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Chapter 307: Take Two Steps to the Appearance (Two Chapters in One)

The northern city gate is indeed something to be said.

Otherwise, why did the soldiers who stayed in the barracks, who clearly did not receive the delicious food brought by the fellow villagers, still have red eyes while standing in front of the painting.

Yes, they had nothing to eat.

In fact, the border defense army had received the news in advance before the people arrived.

The most annoying commander in charge of each of their barracks, the centurion commander, hurriedly called everyone and asked only new soldiers and veterans with more than eight years of service to line up to welcome the people to receive food.

He also ordered them to wait and not go out, pretending that there were not so many people in the barracks. In case the villagers don't have enough food to distribute, they will feel unhappy.

Later, unexpectedly, the villagers came with a program, and the Supervisory Army Chief Centurion urged them to hurry up and perform Yangko to applaud the ladies.

After calling them, they had to look at the eyes of the supervising army centenarian. With a wave of his hand, they had to withdraw. He told the people that they were going to the town to attend a big fair.

In fact, they were running and gathering from the fork in front of the road and then circled back to the camp. Many people were idle in the house, either sleeping and resting, or washing clothes and sewing socks. It was really boring compared to the oil shed.

This really doesn't take into account their unhappiness at all.

Isn't that right? Some of them heard the fellow villagers leaving after painting. As they left, they asked around: "Who should return the ladder to? And what should we do if these buckets are stained? Where should we wash them?"

The soldiers thought to themselves: Folks, there is actually no need to scrub. You don’t know that we have plenty of strength and never take doing chores seriously. You have never seen General Fenwu train us like dogs on weekdays.

In short, many of the "miscellaneous people waiting" soldiers heard the voices of the fellow villagers drifting away and went out.

Then more and more people sneaked out to watch the paintings.

If you can't go get food, why don't you let me see it?

Later, someone who was brave enough lit a torch first, and then several more people lit up the painting with torches, and then their eyes became red.

Just look at this painting, which is of an elderly man and woman performing the Yangko dance. The painting is so lifelike, with rows of ravaged faces with messy faces and smiles, and behind them is an oxcart unloading goods.

A few cars had signs above them that read: "Dress warmly."

The soldiers knew that this time the common people brought them a lot of ankle protection with jade grass. Scholars here in the North even collected 5,000 pairs of gloves for them, which will soon be distributed to the veterans guarding the city towers.

There were also several carts with sacks written above them: "Want to eat vegetables."

The sauerkraut that had been frozen hard due to the bumpy journey; the cabbage and radish that were afraid of being frozen were covered with layers of straw curtains; the dried wild vegetables were bundled in groups of five sacks in the car.

I heard that as soon as the fellow villagers arrived, the room in the cook camp was filled with vegetables.

On the rear vehicle holding a banner, a bunch of fish are painted on the vehicle panel. It really feels like real relatives are here, because they don’t only focus on good-looking fish, but also small fish cubs.

An old man even grabbed the hand of the soldier from the cooking camp and said, "Don't look at me, I've brought you soybean paste. It will be more fragrant when simmered in it. Don't forget to make it and eat it later."

Above these fish-carrying vehicles is written: "Be well fed."

Finally, there are three people painted on the far left of the painting.

The soldiers knew that one of them was Aunt Xu, the general convener this time. It was she who mobilized three groups of farmers, literati, and businessmen to come together to visit. She was also the one who brought the duck meat, which has a fragrant aroma after being boiled.

According to the Chief of the Prison Army, the Xu family's specialty is not duck meat, but pot-wrapped pork.

But because there was a duck seller accompanying me this time... His whole family started by selling ducks. Even the boys from the eldest uncle's family were called old duck, young duck, teal duck, and land duck. The second uncle's family was called black duck, white duck, native duck, Mallards, flying ducks. Only the one accompanying him was named Tian Qingwen by his grandfather. Because there were too many ducks in his house, his grandfather was afraid of the plague.

At that time, when the chief of the supervisory army told the soldiers what he had heard, everyone laughed.

But I smiled and couldn’t laugh anymore.

Because this fellow Tian heard that he was here to visit them, he would rather earn less than twelve taels of silver. The annual salary of their ordinary soldiers was sold to the Xu family's aunt, thousands of ducks.

The purpose was to come to Chengguan to see four of his cousins ​​who died on the battlefield in the North while serving in the military.

So the convener of the Xu family cooked duck meat this time. At this time, the painting was holding fists towards them with a sincere smile.

This is the image of Mrs. Xu in the eyes of the soldiers, and everyone is very satisfied.

Maybe the old lady hasn't seen the painting yet, but if she sees it, she will definitely question Gao Mantang: "Is this what I look like?" That big mouth grinned so loudly that it exposed her small throat. That's something her granddaughter can do.

Gao Mantang would explain, first, I don’t dare to look at you carefully. Second, time was running out. To be honest, I couldn’t draw well. I could only draw a rough outline, like a Yangko dance with no clue at all. It was all up to the soldiers’ brains and calligraphy.

