Little wealth

As night fell, the whole village gradually calmed down from the hustle and bustle.

The gate at the entrance of the village has been closed, and there are still people guarding the observation deck. At this time, most of the people who went out of the village have already returned, and no one will come to their village.

At night, their village still sends people to guard the gate, and the village also arranges two watchmen to watch and watch at night, so that if something happens in the village, they can remind everyone in time.

Once in the village once, a candlestick in a family's home collapsed at night, setting the house on fire. The watchman passed by and found it. He rang the gongs and drums and woke up the people in the village to help put out the fire. The fire saved the life of that family.

Compared with several other nearby villages, living in their village is safer, which is why so many people want to move to their village now, if it is not for their village's current restrictions In order to prevent people from other villages from moving to live in their village, I am afraid that the existing land in the village is not enough to build a house.

In some villages, after the people in the village made money, they also built walls to protect the safety of the village, so that people with surplus food and money can sleep peacefully at night without worrying about thieves. Stealing, or robbers came to their village to rob things.

However, since Daliang Jianguo was established, all places are relatively stable, and there are very few incidents of robbers entering the village to kill and rob.

"Lao Qi, let's go, it's time for us to go watch the night."

"Okay, wait for me, just put on some clothes."

As soon as it got dark, the two watchmen changed their clothes and went to watch the night with gongs and clappers.

Of the two watchmen, one had poor legs and feet and walked with a limp, the other was thin and short, one hand had no palm, and only one hand was intact.The lame watchman can play the watch with both hands, but he walks a little slowly. The watchman with one hand missing holds the gong in his good hand and a stick tied to the other hand.

In the past, they couldn't find much work, and both of them were the poorest families in the village, but since the village head hired them as watchmen a few years ago, they also had a fixed monthly salary, and the life of the family was smooth. Gradually, things got better, and both of them worked conscientiously as watchmen.

Be a watchman for a day knocking a clapper for a day, be a watchman for a day beating a gong for a day, do one more day's work, and get an extra day's money.

After working together as watchmen for so many years, the two have gradually become each other's best friends.

"Du...kuang...the sky is dry and the things are dry, be careful of the fire and candles..." Knock on the clapper and hit the gong, which means that the sky has changed.

The first watch is just at night, and the genius has just been dark.

At this time, every household in the village has closed their doors, and most of the people have already fallen asleep. Only a few windows still reveal candlelight, and the people in the house have not yet fallen asleep.

"Are the two children asleep?" Zhao He just got out of the tub when he saw Fu Lang push the door in from the outside. He knew that Fu Lang would go to the next room every night to see if the two children were asleep.

Speaking of this, Josh was a little annoyed and funny, closed the door behind his back, went into the room, sat down on the bed in the room, looked up at the man and said, "I was forced to sleep just now."

Seeing the smile on Fu Lang's face, Zhao He knew that the two children had offended his Fu Lang again, and asked, "Did the two children do something again?"

"I just went in and thought they were all asleep. They were sleeping on the bed covered by the quilt. When I lifted the quilt, I found that the two of them were hiding on the bed and had enough fun. They carried a few puppies to the bed to sleep together." It's not that he has a good temper and his rationality is still online, he just found a bamboo stick to whip those two brats!

When Josh thought of the scene he saw when he lifted the quilt just now, he almost wanted to vomit blood.

"..." Zhao He could almost imagine that scene, as well as Fu Lang's angry appearance.

This is not the first time this happened in their family, and it probably won't be the last time. From the two boys in the front to the two boys in the back, every child really likes to hug the puppy. Going to sleep together on the bed, every time their husband finds out it is not a reprimand, but they still do it repeatedly.Now the two elders can't do this kind of thing, so it's the turn of the two twins to do it.

"Don't be angry, I'll teach them a lesson for you tomorrow." Seeing that Fu Lang still looked upset, Zhao He reached out and touched Fu Lang's back to help him feel better.

"Are you still willing to scold them?" Josh looked at Master Zhao with suspicion and disbelief in his eyes. If you want to say who dotes on the two younger brothers the most in their family, this man must be the first one. Every day He was playing bad face, and this man was pampering the two little brothers without any bottom line.

Perhaps it should be said that except for him, the whole family dotes on the two twins very much, which makes the two brats more and more lawless.It's true that all the good people let this family do their best, and he is the only bad person.

Seeing Fulang's serious appearance, Zhao He didn't know whether he should say something nice to deceive Fulang first.

As soon as he saw the hesitant and silent look on this man's face, Josh knew what the man was thinking, and couldn't help giving this man a kick, "I see you going over tonight with the two of them Sleep well!" Hun Dan!Angrily, she went to bed and pulled the quilt over her head, not wanting to talk to such a family anymore.

