The next day, Jia Rong got up before dawn. Although he was no longer in the army, Jia Rong still retained his military habits, running and doing military boxing every day.
Jia Rong practiced even harder today because he knew that there were only two years left before the Yellow Turban Uprising. With more strength in troubled times, there is more hope of survival.
After running around the village a few times, Jia Rong returned to Old Man Li's courtyard to practice military martial arts boxing.
When he was in the army, Jia Rong was very good at Juntiquan. He completely mastered the elements of Juntiquan, which was stable, accurate and ruthless, so he was able to fight vigorously.
At dawn, Old Man Li got up and saw Jia Rong boxing in the courtyard, so he watched quietly from the side.
When General Jia Rong punched his body twice and was resting nearby, Old Man Li stepped forward and said, "Although the boxing techniques used by Master Jia Rong are brief, they are deadly and powerful."
Jia Rong glanced at Old Man Li in surprise. He didn't expect that the old guy was a practicing practitioner and knew a lot.
Old Man Li seemed to see Jia Rong's confusion and continued: "Everyone in our village practices martial arts. This is our Xiliang habit."
Jia Rong nodded and said, "Then why do you see the village full of women and children, but few young adults?"
A trace of sadness flashed in Old Man Li's eyes, and he said: "Almost all the young and middle-aged men have been conscripted into the army. Not even one out of ten is left. Now there are only some old, weak, women and children left. Alas..."
Jia Rong also showed a hint of helplessness. Xiliang was a poor place in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The people lived a hard life, and corrupt officials continued to plunder the people's wealth, making the already poor Xiliang even worse.
Jia Rong couldn't bear to see Old Man Li's sad look, so he comforted him and said, "The peaceful age is coming, and people will be able to live a good life. I don't have to worry."
Old Man Li said: "Young master, there is no need to comfort me. Although I am old, I can still see some things clearly."
After a while, Xiu'er, dressed in a green shirt, came out of the house and said, "Master, the washing water has been prepared. Please wash up and eat."
Today, Xiuer's dress made Jia Rong's eyes light up. Jia Rong responded with a smile: "Thank you, Miss Xiuer. Miss Xiuer is so beautifully dressed today, comparable to a fairy in the sky!" Jia Rongshun praised Xiuer.
Unexpectedly, Xiu'er's face suddenly turned red, and even the usually kind old man Li looked embarrassed.
Seeing that something was wrong, Jia Rong hurriedly fled into the house.
A month has passed, and Jia Rong has gradually adapted to life here and can communicate normally with people in the village.
Occasionally, he said something that made Xiu'er blush, and he and Xiu'er became more and more familiar. When he had nothing to do, he would go to the nearby mountains to look into the distance. Most of the time, he and the young men in the village would go to the mountains to chop wood and hunt.
They sold the wood they cut and hunted at a nearby market to exchange for some pocket money, and bought some rice and noodles for Old Man Li's family to reduce the burden on Old Man Li's family. For this, Old Man Li's family was also very grateful to Jia Rong.
After a month, Jia Rong has some savings. This kind of life makes Jia Rong feel that it is actually quite good.
Today, Jia Rong went to the market with the people in the village, and took the chopped firewood and the prey to the market to sell. Today Xiu'er also came with her, wearing a green skirt, looking particularly refreshing.
pretty.
Xiu'er kept begging Old Man Li and Jia Rong to go to the market early in the morning, but Old Man Li refused. Xiu'er kept begging, and Old Man Li couldn't help but agreed.
After breakfast, Old Man Li told Jia Rong to pay attention to things on the road, asked him to take good care of Xiu'er, and told him to go back early and pay attention to safety on the road.
Under the early morning sunshine and accompanied by the chirping of birds, Jia Rong and several young men in the village were walking on the road to the market. Jia Rong was pushing a wheelbarrow, carrying the prey that had been chopped recently.
At first, Jia Rong was not used to this kind of wheelbarrow, pushing it all over the place. But gradually he got the hang of it and it became less difficult.
A few young men also pushed two wheelbarrows, which were fully loaded.
Li Li was met by Jia Rong when he went to the mountains to cut firewood. The young man was very lively, jumping around all day long, running around, catching fish in the river, and digging bird's nests in the trees. He was always indispensable.
According to Old Man Li, Li Li's father was drafted into the army five years ago and has not returned yet.
Also accompanying us were Li San, Li Hu, and Li Shun, all of whom were fifteen or sixteen years old.
As his name suggests, Li Hu has a tiger-like head and a tiger-like brain. He is the strongest and strongest among the young men. He is similar to the simple-minded people of later generations with well-developed limbs.
Among the few people, Li Shun was the only one who was very taciturn, a typical example of someone who couldn't do anything with a few slaps.
Everyone is very happy today and it is a rare trip.
It was almost noon after we finished processing the goods we brought to the market. There were not many people in the market today.
Jia Rong agreed with everyone on the meeting place and went shopping separately.
Jia Rong walked along the not very big market, and Xiu'er followed Jia Rong all the way. Jia Rong thought about it and didn't have much to buy, so he just wandered along.
When passing by a blacksmith shop, Jia Rong stopped.
