Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Because in this era, he was a member of the feudal family, and he was a person with a title, so the ancestral hall in Dingjia Village was built according to certain regulations. The ancestral hall is not only large enough to accommodate everyone, but also rich and wealthy. Moreover, because this is an ancestral hall, it is surrounded by a high wall, three meters away from the wall, and some prickly plants such as cocklebur and terrestris grow naturally under the wall.

Now in the cold winter, the fruits of these plants are like barbed wire, very piercing.

In fact, this kind of thing is generally a warning to people, implying that life is not easy and full of hardships.

I heard that nepeta is planted outside the southern ancestral hall.

Now these plants have become a natural defensive position. Although there is only one layer, it is enough to stop the charge of the horses. If those people want to run into the ancestral hall, they must climb the wall.

Things can be lost, but people can't have things.

Ding Tian asked them to take all the food and firewood from the house to the ancestral hall.

Because Dingjia Village is now rich, most of the villagers have some firewood and coal in their homes. As for plant poles and the like, there are very few.

In addition, there were few people in Dingjia Village, and the speed was very fast. It can be said that the village was emptied once, and all food and drink were taken away, as well as things for heating.

Because of the hard life, some people even removed the doors and windows of their homes, and stuffed them into the cellar together with wooden tables, chairs and benches.

People who live in a world of ice and snow know too well that there is no place to keep warm in winter, and they must freeze to death!

So what they take is very clean, and they have to hide it if they can't take it away.

There used to be a cellar in this place, but later it became rich, and every household has a large cellar, and there is more than one, and there is a small cellar in the house for storing potatoes.

There is a large cellar outside, which is used to store radishes and cabbage. Anyway, these two kinds of vegetables are not afraid of freezing.

Now I have eaten for most of the winter, and the food is not bad. It is just right to put furniture and other things.

Stones, broken bricks and so on are piled up on top, which looks like a pile of sundries without a single firewood.

All the live chickens, ducks, geese, dogs and pigs were taken to the ancestral hall, because for the convenience of offering sacrifices, the ancestral hall has a special place to enlarge the animals, and the animal pens are enough to house all the animals.

To put it bluntly, not even a cat was left behind.

At this time, I can see that some people have made a decision. There are too many chickens and ducks to fit, so they simply slaughtered them. Anyway, the weather is very cold at the moment. When they freeze, when they want to eat, they take them into the house and melt them. Hair is fine.

In addition, these people are not without the ability to protect themselves. The peasant women are middle-aged women who are used to farm work. With shovels and dung forks, they dare to fight one or two men without losing the wind.

The old people even brought their children in the main hall of the ancestral hall.

Fortunately, because of Ding Tian's title, the ancestral hall was expanded and then expanded. In addition, it was a place to be passed on to future generations. They would also live in the ancestral hall after they died, so the ancestral hall was made of good materials!

Compared with ordinary people's houses, they have to use better materials.

The old and weak women and children in the rear retreated urgently, and the people in front also ushered in the second wave of charge from these barbarian cavalry.

The first charge was a bit tentative, but the second charge was organized and planned. It’s just that the fence is too annoying, and the horses can’t get over it. However, after being padded with dirt, people with good riding skills can still control the horses. , but there is only a narrow strip of padding, and the cavalry needs to ride their horses over the wall two by two.

I can't squeeze too much!

But when two people go in, the people inside greet them with dung forks and shovels, some go in and kill a few, and after a while of attacking like adding firewood, no one from outside will come in anymore, because entering is to die.

The people outside got together and communicated in the barbarian language, and the people inside were also wounded.

"All those who are injured retreat to the ancestral hall." Ding Tian commanded the staff: "Others prepare with big knives and long spears. If nothing can be done, retreat to the ancestral hall together. Don't fight desperately. We must protect our lives."

"Brother Tian, ​​we can fight!" Ding Si was already red-eyed. The eldest son of the village head's family acted very bravely at this time, and was slashed on the shoulder. There was not much blood, but the clothes were torn.

"Idiot!" Ding Tian scolded: "One can only live in the future. If you die, let alone revenge, you can't even protect your family. Why do you have to fight? We are so close to the county, and reinforcements will come soon. As long as we can delay the arrival of reinforcements, it will be victory!"

"Brother Tian, ​​I don't know how these barbarians came here. Can the county...can come to reinforce the army?" Ding Si was not very optimistic about the reinforcements.

"It will come, it will definitely come." Ding Tian was full of confidence.

He has no confidence in the county seat and the military camp, and he can't have no confidence in Wang Zuo.

He is here, Wang Zuo will not ignore him, even if it is too late, he will not let him fall into danger, so he has to persevere.

And Ding Tian is the most promising person in Dingjia Village. He said that there will be reinforcements, so there will be reinforcements, so everyone's confidence is instantly boosted.

All the wounded retreated, and those left behind were basically Ding Tian's guards and people with two skills in the village.

Ding Tian found that the other party was laying soil again, but this time they used the prepared horses of the people who had already died in battle, slaughtered them directly and filled them in the trench. The corpse will not rot, but will freeze into a hard lump of ice.

Ding Tian knew he couldn't stop it.

"Retreat, let's remove the ancestral hall." Before the opponent could attack, Ding Tian had already made people retreat.

But the speed of the enemy was very fast. There were already a dozen cavalrymen rushing over the wall. Fortunately, they had long spears here, which were specially designed to deal with the cavalry. They retreated while fighting.

And the follow-up enemies came in more and more, they retreated to the ancestral hall, and when the gate was closed, the enemies outside were dumbfounded.

