Passing through the station

Chinese New Year seems boring.

Ruan Bai gave everyone a holiday, and even the daily meals were basically dumplings.After eating dumplings for five days in a row, Ruan Bai felt that he was almost like dumplings. Seeing that other people seemed to be satisfied with such dishes, Ruan Bai began to go on a hunger strike.

Chu Hao dragged the angry boy out of the room, and fed him a dumpling: "Today is not made with sauerkraut and meat stuffing, but with tofu and leeks."

Ruan Bai stopped talking, lying on the table like a dead dog.

Others don't understand at all, why doesn't their master like such delicious food?Seeing Ruan Bai's listless look, the older ones were all distressed.

"Master, my aunt is going to cook some dishes for you."

"Master... what do you want to eat?"

The expression on Ruan Bai's face was about to cry, he opened his mouth and found that there was no room for ordering, so he closed his mouth and did not speak.

Chu Hao was almost dying of worry, the dumplings he picked up were cold, he could only eat them by himself, and asked: "What do you want to eat, brother, I will get it for you." Sure enough, his second brother is suitable for pampering, Shunyang A place like Guan is not suitable for Ruan Bai at all, he must hurry up and return to Xijing as soon as possible.

Ruan Bai saw that he didn't eat, maybe other people couldn't eat well, so he could only report two simple things: "I want to eat white rice and fried vegetables."

There is no rice in the northwest area, and even the army's salary is mostly wheat flour or other miscellaneous grains.However, as Chu Hao is a thousand households, there is a little rice in the annual gift.As for the vegetables, there is not even a single vegetable in the entire Shunyang Pass.

Chu Hao threw Ruan Bai on his back, and went to rummage through the boxes behind his back.They had a lot of things, so Liniang asked someone to clean up one room and used it as a storeroom for the two of them.

The rice was quickly found, and Chu Hao weighed it in his hand: "It's about ten catties." The second brother can eat it by himself for a few more days; there is also a bag of millet, which needs more, "Tomorrow morning Do you cook millet porridge?"

Ruan Bai was just talking nonsense just now, but now seeing rice and millet, he felt more cordial than seeing gold and silver, and kissed Chu Hao fiercely: "Yeah!"

Seeing Ruan Bai smiled, Chu Hao was relieved.

Yun Gu gave Ruan Bai a small treat, and no one had any objections.No matter how thoughtless people are, they all know who they depend on for their current life, not to mention that Ruan Bai is almost the youngest among them.

A bowl of white rice and a plate of fried leeks.Ruan Bai felt his face turn red after eating alone.He's such an old man, yet he's still picky eaters... Still in such an environment, he's really ignorant.

But no one thought so, what the big guys gathered in the afternoon said was all self-blame.Ruan Bai blushed, and they felt even more blushed.

"Oh, why am I so useless?"

"Master took us to eat meat, but we didn't even give him a single vegetable."

"Next year we have to order a variety of vegetables. I think those merchants have quite a lot of vegetable seeds."

"Vegetables from other places, can we grow them here?"

"It doesn't matter, I don't have much money anyway. I still have some money from the New Year's old man. Let a child give me money, and I always feel like my face is burning."

"When spring comes, let's go into the mountains and walk around. Maybe we can try to grow some wild vegetables."

"The wild vegetables don't taste good, I'm afraid the master doesn't like them."

"Then let's eat, and look for wild fruit trees by the way, and move some down. Didn't the master say that we need to plant saplings in the spring? Let's just pull them back and save money."

Tian Kaifu passed by, and hearing everyone's plans, he couldn't help but smile knowingly.People with strong hearts and flesh, Ruan Bai's kindness to them is clearly seen by everyone.There is no white-eyed wolf here, which is very good.Ruan Bai still thought about parting ways with these people when the spring began, and he had to ask if they would like to.

Ruan Bai, who felt ashamed to see others, was doing small handicrafts in the bedroom.The Lantern Festival is coming soon. Although there is no lantern festival at Shunyang Pass, you can make a fuss at home.

The kang was full of debris, Chu Hao didn't say anything about him, but instead encouraged him: "Will you know how to tie a rabbit lamp? No, brother will teach you."

Ruan Bai didn't know how to do it, so he obediently handed the things in his hands to Chu Hao.

Chu Hao grabbed the person across from him and said, "Sit here and see more clearly."

"Ah."

Rabbit lanterns don't have many tricks, as long as you master the skills, you can make many lanterns by analogy.

Chu Hao just looked at the young man who couldn’t even tie a rabbit lantern just now. He turned around and made a lot of lanterns. The appearance may not be very delicate, but there are so many patterns, and none of them are repeated, although they all look weird. .

"What is this?"

"Happy sheep."

"what about this?"

"Grey Wolf."

Chu Hao's face was dark: "..."

The tied-up lanterns had to be pasted and colored, and Ruan Bai hadn't even written neatly with a soft brush, so Chu Hao understood and could accept that Ruan Bai's drawings were crooked.Don't say it, it's pretty good to draw...

"puff!"

Tian Kaifu burst into laughter when he saw the finished product.He had a carp lantern in his hand, of course it was someone else who did it, he was just showing interest.But even this is enough for him to despise Ruan Bai's craftsmanship.

His Highness Shizi's concentration is much better than that of his companion, he just twitched his mouth, trying to appease his second brother.Companion and second brother, there is no need to compare, just look at the title to know which is more important.

