The more Shi Tou walked home, the slower he could not help but slower his pace.
Everything around it still seems familiar and unfamiliar.
He remembered that the street seemed to be very wide, but it didn't seem very wide now. There was a lot of moss on the tiles on the eaves. At the corner, there was originally a small nest of swallows, but now it was empty, with only a little left of marks that seemed to prove something.
"Stone! Is it a stone?!" An elderly man was walking, looking up at the stone approaching, suddenly stopped, staring at it with wide eyes, and then when the stone was about to walk past, he suddenly started to scream as if he had thought of something, and then pulled the stone's sleeve, "Is this back?"
"Yeah." Shi Tou stopped, turned his head, and his eyes retracted from the surrounding houses and scenery, and then a name popped out in his mind, "Wang, Uncle Wang, you... do you still remember me?"
Uncle Wang laughed, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to be glowing. "Why don't you remember? Back then, you were the most naughty. You climbed a tree to get a bird egg, and even broke several pieces of the tiles on my house. You never compensated me..."
"…" Shitou was speechless for a moment.
"By the way, where is my second boy? Didn't he be with you?" Uncle Wang asked, looking at Shi Tou with great anticipation, "Are my second boy back together this time?"
Shi Tou shook his head and said, "Uncle Wang, Erlang and I are not in the same queue..."
In order to avoid the death and injury of people in a village in the First World War, for example, in a queue, all the people in the same village and the same village will consciously separate people in the same village and the same village during the establishment.
Of course, this is also to reduce the situation of gang formation in the army.
Uncle Wang seemed to remember, and his expression was a little lonely, "Yes, I'm so confused. He seemed to have said before... It's okay, it's okay, just come back... Come and go to my house to sit... I'll let your aunt make two dishes, let's have a good meal... Don't be polite..."
Uncle Wang pulled the stone and was about to lead him to his house.
"No, Mr. Wang," Shitou quickly refused, "I haven't returned yet... I'll go back and see, another day, and then go to your place..."
"Ah? You haven't come home yet?" Uncle Wang let go, "That's right, that's what you have to go back first! Oh, I won't delay you, go, go, wait and ask the aunt to bake some white flour pancakes for you to deliver! Don't dislike me, I'll get angry if I dislike me! Go, go!"
After leaving the enthusiastic neighbor, Shi Tou walked to the entrance of his alley.
The familiar street scene made him feel excited.
He stood for a while, then he couldn't help but speed up. He rushed to the door and looked at the white peach talisman on the door and was a little dazed.
The door seems to have been repainted.
The old and damaged parts on the door were also repaired, and the cracks below had been repaired, so you can no longer see people from the cracks in the door...
It was one of the games Shi Tou often played when he was a child.
The stone walked to the door and knocked on the door gently. The door page swayed gently, and then the stone realized that the door was not bolted.
Shi Tou took a long breath and pushed open the door.
Two or three chickens in the yard jumped away, four or five chickens followed behind the big chicken in panic. Another chicken seemed to be frightened by the sudden stone. He fell down with a grunt, and then quickly stood up and ran away with his calves...
『Ahem...』 Shitou suddenly choked up his throat, 『I...I...I...』
He patted his chest, as if this would make his breath smoother.
The curtain inside the house swayed, and a figure walked out, then looked up and saw the stone. The sieve in his hand fell to the ground, and some sorghum fell all over the ground.
The big chickens' eyes lit up, and they flapped their wings and thrust up. They giggled and pecked, and they also had some leisure to tilt their heads to see the two large, hairless chickens standing there. They thought that today's hairless chickens were stupid, why did they give so much food?
『I...I'm back...』
After holding it in for a while, Shi Tou finally said this.
"..." Sister Yue cried out with a wow sound, then opened her hands and rushed up, hitting her head into Shi Tou's arms, and then tightly clamped Shi Tou's waist.
Shi Tou raised his head high and tried not to see Yue Meizi as much as possible, because he knew that as long as he lowered his head, his tears would definitely fall.
"Who is here?" An old voice came from the house, and the curtain moved, revealing an old man's face. Then he stood there for a moment and looked at the stone for a while.
