Attack after the end of the Sui Dynasty

When Lin Tong woke up the next day, Wang Cheng was still sleeping.Lin Tong was so cold that he couldn't fall asleep, so he jumped up and moved his body, and walked around outside, which made him feel much better.When he went back, Wang Cheng had already woken up and was burning cobblestones. When the stones were almost burnt, he threw the burnt stones one by one into the bamboo bowl he carried with him, and the water in it boiled instantly. .

Because this time they were traveling in plain clothes, and the two of them didn't bring a pot. This method of boiling water is not bad, Lin Tong's eyes lit up.I also burned some pebbles as before and threw them into the water bowl.After drinking a bowl of hot water, Lin Tong let out a long breath, feeling much more comfortable.Wang Cheng threw the broken pancakes into the hot water again, pinched some salt, and ate the jerky.

At this time, Lin Nan had already woken up, staring blankly at his father's bed, which was cold.Father has gone out!When Lin Tong left, he handed over Lin Nan and the others to the Wang family for help, but the two children had their own ideas and refused to stay longer at the Wang family, so they came back after dinner.

Lin Nan touched Lin Tong's pillow and found out his small notebook. It was a play diary prepared this time, and now it became Lin Nan's mood notebook.Write carefully with a pen, 'Dad owes me a bedtime story, (I can't write sleep and things, draw a circle,) rub my stomach once, (I can't write rubbing, continue to draw a circle,) touch my head, kiss my face twice. '

After doing all this, the little guy stood on the couch and rolled up his bedding, put it aside, and dressed himself again.I took my toothbrush and started brushing my teeth.Chen Xian watched Lin Nan brush his teeth for a long time, and wanted to try it all the time, but Lin Tong didn't give him toothpaste.Lin Tong brought two tubes of toothpaste when he came out this time, one for adults and one for children, and they will be gone when they run out.At this time, poor people didn't brush their teeth at all. Lin Tong tried the so-called green salt to brush his teeth, but it didn't feel very good, so he used the salt himself and left the toothpaste to Lin Nan.

After washing, Lin Nan began to memorize books. Ever since Lin Tong discovered that Lin Nan had become smarter, he bought some books to enlighten him and taught him how to read every day.In just a few days, the little guy has already recited the thousand-character text.Chen Xian also leaned aside and listened. Although he was not as fast as Lin Nan, he was very diligent. Except during the day, he practiced calligraphy on the ground by the moonlight every night.

"Hey, Chen Datou, come out!" A child shouted from outside the courtyard wall.Chen took a look at Lin Nan first, and then returned to "No, I still have something to do."

The child took a peek at the fair and delicate Lin Nan, blushed and said, "Just bring your brother out together."

Lin Nan was holding a brush, dipped in water, and practiced calligraphy tremblingly on the table. When the child mentioned him, he raised his head and said seriously: "I want to practice calligraphy, so I can't go out to play."

To be honest, honest children like Lin Nan are really rare. Children love to play, so there is no way they can sit still.He is the only one who, because of being ignored for a long time, has an extreme desire for love. He doesn't know how to act like a baby. He does what his parents tell him to do. He hardly asks for anything.Lin Tong told him to study hard and practice calligraphy, so he would study hard and practice calligraphy, and would not think about going out to play at all.

The child on the wall stared blankly at Lin Nan for a while, then went back with his head drooping.As soon as it got off the wall, several children surrounded it, "How about it, did they agree?"

"He said he wanted to practice calligraphy, but he refused to come out." The boy's tone was very frustrated.

"Practice calligraphy! My boy, is he from a scholar's background?" A boy glanced at the courtyard wall of Lin's family greedily.The arrival of Lin Tong and the others was little news in the village.Although their clothes and speech at the beginning were a bit weird, but these two people are really beautiful.Especially Lin Nan, the teacher's daughter in Zhangjiazhuang is not so good-looking, her face is so fair, her eyes are big and beautiful, her little mouth is red like the fruit he has seen, it always makes people feel sour and sweet.The children in the neighborhood all agree that the emperor's concubine is probably so good-looking.

Chen Xian lived a very stable life during this period. Not only was he able to eat enough every day, but he was also very clean. He took a bath with Lin Tong and his son every day, and changed his clothes every few days. There was a lot of flesh, and there was more blood on his face, not as pale as before.Moreover, he was able to read and write. Chen Xian felt that following Lin Tong was the most correct decision he made.

"Nan Nan, how do you pronounce this?" Chen Xian asked Lin Nan pointing to a word.

"This is 'water'," Lin Nan replied crisply.

"Hey, the two little brothers are studying!" A strange male voice came, and the man pushed open the courtyard door without waiting for them to reply.

A man in his 30s came in. The man had slender eyebrows, thin eyes, yellow eyes, and a thin beard that was slightly yellow.I saw him staring at Lin Nan carefully, nodding his head while watching, "It really looks good." The man's eyes were so strange that Lin Nan moved back a little uneasy.

Chen Xian hurriedly got up, patted the back of Lin Nan's head, "Go back to the house and put away your things." He said, standing in front of the man, trying to block Lin Nan's figure.This man doesn't look like a good person. Since he came in, his eyes have been rolling around, looking around. He is too familiar with that kind of eyes. Every time the second master sees something good, he does this.According to Brother Lin's teaching, this is called ulterior motives, probably this idiom.

"Isn't this little brother a local?" After observing around, the man found that the family was not very rich, and the smile in his eyes deepened.

Chen Xian was a little uncertain. He had been a thief for a while. Although he was only the lowest level of cannon fodder, could this person be sent by the government? I have been to the government to prepare a register."

