Lao Zhuang put several large stones used to support the pot into the hole. The stones were burned hot by the flames, and the small earth hole immediately felt as warm as spring. Yun Ye and Gong Shujia entered the hole and lay down on the paved ground.
The floor is covered with a thick layer of sheepskin. When you lie on it, you will sink deeply into the wool, and you won't feel the cold without a blanket.
Gongshu Jia groaned twice in comfort, which was extremely unpleasant. He suddenly raised his head and asked Yun Ye: "If I go to the academy next year, will I be treated like this?"
A country bumpkin, this was Yun Ye's contempt from the bottom of his heart. He had spent his whole life digging for food in the fields and had never enjoyed any of the fun in the world.
"If you are satisfied with this, no problem, the academy will give you a hundred sheepskins, and you can wrap up your whole family."
Gongshu Jia may also feel that this question is a bit petty and a bit embarrassing.
"You are over fifty this year, so according to the rules of the academy, you will be allocated a three-story building with a one-acre yard below, and you will receive a salary of eight guan each month.
You know, the prime minister's salary is nothing more than that. You will also have a carriage and a horse, and there will be other benefits during the holidays. The furniture in the building is all ready-made, and you only need to carry your luggage.
If you need servants to move in, you have to hire them yourself. The academy generally disapproves of the use of domestic slaves. Abuse of domestic slaves is absolutely prohibited in the academy. Doing so will teach bad children. Anyone who offends will be expelled from the academy immediately.
You have to remember.
Yun Ye explained the treatment in the academy to Gongshu Jia, hoping that he would not make mistakes. Li Gang may be able to tolerate mediocre people, but he will not tolerate people with moral defects. Perhaps reading too much will change a person's temperament.
, at least so far, I have never seen anyone with extremely corrupt morals. Even Xu Jingzong never said a harsh word to the old servants who followed him. Mr. Li Gang and Mr. Yushan also cared deeply for the boys who served them in daily life, so the academy
The atmosphere is very peaceful.
Gong Shujia put his hands behind his head and looked at the ceiling of the cave in a daze. He knew that he was immersed in the happy life that was about to come. Yun Ye didn't bother him. He turned over, covered himself with a blanket, and chose a comfortable position. After a while,
And fell asleep.
I was woken up early in the morning. The whole camp was in a mess, with people lighting fires and looking after the horses. There were sentries changing the guard in the distance. The wind stopped, but it started to snow again, not very heavily. We were on our way.
There is still no problem, but the vast whiteness between the sky and the earth makes people feel random.
Breakfast is thick porridge, the kind that won't fall over when you put chopsticks in it. The locust powder is unanimously loved by everyone. Now that there is no such thing in the meal, everyone is reluctant to use chopsticks. The dog shouts "Uncle Zhuang" to the left and "Uncle Zhuang" to the right.
He had to be diligent, just wanted to get a little more locust powder to mix with the rice. Seeing as he was still a child, Lao Zhuang grabbed another big handful and put it in his bowl, and the happy dog showed off around holding the rice bowl.
Gongshu Jia had a hole in his eye with dark circles. He didn't sleep much last night. He thought about the drunken Yangchun that his father loved to drink, but he didn't even buy it a few times. Then he thought about his old wife who has been with him for decades, and she still hasn't had it yet.
A decent piece of jewelry. The silver lock hanging around the grandson's neck was the same one he had worn back then. These guilts kept him sleepless all night. It sounds nice to say that, in a thousand-year-old family, who knows the embarrassment of hiding in the wilderness with little food and clothing?
They all say that one can live in poverty and be happy, and one cannot change one's lofty ideals. That sounds nice, but one cannot even show filial piety to his father, his wife's compassion, and the love of one's children. How can one talk about being in poverty, one's happy life, and one's lofty aspirations never change?
Returning to Chang'an will definitely change the living conditions of the whole family. The younger generation is already restless. The knowledge passed down in the family can hardly be passed down to the next generation. The descendants are unwilling to learn. After learning all the skills, they can't go unused.
, there is still danger. In this case, it is better to take it out safely and exchange it for some money.
After breakfast, the team continued to set off, but everyone was covered with white linen, even the horses. A clumsy fat man waded through the snow with difficulty, putting bundles of linen on the sledge, sweat dripping from his broad forehead.
It's dripping up and down, Lao He? He Shao? Why is he here?
"Why are you here to join in the fun? I don't know that the whole world here is full of beards? What if you are caught, grilled and eaten?" Yun Ye was furious, why did a fat man with zero fighting ability go crazy on the grassland?
"Brother's life has already been worth a lot. Do you know how much the goods shipped back to Chang'an before winter are worth? Six thousand guan! I won't lose even if I die on the grassland. Brother never dreamed that his body of fat could be sold.
With this kind of money, I can support my family for decades without any problem. I know that the root of my wealth lies in you. Otherwise, my brother would have nowhere to sell his fat body, let alone his six-year-old son.
Qian Guan, you have already come to the grassland, what does it matter if I follow you? My life is not as valuable as yours? Besides, with me here, maybe we two brothers can find a place to make a little fortune.
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This is just a piece of meat. I can't find a way to get rich. Now I don't even care about my life. I have nothing to say, I really have nothing to say. Political books say that businessmen dare to kill people if they have 300% profit.
, even risking his own life for ten times the profit, He Shao! is a living example.
"You are already crazy. I can't control you anymore. I only want to tell you one thing: take care of your life and don't lose it. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain to your family."
