The man glanced at the woman, and the woman realized her gaffe, smiled sheepishly, and then asked cautiously again: "Do you really win?"
The man nodded and said: "I just came back from the north. After the war, I want to go home."
At this point, the man began to talk about the great battle in the north. Although he did not experience all of it personally, he could talk about some things. The woman did not understand these military and national events, but she understood two things.
The first thing is that the Northern Territory really won this time, and they gave a good blow to those monsters who always want to go south. The second thing is that the Great Wall in the Northern Territory will have peace and stability for many years.
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"It's better if we don't fight. If we don't fight, people won't die. That's really a good thing!"
The woman was overjoyed. This was really the best news she had heard these days. Before the end of the year, she had been living a hard life for a year. But now, she no longer felt any pain at all. Even Rouge no longer felt any pain at all.
She couldn't buy it either, and she didn't seem to be unhappy at all.
Just as the man was about to speak again, he heard some footsteps from the door. Not long after, there was a knock on the door of the woman's yard.
The woman glanced at the man, smiled apologetically, and hurried to the door to open the door. Standing at the door was a government servant wearing official robes. The woman knew this man. He was a servant in the government. His name was Song Zhong.
He personally delivered all the money, and the relationship between the two was quite good.
At this moment, he was holding a bag of rice noodles and a pig leg in his other hand. When he saw the woman opening the door, he quickly put the rice noodles on the ground, handed over the pig leg in his hand, and then took it out from his arms.
A money bag, he smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, I brought you this month's money."
After taking the money, the woman did not open it, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "I heard someone said that the money issued by the court is not thirty pieces per month, but forty... I don't know if this is the case.
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Song Zhong has been working as an errand in the Yamen all year round, so he naturally knows what is going on here, but just now he glanced at the woman in front of him in surprise. He originally thought that the woman in front of him already knew these things, but he just kept holding back and did not say anything.
, but looking at the other party's expression at this moment, it was obvious that he had just learned the news. He couldn't help but look behind the woman, and happened to see a man sitting under the eaves.
The woman looked at Song Zhong's actions and quickly explained: "That's not what the guest said."
After all, she didn't want to bring any disaster to the man she had just met once.
Song Zhong withdrew his gaze and said with a bitter smile: "Sister-in-law, I originally thought you knew all this kind of thing, but now that I've asked, it's actually nothing. The money allocated by the court is indeed forty Daliang Tongbao every month, but this thing
After leaving the capital city, it is actually no longer under the control of the emperor. They are exploited at every level. How much is taken from the state capital and how much is taken from the county guard. These are things that everyone understands in the officialdom. Think about it, sister-in-law.
I can also understand that now that my sister-in-law is asking again...it doesn't matter if she asks me. Even if she really wants to go to the Yamen to cause trouble, she should think about it carefully..."
After all, Song Zhong was just a government servant running errands. It was already very difficult for him to blackmail some of the thirty remaining Da Liang Tong Bao that this woman had left without his conscience. What else could he do?
A smile appeared on the woman's bitter face. She said she didn't care before, but after all, it was just a way of supporting herself in front of outsiders. To the woman, these ten Daliang Tongbao actually didn't matter. If she saves enough, this
It was also enough food for several days.
"I know the severity."
The woman nodded. She didn't want to cause trouble to anyone, especially those who had helped her.
Song Zhong glanced at her, thought for a moment, and then said: "Sister-in-law, there are some things I have said that I think will make her angry, but I can't hold them back. Please forgive me, I have to say these things."
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"Brother Qi joined the army and died in the north. Our Liang Dynasty has great respect for these soldiers who died in the north. As a widow, my sister-in-law actually needs a man in the family, but in the eyes of the neighbors, this kind of thing is not very...
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Song Zhong looked at the woman and said that it was almost done. He quickly smiled apologetically and without waiting for the woman to answer, he said "Sister-in-law, think about it carefully" and then left.
The woman looked at Song Zhong's back, her face was not very pretty, but her eyes were complicated. She thought for a long time, and just sighed. She was living a difficult life at the moment. She also knew this. Daliang Lu never had anything to do with the soldier's widow.
There are restrictions on remarriage, but after remarriage, the court will naturally not release money every month. This matter is not a big deal. The bigger problem is that if she chooses to do this, then she will suffer countless looks from her neighbors.
She couldn't accept this kind of thing.
My husband has already risked his own life for these people and the world. As a living person, she can no longer smear him.
