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Chapter 82

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    Zhong Laoba, the eighth eldest in the family, is less than 30 years old and lives in Shangyuan Village.

    Shangyuan Village is located in the southeast of Lantian County. There are about a hundred households in the village, which is considered a relatively large village with a radius of a hundred miles.  And Lantian County is located in the east of Chang'an.

    Although the distance from Shangyuan Village to Chang'an is not far, in fact, the people in the village have basically never traveled far, unless they are conscripts.

    During the Tang Dynasty, following the rules of the Sui Dynasty, the government military system was implemented.  The so-called Fubing system means that the common people cultivate the land in normal times.  During the slack season, training is carried out.  In times of war, they were dispatched by the imperial court to join the army to fight.

    The advantage of this is that all the people are soldiers.

    Except for the regular army of the imperial court, the rest of the people can be soldiers, it can be said that all the people are soldiers.  Shangyuan Village is a relatively large village, which is exactly the case. When there was a war, so many people were conscripted in the village that many people were injured in the village.

    Zhong Laoba was once conscripted to join the war.  The battle he participated in was the battle of Qianshuiyuan with Qin Wang Li Shimin.  In this battle, Li Shimin pacified Xue Rengao, but Zhong Laoba was injured, his right hand was broken on the battlefield, and he could no longer go to the battlefield.

    ?After returning home, although Zhong Laoba's right hand has recovered on the surface after several years of training, in fact, it cannot bear the gravity.  Even if the right hand looks normal, it cannot participate in slightly heavier farm work.

    For Zhong Laoba, his situation is equivalent to a useless person.

    Especially for Zhong Laoba's age, there are seniors and juniors, and the situation of the seven brothers and sisters in front of him is not very good.  1, 6, and 7 are older sisters, and the three older sisters married out. Although the two elder brothers stayed in Shangyuan Village, not far from Zhong Laoba's home, the second and third were also drafted into the army.  out of the battlefield.

    The second child came back with a limp on one leg, and the third child was stabbed through the body on the battlefield.  Although the third child was lucky enough to save his life, he was ill all day long, lying in bed almost most of the time, taking medicine for more than half of the 365 days a year.

    Although the three brothers of the Zhong family were all injured, they are actually relatively well, at least they are back.

    At least the person is still alive.

    Zhong Laoba is a hard-working and down-to-earth person, he is not willing to sit around and wait to die.  So I found a master bamboo craftsman, learned some skills of bamboo craftsman, weaved some bamboo mats, baskets, baskets, etc. on weekdays, sold them, and earned a little money to survive.

    Even so, he spends most of his time at home, and his wife Ma Shi handles the land at home.

    If it weren't for Ma Shi to take care of the housework, Zhong Laoba really couldn't handle it.

    Today, Zhong Laoba is weaving baskets.  The bamboo strips were all processed with a bamboo knife, and finally placed neatly in the yard.  Throughout the yard, bamboo can be seen everywhere, as well as some discarded bamboo strips.

    "Oh no!"

    Just when Zhong Laoba was concentrating on being busy, suddenly, there was a loud shout outside.

    Along with the sound of shouting, a young man rushed in.

    The young man is from Shangyuan Village, named Wang Fu.

    He was sixteen or seventeen years old.

    After Wang Fu rushed in, he shouted: "Uncle Ba, it's not good, Auntie fell down."

    "Boom!!"

    In Zhong Laoba's mind, there seemed to be a thunderstorm, and the whole person was stunned.  At this moment, he was in a daze, as if he had lost consciousness.  After a long while, he regained consciousness.

    Zhong Laoba stood up, but his legs were sore and his body was shaking a little. He asked tremblingly, "Wang Fu, what's going on?"

    Wang Fudao: "Uncle Eight, Auntie went to collect medicine in the mountains, fell off the mountain, and is about to be carried back. I don't know the specific situation. I will run ahead and come back to inform you first, so that you can prepare."

    Zhong Laoba was dumbfounded.

    For a while, he really didn't know what to do.

    At this time, Mr. Zhong's son and daughter also came back.  Mr. Zhong's eight-legged son is only ten years old, and his daughter is only twelve years old. They are too young to support the family business.  The two also got the news, hurried back to Zhong Laoba's side, panicked, and asked how their mother was doing.

    Zhong Laoba didn't know the specific situation, so he could only tell the two of them to shut up and wait.  After a while, Ma Shi was carried back.  Zhong Laoba immediately went up to meet him and asked, "How is it, how is it?"

