Passing through the station

A penny to write a letter is really not much. Even if the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are given by the owner of the restaurant at a price that is almost free, it is not a good thing. With so many people coming down, it is estimated that they will not even be able to earn back the capital.

Chu Hao wrote letters much faster than Ruan Bai.Whether it is writing skills or experience, he completely beat Ruan Bai.

Even so, two people wrote until the sky was dark, and there were still many people who did not write later.

Ruan Bai stood up and cupped his hands nonchalantly: "I'm sorry, brothers, it's getting late, and brothers have to rush back. If there are still letters to write from home, it will take some time."

He didn't set a date because he didn't know when he would be free next.It's definitely not possible to wait for spring, and he is not sure about the rest time of these people.Chu Hao is from a thousand households, and besides the holidays, he also rushes to the military camp almost every day.Of course, he leaves early almost every day.

The people behind were disappointed when they heard what he said, and they complained that they came late for themselves.Besides, they have never seen a letter writer receive so cheaply before, and the people who write letters to them are all grown-ups. The letter writers they met before were all down-and-out scholars, and the cheapest cost ten pennies. That's not counting pens and ink.

With Chu Hao in charge, the people quickly dispersed.

Tian Kaifu stretched out without image, twisted his neck again, and felt better. He sighed: "Oh, I'm getting old. I'm still sitting. I used to stand and write big characters all day long. It won't be too tiring."

When he made such a sound, Chu Hao was startled: "Are you there?" He looked around and realized that Tian Kaifu was sitting on the other side, separated by that person just now, of course he couldn't see anything.

Tian Kaifu rolled his eyes and saw that Chu Hao was helping Ruan Bai clean up a pile of scattered things like a servant, and Ruan Baizhi seemed to be listless, drinking in small sips the food served by the shopkeeper of the restaurant hot water.

"Apart from your second brother, where else can you see other people?" Tian Kaifu muttered in a low voice.To be honest, even though he had admired Chu Hao before, he never thought about what it would be like if he were really together with Chu Hao.The two of them almost grew up together, and he always felt that maybe they would be like that in the future, or maybe they would be closer. After all, the son is always the son, he will be the prince in the future, and he will marry a wife and have children... Now it seems that he will Hao took it lightly.

Some people have lived together for more than ten years, but they are not as good as others who have known each other for more than ten days.

Chu Hao was not angry when he heard it, he just smiled and looked down at Ruan Bai.

Ruan Bai's face became hot when he saw him, he moved his buttocks and stood up: "It's packed, let's go home quickly."

"Ah Qiang and the others?" He didn't see the bullock cart when he came over.

The cattle of the Huns were bigger than the cattle of the Zhou people, and the large horns and long hair that hovered once attracted the crowds of people in the pass city.It's taken for granted now, but the bullock cart is still very conspicuous.

"They went back after shopping first." Ruan Bai narrowed his eyes, yawned, hugged the money bag that Chu Hao handed over with both hands, and smiled, "It's quite heavy."

Seeing his appearance, Chu Hao could only pat his head helplessly: "I'm quite happy with the loss-making business."

Ruan Bai tilted his head and shook the hands on top of his head: "This is not a business, this is a public welfare activity and humanistic care."

"Okay, say whatever you want." Chu Hao got on the horse, stretched out his hand to pull Ruan Bai up, put him in front of him and hugged him, and began to interrogate the little prisoner, "Don't keep saying these incomprehensible words, just say what is the purpose ?”

The little prisoner gathered Chu Hao's cloak, nestled comfortably on Chu Hao's chest, and rubbed against him: "I still want to plant saplings."

Although it was a bit of a detour to get the money in this way, firstly, the vast number of soldiers received practical benefits, and secondly, the court did not let the court pay for it. When the time comes, the soldiers can come to plant saplings.Without the court's money, they have done good things again, so what could the court not be happy about?

Besides, he also wants to start a private business.In fact, in Dazhou’s law on post stations, it is only stated that the post station has the responsibility to send letters, but whether the letter is official or non-governmental is not clearly stipulated.Many ordinary people send letters, most of them are fellow villagers who are entrusted to go back, or some traveling businessmen who often travel between the two places.The inconvenience of this does not need to be elaborated at all.

Chu Hao is a person who knows everything, so he immediately thought: "The money given by so many soldiers is really different from paying directly by yourself. You and Brother Tian are still officials, so what you do this time can be exchanged for a little bit of credit. , such a petty profit, the adults above can't see it."

That is to say, but who else can think of this kind of thought besides Ruan Bai?Not to mention other cities, there are probably people who can write letters on behalf of ordinary small towns, but Shunyang Pass does not.

As a purely military fortress, although there are some basic civilian facilities and some ordinary people live there, there is nothing else to talk about.Shunyang Pass has been standing there for many years, but it has never been heard that a soldier can send a message home directly.

The three of them rode horses, much faster than the ox cart, and when they returned to the barren post, it was completely dark.

Zhang Daniu was guarding the gate of the courtyard, and when he heard the sound of horseshoes from afar, he quickly opened the gate, held a torch and led the three men in, while Tang Xinhou closed the gate behind, took the reins of the two horses, and said, "My lords, Hurry up and eat."

