The sick man is responsible

Chapter 60 On the Long Journey

Just started on the road, Liu Chenghan seemed to be the leader, won a horse for everyone, not to mention, he also showed that he was very familiar with the escort officer, everyone naturally believed him, but Liu Chenghan was disrespectful.Being a leader is a lot of trouble on the surface, but the benefits are in the dark. Everyone who has left their hometowns will be twisted together. It is more convenient to be a talking person in a small group than an obedient person.

It was only the first day, and the escort officer didn't leave very quickly, so everyone had to get used to it. At noon, we called for a break and a meal, because we had prepared a lot of dry food when we just left the house.After eating a rich meal, I rested for a while before starting to leave. The children were also in the novelty period, and their eyes were rolling around.

Liu Laowu didn't buy a horse, and Liu Chenghan was not good. He let the stallion drag the Yue family's car away on the first day. He and Liu Shun had to take turns pulling the car, and he had to grit his teeth and persist even with the burning shoulders. Fortunately, he pulled the car. When driving, Liu Hanqing would push behind him to make him relax.

The first night I slept in the post station. The rooms in the post station are for officers and soldiers who come and go. Farmers like them who have moved to the customs can only sleep in the open space outside the post station.But because it is a post station, there is still a stove to boil water, a toilet, and a place to take a bath, which is much better than the wild land.

Put the cart into a circle, and people sleep in it. Liu Chenghan gathered everyone together and introduced themselves one by one. How could a few rough guys have such experience, but Liu Chenghan encouraged them to talk, and everyone was reborn. We got to know each other and got close a lot. "In the future, we will be one big family. We need to support and help each other. When we come back, we will be able to return to our hometown safely." Liu Chenghan said.

Yes, going out is not just looking forward to the day when I can go home a lot.

Liu Chenghan rearranged it a bit. His family has a carriage, so naturally they walked in the front, and the horse-drawn carriage was behind. It was too hard to go round once a day, so they took breaks as breaks. They were one family from morning to morning, and another family from afternoon to evening. After pulling the whole family, they consciously go to the back of the line. The three young couples have very little luggage, and each household has a wheelbarrow. Anyway, each household has a share. As for whether to switch out, it is up to them to negotiate.

Wu Suihua followed the carriage all day today, Zhou Hongmei told him to take a rest in the carriage, he also shook his head with a smile, there were only two seats, the young one had to sit, Zhou Hongmei and Liao Xiaodou wanted to sit, Liu Hanqing didn't sit, of course he didn't will go to sit.At lunch, Zhou Hongmei called him to eat together, saying that Liu's five families also ate together. Wu Suihua went to eat without much excuse, but before setting off in the afternoon, she took all the dry food she brought to Liu Hanchun, "I Knowing this is a little bit, if not enough, I will pay with silver."

Liu Hanchun accepted the dry rations, "Let's mix them up and eat them first, the money is another matter."

When making dinner at night, Wu Suihua also rolled up her sleeves to help, with quick hands and feet and a well-mannered manner, both Zhou Hongmei and Liu Chenghan had a better impression of him.

Liu Hanqing took a hot towel and put it on Liu Chenghan's shoulders. Liu Chenghan said, "When we get closer to the town, we still need to buy another horse, otherwise the journey will be too hard."

"Well, Ah Ya called my father, he said he is a deadhead." Liu Hanqing said with a smile, "I said I will pull you, but I won't let you."

"It's not that I can't move, how can I let you do this kind of hard work." Liu Chenghan muttered.

"You'll have to save face and suffer." Liu Hanqing finally told the truth.

"Hug the spindle more often, talk to him more, and relieve his tension and anxiety. A child is easily frightened when he suddenly changes places. And Yuan Bao, forget it, that guy doesn't know how to be afraid, why didn't he see him talking to the bell " Liu Chenghan said, "It's pitiful for Zhong Sheng to sit there alone."

"Zhong Sheng is shy, Yuan Bao is a domineering person, how can you tell him that, you didn't see him playing with the children in front and back." Liu Hanqing said. "It's nice to let the bell play with the spindle."

"Hey, it's only the first day." Liu Chenghan covered his face and fell on the quilt.This is really a long way to go.

Halfway through the next day, the escort officer suddenly stopped and said to the large troops, "Now it's out of Sanjiang County."

