Passing through the station

Burning the head incense is not like what Ruan Bai knew, finding a temple to offer incense at midnight; instead, setting up an incense table as a tribute in the main hall, and then lighting incense and serving wine.

Worship is not gods, but ancestors.

When it was Ruan Bai's turn, he was a little confused.He was a child picked up from the rubbish dump by the master, and his life was already hanging by a thread when he was picked up, and it took a lot of energy to finally be saved; from then on, he was the child of the master.The master is an agent, so he also became an agent, it's that simple.

The master has already retired long ago and is still alive and well, leaving him alone in this unknown age...

Yuanshen's relatives had nothing to do with him, after much deliberation, he could only worship Yuanshen, hoping that this hard-fated young man would have a better life in his next life.

After taking turns to worship, people went to the gate of the compound to burn paper money.

The cold wind blew past, mixed with the suppressed sobs of men and women.The ignited paper money was quickly blown away, and the fire in the dark night did not spread far.

Ruan Bai let out a breath of white air, Chu Hao squeezed his shoulders together: "Let's go, let's go in."

"Ah."

On the first day of the new year, there is no work on this day.

Ruan Bai was like a tortoise, carrying a thick quilt on his back, hugging a pillow, and stubbornly resisted on the kang: "Don't get up!"

Tian Kaifu poked his head at the door, but was pushed away by Chu Hao, then closed the door and put the bolt on, turned around and sat down by the kang again: "The kang is cold, you can't sleep anyway, get up quickly."

"Who said I can't sleep? If you don't wake me up, I can sleep!" Ruan Bai wrapped the quilt tightly.

Chu Hao had no choice but to bend over and was hugged: "Eat before going to bed."

But Ruan Bai couldn't go to bed, didn't even have time to eat breakfast, and was dragged to the barn by Tang Xinhou just after finishing the latrine.

Tang Xinhou's expression was amazing: "My lord, there is a mare with a cub."

It wasn't cold in the barn, and the fireplace was warmer than the kang.Tang Xinhou and the others cleaned very diligently, and there was no peculiar smell.A mare was kept alone, separated from the other animals by a simple wooden fence, and was eating soybeans mixed with eggs with its head down.

Although the barn in the Huangyi station is large, it is impossible to accommodate dozens of animals no matter what the original equipment of the station is.Most of the current barn was temporarily built by Xu Wu and the others before, which is equivalent to several large shops, and there are no single apartments.Then the mix went wrong.

There are countless horses going back and forth in the barren post.The war horses originally obtained from the Huns had already been handed over, and the current four mares were exchanged later.

"Looking at the time, I put it on recently..." For horses, Tang Xinhou has a lot of experience, and he has enough judgment, so he is confused enough now.

Chu Hao quickly clarified: "My war horse is no good!" It had already been eunuched.

So, who is the "murderer"? !

Ruan Bai looked at the donkey locked in a barn with the horses, expressionless: "Just wait until it's born." Doesn't matter when it was born?

Tang Xinhou thought about it and nodded: "Yes, it is a good thing to have one more horse."

Back in the room, Chu Hao looked at Ruan Bai's expressionless face, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't help asking: "You really don't know anything?"

Ruan Bai read the book without raising his head, and asked instead, "Do you think I still have time to take care of those animals?"

He gets up early every morning to run and practice kung fu. In the morning, he has to resume his literary studies with Tian Kai, in the afternoon he has to practice martial arts with Chu Hao, and in the evening he has to find time to arrange housework, read books for self-study, and make plans for the new year.

As a pillow person who gets along day and night, Chu Hao knows how busy Ruan Bai is.But intellectually he knew it was impossible, and emotionally he still tended to have something to do with Ruan Bai.Nothing else, this little guy is full of bad ideas and crazy ideas, he always likes to toss about some weird things, anything that can't be explained by common sense, it's pretty much the same on Ruan Bai.

However, there is no proof!

During the Chinese New Year, the whole person is relaxed, and there is no such thing as early exercise.

Chu Hao pulled Ruan Bai and chatted: "The only ones who went out for a run this morning are a few postmen and Madam Ma."

"Huh? Isn't Mrs. Ma quite timid? How dare you run with four big men?" Ruan Bai was a little surprised.

Chu Hao pulled off the quilt that was wrapped around Ruan Bai again: "Who told you that Mrs. Ma is timid? That girl..." Chu Hao frowned, "I have never seen such a girl before. Back then On the grassland, she can kill a wolf with scissors."

"Isn't it when you are forced to be anxious! Dogs can jump over walls when they are anxious. Is there anything that people can't do when they are anxious?" Ruan Bai thinks that such a thing is completely a special case, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. Girl's house It’s good to learn two moves for self-defense.”

Chu Hao felt that the girl was not a matter of learning martial arts to defend herself, but might become a matter of learning martial arts and hurting others, a bit like his cousin.

"Master Chu, brother Ruan, is it convenient to come in?"

Chu Hao heard Tian Kaifu's knock on the door, and got down from the kang to open the door.