After saying this, Yun Ye sat on the sledge of Gongshujia and prepared to continue on his way. Lao He tied the linen tightly with a rope and sat on the sledge with a guard.
With the sound of the whip of the lead car, the brigade began to squirm, and then gradually increased its speed. The Yun family guards at the front were exploring the way, and Lao Niu's personal captain was holding down the formation behind. The brigade's sledges were also moving in a decent manner.
Leaving Shuofang's control, everyone's nerves were tense, fearing that a large group of beards would emerge from any corner.
The beard that Yun Ye was waiting for did not appear. They are now hiding in the nest holding sheep and learning from the winter birds. Except for the nobles on the grassland, herdsmen cannot come out in heavy snow. Every winter, they need to give cattle
Sheep look for a slightly warmer place to spend the winter. This place not only requires warmth, but also needs lush hay. In summer and autumn, they will deliberately leave a piece of pasture for grazing. In winter, they will drive their cattle and sheep there to spend the winter.
Don't leave, after all, cattle and sheep are their lifeblood.
Without the recruitment of nobles, they all dispersed and lived in family units. After all, the pastures in one place could not afford too many cattle and sheep.
There was some noise in front. Yun Ye raised his head and looked forward. After a while, the old man came to report that a group of sheep had been surrounded and there was a shepherd who asked for permission to chop them.
I rode up to the front and took a look. I saw a short shepherdess holding a wooden fork in her hand and confronting the Yun family's guards. She also glanced at the sheep running around from time to time. The sheepskin coat on her body was already worn out.
The oil was shining brightly, and his hair was stuck into felt pieces, but his dark eyes were full of stubbornness. He bared his teeth and let out a wolf-like cry to scare the killers from the Yun family who came down from the battlefield.
Several guards smiled and rode around her, and she followed suit. After a few moments, she fell to the ground. Her face was covered with snow and looked even more embarrassed. One of the guards took out his bow and set an arrow on it.
She casually shot a sheep to the ground. The shepherdess howled and rushed towards the fallen sheep, holding the sheep's head and blowing air into its mouth, hoping to save the poor sheep.
"Master Marquis, how about we snatch her and the sheep together, so that the kids can have the sheep to eat, and you can have someone to warm your bed at night." The dog got out of nowhere, with its head raised and looking very doggy.
Give advice to Yun Ye.
Look at the shepherdess's hair, which is matted with felt, and her hands that are covered in blood, especially when she is kissing the sheep. Yun Ye's face is turning green. How hungry must this person be to feel for such a woman?
interest?
Kick the dog away with one kick. This bastard can't learn anything good in the army. Being a dog legter at a young age is actually a good skill.
The sheep in the shepherdess's arms finally stopped kicking and its head drooped. The shepherdess pulled it back and forth twice. Seeing that the sheep was dead, she jumped up and rushed towards Yun Ye. She could see that among this group of people,
Yun Ye's armor is the most beautiful, so Yun Ye's status is also the highest. For her sheep, she wants to fight with Yun Ye. Before she gets there, Yun Ye is surrounded by guards, and she quickly pulls out the knife.
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Gouzi jumped out excitedly, threw the knife in his hand, and opened his arms to fight with the shepherdess. The guards were also cheering on the side. Gouzi clasped his fists around in a decent manner, but the woman suddenly rushed over.
Holding Gouzi's legs, he immediately threw him onto his back, then sat down on Gouzi's face, bumping him up and down several times, which made Yun Ye and all the guards' teeth ache.
Lao Zhuang frowned, got off his horse, threw the shepherdess out, and pulled the dog up. The dog was dizzy and barely stood still, shouting loudly to find the shepherdess and preparing for revenge, but Lao Zhuang killed him
It was thrown onto the sledge.
I don’t know if there is something wrong with the bearded woman’s brain. Lao Zhuang threw her out as a sign of letting her go. Who knew she got up, wiped the snow from her face, and rushed towards Lao Zhuang again without mercy,
He grabbed Lao Zhuang's arm and started to chew on it. In the weather of more than ten degrees below zero, Lao Zhuang was covered in iron armor. The leaves of the armor were colder than ice. Once it went up in his mouth, he couldn't come down. He was stuck to it, and the shepherdess didn't dare to struggle.
Afraid of tearing out my tongue, I just burst into tears.
When Yun Ye saw that the shepherdess had finally calmed down, he looked around. It was a good campsite. After asking for the advice of the old man, he decided to camp here and rest. Wherever the old man went, the shepherdess would follow him. There was nothing he could do.
It's still stuck to the iron armor.
The guards drove back the scattered sheep. The sheep were very thin. It seemed that there was not enough autumn fat. Such sheep could not survive the cold winter. This year's winter came early. This was fatal to the herdsmen.
If the sheep are lost, the whole family will starve to death. There is no mercy or miracles on the prairie.
Lao Zhuang removed the A leaf, poured it with warm water, and finally freed the shepherdess' mouth from the A leaf. She stopped making trouble and looked at her flock of sheep crying. She was afraid that these people would eat up all her meat.
sheep.
Yun Ye still ordered all the sheep to be slaughtered. Now the food was the most precious. The auxiliary soldiers started to take action. They laughed and set up several racks. They stabbed the sheep to death one by one with daggers and hung them on the racks.
There were not many sheep, only twenty-one in total, including the one that was shot to death. They quickly peeled off the skin of the sheep, took out the internal organs, and quickly started to roast the sheep on the fire.
Knowing that she couldn't stop her, the shepherdess lay on her back on the snow, her big eyes lifeless. (To be continued) rq!~!
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