I thought that I had been here for more than a month and it was time to build a weapon for self-defense. After all, the world today is not peaceful.
The blacksmith shop is very complete, including agricultural tools and knives.
After careful selection in terms of price, Jia Rong asked the blacksmith to make a very ordinary knife.
After some bargaining, most of Jia Rong's belongings were also given away. Jia Rong asked the blacksmith to be careful when making it. The blacksmith waved his hands impatiently, indicating that he understood.
In the end, the blacksmith said it would take a week to build it, and asked Jia Rong to pick it up a week later. This made Jia Rong depressed, thinking that it would be finished in a while.
Not long after walking out of the blacksmith shop, Jia Rong saw a stall selling jewelry on the street, similar to the street vendors of later generations.
Jia Rong looked back at Xiu'er who was following behind him. He came to the stall and after careful selection, he chose a green hairpin.
After asking about the price and paying, I went back and prepared to put it on Xiao Cui.
Xiu'er's face immediately turned red when she saw his actions. At this time, Jia Rong also realized that his behavior was a little different in ancient times.
Seeing that Xiu'er didn't resist, Jia Rong shamelessly put it on her. After Jia Rong put it on, Xiu'er lowered her head and said, "Thank you, Brother Jia."
At this time, the woman selling jewelry saw it and said, "Your wife looks so beautiful wearing this hairpin. She really looks like a fairy in the sky."
Jia Rong was speechless for a while, what is this? He didn't need to look at Xiu'er to know that her face must be redder than before.
After buying the hairpin, it was already noon, Jia Rong and Xiu'er went to a restaurant called Xu's Restaurant together.
Following the waiter to a seat by the window, Jia Rong looked at Xiu'er and asked, "Xiu'er, what do you want to eat?".
Xiu'er looked at Jia Rong's gaze towards her, lowered her head in embarrassment, and whispered, "I'll just have a bowl of plain noodles."
Jia Rong said to the waiter who was greeting him: "Two bowls of plain noodles, a stack of peanuts, half a chicken, and a pot of tea."
After hearing this, the waiter said: "Okay, sir, please wait a moment. The food will be served later."
After the waiter left, Xiuer said to Jia Rong: "Brother, there is no need to waste so much."
Jia Rong smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, your brother Jia still has some food left in his pocket."
After he finished speaking, he teased Xiu'er and said, "Little lady, you look so beautiful wearing this hairpin!"
How could Xiuer stand up to his teasing? She blushed and lowered her head and said, "Brother, if you tease me again, I will ignore you."
A lunch brought Jia Rong and Xiu'er closer together.
After lunch, Jia Rong said to Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, go buy what you like. I'll wait for you at the appointed teahouse. Go early and come back early. Pay attention to safety."
Xiu'er replied in a low voice: "Yes, Brother Jia."
After leaving the restaurant, Xiuer went shopping, while Jia Rong went all the way to the agreed teahouse.
I came to the teahouse, ordered a pot of tea, and listened quietly to the chatter of the people next to me.
Jia Rong felt that it was quite interesting to listen to the chatter from all over the world in the teahouse. Sometimes some useful information came from the teahouse. At this time, a voice of conversation attracted him.
A said to B: "Did you know? The barbarians that Dong Zhuo beat a few days ago were obedient and very powerful. Now they are the number one person in Xiliang."
B said: "Dong Zhuo? Is he as powerful as Ma Teng? Those foreigners who Ma Teng and Ma defeated did not dare to invade the border of Xiliang. When General Ma is mentioned, everyone in Xiliang will not admire him."
A said: "Well, no matter who is more powerful, today's world is getting more and more chaotic, with constant wars, and it is said that there is famine in many places now."
Dong Zhuo has been in the Three Kingdoms for more than a month and finally heard about famous figures in history.
Dong Zhuo was a Han general in his early years, putting down ethnic minority rebellions in the west. Later he participated in the crusade against the Yellow Turban Uprising and was defeated several times. However, he was still promoted to a former general and was in charge of heavy troops. Dong Zhuo respected his own troops and stationed troops in Hedong, refusing to accept the imperial court's orders.
He was recruited and gave up his military power. When there was chaos in Kyoto and He Jin was killed, Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to enter the capital and took control of the government. Afterwards, Dong Zhuo deposed the Young Emperor of Han and established Emperor Xian of Han. The Kwantung princes allied to attack Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo abandoned Luoyang and moved the capital to Chang'an.
Dong Zhuo was cruel by nature. After taking power, he imposed excessive taxes and expropriations, which aroused public anger. He was eventually murdered by Wang Yun and Lu Bu.
About an hour later, everyone arrived at the appointed teahouse one after another.
Jia Rong found that Xiuer also held a piece of relatively good-quality cloth in her hand.
On the way back to the village, Jia Rong asked Xiu'er why he was buying cloth. Xiu'er lowered her head and said nervously: "I saw that Brother Li didn't have any clothes that fit him, so I bought a piece of cloth to make a dress for him."
When Li Li and the others heard this, they all started making noises next to them, which made even Jia Rong so thick-skinned feel a little embarrassed. But Jia Rong also felt warm in his heart, it felt good to have someone who cared about him, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for Xiu
