Tang Chunming is very fortunate that no matter what Yuanshen's father does, he really loves Brother Ming. He doesn't have the sour and Confucian spirit of an old boy to prevent him from practicing calligraphy. Therefore, Yuanshen's understanding of the world is not perfect. At a loss. It was only after he came to Zhao’s house that he lost touch with books. Originally, he was sensitive and thought that Zhao Dahu didn’t like him being literate, so he never mentioned it. However, there was still a set of four treasures in the dowry, otherwise Tang Chunming really couldn’t get that This account book.
The current dynasty he is in is the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the emperor is Qingyuan Emperor. Now it is the eighth year of Qingyuan. Speaking of which, Qingyuan Emperor is also a diligent emperor. He may be ambitious. It is enough to use troops on the frontier in less than three years. He is not an emperor who only wants to be comfortable.
Unlike Emperor Qingyuan, the former Emperor Jian'an was a luxurious and lustful emperor who only cared about his own enjoyment, but ignored the life and death of the people, especially the people in the northwest border, who were often invaded and harassed by the barbarians in the north. The current Emperor Qingyuan has been leading troops abroad all the time Resist the barbarians. After the old emperor died on his brother's belly, Emperor Qingyuan swept away the extravagant atmosphere of Emperor Jian'an's period after he took power, and resolutely used troops against the barbarians in the northwest.
Five years ago, the conscription by the imperial court came about because of this. In Yuanshen's memory, Zhao Dahu told him that the Zhao family spent a lot of money to be exempted from this military service.
What Li Conggen's family did back then made Zhang Xiu quite contemptuous: "Brother Ming, tell me, boy Feng was only fourteen years old and he didn't even reach the age of conscription, and his family's boy was three years older than boy Feng. The money is still out of the hands of Boy Feng. At that time, the uncle's family did not expect that Li Conggen's family would have such evil intentions. It was only when the yamen servants came to our Pingshan Village to lead people that Li Conggen and his family secretly reported to Boy Feng. I went up, and sent people to the county government office, and kept saying that Boy Feng was happy with himself, and entrusted them to take care of the family. Bah! Who doesn't know their vicious hearts, otherwise why would you? Before the yamen servants come to bring people to the door, they have to secretly send them there to prevent the villagers from knowing, because they are afraid that the incident will be exposed, and Boy Feng will not be able to leave."
Tang Chunming sighed, and patted Zhang Xiu's hand to comfort him. The war five years ago took countless manpower and material resources for three years, and finally drove the barbarians away from the border. A big price, as far as he knows, only a small part of the men who went out to fight in Pingshan Village came back alive, and most of them died on the battlefield, and Li Feng didn't come back with others, so he was taken for granted by the villagers. died.
Unexpectedly, after another two years, the dead in everyone's mind came back alive. Li Conggen's family was probably the most disappointed among them, but Li Zheng, who had always been guilty of Li Feng, was very happy If he hadn't noticed what Li Conggen's family was up to, how could Li Feng go to the battlefield at such a young age.
"That's why, this person can't do bad things, so this retribution came as soon as it was said. You don't know, Li Conggen's house was very lively yesterday." Zhang Xiu began to laugh again, and this appearance made Tang Chunming curious. , What exactly happened to make Zhang Xiule look like this, and what kind of person is Li Feng.
"Let me tell you, there is another person who came here with Boy Feng. There is no comparison between Li Conggen and his family who are soldiers and fighters. The Conggen family still wants to deny the identity of Boy Feng. That big man punched him. He blew up the courtyard wall of his house. Today I heard someone say it and ran over to have a look, oh, such a big hole, darling, it takes a lot of effort, even those from the Gen family who want to be pissed are frightened. My ass is sitting on the ground, listening to other people, Cong Gen's family is so scared that I peed my pants, haha, oh, I'm so happy."
"Pour me a glass of water, my mouth is dry this morning." Zhang Xiu called out directly.
Tang Chunming also burst into laughter, but it was a pity that he couldn't witness the scene with his own eyes yesterday: "I'm afraid of being cruel. When I really met a ruthless person, those who are messing around are not scared to shit. Damn, this kind of person should be punished by a ruthless person." One cure."
"I heard from them that Boy Feng and that big man look scary. Boy Feng has a scar on his face, and it's a pity to see it. Alas, how can I find my brother in the future."
Just talking and laughing, Lizheng's husband also ran over and rushed through the door. Zhang Xiu welcomed him in, and said strangely, "Uncle, why are you free to come here? Could it be that the matter with the Li family has been settled?"
"Annoying! Who wants to make trouble with them? Why don't I come out and hide here? It's better to be quiet here." Lizheng's husband's surname is Shen, and those who are not related in the village will call him Mrs. Shen to show respect .
