"What school?" As a deep male voice sounded, Geerlang's father, Abujiji, lifted the door curtain and walked in.

Abujiji took off a small cloth bag from his waist and handed it to his wife Aguduo.

Abujiji is just like his name, tall and strong, one of the bravest warriors in the tribe!

Even though Abujiji was so powerful, he and Aguduo had three children, but only one, Geerlang, survived.

The women in the tribe gave birth to babies just like ewes gave birth to lambs, they were born every year and died every year.

Ever since the general of Yunzhou drove away the Khan and set up a market outside Fuming Town, Abu Riji strongly suggested that the leader bring his people to station near Yunzhou.

Last year, the tribe exchanged enough supplies for the winter at the market, so no one died this winter. Even four babies born in the winter managed to survive.

After the New Year, without Abu Riji's suggestion, the leader decided to get closer to Yunzhou!

Aguduo took the cloth bag, opened it and saw a handful of corn inside. He moved closer to examine it carefully and found that the grains were full and had a strong wheat aroma. It was a rare good rice.

"The Lu family kid is going to school, and Gerlang wants to go too. This rice is really good, why did you buy so much rice?"

Abujiji took off his robe, lifted up Geerlang, turned him around a few times, and then used his thick beard to poke Geerlang's face.

"It was given to me by Boss Li."

Abujiji is good at martial arts, cheerful and never complaining.

Last winter, the Tatar scouts wanted to find out the situation in Yunzhou, but were discovered by Abu Riji, who captured one of them on the spot and handed him over to the garrison commander Li!

Boss Li admired Abu Riji very much and wanted to ask him to serve as a soldier in Yunzhou, but Abu Riji was a grassland man and did not have the identity of the Great Zhou.

Boss Li felt very sorry and gave Abujiji some things from time to time.

"Dad! Dad! It hurts! Let me go!" Gerlang dodged left and right, still worrying about the fruits he had worked so hard to pick, "Dad! Be careful with my fruits!"

Abu Riji kissed his son enough, then he put Geerlang down and said, "I just went to the sheepfold to check. Geerlang is really good at taking good care of the sheep! There are ten more pregnant ewes in the flock!"

The smile on Aguduo's face became more intense: "No need to worry this winter."

"Well! Gerlang, aren't you going to exchange the fruit? Hurry up and go. It will be dark if you go too late."

Without saying a word, Gerlang picked up his backpack, rode on a pony, and ran away.

When only Abujiji and Aguduo were left in the tent, Aguduo put away the smile on his face, his tone full of sadness.

"Gerlang wants to go to the academy. Can you ask Boss Li to let him go? We can teach Shu Xiu."

Aguduo had thought about it and thought that selling a few more sheep would be enough to pay the tuition fee, but life at home would be a little tight during the winter.

Abujiji's tall and straight back bent slightly, and his voice was dull, like a heavy hammer hitting the two men's hearts.

"No. Fuming Town is an important military town. Although the general often goes to other towns for inspection, he still stays in Fuming Town the longest. In other towns, we can still go for a stroll in the city. But in Fuming Town, we are not even allowed to enter!"

Abujiji understood Yunzhou's approach very well.

The Khan hated the general!

Although Yunzhou was heavily guarded, Boss Li said that in just one winter, more than a dozen waves of Tatars came to assassinate the general.

If such a good general had died unfortunately, not only Yunzhou, but even other small tribes on the grassland would not have the good life they have now!

"Is there no other way? Gerlang is a smart kid, smarter than any other kid in the tribe!"

Aguduo wiped away his tears unwillingly.

If he had not seen how the people of Yunzhou live, Aguduo could accept continuing to live such a precarious life.

But after seeing the lives of the people in Yunzhou and seeing that their days were getting better and better, Aguduo was no longer willing to let his own Gerlang follow his old path!

The air in the tent seemed to have been sucked out, making Abujiji feel very suffocated.

As a husband and a father, he could not give his wife and children the life they wanted.

This feeling of powerlessness almost crushed this tall man.

After a long time, perhaps unable to bear the depressing atmosphere in the tent, Abujiji changed the subject.

"The general is planning to set up a boundary marker. Boss Li said they are too busy to handle it, so maybe he will let me go and give a hand. I won't help for free, I will pay you."

Aguduo forced a smile and said, "Boundary monument? What is that?"

There are no boundary markers on the grassland.

In fact, due to inconvenient transportation and underdeveloped communications, many people will never leave the small mountain village where they were born in their entire lives.

There will be no boundary markers between countries.

Abu Riji thought for a moment and explained succinctly: "It's just marking the territory! Marking the territory like a wolf pack. Boss Li said that every blade of grass and every tree within the boundary monument belongs to Yunzhou! Whoever dares to touch Yunzhou's things will go to war with the entire Yunzhou!"

Aguduo gasped when he heard such a domineering declaration.

Perhaps, only the people of Yunzhou, who are more powerful than the most ferocious beasts on the grassland, would have the courage and confidence to say such words.

Anyway, their tribe would never dare to do so. If they encountered a tribe stronger than their own, especially the tribes under the Khan, they would have no choice but to flee!

Aguduo put his ten fingers together and rubbed them nervously: "Will our grassland also be considered within the territory of Yunzhou? What should we do if they don't let us graze here?"

Aguduo almost cried.

Abu Riji hurriedly comforted his wife: "Don't worry, I asked Boss Li, our grassland is still some distance away from Yunzhou. It has not been included!"

Aguduo breathed a sigh of relief. She felt that this place was great and didn't want to leave. Of course, it would be even better if she could live in Yunzhou City.

Geerlang had just returned from exchanging fruits. Hearing the conversation between his father and mother, he asked curiously, "Can a boundary marker stop the Khan and his men from going south?"

"Gerlang, let me see what you have changed?" Abujiji smiled and picked up Gerlang. "Of course a boundary marker won't do, but Yunzhou's blade will do!"

There are some thoughts that have always been hidden in Abujiji's heart and he has never told them to anyone.

Abu Riji vaguely felt that the officers and soldiers in Yunzhou were not afraid of the Tartars' southward advance, but were eager for them to take action quickly!

"Dad, I changed the brush and a piece of paper!" Gerlang took out the paper and pen hidden behind him as if he was offering a treasure.

The tip of this pen is almost bald, and the paper is yellowed straw paper.

Even so, Gerlang was very happy.

The boy does not cry easily.

Abujiji turned his head and saw torches lit outside the tent. The light shone on his face, making the corners of his eyes sparkle.

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