Being kicked by Fu Lang, Zhao He not only didn't get angry, but couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, don't be angry, I will help you talk about the two of them tomorrow. It's our fault, we shouldn't make you angry." The candles in the room were blown out, and they both went to bed. He hugged Fu Lang's waist and coaxed him not to be angry in Fu Lang's ear.

Two words of "I don't believe you" and "Go away and sleep with them" came from the bed, but soon the voices of protest and dissatisfaction turned into low and ambiguous voices.

***

"Dud duk duk... kuang kuang..."

The watchman outside the wall passed by for the third time, and the clapper in his hand hit the third watch.

The group of dogs lying in the Zhao family's backyard heard the sound of the watchman, but they just raised their ears and looked outside the wall. There were no dogs barking at night.

The lights in Mingjingxuan’s yard were still on, and the room was quiet. Two cousins ​​sitting under the lights were playing chess across a table, but they were not playing Go, but Luzhanqi.

Situ Taian is not good at reading, but since he was a child, he likes military affairs and playing war chess. The first time he played land war chess was when he came to Anyang in the first year. He played together with his two cousins, and he took a set of chess pieces with him when he left. .He has played chess with many people in these years, from his elder brother to the generals of the military department. Up to now, there are not many people who can beat him. Those people in the military department are afraid of being won by him. Just run away after playing chess, and don't give him the slightest chance to win.

But now playing chess with this second cousin, each of them holds a piece of chess, he kills the opponent's pieces one by one, and the opponent kills his pieces one by one, the two fight on the chessboard inseparably.

The two will play chess almost every year when they meet each other, and each can feel that the other's chess skills are improving.

"Is it the third watch?" Hearing the sound of the watch outside, Er Bao realized that it was already the third watch.This evening, the two of them played two games of chess, one of them won one game, he won the first game, and his cousin won the second game.

"Well, yes." Situ Tai'an became more and more energetic as he played more and more, and he was not sleepy at all. He wanted to play another game after packing up the chess pieces, and asked, "Shall we play another game?"

"Come on, I'm going to get up for breakfast tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to the shipyard." Er Bao covered his mouth and yawned, stretched his waist and stood up, ready to go back to his own yard to sleep Without looking back, he said to the cousin behind him: "Go to bed earlier, I'll wake you up tomorrow morning."

"Don't send me off..."

After waving his hand, the boy left without looking back.

Situ Tai'an looked at the second cousin who left without looking back, couldn't help but smiled, picked up the chess pieces by himself, put them on the table, followed the steps they walked just now, and played a game with his left and right hands. On the board, the last move was dead, so he threw away the chess piece and went back to the house to sleep.

After the watchmen outside the wall walked for the fifth time, the whole village fell into the quietest time of the day. The two watchmen also went home to sleep, and there was no one in the village to watch the night.

The night watchman at the entrance of the village also changed a round, and the two men who had been watching all night also went home to sleep with tired steps.

The wind and clouds in the sky are surging, the wind blows the clouds to the west, the blackness slowly fades, the sky is gray and white, and the sky is about to dawn.The chickens in the village began to crow, and after a while, someone in the village woke up from a deep sleep.

"Eh-"

I don't know whose door was opened by someone. Someone opened the door and got up, and went to the kitchen to cook breakfast.

With the sound of opening the door, more and more people in the village woke up.

The clouds and mists in the mountains have not yet dissipated, and white smoke has risen from the chimneys of many people in the village. Many people in the village have woken up and are making breakfast. Some people are rushing to go out, and they can’t even eat breakfast Just go first.

The gate of the village was opened, and the people in the village went out in groups of three or four, some walking empty-handed, some pushing carts and carrying loads, and some driving donkey carts and riding bullock carts. Most of them are people who go out to do business.

Most of the people who went out of the village were young men, and there were also some women and brothers. Most of them went to work in the oil workshops and teahouses not far from the entrance of the village.

There is not a single child in the crowd, and now all the school-age children in their village are sent to the village school, as long as the family is not so poor that they have no food, they will be willing to send their children to the village school.Now school in their village is free of charge, and there is a free meal at noon. Sending children to school can not only learn to read and learn arithmetic, but also free a meal for the family.

After a number one scholar came out in their village, the people in the village also began to dream of letting their children go to school. Even if they didn't get the number one scholar in the future, they could still be a scholar, right?

Therefore, the villagers in Sihe Village have become enthusiastic about sending their children to study. Those who thought that studying was useless also talked about the number one in the examination and dreamed of their children and grandchildren. There can also be a scholar.