Chapter 431 The present is not what it used to be(1/2)
Yunjing believed that his grandfather would be able to handle the road construction matter. He was the village chief and had enough prestige. Besides, he had lived a long time and was sophisticated and well-versed in the world, so he didn't need to worry too much.
Nowadays, the life of the entire village has improved. Although it is not yet rich, it can at least have enough food and clothing. It is also time to implement the relevant supporting facilities.
Although road construction is not necessary, having a good road will make it easier for villagers to travel. If there are cattle, horses and vehicles, going to the town will be much easier.
After returning from his study tour, Yunjing made up the necessary part of the imperial examination. He continued to focus on studying to obtain higher honors.
Today, Yun Jing is no longer so obsessed with fame, which is dispensable, but he still wants to go down this road, not to be an official, to put it more vulgarly, just to honor his ancestors.
In fact, Yunjing doesn't care about these things, but his family does. If he is highly educated and famous, his family will be proud of him, and he will have dignity wherever he goes. As a child, don't you just hope that your family will be happy?
Life is actually very short. If you can make the people you care about have no regrets in this limited time, then your time in this world will be worthwhile...
In addition to studying and practicing martial arts, Yunjing is not idle. It is not because he has grown up and has fame. He is just like an uncle at home. He can help with the odd jobs at home. Well, in fact, this winter
, and there isn’t much to do.
It's the end of the year, and the New Year Festival is approaching. This is the most important solar term of the year in the Dali Dynasty. Every household is busy, cleaning the house and preparing festival items. These things are all taken care of by the family. The Yunjing brothers and sisters only need to wear their ears and follow orders.
Just fine.
On the morning of the fifth day after returning, life had completely calmed down. After the initial joy of returning home, Yunjing once again became an object of disgust. He would be nudged if he snoozed for a while, and he would be told if he didn't put on his clothes well. He would just sit and talk for a while.
If you stay around, you will be told that you don’t know how to go out for a walk, and you will be paralyzed and waiting to get rusty...
Life at home is so difficult, but very warm.
This morning, after Yunjing washed up, he went to the livestock shed to feed the cattle. The only fodder was straw that was shipped home after the autumn harvest.
Dahei and Yunjing at home had not changed much when they left. They were sleek and smooth, several times bigger than ordinary buffaloes, and extremely strong. Ordinary people would have thought that this extremely docile buffalo would
It is more ferocious than tigers and leopards. If Dahei goes crazy, he can crush an ordinary tiger to death with one hoof. With the nourishment of Yunjing's spiritual energy for many years, it is already a veritable exotic beast.
"It doesn't look like you are a ten-year-old cow at all. Some people believe you when you say you have just reached adulthood. You can't grow any longer. You are already enough to bluff people. If nothing else, you will probably have to
You have devoted decades to hundreds of years of effort to our family, but farm work is nothing to you.”
Yunjing patted Dahei's back and whispered.
He has feelings for Dahei. He has let him go since he was a child. It can be said that Dahei has grown up with Yunjing and can continue to accompany him now. This feeling is really good.
Ordinary farm cattle become too old in their teens and twenties and can no longer farm, but Yunjing's big buffalo does not suffer from such weakness, which makes the villagers marvel. Yunjing heard from his family that he once
Someone tried to buy his Dahei family for several times the price, but they didn't even try.
Not to mention how many times it is, if you sell it for a hundred times, you will lose money to death, but the person who buys the cattle will lose money, because Dahei recognizes his family and will come back on his own...
Dahei chewed the straw and rubbed Yunjing's palm with his horn from time to time, as intimately as before.
Ordinary people may only think that Dahei is strong and strong, but only Yunjing knows that Dahei already has a certain amount of intelligence. He is much smarter than dogs. He can understand simple languages, and he is also a caretaker of homes and homes.
Experts, I estimate that if an average mid-acquired martial artist breaks into the house, the big black man will be able to defeat him.
