Breakfast in the countryside is very simple, the aroma of millet porridge cooked from home-grown crops, fresh vegetables and pickled vegetables are also homemade, and there is also a plate of cooked meat, which is a small beast caught by the owner in the mountains.
In this family, the man is in his forties, the figure is very strong, the red face, the corners of the eyes with shallow wrinkles, simple, honest, a gray cloth coat with several patches, and he is not willing to change, his hair is coiled into a bun, only a wooden hairpin is tied at random.
The lady was slightly younger than him, not tall, with a round face, a healthy flush with the usual red of a country woman, and a very neat movement.
Their son was fourteen years old, and he was as strong as a little tiger, and he devoured his food.
Xia Xun also knew that the master also had a girl who had married outside the mountain, and there was only this couple on the mountain, with this son, guarding a few acres of mountain fields.
"Don't eat, don't look at your stinky problem at home, if you go out to eat and drink and interact with people, don't make people laugh" Lao Tzu slammed a chopstick on his son's hand, and the son pursed his lips, a little angry, but soon launched an attack on the plate of fragrant beast meat.
Glaring at his son, Lao Tzu began to go to the vegetables, everyone wanted to eat the meat, especially a person like him who had a lot of physical exertion, but seeing that his son was eating sweetly, the two of them invariably only went to the vegetables, and gave the meat on the plate to his son without a trace.
Although he scolded him for his stinky problems, seeing his son eating sweetly, Lao Tzu still showed a satisfied and happy smile on his face.
Parental love does not need to be spoken, because it is unrequited.
Noticing this detail, Su Ying's chopsticks stopped, the family's life was very dull, every day was made and returned at dusk, but she was very envious of such a life.
In a trance, the same scene seemed to appear on Shuangyu Island.
She held the child, Xia Xun sat next to her, and the family of three was affectionate, so she thought of her heart and soul: "It's been so long, the child is okay, in fact, what is there to worry about, I was brought up by my aunts, and they will be fine if they take care of my child." ” Xia Xun glanced at her and found that she was in a trance, her eyes were gloomy, she didn't know what she was thinking, some warm, some sweet, and some taste of missing, is she nostalgic for Shuangyu Island, maybe, she grew up on the island since she was a child, and now she has left the ocean, and she must be very uncomfortable living in the mountains for so long.
In fact, it's not just her, why doesn't he want to leave as soon as possible, Ziqi and thank you, all his family, there has been no news of him for so long, he must be very worried, in terms of time, the prince of Yan Wang should have arrived in Beiping by now, there is no need for the imperial court to continue to lay a net, just leave today.
So, after breakfast, Xia Xun expressed his intention to leave the eldest brother and his wife.
Hearing that she was about to leave Lingshan, Su Ying jumped up like a child, and immediately rushed back to the room to pack up her things, Xia Xun stuffed a roll of treasure money into Brother Fang's hand: "Big brother, I have been bothering you for so long, this money, talk about my cousin's intentions, please don't shirk." ” The countryman was kind, Brother Fang pushed again and again, and then carefully put the money with a red face, and looked at Su Ying, who was packing up things in the room, he pulled Xia Xun to sit on the grinding plate, and said with a smile: "Brother, there is something I haven't asked you all the time, you and your wife, I'm afraid it's not going out to hide debts."
Xia Xun was slightly shocked in his heart, and said vaguely: "It's not to go out to hide debts, hehe, then according to Brother Fang, what are we going to do when we go out?"
Brother Fang leaned into his ear and said mysteriously: "To be honest, did you like someone, but the family didn't agree, so you ran out with someone."
Xia Xun was stunned, seeing his expression, Brother Fang smiled proudly: "I'll just say, look at your lady, it seems that you are two years older than you, and you are so good that you are so good that you mix oil in honey, and you don't have a night of leisure at night, this is not like an old husband and wife." ” Xia Xun touched his nose and smirked, this question was really difficult for him to answer.
The so-called tossing energy at night, that doesn't blame him, who made Brother Fang's bed so unsolid, turned over and squeaked, the bed was ravaged at night, and the movement could still be small Ying'er didn't know what was wrong now, the enchanting energy on the bed, how could she make her bow down Brother Fang patted him on the shoulder and said in a tone from a passerby: "In my opinion, it should be your lady who married someone before, so the old people in the family are against it, hey, what is it, the raw rice has been cooked and cooked, and you can really beat the mandarin duck brother, when you are almost a child, go back."
Whether the old people in the family are doing right or wrong, it is all for your own good, and they regret it in their hearts, maybe they have changed their minds. ” In the face of such a smart and old-fashioned Brother Fang, Xia Xun only nodded except for laughing, Brother Fang saw that he looked like a good person, and was very satisfied with his parting words, he thought about it, and suddenly asked again: "Oh, by the way, how many brothers are there in my brother's family?"
