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Return to the great era of China's eternal emperor, the Qin Dynasty, and change the established history.

Chapter 32 "Brother"

By Doering DavidPublished 3 years ago 8 min read

Outside the South Gate School in Anxian County, Heifu's brother, male scholar, stood here.

Desire has just turned 30, is more than seven feet tall, looks somewhat similar to Heifu's, with a brown towel on the top of his head representing the title of male scholar, a sparse short beard on his lips, and a coarse brown dress, which is not very warm.

What is strange is that he obviously has a thick newly sewn winter coat in his hand, but he would rather shiver in the cold wind in October than put it on.

Although his family is in male scholar, with a land of 100 mu, he had a funeral for his dead father the year before last, and a leg injury was treated by Zhong Zhong last year, which almost exhausted all his money and silks. Now, life is very tight.

In winter, even the winter clothes have to be worn by three brothers in turn, and whoever goes out will be put on. My grandmother sewed this dress with her own hands, but she was reluctant to wear it no matter how cold it was. She was afraid that she would be dusty along the way and dirty her clothes. Let my younger brother wear new clothes.

At this moment, longing just rubbed his hands and breathed, pointing and whispering at the door of the two county pawns, some embarrassed …

He is a wussy farmer, always reluctant to cause trouble or become the focus of the topic.

Fortunately, the person who went in to deliver the message didn't keep him waiting too long. After a while, I saw a figure trotting out of the school yard, waving at him and shouting, "Brother Bo!"

Brother, it's the name of the eldest brother in the family. Heifu trotted up to him and said, "Brother, why are you here?"

"Of course, it's my mother's order to send you winter clothes. My mother has been sewing day and night these days, just for fear that you will freeze."

When I saw my younger brother, I smiled with longing, and my eyes swept over Heifu, only to find that he was already wearing a thick dress. Looking up again, Heifu's bun also had the sign of male scholar's brown towel. It seems that the rumor is true ...

"Hi, I should have written a letter and sent it back to tell my mother and brother." Black a clap forehead, some chagrin, he explained:

"Something's happened these days. I've got some money, and I've already bought my whole body clothes. I don't have to ask my brother to send clothes all the way. Your legs and feet are inconvenient ..."

Heifu is very ashamed. When he was in military service last year, he left his leg injured, which is still not well. It's hard to do farm work on weekdays. It's five or six miles from Yunmeng Township to Anlu County. Heifu can't imagine how he came.

"Let's just be surprised. Brother Bo can take care of his mother at home."

As he spoke, Heifu took off his already hot clothes, threw them on his longing, and took the winter clothes he had sent from afar. When he put them on, he was full of joy.

"Or the clothes made by my mother are warm!"

I put my hand in my sleeve, felt warm, and smiled with relief: "I'm young and short-tempered, and I'm afraid he'll spoil the trouble, not to mention …"

He carefully looked at the two county pawns on guard at the Yuanmen of the school yard, pulled Heifu aside and asked in a low voice, "Even if it's not for clothes delivery, I'll make a special trip to the county. Hei, tell Brother Wei what happened these days. How did you get the title of male scholar? "

It turns out that since Heifu left home, I have heard rumors every three days.

At first, someone went back to the sunset, saying that seeing Heifu was caught by a pavilion director in the county jail, he would have to go to court!

The bad news scared the whole family, but my mother didn't believe it. She didn't lift her head, and while fiddling with the loom in her hand, she said that my black husband was an honest child and would never break the law. She still sat on the couch and sewed her winter clothes.

However, the next day, Li Zheng, who had a hard time with his heart, came to me angrily and made a bunch of sarcastic remarks, leaving the whole family in an ice cave.

Just saying that the county jail has sent a letter to Lizhong, asking whether Heifu's native place, identity are true and whether he has a criminal record? In the sense, it's nothing more than that Heifu has been in prison, and this life is finished. The longing family will have a good life in a few days, and will soon be punished!

