Chapter 1 Recognize a foster father at the beginning
AD 193, the fourth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, everything in Xuzhou is desolate.
We had just experienced a military disaster, there were no passers-by on the streets, and there were no cocks crowing in the farmyards of the villages.
Cao Cao used the excuse to avenge his father and raised troops to attack Xuzhou. Tao Qian was defeated in Pengcheng and retreated to Tancheng. Cao Cao killed hundreds of thousands of men and women in Surabaya.
Historical records say: Water does not flow.
Cao Cao later attacked Tancheng but could not conquer it for a long time, so he withdrew his troops and attacked the remaining counties. All the chickens and dogs that the front troops pointed at were wiped out.
No matter how those who loved Cao's thieves later cleared themselves up, the evil deed of massacre of Xuzhou has been recorded in history.
Outside Wangjiazhuang in the south of Xiaopei City, next to the big withered willow tree at the entrance of the village.
A young man who was starving to death suddenly stood up.
Braving the heavy snow, the young man lifted his heavy legs and walked towards the silent village house ahead.
Where am I? In a dream?
What's going on with this body?
As soon as he walked outside a mud house, he fell into the snow with a plop.
"Dad, come quickly...there is someone outside the house..." a young woman called urgently.
Hearing his daughter's call, a dark-faced man hurriedly walked out of the house. He glanced at the skinny young man on the ground, shook his head and said, "This child should be starving to death. Qian'er, you go back to the house first, and dad will carry him to the village." Go to the mass grave outside."
"Dad, if you look more carefully, maybe you can still save me."
The dark-faced man hesitated for a moment, then leaned in front of the young man, stretched out his hand and waved it under his nose.
Sure enough, he was still breathing weakly.
"Then if you save us, it won't be in vain for the gods to bless our father and daughter." The black-faced man said, carrying the young man on his shoulders.
The girl's snow-white face showed a hint of joy, and she followed her father into the house.
When I opened my eyes again, my vision was a little dim.
The roof was made of simple beams and balustrades. Lan Tian supported his weak body and sat up.
Looking around, he found that he was in an adobe house, and a charcoal pot was heating the house.
Could it be that I have returned to my childhood home? But why has this room changed so much?
"Ahem..."
Hearing the noise, the young girl broke in.
"Are you awake? Dad, he's awake." The girl shouted happily.
Lan Tian saw that this girl was beautiful, about sixteen or seventeen years old, and her simple dress was just like in movies and TV shows. Although she was wearing a coarse winter coat, her skin was as white as jade, and she could compete with the movie star Li Xiaoran.
Are you filming a costume drama? The director has made a good choice.
The black-faced man followed and walked in. He glanced at Lan Tian, nodded and said, "You boy is very tough. Qian'er, go get him a bowl of hot soup to warm him up."
"Oh..." the girl named Qian'er responded.
This is a bit nonsense. Is the man in front of me playing the girl's father? The two are completely different.
Does the legendary bad bamboo produce good bamboo shoots?
Miss Qian'er brought a bowl of steaming soup, and there was a vegetable leaf he didn't recognize in the bowl.
The shape of this bowl is simple, the soup is really hot, and the props team has paid great attention to it.
"Drink?" Lan Tian burst out the word after a long while.
"Go ahead and drink. You're welcome. If you're in trouble at my doorstep, it's up to me to do good deeds and accumulate virtue."
Lantian's big eyes turned left and right, wondering why I came to be a bit player on the set? This must be a dream.
Gulu gulu, take a mouthful of hot soup.
Damn, it tastes so bad...
As a sidekick, I endured it.
Although the smell was really bad, Lantian felt much warmer instantly. This dream was somewhat real.
"Who are you? Which village did you escape from?" Ganji asked, looking at Lantian.
Lan Tian stared at the other party with a confused expression, "Who the hell am I going to ask? The director didn't give me a script for my lines."
Seeing Lantian's silence, Ganji stood up and said, "If you don't want to say it, forget it. Whether you are a local people in Xuzhou or a refugee from Jingluo, Cao Cao's butcher's knife will not care who you are. Once you have a good rest, you can do it yourself."
Go home..."
"My name is Gan Qian, what's your name?" As soon as Ganji left, the little girl asked with her face in her hands.
"Lantian..."
"where do you come from?"
"Where did it come from? East China Agricultural University..."
Gan Qian scratched her forehead and thought to herself, where is East China Agricultural University?
"Did Cao Cao's traitors massacre your village too?" Gan Qian continued to ask.
"Cao Cao?" Lan Tian looked confused.
"Yes, my father and I escaped by washing ourselves by the river. Thousands of people died in our Wangjiazhuang..." Gan Qian said sadly.
"Wait a minute, what year is it now?" Lan Tian suddenly felt something was wrong.
"I heard from my husband half a year ago that it seems that it is the fourth year of Chuping." Gan Qian tried her best to recall.
After hearing this, Lantian felt like he was struck by lightning. In the fourth year of Chuping, this seemed to be the year name of the Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After repeated confirmations by Lan Tian, this man finally discovered that he was not in a dream, but had actually traveled through time.
