The eldest brother of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

They walked and rested, their pace was not fast, and they walked for one night and one day, and finally reached Mohe. The gates around the city were locked. Fortunately, they came from the inside. Only with Lin Mo Shangfang's sword to mark his identity can he enter the city.Lin Mo couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect the situation to be so tense." Shui Rong said: "Military discipline is strict, so it can be seen that even if General Xi fails to recover, at least General Bai or General Song will start to take charge of the overall situation. Isn't that a good thing?"

Yu Marching and fighting together, both of them are laymen.It is said to be an army supervisor, but in this borderland, the most taboo thing is to command blindly without knowing how to pretend to know.The two of them were just talking and talking, the most important thing was to count and hand over the military pay and food.

It was Xi He who came to hand over to them.

Xi He was nicknamed "Smiling Mian Zhonglang". He was not good-looking, his eyebrows were not heroic enough, his eyes were not bright enough, his body was not tall and straight, and even his beard was not up to the "beautiful beard" standard. The last time Lin Mo saw him When I was still young, I thought this uncle had a snow-white face and was quite gentle, but this time I was shocked when I saw it—it may be that the wind and sand in Saibei was really strong, and Xi He's face was dry, yellow and black, and his eyes Still not in a good mood, the whole person looks disorganized and listless.

It is said that people should not be judged by their appearance, Xi He was born with a humble appearance, and his personality is not outstanding, but he is the only one among the many sons of the Xi family who fought with the old general Xi. In the future, rewards for meritorious deeds will be his own good fortune.

"Xiao Lin is here." He smiled and kept his hands on the scale, weighing silver, grain and grass, his eyes lit up when he saw the fine salt, and he rarely said, "Thanks for your hard work, Xiao Lin." After checking everything, he sighed. , "If you want me to say, you guys didn't want to be so cheap. It's really rare for me to see you come here all at once. Didn't those people on the road take your skin off?" He saw It was several years ago that Lin Mo followed Bai Shiyue to Shandong. At that time, he was surrounded by a bunch of radish heads, and he couldn't remember which one was which. He only knew that one was Wen Xuangong's future son-in-law, but he didn't remember either. He is the eldest of the Lin family, so now he is simply called Xiao Lin.

Lin Mo also smiled awkwardly: "Thanks to Uncle Xi, not at all."

Xi He and Lin Mo didn't have much to say after all. When he hurt Bai Bai, he became more passive in the family law. Several children watched him, how could they have a good impression of him?And there was nothing to say at first, so I thought about it for a while: "Ah Yue won't be free until evening, your residences are all in the city, it's extremely cold here, and there aren't any rich mansions for you to live in, so let's move on first." It's over." Lin Mo and Shui Rong's supervising army came, but Xi He had suffered from the so-called supervising army a long time ago, bossing each of them around, obviously only talking on paper, and wanted to kill a pig before he had killed it.Fortunately, with Bai Shiyue's face, Lin Mo had to listen to his uncle no matter what.

Shui Rong hurriedly said: "Mr. Xi, you are being polite. Give me a pillow now, and I can sleep soundly."

Lin Mo smiled, thinking, this Uncle Xi is still the same as before, he can't find anything to say, he is indeed a boring and uninteresting person.I just don't know how my uncle got along with him all these years.He and Shui Rong came down like this, just thought it was amused, and kept him entertained.However, my uncle is afraid that he will not have this blessing to enjoy.

The current conditions in Mohe are really bad. The soldiers have set up camp in the city and occupied a lot of residential buildings. Fortunately, the common people don't complain.Lin Mo also knew that he was incompetent, so he didn't squeeze into the barracks to get in the way, and went directly to the room arranged by Xi He - the windows were papered and rattled.But looking at the other rooms in this house, this room is considered to be the best. It cannot be blown by wind or drenched by snow. Although there is a kang, there is a shortage of supplies now, so there is no coal slag to burn the kang.

Lin Mo took pleasure in bitterness: "Fortunately, this way, I don't have to be smoked."

His spleen and lungs were very delicate due to childhood injuries. In Beijing, the silver silk charcoal rewarded by the emperor was used to burn it, but this way, of course, there was no such condition. Now, cough all the way.It's just that it's freezing cold now, and there's no charcoal fire, so I still continue to cough.Shui Rong came in with the quilt in his arms: "The girls in this family are all grown-ups. In order to make room for us, they still sleep in the same room with their brothers. That's not good. Let's squeeze together and give them a room."

Lin Mo glanced at him with a smile: "Okay—let's send the quilts with the army's hair to the villagers, although they are hard, they are thicker than their own."

"I've never seen your sister so well-prepared. Are you willing to build it with me?" Shui Rong laughed at him.

He traveled thousands of miles, and brought a few quilts from Beijing, and they were all cleaned up on the way, leaving only one bed, which has been kept by his side, saying that it was his sister's handicraft, with fine stitches, soft and thick cotton, covering his body It doesn't feel heavy, but it's warm.Originally, it was prepared for Lin Che, but now it is cheaper for the two of them.

