Major General Through the Upper Gate

"I said Cheng Wei, where are your parents?" After being honest for a while, Gu Xizheng asked through the door.It was quiet for a long time, until Gu Xijiao thought Cheng Wei had fallen asleep, and only heard his voice.

"You ask my parents? I don't have a mother, only my father and my little father. The baby girls born in Yunyue Kingdom every year can be counted on five fingers. Ordinary people are lucky to see them."

Cheng Wei paused and said, "My father and little daddy are dead."

Gu Xijiao was silent for a while and asked again: "I saw your move to chop that snake today, it looks like a soldier, are you a soldier?"

"I enlisted in the army when I was sixteen. I joined the army for three years and came back half a year ago. When I came back, my father and younger father were dead. I used to have a younger brother who was also sold according to the villagers." When he was enlisted in the army, he went there without hesitation, and returned for five taels of silver to treat his younger brother.

It's a pity that when he came back, he heard that his father fell ill after he left. His father sold the family's field to his uncle, and then sold his younger brother to treat his illness.It's a pity that the man was not rescued, and his father followed him after he couldn't think about it for a while.

Gu Xicheng didn't continue to ask, the two of them had nothing to say all night, they closed their eyes and slept until dawn.

Gu Xizheng had never slept so deeply that he was woken up the next day.When he opened his eyes, it was only daylight, and someone was talking outside the house.

"...I said Brother Wei, you can't delay your marriage. Lizheng has already looked for me several times. If you delay it, someone from the town will come." The person who came was the official matchmaker of the town. That is, the red man, with a red thread wrapped around his hand, he is recognized by people from all over the world.

"I would like to ask Lu's little dad to give me a little more time. Counting my birthday, I will not turn twenty until October, and it's only mid-July now." Cheng Wei whispered, and handed him three copper coins. palm.

In Yunyue's country, brothers who have not yet married after the double tenth will be forced to marry.When the time comes, the officials will tell you whether they are round or flat.

"It's not that I'm talking about you. You're going to marry sooner or later. I'm telling you that you're also a hunter. Although you're not very tall and you don't have any land at home, it's better to be able to eat."

The official celebrity grabbed the three copper plates and sighed, "I won't starve you to death anyway. Wouldn't it be better to have someone to take care of you than you are now?"

Cheng Wei lowered his head and remained silent.

"Okay, I won't make it difficult for you, but your uncle is in a hurry." He stuffed the copper plate back into Cheng Wei's hand and whispered, "It's only about two months, I'll watch it carefully for you, if Don’t shirk when you see some nice people.”

Holding the three copper plates, Cheng Wei suddenly said, "Uncle Yun, can you tell me how my father and little daddy died? Where was my little brother sold?"

Due to the scarcity of women, most of Yunyue's country is based on contract marriages, and the husband and wife are considered brothers.Outsiders can call him Uncle when they see it, and when they have children, they can be called Xiaoda when they give birth to a child.Cheng Wei called him uncle at the moment, but the relationship between the two families was extremely good.

"Ah..." The red man looked at him and sighed, he got along with Cheng Wei's little father very well, but it's a pity that he shouldn't be the one to talk about it.Thinking of this, he decided to find an excuse to leave first.

When Gu Xicheng heard this, he opened the door and walked out.

The celebrity who heard the voice raised his head, saw him startled, and immediately said, "Brother Wei, why is there a man in your room?!"

"Uh, he's my little dad's distant relative. He just arrived last night. It's a long way and it's inconvenient to go back and forth. I'll let him stay for two days." Cheng Wei was also startled by Gu Xizheng who came out suddenly, and he glared at him. , some hesitated to answer.

"Confused! You don't have an adult in your family and you dare to keep a man at home. It's almost double ten, you're a dead child, do you want to get married!" Hong Kong pinched him angrily.

The imprint on Cheng Wei's body is innate, and there is no way to avoid getting married no matter what.

