farming in ancient times

Da Lang calmed down and asked, "Have you decided?"

Xiao Er glanced at the sister-in-law, then at the younger brother, seeing that they were extremely worried, and said as before, "I've decided."

"Do you know where the general is?" Fang Zheng asked.

Xiao Er nodded, "Going northwest from our side, we will reach Yanmen Pass."

"When did you decide?" Da Lang asked with a serious face.

Xiao Er rubbed his head and said embarrassedly, "The night the butcher left, I, I didn't fall asleep in the middle of the night. Although Fang Zheng and Ren Yuan told me that the butcher would not come to the battlefield in person, I also know the meaning of the commander to an army. But I worry about him."

Da Lang suddenly laughed when he heard this, and patted Xiao Er on the shoulder in relief, "Our second son has finally grown up and will care about others."

"Da Lang, the general is none other than Xiao Er's future husband!" Fang Zheng said seriously with a smile in his eyes.Instead of saying words of dissuasion, he said, "I'll go with you."

"You?" Xiao Er hesitated.

Fangzheng said, "If I don't go, you won't see the general at Yanmen Pass."

"Why?" Dalang asked hurriedly.

Ren Yuan said, "As soon as there was a war at the border gate, martial law was imposed everywhere. People were not allowed to leave or enter the border. Even if they went to the towns over there, they would be checked back and forth by the gatekeepers several times."

When Da Lang heard that the border is so strict, his heart, which was startled by Xiao Er before, felt better.

Seeing the look on the elder brother's face, Xiaoer said, "Brother, do you agree?"

"Ordinarily, I shouldn't let you go. Brother Gao will come back sooner or later anyway, so why don't we wait for him at home honestly." After a while, "But let me think about it, your sister-in-law is going to Hanjiazhuang with Niuniu in her arms. I don't even worry about her going by herself, so there's nothing I can do to stop you."

"Dalang, don't worry, I will protect Xiao Er. Turning around, we will only take the official road. If we don't stop on the road, there will be no troubles. We will reach the border soon." Fangzheng said, looking at Xiao Er, "You still have to Learn to ride a horse first, there is more than 2000 miles from here to Yanmen Pass, if we go on horseback, we will arrive in about ten days."

Da Lang said in surprise, "Ye Yuan!"

"It's not very far." Fang Zheng said, "Ren Yuan's horse and I are not very good. If it is replaced by the general's green horse, it will be easy to run three or four hundred miles a day."

Xiaoer said, "Brother, I'm leaving in a few days, not tomorrow." He simply didn't eat, and brought out a clay pot from the east wing room. Go to the hall.

When he came out, he saw Xiao Er put all the gold and silver on the square table, and took 100 taels for himself, "I will save these as travel expenses, and you can buy the rest as land, preferably a continuous field."

"This... How much land do we need to buy?" Da Lang counted with his fingers, his mouth trembling, "No! These are all money that Brother Gao gave you, we can't take them."

Wang Hanshi also said, "That's right. Xiaoer, you asked us to keep the dozens of acres of land, and we will take it. We can't ask for the money."

"What about you and us!" Xiaoer stared, very unhappy, "When the border butcher sees that I have no money, he will give it to me."

Da Lang helped his forehead, and he said how generous Xiao Er is today, and he wanted to get money from Brother Gao.Da Lang took a gold ingot and put it in the second hand, "You take this, and you can't let Brother Gao ask for money."

Whatever you want, the butcher's money is his own.But Xiaoer didn't dare to say this, but asked, "Then what's left?"

"I'll build the house when I'm not busy these days. When you come back with brother Gao, you don't have to be in the same room with Xiao Shan." Da Lang said, looking at Xiao Shan, "I'll build your house too, but good?"

"Listen to brother." Xiaoshan has little experience at a young age, and he is not as careless as Dalang. When he heard the word "war", he felt that it was very dangerous, so he said, "Second brother, can you not go to the border? "

"The butcher is my daughter-in-law, do you think I can not go." Xiaoer's mouth moved up and down, and Ren Yuan, who was eating, choked suddenly.

Xiao Shan was speechless all of a sudden.It wasn't that he buried his second elder brother, but the second elder brother's body would collapse when the wind blows, so he was considered a daughter-in-law at first glance.

Xiaoer didn't care what Xiaoshan was thinking, but said, "Brother, I want Xiaoshan to go to the town to learn a few words with my master, what do you think?"

"What do you mean?" Da Lang didn't understand.

Wang Hanshi asked tentatively, "Does Xiao Er want Xiao Shan to study with Master?"

"No. It's just that the butcher came back from the border to write a letter. We don't even have a literate person in our family. We can't let the youngest son of the village chief read the letter to us." Xiaoer said.

Da Lang shook his head again and again, "Of course not! Someone asked me where Brother Gao was going yesterday, and I said that Brother Gao's comrades-in-arms from far away came to look for him, and Brother Gao went to meet his comrades-in-arms."

"That's all right!" Xiao Er looked at Xiao Shan, "Do you want to learn to read with Master?"

Xiao Shan was stunned when he heard what the second brother said clearly. There was no literate person in their family for three generations, and Xiao Shan never thought about being able to read and write with his master.

Ren Yuan saw that Xiao Shan could not speak in a daze, so he said, "Xiao Er, I have learned a few words with the general before, if you don't worry, I will teach Xiao Shan?"

"Really?" Xiao Er asked in surprise.

Ren Yuan nodded.

Xiaoer hurriedly said, "What do you need? Pen, ink, paper and inkstone?"

