Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 76

As soon as they heard that soldiers could receive steamed buns, the hungry people queuing up to receive porridge flocked to the line flying on the grass.

Flying on the Grass immediately maintained order on the scene, allowing young and middle-aged men who are suitable for military service to line up, and family members can receive four steamed buns or sticky bean buns.

This time, the porridge meeting in Miaocha turned into a conscription meeting.

Hongdao discussed with the four courtyards and asked the members of the Lianzhuang Association to help maintain order, and everyone readily agreed.

That night, Cao Shangfei and Wang Xiazi left Miaocha with more than 200 recruits and disappeared into the vast mountains.

Watching them leave, the people present saw that the sky of the whole temple turned red in an instant.

The sunset seemed to be ignited by the fire, and it burned more and more vigorously, transforming into various shapes, reflecting on people's faces, there was a warm feeling, which made them forget the hunger in their stomachs.

The red clouds dyed the temple of Saihan Temple red, as if solemnly conveying a message to the people in the ditch.

Bao Yixian was tending his own chicken coop.

Hou Zhang knocked on the door, and Leleli agreed to open the door and let her in.

"Oh? Why did you release Wu Laqin?" Hou Zhang looked at the old eagle standing on Bao Yixian's shoulder, and asked in surprise, "It's really good, why doesn't it fly?"

Bao Yixian walked around with a limp, and Wu Laqin spread her wings along with her bumpy body.

She smiled and said to Mrs. Hou Zhang: "Oh, this Wulaqin has been boiled out. Now I let it go haha ​​(what are you doing)!"

Bao Yixian pointed to the old elm tree at the door.

Wu Laqin immediately spread her wings and flew to the top of the tree.

Bao Yixian waved his hand again and shouted, and Wu Laqin fell back on her shoulder again.

"Oh? I really have you!" Hou Zhang said, "Where did you learn this skill?"

"Oh, the uncles in our family are all falconers." Bao Yixian said while mixing (stirring) chicken food and duck food, "I have been with them since I was a child, and I remember them all in my heart." .”

After Bao Yixian finished the work at hand, he let Hou Zhang into the house and sat on the kang.

"You've been six months now? Be careful, don't stretch your body!" Bao Yixian said, "Oh, how is the daughter-in-law you picked for Labashe congee meeting? Satisfied Are you diligent? "

"Ang, you say Cuizhi! Diligent, diligent! I am very satisfied." Hou Zhang said with a smile on her face, "Now she does all the big and small jobs at home. She is a good hand in life."

"It's unmistakable that the poor child is in charge of the family early." Bao Yixian said, "Why are you saying that little devil is so ruthless? In her hometown, she really kills people one by one?"

"Oh, yes. I heard from Cuizhi that several of their camps have been burned to the ground." Houzhang said, "Compared to their hometown, our Daxigou River seems to be still there. It’s more peaceful. When the devils arrive inside the pass, they will go crazy, killing people, burning houses, and looting things. The common people really have no way to live, so they flee to the outside of the pass.”

"Oh—it's really not a thing! The common people don't rebel, and the rabbit gnaws grass when it's anxious." Bao Yixian said.

"That's right." Mrs. Hou Zhang said, "The camp of Cuizhi's family just went to a group of little devils, saying that they were searching for some guerrillas and let the common people expose them. You said that people who farm at home all day don't know what guerrillas are." Team! Everyone can’t tell! A leader with a devil’s knife pulled Cuizhi’s mother out, and chopped her to death in front of the whole village. The whole camp saw the situation , immediately became chaotic, and ran around, the devil chased after him and shot them, all of them were killed. Fortunately, Cuizhi has been raised as a son since he was a child, and the old couple only has such a daughter. That day she went out early with her father, went to She went to dig the stubble in the field. Fortunately, her home was a little far away from Yingzi, so she escaped unharmed! When they saw that Yingzi was smoking and on fire, they ran back to Yingzi to see that the house was completely burned, and people They are all dead. There is nothing they can do, they can only follow the people fleeing famine and flee outside the pass."

"Oh, her father is over 50, right? How can she bear such a toss!" Bao Yixian said sympathetically.

"Yes, those who came here for food along the way, hungry and full. From them to Daxigouchuan, we walked for two months." Hou Zhang said, "Oh, in that house At the porridge meeting, I saw that the two of them were pitiful, and said that they hadn’t eaten for five or six days. They didn’t expect that there was also a famine here, and everyone didn’t have food. I will serve them He ordered two big bowls of porridge. What are you talking about, Cuizhi’s father raised his neck, and he didn’t even have to catch his breath, and the bowl of porridge was gone. Cuizhi was filial, so he gave his own bowl to his father, and his father, I drank another big bowl of porridge. I thought they were really hungry. So I gave them two extra big bowls of porridge. As a result, Cuizhi’s father drank three bowls of porridge before he was able to calm down. Then they flew on the grass. Cuizhi went to sign up when the conscription issued dry rations. Let’s start. Cuizhi was wearing a broken hat and looked like a boy. I took off the hat and saw that she had long hair, so I knew she was a girl. People said no, no woman served as a soldier. I wanted to return steamed buns and bean buns, but I saw that Cuizhi’s father had eaten them all. gone."

"Oh?! You have eaten so much, can you still bear it?" Bao Yixian said.

"Yes, that night, everyone was watching the sunset. When we were cleaning up the porridge shed and were about to go home, we suddenly heard crying." Hou Zhang said, "Oh, looking back, I found Cuizhi holding her father and crying." Well. From the number one pulse from my elder brother, she died, she was dying. Cuizhi took my hand and begged, saying that as long as she could send her father in a thin-skinned coffin, she would be fine as a cow or a horse. I When I thought about it, this child is filial, and my civil and military family is reaching the age of being a daughter-in-law, so I asked her if she would be a daughter-in-law, and she readily agreed."

"Ang, I know that, I was also there." Bao Yixian said, "This is also very good. The two children are satisfied, this is not very good. When Mingli comes back, let them consummate the house, and they will become a family People!"

As soon as Hou Mingli was mentioned, Hou Zhang's face immediately darkened, and he stopped talking.

"Oh, you still don't believe in Mingli?" Bao Yixian knew that she missed Hou Mingli.

"Ang, I don't believe it. I agreed to come back in more than a month, but it's been almost three months, and I still haven't come back. My heart is in a state of turmoil!" Hou Zhang burst into tears and cried .

This startled Bao Yixian, since he knew Hou Zhangshi, he saw her happy every day, but never saw her cry.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay." Bao Yixian put his arms around her shoulders and said while wiping her tears, "It's not uncommon to be delayed for a few days on such a long journey."

"Oh—you know, you should have stopped him back then, and just didn't let him go." Hou Zhang wiped his face.

"Don't think so much, you have to think more about the child in your belly." Bao Yixian said consolingly, "Well, let me make two dishes today, and let your daughter-in-law come to our house for dinner tonight , both you and Wenwu come here."

"Ang? Then how?" Hou Zhang said, "They are still children, how can you invite them to dinner!"

"What a child, you are an adult when you marry a daughter-in-law!" Bao Yixian said, "It's the new year, and you're twenty years old, right?"

"Ang, yes, both civil and military are twenty! Wen Hu is also ten years old!"

(End of this chapter)