With a deputy with outstanding ability like Jila, Qi Lang can indeed save a lot of trouble. Now he can spare time to plan for his future battles.

When you leave Zulu Town in the east, you will enter the Jade Principality, which is only more than 3,000 kilometers away from Qi Lang's homeland. According to King Henry's request before leaving, Qi Lang's Hope Legion only needs to rush back to its hometown within half a year to carry out the next plan. On the other hand, Zulu Town has just been recovered, and the possibility of the return of the Otto Empire's army cannot be underestimated, and Qi Lang should lead his team to garrison this important border town for a while before the Resistance arrives to defend this important border town.

Before the start of the war, Zulu Town had also flourished for a while, with a permanent population of more than 10,000 people, and the army placed by the Mingyu Kingdom also numbered 1,000 people. However, in the chaos of more than half a year, the army was forced to withdraw, and a large number of civilians moved to other places, and now only two or three thousand people remain, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. If it weren't for the fact that this is on the border between the two countries and has a certain strategic position, it is estimated that the Tiger Cavalry would not have to garrison hundreds of troops here at all.

In the more than half a year since the fall of Zulu Town, the villain Thom has gone on a rampage to loot and loot, which has caused most of the town to be destroyed in ruins, and there is an extreme shortage of food and goods. Fortunately, it is rich in natural resources, and it is located on the border, and it has always been an important border trade town between the Mingyu Kingdom and the Jade Principality.

After nearly a week of staying, the Resistance finally returned from the mountains to the north. They are just a team of 100 civilian warriors, most of the members are Orions from the surrounding villages, with poor equipment and relatively weak combat ability, but they are all enthusiastic, and have had countless conflicts with Tom's Tiger Cavalry, but the results are miserable, and they have been evacuated to the Jade Principality for a while.

Their leader was an old man over half a hundred years old, named Qu Ning, who used to be a teacher in Zulu Town. He was very knowledgeable and respected, and won the love and support of the soldiers and residents alike, and even the old mayor Changde always asked him for advice when he encountered difficult problems.

Since Qi Lang and the others were about to set off into the territory of the Jade Principality, they should naturally understand the environment there in advance, and that old Mr. Qu was a ready-made teacher. After the handover was basically over, Qi Lang took Jila with him early one morning and made a special trip to visit the legendary teacher.

The day-to-day work of the town was entrusted back to the old mayor, and the old gentleman returned to his original post. The place where he worked was a very dilapidated adobe house, not small, about 50 square meters, the roof of which was freshly laid, but the south-facing half was empty, only the blackened beams were exposed. That should be the need for teaching, because when Qi Lang knocked on the door, he immediately discovered the advantage of that design—seven or eight tables were bright, and those bald boys with Ah Fu's head didn't need to light candles to see the books in their hands clearly.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to make you wait a dozen minutes. Mr. Qu pushed the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and led the two guests to the simple bed next to the north wall, "The children's studies have been abandoned for too long, so I have delayed some time. ”

"Please. Qi Lang nodded politely, and pulled Jira to sit there obediently, his waist straight, his hands on his knees, and the posture was almost exactly the same as those children.

The old gentleman walked back, tapped the chalk on the wall, and continued his lesson: "We talked about 'memory,' which is an instinct hidden in your little heads. From the time you were born, when you grew up day by day, until you became an old man like me, you came into contact with some people and things every day, and they will leave an impression on you. Some are good, some are bad, whether you like it or not, they all run into your head, and that is what is called memory. Tell me what is the one thing you remember the most? Erhu, tell me about it?"