But Ruan Bai didn't need consolation at all: "The aesthetics are different." The generation gap of thousands of years can't be eliminated all at once.Thinking of this, he suddenly glanced at Chu Hao, just like reading a history textbook.

Chu Hao let him scrutinize him carefully, and asked: "How is it?" Finally found that brother is also a handsome highness, right?

Ruan Bai rubbed his chin and nodded: "Not cute."

It was the first time for Chu Hao and Tian Kaifu to know that cuteness can be used to evaluate a person, and they asked for advice, but Ruan Bai ignored them, and ran to play with friends with five or six large and small lanterns, leaving a mess in the room .

There are no real servants in the barren post, even Chu Hao has to wash and clean the floor by himself.He and Ruan Bai's bedroom have always been cleaned by two people in turn, and Chu Hao is fairly proficient in doing it.

Of course, Tian Kaifu would not let his son do his work, he just stood by and watched, and rolled up his sleeves to help: "Let me do it."

Chu Hao glanced back at Tian Kaifu, his eyes filled with deep distrust: "No, I'll clean it myself." The basic training method he got from Ruan Bai also included military appearance, Personal hygiene is also included. As the leader, of course he must do his best. He cleans a small bedroom very neatly.

Tian Kaifu saw that there was really nothing he could do to help, so he could only stand aside in embarrassment.

Chu Hao opened the door to take out the trash, but suddenly turned around and asked, "Old Tian, ​​find another book boy."

Tian Kaifu was shocked, his face turned slightly pale.

"You have to have someone to take care of you. You can't be busy with the things at hand." Tian Kaifu has long been labeled as the Pingxi Palace, and he was released to work in Beijing. of.

Tian Kaifu swallowed, and finally nodded: "I see."

"Don't worry, you are no longer a ten-year-old child." Chu Hao left the bedroom after leaving these words. After taking out the trash, he had to visit his second brother.Er Gouzi must have gone to show off to others, Deser's tail can be raised, he has to suppress it.

Ruan Bai's rice is finished, and the Lantern Festival is here.The lanterns are not hung in the yard, but directly in the aisles of Huangyi and some public places.Compared with lighting with torches in the past, the lanterns are obviously much more beautiful. Even if the paint has only limited ink, it adds three points of excitement and joy to the tail of the New Year.

After Tiantian Kaifu finished packing his things, he was about to leave.Chu Hao has already returned to the barracks and has no time to see him off.

Ruan Bai knew that the two of them were avoiding on purpose, and it didn't take long to see them off, so he could find time no matter what, although he didn't know what they were avoiding.

Cao Da personally brought Tian Kaifu to pick him up.But now that Cao Da was being entertained into the barren post to drink hot soup, he didn't dare to urge Tian Kaifu to leave quickly.

Ruan Bai doesn't have much to say to Tian Kaifu, what should be said has already been said, and now it's just a good journey.

Tian Kaifu's literati feelings came online, and he waited for Ruan Bai to say something provocative, only to see a boy with a wooden face: "It's gone?"

Ruan Bai was puzzled: "The luggage has been checked three times, nothing is missing; I gave you three cans of sheep oil; two stacks of pancakes; the things to do have already been listed for you. What else do you want?"

Tian Kaifu subconsciously tightened the sheepskin robe on his body, feeling the cold in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Is it really gone?"

Ruan Bai suddenly woke up: "No money! I really have no money!"

Who told him money!Tian Kaifu was not angry, looked around and looked around, and lowered his voice: "Brother Ruan, don't worry, Tian is here to mediate between you and the son. Princess Min is nothing to worry about. The son is not me, you have the son Pay attention, the son will definitely protect you."

This sentence has a little too much information.Ruan Bai took a step back, let Tian Kai get back on his horse, and raised his voice to greet Cao Da: "Master Cao, let's go!"

Hearing this, Cao Da who ran out quickly gave Ruan Bai a hard look.Brat, why don't you go on the road?Don't think that you can run amok just by having a thousand households behind you.

Ruan Bai: "Master Cao, next time there will be chickens to help me pay attention."

When Cao Da came back this time, he also brought a litter of chickens.Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline fishing, everything can be developed slowly.

Life in a post station is not easy, even the fifth-class post station in Leyang post.However, there are more people around Leyang Station, the economy is more developed than a pure military fortress like Shunyang Pass, and there are more supplies.Cao Da didn't mind doing a little reselling business, even if it was to earn a few hard-earned money for travel expenses.No one has trouble with money.A low-level official like him, in this kind of place, has no source of extra money at all.Although Cao Da disliked Ruan Bai a hundred times, he didn't mind having another rich neighbor.

Ruan Bai sent Cao Da and Tian Kaifu away, turned back to the house, and said, "The snow on the road has melted, let's go home and have a look."

The hearts of those who heard it thumped.It's right to go home and have a look, but the tone of the master's words, why does it feel like he wants them to go away forever?

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Ghost dialect

Persimmon (ー｀? ー): Wojia Ergou always has a lot of dialects, which I can’t understand.

Oda Tian￣△￣: Your Highness Persimmon also doesn’t understand?

Persimmon (ー｀? ー): Well, a lot.

Oda Tian￣△￣: Please give me a chestnut.

Persimmon (ー｀? ー): For example, it is good to live well.

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