Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 5 Xiaojiazhuang

Xiaojiazhuang is an ordinary village in Hebei, with about [-] households, hundreds of acres of land, a small river, a small forest, dozens of elm trees, and eight or nine lean cows. .The land here is barren, and the farmers face the loess with their backs to the sky all year round. They are still poorly clothed and hungry, and poverty has become the theme of their lives.The villagers have long been used to poverty and hunger. As long as there is water in the river and wheat seedlings grow in the fields, they can survive.They don't ask for much, and they don't have enough food. They can eat elm money mixed with millet and cook it into porridge. The young leaves of poplar and willow can be picked and boiled and made into vegetable dumplings to satisfy their hunger. They are already satisfied when they can eat a meal of white flour steamed buns and make clothes for their children with scraps of old cloth.It is thousands of such peasants who carry the empire on their own backs and move forward slowly. When they are overwhelmed and fall down suddenly, the entire empire will also fall to pieces.

Sadly, from ancient times to the present, there are very few people who can see this, and there are even fewer emperors who can see this than wild South China tigers.

Off topic, back to the topic.Xiaojiazhuang was originally a wasteland. Ten years ago, a Nanjing landlord surnamed Xiao did not know what happened and got involved in a lawsuit. In desperation, he took the last bit of property and family with him, and traveled to Hebei, bought this wasteland, recruited tenant farmers, and after a lot of fiddling, finally turned this place into a decent village.I don't know if it's because the climate is unacceptable or because I suffered a lot in that lawsuit and fell into a heart disease. The landlord passed away six years ago, leaving a son and a daughter to guard this poor property. Every day is not as good as one day.But this pair of sons and daughters are very good, the daughter is naturally the fairy princess who saved Yang Menglong's life, her name is Xiao Yufang, she is beautiful and gentle, kind and generous, no matter which family in the village encounters difficulties, she will always try her best to help I dare not say too much, there is always a few buckets of rice and a few hundred renminbi, and if she can't pay the rent, she won't force it——As a weak woman, she may not be able to pay even if she goes to the door. Let’s save it——These kind deeds have won her an excellent reputation. In Xiaojiazhuang, no one cares about you if you scold corrupt officials and the emperor, but if you dare to say that Miss Xiao is half wrong, I will interrupt you. The legs are light.She is also a talented woman, proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and can read and break characters. If there is a conflict in the village, if you ask her to comment, she can successfully resolve the conflict and turn the two sides into friendship.As for the future gangster boy, it's her younger brother Xiao Jun, who is not an easy-going lamp, he is smart and studious, has a good memory, and has good knowledge at a young age.Xiao Yufang has never been married until now, and she wholeheartedly wants to cultivate her younger brother into a talent and make her family famous.She did have a marriage. The man is the son of a county magistrate. He is a good-looking talent. She is considered to be a high-ranking man. If this marriage can be achieved, it will be a good destination for her. But we are talking about marriage. The old man went away, leaving her and her one-year-old brother behind. The man thought she was troublesome with a drag bottle and asked her to give Xiaojun to someone else for foster care. She refused to agree, so she froze.After another two years of delay, the man saw that her family was in decline and she wanted to bring a child with her, so he blatantly regretted the marriage and returned the marriage certificate.In the past few years, there have been quite a few people who came to ask for marriage, and some were even willing to intervene, but she didn't like any of them, and she refused very politely. Raise an adult.The tenant farmers complained about the injustice, saying that God is blind, such a good woman can't find a good home.She just smiled lightly, never complained about others, and accepted the arrangement of fate calmly, as long as the land left by her father and her younger brother were still there, she would be satisfied.

However, her peaceful life could not last long.The post-Golden Iron Cavalry invaded like fire, raging to their heart's content on this land they have coveted for decades, setting off a bloodbath. I don't know how many villages and towns have been submerged in the sea of ​​blood. Xiaojiazhuang will sooner or later become those wild boar skins. Target.

