Early the next morning, Li Yu carried the painting to the gate of the county town and found the place where the donkey cart stopped. This was the place where they and Li Sanlang agreed to meet.

In the past, they would take the donkey cart from the village early in the morning, and return in the afternoon on the donkey cart. The donkey cart drivers were all people from the village or nearby villages. If they did not come to the county from the village that day, then the county would There will be no direct "train" to the village, so if you want to go back, you can only find people who are on the way. If the place is really far away and delays the coachman's return, the coachman will drop you off halfway, which is not that far away, and the rest The way back is just relying on your legs.

After walking for three hours, the driver didn't want to go any further, so he stopped the donkey cart at a fork in the road an hour away from the village, and asked Li Yu and the others to get off, and they walked back the rest of the way. After saying that, the coachman turned around and left without looking back.

This was what they had agreed upon at the beginning of the ride, so Li Sanlang and Li Yu had no choice but to carry their luggage and walk home. Li Sanlang's luggage mostly consisted of books, clothes and bedding, which he had to take home to sew, wash and wash.

It still takes more than an hour to walk back, and it's long past noon when we get home.

Ji Qingyue asked them to find a place without human traces, took Li Sanlang's luggage into the painting, and then brought each of them a bowl of sour fish noodle soup. He also came out of the painting, and the three of them were eating and on their way. go home.

Li Yu drank the sour soup and joked: "With Brother Ji, we won't be afraid of carrying more things in the future!"

Then Ji Qingyue said, "If I fall out in the future, I will take all the things you put here as my own. Let's see if you are still afraid!!"

Li Yu laughed innocently, sipping the noodles happily.

It’s really appetizing to have a bowl of sour soup when the weather is hot. After you’re full, you’ll feel energetic on the road.

The three of them chatted wherever they went, and walked through the village easily. At this time, the village was empty, and people were in the fields. Except for the barking of dogs from time to time, the sound of people talking could hardly be heard.

The three of them rushed home through the village. They were homesick. Li Sanlang walked faster and faster, looking around as if he was looking for something.

Suddenly, he stopped and looked back towards a field, mouthing: "Second brother!!"

Over there is their family's field. There are half-harvested corn in the field, and there are a few faces peeking out from the tall corn fields.

Li Erlang saw his younger brother, and then saw Ji Qingyue who was thinking about him day and night. He quickly paused and walked over to greet him. "I thought you would come back today. At this time, could you be walking back halfway?"

Li Sanlang nodded and followed his second brother into the fields, tying up his cuffs as he walked.

I have said before that a man must be naturalized when he reaches sixteen. If he becomes a naturalized man, he can go to the county to register and receive one hundred acres of land. However, the land is not available every year. The land measurement takes three years. The last time Li Erlang turned sixteen It happened to be a land survey, and Li Sanlang turned sixteen this year, but if he wanted to receive the land, he would have to wait until two years later.

Li Sanlang's sudden appearance was the most surprising thing for Li Aniang. She was so excited that she threw the bamboo basket aside. Not caring that she was sweating profusely, she rushed up and hugged her son whom she hadn't seen for a long time: "It's good to be back!! You But you walked back by yourself?"

"The driver took us halfway. We only walked for an hour."

Aunt Li looked at her third son distressedly: "But I'm hungry, and there are still some pancakes at home..."

Li Sanlang wiped his mother's sweat and comforted him: "We are not hungry. Brother Ji made us noodle soup on the way."

Aunt Li looked at Ji Qingyue gratefully and squeezed Sanlang's hand gently: "I've still lost weight. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days. Let's make up for it!"

They had just finished resting and started working in the afternoon. They were just thinking about when Li Sanlang would come back. Unexpectedly, when they looked up, they saw that the man who had not been home for more than half a year was back!

The corn in the corn field is more than half a person's height, and the heavy ears of rice are bent in obvious arcs. They don't have to cut off the entire corn stalk like they do when harvesting wheat, they only need to hold a small piece of sharpened iron. Or stone chips, pinch the ears of rice, remove the fruits completely and put them into a fine bamboo basket. The remaining corn stalks can be cut back at any time later.

Others were also very happy to see Li Sanlang back.

The villagers in the field also stopped what they were doing. After looking at Li Sanlang, they then looked at the strange man behind him.

Could it be Saburo's classmate and friend? Yes, if you are not a student, how can you wear linen clothes in a different style? The skin is tender and white, and at first glance he looks like a young man who has not done much work.