Xia Xun said: "I'm the only one." ” Brother Fang patted his thigh and said happily: "It's done, that's not a problem, at first glance, your daughter-in-law is a person who can give birth, with a big chest, a thin waist and a round buttocks, in our mountains, this is called a gourd body, and the old people say that it is the best to give birth."
The fields are fertile, your brother is not bad, he is strong, he is a good ploughing cow, I think your family's harvest is not bad, maybe your wife has it now.
When you have a baby, your parents are too late, and you can still find fault with your daughter-in-law."
Xia Xun laughed and laughed, but if you think about it carefully, Su Ying's figure is really a gourd figure with a sense of surname, with straight and full breasts, a strong and slender waist, and tight and smooth buttocks, just like a gourd baby, a petite baby on the bed with a gourd figure.
"Hey, what did Brother Fang say to you just now?"
Walking on the path in the mountains, Su Ying asked Xia Xun casually.
Xia Xun began to laugh: "Brother Fang said, you tossed too much at night."
By the way, why are you so powerful now, if you only give it to you once one night, you will have a resentful face the next day. ” Su Ying's face turned red, like a hen that had just laid eggs: "What nonsense are you, it's obviously you who are endless" "Didn't I keep trying again because you looked at me that was wrong?"
Su Ying announced indignantly: "Okay, don't touch me tonight" Xia Xun grimaced at her from afar and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't touch you, you can touch me."
Su Ying was ashamed, chased Xia Xun to fight, but couldn't catch up with him, bit her lip and sulked for a while, and couldn't help but laugh.
Approaching dusk, a couple walked on the field road next to each other, looking at the dress, it should be that the family is not very wealthy, with a burden on their shoulders, or they are far away: "Lady, you see, we will not be far away from Niutou Village, let's go to find a family to stay in first, and then leave tomorrow morning." ” Husband Ma Qiao said lovingly to the lady, just said, two masked people holding big sticks jumped out of the roadside, one of them shouted: "Well, this mountain is opened by me, and the tree is planted by me, I want to pass by here, and leave to buy road money" The couple was shocked, Ma Qiao hurriedly protected his wife, and said tremblingly: "Two or two good men, our husband and wife are craftsmen who went to Nanjing to serve, poor people who are bitter, and they have no money."
Two heroes do the right thing for heaven, rob the rich and help the poor, they shouldn't find us two poor people, please do well, spare us" "No money" The masked man looked at him suspiciously, pointed at the burden on his shoulder with a big stick, and said sharply: "What's inside?"
Ma Qiao trembled and said: "Back to the good man, it is just the little couple doing some housework of handicrafts." ” The other masked man snatched his burden as soon as he stretched out his hand, lowered his voice and snorted coldly: "Bring it, let the uncle take a look." ” The masked man untied his burden on the spot, and took a closer look, there were indeed knives and scissors, needles and threads, as well as files and cones and a bunch of things, in addition to two road guides, Ma Qiao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Good man, look at it, yes, our husband and wife are poor craftsmen, and they really have no money." ” The masked man laughed, tied the burden quickly, put it on his shoulder, and said to another masked robber: "These things can also be sold for a few pennies, make up a meal of wine money, let's go, brother."
"Hero, this is my husband and wife's dinner guy, you can't take it" Ma Qiao was anxious when he heard this, and he wanted to pounce on it, but he was grabbed by his wife and exclaimed: "Xianggong, don't do it." ” The big man with the stick pointed to Ma Qiao and said: "Sacrifice your life and not give up your wealth, you study hard with your wife, and you still want to resist, I don't know the reason why thieves don't go empty, these family jobs are worthless, and the master will take them away." ” The daughter-in-law, who was quite a bit beautiful, was a bold child, and said with a smile: "Two good men, if you take the things, please return them to us, otherwise, it will be difficult for my husband and wife to move an inch."
The big man was willing to pay attention to him, whistled, and then went into the woods beside the road with his companions, Ma Qiao was anxious, raised his legs and wanted to chase, was grabbed by his daughter-in-law, and scolded: "You rammer, you have to chase if they start to be ruthless, if they can't rob the money, they will rob the sex, the old lady's innocent body will not be buried in their hands, is the old lady's innocence worth a few family work?"
Ma Qiao suddenly realized when he heard it: "Yes, why didn't I expect that the lady is still shrewd, yes, yes, let's not chase it."
Hey, what is this that fell on the ground?"