How did Chen Xian know this? He just followed Lin Tong, and Lin Tong took care of everything outside.Seeing that Chen Xian hesitated and couldn't speak, the man's face was full of color, "If this is the case, then come with me to the government."

"Why?" Chen Xian jumped up, the man was just a plain-haired commoner in a white robe, and he was not a government official.

"It's because of your vain attempts to avoid corvee." The man pulled his face down.

"They have already reported to the government." Wang Da's voice sounded from behind the man.Fortunately, I came in time, otherwise these two children would have been taken away by this conscientious person.Why do you say, it turns out that this man is a short-term buyer, who specializes in tricking people into selling their sons and daughters.If you can't cheat, you can't be strong, but he also depends on people. Those poor people who have nothing to rely on, he will find excuses to find trouble, and he will find trouble until he gets that handsome child away. The children of others.This time, he probably heard that there were a few new arrivals from other lands, and the children were growing up well, so he wanted to come over to see if there was any benefit for him.

Ordinarily, the government strictly forbids buying people, but this guy has a wide network, and it is said that he knows people in the government. If there is a bitter person to sue, it will be nothing.Fortunately, not long after Lin Tong and the others arrived, Wang Da asked Lin Tong to report to the government, otherwise, this would be a clue.

In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, the situation of common people escaping corvee was too serious. In addition, the gentry also recruited a large amount of labor. The country had very strict management of household registration for corvee, taxation, and to grab population from the gentry.Emperor Wen and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty both adopted the method of losing nationality and had a good understanding of it. They also conducted two nationwide household registration checks, and each time they found out many black households.

The reason why Wang Da asked Lin Tong and the others to take the initiative to report to the government was also for his own sake. Once it was found out that Lin Tong and the others were black households, everyone would be in bad luck.Fortunately, Lin Tong looked young, and the government didn't ask much when he went to report.Lin Tong had inquired that the men here would start to serve corvee at the age of 21. After this guy found out that he was getting younger, he reported himself as 15 years old without any shyness.It is not said that he has a son, because married people are full renters, and unmarried people are half renters.So now on the government's household registration, Lin Nan is his younger brother, who is six years old this year, and Chen Xian is his cousin, who is ten years old.The three brothers were originally from Zhangnan, Shandong. Due to the great turmoil in Shandong, they came here to visit their relatives, and they are now settled in Wangjia Village.

In other words, except for Wang Da and Wang Cheng, no one knew that Lin Nan was Lin Tong's son.Even if someone said that Lin Nan was Lin Tong's son, the people in the government would not believe it. It would be more reliable for the two to say that they were brothers.In fact, even Wang Da and the others only thought that Lin Nan was just Lin Tong's godson or adoptive son.

After the man left resentfully, Wang Da heaved a sigh of relief, and then took the two younger ones to his home.Fortunately, when the man first arrived, the children in the village came to report the news, so nothing happened.Before the Lin family brothers come back, let the two young ones live in their own home.Anyway, Lin Tong gave a lot of money and food before he left, enough for two children.

Besides, that man's surname is Fang and his name is Wuliang. On the day he was born, his father happened to go to the street and cut Wuliang's flesh.Later, he was called Fang Wuliang, and everyone around him called him Fang Wuliang.This person is lazy and has made a lot of wine and meat friends.People are smart enough, but they don't need to be on the right path, and they started the business of buying people early.

Lin Nan's appearance is really good. If he can sell it to the rich man in Longyang, he will definitely make a lot of money. Fang Wuliang began to think about how to get the small one when he went back.

Lin Tong, who was nestling under the dry grass leaves and staring at the gazelle, didn't know that his son was also being watched by people just like the gazelle. The sheep was grazing slowly, eating a few bites on the left and nibbling on the right.As a qualified teacher, Wang Chengcheng watched from not far away, ready to wait for Lin Tong to practice this time before coming to teach him a lesson or two.

One of the sheep's feet had stepped into the noose, moved it once, and then again.Lin Tong looked at Yang Gun's round and fat figure with bright eyes, his heart was both nervous and excited, and his palms began to sweat.Gazelle seemed to sense the murderous intent around him, looked up and looked around, and took a step back a little uneasy.The sheep could not be let go, Lin Tong made up his mind immediately, and pulled the rope violently, but the gazelle didn't step on the rope firmly, staggered and broke free, and ran back.Lin Tong was in a hurry, and took the bamboo spear that Wang Cheng gave him for self-defense.With a pole piercing it, the bamboo spear was sharpened and more than one meter long. Lin Tong's strength was so fierce that the bamboo spear penetrated the gazelle's hind legs across the chest, nailing the sheep firmly to the ground, bleeding With heat and gurgling outwards, the unlucky gazelle only twitched a few times and then stopped moving.

Wang Cheng was stunned as he watched, just now he wanted to criticize Lin Tong for showing his murderous aura too quickly, which alerted the animals, and the noose was not pulled at the right time. It's so cold, it's really a fool who can't hold back and has strength.Fortunately, Lin Tong didn't know what Wang Cheng was thinking, otherwise this guy would definitely be depressed for a while.Wang Cheng directly labeled Lin Tong as a foolish and powerful person, wondering if he should try to hunt a leopard back.With such a powerful helper, it shouldn't be too much trouble.

"Hurry up, get rid of that sheep. The smell of blood is so strong that if you attract wolves, you will suffer." Wang Cheng is experienced after all. He drained the sheep's blood, covered it with soil, and led Lin Tong went to their foothold in the mountains.