It's frosted.Less than half a month after the golden millet and beans entered the warehouse, Youzhou has entered winter, and you can see white water vapor even when you breathe.The first snow has not yet fallen, but the immigrants who have lived in Liaodong County for nearly five years also know that once it rains, it will inevitably be blocked by snow flakes.

Zhaojiazhuang is still busy.Women not only sew winter clothes but also process food; while young and middle-aged people go to the mountains to log in groups.The lack of coal in Wenxian County, and the lack of coal in Dalian, is the biggest shadow lingering over Cao's head in southern Liaoning.Knowing that there are large tracts of coal mines in the north, but none of them have the conditions to mine:

Fuxin in later generations was once the largest open-pit coal mine in Asia, but now it is located on the borders of Liaodong, Liaoxi and Xianbei, where bandits are raging, and there is not even a city where they can settle.

Fushun, known as the capital of coal in later generations, was a good mine that once made the Japanese invaders jealous, but now it is still sleeping at the border between Xuantu County and Goguryeo.There is, however, a county seat called Xigaima, a semi-military garrison where many ethnic groups live together.To open a mine with all kinds of ethnic disputes and the possible invasion of Goguryeo is a toothache just thinking about it.

As for other large coal mines, they were even further away, far beyond the borders of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

To sum up, although we have arrived in the mineral-rich Northeast, firewood is still the main source of fuel for Cao's immigrant villages.Fortunately, limestone mines are produced in Dalian, and pyrite mines are abundant in Liaodong, which allows the cement seal walls around the village to be built higher and higher with the support of sufficient raw materials.In just five years, small fortresses were built.

Among them, Zhaojiazhuang under Wen County is the most spectacular.

The three-meter-high wall encloses a more than 20-meter-high soil slope, on which stands Cao's Wubao. The houses of more than 100 immigrant families, with white walls, red tiles and black columns, are neatly arranged, shining dazzlingly in the sun.It can be called a small town.

An ox cart carrying Ta'an drove across the simple wooden bridge above the ditch and entered Zhaojiazhuang through the gate.

"The wooden bridge is damaged and needs to be replaced urgently." Uncle Qing took out a small pen, licked the tip of the pen with his saliva, melted some frozen ink, and wrote down this sentence on the wooden tablet he carried with him.He was old and it was inconvenient for him to write on the cart. By the time he finished writing, the bullock cart had already stopped in front of the Bu family's hut.

He sighed: "I'm old and useless." The movement of jumping out of the car was still vigorous.

Ta'an poked his head out from the curtain: "Young man is strong and healthy. When I get married, I will invite him to drink two jars of wine and eat ten catties of meat."

"Haha, what do you know about marrying a wife? You're just talking nonsense." Uncle Qing stretched out his hand and hugged Xiao Douding off the car, "Go, aren't you always clamoring to play with Bu's kid?"

As soon as Ta'an hit the ground, he rushed into the house like a small cannonball.He was wrapped tightly, with a dog fur cap on his head, a mink fur jacket on his body, and wolf fur boots on his feet. He looked like a fluffy ball, and Gu Lulu rolled into it.

Bu Da's wife, Mrs. Chen, was making broth when she was startled by the smell of hairballs and almost dropped the spoon into the pot. "Oh, look who's here? Isn't this An Lang?"

Ta'an raised his head, and on his rosy face showed a killer smile: "Hello, Aunt Chen. It's An Lang."

"Has An Lang come to steal meat again?"

"No," Da'an wrinkled his little nose and said aggrievedly, "I didn't steal it."

"Okay, okay, I didn't steal it." Chen patted Xiao Douding's head, "It's unfortunate that you came, and your Uncle Bu was on duty. Ahan was helping in the medical center, Aji was in the school, and Azhen went to play in the backyard of the Yuyingtang. Even the second uncle went to help others..."

Before the words finished, the lively voice of the second daughter of the Bu family, Ah Ju, came from the door: "Mother, I just saw Qingweng driving an ox cart into the medical hall, but Anlang is here?"

Chen was really surprised now: "Why did you come back so early today? Didn't you skip class?"

"How is it possible?!" Ah Ju stomped his feet, "Today is the firewood accumulation season. The school is only open for half a day, and in the afternoon we will go to the field to transport straw. Our team works fast, so we can return early."

The daughter became more and more eloquent, and Mrs. Chen couldn't keep up with her, so she had to cook the millet in silence.She originally baked pancakes, but Ta'an couldn't eat hard pancakes at such a young age, so it was better to make millet rice.