Hearing this, everyone looked back one after another, unable to express their emotions, and the more sensitive Fu Lang began to wipe tears.The escort officer didn't say this to hurt them, and after saying a word, he yelled and walked forward, "Hurry up, hurry up, you can still spend the night at the post station, if you slow down, you can only sleep in the wild.

Slowly, the speed of the journey became much faster. From tiredness to habit to adaptation, everyone's face was weathered, but they were also steady on their feet.When passing through a county town, Liu Shun went to buy a mule. The mule was cheap, and the journey was easy in no time. You don't need to pull a cart, just walk.

The other villagers looked greedy, and it was not worthwhile to buy one for a family. Two or three families mixed together to buy one, and with the stallion, it would be much easier.

Once he got used to the rhythm of the rush, Liu Chenghan would be able to free up his hands to pack the ingots. This guy is playing crazy. He is only six years old and dares to bring children big and small to fight with the children in other teams. After the fight, he runs away , Other parents came to the door, and they still refused to admit it.

Yuan Bao sat upright on the carriage, and hugged Zhu Zi, who had been wanting to sit next to him, in his arms. Yuan Bao kept struggling, and Yuan Bao whispered to him, "Dang Zi, you have to be loyal, can you escape this catastrophe?" It's up to you."

Dingzi refused, and Liu Zhongsheng watched for a long time, then said timidly, "It's uncomfortable for you to hold him like this."

Yuan Bao looked at him, the expression in his eyes meant that you knew how to make him behave.Liu Zhongsheng understood, and picked up the spindle board and sat upright on Yuanbao's lap, and gave him a snack from the box next to him, "Sit on brother's lap obediently and eat cakes."

Ingot became honest in an instant while holding the dim sum.

Yuan Bao thanked him with a snort. Sure enough, he was a little brother, so he would say cakes.

Liu Chenghan came with a bamboo stick, "Spindle, go to your elder brother Zhong Sheng."

Hearing the words, Dingzi climbed down from Yuan Bao's lap, Yuan Bao was stared at by his father and couldn't reach out to pull him, so he yelled flatteringly, "Father~~"

"I really didn't organize the fight. Everyone else is a head taller than me. How can they listen to me?" Liu Yuanbao argued.

"I won't talk to you about this today." Liu Chenghan tapped on the bamboo stick and said, "Have you had fun these few days, and you still memorized a few of the Analects of Confucius, Zi said, learn and learn from time to time?" It means to let Yuan Bao take over One sentence.

"Why so suddenly?" Yuan Bao said with a bitter face. "Don't let me review before taking the exam."

"One, two." Liu Chenghan began to count down.

"Zi said, learning and learning from time to time, is it not easy to talk about it? It's a pleasure to have friends from afar. It's not a gentleman if you don't know it but not stunned." Yuan Bao quickly backtracked.Dad's bamboo strips will really sting your palms.

"Zi said, learning without thinking is useless." Liu Chenghan asked another question.

"Thinking without learning will lead to peril." Yuan Bao quickly followed up.

"Zengzi said, do I reflect on myself three times a day?" Liu Chenghan said.

"Zengzi said, I examine my body three times a day, my body, my body." Yuan Bao hesitated for a long time, and honestly said with his palms up, "Father, I was wrong."

"What's wrong?" Liu Chenghan asked.

"You shouldn't waste your studies." Yuan Bao wept with a sad face, "You shouldn't be complacent and frivolous because of changes in the environment."

"Admitting mistakes is more profound. This time I will only hit five times." Liu Chenghan said, "In the evening I will draw the Analects of Confucius' Xueerpian and Weizhengpian. If you can't recite it, you will be punished."

"Yes." Yuan Bao said with a crying face.He stretched out his hand and took five blows of the bamboo whip, found his little bag, turned out the Analects, and began to recite it madly.Liu Chenghan went to another place, Zhou Hongmei came once, looked at his little red hands, and said that he would teach your father a lesson later, how could he really fight.Liu Hanqing also came over once, looked at the small hands, and said that he had to learn a lesson after being beaten this time, and don't do it again next time.In the end Liao Xiaodou also came and said, poor grandson, Wai Da is going to boil an egg for you to eat, the bell rings, you take the ingot and be good, don't disturb Yuan Bao's study, you know?

Liu Zhong replied softly, Liao Xiaodou patted his head and then spindle's small face, spindle looked innocently at Liao Xiaodou and said, "Daddy Wai, spindle also wants to eat boiled eggs."

