Ding Tian's Ancient Life

On New Year's Eve, there are lights in thousands of houses, and occasionally there are little dolls, who can't help but set off a small firecracker. In the quiet night, there is quite a lot of movement, and occasionally there are crisp "giggling" laughter of dolls, which also makes adults feel happy. Smile knowingly.

Maybe God also finds it interesting?

In the evening, the sky was overcast, and when it was evening, there were snowflakes.

The second uncle took a few glances at the door: "This is a good year for auspicious snow!"

After the war in the Northland, it has had a bumper harvest for four consecutive years, but the snow this winter is really too thick.

But they are not afraid of the snow being too thick, they are afraid that it will not snow.

The soil in the north is not afraid of too much rain, as long as it doesn't rain all the time, but it is afraid of drought.

Unlike the south, where there are many rivers, there are few droughts, and the fear is that there will be too much water, waterlogged fields, and embankment bursts.

"Yes!" Ding Tian also looked outside: "Come in, Second Uncle, it's cold outside."

"Yeah." The second uncle put down the cotton curtain: "Just now we played cards, who won?"

"Second Aunt and Third Aunt have lost money. I won't play with you anymore. You are all masters. I will play bets with Ding Ke and Ding Yi. It is simple and requires no brainpower." Ding Tian shook his head and said. : "We children play with children, not with you adults."

I am so happy to make Uncle Ding amused.

Ding Tian was playing with his cousin, so naturally it was impossible for him to lose his cousin, so he just gambled, they all had some brand new copper coins in their hands, now you bet on two, he bet on one, the little cousin with the smallest face, Ding Cheng, who is a little over four years old, knows how big he is.

If he wins, he will put the copper coins in his small purse, if he loses, he will take the copper coins from his big brother's purse, and he will be so rare that he hugs the little guy and will not let go.

"Just get used to him!" The third aunt looked at him like that, and was also happy.

"Third Aunt, you don't know, Xiao Chengcheng is my mascot, with him in my arms, I'm so lucky!" Ding Tian lifted up his little cousin and looked at him: "Well, my Xiao Chengcheng is a lucky baby. "

"Hee hee...Fuwa!" Ding Cheng followed suit, raised a pair of small paws, and greeted his mother: "Fuwa!"

Ding Cheng was wearing a small red cotton-padded jacket and trousers, and a pair of red tiger-head shoes. He was just at the age of [-], and his soft hair was drooping, with an upside-down braid in the middle. He ate well, dressed warmly, and was happy for a long time again. His little face was flushed, and it was absolutely right to say that he was a "little Fuwa"!

"Okay, Fuwa, Fuwa!" The third aunt looked at her younger son, of course she was even happier.

The wind and snow outside were still there, but the atmosphere inside the house was so warm, but outside Dingjia Village, a group of people hurriedly approached Dingjia Village.

As I said before, Dingjia Village is a village that has experienced wars, so they built walls and watchtowers around the village.

Even in the safe days, after autumn, people were organized to repair the wall, deepen and clear the trench, and even the watchtower was surrounded by wooden boards, and a broken quilt was used to block it twice. In this way, the people who stand guard inside will not be too cold in winter.

Even in winter, there are organized strong men who use iron forks and hunting knives as weapons to patrol the village every day. One is to frighten Xiaoxiao, and the other is just in case.

Villages that have experienced war are more vigilant than villages in other places. I heard that Hujia Village has also repaired the wall

The trench dug is called one wide!

It must become a river next year.

Today is New Year's Eve, but there are still people standing guard. There is no way. This is a rule handed down by the elders. Because there have been records of barbarians committing border crimes on New Year's Eve, so even though droughts and floods ensure harvests in the Northland, there are certain conditions. risks of.

This piece of land is so fertile, who doesn't care about it?

Not to mention the barbarians in the north, even the Jurchen in the black water of Baishan, I still miss them very much.

There are three or five small battles every year, otherwise no one will be reconciled, and the frontier army also relies on such small battles to slowly build up their qualifications and accumulate military merits.