Oh, the young master looks so handsome with a smile on his face! He must have a good temper!

With everyone's eyes gathered, Ji Qingyue also walked into the field, came to Li Aniang, and briefly mentioned his new identity in the county. Even if the people in the field next to him couldn't hear what they said, it was enough to let them know. He was not a suspicious outsider, and he had already prepared an excuse for Li Aniang in advance. If anyone came to inquire again in the future, Li Aniang and the others would know how to reply.

When Li Aniang heard that there was something she didn't understand, she nodded repeatedly to show that she understood. Just when she was about to persuade a few people to go back, Li Sanlang took the iron piece in her hand and started cutting corn with her.

There was nothing wrong with Sanlang going down to the ground. Aunt Li didn't say anything, but she glanced at Ji Qingyue and saw him using the cover of corn to get back into the painting, taking out his short scythe, as if he wanted to follow him down to the ground.

How can this be done!

Aunt Li was frightened!

Even though she knew that Ji Qingyue was good at farming, it was all in a fairyland in a painting. In reality, how could she dare to let Ji Qingyue do such a job.

Ji Qingyue waved his hand: "It's work wherever you work. If we have more people together, we can collect more. Besides, I'm not free every day. I just have some free time today, so it doesn't matter if I help out."

Li Erlang walked up to them at some point, glanced at Ji Qingyue, who had not changed at all, and persuaded him together: "Yue Lang also planted a field of corn before and asked me how to harvest it. I don't know how well he has practiced. But Yue Lang is so smart, I guess he is also skilled!"

Li Aniang glared at her second son. Was she worried that Ji Qingyue would waste food?

Since she couldn't defeat the two of them, she stopped blocking him and allowed Ji Qingyue to help them harvest together.

Fortunately, she brought a few extra pieces of iron when she came. She gave one to Li Sanlang and she took another one.

Li Yu is not as tall as an ear of rice, so he cannot pinch the ears of rice, so he can only carry a sack to the field to store the cut ears of rice.

With three more people to help, their speed suddenly became much faster, and the sacks they brought in the morning were no longer enough.

It was already sunset in the evening. Ji Qingyue looked at the mole on the palm of his hand. It had become much darker. It was estimated that he would have to return to the painting forcibly in half an hour.

Li Erlang was also paying attention to the time. After seeing Ji Qingyue's little action, his heart tightened. Hurry? Others shouted: "Let's stop here today! Sanlang has just come back. Let's go back early to make a sumptuous dinner." What a welcome welcome!”

This idea was approved by Li Aniang and Li Ainai. Besides, their workload today has already reached the standard, and the sacks are full.

A family of ten worked together to harvest more than ten acres of rice! !

They just started harvesting these pieces of land today. They didn't expect the efficiency to be so high. In a day or two, they will be able to harvest the next piece of land.

This piece of land is of the highest quality, and the corn produced has plump ears. When dried, you can get two dan of corn per acre. For other newly cultivated fields, you can get only one dan of corn.

Their cart was on the roadside, and several men in the family loaded the sacks placed on the field ridge onto the cart.

A few thousand kilograms are harvested in a day, and the cart cannot transport it all in one trip. It takes two or three trips to finish it.

Only after experiencing an autumn harvest did Ji Qingyue realize that this was real farm work. What he had seen in videos before, and even what he had done in paintings, compared to this, it was like playing house, no? To say that what he did was not real, but that Li Erlang's high-intensity hard work was terrifyingly real.

In which spring plowing and autumn harvest were farmers not so busy that a layer of their skin was peeled off?

But as long as there are gains, their hard work is worth it.

Li Erlang was pulling the cart in front, and Ji Qingyue and Li Aniang were pushing together, so that Li Erlang could relax and the cart could go faster. A cart weighing nearly a thousand kilograms was pulled by a hemp rope. The hemp rope was so tightly embedded in Li Erlang's skin that even with a thick hemp cloth, there were still bloody marks.

Finally arriving home, Li Silang and Xiaotuanzi heard his grandma's voice and the familiar sound of rolling wheels in the distance, so he opened the courtyard door early and unexpectedly saw three people who surprised him! !

"Third brother!!! Brother Ji!!! Yulang!!!"

The little dumpling next to him was infected by his uncle's excitement, and he also shouted: "Grandma!! Grandma!! Grandma Zeng!!"

