When he arrived at the intersection, Zhang Chi bowed his goodbye to his companions and drew a ban on the officers who were traveling with him. He watched everyone get on the road and walked towards the small road.

It was already mid-June, and the sun rose not long after it was hot. There was a stream not far from the roadside. The stream water was clear and there were mixed trees on both sides. Zhang Chi saw many red peaches on a tree, so he went to pick two. He washed it in the stream and ate it to quench his thirst.

Near noon, a small village appeared in front of him. Five or six families surrounded by hedges, quietly. Two big yellow dogs were lying at the entrance of the village. When they saw Zhang Chi coming over and were yelling there. When they got closer, they recognized that they were from their village, so they closed their mouths and lay down.

When he walked up to him, Zhang Chi touched the big yellow dog. The dog was so hot that it stuck out his tongue and was too lazy to care about others.

Standing up, Zhang Chi looked at the stone-paved streets, and was a little dazzled for a moment. This is the place where he grew up, and every inch of land is extremely familiar. After leaving for half a year, he feels like a different life when he comes back.

At this moment, a man carried a hoe, rolled up his trouser legs, and came back from the field. He saw Zhang Chi standing at the entrance of the village and shouted: "Is it the Zhang family Erlang? You haven't seen each other for half a year, but you are much stronger!"

Seeing that it was Mr. Lin from his neighbor's house, Zhang Chi hurriedly said, "Yes, yes! Mr. Yuan is busy in the field again!"

Dad Lin said, "The weeds in the rice fields grow happily. I'll pull them out. When I reach the entrance of the village, why don't you go home soon? Your parents miss you every day these days, but I don't know how happy they should be when they meet!"

Zhang Chi agreed and went up to his house with Mr. Lin. He arrived in front of Mr. Lin and said, "I have been visiting relatives these days. My father came to his house to drink two glasses of wine later. I haven't seen him many days, and I miss him very much!"

Dad Lin agreed and went back to his home.

When he arrived at the door of the house, Zhang Chi stood there and adjusted his mood for a while. He opened the yard door, and the raccoon cat lying in the shade of the tree looked at him lazily, then turned his head. He took a branch and pounded it in the grass, and looked back and called him second brother.

The mother, who was spinning the thread in the main room, heard the sound. She came out of the room and stood there looking at her son, unable to speak for a moment.

Zhang Chi quickly stepped forward and said to his mother: "Mom, I'm back!"

The mother looked at Zhang Chi, the wine and meat in his hand, and her figure was trembling. She stepped forward and held her son's hand and whispered: "Erlang, what have you done in the army? Come back home and don't go out and be seen by the villagers. The people are in charge now, but they are not as they used to be!"

Zhang Chi smiled and said, "What do you say in the military? We're going to come back to visit our relatives! I've lived at home for more than ten days and have to go back to the army! After practicing for half a year, how could the military let us leave?"

"Didn't you commit any trouble?" Mother circled Zhang Chi. "Don't lie to me!"

Zhang Chi said: "Of course there was no crime! We came back together with 39 people in Dengcheng County. In a few days, they will come to our house as guests! You will know at that time. Mom, I will come back to visit my relatives and invite the villagers to drink later!"

My mother still didn't believe it and murmured: "I have heard that officials have been on holidays to visit relatives. If you, a soldier, will you still have a holiday?"

Zhang Chi had no choice but to put the wine and meat in his hand into the house and put it down. He came out and said, "If you don't believe me, I'll invite the local master to come over in a while and see what he said! Now that he is in the army, you will never believe it as before!"

Who dares to believe it? From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of military service on holidays. The army is always afraid that soldiers will escape and be wary of it everywhere. How can you let you go home on holiday? What should I do if I don’t go back home? Are there fewer and fewer people in the army?

Zhang Chi had no choice but to go aside and tease his younger brother.

But the mother said, "Wuron, go to the field to call you dad! Then she said Erlang is back, so she asked him to go home quickly!"

The fifth brother agreed and ran out quickly.

The mother said to Zhang Chi again: "When you entered the village just now, did you meet people from the village?"