Next to Mrs. Xu, it was Bai Muyan's academy gentleman who was also wearing a long robe.

The third person may be Mr. Qian, but his hands may have been too cold at the end of the painting, so his appearance became even blurrier. Fortunately, in order to tell everyone what kind of representative the painting is, Liu Jingdong wrote the word "money" in the middle of the hat.

When Gao Mantang saw it, it was too late to modify it, so he might as well let him draw a copper coin.

In short, these three people are all clasping their fists, with words written next to them: I will see you again after cutting the corns.

After reading the painting, a young soldier suddenly had tears in his eyes. He must have been so homesick during the Chinese New Year, and he thought it was shameful for him to shed tears.

He wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said: "It's snowing, and I'm blinded by Mao Maoxue. You guys think that if you come back next time, we should be able to go to dinner instead, right?"

This sentence broke the moment of silence when everyone was looking at the painting.

While the soldiers were looking at the paintings, they praised our fellow villagers for their good paintings. They also sneered and said, "What good things are you thinking about? You are a two-year soldier, and you will not be able to take your turn to get food next time. Unless Folks can come more often.”

Unless we, the folks in Zhenbeidadi, can live a more prosperous life.

These words made those who stayed behind even more unable to help but look at the long oil shed with envy:

"I heard that there are not only meatballs but also duck meat and duck soup. As soon as I took off the pot and started boiling, I could smell it."

If you don’t believe me, take a closer look.

Someone said bitterly: "I've also heard that, although it was a hastily built shed, there was an order from above to put enough charcoal basins inside. The fellow villagers just used it. It was freezing all the way, and they ate the meat and roasted it under the light." "

Come on, they should go back and catch up on their sleep, they can't stand the laughter and laughter.

I won't be able to sleep well tonight, because you see, those boys will be eloquent when they return to the barracks to show off.

The soldiers were complaining, and many couldn't help but look at the paintings before returning to the barracks.

At the same time, people in the oilcloth shack began to receive meat buns. These were people who had not received glutinous rice balls. There were also some people who were receiving duck soup and freshly baked steamed buns.

"It's so fragrant. Compared with this, our rice looks like pig food even if it's made into meat."

There is a lot of excitement in Laochang's oil shed right now.

The ladies and gentlemen who performed Yangko were sharing the food in front of the pots.

Cai Baozi ignored the makeup removal and reminded the soldier receiving the meal with a smile: "Can you take off the mask on your face? I want to see what you look like."

"Mom, I promise not to receive it twice."

"No, I'm not afraid of this." Ah, but I'm also a little afraid: "I want to recognize you when I come back next time!"

Cai Baozi's words with a smile made the boy in front of him stunned.

I thought: But ladies, you are amused by the colorful paintings on your faces, but what if we don’t recognize you when you come back next time? This conversation was also heard later. The veterans who had just switched to defense took off their masks honestly. They were afraid of being told by their aunt.

Some people's eyelashes were still covered with frost, and they came here after hearing that they were eligible to receive food.

One by one they took the initiative and said:

"Auntie, my name is Wang Shugen."

"Okay, okay, note it down."

"My name is Lian Dazhuang."

"It's such a good name. Just like your strong body, I'll keep it in mind."

Dozens of women prepare meals together, especially those in Erdaohe who are very experienced and sweet-mouthed.

A soldier from behind was answering Liu Laozhu: "Yes, it's snowing."

The second aunt Sun Lizheng in front waved her hand and said, "Come on, walk forward so you can see clearly from a distance. Master Mao Maoxue, it's your turn."

"Auntie, my name is not Mao Maoxue."

Second Aunt Sun took out a steaming piece of braised duck meat and stuffed it into the pancake like chopping the meat. She handed it over and asked with a smile: "What's that called? I probably didn't hear it. Then Could it be just drizzle?"

The second uncle frowned at the side and said: "My surname is not Mao, you are a deaf woman!"

This conversation made half of the people in the oil shed burst into laughter.

And because of his name, there was another person who made the secret guards hidden among the ordinary soldiers very worried.

Let’s first talk about why there are secret guards. This was placed by Jia Lai since he took over Zhenbei Army. He considered many aspects, mainly to guard against people from the imperial court.

There are secret guards here. They were quietly transferred to the secret guard camp hidden in the mountains and showed Xu Tianxin the gate.

He also cooperated with Xu Tianxin to detonate nitroglycerin and listened to Xu Tianxin's command.

The secret guard has never forgotten that everyone had to obey Xu Tianxin's orders.

The cannon burying at position A is completed.

No. B's cannon burying is completed.

At that time, the flag was waved to Xu Tianxin at the foot of the mountain. It had to be passed down to the foot of the mountain, and then the current Fenwu General Lu Yan personally waved the flag.

But before flying the flag, you must also listen to Commander-in-Chief Xu Tianxin’s words: “Flying Eagle receives it.”