There were only two people at the entrance of the small courtyard, but the effect was explosive, like a pot exploding, attracting people working in the nearby fields to look over.

The cart went in through the courtyard gate with the threshold removed. Li Erlang unloaded all the newly harvested corn and temporarily placed it in the yard, spreading it out to dry in the sun for four to five days.

Then, he would go back to the fields to haul the remaining corn.

The ears of corn harvested two days ago were still drying in the yard. Ji Qingyue helped collect the ears of corn in the yard and backyard to prevent the return of moisture at night from getting wet again.

Ji Qingyue was still busy when he suddenly felt dizzy. He heard a "clang" sound and there was only a shovel left on the ground. Xiaotuanzi didn't react at once, and he opened his mouth and started crying.

Li Aniang and the others, who had not encountered such a situation for a long time, were shocked, and then realized that Ji Qingyue had returned to the painting.

Li Aniang quickly took a look at the gate. After Erlang went out, he closed the courtyard door. The two guys who stayed at their house had returned to the county two days ago.

She couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, no outsiders saw this strange scene, otherwise they wouldn't be able to explain it even if they had words.

After Ji Qingyue woke up, he quickly apologized and promised to be more careful in the future and not to make things difficult for the Li family.

For dinner that day, Ji Qingyue made a stewed pork dish with a small portion of vegetables specially left over. The stewed meat and crispy vegetables were highly praised by the Li family.

He also brought two small dogs back, and when handing Li Sanlang's luggage, he released the two dogs that were playing crazy and asked Li Aweng to help train them for a while.

The study was rarely full of people. After eating, the four brothers and Li Yu sat in the study to eat. Li Changji held the little dumpling in his arms and watched his younger brother sorting out the bookshelves.

During dinner time, they asked Saburo about the situation in the county examination. Saburo said that he had a high chance of passing the examination. Both the mountain chief and the master couldn't help but praise him after seeing him silently writing the policy answer sheet. It was a bit extraordinary. meaning of play.

County examination policies generally do not contain many political factors. They usually explain humanistic, customary and moral matters, but this time they actually asked students about their opinions on how to deal with Shandan banditry. Should we suppress bandits vigorously or let them go?

"Every time my second brother came to visit the academy, he would mention the situation of bandits to me. In the conversation before the exam, he told me all about the dangers involved, which made me know a lot." Suppressing bandits with force will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. .

When Li Aniang heard this, she couldn't help but feel happy, but she was not dazzled by the joy. Before the answer was determined, anything she said was just fantasy, so she ordered her family not to tell anyone about Saburo's county examination situation. Fortunately, I won’t even mention the Daqing family for the time being.

This is of course, before the list is released, everything is not counted.

If he fails this time, Li Sanlang plans to go home and study instead of going to a private school in the county. If it's over, I'll make plans for the private school later.

In the study, several people lit oil lamps and gathered around the desk. Ji Qingyue sat on the bridge, listening to the chatting of the brothers, and felt comfortable and happy.

When Yang Huang was mentioned, Li Changji was stunned for a moment. Only he and his wife knew that the general was looking for the orphans of his brother and sister-in-law, and they didn't know if the general had found any clues after such a long time. But when you think about the fact that there has been no news for six or seven years, you know that people are not that easy to find.

I hope the general can find his nephew soon and his relatives can be reunited soon.

After the battle at Guiwei Gorge, Yang Huang's reputation was completely established. In the past, no one knew why he was so worried about that place, and even laughed when he asked the officials for instructions to be transferred to Guiwei Gorge. It turned out that he was looking for the reason why the Uighur people suddenly appeared in Dali. The cave that was blocked by the earth dragon luckily escaped the soldiers' search. After several years of excavation and cleanup, the Uighur people finally found the cave. Clear the cave.

They planned to repeat their old tricks and planned to use the eighty-eight warriors to cooperate with the cavalry outside the pass again to break through a pass and catch them by surprise!

Unexpectedly, Yang Huang saw through all this and completely destroyed their plan.

Huihe hated Dali even more. Looking at Yang Huang, he wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood to avenge their eighty-eight grassland warriors. Otherwise, they would not be reduced to begging. The Emperor of Dali forgives.

Yang Huangming, who was riding on the horse, felt the malicious eyes behind him, but he didn't care. Seeing that the time was almost up, he ordered the whole team to camp and rest. He found a marginal place to stay, while monitoring the Huihe team. Sighing, I accepted this time-consuming and thankless task.

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