Chapter 1031: with you all the way
Chapter 1031 With you all the way
The Khitan was caught in the internal conflict, while Zuo Wuwei and Zuo Xiaowei, who came to support, got a breather, but the famine in Suzhou City became more and more serious.
This year, the spring in Suzhou came late, but the winter came early. Until winter, there is not a drop of rain in the sky, and no seed is planted in the autumn sowing season, and there will be no harvest next year. The people are frowning, the city of Suzhou is lifeless, there are few people on the streets, and the cold wind is howling and picking off the only green in Suzhou, making people lose hope.
Jiang Liu was lying on the table, staring blankly at the green leeks in the flowerpot outside the window, and muttered, "I feel so useless."
Jiang Ling, who was using a knife to carve the wooden hairpin in his hand, raised his eyes and saw her pitiful appearance. He wanted to raise his hand and rub her little head, "If you are useless, there will be few useful people in Dazhou."
"How come, brother is more useful than me." Jiang Liu turned his eyes back, his eyes fell on brother's hand, "What is brother doing?"
"I got a piece of ebony a few days ago. I saw that you didn't bring a few hairpins, so I wanted to carve a few for you." Jiang Ling focused on carving the head of the hairpin with a dagger.
for me? Jiang Liu curiously leaned over to look. A familiar fragrance hit, Jiang Ling's body stiffened for a moment, and then slowly relaxed. An indescribable feeling rushed into my eyes from my heart. It was a long-lost feeling of home.
Jiang Liu looked at the three small branches of the hairpin and asked curiously, "What is the brother carving, is it a tree branch?"
Jiang Ling laughed. After changing his voice, his voice became low and his smile was particularly pleasant, "This is antlers."
Jiang Liu smiled embarrassedly, her laughter was as soft and waxy as before, "Yes, deer antlers grow like this too."
Jiang Ling carved the head of the hairpin and carefully polished the hairpin smooth before handing it to Jiang Liu, "It's cold in winter here, so it's more suitable to wait for a wooden hairpin than to wear a jade hairpin."
"The wooden hairpin is good, it's not afraid of falling, and it's light." Jiang Liu held it in his hand happily, "I didn't expect my brother to be so busy, and he still learned this craft, and the carving is really good."
Jiang Liu looked down at the hairpin, Jiang Ling looked down at her, eyes full of tenderness. For men in the army, when they are not fighting and practicing, there are many ways to kill time. One of his guards liked wood carving, and he often carved some gadgets for his wife in his hometown and sent them back to make her happy. The meaning of the deer head hairpin is to have you all the way.
Liu'er held the hairpin, making Jiang Ling feel extremely satisfied and at ease. He stood up and said, "I'm leaving."
ah? Jiang Liu looked up reluctantly, "Brother just came and is leaving?"
On August 17th, he came back to recover from the injury for three days, and his brother returned to the border town, knowing that he had only come here in Lidong, and he only stayed for one night before leaving. Jiang Liu was very reluctant.
Jiang Ling is also reluctant, but he has military affairs and can't stay for long, "I'll come back to see you when I'm free."
Jiang Liu thought about it and shook his head, "Brother will live in the border town with peace of mind, don't run back and forth, it's too cold."
"I'm not afraid of the cold." Jiang Ling raised his hand and took the wooden hairpin in his sister's hand, put it on her head and took it off again, "This is not good-looking, you play with it first, and wait for me to carve it more. It looks good for you to wear."
Such a crude hairpin is really not worthy of Liuer.
Jiang Liu shook his head, "This is good, brother doesn't have to work hard to make new ones, it's a waste of time."
Anything related to you is not a waste of time. Jiang Ling nodded slightly, how restrained his movements were, and how strong the reluctance pressed in his eyes, he said for the second time, "I'm leaving."
"Brother," Jiang Liu raised his face, looking like he was hesitant to speak.
Jiang Ling sat down again, "Is there anything you can't tell me?"
"I just have an idea, I don't know if it's suitable or not, I want to hear your opinion, brother." Jiang Liu whispered, "After the beginning of winter, it's colder one day. Although people have relief food, they can't starve to death, but rely on With this amount of food, it is not easy to survive the winter. I wondered if I could release the household registration and let them escape from the famine and find a warm place with mountains and water to settle down. When the famine in Suzhou is over, they want to come back. Brother. what do you think?"
Dazhou's household registration system tightly bound the people to the fields and fields, and they were not allowed to leave the household registration location without official guidance. But the matter is urgent, and now the land that the people depend on for survival is barren, so what are they doing trapped here? The thought of letting the people leave has been in Jiang Liu's head for a long time, but she doesn't know if it's appropriate or not, so she can't tell her father.
Because she was afraid of being inappropriate, after talking about her father's madness, he let people out and caused trouble.
Jiang Ling shook his head, "It's hard to leave the homeland. As long as there is still a ration to eat, they won't leave. Besides, it's getting colder, and it's not appropriate for them to travel far."
Jiang Liu's small head rested on his arm, "If only I brought it up in September."
Jiang Ling couldn't bear to see her so lost, and said, "It's not impossible to do this. After the last batch of grain and grass arrives before winter arrives in a few days, return to the empty car. If the people are willing to go to their relatives and friends, If they are on the same road with the returning army and are escorted by the army, they will be much safer on the road.”
Yes, why didn't she think of it! Jiang Liu's eyes lit up immediately, "It's still your head, brother!"
Jiang Lingxing smiled, "Father and Uncle Zeng will consider the disaster relief, you don't need to worry so much. It's good to live with your father in the city with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about military rations anymore. If you can't find it, you can't find it. The military rations I grabbed from the Khitan camp."
Big brother is really reliable, Jiang Liu asked Qin Qing to fetch the newly made cold fur coat for his brother and let him put it on before leaving. Because he was afraid that his brother would not wear it, Jiang Liu muttered, "I bought this fur coat with a lot of money. My brother is growing too fast. If he doesn't wear it this winter, he will wear it short next year."
Jiang Ling looked down at his sister who was arranging her clothes, her heart was burning, "Stayer."
"Huh?" Jiang Liu raised his peach blossom pupils.
Jiang Ling panicked, avoiding her eyes and whispering, "When the Khitan soldiers are repulsed, can you follow me to the border city?" I want to take you to my ancestral grave for my grandparents, parents and uncles Take a look.
"Okay." Jiang Liuying was very refreshing, "Whether I can repel the Khitan soldiers or not, I will go to Qingming next year."
When I arrived in Suzhou, I had to go to incense sticks for my brother's grandparents and parents during the Qingming Festival.
Jiang Ling replied with a smile, "When the Frozen Khitan soldiers retreat, I'll come back to accompany you and father to celebrate the New Year."
"Okay! I'll prepare the New Year's goods first." Jiang Liu happily agreed and sent his brother out.
After sending his brother away, before Jiang Liu could find a chance to mention it to his father, when the victims of the disaster in Suzhou left Suzhou with the food-delivery carriage, he got a bad news:
The 150,000 stone grains and forages brought to Suzhou were robbed on the way!
(end of this chapter)