Xiao Yufang didn't think of this. Even if she thought of it, she couldn't do anything. She could only pray that disaster wouldn't come so soon.Today, she carried a basket of hard-boiled eggs and took Xiaojun to a neighboring village to visit an old master in a private school. She planned to send Xiaojun to a private school to study - private schools are usually run by local governments and are dedicated to their own children. To provide learning opportunities, Xiaojiazhuang was too poor to afford a private school, so he had to let Xiaojun go to a private school in a neighboring village.The old master liked Xiao Jun so much when he saw how smart he was. He agreed, accepted the basket of eggs, and returned two more.Thanks a lot, the siblings went home happily, but unexpectedly saw Yang Menglong who was so hungry that he passed out on the side of the road!Although I thought this guy was dressed in fancy clothes, had a crew cut, and had a weird origin, after all, this was a human life and he couldn't just sit idly by. Xiao Yufang boiled a pot of water as quickly as possible and took out the two The egg that was going to be added to my brother's food, and a hard steamed bun, took a lot of effort, and finally woke up the kid.It's just that the siblings never dreamed that they would save a lunatic!
Look, that lunatic is now jumping and screaming like crazy, and roaring loudly for a while: "Fuck, late Ming!!! God, you want to play me to death, don't you!?" Qiu Shang waved his arms and shouted wildly: "Shoot a thunder! Hit me with a thunder and send me back to modern times. I don't want to stay in this troubled world!" After a while, he shouted even louder: "If you If you really want my life, why don't you just throw me a stone and throw me into such a troubled world where human life is cheaper than an ant!" The siblings were terrified, and Xiao Jun was completely gone as a future gangster. The younger brother's majesty, the whole person curled up in the elder sister's arms, teeth chattering: "Sister...this person...people...is crazy, crazy, crazy!" Xiao Yufang kept comforting her brother and told him not to be afraid, in fact, she I was even more afraid, just holding on.

Yang Menglong is not crazy, but he is getting close.He really didn't know what evil he had done in his previous life, so he went to Yanshan with great interest, but he tossed himself to the end of Ming Dynasty!My God, is the saying "I would rather be a dog of peace than a person in troubled times" a joke?Especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were Jurchens outside the borders, year after year there were refugees making troubles inside, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued one after another, in this world, who knows what kind of wave of refugees came to kill you, robbed you of the little food you had, and took it away Your livestock, then wrap you around and rush to the next target, euphemistically saying: "Welcome to the Rebel Army!" And then?There is no more, you will be used as cannon fodder, rushing to the city wall with the most crude weapons, filling the trenches with your own corpses, and using your own life to consume the arrows and gunpowder of the defenders. If you hit a stone, you will lose your life. If you win by luck, you will get a full meal at most. You will not get any spoils of war. After eating this full meal, move on to the next town. Go forward, and you won’t be able to eat a second full meal until you defeat that town. If you can’t defeat it, then you’ll be hungry. Why don’t you call it a “hungry soldier”?Such a fate makes one shudder just thinking about it.God, how much enmity I have with you, to throw me into such a troubled world!

After venting, Yang Menglong resigned to his fate with his head downcast.There's nothing you can do if you don't accept your fate, no matter how much you yell, you can't change the fact, on the contrary, you will toss the little food in your stomach early, and then continue to be hungry.In fact, what he saw and heard in the past few days had already made him a little psychologically prepared.Troubled times are chaotic times, just grit your teeth and muddle along, maybe there will be a turning point, a thunderstorm, a thick fog, a storm, and bring yourself back to modern times?Or is it just a dream, and nothing will happen when you wake up?Time-travel novels are written like this, first find a way to survive, as long as you are still alive, there will be hope.It has to be said that this guy is an optimist and very nervous. If someone else encountered such an unfortunate thing, he would be stupid if he didn't go crazy. He just roared and calmed down. It's rare, rare!
After calming down, he squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying, cupped his hands towards Xiao Yufang in a decent manner, and said, "Thank you miss for saving me, I will never forget the kindness of the meal. I lost control and scared the lady, I am really sorry."