Sighing, the woman picked up the rice noodles and walked back to the house through the small courtyard. After putting down those things, she came back to the eaves and saw a large bowl of meat and steamed buns placed in front of the man.
The woman didn't even move, but she was a little unhappy, but she still covered up those bad emotions very well.
"Why don't guests eat?"
The woman looked at the man, and for a moment she couldn't tell his age. Looking at the white hair on his temples, she felt that he must be old, but seeing his face, she felt that he should not be older now.
He looks like he is in his thirties or forties. It must be the bitter cold in the north that makes him look a bit older?
The man was sitting under the eaves, but he didn't hide anything. He said bluntly: "I can't eat it."
The woman asked: "Does the guest dislike the poor food?"
The man shook his head, looked at the wind and snow in the yard, and said: "What makes me unable to eat is not the food, but the fact that you should get forty pieces every month, but they only give you thirty."
The woman smiled bitterly, thinking that since the man in front of her was a soldier who had returned from the north, she might have a wife at home, so she would naturally feel the same way.
For a moment, the woman just murmured: "What can we do?"
The man was silent when he heard this, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "A few years ago, when I wanted to do something big, many people thought I couldn't do it, but my wife persuaded me to do it.
Because if we don’t do this, it will be a small matter for our family to survive. Countless people will be more miserable alive than dead. But no matter who looks at it, there is absolutely no possibility of success. In fact, whether it is done or not
Pretty much, the price of failure will be greater, so I thought for a long time whether to do it or not."
The woman frowned and said, "Since we can't live without being a family, we must do it, at least give it a try, otherwise how would we know if it's possible?"
The man nodded and said with a smile: "That's the truth."
But then he paused and said softly: "The reason why they dare to bully you like this is because they know that you can survive now, and if they bully you, they can only swallow it, because if you resist, maybe even what you have now will be taken away.
"Leave, once people have something to lose, they will be timid. On the contrary, when they have nothing to lose, they will make a desperate move."
The man said slowly: "But it's not a glorious thing. If an uncle takes something belonging to a nephew, he will be scolded no matter what."
The woman was startled, but she was not too stupid to understand the meaning. She asked softly: "Is it right for my nephew to kill my uncle's family?"
The man turned his head to look at her and smiled without saying a word.
This principle is so simple, but there are still many people in the world who don’t understand it.
"But he is a nephew after all. I remember that my eldest brother was pretty good to me back then, but I did these things after his death. I think even my eldest brother will not forgive me, right? Otherwise, my wife would not leave like this.
I..." The man looked at the wind and snow in the sky, and his expression became a little hesitant. Some people show themselves on most occasions, which is completely different from the way they show themselves in private.
Thinking of his deceased wife, the man reached into his arms and took out the wild flower. After a long time, it was still as beautiful as ever.
After all, he took it off.
The woman didn't know what to say, she didn't know what the man had gone through, but she suddenly felt that the man in front of her was extremely sad at the moment, the kind of sadness that makes people speechless.
I don't know how long it took, but the man suddenly stood up, glanced into the distance, and was about to leave.
"Where are you going?"
The woman was a little worried, worried that this man would rush to the Yamen to seek justice for him.
The man looked at her and asked, "Should justice be sought?"
The woman thought that seeking justice is of course a good thing, but whether it can succeed is a big question. If it doesn't succeed in the end, wouldn't it harm you?
The man knew what she was thinking, and said calmly: "I want justice in Daliang Dynasty, and probably no one can stop me."
The woman frowned, not quite understanding what this sentence meant.
The man didn't care, and just said: "It's just that before seeking justice, there is one more important thing to do."
The woman didn't understand, but she said a little aggrievedly: "I have to eat before I leave."
The man shook his head, "I already owe you a lot of meals. What if I have another meal and I can't pay it back later?"
The woman said without any reason: "I owe you so many meals, what can I do if I owe you one more meal? Besides, you don't owe anyone anything if you kill demons on the Great Wall!"
The man was noncommittal, just shook his head and said: "Your husband died at the border, and you only get thirty of the forty coins every month. I owe you these. If you don't live a good life, you can scold me.
I should be scolded. This is the same for anyone who comes."
The man stretched out his hand to catch some of the wind and snow, and said with some emotion: "Making your life easier is what I should do."
After saying this, he walked towards the outside of the courtyard and said without turning his head: "Just stay in this courtyard and don't go anywhere."
As he spoke, the man opened the door and walked out.
When he came to the alley and into the wind and snow, this tired man walked slowly forward and said to himself: "No matter how hard I die, I don't deserve to die in your hands."