Winter night comes early.They just lit a candle and huddled in bed talking.In fact, there is not much to talk about. These days, they have been inseparable, so what can we talk about?But it's also very interesting to repeat meaninglessly.After a while, I heard the host's voice greeting people, but it was Bai Shiyue who said with a smile outside the door: "It's not the right time for us to come, let's go back."

Just as Lin Mo was about to get out of bed and open the door, he heard Xi He say: "I can't, what time is this? Do you think they are shameless of you?" Suddenly he understood that the more he thought about it, the more he was angry, ashamed and annoyed. He was about to raise his voice to refute, but he laughed when he heard Bai Shi: "They are so young, I can't compare them." Immediately, he was so angry that his nose was crooked, hating his uncle for being so unprincipled, he opened the door and said, "Come in, uncle!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the door opened, a gust of wind blew him back a step. He quickly slammed the door shut and crawled back into the bed.Bai Shiyue pushed the door open with a smile and came in: "What kind of words are you talking about? Is that how you meet your elders? Are there any rules?" Xi He was outside, declined the kindness of the fellow who wanted to bring tea, and then came in with a smile , I happened to hear Shui Rong saying Bai Shiyue: "Tai Yin is young, so there are no rules of General Bai." He was in Jingyuan Hou's mansion that day, and Lin Mo poured cold water on him, and it happened that Bai Shiyue was in Lin's house. In those few days, it seemed that General Bai was very difficult to deal with.

Bai Shiyue was not annoyed, he just raised his eyebrows, and then looked at his nephew: "Why did you come here? I don't know if eldest sister is worried?"

"You're here all day, can Mistress not be worried?" Lin Mo avoided the seriousness, "I didn't come, can you have a padded jacket to wear today?"

"If it's short, no one will lose me." Bai Shiyue said so, but he was relieved, "Look, there are obviously people who can bring as many as the court can call. This should be a matter of course , but it turned out to be a strange thing. It’s the king of Beijing, didn’t you say that we have Beidi’s spies here? Which one is it, and you want to catch it?”

He was captured for a few days, and the Beidi people never served him with good wine and meat, and he was beaten severely, and it was only these few days that the scars formed. As soon as he came, he saw Shui Rong squatting on the edge of the kang and using The small stove was boiling loquat leaf water, and for some reason, I remembered that there was no medicine or food a few days ago. Adding the words of water dissolution, the wind was somewhat pointing towards his brothers who fought side by side and even himself. If you want to live, you have to pick some thorns.

Shui Rong turned off the fire unhurriedly, and filled a bowl of loquat leaf water for Lin Mo: "There is no rock sugar, you can drink it together."

Lin Mo was surprised: "Yo, you still understand this?"

"I haven't encountered such a thing as being cautious in front of Lao Taishan in 800 years. I really don't know much about it." Shui Rong said slowly, and glanced at Bai Shiyue.

With their situation, they couldn't talk about the military, nor the situation. Even when Lin Mo and Shui Rong were alone together, they even guessed where Song Yan was, but couldn't ask in front of Bai Shiyue, which was helpless.It's just that this topic is too far away, and Lin Mo never thought that even Shui Rong would be so shameless, and his uncle who hadn't reached the age of ignorance, now looks like he is picking his feet in the market The old man's words and deeds were buried, which opened his eyes.

Perhaps this is beyond the Great Wall, it is too boring.

Xi He just listened from the side without saying a word.Before leaving, he said: "Xiao Lin, drink the soup. I think you have been coughing for a day. It is not easy for the King of Beijing Jing to find these dried leaves at this time of year."

Lin Mo smiled and said, "Thank you Uncle Xi, but my cough is not caused by lung heat, I'm afraid it will be colder after drinking this water."

Shui Rong was busy, and he didn't look at it carefully. Now that he thinks about it, it's also a good intention.It's just that Lin Mo's spleen and stomach can't bear this kind of cold food because of his illness and what kind of medicine he takes.What a waste of leaves.In Beijing, it is a rare thing for ordinary people to stay up late to eat, but here it is a rare thing.Xi He didn't say anything, just took a bowl and drank it all in one gulp.He was not afraid of hardship, so he left after drinking.

"Don't leave me some either." Bai Shiyue complained, "I'm about to die too."

Xi He shook his head: "Wait until you recover from your injury."

This person has always been so bored, and they have been like this for many years.

After seeing off his uncle, Lin Mo nestled back into the blanket again: "It's cold."

"I thought you were going to jump into your uncle's arms and tell him about Yunleisheng." Shui Rong also shrank in, "There is still some potion residue in the pot, let's see who is going tomorrow. I have been waiting for a long time." I’ve never lived a life like this before.” Lin Mo sighed: “We’re pretty good. It’s not a nonsense to say that the people are happy, the people are suffering, and the people are suffering. It’s just that I think of how many people are still drinking in Beijing. Watching a play makes me unhappy."

Shui Rong laughed at him: "Seeing fellow villagers live such a hard life, but they are still rich and luscious, are you angry?"

Lin Mo smiled and said, "No, it's just that I can't even bear to take medicine, and they are still playing, so why not be angry!"

"It's just these few days, and I can remember it for a lifetime." Shui Rong said, "Staying in the autumn evening and teasing my grandson will also give me more talk."

"If there is that day..." Lin Mo considered his tone, "Forget it, let's talk about it when that day really comes."