Ren Yuan laughed and shook his head, "Tomorrow, I will go to the town with you to buy some enlightenment books, and you and the general should come back when Xiao Shan finishes learning the characters in the enlightenment books."

"If it's not troublesome, you can also teach Niuniu by the way." Xiaoer said aggressively.

Wang Hanshi is not as thick-skinned as Xiao Er, "Ren Yuan is exhausting enough to teach Xiao Shan alone, and Niu Niu can learn some characters with a girl."

"Sister-in-law, you can't say that. Don't you want your girl to marry a talented woman when she grows up?" Xiao Er asked.

Wang Hanshi said, "I don't want to climb that high branch. When Niu Niu grows up, marry a dutiful young man. The young couple will live a lifetime with Hemeimei. I will be content with your elder brother."

Xiao Shan really didn't want to pour cold water on his sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, people say that three years old is old. As for Niuniu's spirit, you better not let your girl harm other people's honest youngsters."

"Is there such a thing as burying your niece!" Wang Hanshi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.And Xiao Er's heavy atmosphere caused by going to the border before was a lot lighter because of this sentence.

Dalang heard Fangzheng tell Ren Yuan earlier that Butcher Gao would not be in any danger on the battlefield, and saw that the two were joking every day and were not worried about Butcher Gao at all. Now it is confirmed that Xiaoer is going to find his man, Dalang Apart from worrying about the long journey and Xiaoer's suffering on the road, he didn't worry about anything else.

When he saw Xiao Er coming back from town with a pack of books and papers in his arms, Da Lang felt distressed, "How much will it cost?"

Xiaoer said, "Brother, these are old books." Having said that, five taels of silver were used for the five enlightenment books, and Xiaoer felt no less distressed than Big Brother.

Xiao Shan went with Xiao Er, and when he heard this, he said, "Brother, I won't let my second brother buy so much, he insists on buying so much."

"Your second brother isn't doing it for your own good!" Da Lang raised his foot and kicked Xiao Shan's ass.

Xiao Er ignored the two brothers, but looked at Ren Yuan, "After Fang Zheng and I leave, my family will entrust you."

"Don't worry! If I can't handle it, there will be County Magistrate Bai."

"How can I bother County Magistrate Bai for everything?" Ever since he knew Butcher Gao was a general, Da Lang also knew why the magistrate turned to his family.

Xiao Er said, "Brother, you can't be stupid. If the family at the west end of the village knows that I'm not at home, if they come to you for what, you can just ask Ren Yuan to come forward."

"I said that once you leave, I will become a fool." Da Lang was a little unhappy.

"I don't see where you are so smart." Xiao Er was still worried, "Ren Yuan, I will leave my elder brother and younger brother to you."

"Don't talk about us first, have you thought about what to tell our grandpa?" Da Lang stared at Xiao Er with burning eyes and asked.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Er giggled, "If grandpa comes to see that I'm not at home, you can say that I eloped with Butcher Gao."

"I'll let you elope!" Da Lang raised his hand and slapped him on the head, "There's nothing you dare not say!"

Wang Hanshi was quite helpless when he saw that his brothers were making trouble again, "Xiao Er, do you want to bring something, I will pack it for you."

Hearing this, Xiao Er suddenly became serious, "Sister-in-law, pack some dried bamboo shoots, dried fungus and dried acacia flowers for me, the butcher likes to eat those things."

"Xiaoer, there are also ground fungus in the northwest." Fangzheng hastily reminded.

Xiao Er said, "When I get there, everyone is busy fighting. I can't go to pick up fungus with a bamboo basket on my back. Anyway, these dry goods are not heavy, and they are just cooked for the butcher when we arrive."

"Do you want fish, shrimp skins, and sea vegetables?" Wang Han asked hurriedly.

Xiaoer moved his mouth, taking everything on his mind to Butcher Gao, but he was afraid that he would delay the trip if he brought too many things.

Seeing Xiaoer like this, Fangzheng said helplessly, "Take it, let me go right away. By the way, just bring two clothes for a change of clothes. There are everything in Yanmen Pass."

"Then I have to buy it when it arrives. I don't have time." Xiaoer said.

Fangzheng said, "I thought you were crying again saying you had no money."

"If there is no money, there is a butcher, so what am I afraid of!" Xiao Er raised his chin, "Clean up, I'll cook!" He stuffed the cloth bag into Xiao Shan's arms, "Go, ask Ren Yuan to teach you how to read!"

"Now?" Xiao Shan saw that the sun was about to set, and he had already made an appointment with his friends to go down to the river to take a bath.

Xiao Er seemed to know what Xiao Shan was thinking, raised his eyebrows, "If you don't want to learn from me, I will change the book back tomorrow!"

As soon as these words came out, Xiaoshan became honest.

After persuading my younger brother, Xiao Er began to learn how to ride a horse with Fang Zheng, and six or seven days passed in a blink of an eye.

After dinner that day, the whole family did not go to rest, but sat in the yard chatting.

Da Lang first worried that Xiao Er would suffer on the road, and then thought that Xiao Er would leave tomorrow, and then began to worry that Xiao Er would bully Butcher Gao.Xiaoer heard his elder brother say back and forth that he should not bully elder brother Gao outside the customs, so Xiaoer's ear and stomach hurt together.

Xiaoer simply said, "Ren Yuan, when you go back home to buy materials and fields for building a house, you will go with my elder brother, and you must not let him go by himself."

"What's wrong with me?" Da Lang thought he was stupid when he heard Xiao Er's ins and outs, and suddenly became furious, and at the same time forgot to nag Xiao Er.