Ah Ju stretched out his hands to pinch Ta'an's little face: "Come on, I'll take you to Liu's house in the village. The second uncle is making a kang for them today. Didn't you always want to see how the kang is made?"

Da'an hugged Ah Ju's arm: "Okay, okay, thank you, sister Ah Ju."

A primary school student and a kindergarten child ran out of the house like a gust of wind, leaving only Mrs. Chen shouting helplessly: "Look at An Lang! If he wants to do something good, I'll take your skin off!"

Ah Shi, who has been a wallflower in the shadows, holds his sword and seems to follow slowly.But in a blink of an eye, it was gone.

All the accidents that Mrs. Chen was worried about naturally did not happen. When it was time for dinner, Bu Er came back with the two children, the corners of his mouth were still stained with oil, presumably the Liu family entertained them.After a while, the eldest daughter, Ahan, also got off work from the clinic, and followed her youngest son, Azhen, back home.

Bu Da will be on duty until midnight today, so he has already said that he will not come back.So there were only five hosts and two guests for dinner.Oh, Ah Shi was not on the table yet, so he took a piece of Roujiamo and stood and gnawed it.

Millet rice, stewed mountain mushrooms with cob bones, fried cabbage with shredded pork and eggs, it was a rare hearty meal.After all, new things such as soybean oil and iron pans are not affordable for every household, and half of the management is at fault.

Ta'an ate until his mouth was dripping with oil.Although it is a farm meal, in his opinion, it is more appetizing than the honey bear paw of a wealthy family.There were people who cared about him during the meal. "An Lang, I heard that you were injured in Dalian, is there any trouble?"

When Ta'an was eating, he had already taken off his dog fur cap, revealing a bandage wrapped around his forehead.He giggled, and said while gnawing on the bones: "It's just a flesh wound, I didn't feel any pain. But the second son stayed with me for seven days, and even told me stories."

Ah Ju poohed him: "You are so beautiful. Do you still want to get a little injury, so that you can win the second son's favor?"

Da'an lowered his head, his small eyes flickered here and there: "An Lang didn't. An Lang is a good boy." His appearance couldn't be hidden from the eyes of adults at all.Even the 14-year-old Ah Han smiled and shook her head.

The atmosphere in the room was harmonious, when I heard a middle-aged woman crying from outside the door: "Chen Ayao! You are a man who is promising, so you look down on others, don't you!" He was full of energy and very aggressive.

Chen and uncle looked at each other, and they put down their chopsticks at the same time.Family ugliness should not be publicized, let alone when the master of the family is a guest, it is really unlucky. "Ah, you stay in the room and watch your younger brother and An Lang. Don't cause trouble!" Chen stared at the young daughter who was full of excitement and almost shouted to go out to abuse the scum, turned around and took her brother-in-law and eldest daughter. out of the house.

If Ta'an can still eat at this time, then he is not the Anlang who can wink and talk.Xiao Douding first put on a dog fur cap for himself to cover the unsightly bandage on his head, then ran to the back of Ah Ju's desk to grab her sleeve. "Sister Ah Ju, let's go over and listen? Quietly?"

Ah Zhen is a normal little douding, and when he is teased by his friends, he will imitate his tongue: "A Zhen quietly, so that mother will not find out."

Ah Ju was pursing her lips, and when she heard the words, she stood up and pulled one with each hand: "Let's go!" With her mother's fighting strength, she was afraid that she would suffer.Ah Ju took the two little ones with ease and groped from the side of the main hall to the gate, and perfectly hid his figure with the help of the jujube trees in the courtyard. Before he could touch the door, he heard the noise outside.

"When your family couldn't afford to eat, how did you borrow millet from my family? Now you actually look down on my son! In terms of appearance, my family's Fu is also a good-looking talent; in terms of family wealth, my old Chen's family can't compare with Bu Da, But there is still a surplus of three years; in terms of closeness, the two children are also cousins ​​who grew up together. Either way, they are good marriages, not better than Ah Han working in a medical clinic in public?"

"Sister-in-law, our two families don't have a marriage contract, you came here suddenly..."

"That's not to say that your family, Ahan, rubbed his body and changed his medicine for wild men every day, ruining his reputation! If it wasn't for breaking the bones and connecting with each other, why bother my son—"

"You don't have to wrong cousin Fu." This was Ah Han's small voice, and she could imagine her sister's red-faced bunny without looking at her.