"Okay, Wada will also cook an egg for the spindle." Liao Xiaodou said.

It is not easy for Yuan Bao to endorse. He is only six years old, and it is not so easy to concentrate when he is distracted. But every time he wanders off to see the flowers and plants on the roadside, he can feel Liu Zhongsheng's adoring eyes and hear He coaxed the restless spindle to not disturb his brother's study in a low voice, so he became a little embarrassed and continued to memorize.Stealing a peek at him, if he read aloud, Liu Zhongsheng would listen attentively.

Clearing his throat, he changed from reciting to reading.Then I felt Liu Zhongsheng's eyes adoring him more and more, and his little chest was full of pride. The little brother just didn't understand anything, so he thought it would be great to know how to read.

I'm really amazing though lol.

After that, because of the adoring eyes of the younger brother, the great Yuan Bao rekindled the enthusiasm he had when learning characters for the first time. This is the next story.

This simple stove with a wooden frame and an iron sheet is quite practical. You can prepare meals on the road, and you only need to eat when you are resting. Other people look at this and make a few of these things when they pass by towns. It's just that black pottery pots are rare, and using ordinary crock pots is still not as effective, but it's better than just eating steamed buns dry.

The escort officer always ate at Liu Chenghan's house, and after a meal, he realized, "I have picked up and dropped off so many business trips, but this time I ate better."

Liao Xiaodou took three eggs and put them in the wooden frame. Inside the black pottery pot was hot rations for the spindle. The eggs brought from home had already been eaten, and these eggs were exchanged with the locals when passing by the village occasionally.Sometimes fresh vegetables can be exchanged.

The recipe for the journey is very simple. It’s not steamed buns with pickles, or vegetable porridge. Make some hot soup noodles at night. The one hundred catties of dried noodles prepared by Liu Dingzhu are quite delicious. Putting them directly in hot water will make a lot of dough, and it saves the cooking time of kneading noodles. face effort.He only ate rice once every five days. Later, Liu Chenghan said that cooking vegetables, meat and rice together saved a lot of time, and gradually he ate rice once every three or two days.

It's the harvest season when you are on the road. Sometimes you can step on chestnuts or walnuts while walking on the road, and the escort officer will not let you enter the mountain, but you have to walk around during the rest and it's okay.He is not afraid of you running away, the household registration is in his hands, if you do not have a household registration, you are a refugee, life is not easy, if you live elsewhere to farm, you might as well go to the border with you, and it will be beneficial to come back after three to five years.Such a run will ruin everything.

Picking some wild fruits, wild vegetables, picking some wild mushrooms, digging some bamboo shoots, husbands are always racking their brains to make all the old and young men in the family satisfied. What consolation.

Gradually, I added an extra piece of clothing, and the surrounding scenery was completely different from my hometown.Spindle was scratched by the wind for the first time, and he cried hard while hugging Liu Hanqing's neck.He couldn't buy oil for his face, so he could only touch it with a little vegetable oil. The two cheeks that were painted were oily, with two tear-filled eyes, which looked ridiculous.

Zhou Hongmei also coughed all the time, the wind was blowing fiercely, the air was dry, and her throat was always uncomfortable. Liu Shun had skin flakes all over her body, so she couldn't take off her clothes, and when she took them off, it would snow heavily. Liu Shun laughed and said that she was a snake shedding its skin , Maybe shed this layer of black skin and become a handsome man.

Hearing that Liao Xiaodou just rolled his eyes, he didn't let Liu Laowu smoke anymore, and if he smoked, his throat would be so dry.

The wild pears on the mountain were only the size of three fingers, Liu Hanqing picked them all, boiled water with rock sugar, and drank a bowl for each person. There was no other miraculous effect. Zhou Hongmei said that her throat felt much more comfortable, and she would not always feel itchy and want to cough.

Liu Hanqing boiled pear water at night, and drank it as water during the day. Now you can’t see the mountains when you walk, there are plains, and when there are no villages, there are half-person-high wild pear trees on both sides of the road. The pear water is still enough.

When everyone got used to the drier climate, the wild pear trees disappeared, the strong wind only lifted up the dust, and the roadsides were also fallen weeds.

"Jiaxing Pass is coming soon." The escort officer rubbed his hands and said, "Take out the thickest clothes and put them on, and don't sleep to death at night. I don't know when the weather will change. When it snows heavily, a few people will freeze to death." .”

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