Chapter 4 The Disaster of Deserters Leaving the Village

When I got up early in the morning, my mother was beside me and told Shizi to get up.

Usually every time she wakes up, she and her father have gone to the field early, how can they be by their side today.

The mother said, "O stone, I will sew the hanging stone around your neck into it for you with a cloth, so that others will not worry about your stone flower basket."

Take out the sewing box and take out the needle inside, and then find it in the small basket of cloth, and a small rabbit skin enters the eye, just use this.

Then he found two ropes and a rope hanging on the stone and made a strong twist rope, sewed a small leather bag with a needle, and sewed the small leather bag on the rope to make it strong.

Shizi has already gotten up and has taken out the food to eat, the mother looked at the stone's appearance and her eyes were a little moist, but she knew that she couldn't cry, which would bring a stumbling block to Shizi's travel, think about it, I don't know when I will come back, so I pray for peace.

Thinking about Jinshi and Yinshi, the mother's eyes became resolute, they both lost their two sons, and they must not be asked to go to the battlefield, which is life-threatening, he is still an innocent child.

"Mother, mother, I'm full, I'm going to see my father in the field"

The mother smiled and said gently, "You don't have to go, your father was called to Mo's house by Ma Wuqi in the morning, you can also go and see."

Shi Zi scratched his head and asked confusedly, "Why don't you take care of the field, okay, then I'll go"

Shi Zi ran out of the door and went straight to Mo's house, as soon as he arrived at Mo's house, he found that there were many people at the door, Shi Zi just entered Mo Lao's house, and found that there were many people in the house, Erwang's parents, Goudan's parents, and Xiaochai and Dunzi's parents.

His own father was among them.

On the two chairs in the room sat Mo Lao and an old man, and next to the old man stood a tall and burly man.

"Mo Lao, we can take these children out, but we will add a lot of burden, people like us can't take care of people outside the home as adults, you are really embarrassed for us"

At this time, Mo Lao took out a gold ingot from his cuff and put it on the table, and said with a smile, "This is good, but to ensure the safe arrival of the child, this is my request and your guarantee, the children are all from the village, and they are not afraid of hardship, they can help you feed the livestock and take care of the goods, I don't need to say more."

Mo Laoyi stretched out his hand and pulled the stone over, "The stone took out the token and showed it to the shopkeeper Zheng, I think this token is more useful than which of your pass tokens."

Shi Zi took out the token from his cuff and handed it to the old shopkeeper Zheng, who was also an old merchant who had been reselling goods all year round, and at a glance this token was a hundred times better than the token in their hands.

Theirs is a commercial order and this is an official sword order, which is not only easy to use and will be sheltered by the armies of various countries, but also has a lot of official road walking permits, which greatly facilitates their travel and safety, not to mention bringing a few children, plus more than ten people.

The old shopkeeper Zheng didn't take the token in Shizi's hand to look at it, but looked back at the big man next to him and nodded at each other.

"That's good, that's good, I'll take care of it, but there are mostly bandits and road tyrants on the road, and we're also going all the way, hehe, old man, look"

Mo Lao then looked at Boss Zheng, then shook his head, and put a silver ingot on the table, "This is enough, Brother Zheng, your abacus is a bit about to break our relationship, Old Merchant Zheng"

Boss Zheng laughed, stretched out his hand to pick up the gold and silver ingots, put them away with his hands, and then said with a deep salute: "Your sentence makes me feel uneasy, rest assured, the child will definitely arrive in Yueguo, and I will settle the rest properly, absolutely do my best, no matter how difficult the road is."

Then he turned around and glanced at the strong man, and the strong man gave Mo Lao a salute and the two went out together.

At this time, Mo Lao picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea.

Seeing the parents of the children in the house, he got up and said, "You have heard that the caravan will settle the children, first Dunzi will go to Ancheng, the capital of Min Kingdom, and will go to the inn of his distant fifth uncle to run the hall, this is a letter I wrote according to your consciousness and asked Dunzi to take it away."

"Xiao Chai Zheng Lao will also place him as an artist's apprentice, Er Wang went to the border city of Wuyun City in the Jin Kingdom, and the Qian family will settle everything by them, I have written the letter"

"Goudan followed the caravan and Shizi to the Yue Kingdom to see the opportunity, or follow Shizi or find a place to support himself, all arranged by Zheng Lao and Shizi. If this is a child of age who can escape the catastrophe of being conscripted into the army, you think it is good."

After Mo Lao said, he sat down and took another sip of tea, waiting for everyone's decision.

The parents were talking about it, and at this time, Shizi quietly walked to Mo Lao's side and stretched out his hand to take out the gold given by Mo Lao

"I don't have to bring this with me, give it back to you for your own use, it's enough for me," Mo Lao looked at the stone and nodded, and put it away.

Shizi saw that the adults were discussing and unconscious, so he ran out of Mo's house and went straight to Dashi at the entrance of the village.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw Erwang Xiaochai and they were sitting on a big rock, talking and laughing, Shizi walked to them, and I heard the dog smug and said with a smile: "Shizi Mo Lao has named us, my name is Qian Ye, it's good, haha, you are not allowed to call me a dog in front of outsiders in the future, you know?"

"My name is Zhao Zhan," Xiao Chai also smirked and reported his name.