The animals were under the care of Tang Xinhou, and the two horses were familiar with him, so they followed obediently.

Opening the door is another world, and the sounds of fire and people gradually sounded.

Chu Hao took Ruan Bai back to the bedroom first.

Tian Kaifu followed behind and took a look, feeling a little sad.

It's New Year's Eve in the blink of an eye, and all the people in the deserted post, men and women, are busy.Everyone served dumplings together, it was like a world war.However, some people are obviously not good at it, and they still think they are very good, and they don't accept other people's opinions at all.

Tian Kaifu is the most among them, and he also led a series of diehards such as Xu Liu and Pan Daning. Even Liniang joined in quietly, and she was caught by Yun Gu and refused to admit defeat, saying: "It's fine as long as the dumplings can be eaten, just let it go!" What does it look like!"

"That's right, put it down and cook, it will never break!" Tian Kaifu firmly defended the team members, and handed out the "dumplings" wrapped in three sheets of leather in his hand.

The people in the deserted post are not very old and have spent a lot of time with each other. Usually there is some estrangement, but when the young people go crazy, who cares about who is an adult and who is a villain?

Chu Hao and Ruan Bai huddled in the other corner outside the battlefield.Chu Hao's manipulation of force is absolutely perfect, even if it is the first time to roll the leather, he can quickly grasp the essentials, and it will soon become three pieces of leather at a time.

Ruan Bai was making dumplings quickly at the side. Yun Gu and Aunt Ma wanted to come over and make dumplings together when they saw Chu Hao rolling the dough quickly, but they found that Ruan Bai made dumplings faster, and his fingers were like turning flowers. All dizzy.

"Leave two pieces of leather for me to wrap."

"Not much."

"You pack slowly, what do you mean there is not much?" He rolled the leather much faster than others!Look, how well-proportioned and round.

Ruan Bai added: "You didn't spoil much." He put the evidence on the table in front of Chu Hao.Five or six dumpling wrappers were almost broken into fifty or sixty sheets. How many wrappers would it take to make a dumpling?At any rate, Tian Kaifu can get it done with three cards.

Chu Hao blushed, and kneaded the corpse-like skin, kneading it into the dough. Seeing that the companion who was qualified to make dumplings was very displeased, he yelled: "Old Tian, ​​go and chop the stuffing!"

Tian Kaifu usually listens to Chu Hao, but now it's busy, who cares if you are the son or Qianhu, don't listen! "There is a big tiger in chopping stuffing!"

The former butcher wields two kitchen knives like a whirlwind, with the efficiency comparable to a meat grinder.

Yun Gu glanced at it every two times: "It's fine, it's fine, if you chop it up again, it will be too fine."

It has to be said that the power of a large number of people is great, even if there are so many people making trouble, the dumplings are still finished very quickly.

Yungu didn't make a few dumplings by herself, but she was more tired than making dumplings by herself, so she ordered to save the dumplings I ate this meal, and put the rest in the yard to freeze: "Put it higher, don't let big fat and little fat eat enough." Go!"

The two big dogs are sensible, and they can understand it simply by saying it two or three times. Sometimes they can see what others do, and they can understand it by watching more.But the two puppies are really... It used to be quite fun, fluffy and chubby, but now that they have grown up, they can jump up and down, and their teeth marks are almost everywhere they can go Dog paw prints, but the two fat guys didn't realize they did something bad, they wagged their tails and begged for praise, even if Ruan Bai taught them a lesson and punished them from eating, they would still have a dog daddy who would protect them. meat to eat.

The third child and the fourth child would go out to catch rabbits and voles from time to time, and they didn't know where they got them, and they were getting fatter and fatter.Once, for fun, Pan Daning followed the third child to dig out the field mouse's nest and dug up a lot of grain.

Another key item of the Chinese New Year is sacrifice.

The conditions are limited, so I can't do more research.In the afternoon, an incense table was set up in the yard, and Chu Hao presided over the sacrifice.

There was no sacrificial gown, Chu Hao just changed into a suit of clothes that Aunt Yun had washed in advance, with a solemn look on one end of the shelf.

Ruan Bai looked at Chu Hao like this as if he was looking at another person, and began to believe that this person really has the ability to make people fall in love at first sight.His aesthetics must have been ruined by those handsome men who are popular in modern times. Only people like Chu Hao are the real masculine beauty.Even if he didn't wield a sword, he just said some prayers that he didn't understand.

"Why are you crying?" A cold finger brushed across Ruan Bai's face, accompanied by Chu Hao's worried face, "Remember your parents and brothers?"

Ruan Bai raised his head with teary eyes blinking, and remained silent.

Chu Hao was completely at a loss, he hugged him and patted him: "Don't be afraid, I am your brother, and your parents will be your parents from now on."

The author has something to say: getting old

Persimmon Dad (ノへ￣,): I am old, and I don’t listen to myself anymore.

Odada (ノへ￣,): I’m old, and I don’t even understand young people today when they’re in love.

Xiaobai (ノへ￣,): I’m old, I don’t want to talk.

Persimmon (ノへ￣,): I am old, Xiaobai moves by himself♂