After feeding Dahei with fodder and adding water to the water tank, Yunjing patted it on the shoulder and turned to leave.
As he turned around, Yunjing was murmuring in his heart that if he and Yundong were to separate in the future, he could give up his house and land, but Dahei could not give it to his younger brother. After all, he had been with Dahei for so many years.
Speaking of family separation, this problem may still be far away at present, but it will be a problem that will be faced in the future. The two brothers have grown up and will start their own families in the future, and it will be inconvenient to live together.
Never mind, let’s talk about the future later. After all, the current situation of the Yunjing family will prevent the two brothers from turning against each other due to uneven distribution when the family is separated.
No matter what era, there are many brothers and sisters who turn against each other and even fight over family property issues. Many times they even get into lawsuits. This is the reality...
Grandpa Yunlin went to discuss road construction with the villagers. If he is not at home, there will be no clear result on this matter in a day or two. We can only wait for news.
Yunshan is not at home either. It’s winter and I have nothing to do. I don’t know where to go to chat and drink. Now life in Xiaoxi Village is better. Winter is leisurely and I can live a little better.
In the little days of imagination.
His younger brother Yundong was feeding the chickens, and the palm-sized chickens were chattering loudly. Yundong was obviously annoyed, but that was the task given to him by Yunjing, and he had to take it seriously, let alone all kinds of entanglements.
The younger sister Yunxi is very well-behaved. She studies when she has time, or follows her mother to learn how to be a girl, which is much less troublesome than Yundong.
"Mom, I'm going to go to town later. It's the end of the year. I have to go and inquire about the operation of the cake shop. I'll buy some things on the way. If there's anything else I need at home, I'll bring it back then." Yunjing entered the house.
He looked at his mother who was sitting by the charcoal pot holding a basket picking beans and said.
Jiang Susu put a handful of picked rotten beans into a small frame on the side, raised her head and said: "You can't even see the road from the sky, Xiao Jing should not go to the town, it's very dangerous."
Now that the snow is one or two feet deep, Yunjing wants to go to town, which makes Jiang Susu unavoidably worried.
Yun Jing comforted and said: "Mom, don't worry. Don't forget that I have practiced martial arts. Now I can walk on the snow without leaving a trace. How can a mere amount of snow stop your son and me?"
"You, you don't make me worry at all. You are so old, and my mother still has to worry about you. You just rely on your skills to think about yourself. If something happens to you... Bah, bah, bah, bah.
, Mom didn’t mean that, anyway, I won’t worry if you go to town in this weather,” Jiang Susu said with worry in her eyes.
No matter how old the son is, no matter how capable he is, in the eyes of the mother, he will always be the little one who needs to be taken care of at all times, and he doesn't feel at ease when he is out of sight.
Obediently squatting next to his mother, Yunjing said flatteringly: "You are my mother, and you have to worry about me all your life. It has been decades and hundreds of years, where have you been? Don't worry, mother, I will definitely be back before dark."
"Go, go, go, I've been worrying about you for hundreds of years. You must be so careless, and you live so old, wouldn't my mother become an old monster? Okay, if you insist on going, my mother won't stop you, right?
, If it is convenient, bring some cloth back. At the end of the year, mother will make a new set of clothes for each of you brothers and sisters." Jiang Susu said angrily, laughing as she spoke.
Xiao Jing really dares to think about living for hundreds of years.
"I have new clothes to wear. That's great. Don't worry, mother. I'll bring you satisfactory fabrics. It's just hard work, mother." Yunjing stood up and said.
Nowadays, the family is not short of money, and most of the clothes on the market are affordable, but can those made by my mother be the same?
"You also know that mother worked hard. Who told you that you were born to me? I must have owed you in my previous life, and I will pay it off in this life... By the way, don't buy too expensive fabrics. It's better to save whatever you can," Jiang Susu murmured.
, there seemed to be endless things to say, but no matter how much she said, Yunjing would listen patiently and carefully.
After discussing with her mother, Yunjing had nothing to prepare, so she took an umbrella and went out.
