Chapter 495 We are all here
Shopkeeper Xia pointed to a group of businessmen friends beside him: "We plan to go to Shuozhou and Hezhong County to purchase grain."
The soldiers guarding the city were stunned and looked carefully at the long team leaving the city, only to realize that they were all familiar faces.
Some sell milk tea, some open restaurants, some open hotels, and there are many porters.
The dark-skinned porter touched the back of his head and said with an honest smile: "Shopkeeper Xia said that this war is different from the past and will definitely last for a long time. We don't have enough local grain in Yunzhou, so we have to buy it outside."
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The other porters also spoke to each other.
"I don't know what the situation is on the other side of Kyoto. Even if they agree to send troops, it will take time to recruit food and grass from various places. We might as well ride a tricycle and go there ourselves!"
"We don't have much money, and we only have this amount of energy. By saving these expenses, Shopkeeper Xia and the others can buy more food!"
The soldiers guarding the city asked stupidly: "The general asked you to go?"
Shopkeeper Xia snorted and laughed: "Why should the general worry about such a trivial matter? Please check quickly and let us go quickly."
The businessman friends next to Shopkeeper Xia also laughed and cheered: "If you want to hear more details, come to my shop after the general's victory, and I will talk to you carefully."
"Yes, time is money! I wonder if those grain dealers will raise their prices when they hear the news of the war! If we go one day earlier, we can buy more grain!"
The soldiers who were guarding the city almost peed their eyes out.
He saluted everyone and did not put down his aching hand until the long team passed through the city gate and walked farther and farther on the straight dirt and cement road until it turned into a small black dot.
When they left, they also took away the bustling life of Huaishuo Town.
The commercial street that used to be crowded with people was particularly deserted. The shops on both sides were closed. Occasionally, one or two were open. When I walked in, I saw that they were either selling food or selling daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar.
Xia Lezhi looked around the empty Xia family restaurant, feeling a little lonely.
My father was away on a long journey and the college was on holiday. He and his mother were the only ones at home.
"Le Zhi, please put away the newspapers hanging on the wall carefully, don't let the mice eat them. Your father is most proud of two things in his life, one is giving birth to you, and the other is being in the newspaper!"< br>
Mrs. Xia neatly packed up the things in the shop: "Your father also said that when you get married and give birth to a grandson, he will use this newspaper to enlighten his grandson!"
Xia Lezhi's face turned red: "Dad is thinking too far!"
Mrs. Xia saw Xia Lezhi neatly roll up the newspaper into a tube and put it into a red box, and then she pulled him into the kitchen.
"I also said he thinks too much. Maybe our whole family will have a chance to be in the newspaper again!"
"Le Zhi, you come and light the fire. There is a little trick to how much water you add to the rice. You stretch out your middle finger and when your fingertip touches the rice, there will be about this much water. That's enough water!"
Mrs. Xia gestured with her fingers, and after seeing that Xia Lezhi remembered it, she explained the methods of several other home-cooked dishes.
Xia Lezhi took notes and helped his mother-in-law.
Since she went to college, Aniang has never allowed herself to do any work in the kitchen, saying that her hands are for writing, not for cooking.
Maybe it's because my father is away from home and my mother is too busy.
After the meal was ready, Xia Lezhi and his mother-in-law sat in front of the stove to eat together. "Le Zhi, when you are alone at home, you must lock the doors and windows. Our food is hidden in the cellar. We have two cellars, and the entrance to the other one is under my father's and mother's bed."
"Auntie, why am I at home alone?" Xia Lezhi put down the bowls and chopsticks and looked directly at his Auntie, feeling increasingly uneasy.
Mrs. Xia buried her head in her meal without even looking at Xia Lezhi: "I'm just talking."
"Auntie!" Xia Lezhi looked solemn. He was no longer a child. Auntie couldn't lie to herself!
Mrs. Xia sighed slightly, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and touched Xia Lezhi's soft hair: "I don't want to have that day either. If one day the army comes to the city, I plan to do my part."
"How to do your best?"
Grandma was well protected by her father, and she only had to worry about things on the stove every day. The biggest difficulty she encountered in her life was that her uncle had not been heard from.
She has never traveled far, and she usually drags Aunt Chen next door with her when shopping.
The work of killing chickens and sheep in the store was either done by the waiters or by my father. My mother didn’t even dare to kill a fish.
Mrs. Xia lowered her head slightly and whispered: "I can cook for them. I can also ride a tricycle and help them transport supplies. If not, I also learned some skills from the little nurse in the medical school. I Can bandage the wounded! ”
"Are you not afraid of blood anymore?"
Mrs. Xia bit her lip and said for a long time: "I don't have to be afraid!"
At this moment, Xia Lezhi felt extremely uncomfortable, hating why he hadn't grown up yet? !
If you grow up early, can you do something? !
After being silent for a long time, Xia Lezhi said in a low voice: "I understand, Auntie, don't worry, I won't go anywhere, just stay at home, you don't have to worry about me."
"Good boy!" Mrs. Xia held Xia Lezhi in her arms with a long look in her eyes.
"Le Zhi, how much my parents hope that you can be safe and happy for the rest of your life! We are very lucky, and there is a great general in Yunzhou. Just like Monk Tang went west to learn Buddhist scriptures and had to go through 99 and 81 hardships, God also sent down rain for Yunzhou and a great general. A lot of hardships.”
"Tang Monk had the help of Sun Wukong and the gods in the sky. The general did not! She single-handedly pulled Yunzhou to where it is today. We owe her many favors, and even though we are in a humble position, we are willing to do our best to repay her. Kindness!”
"Yunzhou Weekly once said that unity is strength. One me cannot compare with the gods, but ten me, hundreds of me, and thousands of me combined can still compete with God!"
"Auntie!" Xia Lezhi hugged Mrs. Xia's waist tightly. Her waist was so slender and her body was so thin.
But just like she can give birth to life, her body contains endless energy!
The Tatars have committed many crimes in this land.
Aunt Chen would wake up from her dreams from time to time, wailing in the middle of the night, recalling the painful experience of being kidnapped by the Tatars.
The broken leg of Mr. Wu in the newsstand was trampled to pieces by Tatars with horse hooves in order to protect his wife and daughter.
The old woman who sold tofu at the entrance of the alley gave birth to seven sons and one daughter who were all tortured and killed by the Tatars. I heard that the girl was only three years old when she died. She was kicked around by the Tatars like a ball. Turned into a puddle of meat.
At the grocery store opposite the Xia Family Restaurant, their shopkeeper would go to Wuzhou City to do business when he had something to do, because his father was particularly brave back then. He carried a machete and hacked to death five or six Tatars, and was finally besieged and hacked to death.
In order to vent their anger, the Tatars took his father's head back to make a drinking vessel.
Their shopkeeper went over and over again just to find his father’s skull...
The pain has never been forgotten. Even if the body is broken into pieces, such pain cannot be allowed to appear in Yunzhou today!
Yunzhou is their dream!
This is the dream they and the general built together!