Big Mao, Ermao and Zhao Lin's little brothers were obediently calling people, Shen Fulang grabbed peanuts from his pocket and gave them as snacks for the three children.
In order to save money, the homestead bought by Ming Geer's family was far away from the center of the village, backed by a mountain, and close to the road leading to the outside of the village. Once the gate was closed, the outside sound was cut off, and it was indeed very quiet. However, although Tang Chunming likes the tranquility better, he has to consider the issue of safety. Although the courtyard wall at the back was built with stones when the house was built, which is stronger than the earth wall, Tang Chunming feels that it is not only the rear that needs to be guarded against. The beasts on the mountain, and the villagers with ulterior motives inside and outside the village, these are more dangerous.
As soon as he thought about it, Tang Chunming asked the two people in front of him: "Brother Axiu, Mrs. Shen, you know someone who has puppies. I want to adopt one or two, or I can raise a few domestic geese first." Said that he is now physically inconvenient. In this society, there are still many eyes on widowed brothers. The so-called widows in the previous life have a lot of affairs, and the current environment is the same. This makes Tang Chunming very aggrieved. But no matter how aggrieved he was, he still felt that it was better to be single than to live with a man like Zhao Dahu.
"That's right, this is an important matter. Don't worry, brother Ming, I'll help you with it. Otherwise, it's really worrying that you and brother Lin will live here." Shen Fulang responded cautiously, and decided to go back Just in the village, neighboring villages, including my mother's house, asked people to inquire about it. Because of the road out of the village, it is not easy for outsiders to be discovered when they come in, and accidents are easy to happen.
"I'll ask my family Dashan to help you see if there are any geese for sale in the town. It doesn't matter if you raise a few more geese. By the way, do you want to raise chickens? Just bring them back for you." Zhang Xiu also said.
"Okay, spring will start soon, and we have to raise them, otherwise my Alin won't even be able to eat eggs. By the way, I still want to raise ewes that only produce milk. I don't want to feed Alin well. I can't move around, so I have to shamelessly trust you." Tang Chunming took the opportunity to say.
"What's the matter, the ewes are easy to deal with. I remember uncle, there is a family raising sheep in the Shenjia village over there." Zhang Xiu's news is relatively well-informed.
"That's right, there is a family. I'll take a look at it for you when the time comes, and then I'll negotiate a price and bring it back for you. Brother Lin really needs to eat something good." He felt that Tang Chunming spent money recklessly, and he knew from Zhang Xiu that Tang Chunming was the last silver jewelry, so he was not nervous for the time being. And besides Lin Xiaoge'er who wants to nourish himself, in his opinion, Ming Geer has to make some good food himself, even if he doesn't think about the adults, he has to think about the little ones in his stomach.
"Then please trouble Mrs. Shen. If you have lambs, please bring some of them back for me. Raising sheep is not troublesome, and I can't do the heavy work now." Tang Chunming heard that it was so convenient, and quickly added lambs. , Raise it slowly first, and it won’t be surprising if you raise more in the future. Compared with raising pigs, he is still happy to raise sheep. When he was a child, he let the sheep go. Later, the mutton moistened by the space spring water tastes more delicious. He believes that good things can be sold anywhere.
Li Zhengfulang thinks about it too, he can't just sit and eat, it seems that Brother Ming also has a plan in mind, his head of the family has told him to take care of Brother Ming in the future, and help as much as possible if there is anything he can do.
Zhang Xiu was embroidering a purse, and Shen Fulang was putting on the soles of shoes. The two of them were talking without delaying their work at all. The three children thought the house was boring and ran out to play. Only Tang Chunming, a big idler, thought it was very annoying. Not good, but I really can't let him do embroidery, even if he tried it secretly, he inherited all the skills from the original body, and he really looked at the sky and cried at that time.
Well, if you don’t embroider, you can sew and sew clothes. It’s not like modern society where you can buy everything. A piece of clothing is patched and patched by a countryman, so he had to dig out Zhao Dahu’s clothes and plan to make them smaller. Wear it for yourself or for Allin. In modern society, when someone passes away, the family will burn the clothes and other items of the deceased together, but how can this poor family be willing, Tang Chunming can't let himself and A Lin be too eye-catching in the village all at once. The way it used to be.
So, Tang Chunming picked up the needle and thread with a tangled expression and tears in his heart, and started the journey of transformation from a big brother to a brother.
"Uncle, what is the Gen family saying now? Still unwilling to hand over the land and the house?" A rhododendron on Zhang Xiu's purse has gradually taken shape.
"His family is beautiful!" Shen Fulang said angrily, and the strength of his hands pulling the hemp thread became stronger, and he regarded it as a target to vent his anger on, "I was scared by someone, and now the couple are lying on the bed. Why should the son of his family let me be the head of the family to uphold justice, bah!"
