Sister Ma Feng pouted, took off her shoes and went to the kang, her face was full of unhappiness: "It's not because the Tartar soldiers have been making trouble recently, the city gate is closed, everyone doesn't dare to go out, and the business in the shop is very light these days......"

Erlang didn't recognize his life at all, and looked at Sister Ma Feng with great interest, and then opened his hands to hug them.

Sister Feng smiled: "It's still our best Erlang, I have to hug my aunt every time!" ”

Sister Ma Feng teased Erlang and said with her eyebrows fluttering: "Sister-in-law, have you heard? My brother was blessed by misfortune this time, and he was appreciated by their thousands of households! It is said that the lives of the thousand households were saved by my brother! It seems that promotion is not far away! In the future, I will really be Erlang's aunt! ”

Qin Liu saw that she was talking indecently, and her face sank and she got off the kang: "I'll go make lunch, you can also eat some here!" ”

Sister Ma Feng followed her a little sneeringly, and said, "Didn't my brother tell you yet?" His stuffy gourd! Sister-in-law, my brother, everything is good, but he doesn't like to talk. But what he thinks in his heart, I can guess seven, seven, eight, eight. The second lady in Master Lei's family in the town, he refused to marry, and he already had someone in his heart......"

Qin Liu saw that the more she spoke, the more unspeakable she became, and brandished a long spoon with a wooden handle and glared at her angrily: "You are a girl, chewing the root of your tongue behind your back, what is the reason?!" Go and help me get firewood! ”

In this kind of chaotic day, who has any thoughts? It is only right to earn back the money from buying land and building a house, and save up a sum of money to take the family to a safe place in the south.

Sister Feng stuck out her tongue and went out, and Da Lang had already run ahead of her and came back with a few pieces of firewood.

While kneading the dough, Qin Liu sincerely exaggerated Lang: "My eldest Lang is really good!" ”

Da Lang grinned: "It was my grandfather who taught me." ”

After that, Da Lang added water to the cauldron again, and sat down to light a fire to bring firewood to boil water.

Qin Liu had to sigh at Da Lang's sensibility, the children of poor families were in charge early. Da Lang is only six years old this year, and he is at home with his crippled grandfather and his one-year-old brother during the day, and he has become the main laborer of the family when he is easy to move.

Thanks to Li Laohan and Da Lang helping her take care of Erlang, she has the energy and free time to go to the dumpling shop to be busy.

After eating, I was washing the dishes and wiping the stove, when Maang came.

He glanced around the room with Li Laohan, Qin Liu, Sister Feng and the two children, his face was slightly serious: "Uncle, your family has better not go out in the past few days." ”

Li Laohan sat up straight, gasped, and his tone was a little frightened: "The Tartars are attacking the city again?" ”

Ma Ang shook his head: "A team of Tartar soldiers came from the mouth of the monolith, looted outside our sand castle, and went to the civil fort again. It was badly damaged over there. We were robbed once last year, but we didn't enter the city this year. But it's always better just in case. ”

Li Laohan looked at the neatly stacked wheat bags in the east room, worried.

Maang asked, "Do you have a cellar at home?" Hide in the cellar to go better. ”

Li Laohan shook his head depressedly.

It's too late to dig a cellar now.

Ma Ang comforted: "The Tartars may not enter the city this year, and your family is in a remote location, so don't scare yourself yet." ”

Li Laohan thought for a while and said: "Dushikou is less than three hundred miles away from us, and the Tartar soldiers are fast, and they can get to us in one day!" They haven't gone back yet? ”

Maang said in a heavy tone: "I'm afraid I haven't left yet." I heard that the pass on the monolith has been blocked. If they want to return to the grassland, they can only find another way to the west. It is said that he has gone to Uljuwei. ”

Li Laohan pondered for a while and then asked, "Is it someone from the right wing or someone from Dayan Khan who came this time?" ”

Ma Ang shook his head: "It's not clear. The accent sounded right-wing. ”

Qin Liu pricked up his ears to listen to their chat, and when he saw that they were no longer talking, he asked, "What is the relationship between Dayan Khan and the right wing?" ”

Maang explained: "Dayan Khan is the great khan of Mongolia today, and the people of Guannai call him 'the little prince', a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. On the right flank is the tribe to the west of the court of Dayan Khan. ”

Qin Liuqi said: "Little prince? Is it the little prince who married a queen who was more than twenty years older than himself when he was seven years old? What does the queen seem to be called the Queen of Manduhai? ”

Qin Liu remembered watching TV in modern times, and there was such a little prince, but she couldn't remember the details.

Ma Ang nodded: "Yes, there is such a statement." He knew it when he listened to the small talk of the veterans in the barracks.

Qin Liu groaned, this Shabaozi Town is a poor and remote place, and the news is limited, but fortunately, it is not on the front line. The town of Dushikou in the north is the first pass to face the Mongolian steppe tribes.

However, the Tartars can kill them in a day's work, and it is really not safe to live in this town.

……

After a few days, the noisy town of Sandcastle was finally safe.

The city gates were reopened, and people's faces were filled with smiles for the rest of their lives, and there were even more sincere smiles among the customers who came and went on weekdays.

Maang was officially appointed as the Commander-in-Chief for his meritorious service in slashing several Tartar soldiers. The Ma family was full of joy, and even gave free orders to the guests who came to eat and drink porridge that day.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, there is one person for every 100 tun troops, and there are two people in the general flag. The imperial court issued five acres of rent-free land to the general banner.

This shows that the Ma family will not rely on the business of the dumpling shop in the future, and they will be able to feed the family just by farming!

Maang himself was even more excited. Today, he finally has a trivial feat, and he can be regarded as a military attaché. Although it is only the most inferior general flag, it is better than just a soldier who can't support himself.

All of this is due to his personal efforts, and more importantly, the widow of the Li family taught him to read and write, and he is quite grateful in his heart.

He looked at most of the houses built behind the swallow building, and thought about how to build the house quickly.

The new house was finally fully built in September.

In addition to the three rooms of the Li family and the Ma family, the kitchens and warehouses of the two families, a row of small houses were also built in the backyard, all of which were built with kangs and doors facing north.

This was added by Qin Liu on a temporary whim, and the reason was also sufficient: "If the business of the store is good in the future, it will recruit more people, and it will also give the guys a place to stay." ”

The root cause is that I am afraid that something similar to the Tartar soldiers will happen last time. If the Tartar soldiers run into the house, what can she do as a weak woman?

The best thing is to build a row of small houses, even if the Tartar soldier wants to hide and recuperate, go to the small house, the door is still facing the street to the north, it will not affect her life.

Qin Liu is most satisfied with the heating pipes fired with porcelain.

Their house is in the east, and the Ma family is in the west.

In the east, where the east wing should have been built, Qin Liu built a large connected house, where the water tower, kitchen, laundry room, and boiler were all located. The hot water boiled by the boiler went partly through the porcelain pipes to the Swallow House in the south, and partly to the three main houses in the north.

The house is heated, so the children don't have to wear bulky padded jackets, and they are tired and have difficulty moving. Heating is a firewood fire. However, spending this money to make life more comfortable, Qin Liu is still willing to pay.