"Old...cough cough..." Shi Tou instinctively called Lao Gouzi, but the words changed when he spoke, "Uncle, I, I'm back..."
"Cough cough, cough cough," the old dog also coughed, and then took the eye dart to Sister Yue. When Sister Yue let go of her hand a little slowly, she nodded, "Are you back?"
"Yeah, I'm back."
"Good come back... OK..." The old dog lived in a crutch, looked up and down at the stone, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Have you eaten Shitou? I'll cook for you! What do you want to eat? Can I make steamed white flour cakes for you? Do you want it..." Sister Yue looked around and suddenly saw the big chickens pecking at the sorghum, "Oh! My sorghum! By the way, I'll kill a chicken!"
The big rooster in red suddenly felt a chill in the back of her head and stood there blankly.
"No, no, I ate in the martial arts camp outside the city, and I'm still very full now!" Shi Tou waved his hand and said, "No need to do anything, really, very full, I can't eat it!"
Shi Tou was eager to express himself, so he couldn't help but take two steps forward, and then naturally exposed the problem of legs and feet.
『Your legs…』
My sister Yue stared at Shi Tou's legs, her eyes turned red again, and tears flowed down again. Then she ignored her father and pulled Shi Tou and reached out to touch Shi Tou's injured leg. "I heard that there were wounded soldiers from the Western Regions back... My father and I dared not go see you, afraid, afraid to see you... But... it's okay, it's good to come back... Brother Shi Tou, you must have felt very painful at that time... Will it still hurt now?"
"Cough cough, cough cough cough..." The old dog's lungs were almost coughing out. If I hadn't felt it was not easy for the stone to survive on the battlefield of life and death, I was afraid that the crutches would have been raised now. Why, I'm still getting started? With Brother Stone, my father would throw him aside, right?
My sister Yue reacted, her face turned red, then lowered her head, turned around and ran to the backyard, "I...I'll go cook..." When she passed by the big chickens that were eating happily, she rushed and grabbed the big red-crowned rooster with quick hands and feet, "Wait, it'll be fine in a while..."
The big rooster red-crowned screamed, struggled, tilted his head and stared at the stone.
"Oh... no..." Shitou raised his hand and tried to stop it, but Sister Yue had already run away.
The old dog paused on the ground with a crutch, "Okay, let her go and do it...you...you're just hurting your leg, right? Other places...well, ahem, other places are fine, right?"
"Hmm?" Shi Tou was stunned for a moment, "No, no..."
"Then come." The old gobiaozi moved to the yard before Shi Tou finished speaking. When Shi Tou also came over, he looked up and down for a while and said, "You look stronger than before... You are a lame one leg, don't be afraid! There is a hundred clinic in Chang'an, and my two legs..."
The food in the army is actually much better than that of ordinary people. With planned training, there is naturally some gap between physical functions and ordinary people.
The old dog patted his legs, "It was also treated by the Hundred Clinic. Although it cannot be said that it is completely cured, it can leave now! Then, you will go too. Didn't you say that all those who have served in the military will be exempted from medical treatment? It's okay! It's okay! The girl from Chonghuoyue can also help with it, it's okay!"
Shi Tou swallowed, not knowing what to say.
"What's wrong? Is it okay to say that it wasn't Barbara's back then?" The old dog laughed, "Why did he become a dull person when he comes back?"
『…』Stone laughed with her.
I was leaving back then, and...
At that time, wasn’t Shitou still young...
Now that I have experienced life and death on the battlefield and seen the market, I naturally won’t be so manic...
"Talk about it, you went to the Western Regions, which is really worrying. Every time the military officer wearing white mahjong was holding a white sign, my sister Yue and I were shaking behind the door, for fear that the military officer of white mahjong would knock on the door... Do you know, Lao Wang on the other side of the street next door, the two boys in his family... By the way, isn't his second boy the same group as you? How is it?"
Shi Tou said: "I went there together, but the back was separated... By the way, I met Uncle Wang at the intersection...When Wang Erlang and I were together when we were in the new camp, we were separated after we passed the new camp... At the beginning, he wrote a letter to me, but later I changed the camp and didn't receive his letter..."