So now it seems to be stable, but in fact it is not very stable. Even if it is the New Year's Eve, there are people standing guard on it.

Now the man on guard is a man named Ding Dai. Both his parents are dead, and he has no brothers or sisters. He has not yet married. On the day of Chinese New Year, he can get a "red envelope" of two taels of silver, so Ding Dai took this work.

Anyway, one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, so he spends a new year in the watchtower, which is also very good, and there are dumplings sent by the village head at night

Subs And Vegetables.

Thinking about what food the village head would give him?

I heard that the village chief’s house prepares a lot of things, such as beef, mutton, pork, chicken, duck, fish… just thinking about it makes my mouth water. When I was on duty last year, in addition to two taels of silver, there was also a jar of red sorghum wine. A big pork knuckle....

Just as I was thinking about it, I wondered why it was so bright in the distance?

Squint your eyes and take a closer look... Slot! "

Ding Dai hurriedly climbed down from the watchtower, and Sa Yazi ran to the village head's house. There was no one on the street during Chinese New Year, so he ran directly to the village head's house. Fortunately, the village head's house was quite close to the village entrance: "Village head, the village head Long! Old Li Chang! Yes... yes...."

When Ding Xing saw Ding Dai barging in... because of the Chinese New Year, the door of the house was not closed at all, so he was a little unhappy: "I said Ding Dai

Ah, I'll bring you food when it's time, what are you doing here now?nothing!Although the dishes are ready-made, they are not hot.... "

What can I eat now?

There are some snacks, which were sent by Ding Tian, ​​some are cold and some are hot, but they are fresh.

But when the family uses this snack as a treat for guests, Ding Dai is not considered a guest, he is considered a junior.

"No!" Ding Dai ran over, and he couldn't even catch his breath at the moment: "Someone...someone...someone came on a horse...with a torch!"

Ding Xing was surprised: "What?"

The old chief also came out from the house with new shoes: "Could it be the enemy?"

"Impossible?" Ding Xing scratched his head: "There are vanguard troops stationed in the northern camp, not to mention the heavy snow, how dare they come? Aren't they afraid of freezing to death?"

Speaking of it, it is all caused by poverty. Even barbarians with fur do not have many effective means of keeping out the cold. Besides, war horses can walk on snow in winter, but they cannot walk much on icy ground. Besides, there is no food, what will their war horses eat?Without hot soup, what do they drink in winter?Can't just drink?

They don't produce wine, and their kumiss is not strong enough to keep out the cold, but the stuffed donkey produced in the pass is not to their liking.

It's a pity that Han people's drinks are the most expensive on the grasslands.

Therefore, it is impossible for each of them to be equipped with drinks to keep out the cold, and it is impossible for them to come and rob in the middle of winter, and they even bypassed the vanguard of the Northern Camp.

The two sides of Niujiao Mountain stretch for thousands of miles. Even if they want to come, they have to go around thousands of miles...then they must freeze to death on the way

"Anyway, it's here!" Ding Dai said anxiously, "Are you going to ring the alarm bell?"

"Farewell!" The old village chief waved his hand: "Let's go and have a look. Although Dingjia Village has earthen walls, it is very tall and has ditches. Even if they want to come in, they can't get in."

The village chief hurriedly dressed, and put a cloak made of rabbit skin on the old village chief. He took Ding Dai and went up to the watchtower, just as the group of people came to him.

Well, seeing the shadowy shadows of this group of people in the snow and snow, there are hundreds of people riding here, but they didn't even have a flag, but all of them have bright armor, bows, arrows, and machetes, and they don't lack anything, especially neatly dressed. Like a soldier.

One person and two horses, with something on their backs...

One of them found someone on the watchtower, so he rode forward, approached and shouted: "It's me! Open the door quickly, a nobleman has arrived!"

"Who is this?" Ding Dai didn't know the caller.

But the old village chief knows the village chief!

