"Uncle and aunt, you guys have a good rest. I'll go back to visit my parents first. We'll come back tomorrow."
They bought the felled wood and put it in the yard of Ge Hai's house, waiting to repair the house tomorrow.
Ge Erdan took his brothers to his own home. His home was relatively remote but had better conditions than Ge Hong's. People in the village said that his son Ge Erdan came back riding a big horse. He didn't believe it, but he kept standing blankly at the gate of his home's fence.
Waiting, waiting until dusk, a fast horse led a group of mighty soldiers to his home. Although his son had changed a lot, he saw at a glance that the person riding the tall horse in front was his son, and he burst into tears.
The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is springy with deep vegetation.
The flowers shed tears when I feel grateful, and the birds are frightened when I hate seeing you.
The war rages on for three months, and a letter from home is worth ten thousand gold.
The white-headed scratches are shorter, and the hairpin is full of lust.
I was so happy and said excitedly
"Old lady, come out quickly, Erdan is back."
As soon as they heard that their son was back, their mother and sister rushed to the door of the house anxiously.
Looking at the two elders standing at the door from a distance, Ge Erdan, riding fast, shouted loudly,
"Father, mother"
He quickly turned over and dismounted, rolled and crawled, and knelt in front of the two elders.
"Slow down, slow down"
"Mom and Dad, I'm back. My son is unfilial and failed to serve his two elders."
"Kid, wake up soon, thank you for your hard work."
"Brother, you really came back on a big horse."
"Um"
"Meet uncle and aunt"
More than a dozen shaved Taishan soldiers knelt down on one knee to pay their respects to the two elders. The civilian soldiers were all brothers, and their brothers’ parents were their own parents. They were also moved by this scene and did not go home for a long time.
"Good children, wake up"
The old father pulled Ge Erdan to look left and right.
"My son heard that you are an official, and they are all your subordinates."
"No, we are brothers"
"Uncle and aunt, don't worry. In three years, if we succeed in our studies, we will be able to become officials."
"What kind of official is that?"
"Be a general"
"General, how many people does the general control?"
"There must be a thousand people."
"A thousand people are bigger than the county master," her sister said excitedly,
"Hahaha, yes, he is older than the county master."
The next day, they came to Ge Hong's house early to repair the house. Early in the morning, the county magistrate came. They heard that a group of civilian soldiers had come to Gejia Village. They were all disciples of the prince. Hou Buyun went out early to meet Hou Mou.
I have met all the gentlemen. When you come to Han County, the little pengpi in the county is shining brightly.
"Greetings to Mr. Hou"
"Excuse me for all of you"
"Did you see that even the county magistrate was polite to them?" The surrounding villagers began to whisper.
"Who are they? They are high-ranking officials?" the officer asked,
"I heard he is the prince's disciple"
"The disciple of the Crown Prince, who has such a big background? The disciple of the Crown Prince of Zhenbei"
"You mean, the prince who defeated an army of 200,000 wolves with 50,000 people and killed more than 100,000 people?"
"Yes, they are the Prince of Zhenbei and Marquis Zhongyi. Even though they have no official positions now, they are disciples of the Prince of Zhenbei. Sooner or later, they will become famous and prosperous, so the county magistrate is here."
“The county magistrate’s vision is really unique”
"That's right, anyone who can become a county magistrate is far-sighted."
“I wonder if there is anything I can do for you”
"Don't dare bother adults"
"Several of you are from Juma County and my fellow countrymen, so why should you be so polite?"
"The prince has an order not to cause any trouble to the villagers."
"Oh, then what are you going to do next? The prince has said that if anyone in the Gehai family inherits his brother's legacy, take him around the streets to show his honor."
"Which young master is it? The prince has taken a fancy to this Ge Jiang."
At this time, Ge Jiang had put on new clothes, with big red flowers hanging on his chest.
"Okay, my little brother has an extraordinary appearance and will definitely shine on our family."
"Someone comes and beats the gongs and drums to clear the way for this little brother to be paraded through the streets."
Ge Jiang was helped onto the horse, Ge Erdan said
"Don't be afraid, just follow what you learned yesterday."
"Thank you, Brother Erdan"
With the roar of gongs and drums, eight government officials cleared the way and were escorted by more than a dozen cavalrymen.
"Look, that's the third son of the Geqiongba family. He also rides a big horse. He's wearing new clothes and a red horse. He's very stylish."
"What happened to him? He passed the exam."
"Geqiongba's family is poor and illiterate, and he cannot read Chinese characters. How can he win the lottery?"
"Then what is he?"
"I heard that he was accepted as a disciple by the Crown Prince of Zhenbei. Did you see that the dozen or so people wearing armor are the disciples that the Crown Prince accepted not long ago?"
"I didn't expect that just being the disciple of Prince Zhenbei would bring me so much honor."
"Now the Geqiongba family will become prosperous."
For a time, everyone in Juma County knew that the third son of the Ge Qiongba family had been accepted as a disciple by the Prince of Zhenbei. The two old men going to the market saw that the one wearing armor and riding a tall horse was their son.
"Son, Tian Erwa"
"Yuan San Niu"
Tian Fugui and Yuan Sanniu heard someone calling their nicknames. When they looked back, they saw an old man wearing a bamboo hat waving to them, and an old woman carrying a basket on her back.
"father"
"mother"
The two hurriedly dismounted and ran towards their parents in the crowd. Yuan Sanniu knelt in front of the old man.
"A child meets his father"
“They are really my three cows”
"Dad, it's me" he cried and said
Tian Fugui knelt in front of the old woman
"The second child is really you"
"Mom, it's the second baby"
The team stopped at this moment, so everyone looked at the mother and son on the street, and the scene where father and son recognized each other. All the civilian soldiers dismounted, knelt down on one knee towards the two elders, and shouted loudly:
"Meet uncle, meet aunt"
Ge Jiang also fell down and knelt in front of the two old men.
"Meet uncle, meet aunt"
"What are they doing?"
"Don't you know? They are brothers of life and death. The parents of brothers are their own parents. It is appropriate to salute your parents."
"Son, why don't you go home? Your mother misses you so much."
"The kid wants to go home tomorrow after finishing his errands."
"You still have something to do, so you should do your work first."
"Tian Fugui, Yuan Sanniu, please go home with your parents first. We will meet in Gejia Village in three days to attend Ge Hai's funeral."
"yes
"Mom, get on your horse and I'll take you home."
"My mother is too old to sit on a horse."
"Then I will carry you home"
"I'm not that old yet"
He squatted in front of the old man and said, "Mom, my son hasn't come back for a long time. Please let your son fulfill his filial piety."
"You kid"
"Dad, let's go home"
"Um"
"Wait a minute, father. I'm going to give mother a new dress."
"Buy a piece of cloth and let everyone in your mother's family make a new set of clothes."
“Okay”
Countless people were infected by this scene,
The mother is worried when her son travels thousands of miles
I deeply regret my love, and my beloved son’s heart is broken.
My loving father's hair grows gray as he thinks about me from afar, and I miss him so much that I can't sleep at night.
I will try my best to protect you, but I still feel ashamed to care for you. I think deeply about the love of licking the calf and will never retreat.
"I heard that the prince also gave the captured cattle to the poor people to be used as cattle, and melted the weapons of the wolf soldiers into knives and hoes for the people to farm."
"Not only that, I also heard that they repaired the houses of the people and did not eat any food from them."
The common people sighed how good such an army is. Some veterans yearned for it very much, and many young people were envious. It would be great if they could be such a soldier. Why don't Jiangshan men wear armor and guns and collect the fourteen states of Yanshan?