A tiger-headed little guy stood up, put his hands behind his back, tilted his head and thought for a while, and replied, "My Ah Hua was found yesterday, and it laid an egg this morning...... That's all I think about now. ”

"Ah Hua's credit is really not small. The old gentleman smiled, "It's a good memory, a memory to be cherished." ”

The little guy quickly scratched his head, but his mouth was flattened: "But Ah Cai didn't come back...... Grandma said it wouldn't come back because the bad guys had already eaten it. ”

"Oh...... That's a not-so-good memory. The old gentleman waved his hand and motioned for Erhu to sit back in his seat, "But as we said at the beginning, good memories and bad memories will stay with you for a long time, and if you don't have amnesia, they will probably stay with you for a lifetime." But what matters is how you go to organize your memories. Your clever little minds will sort them out, and if you want to be happy, go to the good ones, but if you want to be unhappy, go to the bad ones. It's all about your choices, about who you want to become. ”

The old gentleman turned his gaze to Qi Lang at this time, because he noticed that the guest's expression had changed somewhat, as if he was contemplating, as if he was struggling. So, he coughed softly, "Children, this lesson is here first." Be careful not to run around, you only have a twenty-minute break, and I don't want anyone to get back to the classroom and get dirt all over again. ”

The children all jumped. But instead of rushing to the door as they had done in a swarm of bees, they turned around in unison, a little cautious and a little excited, towards the two guests.

"You are those great heroes!" shouted someone else, and the scene began to become chaotic, and seven or eight children rushed up at once, some of them sat down beside them, and some of them simply jumped into the beds, and surrounded Qi Lang and Jira. The tattered wooden planks that were attached to a few stone bricks under him were a little unbearable, and there was even a sound of breaking. Qi Lang and Jira hurriedly stood up and turned their eyes to Mr. Qu who was smiling for help.

"Alright, you naughty ones. The old gentleman frowned deliberately, "If you plan to give up the recess, we'll start math class right away." ”

It was obviously the most headache for the children, and they stuck out their tongues, laughed and rushed out of the classroom. It is estimated that Mr. Qu's warning will not have any effect, and when they come back, they will definitely turn into one little mud monkey after another.

Old Mr. Qu took off the mirror, rubbed his eyes, walked in front of Qi Lang, and said with a smile: "I heard that you need to know some about the situation of the Jade Principality, I hope that my presbyopia can provide you with some useful information." ”

"You are too humble, Mr. Qu. Any message is very important to us. Jira would not miss any opportunity to practice Middle-earth, and his current ability to express himself is indeed surprising, with clear articulation and accurate articulation, but the word "humility" makes Qi Lang feel very uncomfortable.

However, Mr. Qu didn't care, he picked up the teapot with the paint off from the table, moistened his dry throat, and said slowly: "The Jade Principality is now full of wolf smoke...... I mean, there's war everywhere there. He was a little worried about the Middle-earth proficiency of the two people in front of him, so he deliberately corrected his words.

"In the past six months or so, we have come into contact with many resistance forces. He went on to say, "Almost every village and town has organized a team to fight the invaders of the Otto Empire. ”

"That's good news!" Gila understood, and an excited look appeared on her face.

But the old gentleman shook his head: "That may be good news, and I hope it is good news." But I'm still worried, because they seem to have gone too far - hateful memories can sometimes cause unexpected changes to good people......"

Qi Lang's face suddenly became gloomy: "You mean ......"

Mr. Qu sighed softly: "I hope I'm too worried." But if I had any advice for you, I would expect you to be just as careful with them. ”

"We'll be careful. Jira then took out the geographical atlas that had been prepared a long time ago, "After all, most of us don't have the same skin color as them, maybe there will be some misunderstanding." Now the point is that we need to know more about the terrain, these maps are a few days old, and I'm more worried that they won't be very useful. ”

The old gentleman put his glasses back on, looked at them carefully for a while, marked the areas he had visited, and corrected a few mistakes. In this way, the twenty-minute recess passed quickly, and the children covered in dirt began to poke their brains at the door of the classroom again, and Qi Lang and they had to get up and say goodbye.

But before leaving, Qi Lang seriously asked the old gentleman his own question, which was a question about the course, a question about memory: "Mr. Qu, if I am suffering from memory trouble, I wonder if you have any suggestions in this regard?"

"That's a problem for every one of us. The old gentleman still smiled kindly, "Take myself as an example, the disaster has caused me to lose my partner and my three children. But I still have the courage to face it all with a smile, just because those good memories have always been cherished. Whenever loneliness and pain strike, a voice in mid-air tells me to focus on the good, because that determines what kind of scenery I will weave in the future......"