Under the dim sky, misty drizzle spread all over the banks of the river.
Across the river is Lihu, which is only fifty miles away from Juyang in a straight line, but because it is separated by a river, it now belongs to the Yuan and Chu families.
It is said that spring rain is as precious as oil, and a year's harvest depends on the amount of spring rain.
In the fields and ridges, there are busy figures everywhere. Last year, four taxes were collected, and the tax rate under the new tax law was extremely low. People don't know what it is like in other places, but they can know what the level is across the river.
Ordinary people, in this age of information asymmetry, all they can see when they look up is the palm-sized area in front of them.
For the people living in the Linhe area in the north of Juyang, they may be more familiar with Lihu than Juyang. Last year, they saw their own crops harvested four times a year, while the other side only had one harvest.
Superiority and pride often come from contrast, but they are two worlds separated by a river. Nowadays, Lihu and his daughters all want to marry to this side of the river.
There are also many people running this way. Although Yuan Shao has banned it, the river will freeze in winter. No matter how many soldiers Yuan Shao has, he can't prevent the people from climbing the ice to cross the river.
Of course, there are also disgusting and unkind people who row boats at night in the summer and put poison in the water source. To prevent this from happening, the water sources in each village are monitored.
After the idea of Guan was spread, the two sides never lost in a fight. At the end of last year, they even killed a few idle men who couldn't bear to see women marrying across the river. The relationship between the two sides was no longer as harmonious as before.
"Aweng, it's time to eat!"
"coming!"
In the field, an old man strode out from the ridge with his waist hanging down. He looked very old, but he was walking as fast as flying. After the popularization of meditation, the biggest benefit for ordinary people is that they will be more powerful at work.
The old man looked to be over fifty years old. In this day and age, ordinary people who live to their fifties are already considered to be old.
Looking at his well-raised grandson, the wrinkles on the old man's face seemed to have softened a bit. He was much taller than his father at this age. Last year's harvest was bumper and taxes were low. The family's harvest was almost eight times that of previous years.
Now I dare to eat meat and eggs that I didn't dare to eat before. This little grandson has become quite strong after one year and will be able to work in the fields next year.
Things will get better and better in the future.
When he came to the shed beside the field, the old man sat down and opened the food basket brought by his grandson. The old man stared and said, "Why are there still chickens?"
"Mom said that when Aweng works in the fields, he needs to eat more to have strength." The childish voice was full of energy, and there was a bit of longing in his eyes as he looked at Jizi.
"Grandma can't eat so much." The old man peeled off the egg shell, split the chicken into two, handed it to his grandson and said, "Gou Sheng, help Grandpa eat some."
"I ate it because Aweng couldn't eat it." The child swallowed and took the half egg. The yolk was all inside. In the child's world, there is not so much kindness and courtesy, although the mother is not
Let him eat, but since Ah Weng can't eat it, it seems very reasonable to help him eat it.
"Well, let's eat." The old man nodded.
The child stuffed half an egg into his mouth in one bite.
"Slow down, drink some soup." The old man looked at his grandson with a smile, gave him a sip of soup, and then started to eat the rice himself.
"Ah, your clothes are all wet. Mom said you will get cold if you do this." The child ate half an egg and sat next to the old man with satisfaction. He had brought a bamboo hat and there were not many wet areas on his body, but
The old man's whole body was soaked by the rain.
The spring rain is like silk. Although it is not violent, it is continuous and dense. It is also troublesome after a long time.
"Hey~" When the old man heard this, he shook his body, and most of the rainwater on his body suddenly disappeared. Then steam came up. After a while, the water vapor on his body was evaporated.
"Aweng is so awesome!" The child clapped his hands and laughed.
"Do you want Gou Sheng to be so powerful in the future?" the old man said with a smile.
"I think~" The child nodded quickly.
"Practice the visualization method as much as you want, and don't be lazy. It's a gift given to us by Lord Chu Ling." The old man said with a smile.
"Yes." The child nodded. Chu Nan's reputation has spread over the past year and has spread to thousands of households. Now in the Central Plains, if you ask who is today, ordinary people will not be able to answer, but if you ask Chu Nan
Who it is, no one knows.
"Aweng, what kind of official is your lord? Is he very big?"
"Of course he is very big. He is the biggest official in the world." The old man nodded. He actually didn't know what kind of official Ling Jun was, but everyone else called him that.
"Greater than the emperor?" the child asked curiously.
"Who knows, but he must be more capable than the emperor, and he might be the emperor in the future." The old man squinted his eyes, ordinary people like them couldn't understand the general trend of the world, but after living for most of their lives, they could still see some things.
.
While the grandfather and grandson were talking, a trumpet sound suddenly sounded in the rain.
"Damn it! Those bastards across the river must be acting like monsters again!" The old man finished picking up the rice in the bowl, cursed, put the bowl in the basket, touched his grandson's head and said, "Go back quickly, don't do it.
come out."
"I want to go too and fight the bad guys!" The childish voice was clear and loud.