The gate of the ancestral hall is extremely thick, and the barbarians don't know where it is, they only know that the gate here is the largest and most luxurious gate in the whole village!

Red paint, rivets... The leaders gathered together and discussed, "This must be the biggest and wealthiest family!"

What does being rich mean?

Represents gold and silver treasures, food and cloth, and beautiful women!

"Go in, go in!" The leader was almost going crazy.

"Patriarch, we are all hungry, can we have something to eat?" Although everyone was very excited, but their stomachs were weak, they wanted to attack, but how could they attack if they didn't have the strength?

They have not eaten for three days and three nights.

"There are so many houses, why don't you know where to find food? The Han people are celebrating the New Year, and there are all kinds of delicious food, so go find it." The leader didn't think much of it. Find wine.

How can there be no wine to warm up in winter?

Old Baigan'er from the Northland, burning knives, and Erguotou, when he thinks of the spicy taste, his body glows with heat after drinking it, and his mouth immediately drools.

But those people scattered and went into one after another... all of them were empty!

The rice vat is empty, the barn is empty, even the chicken coop and the pigsty are empty, so empty that there is not even a hair left!

Not to mention food, they didn’t even have a firewood stick. They wanted to light a fire to keep warm, but they searched and searched, and they didn’t even leave a piece of furniture. Find Huozhezi.

They came in a hurry, and they didn't even bring a fire bag, how did they light the fire?

Poor [-] strong men from the northern barbarians, trembling with cold, no hot water to drink, no food to eat, the people in Dingjia Village hated them to death, and did not even leave them any water in the tank the next drop.

They also don’t know how to fetch water, because they don’t know how to pull water from deep wells. Fortunately, there is still some snow and ice outside. They can grab a handful of snow and eat two bites to quench their thirst. The food they can eat is cold, and they can’t bear it!

No food in stomach, no energy.

I can't even find a little salt... Poor people, they don't know that the Han people still have a place called "cellar".

"Patriarch, there is no food or firewood."

"Boss, there is no rice, no noodles, and no one who can breathe!"

"I didn't find any firewood, so I found some grassy valleys to cushion the kennels... I haven't found a fire book yet."

People came back one by one, and news came back one by one, and it was not good news.

"Patriarch, I removed the window, so I can start a fire... but there is no fire book."

"Boss, I didn't find anything to keep warm, not even a broken quilt!"

This group of people jumped up and down like chickens in a panic, trembling and wearing ragged leather jackets. They wanted to rummage for some quilts or something, even if they were draped over their bodies, it would be good, but unfortunately, The gang of stingy people in Dingjia Village walked so cleanly that they didn't even leave a broken quilt behind.

The three leaders were so popular that they almost fainted: "No food at all? It's the Chinese New Year!"

Chinese New Year is not popular outside the Great Wall, but they know that it is popular among Han people. Everyone has delicious food and drink at home at this time of year.

Why is it gone this year?

"Let's rush in, there must be there, look, there is smoke inside." Another leader pointed to the ancestral hall.

There was indeed cooking smoke in the ancestral hall. In this cold weather, the young and strong in their village were able to carry it with thick clothes, but not the old and the weak, as well as children and the wounded.

Fortunately, there are people in the ancestral hall to take care of them. In addition, ancestors are worshiped during festivals, so there are two large pots and four small pots in the ancestral hall. They are usually used to boil hot water to clean the ancestral hall, and to kill pigs and sheep. For sacrifices, sheep can be skinned, but pigs must be shed, and there are some chickens, ducks and geese, so there are more than one big pot here.

But at this moment, the big pot is boiling mutton soup. The old, weak, women, children and the wounded are all gathered in the house, which can be warmer. Those who patrol, work, burn fire, split firewood, and help look after the large animals are all young and strong.

"In this cold weather, no one can handle it without a mouthful of hot food." After Ding Tian and the others retreated in and closed the door, they began to order: "Go to slaughter the sheep, cook the sheep soup, and cook. Don't stop the hot food, and the soup must be cooked." supply."

The old man came out and shouted: "Kill my sheep first, because I have a lot of sheep."

The old man's family raised more than 30 mutton sheep, which were originally used to eat meat, so they were very fat.

"Dried chili from my home."

"My family just bought ten catties of pepper noodles!"

Everyone brought out things one after another, and the steamed buns brought by each family. Because it was the Chinese New Year, they all steamed three or five pots of steamed buns, and now they all recited them. They can be eaten after heating them in a cage.

Killing sheep, cooking sheep soup, hot steamed buns, and some people directly took out the small pickles made by themselves. They didn’t have to worry about food and drink. There were also a lot of dry firewood, coal, bedding and cotton clothes, etc., which were enough for the whole village Life is fine for half a month.

On the contrary, the head of the old village looked at the gate worriedly: "They won't rush in, will they?"

"Chong will definitely rush, but he can't get in." Ding Tian pointed to the top door bar: "How much strength? Can you flush this thing away?"

The ancestral hall was built according to a certain scale. After all, Ding Tian is now a person with a title. The door bar is as thick as a person, and it is made of iron wood with a thousand years. Let alone people, even ten cows can't break it.

"Just wait until the reinforcements arrive." The old chief looked at the sky and said, "And the snow is about to stop."

When the enemy came, it was snowing, or a snowstorm, the wind was strong, and the snow was blowing all over the sky, but now the wind stopped, there was no snow, it was sunny, and it was getting colder.

"Well, with the blessings of our ancestors, we will be safe and sound." Ding Tian turned his head and looked at the faint lights in the ancestral hall, where the ancestral tablets of Dingjia Village were enshrined.

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