Zhang Chi said: "Just as soon as I entered the village, I saw Dad Lin next door. I went home with him."

"Oh--" Mother shook her head and couldn't help but sigh. She stood alone, not knowing what she was thinking.

Zhang Chi was at a loss and stood there, not knowing what to do.

Not long after, my father brought his third and fifth brothers back. He saw Zhang Chi standing in the yard, putting down his hoe, and quickly closing the yard door.

Zhang Chi walked forward and faced his father. He said, "Dad, I'm going to visit my family for a month. I'm back to visit my relatives. I don't know why my mother doesn't believe it, and it makes me feel embarrassed here."

My father grabbed Zhang Chi's hand and said, "It's really a vacation in the army? Didn't you run back? Erlang, this is not a joke. You must tell the truth! You are exempted from our hard work in the army. I went out to do things this year and made a few cents of money. If you really ran away from the army and ran back, I will send you away tonight! Although you are being arrested strictly now, as long as you escape to Fangzhou next to you, you will be fine!"

Zhang Chi was amused and crying: "Dad, it's really a vacation in the army! I'm fine in the army! Because I never commit any crimes and do well, I was there for the first vacation. The army controls food and accommodation. I have saved all the money I have paid in the past six months. I want to bring it back to you!"

The father looked at Zhang Chi's eyes for a while before saying, "Is he really not telling lies?"

"Of course not! I am not alone in Dengcheng County, so you just ask!"

Seeing that Zhang Chi's attitude was sincere, my father nodded: "Okay, I'll just think what you said is true! There are soldiers in the next village, so I'll go over and ask later. If it's really a holiday, of course I have nothing to say."

Zhang Chi said: "Qian Fei from the next village has no fake this time, and he has to wait for the next time. Yang Biao from Daliushu Village, ten miles away, has a fake this time, and he came back with me. If you don't believe it, you will know wherever you go."

"Will you even have a holiday when you are a soldier?" The father murmured in a low voice and went over to discuss with his mother.

The third brother was in his teenage years, only half a head shorter than Zhang Chi. Seeing his father walking away, he arrived beside Zhang Chi. He said, "Second brother, I have never heard of the military holidays. If you don't become an official, how could the military be released? I have never heard of it being a soldier after he goes out of the door, and it is hard to see him alive."

Zhang Chi said: "Why, you don't even believe me? Wang Zhan led the army, which is different from others. We eat well in the army and wear well, and our lives are much better than when we were at home! Let me tell you, in the past six months, I have learned most of the "Thousand Character Classic"!"

The third brother didn't believe it: "I still teach literacy in the army? I have never heard of it!"

Zhang Chi said: "You have never heard of many things! Wang Guan led the army differently. We lived in the army and didn't know how good we were. We had three meals a day, and we had to have a boiled egg for breakfast!"

After hearing this, the third brother shook his head repeatedly: "How many chickens do you want for one egg a day? Can hundreds of people in the army lay so many eggs?"

Zhang Chi smiled and said, "Hundreds of thousands? You underestimated Wang Guan. Now there are more than 16,000 people in our army! How many chickens are there? Only 20,000 or 30,000. Do you think there are many? Tell you that there are places specializing in raising chickens around Xinye, and I'm afraid it's not 100,000."

How could my third brother believe it? His family also raises more than a dozen chickens, three or four eggs a day. In a year, no matter how many chickens are produced, they will not lay eggs for half a year. Eggs at home are either given to children or left to eat during the busy farming period.

After discussing for a while, my parents listened to Zhang Chi's words half-believingly. Checking what he brought back, they discussed asking the villages and villages to drink. Because Zhang Chi was a soldier, he was exempted from his family's hard work and could make some money in a year.

No wonder Zhang Chi's parents didn't believe it. Since ancient times, soldiers have been thousands of miles away, so how could they take a holiday? When the war comes, how many people can return to their hometown alive? When they go, they are returning from their heads and returning to their borders. This is what happened in history. Wang Xiaowei's army is completely different from the army in history.
Chapter completed!