"伱? Let's wait and see when you can move the hundred kilograms of stone locks in the village!" The old man laughed, picked up his hoe and said: "Go back quickly, don't let your mother worry!"
"Yes." The child agreed, picked up the food basket and walked back. After only walking for a while, he turned back with a pale face.
The old man didn't ask him what was wrong. A group of heavily armed soldiers came towards him. Looking at their clothes, they didn't look like his own soldiers, but soldiers from Hebei!?
Seeing the crops in the field being trampled, the old man could not bear to feel distressed and quickly pulled the child over and hid him among the debris in the hay shed.
"Gou Sheng, be obedient. No matter what happens later, don't make a sound, let alone come out." After saying that, without waiting for his grandson to reply, he blocked him with debris, stood up and faced him with a hoe, with a smile on his face.
A flattering smile.
Just as he was about to say something, he saw that the leading soldier saw someone here, with a ferocious smile on his face.
The old man's heart sank, knowing that he was coming with bad intentions, so he immediately turned around and ran away. He looked at the old man, but he ran very fast.
"Chase!" Upon seeing this, the leader of the team sneered, stepped forward, and sprang out like a cheetah. In an instant, he was behind the old man, but what greeted him was a handful of yellow mud.
Subconsciously he raised his hand to block it, and heard a whistling sound in his ears, but the old man had already struck it down with a hoe.
Old fox!
The captain cursed secretly. It was too late to dodge, so he just turned sideways and slashed into the shoulder. The attack was so cruel that you could even hear the sound of bones breaking.
The Wu Commander screamed in pain and punched out, but was caught by the old man.
"Pfft~"
The old man couldn't bear the influx of huge force and spit out a mouthful of blood. His arm also made a cracking sound, but he still held his fist tightly without letting go. A burning heat surged from the palm of the opponent's palm, making the corporal commander cry out in pain.
He screamed, stabbed the opponent's chest and abdomen with a knife, and then kicked him away.
When I took my hand back to look, half of my palm was already burnt!
"Old guy!" Looking at the old man lying on the ground with no air left, the corps commander cursed twice. He was an elite man, but he was plotted by this old guy. He pretended to run away first, so that they could be separated and unable to form a bond.
Fighting formation, and then suddenly turned around to take action. Fortunately, the opponent was old and frail, otherwise he would have capsized in the gutter.
"Boss!" The four subordinates caught up and looked at the scorched palms of Chief Wu, feeling a little chilled.
"How come an ordinary person is so capable of crossing the river?" the subordinate asked a little puzzled.
It was nothing more than encountering the opponent's regular army. This was just an ordinary old man in the field, and he almost killed their corps commander. If the people here were like this, how could they still rob him?
"Hey, here in the imperial court, the art of visualization is spread all over the world." Wu Zhang let out a depressed breath. In fact, he secretly passed it on to his family, but he tried not to let anyone know about it.
However, an old man here has such fighting power, which is indeed a bit troublesome.
The horn sound over there was still sounding, and the team leader was a little annoyed: "What did they do to the team leader? They can't take down the arrow tower built by several villagers!"
The sound of rustling footsteps was heard in the distance, causing the expressions of the five people to change.
"Hurry up, something is not right about the situation here. Don't get entangled with it, otherwise it will attract the imperial army to encircle and suppress us. We can't stop it, so get out of here first!" After the commander finished speaking, he led the four of them and ran away.
And go.
Soon, a group of villagers carrying various farm tools came over and looked at the old man's body on the ground, their eyes breathing fire.
"Dad!" In the crowd, a man in his thirties or forties stumbled and knelt down beside the old man's body, crying with red eyes.
"Where is Gou Sheng? I just saw him delivering food here!" A middle-aged man frowned and looked around.
"What's left of the dog?" The wailing man thought that his son was here, and his heart sank. He quickly stood up and looked around, but he didn't see his son's body, so he hurriedly looked around for it.
The last group of people saw a child in the wooden house who was so frightened that his face turned pale.
"Gou Sheng, why didn't you reply!?" Seeing his son hidden here, the man looked shocked and angry. He had screamed so many times just now, but the little bastard didn't even fart.
"Aweng said, no matter what happens, don't say anything, let alone come out." Zhidong said this intermittently, with fear in his eyes.
When everyone heard this, they fell silent.
You can probably imagine the situation at that time. The old man must have sensed something was wrong, so he hid his grandson first, then lured him away, and finally suffered a murderous attack.
"Who is it!?" the man said angrily.
"Don't scare Gou Sheng. Only then can Gou Sheng see clearly who is chasing you, Ah Weng?"
"Yes... they are dressed differently from us. They have knives and iron hats!" Gou Sheng said tremblingly.
"Jizhou soldiers?" Several people responded. In recent days, there have been rumors everywhere that Jizhou soldiers often cross the river to plunder. Now it seems that they have encountered them.
"The bugle over there hasn't stopped yet. Leave one person behind and go back with Gou Sheng. By the way, we can go to the county town to report that there are Jizhou thieves coming to plunder. The others should go and support!"
"good!"
(End of chapter)
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