"Don't be ignorant of good and evil!" Chen's sister-in-law's voice raised an octave, appearing sharp and sharp, "If Ah Fu begged me, I wouldn't want such a daughter-in-law! Whose girl is sixteen and not yet?" Engagement? That is to say, in Youzhou, release Yanzhou, you will be fined by the court. Even the reputation of the old Chen family is not good. You are the granddaughter of the village elder, don't think for yourself, but also for yourself You three cousins ​​think about it!"

Ah Han lacked momentum, so Bu Er had to come out to support his eldest niece. He was in the period of changing his voice, and his voice was extremely low: "A bad reputation is also the reputation of the Bu family, so don't worry about your Chen family! Youzhou, the rules are different from Yanzhou. Criticize the words of the main medical hall, and next time you can do it yourself."

"You!" The person on the other side seemed to be strangled by the neck.

"I'm fine in the medical center." Ah Han said in a soft voice, "I have four seasons' clothes and a monthly fee. The doctor said I have talent, so he wanted to recommend me to the medical school."

"That's right." Ah Ju didn't hold back, and jumped out from behind the door to help her sister, "Why is it shameful to work for the master's house? If you are capable, don't go to the doctor's office if you get sick!"

"What do you know, little girl? Working is a man's job—"

"Damn! Is Guanshi Yan a woman, and Dr. Ding is a woman? Weng and the village elders will salute when they see each other. My sister is young, has good grades and is willing to work. Going to Dalian for a few years of study may not make her the second. It’s a doctor who is in charge of Yan. If you marry and have children now, that’s a waste of time! Relatives, relatives, hinder people from making progress, are you getting married, or are you making enemies?”

She is a 1.4-meter-high little girl, and she is full of spirits when she points out the country to her aunt. The sister-in-law of the Chen family can't bear this kind of insult, she hides her face and runs away, and even the neighbors who came to see the fun also sneaked away.Ah Ju still had more thoughts: "Short-sighted, the Chen family is hopeless."

Chen was so angry that her chest heaved up and down, and she couldn't say a word for a long time, and she didn't know whether she was angry at the Chen family or at her youngest daughter.It was Bu Er who touched his little niece's dog's head: "You all know that you are short-sighted, that's amazing."

Ta'an and Bu Zhen applauded the young lady: "It's amazing."

Ah Ju covered the top of her head to prevent it from being touched: "I'm growing. Second Uncle, go and touch Ah Zhen."

Bu Er laughed, picked up the 1.4-meter Ah Han with one hand, and walked towards the main hall: "Even Guanshi Yan has come out to talk about things? But you are very broken."

Guanshi Yan's surname is not Yan, but Yu.But because she was the director of Liaodong in the prosecution department, she had the power to investigate cases and was ruthless, so she was nicknamed Yu Yanwang by her classmates.King of Yama is still a new term introduced by Buddhism, but it seems that this nickname has spread among the people very quickly. The real surname of the strong woman is Yu Lie.

Yu Yan is a benchmark set by Ah Sheng. In recent years, she has gradually inspired a group of female students who are willing to support themselves.Liaodong is different from other places where there are all orphan slaves. The large and small families who have fled cannot be taken as slaves. She can only use roundabout methods to fight against clan forces, whether it is compulsory education, encouraging family separation, etc. Or promoting girls is just one of the means.

Of course, the game in the big picture is not something that Ta'an can understand.He only knows that getting along with the Bu family is good for him, after all, this is a good family that can be named by the second son, and as long as he doesn't commit suicide, he can rise up one level in the future.

Ta'an spent two days happily on the kang of Bu's house, and one afternoon, he received a notice from A Shi: "Your two aunts have arrived at the entrance of the village, and I will take you there."

That's right, he came to Zhaojiazhuang this time mainly to meet the visiting aunts.The second son always felt that the injury incident had wronged him, and all kinds of compensation seemed to be free of money.He accepted all other compensations, but meeting his aunts made him less interested.

Jiugu is strict and Bagu is confused, neither is easy to get along with.

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Gongsundu, a historical figure, is a bit out of the way, so let me introduce it briefly.He is a fellow villager of Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong.When Dong Zhuo was in power, he ascended to heaven with chickens and dogs and became the prefect of Liaodong.At that time, because of the Xianbei rebellion in the north, the land passage from Liaodong to the Central Plains was completely cut off. Therefore, Gongsun Du logically separated Liaodong.It was not until the time of his grandson Gongsun Yuan that he was defeated by Sima Yi, and Liaodong was incorporated into the territory of Wei State.

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