"That's it..." said the old gobiaozi, "Then you can't say there is no news... I just say I don't know... Lao Wang, some time ago, his eldest son was gone... Now I'm afraid that only the little thoughts are left in my heart..."
"Ah? Why didn't it?" asked Shi Tou.
"It is said that when fighting against those mountain barbarians, they were hit by the mountain barbarian's poisonous arrow..." The old dog sighed, "I couldn't save them..."
『…』Shi Tou fell silent, then gritted his teeth, 『Damn Shanren…』
Poison arrow.
If you are hit by ordinary arrows, as long as you are not fatal injuries from your body, chest, abdomen, etc., the arrow wounds that are moved can survive with the timely treatment of the military doctor. Then, the body can recover to the same as before, accounting for nearly half, but if it is a poisonous arrow...
If the treatment is a little slower, let alone recovery, the survival rate will drop directly to 10% or 20%.
Scraping the bones to heal the wound is a legend after all.
Mr. Luo may not know that some human tissues such as muscles, tendons, bones, and nerves will never be able to regenerate once they are damaged...
If there is a case of scraping the bone to heal the wound, even if Guan Erye can survive in the end, his arm will be equivalent to being useless.
At this stage of the great man, some things are difficult to counter.
The two people in the yard were silent for a while, and then the old dog broke the silence, "Will you not leave when you come back this time?"
Shi Tou was stunned, "This...
"What? You still have to leave? Your legs are lame!" The old dog was also a little anxious, so he didn't care too much. "Is there a lame person going to fight?"
『…』Stone scratched the back of her head, 『No, it's like this...』
The story of the stone may be assigned to Longxi has been told.
"That's it..." The old gobiaozi also pondered and said slowly, "If you exchange it for money... Although the amount seems to be quite large, in fact... if you go to Longxi... Longxi is not restless... You really have to think about it carefully...
"We will go wherever Brother Shitou goes!" At some point, Sister Yue had already packed up some food and brought it to the back of the two of them, "What else can I think about!"
"You silly girl!" The old dog snorted, "Do you think it's that simple? If you really move the place, do you want a house? Do you want a land? Do you want a guy? How to replace it and how to buy it, it's all a problem... Then you got married to Shi Tou and have a baby in the future. Do you have to think about what the baby will do in the future? What a fool..."
When the Yue girl heard the words "marriage" and "baby", she suddenly turned red and she didn't dare to say anything more. She trembled and placed her food on the stone table in front of the two of them, and then ran away as if she ran away.
Shi Tou was also a little embarrassed and scratched the back of his head.
These are indeed problems.
And they are all very cumbersome.
In the current era of the Han Dynasty, there was no concept of backpackers or moving in with bags. It was not easy to move from one place to another.
While the two were thinking, a laugh suddenly sounded outside the yard gate. Uncle Wang, whom he met on the street, was carrying a small bamboo basket and then went outside the yard. "Brother Shi is back, this is a happy event! There is nothing good at home, a little thin wine, a little bacon, and a little white flour to express your congratulations!"
"Oh, Brother Wang, why are you so embarrassed?" The old dog stood up with a crutch and said, "I need a lot of care for you on weekdays, and now I'm asking you to spend money..."
On the one hand, Old Man Wang is indeed a neighborhood friendship and comes to celebrate, and on the other hand, he is also concerned about his children, hoping to get some news from Shi Tou to comfort his longing.
Just as the moon girl killed the chicken, processed some chicken and mixed some, fryed them first, and served them on the table, and the chicken and other things were still stewed. It would not be so fast for a while, but it was enough to eat and drink first.
The old dog pulled Old Man Wang and didn't let him go. The two of them pulled him a few times and finally sat down together...
Shi Tou looked at it, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
If he hadn't gone to the Western Regions, Shi Tou would probably think that such behavior was very hypocritical, or even unnecessary. He could just say whatever he had? That's why his name was Shi Tou, and his temper was more like Shi Tou.
But now, Shi Tou suddenly felt that this not only did not make him feel bored or anxious, but it seemed more humane. Perhaps it was through such pulling and pulling that the mutual friendship between neighbors became stronger.