This world is the chaotic period of the late Han Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms era where heroes compete for power.
But his time travel was a little sloppy, he didn't know martial arts, didn't understand military affairs, and didn't have a system yet.
The saddest thing is that he doesn't even belong to a noble family, and his background is worse than Uncle Liu Huang who started with straw sandals.
"Lantian, what's wrong with you?" Gan Qian asked suspiciously when she saw his dull look.
"It's nothing, I...I have nowhere to go now, can you take me in?" Lan Tian said, imitating the tone in the TV series.
"I can't make the decision on this matter, it's up to my father to decide..." Gan Qian hesitated and said.
Gan Qian walked to the main room outside. Her father Gan Ji had been waiting there for a long time. He clearly heard the conversation between the two.
"Dad, Lantian, can he..." Gan Qian hesitated, fearing that her father would not agree.
"The farm has just been looted by Cao's soldiers. The remaining grain is enough for me and my husband to survive the winter. We will have to find someone to borrow seeds for next year's spring plowing." Ganji said tactfully.
Lan Tian in the house was as skinny as a stick. It was very difficult to have an extra mouth when his family was in such a tight situation. The father and daughter had to starve despite their kindness.
"I...I can go to the wild to find wild vegetables..." Gan Qian said unbearably.
Nowadays, the entire Wangjiazhuang has ten rooms and nine empty houses, and it is difficult to find anyone to talk to. Gan Qian saw that Lan Tian was the same age as him, so she felt pity.
"It's freezing outside now. It's not easy to peel off tree bark and dig out grass roots, that's all..." Ganji recalled the catastrophe half a month ago. His father and daughter were still alive, so he thought it was better to do good deeds and accumulate virtue.
Gan Ji was originally a tenant farmer in Wangjiazhuang, and his family was the landlord of the village. In the past two years, many refugees came to the Jingluo area, and his family quickly became rich.
When Cao's soldiers were crossing the border, Ganji and his daughter went to wash clothes outside the village and unexpectedly escaped the disaster. However, the wealthy family was ruthlessly slaughtered by the bandits because they were protecting food. In addition to plundering all their belongings, there was nothing left in the treasury.
There are no grains of corn left.
Although the Ganji family was also raided by bandits, they lost interest as soon as they entered the house and saw the surrounding walls. Therefore, the Gan family was lucky enough to save the little food they had hidden in the cellar.
After Cao's soldiers left, Xiaopei's officials came to the village to pacify the people. Ganji helped collect the bodies for burial, and picked up a lot of clothes to take home.
Although I will go hungry this winter, at least I won't get cold.
Lantian lay in bed for two days and recovered from the cold. Ganji was amazed by this tough guy.
Gan Qian feeds him corn porridge every day to satisfy his hunger. The boy always feels that his stomach is empty and not full, but how can a person have the nerve to eat and occupy more under the eaves?
"Sister, is there a river near us? Let's go get some fish to eat." Lan Tian wanted to eat meat after going to the fields.
After the man recovered from his illness, Gan Qian helped him dress up, and he turned out to be a handsome young man with fine features. Gan Ji saw that Lan Tian was about fifteen years old, and he got along very well with Gan Qian, so he recognized him as his adopted son.
I think there will be more labor in the family for farming in the coming year.
Lantian knew that in this era, survival was already good enough, so what else would he need for a bicycle? But this guy was a master of agriculture university, so even if he couldn't move around like other time-travelers, he couldn't worry about food, right?
Gan Qian saves the export grain to feed him, Lan Tian secretly remembers it in his heart, he is a beast if he does not repay kindness.
"There is a small river at the east end of the village. I always go there to wash clothes. But now it is snowing heavily outside. Is it necessary to freeze when I go down to the river to catch fish?" Gan Qian said.
"Hehe, I have a solution." Lan Tian smiled mysteriously.
In the world before Lan Tian traveled through time, short video platforms were very popular. He especially liked wilderness survival works, and he learned a lot from them.
Although the conditions are a little worse now, it is still not a return to primitive society. At least there are tools such as hemp rope knives.
Ganji's family was in short supply of food. Lantian could not follow the example of those fishing experts who made nests to fish directly. He made several traps with rattan branches, then selected a few positions by the river to fix them, and then took Gan Qian with him.
Prepare to leave.
Gan Qian looked confused, "Is this enough? We don't have to guard?"
"You don't have to suffer the cold here, let's come back tomorrow to see." Lan Tian said with a smile.
When he was about to go home, Gan Qian suddenly pushed Lan Tian to the ground. This guy was knocked down by a woman. You can imagine the difference in his body.
"Be careful, little brother, the thieves are here again."
Not far away, a group of men and horses were marching in the wind and snow on the road. Gan Qian was frightened by Cao Bing's behavior half a month ago. This action was a subconscious reaction.
Although Lan Tian was a master of agriculture, he also dabbled in history. He thought that Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou and retreated because Lu Bu stole the family, and it should be impossible for him to come back in a short time.
Chapter completed!