Bianshanhan [farming]

Because it was not yet spring plowing time, people in all villages were very idle, and the news of someone coming back spread quickly. Not long after the people in Yangshu Village arrived home, people from nearby villages ran over to help clean up and ask where they were going. where.

Of course, the latter is what they care most about.

Knowing that they went to a border town thousands of miles away, they couldn't help but gasp. In everyone's mind, it was a place where the imperial court wanted to commit crimes.

In the past, the life of each family was almost the same. During the drought, they couldn't eat. They went out for a few years, and they even sat in a carriage and wore leather jackets. It didn't look like they were fleeing famine.

Whether or not to return to Bingzhou was decided half a year ago. Most of the people who came back were brothers. When they were in the border town, the elders of the family would gather together to get them horses and mules. Since the land must be planted for these people who came back, Naturally, livestock is indispensable.

It was impossible for long-haired ponies to be brought back to Bingzhou. It was hotter than the border town, and they would suffer a lot. Jiang Cong asked Zhou Fengnian for some accommodation to replace those horses in the camp that were not suitable for war horses.

As for fur jackets, if you don’t wear fur jackets in the border towns, it’s not easy to go out in winter. Of course, not everyone has fur robes. I’m afraid they won’t be able to survive on the way back, and the elders of various ethnic groups will clean them up.

Of course, the people who came back all had two or thirty taels of silver on them, after all, they had sold so many dry goods and medicinal materials in Fanyang City.

Among other things, a lot of all kinds of Ganoderma lucidum in the birch forest have been picked.

However, they are all used to not revealing their wealth, and each reasoned that it was good luck to come back, and they didn't talk too much about the border town.

Li Qingwen and the others closed the doors and windows again, and it was almost dark, so they found some firewood, cleaned the pot, boiled water, and put the hard frozen dumplings in to cook.

The dry rations they took were all in abundance, and Chen shi purposely packed more, and these dumplings could be eaten for another five or six meals.

The house has been empty for too long, the chimney is probably blocked, there is a lot of smoke from cooking dumplings, and the kang is not yet hot.

The sleeping bag was placed on the kang, Li Qingwen and Li Qinghong locked the doors and windows, got in and had a good sleep.

The next day, when Li Qingzhuo came back from the county seat, the three brothers went to the back mountain with a few bags on their backs.

The cemetery was covered with weeds, withered and yellow. The three elder brothers pulled out the weeds, then knelt in front of the grave and burned paper money. While burning, they talked about their affairs in the border town, so as to reassure the elders in the family that the unworthy children and grandchildren had a very good life there. Well, the farther away in the future, there will be less visits to the grave, but every time I will burn more, I will not wrong my ancestors.

They did buy a lot of paper money, and they were the first ones to burn. After burning for a long time, other people's houses were finished crying, but the flames in his house were not extinguished.

After burning the money, there was a large piece of black ashes on the ground, and the three brothers filled the tomb with soil, and then went down the mountain together.

Li Qingyong came to help Li Qingwen tidy up the side rooms and yards, Li Qingzhuo and Li Qinghong went to the clan's ancestral hall, the original tablets were carried to the border town, there was a new ancestral hall in the border town, and Bingzhou side had to make new tablets.

This has to go to the town to find someone to do it. Li Qingzhuo and the others went to find a carpenter, and then took the thick stack of land deeds and house deeds they had with them to the yamen.

The yamen was smashed and burned by angry people back then, and now there are still patches of black marks on the wall.

Bingzhou was severely affected by the disaster, and the government gave seeds to the people who returned to their hometowns, exempting them from corvee and tax.

It is certainly a good thing for the living people, but for those who lost their loved ones in the famine, this joy is mixed with too much pain.

The house was finally tidied up. Li Qingwen's body was sore from exhaustion. He hadn't done anything for a long time, and his bones were almost rusted. Of course, this work was indeed not easy. We can know how hard his mother and sister-in-law used to be.

I heard that Li Qingwen and the others were still going to the capital. People from more than a dozen nearby villages came here, so I asked them to take care on the way. If they could meet their lost family members, it would be best if they could help them. If not, it would be good to write a letter back.

Back then, most people went to the south and the capital to flee famine. Some were lucky enough to escape to places where they could give out porridge, but their brothers and sisters didn't know where they went, and they never came back.

Li Qingwen took out a pen and paper, asked them to say their names and villages, and then wrote them down. They were all fellow villagers. If he could do what he could, he would not hesitate to help.

These people didn't expect Li Qingwen to be so serious, their eyes were wet with excitement, and they hurriedly opened their mouths. There were so many of them, and they couldn't hear anyone clearly when they opened their mouths.

Li Qinghong asked them to talk one by one, and Li Qingzhuo also took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write on the table next to him.

Li Qingwen and Li Qingzhuo wrote a thick stack of paper before stopping.

The folks asked them to do things, and they also asked them to take care of the people in the village. After all, only these people came back from Yangshu Village.

Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.

People in the nearby villages naturally nodded.