After eating and drinking for a while, Uncle Wang naturally mentioned the topic about his children...
The stone did not look like the stinky temper of the pit, but threw a few words hard, but instead considered it, mixing what he knew and guessed, comforting Mr. Wang as much as possible.
Uncle Wang was somewhat disappointed, but he still smiled and congratulated the old dog and Shi Tou...
While I was talking, some footsteps came from outside the gate.
When Shi Tou heard this, he stood up instinctively and stood up solemnly. When he saw two or three figures outside the courtyard, Shi Tou shivered and immediately saluted, "Have you seen the governor!"
The military commander, similar to a military judge, has a slightly smaller position than an ordinary military commander, but for ordinary soldiers, they have the authority to pick up military laws. They can directly punish the punishment of less than twenty whips according to the violation. If the crime exceeds twenty whips, they must be reported to the military judge for further treatment.
At first, Shi Tou was punished a lot when he first joined the army. Although none of them were very heavy, he was particularly impressed by the bronze medal chain unique to the governor hanging on his waist and jingling with his steps. Now he is said to have retired, and his instinct is still there. When he heard this voice, his mind has not turned around, and his body reacted instinctively.
"No gifts, no gifts..." Although the Governor had never seen Shi Tou before, he knew it when he saw this posture. He looked at Shi Tou and reminded him with a smile, "Now you are retired... I can't care about you anymore... Well, Uncle Wang is here too? By the way, your Erlang has a letter back, I just sent it to your house..."
"You, me, me, I..." Old Man Wang jumped up and even said something unscrupulously.
The old dog waved his hand and said, "What are you going to give me? Come home and have a look!"
"Hey!" Old Wang didn't bother to say anything, so he rushed back in a hurry.
The governor looked at Lao Wang's back, then turned around and looked at Shi Tou and Lao Gouzi, smiled and said, "Let me introduce it, this person is from the Li family, the Li family in Longxi..."
One of them took a step forward from behind the governor and bowed, "I saw a hero in my name Li's name."
Shi Tou quickly returned the gift.
"This time I came here, one is to tell you about the appointment, and the other is also to Li..." The governor said, and then looked at Li Ni, "You can say it."
Li Ni bowed and said, "I heard that the young man was going to work in Longxi, and he was in Longxi. He was a little bit weak and was willing to make a deal with the young man..."
Shi Tou was a little stunned, "What does it mean?"
Li Ni said with a smile: "If the guy intends to sell this courtyard, he is willing to buy it, whether it is to directly deliver the money or to exchange a house for a house. Of course, the housing prices in Longxi are naturally not as good as the chief minister of Chang'an. He is willing to subsidize the land acres, or the money... all the money... I listen to what the guy wants..."
"Change a room? Who?" asked with no head or tail, and then a name jumped out, "Vice Li?"
With the continuous development of Chang'an, the number of houses in the city and the magistrates is far from keeping up with the increase in population. Not only does the house price increase, there may not be anyone for sale. Therefore, if Li Er wants to take root in Chang'an, it is definitely inconvenient to have no residence. Although the houses and courtyards in Shitou are not big, they are not something that Li Er can do in a short time.
On the other hand, although the Li family in Longxi is still known, it is actually quite different from some wealthy families. It is not realistic to spend a lot of money to buy real estate for a Duwei, so I figured out the replacement plan and exchange the real estate in Longyou for the houses here.
Shi Tou was silent for a while, "I have to think about it..."
"This is natural." Li Yi nodded and said, "It's really a shameless thing to come uninvited this time... This is a geese courteousness to apologize... I'm disturbing, so I'll say goodbye..." Li Yi left behind a famous thorn, and sent someone a pair of geese and a box of apologies, so he left first.
"Big geese, autumn goes, spring comes..." When the general was leaving, he said to Shitou, "I heard that your girl has been waiting for you for a long time. This geese ceremony is suitable for the situation... In addition, it also means to be trustworthy, so don't worry, whether it is to return or not, it is up to you to decide... Okay, I'm leaving, if you have something to do, you know where to find me, right?"
Chapter completed!