Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 71 Where did you adopt Shen Zhao from?

Shen Xun was startled and immediately stopped and pretended to sleep.

I also heard Chen Wuhou muttering, "We have to leave the pass early tomorrow morning and march sixty to seventy miles a day. If you can't keep up with the team, I won't care about you."

Shen Xun closed his eyes and pretended he heard nothing.

In fact, he originally slept in the same tent with Chen Wuhou's personal guards, but when he took out a large quilt weighing six kilograms from his backpack, Chen Wuhou immediately called him here.

Nothing happened that night. Before dawn the next day, a blast of bugles woke up all the soldiers in the camp.

Shen Xun quickly got up, put on his outer robe, and went outside to relieve himself. After that, he washed up casually and returned to the tent to fold his bedding.

I wanted to put the bedding into the backpack, but a guard came over and said, "Wu Hou asked you to stay on the baggage cart. Put the bedding and tent on the cart."

Shen Xun agreed without thinking, because he had no horse and it would be very difficult for him to walk on his own.

After piling the bedding and tent on the carriage, Shen Xun followed his personal guards to the fireman to get a bowl of yellow millet porridge, two buns and some pickles, and walked back to the carriage.

After quickly finishing his meal, he took the bowl to the river to wash it and put it back into his backpack.

At the command, he followed the baggage cart and the team out of Yumen Pass. Looking up, he saw a desolate desert with no end in sight.

After following the baggage cart for about ten miles, Shen Xun finally climbed up and sat on it, receiving countless envious and jealous looks along the way.

With nothing else to do, he reached into his backpack and touched the rectangular box again.

When I took it out, I saw a note tied to it, and it was obviously written by my sister.

Ah Zhao said that the things in the box were edible, and told him to eat as much as he wanted. From now on, every night when he camped, he should write his address in the ceramic bowl, and she would send some food over.

She also said that just in case, she would send a few more lightweight gadgets that didn't take up space and were lightweight, and would arrange them in order, and summon one back every night.

Shen Xun smiled, put the note into his backpack, opened the box and took out a small rectangular package.

After opening the package, there was a black substance inside that smelled of a mellow sweet fragrance.

Put it in your mouth and take a bite, it is crispy and melts in your mouth sweet and delicious.

Shen Xun stuffed the box and packaging into his backpack. When he looked up, his eyes met someone's.

Oh! What a coincidence! It turns out that Qin Yi also went with the army.

Qin Yi was seen carrying a long spear and walking with difficulty on the sand.

He was carrying a small bag, and his waist was empty, without even a dagger.

Qin Yi also saw Shen Xun, and a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by gloating.

The two looked at each other silently for a moment, then looked away.

Shen Xun leaned on the baggage and looked into the distance, only to see a very long marching team.

The cavalry led the way in front, followed by baggage and infantry behind.

Suddenly, Chen Wuhou's personal guard came over on horseback and said to Shen Xun, "Hurry up and follow me. Our Wuhou has found a horse for you. You will follow us from now on."

Upon hearing this, Shen Xun immediately stuffed the quilt into his backpack and threw the backpack on his back.

The guard laughed and said, "Your bag is too big. It will be inconvenient if you go to the battlefield."

"It's okay, there's a belt on it, it won't affect the fight." Shen Xun patted his waist and abdomen: "There's a button there, which can tie the bag tightly behind the back, and it won't hinder the strength of the arms at all."

Moreover, the back is protected, which can also prevent stray arrows from hitting the back and back of the head.

Besides, if we really encounter a fierce battle, we can abandon the bag. The guard looked at him and nodded in agreement: "Indeed, this bag is more useful than ours. It can also hold bedding, so we won't be cold if we camp in the wild."

Then he added, "Brother, I'll squeeze in with you tonight."

Shen Xun was helpless: "Sure, anything is fine as long as Wu Hou has no objection."

"Don't worry! Wu Hou will definitely agree." The guard laughed and said, "You don't know yet, do you? Today our camp is going to the front to scout the enemy, and we can't even bring tents. If we don't squeeze together at night, we will probably freeze to death."

After saying this, he pulled Shen Xun up, let him sit behind him, and urged the horse to gallop forward.

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A few days passed in a flash, and the wall of Shen Zhao's inn was half built, and his father Shen Ang returned home covered in dust.

As he approached the door of his house, he took a few steps back and looked around, confirming that this was his home before he stepped into the yard with a suspicious look on his face.

"Oh! You're back!" Zhang Shanyue came out of the kitchen and quickly took her husband's bag and sword.

Shen Ang nodded and went to the tofu workshop to take a look: "You and your mother have really become very capable. I was away for more than half a month, and the house has changed a lot."

Zhang Shanyue smiled and said, "It was Ah Zhao's idea. He said it would be much safer this way."

Shen Ang looked around the courtyard: "Well, such a high wall is indeed very safe. It would be even better if we could raise a dog."

"Then you should pay attention and bring back puppies from any female dog." Zhang Shanyue went back to the kitchen and lit a fire to boil water.

Shen Ang also sat down by the stove, took off his cotton shoes, and put his wet feet to the fire to warm them. "Where are Ah Heng and Ah Zhao? Why aren't they home?"

Zhang Shanyue added firewood to the stove and poked it with a fire stick to make it burn more vigorously: "They are bringing people to build an inn over at Tingyi. They go out every morning and come back in the evening."

"How's the construction going?" Shen Ang asked.

Zhang Shanyue: "I heard it will be finished in ten days or so. I didn't have time to check it out. Ah Zhao told me when he came back."

As they were talking, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Is Shen Tingjun home?"

Then someone entered the yard.

Zhang Shanyue hurried out of the kitchen and saw Xue Lingyao's biological father Xue Song walking in.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Shanyue instinctively rejected the Xue family and his face looked a little ugly.

Xue Song bowed to her and asked in a gentle voice, "Someone saw Shen Tingjun coming back just now, and I just wanted to talk to him."

Zhang Shanyue said coldly: "My husband just got home. He is very tired after a long journey. He really doesn't have the energy to chat with you. Why don't you come back in two days?"

Xue Song was unmoved and bowed to Zhang Shanyue again: "Xue just has a few words to ask Madam Shen and Mr. Shen Ting, and I won't disturb you for long."

Zhang Shanyue wanted to refuse, but Shen Ang had already come out of the kitchen.

"Mr. Xue, what do you want to ask you?" Shen Ang glanced coldly at the man in front of him.

Xue Song was silent for a moment, then said softly, "I want to talk to Mr. Shen in private."

"Yes." Shen Ang thought about it and led him to the dugout at the west end of the hill behind his main house.

This place has been paved with bricks by my daughter, and some pickle jars, broken wood pieces and other items have been placed here.

"Please sit down." Shen Ang sat on the wooden block first and motioned Xue Song to sit down.

Xue Song sat down opposite him as he said and clasped his fist towards him: "I have something I don't understand. I would like to ask Mr. Shen Ting, where did you adopt Shen Zhao from back then? Can you tell me the truth?"

Shen Ang's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Xue Song, who told you that my Zhao was adopted?"

(End of this chapter)