Under this, even the mother who most believed in Heifu was anxious, and fell ill directly. The longing wife held her child Lacrimosa every day, and the third brother suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, saying that everyone in the whole village was rumored to say that Zhong Xiong was caught in a crime. What should I do in case he was sentenced to sitting down, or our whole family would run away overnight ...

After his father died, he was the head of the family, and he couldn't lose his footing. To put it bluntly, it has stabilized the frightened family members and made them calm down.

In those days, Li was spreading the story around in the middle school, which made the neighbors look at the longing family strangely. I wanted to come to the county town to inquire about it in person, but I was stopped by someone holding farm tools at the inner gate for fear that he would run away ...

Just a few days after the whole family was treated as thieves, in early October, people who went to the county fair brought back the opposite news.

"You can hear, Zhong Di Heifu, the second brother of the longing family, captured the thieves with one enemy and three at Huyang Pavilion!"

"That's right, the whole county is spreading, and Heifu has made great contributions by cutting off the thief's head!"

"I wonder what kind of reward this son will get."

"The sincere family is lucky this time."

Just because I was stunned by these untrue news, I planned to ask Heifu in person in the county town no matter what, but Li Zheng and Tian Dian (a junior official in charge of supervising farming) came to me again.

In the dark face, Tian Dian was smiling. He said that the county issued a document, and Heifu was worshipped as male scholar because of his efforts to catch the thief. Now, the formalities in the county town have been completed, and they have been ordered to come here to delimit a hundred acres of fields and an open space for Heifu's family, and later to build a house for Heifu himself ...

At this point, only a stone fell to the ground in the hearts of the whole family, and the mother picked up the needle and thread again. She started bragging about Heifu's deeds to her peers, and her longing wife also smiled. The neighbors' look at them changed from being wary of disgust to envy ...

One or two homes in male scholar, this is something to celebrate, which means that the land of my family has doubled overnight!

So in the next few days, I was busy with Lizheng and Tian Dian, trying to win a good land for Heifu, and my house could be close to my old house. After all this, it was already the middle of October.

I was in a hurry with my mother's winter clothes, limped on the road, and walked for three days before I came to the county seat.

Although things have been made clear, Zhong is a cautious person, and he always feels like a dream. He has to ask Heifu himself before he can rest assured.

After listening to the explanation, Heifu asked anxiously, "Is mother ill? Is it heavy? Brother, if you are not at home, who will take care of her? "

Although these days, I didn't mention carrying cheap dad to block the gun for myself, but for my mother, Heifu loved her from the bottom of my heart, and secretly vowed to honor her with her share.

Heartfelt relief way: "Mother was worried that you were sick. I learned that you were fine. Besides, Jing and your sister-in-law Qiu are also taking care of her, and your sister-in-law is back. Don't worry."

Heifu was reassured. At this time, a cold wind blew again. Even though the two brothers were wearing winter clothes, they still shivered.

He said, "Brother, it's a long story. Don't stand here. You and I will talk in the house."

I also served in the army, and hesitated, saying, "I'm afraid it's hard for outsiders to get into the schoolyard."

"It's all right. I've already told General Chen Bai. He said he'll take a half-day break today, so that you can go in if you want, and don't stay too long."

Said, and black husband took longing to the inside, and said hello to the two county pawns who were the gatekeepers.

In my heart, I was even more surprised. In his impression, Heifu was a wooden and taciturn younger brother, with only a brute force. He said that he was faithful in subduing thieves, but how could Heifu talk to Baijiang?

The more you go to the tinker, the more surprised you are, because every county pawn or other pawn in the tinker will stop and greet Heifu bowing to him, and Heifu will reciprocate one by one. It can be seen that his younger brother has a high reputation here.

I still don't know what happened a few days ago. Now, within the tinker, the only one who sees Heifu with a straight face is Jiashi Walls and cypresses ...

With amazement, longing and Heifu approached the house where Gengzu lived, and when they reached the door, a thin young man with a pointed mouth and monkeys' gills strode over.

"Little brother Ji Ying, I've met my brother!"

The pencil necked shouted at his longing, and then, regardless of the mud on the ground, he threw himself down in wait for a while ...

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