Ma Qiao grabbed it with a strong step, picked it up and saw that it was a small purse, opened it and took a look, there was a thick treasure banknote inside, and he couldn't help but be ecstatic: "Hahaha, I have never seen such a stupid thief, robbed me of a sesame seed, and dropped a watermelon, hahaha, lady, we are rich" "What are you yelling about?"
Ma snatched the purse and hid it in his arms with a smile, and said angrily to her husband: "Go quickly, don't be discovered by them, and then find it back." ” "Yes, yes, let's go, oh girl, we've lost the way, but how can it be good" "What are you afraid of, it's a big deal to report the loss to the government, they will check it in our hometown, and they will naturally know our identity, and then a road guide will be reissued.
Hurry up, so much money, is it worth two copies of the road guide Do you remember, only say to the government that the road guide was lost, don't say that it was a thief, in case these two stupid thieves are caught by the government, this thief will be chased back. ” "Yes, yes, or the lady will calculate, there are good wives in the family, and the men and young wow."
"Less poor you, run" The two husbands and wives ran away in a panic, faster than the two thieves could escape.
In the forest, Xia Xun and Su Ying, who had already ripped off their masks, watched their husband and wife run away, then they looked at each other and smiled, opened the baggage and took out the two road guides, Xia Xun took it in his hand, took a closer look at it with the faint sunset, and laughed hehe: "Wonderful, the age and physical appearance are roughly the same, the two of them are shift craftsmen and have to go to Nanjing regularly, so this physical age is still three years ago, this time it is just another official seal, so some inconsistencies can be covered." ” It turned out that the Namaqiao couple were craftsmen, and they were shift craftsmen.
Artisan households belong to the Ministry of Industry, and are divided into two categories: shift craftsmen and resident craftsmen.
Shift craftsmen are required to serve in government workshops on a one-year or five-year basis, with an average of three months per shift.
Resident craftsmen serve in the official handicraft workshops for 10 days a month, and if they do not go to work, they must pay a monthly silver penny to be hired by the government.
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These two types of craftsmen can be free to work in the rest of the time outside the duty, the couple is the shift craftsman, the husband is called Ma Qiao, the wife is called Cui Xiaoyan, the two couples just went to Nanjing to serve for three months and came back, the shift craftsman service is unpaid labor, not only there is no price for work, even the round-trip to Beijing must be frequented, so they do not have money, along the way with their skills to do some work for people to earn food.
The couple were seamstresses, and when they served in the government, they were responsible for planting and repairing military clothes and leather armor.
Because they often have to go to Beijing, they also have to do business to make money along the way, so the degree of freedom is relatively large, this road leads to several nearby prefectures and counties can be visited, and the farthest point is just Hangzhou Prefecture.
Xia Xun looked at Lu Yin, held it in his arms, re-tied the burden and put it on his shoulder, took a long look at Su Ying, and said with a smile: "Tailor's lady, let's go home with my husband."
The next morning, at the entrance of Changgu Town, a military master stretched his face and reprimanded several local armor chiefs and said: "The imperial court is about to use soldiers, and the conscription of servants is very urgent, how did you do it, you should have sent forty craftsmen from Changgu Town, but now you can't make it up, and then you can't make it up, Lao Tzu pulled a few of you old things to Beiping to fill the moat."
Several squires wept and said with sad faces: "Master Jun, this time the imperial court is too anxious, I just ordered it yesterday, and I will take it away today, they are shift craftsmen, many people usually do not live in this village and town, for a while, where can the old man get enough people to go, ask the military master to be kind, and then give a few more graces, and the old man will definitely find them back." ” The soldier glared and said: "Lao Tzu can wait for you, who can wait for Lao Tzu to fail, if the craftsmen can't get together today, I will take you to make up the number."
As soon as he said this, someone at the checkpoint at the entrance of the town shouted: "Dad, Dad, there are two craftsmen here."
That person was the son of the local chief, who worked as a helper in the town inspection department, and when he saw Xia Xun and Su Ying's guidance, he immediately jumped to his feet and shouted to his father as if he had obtained a treasure.
Xia Xun was very calm, he didn't believe that the limelight had passed, most of the inspections of the roadcard customs defense had been in vain, and someone would see any flaws with these two road leads, he gave Su Ying, who was a little breathless, a look, and then smiled at a few white-bearded old men in robes and a military man who rushed over and said: "The villain Shaoxing Mansion Maqiao, the leather armor craftsman in shift, I don't know what advice you have from this military master."
"You" The shy-chested military man put the saber under Xia Xun's nose and said in a rough voice: "The imperial court is about to send troops to fight for Yan, and urgently summon the craftsmen who serve with the army, and Shaoxing Mansion is also among the conscripts, you don't have to go back, let's go with Lao Tzu."
To be continued: