"That's what you want to ask!"

Uncle He and Zhu'an worked together to carry a large water tank back under the eaves, only to hear a few people in the room talking and laughing, a little noisy, but not disgusted.

It is easy to sweat when he is old and doing physical work, Uncle He grabbed the corner of his clothes and wiped the beads of sweat running from his forehead, and then continued: "Isn't it, this matter is indeed in the hands of Wucheng, and the villagers in the village have been organized to find it a long time ago." ”

Zhu An asked puzzledly: "Have you found it?" Then why do you still let it go?"

"Alas, this matter is also a bit complicated, don't think that the old man and I speak upside down. ”

Zhu An Wenxu laughed and bowed his hand, "Why, bother Uncle He to talk to me." ”

Uncle He held the water tank to rest temporarily, and saw that Zhu'an's attitude was humble and polite, which made people feel comfortable, and he was happy to open the conversation.

"Speaking of which, at that time, I also followed to Wucheng, about a year ago, I entered the barracks of the garrison, but the soldiers were also very busy, we stayed there for a day and did not see any generals at all, only listened to the reception of the soldiers said a few words, I heard that it was the Huns who made trouble on the border again. In this world, no one is better off than anyone else, and the Central Plains can still live in peace now, our small place is not in the dock city, the birds don't, they are poor and partial, and there are few people living in places with big palms, and there are only about a hundred people in a village, and other villages more than ten miles away are also like this, even if we add up to a few scattered people, it is not yet a fraction of thousands of people, and it is understandable that it is not taken seriously. Besides, how can we be as important as the safety of the border?"

Uncle He sighed and said: "Today our village has been robbed, tomorrow other villages will be robbed, if something happens to each village, we will run to complain every three or five days, where can the garrison manage, just running back and forth in this desert can torment them." I can only comfort and comfort myself, although this group of sand bandits is very savage, and every time they appear, they will make a fuss, but as long as there are not too many lives, they can still pass by gritting their teeth and forbearance. ”

This sounds open-minded but quite helpless, but when you think about it, it is also a helpless fact.

Zhu'an was silent for a moment before taking over, "That's ...... How's Dock City doing now?"

"Well, I don't know the specifics, this front line is where we little people can go, but I heard that the war situation is anxious, and the form is not optimistic, otherwise we wouldn't care about our life or death. ”

"That being said, it's still inappropriate......"

Allowing the people to suffer is really contrary to the original intention.

"Alas, the world is difficult, and although our village is very small, the days before were not as difficult as they are now. I don't think you two are locals, and you are still young, so you may not know about the old things. In the past, there was a general named Huwei in Wucheng, his surname was Lin, more than ten years ago, Mo said that this Northwest Wucheng is a famous general in the world!"

Uncle He said and reminisced

reminded him of the past, and took the initiative to mention General Huwei, the general that the people in the northwest were thinking about.

That's Zhu'an's father.

His palms clenched, sweating slightly, hearing his father's past from other people's mouths made him a little inexplicably nervous, but also a little expectant.

He wanted to know more about his father.

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The people's after-dinner conversations are nothing more than the shortcomings of their parents, rumors about the rivers and lakes, and the political affairs of the imperial court.

But all the men who are a little older, when they get together, they also discuss gossip, but the gossip is mostly about political affairs, the court has issued a new decree to change the regulations or something, they want to talk about it; the emperor sacrifices to heaven and gives amnesty or widely selects concubines, they also have to talk about such things, catch all kinds of true or false news of the court, and then get together with the neighbors to express some of their own opinions, your news is transmitted to him, and his news is passed on to others, one to ten, ten to hundred, the speed is jaw-dropping。

The gossip of ordinary people is limited to gossip, and naturally it is not as good as the courtiers above the court, who quote scriptures and talk eloquently, they just talk nonsense, and unscrupulously express what they have seen, such as discussing whether the emperor's new concubine is good-looking, and which one of the ministers is procrastinating...... and so on, all of them were whipped over and over again in their conversations, revealing strong personal feelings.

Although these remarks are really difficult to be elegant, it is precisely in these nonsense words, whether true or false, that have their spiritual sustenance.

No matter how old the man is, there is a more or less heroic complex in his heart, determined to serve his family and country with the sky, the army of Rong Ma and the people to protect the territory, and the officials who enter the government to give advice to the rulers to manage the city in various places, but more are ordinary ordinary people, including the three religions and nine streams, peddlers and pawns, farmers and farmers, they are diligent and diligent in their daily lives, if they are indifferent to these things, it is like being excluded, and when they talk about these things after dinner, they will feel more involved for no reason, which is considered to have a sense of accomplishment in building a family and a country。

However, this kind of small talk is always very pleasant, not only to enhance the sense of closeness, but also to express their opinions, and occasionally to fight for a blushing face and a thick neck is harmless. When some people's words are wonderful, they can also win the applause of everyone and praise them as insightful and face-saving.

When a group of people get together, they can chat all over the world no matter where they are, no matter whether the tea is good or bad, they can pour several pots of tea, which is a great comfort for the body and soul.

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Uncle He is like this, the discussion of political affairs is more and more excited, and he grabs a bench and sits down, looking at the posture as if he wants to have a good chat with Zhu'an.

"Now the general in charge of the seal is surnamed Wan, if you want me to say that this general Wan is really not as reliable as the previous General Lin! Although our news is a little blocked, but how can there be an impermeable wall, I heard that after General Lin was martyred, it was this General Wan who took over the position, and as a result, it took three years of hard work to repel those Hun soldiers, it was really embarrassing, and a few little Huns in the barbarian land fought like this!"

"That's it!

”

"These Huns are really full of food, and in the past year, they have begun to harass the border from time to time, and there are often war frictions, which is really annoying!"

"Hey, I said, if General Lin was still alive, how would he tolerate this happening! He led the Lin family's iron cavalry to suppress more than a dozen small barbarian countries on the border, and beat those stunned barbarian soldiers to cry dad and mother, and they didn't dare to make a mistake at all!"

"Those barbarians can't pounce on many moths, and if they are beaten, they don't have to be honored to call our General Lin the god of war! Alas...... It's a pity, the reinforcements came late, General Lin took the Lin family iron cavalry to defend the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered by the Huns, and unfortunately martyred, it's really a pity, God is jealous of the talent!"

"In the past, General Lin often came to the village with his wife to help, alas...... What a good general......"

"But no, as soon as General Lin died, those barbarians began to make a fool of themselves again! It's a pity, General Lin didn't leave a man and a woman back then, if there is a successor to the God of War, he must be able to take over General Lin's sword and clean up this group of barbarian soldiers!"

"That is to say, I really don't look down on this old man of General Wan now! I don't dare to let go of my hands and feet to fight, what can I do with that rabble like this!"

"How long is this going to be?"

“......”

Sitting quietly, I couldn't laugh or cry.

When he was chatting with Uncle He, he didn't know why, but many people came in the courtyard one after another, and they gathered around them for a long time, followed by gossip discussions, and he stood in the crowd and listened quietly for a long time.

"Old man...... Dead ghost, where are you going to die before you finish cleaning up your house!"

There was a loud shouting from outside the fence.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's coming soon!"

A man who was slightly older than Uncle He squeezed out of the crowd in a panic and ran out of the door shouting.

He reluctantly looked back at them, he listened to them with relish, and interjected several times with great interest, but he was called back by his wife who was killed halfway, and Fang Cai's speech was particularly heroic, and now the whole person instantly withered.

The crowd burst into laughter.

Such an atmosphere is very noisy and humane.

(End of chapter)