Civilian Edition Traveling Farming Diary

I haven't written a diary for several days, because the past few days have been peaceful, and in order not to cause trouble, Chen Xiang and I have not gone out these days.

We are busy at home preparing things for the trip.

I went to the village chief two days ago and told him about the move, but he could only sigh helplessly. This is a refugee village, and he saw a lot of people coming and going, but he moved for my husband. Yes, I'm still the first.

I met Qiu Dazhong at his place. He came to let the village head protect the matchmaker and wanted to go to Su Mai’s house to propose a marriage. It seems that he really liked Su Mai, so he was willing to stop wandering for him and settle here. It was the opposite trajectory of my life.

One goes for the one you love, the other stays for the one you love.

Probably there is a sense of sympathy for each other, he told me a lot of experience of going out, and I have been preparing at home these few days.

Going out here is no better than the original world, you can leave with just a few bags of belongings, and you can also take a trip as soon as you say it, which is called free and easy, and here it is called courting death.

Traveling in winter is not a pleasant experience. We need to stay in a carriage without air conditioning for a whole day, so we must have thick bedding to keep warm. We have to bring all the bedding for the whole family. I found time to run to the town to buy I bought two small hand stoves and some charcoal for heating on the road.

The ingredients at home also need to be disposed of. I asked Liu Dong to kill two chickens for me, and gave them one as a gift. Chen Xiang and I stewed the remaining one. Liu Dong’s family sighed when they knew we were going to move. No end, with a sad look, I asked them not to mention it to the outside world.

We have eaten a lot of food at home in the past few days, three meals a day, also to grow some meat and resist freezing.

The noodles were made into big pancakes by Chen Xiang and eggs, with meat and vegetable fillings inside. In short, we tried our best to use all the ingredients. Qiu Dazhong said that we must prepare enough dry food on the road, although there will be tea sheds on the road , don’t worry about the hot water, but it’s better to bring your own food. I just realized that those tea sheds don’t have wine and meat like on TV, they really only provide hot tea and simple multigrain porridge.

Chen Xiang made a large stack of cakes, so there is no need to worry about spoilage in this weather.In this way, oil, eggs, noodles, and vegetables are all used.We only eat rice these days, and the rice is also clean.

There are still some potatoes left, and a lot of firewood. I sold them to Fat Cheng in the town yesterday, and told him that I was moving. He was also surprised, but he bought them without saying a word. To buy vegetables and firewood.

The selling price was not much, because the shopkeeper Xiao Du suppressed the price, and I didn't care about it, because I didn't have time or mood to bargain.

I took the money to buy two water bladders for use on the road, and bought cotton boots. The price of cotton boots has started to drop at this moment, and they are not very expensive. I also bought a book of three characters. We will spend about a month I can go to Fengzhou in as little time as I want, and I will start work when I arrive. If there is nothing to do on the road, I have to hurry up and study.

I didn't hire a donkey cart from Li Laotian's family because I really didn't want to deal with the villagers anymore. Fat Cheng's family has a donkey cart. He said he asked his father to drive us off on the morning of the [-]th. I am really grateful to him.

I bought some glutinous rice balls, today is fifteen, I want to eat.

All the things in the house have been packed, we only left firewood and meals for the day, and we can leave tomorrow morning after packing the mattresses, dishes and chopsticks.

Yes, I have to take the bowls and chopsticks with me. I have earned all the needles and threads at home, so I can't throw them away.

Chen Xiang made all our wedding clothes today. We changed into wedding clothes, lit candles, and worshiped heaven and earth. This is considered a gift, and I only sent eggs to Liu Zhao's family. Liu Zhao looked at it. I cried and said that it was not easy for us.

I'm not sad at all, because I found that Chen Xiang and I were very relaxed and happy in the past few days when we were preparing to move. We didn't seem to worry about the future at all. It was a relief for us to leave.

In the evening we ate dumplings, glutinous rice balls are supper.

We didn’t do it tonight, because we were afraid that the bumps on the road tomorrow would make our bodies unbearable. After eating glutinous rice balls, I pulled Chen Xiang and talked a lot. here I am.

I told him that if he wants to gain a foothold in Fengzhou, he must first identify himself if he wants to live a good life.

Chen Xiang didn't understand.

I cupped his face and said, "Ah Xiang, do you know what makes a person stand in the world?"

He shook his head.

I told him: "It's self-confidence, you have to be confident, Ah Xiang, your past is like that, no matter how you look at it, avoid it, it has already happened, no one can change what has happened, the problem lies in you What do you think?"

"If you feel that you are a dishonorable person, you will not be able to hold your head up no matter where you go. If you think that you are great and have a clear conscience, then other people's eyes, words, and actions will not be able to stand up. hurt you, you know?"

Chen Xiang's eyes sparkled, and he said, "But I...others really don't know..."

"That's not important," I said, "Ah Xiang, you have to think highly of yourself."

Chen Xiang lowered his head and thought for a long time, then I quietly accompanied him.

Finally, in the faint candlelight, he grabbed my sleeve and raised his head to smile at me.

He said: "I understand, brother Zhang Cheng, now my world is you besides me, as long as you and I believe in me, I have nothing to fear, right?"

I smiled and nodded.

He smiled: "Brother Zhang Cheng, I used to think that my life was over, but I didn't expect to meet you, I escaped from death, and I was loved and protected by you. My good luck is to tell me to cherish life and live a good life for the rest of my life. I used to be too stupid to see through the things in the past. Today you said that so I understand, I also thought about it Why am I so happy these days, I just figured out why I just experienced that kind of slander and abuse, it turned out to be because we are moving, I am full of expectations for the future, so I don’t care about the bad things in the past two days.”

I took his hand and said, "So, you don't care about those things before."

He nodded and said, "I will live a good life with you in the future."

I pulled him into my arms, my heart was clear and comfortable, and I said, "Ah Xiang, you must not only live well with me, but also break out of your own world."

He looked at me suspiciously, like a ignorant little rabbit, I couldn't help but kissed him, and said: "You can have what you want to do, or you can let go of it. Maybe you will be better than me in the future. take care of me."

He shyly hid in my arms: "I can't do so many things."

I encouraged: "You can."

"But I don't know what I can do."

"Then I slowly discovered that before that, we studied together, learned to read together, and accumulated experience and knowledge together. When the day you find what you want to do, you won't miss it because of your own ability."

He rubbed against my chest and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."