"Brother, can you bring me a knife? Really, I want it."
As soon as he reached the gate of the yard, Yundong sneaked out and looked at Yun Jingdao pitifully. Boys all like to wield swords and guns, and Yundong is no exception. But now that he is not ready for the real thing, he can only beg.
Yunjing is my elder brother.
Yun Jing said: "I don't have much ability, so I just want to take the real thing. If the thing is not good, it will hurt myself. There is no point in begging me. You first convince your parents or your master to talk about it."
"Brother, please, please. I really want a sword. My master just taught me how to practice martial arts not long ago. He won't let me touch a real sword, let alone my parents. Now I only have a chance if you allow me."
, Yundong continued to say pitifully.
Smiling, Yunjing said: "They are all good to you, so don't beg me. I think the same thing as them."
Hearing this, Yundong's face fell, knowing that there was no way.
But Yunjing changed the subject and said: "Well, if you want a knife, it's not impossible. When you finish memorizing all the books you should memorize, I will buy you one.
How's that? Fair, right?"
"Really?" Yundong said happily.
Yunjing nodded seriously and said, "Why are you lying to me?"
"Then it's settled, I'm going to endorse it now." Yundong was afraid that Yunjing would regret it, so he turned around and ran away after saying this.
Pouting his lips, Yun Jingxin said that if you can really memorize all the books you need to memorize, I will really not hesitate to buy you a real thing that you have been thinking about for a long time. The question is, can you do it?
He thought so, but Yunjing did not forget to ask him to feed the chickens well while endorsing the endorsement...
Not far after leaving the house, Yunjing saw Jiang Xiaoxi walking through the snow carrying a basket.
Over the years, she has almost come out of the original haze, and there is a smile on her face. When she saw Yunjing going out, she smiled and said hello: "Xiaojing, where are you going?"
The two had met two days ago, and this was not the first time Yunjing had met after returning from his study tour.
Yunjing responded: "Hello, aunt, I'm going to go to town, my mother is at home."
There is no need for a family to be so polite, just skip the etiquette, otherwise it will look awkward.
Jiang Xiaoxi nodded and said: "That's right, then you go ahead and I'll bring you some dried mushrooms. Come back early in the afternoon and my aunt will make mushroom stewed chicken for you."
"Okay, then I'll go to my aunt first. If I come back late, you have to leave some for me."
"Don't worry, I know you are greedy..."
Saying goodbye to Jiang Xiaoxi, Yunjing walked away from the village. Noticing that no one was paying attention around him, he rose into the sky and flew to Niujiao Town with confidence. Why walk when he could fly?
Not long after Yunjing left Xiaoxi Village for Niujiao Town, three high-spirited young people arrived at the entrance of the village. They were all around 20 years old, two men and one woman. They were holding a horse respectively. They had just arrived at the entrance of the village.
A burly young man started shouting loudly: "I'm back..."
The sound echoed over the village for a long time. After hearing the news, the villagers came out to check, and then the village became lively.
The three of them are the three who went to Fengdaomen in Xinlin County to learn martial arts from their master. Now they are back. When Wang Captou brought people to Xiaoxi Village to select martial arts seedlings, Yunjing was not selected that time.
I struggled for a while, and more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye...
When Yunjing came to Niujiao Town, he did not go to the store immediately, but came to the small courtyard where he lived and studied with his master Li Qiu.
Standing at the door, Yun Jing felt somewhat melancholy. He thought back to the time when the master and the apprentice depended on each other here. Now the master has been away for many years. This place has left Yun Jing with too many memories and hardships.
I practice calligraphy until I can’t lift my hands, I plant till I get blisters on my palms... Looking back on all the past, without the accumulation bit by bit, perhaps Yunjing wouldn’t be where it is today.
This place is still the same as when Yunjing left. The yard is clean and the doors are open.
Yunjing stepped into the small courtyard, and happened to see a young man in green clothes walking out of the room.
To be continued...