After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

Shopkeeper Xia pointed to a group of business friends beside him and said, "We plan to go to Shuozhou and Hezhong County to purchase grain."

The soldiers guarding the city were stunned. They looked carefully at the long team leaving the city and found that they were all familiar faces.

There were people selling milk tea, running restaurants, running hotels, and many porters.

The dark-skinned porter touched the back of his head and said with a simple smile: "Shopkeeper Xia said that this war is different from the previous ones and will definitely last a long time. The grain produced in our Yunzhou is not enough, so we have to go outside to buy it."

The other porters were also talking to each other.

"We don't know what the situation is in Kyoto. Even if they agree to send troops, it will take time to collect food and fodder from all over the place. It's better for us to ride a tricycle and go there ourselves!"

"We don't have much money, we just have this little bit of strength. By saving these expenses, Manager Xia and his men can buy more food!"

The soldiers guarding the city asked stupidly, "Did the general ask you to go?"

Shopkeeper Xia chuckled and said, "It's just a trivial matter, why does the general need to worry about it? Check it quickly and let us go over quickly."

The merchant friend beside Shopkeeper Xia also laughed and said, "If you want to hear more details, come to my shop after the general wins the victory, and I will tell you in detail."

"Yes, time is money! I wonder if the grain dealers will raise the price after hearing the news of the war! The earlier we go, the more grain we can buy!"

The soldiers guarding the city were about to pee their eyes.

He saluted everyone, and did not put down his sore hands until the long team passed through the city gate, went farther and farther on the straight dirt and cement road, and finally turned into a small black dot.

When they left, they also took away the prosperity and bustle of Huaishuo Town.

The commercial street, which used to be bustling with people, was exceptionally deserted. The shops on both sides were all closed. Occasionally one or two were open. When you walked in, you would see that they were either selling grain or daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

Xia Lezhi looked around the empty Xia family restaurant and felt a little lonely.

His father was away on a business trip and the academy was on holiday, so he and his mother were the only ones at home.

"Lezhi, put away the newspapers hanging on the wall and don't let the mice chew them. There are only two things your father is most proud of in his life. One is giving birth to you, and the other is being in the newspaper!"

Mrs. Xia packed up the things in the store neatly: "Your father also said that when you get married and have a grandson, he will use this newspaper to educate the grandson!"

Xia Lezhi blushed: "Dad is thinking too far ahead!"

Mrs. Xia saw Xia Lezhi roll the newspaper into a tube and put it into the red box neatly, then she pulled him into the back kitchen.

"I also said he thought too much. Who knows, maybe our family will have a chance to be in the newspaper again!"

"Lezhi, you come and light the fire. There's a little trick to how much water to add when cooking rice. Stretch out your middle finger and let the tip of your finger touch the rice. That's about it. That's enough water!"

Mrs. Xia gestured with her fingers, and after seeing that Xia Lezhi had memorized it, she explained the cooking methods of several other home-cooked dishes.

Xia Lezhi took notes while helping A Niang.

Ever since I went to school, my mother never let me do any kitchen work, saying that my hands were for writing, not cooking.

Maybe it’s because daddy is away on a business trip and mommy is too busy to take care of it.

After the meal was ready, Xia Lezhi and A Niang sat in front of the stove to eat together.

"Lezhi, when you are alone at home, you must lock the doors and windows. Our food is hidden in the cellar. We have two cellars. The entrance to the other one is under my parents' bed."

"Mom, why am I home alone?" Xia Lezhi put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked straight at his mother, feeling more and more uneasy.

Madam Xia buried her head in her meal and didn't even glance at Xia Lezhi: "I was just talking."

"Mother!" Xia Lezhi's expression was solemn. He was no longer a child. Mother, don't try to lie to him!

Madam Xia sighed slightly, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and stroked Xia Lezhi's soft hair: "I don't want that day to come. If there really is an enemy at the gates one day, A Niang also intends to do her part."

“How to do your best?”

My mother was very well protected by my father. She only had to worry about the kitchen every day. The biggest difficulty she encountered in her life was the lack of news from her uncle.

She had never traveled far, and usually had to take Aunt Chen from next door with her when she went shopping.

When the store needed to slaughter chickens or sheep, it was either done by the shop assistants or by my father. My mother didn't even dare to kill a fish.

Madam Xia lowered her head slightly and whispered, "I can go cook for them. I can also ride a tricycle and help them transport supplies. At worst, I have learned some skills from the nurses in the medical school, so I can bandage the wounded!"

"Are you not afraid of blood?"

Madam Xia bit her lip tightly, and after a long while she said, "I can not be afraid!"

At this moment, Xia Lezhi felt extremely upset, hating himself for not growing up yet? !

If I grow up early, can I do something? !

After a long silence, Xia Lezhi said in a muffled voice: "I know, mother, don't worry, I will definitely not go anywhere, I will stay at home, you don't have to worry about me."

"Good boy!" Mrs. Xia hugged Xia Lezhi in her arms with a leisurely look in her eyes.

"Lezhi, your parents hope that you can live a peaceful and happy life! We are lucky that Yunzhou has a great general. Just like Tang Monk went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures and had to go through 81 trials, God has also brought many hardships to Yunzhou and the general."

"Tang Seng had the help of Sun Wukong and the gods in heaven. But the general did not! She has single-handedly helped Yunzhou to where it is today. We have received so much from her. Even though we are of a lowly position, we are willing to do our best to repay her kindness!"

"It was said in the Yunzhou Weekly that unity is strength. One me may not be as good as a god, but ten of me, a hundred of me, thousands of me together can still compete with the gods!"

"Mother!" Xia Lezhi hugged Mrs. Xia's waist tightly. Her waist was so slender and her body was so thin.

But just like she can give birth to life, her body contains infinite energy!

The Tartars once committed many murders on this land.

Aunt Chen would wake up from her dreams from time to time and wailing in the middle of the night, recalling the painful experience of being abducted by the Tartars.

Mr. Wu in the newsstand lost his leg while trying to protect his wife and daughter, which was trampled to pieces by the Tartars' horse hooves.

The old woman who sold tofu at the entrance of the alley gave birth to seven sons and one daughter, all of whom were tortured and killed by the Tartars. I heard that the girl was only three years old when she died. She was treated like a ball by the Tartars and kicked around by horses until she turned into a pool of meat paste.

The owner of the grocery store opposite the Xia family restaurant would go to Wuzhou City to do business whenever he had time, because his father was extremely brave in those days. He carried a machete and killed five or six Tartars, but was finally besieged and killed.

In order to vent his anger, the Tartar took his father's head back and made it into a wine vessel.

Their shopkeeper went back and forth, just to find his father's skull...

The pain has never been forgotten. Even if I am torn to pieces, I will not let such pain appear in Yunzhou today!

Yunzhou is their dream!

This is the dream they built together with the general!