"Sick? Is it real or fake?" Zhang Xiu wondered, no wonder the uncle didn't want to stay at home and say it's quiet. It turned out that all the trouble went to Lizheng's house. That family's house was really a headache.
"Who knows if it's true or not, but if I say that I want to make a difference between Boy Feng and that big man in this way, I'm afraid my calculation is wrong. Hmph, his little brother screamed in fright when he saw Boy Feng, and he didn't know what to do." Don't think that it's not his family's fault that Boy Feng became like this, so why do you despise Boy Feng's appearance." Fulang Shen became more and more annoyed as he spoke, the hemp thread in his hand made a hissing sound, Tang Chunming was terrified at the sight .
"Disfigured? Is it serious?" Tang Chunming asked curiously, to what extent would it take a country boy to scream in fright.
Shen Fulang couldn't tell, so he put down the needle and gave Tang Chunming and Zhang Xiu a gesture on his brow bone: "Just here, from the top to the eyelid, almost ruined one eye. But fortunately, now the big scars have all disappeared, leaving only some marks, I don’t think it’s ugly, but it’s just that they have seen blood on the battlefield, so people don’t feel easy to mess with.”
"That is to say, it's okay, the little brother from that family made too much fuss." Tang Chunming understood that the disfigurement was not serious at all. As for the scars, as for Shen Fulang's not to be provoked, it must be because of the evil spirit on his body. It is impossible for someone who walked through the dead to not leave something on his body.
"No, it's just that the little brother of Conggen's family has made such a fuss and his reputation has spread. I'm afraid it will be hard to see him in the future, alas." Shen Fulang even lost his impression of the little brother. .
Tang Chunming didn't take it too seriously. In his opinion, if this Li Feng is really capable and lives a good life, he still has to worry about not being able to find a partner? In modern society, do those who have wallets, second wives and third wives all have attractive looks? It's either the power or the money. If Li Feng has money in his hands, no one will be found. However, he was more interested in the big man that Zhang Xiu had described. It took a lot of strength to smash a hole in the courtyard wall with one punch. Could it be that in ancient times there were people who practiced martial arts and could fly over walls
Two days later, Tang Chunming finally heard the complete news. As expected, Li Conggen's family failed and was forced to return the fields and houses. They have lost face, it is useless for Li Conggen's family to make trouble. The elders of the Li family agree with Li Zheng's attitude. The Li family's reputation cannot be ruined by the Li Conggen family. People with surnames in Pingshan Village are staring at them. The Li family is looking at it.
Zhang Xiu told him vividly, as if he had witnessed everything with his own eyes. The couple of Li Conggen's family were pretending to be sick. When they were lying on the kang and pretending to be sick, when their son went to Lizheng's house to make trouble, the big man patted a silver ingot of ten taels in front of Lizheng on the spot and asked someone to invite Zhen Seeing the best doctor in the world, the young couple's eyes straightened when they saw Yinzi, but the big man would rather pay all the silver for the consultation gold and medicine fees than let them go through their hands.
This matter is absolutely gone, someone really went to the town and invited the doctor, the doctor made a diagnosis and said a lot, it boiled down to Li Conggen and his wife's depression, and it would be fine if they wanted to take some medicine. There was no need to open it, the doctor only charged the fee for the visit and left, making the onlookers burst into laughter. This play was even more lively than Tang Chunming's before.
"You don't know how strong that big man is. A piece of silver ingot is slammed down and the table is sunken. My son, the son of Conggen's family still looks at Yinzi, and his eyes are straight. When he sees someone who has put in a lot of effort When the silver ingot was pulled out, the couple almost rolled their eyes, haha." Zhang Xiu gestured to Tang Chunming the depth of the hole made by the silver ingot with his hand, and Tang Chunming was equally speechless.
"Li Conggen's house doesn't seem to have a vacant house. Could it be... the house where his kid lives now?" Tang Chunming thought that there was only such a place.
"That's right, Boy Feng was sent away, and they said that the boy in the family had no place to live when he was going to get married, so they borrowed Boy Feng's house for a while, and then returned it when Boy Feng came back. Heck, I didn't know, two years After the man who served in the military service came back and found that there was no boy Feng, Li Conggen's family wanted to take over boy Feng's land and house in a legitimate way, but Lizheng kept his mind on it. He went to the yamen and asked someone to check it out, and found that boy Feng was not there. Not on the list of those who died in battle, but those who came back also said that they separated from Boy Feng as soon as they arrived on the battlefield, and they didn't know about Boy Feng's situation, so although Li Zheng temporarily gave up the land and house to Li Conggen's family, secretly The land deed and the house deed have been withheld, no, now they are all in the hands of Boy Feng, and Li Conggen's family can't play tricks if they want to." Zhang Xiu said.
Tang Chunming's affection for Lizheng is growing, and he must not alienate his relationship with their family in the future.