Dunzi smiled honestly and shouted, "My name is Qian Yunli, and there is a cloud character on my family tree, or I also like the name of two words."

Erwang took out a bamboo piece and pointed at it with his finger, "Qian Liang, my name is Qian Liang, don't say that Mo Lao didn't name you, Mo Lao likes you the most."

Shi Zi scratched his head, looked up at his partners on the stone, "My name is Zhao Shiyu, it's okay" It turns out that there are only two surnames in this small village, and it is not surprising that there are not many people in the first place.

The next morning, the sun shone on the vast earth and mountains, accompanied by the clouds in the sky.

A small village outside Fuyu Town in Minguo is full of people at the entrance of the village, and a convoy of more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages on the road outside the village is parked there.

Mo Lao led everyone and was talking to Zheng Lao of the caravan.

Shi Zi went out after eating a full meal, with a smile on his dark little face, carrying the small bamboo box given by Mo Lao, dressed in white clothes of a linen bachelor, wearing gray cloth shoes on his feet, and following behind his father with a small bamboo flute in his hand.

Shizi's mother was more than ten steps behind Shizi, silently looking at Shizi, her eyes unblinking, as if she was afraid that she would disappear if she didn't see it.

This thin body is full of liveliness and agility, thinking about the growing up of children who have been by their side since childhood, gradually their eyes are a little moist, tears are about to flow out, looking at the father and son who are getting more and more separated.

The entrance of the village has long been full of people, and almost all of them are there, as are the village chief and several elders in the village.

Shizi father and son came later than Erwang's parents, today's Erwang is wearing a gray gown, a pair of freshly knitted straw sandals on his feet, and a small burden behind him, which looks clean and neat compared to the usual world.

Shizi stood beside his father and looked back, Dunzi, Goudan, and Xiaochai were all walking towards this side, followed by their families.

It's strange that it's all fathers and their children, and all mothers are all far behind them.

Shizi saw that Dunzi's mother had been crying non-stop, but she didn't make a sound, just kept wiping it with her hands. Shizi looked back at his mother, who was smiling at him.

Shizi slowly turned his head, thinking about something, but the hand in his sleeve was already clenched into a fist.

Dunzi was wearing a black cloth coat, and there were new straw sandals on his feet, and a small blue cloth bag was running behind him.

Xiao Chai and Goudan were also dressed similarly, and everyone had gathered the stones but ran out.

When everyone was puzzled, Shizi ran to a fence, this is Mao Ya's house, Mao Ya looked at Shizi running and holding something tightly in his hand

When Shizi ran to her, Mao Ya stretched out his hand and handed Shizi a handkerchief embroidered with a girl character and two small flowers embroidered on it

"Do you like it? Shizi, my family can't go out to see you off if they don't tell me to go out, this is for you, I'm beautiful? I just learned, don't come back as soon as you go out, I can wait for you to take me to play."

When you smile, your eyes are like crescents, and she is very good-looking, and her figure is gradually becoming more and more beautiful.

Shi Zi smirked innocently, "Why didn't I find out that you were still pretty, you don't look like a boy at all, I'll come back"

Both looked at each other.

Then the stone turned around and ran to the crowd without looking back, Mao Ya smiled and watched the stone leave, and then grabbed the corner of the clothes with both hands, muttered something in his mouth, and turned back to the house.

Boss Zheng smiled at Mo Lao and patted his chest and said, "Mo Lao, don't worry, this time we will go to a few countries, we will come back in a year and a half, and I will bring you news of the children when the time comes, I have already packed the ticket, and the children will definitely be placed."

After saying that, he waved his hand, and the men planted the Zhengzi merchant flag on the carriage.

In front of them, eight bodyguards sitting on their backs with big knives or spears were the big men beside Zheng Lao yesterday, wearing bamboo armor made of bamboo pieces, a two-palm-sized heart guard on his chest, and animal skin riding boots on his feet.

boasting of the jujube red horse, with a sword on his waist, he feels more powerful and heroic than yesterday.

Behind the convoy were ten large horses, all of whom were mighty bodyguards.

There are two horseback bodyguards on the left and right sides, the first carriage in front is Zheng Lao's carriage, two big horses are pulling, one of the coachmen stands next to a guard with a big bow and a sword, and flags are planted in the four corners of the carriage.

The rest were all horse-drawn carriages, the first carriage was followed by the women's dependents, and there were three carriages on which the families of the caravan were sitting.

The fifth is a cargo car, which is loaded with less valuable goods and property, and is driven by two people.

The next one is the carriage where Shi Zi and they are sitting, and the middle seat of the convoy is also what Mo Lao requested.

It was an old man who was driving the car, his face was wrinkled, he was holding a cigarette pouch and wearing an iron hat, which was strange.

The rest were wagons loaded with goods.

Shizi and his companions poured into the carriage and responded happily as they watched the villagers see them off outside.

The carriage shed is very wide and not crowded at all, and the seats under him are made of straw ropes, which is very comfortable and dry.

The convoy was shouted by Zheng Lao with the slogan of "Set off, Ruth Baicai, Baibao come in", everyone in the convoy shouted in unison, and the motorcade slowly walked out of the sight of the villagers.

Shizi waved goodbye to his parents and Mo Lao, and kept waving until the village was getting farther and farther away. I slowly entered the carport.