"This is not... open the door, open the door quickly, put the suspension bridge, hurry up!" The old village head's serious face blossomed into a smile: "It's okay, it's not an enemy."

The suspension bridge of Dingjia Village was lowered slowly, and the heavy gate of the village was pulled open with great difficulty. Hundreds of riders galloped past. Ding Dai was worried that they would trample the suspension bridge down.

After entering the village, naturally, the suspension bridge was still pulled up, but this time someone helped, and the speed was very fast.

The leader was riding on a horse, raised his chin condescendingly, and asked, "Where is Ding Tian's house?"

Ding Tian was going crazy when he was playing at home. A few people surrounded Ding Cheng and asked him to roll the dice. They bet big or small, and no matter who won, they would give him a "drawing" of a copper coin. How strong can a child be? ?After shaking it a few times, I couldn't shake it anymore, so I started to play tricks, Xiaojia

The guy is so small, so cute even if he cheats.

Ding Tian gave him an idea: "Then you can just shake it or kick it!"

So, the little guy just sat there, and when the time came, he kicked the dice inside, and the dice inside turned over, which was also very interesting. Ding Tian lost all the copper coins in his purse, and the winner turned out to be silent and pretended to be obedient Dingee!

The second winner is naturally Ding Cheng, the "banker".

Ding Tian also used some small things to settle the bill. He lost to Cousin Osmanthus a silver Buyao inlaid with gemstones; to Cousin Camellia a pair of silver hairpins; A sapphire pendant on one side.

"You've all grown up, and you need to dress smartly when you go out." Ding Tian looked at the two cousins ​​who were deeply moved: "Study hard, our old Ding's family is going to have a scholar."

One of the criticisms of Dingjia Village back then was that there were no scholars, and there was not even an ancestral hall in the village, let alone a school.

"En!" The two children nodded heavily.

"Okay, you play for a while, or eat a frozen pear, but you are not allowed to eat it for the two younger brothers. You can only give them a bite at most. I will go out for a walk and go to the hut!" Ding Tian entrusted the two young ones to them, I got up and got off the ground, put on my cotton boots, then put on my woolen clothes, and hurried to the toilet.

At the beginning, he was afraid of the cold, so he specially built the toilet in the house, looking at it now, it is really wise!

It's just a bit tiring to replace the toilet, but it's okay, it's better than going out to freeze your ass.

After going to the toilet and draining the water, I washed my hands, wrapped my clothes, and went out. My second uncle and the others were still playing mahjong. Well, this activity is probably popular among the people in ancient and modern times.

It's just... the more he is at this time, the more he wants to be alone. He is not at home, and he doesn't know if he can eat. According to Wang Fugui, he is... quite tempered.

The more I think about it, the more upset I get, I just don't want to think about it, that guy has so many people serving him, he must be living a very happy life!

He raised his hands, stretched his waist greatly, shook his head, and temporarily threw him out of his mind... Then he heard movement, the door of his house was not closed, there was the neighing of horses, and... a bright light Come here, it's very obvious in the dark, especially today when it's cloudy and snowy.

Ding Tian was wondering now, it's not time to "send the lamp" yet?Why did someone come over?

There was quite a lot of noise, so he went down the steps and rushed to the gate. The second uncle and the others in the room also heard the noise. It was really too loud in the silent New Year's Eve.

Two uncles came out, and two aunts were watching the children in the house....

When Ding Tian walked to the gate, he saw a bright light, a torch was held up, the fire cut through the darkness, brought light, and even brought a person!

This man's face was like beautiful jade, his eyes were like stars, he took off the hood on his head, wore a pure white hairpin and silver-winged king hat on his head, and was dressed in a Jiangya seawater five-clawed dragon white python robe and a white fox fur cloak. A white horse... The north wind howls, the snow falls... In modern terms, he is really a beautiful and extraordinary idol. He is fascinated by eighty years old and eighty years old.

"The one riding the white horse is not necessarily a prince, it is also possible that the person on the horse is named Tang Seng..." Ding Tian Mingming looked straight, but the dog did not spit out ivory.