and said: "Cheng, since you feel sorry for your daughter-in-law, you would rather work hard to run errands by yourself, and your mother will naturally fulfill you." ”
Hu Shi immediately blushed when he heard this. Hai Changan was thick-skinned, thanked the old lady for her success with a smile, threw the bow and arrow into his own room, and ran away with his daughter-in-law.
Haijiao ran out of the east wing at this time, shouting "Second Uncle wait for me", and chased after him.
He also wanted to inquire about the situation of the war as soon as possible.
Begonia was driven back to the main house by her grandmother Ma. After a while, Grandfather Hai Xiya also came in with a yawn. The grandparents and grandchildren were guarding one end of the big kang, dozing off with their heads a little, until they heard Hai Changan shouting outside the door: "I bought breakfast!" Fang Cai came to his senses, moved over the kang table with a sleepy face, and asked Hai Changan to put the hot noodle soup he had just bought on the kang table.
Hai Chang'an bought the mutton noodle soup of the old Zhang family, which was hot and fragrant, and after eating a bite, the whole body warmed up. The noodles are chewy, the meat is tender, and the soup base is fragrant and delicious. Begonia buried her head in eating noodles, and didn't care about anything else at all.
Hai Changan did not forget to report to his father the information he heard on the street: "The Hu army has suffered countless casualties, the main general has retreated, General Gu personally led a team of soldiers and horses to chase, saying that the leader of the third prince of the Hu people was hit by two arrows, and the horse was also dead, he could only ride his subordinate horses, and he might not be able to run far, if he could catch it back, this battle would be too worthwhile!" On Wednesday, the general was taking people to count the casualties after the battle, but our casualties were not many, and they were all thanks to good preparation. I heard that the generals had prepared a lot of things in advance, such as armor, knives and guns, firearms, bullets, arrows, boiling oil, rolling wood, and stones...... There's everything left. Hu Ren couldn't have imagined that we were waiting for work, and we were caught off guard and stunned......"
Hai Xiya listened while eating noodles, and his face showed joy: "Okay, it's not in vain that we specially reminded the generals of this fate." Didn't Baoshun go out with you? Haven't come back yet? ”
"Baoshun said that he was going to find out the news and see if General Gu had captured the three princes back." Hai Changan said with a smile, "This kid is very concerned about the war. I gave him some money to buy food, and he wouldn't go hungry. ”
Haixiya has always been accustomed to raising his eldest grandson, not to mention that this is in Suzhou City, surrounded by his own soldiers, and there is no danger in thinking about it, so he has to go.
Haitang drank the last mouthful of noodle soup in the bowl, and thought to herself: The little brother was so badly harmed by the merchant surnamed Sun and the third prince of Huren in his last life, how can he be willing not to see the enemy being arrested? Of course, we have to find out the good news as soon as possible.
When he sees with his own eyes that the enemy is caught, and he can't die well, it is estimated that most of the knots in his heart will be removed, right?
Since the family was ruined in the previous life, and the rest of the life was not satisfactory, you should work hard to change your destiny in this life. Now that Haijiao has the credit of providing important information and helping the border army win the war, if he really enters the army when he grows up, he should have a higher starting point, right? He won the favor of many generals of the border army, and there was hope for his future prosperity. Young people, try to climb up! You want to become a famous general, a high-ranking official, and let your relatives at home live a good life-
After breakfast, Begonia went back to sleep with her head covered in the quilt. When she woke up in the afternoon, her brother Haijiao had already returned home and was resting in the east wing.
Haitang listened to Jin Guo's letter, and after freshening up, she ran to find him, and saw that he did not sleep, but just sat on the kang, hugging his knees in a daze.
She climbed onto the kang: "What's wrong with my brother?" Aren't you sleepy? ”
Hai Jiao shook his head and replied, "The third prince of Hu Ren has been caught." The spy was also found in Guancheng, and he was just escorted back. I saw them enter the city in prison vans. ”
"That's a good thing!" Haitang blinked, "Doesn't my brother feel happy?" ”
"Happy. How could I not be upset? What Haijiao said was fundamentally different from his expression, he looked like he was about to cry, his eyes were shining, "The great feud of two lifetimes...... I actually reported it like this! Something I thought would never be possible...... It's so easy to ......."
Haitang patted him on the shoulder and leaned over to him: "We are still children, and what children find difficult to do, adults can easily do it." So when my brother said that he wanted to take the whole family to escape, it was not okay. Let's tell the elders about it, and let them remind the generals, won't the generals do it easily? Whether the third prince is dead or alive may not be up to the generals to decide, but the merchant surnamed Sun will definitely not end well! Just wait and see him executed! ”
Haijiao wiped a handful of tears vigorously, took a deep breath, and showed a happy smile on his face: "Little sister is right! I'll just wait to see the enemy beheaded. Just thinking about that image makes me wake up laughing when I fall asleep! ”