Gu Xizheng was wearing the clothes that Cheng Wei found for him yesterday, which obviously belonged to his father, but it was a pity that he was born tall, and the clothes were abruptly too short.The weather was hot, so he simply rolled up his sleeves and trouser legs.

In this way, it looks quite unscrupulous, and it is easy to be misunderstood by the disheveled appearance when he just got up.

"Uncle Yun, you go back first, and I'll talk to you another day. You... don't tell the officials about this." Cheng Wei beckoned him in a low voice, and said a bunch of good things, and finally stopped him and wanted to question him Gu Xicheng's thoughts left after muttering.

"You don't even know how to put on your clothes when you get up!" Cheng Wei turned around and glared at him after dismissing him.

Gu Xijiao pretended not to hear, he wanted to take off his clothes if he had to wear two long-sleeved ones on such a hot day.

"Did you wash the clothes for me?" Gu Xicheng glanced at the clothes hanging on the fence, it was his military uniform, and this man washed his underwear so diligently.He stared at the small piece of army green fabric and scratched his chin with his hand.

"Don't think too much, I'm used to being in the army." Cheng Wei lost his temper when he interrupted him.Speaking of which, the fabric of the clothes this man was wearing was very strange. He only said that it was something unique to Yunjing Country. It was very soft to the touch, but it would lose its shape after washing.

Resigned to his fate, he went to the house and took some green salt for someone to swallow, and then sat aside to process the snake skin he brought back yesterday.

"There is food in the house, we will go to town in a while."

Gu Xicheng didn't ask any further questions, he fetched well water to wash his face and mouth, and then went to the kitchen to look for food.There are several sheets of tortillas in the pan, with a stack of pickles on the side.He thought about it and took all the things to the yard, leaving half for Cheng Wei.

The family looked poor, and he wasn't sure if Cheng Wei had eaten.

"Don't you think it's very salty?" Cheng Wei frowned and stared at Gu Xizhen while handling the snake skin. He made the pickles salty, so they can only be eaten with porridge.

"It's okay." Gu Xijiao paused and answered him.

"Have you lost your sense of taste? How much do you remember about Yunjing Country?" Cheng Wei put down the snake skin in his hand. When he joined the army, he was treated by military doctors for traumatic injuries. What kind of poison, there is no way for him to cure it.

"Except for the name, I don't remember anything when I wake up." Gu Xizheng wiped his mouth, with a look of indifference, and squatted down to handle the snake skin like him.

Regarding his sense of taste, it is actually a manifestation of human degeneration.The resources on the blue star are limited, and the land is not suitable for growing green plants. Human rations are mainly artificial food.In addition, he has been in the army all year round, and compressed food and nutrient solution are his main food.

This has led to the deterioration of his sense of taste, and he eats everything with hindsight.

The two men cleaned the snakeskin, and Cheng Wei hung it in the yard, then went into the house to tidy it up, and was ready to go out with his small pannier.

At this time, the sun had not yet risen, and every household was preparing to make breakfast. With Gu Xijiao, he was not going to squeeze the ox cart with the people in the village.

"Give it to me." Gu Xicheng took his backpack and held it in his hand, without asking Cheng Wei what he was taking him to the town for.

Cheng Wei didn't try his best either, his ribs were still hurting, he pursed his lips and said, "We'll go to the town to sell the things in the basket in a while, and then we'll go to the yamen to investigate your case, so we can settle down when we come back. "

He went to Lizheng's house early in the morning to talk about this matter. Lizheng was busy today, so he wrote a document for him to take to the town for processing.

It was also because Gu Xizheng had a clean face without the marks of slaves and prisoners that he dared to bring people out so openly.

It took a full hour and a half to walk from Tonghua Village to the town, by which time the sun had risen very high.Cheng Wei asked Gu Xizheng to wait for him outside, and went into a medicinal herb shop with his back basket.

But for a while, people passing by were pointing and whispering to him.Gu Xizheng listened intently for a long time before he realized that they were talking about his short hair.

Only then did he realize that everyone passing by had their hair tied.