Tian Kaifu walked in, took off his shoes and put them on the kang, picked up Xiaopang, who was bundled up in a corner, and put them on his body, sighing comfortably.

Ruan Bai lifted the kettle from the charcoal stove to make tea for him: "I added two longan to the red dates."

The tea was very hot, Tian Kaifu didn't dare to drink it right away, but smelled the sweet taste of the tea, and said with emotion: "Brother Ruan will live on."

Tian Kaifu didn't know the price of firewood and rice when he was not in charge of the family. Later, after he became a speech officer, he gradually became familiar with various prices.Ordinary officials' salaries can't afford those delicacies from mountains and seas, silk and satin, and the gifts they give can't be so exquisite.Even if he couldn't write one of them into a memorial due to some relationship for a while, but these have been recorded, and he might be able to use them someday...

Ruan Bai shook his head: "I don't know how to live, don't you see Aunt Yun always talking about me?"

Tian Kaifu carefully took a sip of hot tea before he said seriously: "No, I'm serious. To live a comfortable life, besides saving money, the more important thing is to increase income."

"That's right." Chu Hao agreed, "After I came to the border, I also supported a merchant, otherwise I would not be able to support my subordinates at all. In the spring of next year, I am afraid I will support a few more. After all, I am a thousand households now, and my subordinates There are many, and there are many to take care of.”

Tian Kaifu knew about the deduction of military pay and the scarcity of pensions, but with his thin arms now, he couldn't break this bad officialdom at all, so he could only wait for the future.

Ruan Bai raised his head and glanced at the two people on the opposite side, put down his teacup, and spread his hands: "Give me the money. Didn't you want me to teach you how to make money? Hurry up and pay the tuition."

The son and the companion looked at each other and sighed helplessly.They were used to beating around the bush, so it was a little embarrassing for Ruan Bai to pierce the window paper all at once.To put it bluntly, one of them is the son of Prince Pingxi, who is also a thousand householder;

The environment of Shunyang Pass is too single, and the people who usually come into contact with it are only these.In fact, Ruan Bai is almost blind to what business can be done in Dazhou to make money; but this does not prevent him from deceiving people.

Ruan Bai took two pieces of sesame candy as a deposit, and then talked for a long time about the so-called economic knowledge, from the economic foundation to the superstructure, to the desire to get rich first to build roads, all kinds of vocabulary fooled the two big Zhou intellectuals I was taken aback for a while.After the fooling around, he held a small book and made annual plans by himself.

Both Chu Hao and Tian Kaifu sat still and digested the new knowledge as if they had been acupunctured.Chu Hao "resolved the acupoints" first, looked down at what Ruan Bai had written in the notebook with charcoal, and was surprised: "Are you planning to separate?"

Ruan Bai raised his head and said as a matter of course: "Well. Those who fled due to the war at the beginning could not escape very far. Didn't you say that they were stopped in various towns? The road is not easy now. When spring comes, these people have to come back. No matter how good the barren post is, it’s not a home. It’s better to have a family, and it’s always better to live with them. Besides, they have money now, even if there is nothing in the house, it’s just a matter of rebuilding a house. If you can't find anyone at that time, it will be the same if you come to live in the deserted post again."

Everything Ruan Bai said made sense, but when everyone else didn't think about it, he thought about separation.

Since Tian Kaifu was by his side, Chu Hao just squeezed Ruan Bai's hand.

Tian Kaifu suddenly asked, "What about Brother Ruan himself?"

Ruan Bai was stunned for a moment, then realized that Tian Kaifu was asking about the original body's family members, and immediately said, "I always hope that my family members are safe, but if it is...it can't be done."

Tian Kaifu didn't notice Ruan Bai's abnormality, but just followed sadly for a while.A [-]-year-old boy was forced to be separated from his family. After experiencing life and death, his family still doesn't know whether he is alive or dead... The boy was forced to grow up.

"Don't worry, auspicious people have their own destiny, brother Ruan's family will be fine." Tian Kaifu left after finishing speaking.

Chu Hao bolted the door, hugged Ruan Bai tightly as soon as he sat on the kang, and asked after a long time: "If Zhou Qi's family members really come back..." Maybe he can send someone to investigate right away, it's not difficult .Every place where the refugees are concentrated will specially register and register the refugees, and when conditions permit, they will be sent back to their original place of origin.As long as Zhou Qi's family is found, he can definitely pay them to settle in another place, and even give them a better life.

He knew it shouldn't be like this, but he couldn't help himself not to think about it.If Zhou Qi's family can't come back, he can monopolize the second brother.Obviously the male ghost just borrowed Zhou Qi's body, it's not Zhou Qi, and his family has nothing to do with his second brother.

Ruan Bai said strangely: "My name is Ruan Bai. Do you see any similarities between me and Zhou Qi?" Even if there are still people alive in the Zhou family, he doesn't want to recognize each other.Anyway, let's see when the time comes...

Zhou Qi is a boy from a poor background, malnourished and skinny all year round; Ruan Bai is a young man who eats meat every now and then, and his skin is smooth and fleshy.Teenagers grow up fast, and within a few months it is like being completely reborn.

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