    On Ma's vicissitudes and rough face, there was a look of pain, and he said: "The head of the house, I am useless. I fell from the mountain and fell to my waist. In a short time, I can't do things. I??It's useless, I'm useless!  "

    Speaking of this, Ma Shi burst into tears.

    Zhong Laoba was unable to do heavy work, and it was originally Ma Shi who was doing the work.  But now, Mrs. Ma fell in an instant, and the family affairs were all messed up in an instant.

    Zhong Laoba said in relief: "It's okay, it's okay, it can be cured."

    Having said that, Zhong Laoba thanked the folks who carried Ma Shi back, and then thanked Wang Fu, and then asked Wang Fu to help hire a doctor to diagnose and treat Ma Shi.

    The courtyard was suddenly empty.

    Only the members of Zhong Laoba's family were left, whether it was Zhong Laoba's son or Zhong Laoba's daughter, they were all crying.  Zhong Laoba scolded: "Why are you crying, your mother just fell down, it's nothing serious, she will recover."

    He comforted his son and daughter under his knees, and asked his daughter to take his son to play.  After the children went out to play, Zhong Laoba looked at Ma Shi who was lying on the ground, unable to move, and comforted him again: "When the doctor comes, he will make a good diagnosis and treatment. Don't worry, there is nothing serious."

    Madam Ma, however, had tears in his eyes, and said: "It's useless for me to be in charge of the house. Besides, it's not a big deal for me. It's not a big problem. I don't need to hire a doctor. After a few days of training, there will be no big problems.  "

    From the bottom of her heart, she doesn't want to be treated.

    The family has no money at all. If it is used for medical treatment, if the family situation improves a little bit, the family will be destitute and lose everything, so Ma Shi does not want to treat the disease.

    Zhong Laoba said: "No, the disease must be treated."

    Mrs. Ma sighed, and continued: "But the money in the family is to find a marriage for the second child, and to arrange the marriage in advance. Now that I am sick, I need to spend a lot of money, and the second child's marriage is about to change.  .¡±

    Zhong Laoba said: "I can't control so much anymore, it's a big deal, let's wait for a year or two."

    For Zhong Laoba, Ma Shi is the most important.

    After Ma Shi heard it, he felt sad for a moment, and the crystal tears in his eyes immediately flowed out, continuously sliding down his cheeks.  Her heart was extremely painful.  Because this time, she caused a great burden to the family.

    "Is Mr. Zhong at home?"

    At this moment, a deep voice came from outside the fence.

    Zhong Laoba said: "At home!"

    Immediately afterwards, someone entered, and the person who came was the head of the village.  For grassroots officials in the Tang Dynasty, four families are one neighbor, five neighbors are one guarantee, and five guarantees are one mile.  The village head's name was Yang Yi. Seeing Ma Shi's appearance, he asked a few words with concern.

    After Zhong Laoba answered one by one, he asked: "Master Yang, what's the matter?"

    Yang Yi laughed and said, "Old Ba, it's a good time to visit the door this time. The imperial court has ordered you to go to Yongxingfang in Chang'an City. At the latest, you will arrive tomorrow.  Gather outside a tea shop."

    This is Du Qi's arrangement.

    Please ask the government to come forward and ask the local chief to send a letter to summon the retired soldiers from the counties near Chang'an.

    "yes!"

    Zhong Laoba responded immediately.

    With a smile on his face, he said: "Mr. Yang said it was a good thing, but what exactly is it?"

    Yang Yi shook her head and replied: "I don't know what it is specifically. But judging by the appearance of the messenger, it must be a good thing. Well, I am short on time, and I have to inform other people. Hurry up. After all, from Lantian  There is a distance to Chang'an."

    After Yang Yi finished speaking, she turned and left.

    Zhong Laoba got up to send Yang Yi away, returned to Ma Shi's side, and said seriously: "I don't know what it is, alas, you are not feeling well now, how can I leave!"

    With firm eyes, Mashi gritted his teeth and said: "Go, you must go. Head of the family, you call the boss and the second child back, let them look at me, you go to Chang'an first, and see what's going on."

    "good!"

    Zhong Laoba is also a simple and honest person.

    After hearing Ma Shi's words, he quickly called the two children back, ordered the two children to take care of Ma Shi, then simply packed up his bags, took two breads, and left in a hurry to go to Chang'an.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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