After staying in the village for a few days, everything was done well. After kowtowing to the clean ancestral hall, Li Qingwen and others left Liushan County for the capital.

In addition to the three Li Qingwen brothers, there were more than 40 other boys accompanying them. Like Li Qinghong, they also went to the capital to do business and find another wife.

Although there were many people, they still followed a caravan heading to the capital on the way, or they didn't know where to go.

However, the people in this caravan were too interested in the tight cargo on their car, and they kept asking. As a last resort, they parted ways with the caravan two days later.

Maybe there are too many sledges, and the big guys feel uncomfortable when riding in the car, especially when the road is not good, the buttocks will be smashed.

But the weather is getting warmer and warmer. Everyone took off their thick clothes and changed into sackcloth, which made it easier to walk around.

The snow in the border town should still be thick at this season, but the road here is very clean. When walking, there is only a little bit of white on the top of the mountain far away.

Li Qingyong told Li Qingwen at the beginning that he really didn't want to leave the border town. The border town was much more interesting. He and Li Qingfeng rode horses to the forest, but when he arrived in the bustling city, he couldn't see enough. How is the capital.

With that yearning look on his face, Li Qingwen felt that what he had persuaded before was not as good as feeding the dog.

Waste of tongue!

Li Qingfeng was supposed to come this time too, but there was not enough salt, so he had to go to Linsu with Li Qingrui and the villagers. Of course, he agreed so honestly because Li Maoxian and Li Qingrui agreed to let him go to the capital by boat in the future. faster.

Li Qingfeng, who had wanted to take the boat for a long time, didn't secretly come back with Li Qingwen and the others.

As they walked, it became hotter, and they lost two more sackcloths. The fields on both sides of the road had already been turned over, and there was a busy scene everywhere.

The day when the rankings were announced in February has passed, Li Qingwen and Li Qinghong wanted to know how the second brother did in the exam, but Li Qingzhuo didn't seem worried, and kept holding the book in the car.

He memorized all of these, and only glanced at them when he couldn't remember clearly, which didn't bother his eyes.

Li Qingwen and the others walked quickly, only stopping for two days when it was raining, and finally arrived in the capital in early April.

The vast city walls, the majestic city gates, and the turbulent crowd, although they have seen the new city of the border city, but the one in front of them is even more magnificent, and everyone can't help but widen their eyes.

When queuing up to enter the city, Li Qingyong was still talking with his mouth open. When the officers and soldiers checked, he was like a clam that shut up, not opening a crack.

Once inside, he couldn't even utter a single word, and he couldn't get enough of looking around.

Not to mention him, even Li Qingwen, who had been here once, was overwhelmed by the crowd's voices. Walking on the street, he had the illusion of being drowned.

Compared with the border towns with vast land and few people, there are too many people in the capital city, and there is a lot of traffic, and there are many tall buildings, row upon row.

No loss, it is the most prosperous capital in Daliang!

Li Qinghong drove the car all the way to the Wisteria Alley, Li Qingyong held Li Qingwen's hand tightly, his eyes were still looking outside, swallowing his saliva, and said, "Zaier, Zier..."

What he wanted to ask, he forgot all of a sudden.

Before they arrived at the place, they met a neighbor from the neighborhood who came out to work. The other party hugged him in surprise and congratulated him. Li Qingzhuo passed the exam, and the happy news was sent to the restaurant, and now it has been heard in the alley.

Well, there was such a happy event just after arriving, Li Qingwen and the others were all overjoyed.

The old neighbors didn't block the road, so they told them the good news and let them go back quickly. They were exhausted all the way from their hometown.

This way, they walked neither fast nor slow. They met a few diners, and they knew about it. They all congratulated them and asked Li Qinghong with a smile. If he went to eat lamb scorpion next time, would he give mutton again? .

Li Qinghong and Li Qingzhuo got out of the car and bowed their hands together to express their thanks, and Li Qingwen climbed out to drive the car.

When they arrived at the restaurant, they received a lot of congratulations. The carriages stopped in front of the small building, and Li Qingyong jumped out of the carriage. When he looked up, he saw Li Qinggui coming out, and grinned, "Fifth brother!"

Li Qinggui and Li Qingyong are the same grandfather, but their temperaments are very different.

"Qingyong!" Li Qinggui didn't care about his hand, and patted his younger brother's shoulder heavily when he came up. Seeing so many people came again, he was very happy, "It can be regarded as a hand!"

All the young men who had just arrived in the capital came over to call for help, while secretly looking at the second floor in front of them, which looked quite impressive, no worse than those restaurants in the county.

They are going to work here in the future!

Hearing the movement, the people working behind also ran out one after another, looking at the crowd of heads outside, they cried out in surprise.

Everyone jumped to tell about the happy event of Li Qingzhuo's passing the exam, but they didn't know that they already knew about it on the way.

Although they didn't go home during the Chinese New Year, so many brothers came to the clan, everyone was full of joy, but there were still customers in the shop, they didn't dare to delay, said hello, and ran back quickly.