Eh, the lunatic actually knew that he had gone insane?There is help, there is help!Xiao Yufang returned the salute and said, "Mr. Yang, you're welcome... I don't know where you're going. The little girl can't help you with other things, so it's okay to help you out." That means you can leave early, Don't stay here and scare the little kids.It's not that she was indifferent, Yang Menglong's performance just now was too frightening, it frightened her, such a frightening guy, it's better to stay away from him.

Yang Menglong looked at the sky, oh, the pale sun had begun to set in the west.He said: "I'm a new arrival here. I'm not familiar with the place. I really don't know where to go. Besides, it's going to be dark soon. I wonder if I can stop in Guizhuang for a while and buy something to eat?"

Xiao Yufang secretly rolled her eyes, this guy is really thick-skinned, the more he doesn't want him to come to Xiaojiazhuang, the more he wants to come over!No way, she has no right to drive people away, so she can only say: "Welcome, welcome. Walk a few miles and you will reach the entrance of the village, which is very close." It's a bit like running away, subconsciously wanting to stay away from this guy, lest he go crazy again and scare people.Yang Menglong scratched his head and followed behind, seeing him following, Xiao Yufang walked even faster.Three people, two in front and one behind, walked into the village one after another. Along the way, many people cast strange glances at Yang Menglong, as if they were admiring a monster, and some even whispered: "Where did it come from?" Strange person? Dressed in weird clothes, he doesn’t look like a good person at first sight!” Yang Menglong was very depressed, wondering if he should find a way to change the camouflage uniform on his body, if this continues, sooner or later he will be regarded as a monster or a queen The spy was caught.

When he entered the village, he became even more depressed.The houses in the village are all low and dilapidated, and there are even a few nests. Only the house in the middle of the village is decent, with blue bricks and black tiles, which is about [-] square meters. Needless to say, this is the landlord of Xiaojiazhuang. home.There is no restaurant, no hotel, no vegetable market, not even a small stall selling duck necks, there are just a bunch of emaciated faces and broken doors.Seeing all this, Yang Menglong really wanted to cry, not to mention that he didn't have copper coins in his pocket, even if he had, he would have no place to buy food!

As soon as Xiao Yufang entered the village, she walked straight to the decent brick house, which seemed to be her home.Yang Menglong didn't follow, she was a big girl, she had never met before, saving his life was already a great kindness, and she still wanted to follow her to eat?He asked himself that his skin was not so thick.I had no choice but to wander around the village, hoping to find a food stall, or someone with surplus food. He also had a few strange gadgets on his body, which should be exchanged for some food.It's a pity that wherever he went, he quickly closed the door, and the child wanted to take another look, but was rudely hugged in by the adults.This couldn't be more normal, common people, anyone who sees a guy dressed in fancy clothes, with a short knife and a strong crossbow on his back will be scared, so it's right to stay away.Everyone avoided him, so naturally no one would talk to him, exchange food or something, Yang Menglong rubbed his stomach which started to growl again, and smiled wryly, why is it so difficult for me to have a full meal.

The sun had already set, smoke was rising from every household, and there was food in the air... no, the smell of chaff.Yang Menglong knew what they were cooking without going in. His stomach twitched. Although he was very hungry, if he was asked to eat bran, he would not be able to swallow it even if he was killed.Besides, everyone guards against him more strictly than a thief, even if it is chaff, no one will exchange it with him, so he can only sigh, find a place in the lee and sit down in frustration, listening to the belly band playing The hunger symphony, enduring the invasion of the cold wind, how can there be a miserable word!
Lao Tzu is definitely the most tragic time traveler in history!He thought bitterly.

(End of this chapter)