Flying Eagle is the code name of the commander-in-chief Xu Tianxin, and General Lu can give the received signal and let them evacuate quickly, replacing the secret guards of the detonation team.

At that time, in order to test which ratio was more stable and had a wider impact, the ten groups together had to wait for the command from commander-in-chief Xu Tianxin: "Detonate."

Therefore, this person couldn't help but glance in Xu Tianxin's direction.

Xu Tianxin is currently sitting on a stick behind the pot, at least in the eyes of the other party, he is just a stick.

But he wasn't curious about whether it would make him panic or something like that. Because at the age of thirteen, he dared to blow up the girl who was secretly guarding the granary. Let's not ask about such a arrogant person.

Those are not ordinary people.

Moreover, there is a kind of person in this world who lives a arrogant life. He can figure out an object that others have not been able to figure out for ten or eight years.

For example, in the last dynasty, there was a boy who was only eight years old. He was able to use a cannon to install chili noodles and drop them at targeted locations. It was not spicy, but it was so powerful that it choked people and made them unable to open their eyes. Wherever the cannon is placed, it will make it difficult for people to see clearly.

Later, as he grew stronger and became stronger, the twelve-year-old child prodigy was able to fire a cannon with one hand, and he could fire accurately without a gun mount.

It was just that the emperor at the time commented that he had amazing skills and thought that he would be even more amazing when he grew up. He was also a prodigy and his family accidentally caused trouble outside, so they found some excuse to behead him, leaving him blind.

Therefore, when their master mentioned this person, he said that if he was still alive, this dynasty might not be able to replace him so smoothly. If he is still alive and develops more weapons, this dynasty will be able to benefit from them.

I have to admit that their master still has some Mohist ideas. He values ​​military craftsmen very much and is less Confucian than others.

This was all too far away, so the secret guard pondered in his mind:

What does that girl mean when you play the suona every word? Does he only know how to play suona?

That is the mother of artillery shells and the most important weapon of our Suppression Army's new weapons.

She is another female general besides the Zhenbei Army who was secretly protected by the general. However, she does not lead troops, she plays with cannons.

He is very afraid that one day the imperial court will get a secret report from somewhere and will assassinate or secretly take away the person.

Do you think she only knows General Jialai? He even dared to ask others to bring him food.

While this person was thinking about it, Xu Tianxin pretended to glance at him casually across the crowd, while smiling and answering the people in front of her who asked about these guys in her family.

The Xu family has a "matryoshka" set of pots and pans, which can hold 450,000 yuan in large and small sets, 20 plates, and six wooden spoons for rice. Even the lids of the containers are used as bowls. Gee, her second uncle made it for her.

The soldiers asked Xu Tianxin: "Why do you have this?"

Xu Tianxin thought: The modern Shandong Museum existed during the Warring States Period, but it was made of copper and could hold hundreds of pieces, while hers was made of wood.

So you are not the only one who has this in the Zhenbei Army. Maybe you are also following the example of others during the Warring States Period.

But you can't answer that.

The girl who knew how to play the suona answered evasively and answered lightly:

"In the beginning, it was for my uncles to go out to deliver goods. They had to cook and carry them on the road. But they found it too troublesome and were too lazy to carry them. Later, we made this big one because my family opened a shop and the cupboards and cabinets could no longer accommodate it, so my second uncle made it. got this.”

This time the "stick" was under Mrs. Xu's butt again, because a boy said: "Auntie, you are tired, sit on the stool." Mrs. Xu said: "Give it to them, I have it."

So Xu Tianxin continued to answer, this is not a stick, it is a crutch. Moreover, the position where the crutch is held can be opened. It is made of iron, but you can't see the sewing of the jingtao grass now, so as not to sit on it and get cold.

"Can't you just break it open and sit on it? I still have an iron tip underneath."

Anyway, there is no cement floor here. It is land in spring, summer and autumn, and ice and snow roads in winter. Plunge into it. Moreover, the iron tip can also be used as a glacier, and it can be thrown in the car as a weapon. After a while, she and her milk will carry it with them when they travel around. As they walk, they will feel tired and distressed for the cow, so they will rest in the ground.

This is not Xu Tianxin’s idea. It was the famous crutch chair of the last emperor. Later, many people bought it to squeeze into the subway. It's just that the bottom is flat in modern times, and modern roads are made of suet, which is easier to use than bringing a small stool.

When everyone was talking lively, there was suddenly a uniform pace outside.

Two rows of soldiers came in carrying plates of beef stuffed dumplings and put them all on the table and took a step back. This was the best hospitality they could give to the fellow villagers.

The villagers were stunned.

At the end of the team, Jia Lai walked in wearing a black tassel and a general's uniform.

"Stand up!" A soldier didn't even care to throw the meat bun away. He immediately stood up while holding it in his mouth, and then hurriedly took it off.

"What are you standing for? Sit down."

Jia Lai waved to the soldiers first, then looked at one of them with a smile: "Tian Xin'er."

(End of this chapter)