Chapter 049 Child bride? Isn’t this needed anymore?

Xu Xingxia got off the kang, walked to the door and looked outside, and found that her mother, Wang, was lying obliquely on the kang, and she was still sleeping with the soles and needlework in her hand. Although Xu Xingxia has made some money in the past two days and can buy new shoes and clothes to improve her family's life, Wang, who is used to frugal life, decided to make shoes for her family. The shoes she made are strong and durable and are particularly comfortable to wear. Xu Xingxia looked at the size of the sole and knew that her mother was making shoes for herself.

At this time, of course, he would not wake up his mother. Wang was very alert when he was sleeping. As long as there was a little movement, she would wake up. This led to her serious lack of sleep. Xu Xingxia's biggest wish was to let his mother have a good sleep, and sleep for at least five hours. He quietly turned back, sat on the kang, picked up Niu Niu, placed it on his thigh, and began to peel the sweet potatoes.

In the Ningxia Plain at that time, sweet potatoes were still fresh and rarely eaten by people. In fact, in the early days of Wanli, sweet potatoes were introduced to China from overseas and were planted in various southeastern provinces. However, the scale of planting was not very large. In Ningxia Town, there were not many people who planted sweet potatoes, and the annual output was almost negligible.

However, sweet potatoes are not expensive, and they are cheaper than coarse grains. The main reason is that everyone's concept is that they have not fully accepted the fact that sweet potatoes can also be used as grains. In the general concept, sweet potatoes are dispensable, and they are only used to fill their stomachs when they are special. For example, only in the middle of the night will you think of roasted sweet potatoes.

But for Xu Xingxia, who came from later generations, this obstacle did not exist at all. In later generations, he liked to eat roasted sweet potatoes very much. The main reason was that roasted sweet potatoes were so fragrant, which was really greedy. In later generations, such a big roasted sweet potato would cost at least three or four yuan, which was so expensive. A full bowl of roasted sweet potatoes would cost at least ten yuan.

When Niu Niu saw her brother eating with relish, she couldn't help asking: "Brother, are roasted sweet potatoes so delicious? Why don't I think it?"

Xu Xingxia smiled and said, "Of course it's delicious. Come on, you can eat one too."

Niu Niu took it and tasted it. She looked weird and didn't eat it anymore. It seemed that the taste was still a bit bad. Xu Xingxia was sure that this was a psychological problem and had nothing to do with the taste of the roasted sweet potato itself. This change in understanding cannot be achieved overnight and must be accepted slowly.

While speaking, Dad Xu came over tremblingly with Xu Xudong's help. Dad Xu got a crutch from somewhere, and with the help of his younger son, he could barely move. Of course, it was still very difficult to move.

Xu Xingxia hurriedly said, "Dad, I'm fine, you're ready to sleep."

Xu Fuqing leaned on a cane in one hand and looked at his eldest son with relief with both eyes, and said with satisfaction: "Child, today, you have brought honor to the Weishu."

Xu Xingxia was slightly stunned. Why did my father sound so familiar?

After a while, I realized that Xu Fuqing had been a member of the garrison for the rest of his life, and had long linked his destiny with the fate of the garrison. He was naturally happy with all his future. Although Xu Fuqing was just a soldier in the garrison and was not on the table at all, he had no intention of winning glory for the garrison. His eldest son was not worried about the guerrilla general. On the contrary, he was proud of his eldest son. It was indeed rare for him to have such an idea when he was cowardly before.

Xu Xingxia pondered and said, "Dad, I haven't made a fool of myself after I got drunk?"

Xu Fuqing shook his head and said, "No. After you got drunk, they asked Liu Chuang to carry you back. We followed him."

Xu Xingxia asked again: "Then... did they say anything?"

Xu Fuqing shook his head and said, "I'm not very clear. They mentioned some military orders, but did not say the specific content. It's probably because they are discussing something."

Xu Xingxia secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his father didn't know that he had issued a military order, otherwise he would have to worry about death. This military order was not a joke. Before, so many people tried hard to repair Zhenyuan Pass, but they all failed. There were so many living examples in front of him, and it was indeed difficult for outsiders to believe that they could do it. If they were not a time traveler, they would probably not dare to take on this job.

It seems that the superiors still don’t believe in his military order. At least, the guard commander Deng Rubai has reserved it. Therefore, the military order has not been announced, which is to leave enough room for future reversals. If there is a stir and everyone knows it, the situation will be difficult to control.

If others don’t say it, the war soldiers system will definitely find a way to cause trouble for themselves. If they really repair Zhenyuan Pass, it will definitely be a huge blow to the war soldiers. The guards in Ningxia Town are proud and the war soldiers will be depressed. Therefore, Lu Yide and others will definitely not allow such a situation to occur.

The father and son spoke and woke up Wang. Wang brought a bowl of dark black soup and handed it to Xu Xingxia. He said kindly: "Xia'er, this is sobering soup, drink it while it's cold."

Xu Xingxia said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I've implicated everyone. Those people are a little too good to drink, they all use big sea bowls."

Wang said with a smile: "Look at what your child said, they are all your Shangguan. How can you not drink it? Be good, you can sleep well after drinking, it will be almost dawn."

Xu Xingxia took the sobering soup, raised her head, and finished drinking it in one go.

This sober soup probably contains things like Coptis chinensis, which is extremely bitter. There is no way, the secret recipes of the military households are basically like this. The herbs should be cheap and the effect should be good, so Coptis chinensis is naturally indispensable. This should be the secret recipe of the Xu family. Every military household in Ningxia Town has a prescription for the sober soup, and each family is different, which can be regarded as a strange phenomenon.

Speaking of the prescription for sobering the wine soup, we have to talk about the tradition of the Ming army in Ningxia Town, which is to drink a knife. It is said that the military rules are not allowed to drink alcohol, but in fact, few people abide by it. Each of the senior generals is all drunkards. Ningxia Town itself is not short of food, there is no shortage of raw materials for brewing wine, and the price of wine is relatively cheap, so it would be strange if the officers don’t drink alcohol.

However, ordinary military households do not have any chance to drink alcohol because of the price. Of course, it is necessary to drink three or two glasses during festivals and holidays. This is the custom of Ningxia Town. Before the Xu family was completely defeated, they could drink several times a year. As for the defeat later, I won’t talk about it.

There seemed to be a crying sound. Xu Xingxia initially thought he had heard it wrong, but later she heard it carefully and found that someone was indeed crying. From the crying sound, it was quite miserable. He looked at Xu Fuqing in surprise and asked with some confusion: "Dad, it seems that someone was crying?"

Xu Fuqing nodded and said bitterly: "It was the family members of several herders who were shot dead by the Tartars."

Xu Xingxia then remembered that when the Tartars ran away in the morning, they shot several herders and dragged a pregnant woman to death. He was so excited by this scene that he immediately killed Niujiao Dun. Later, he shot all the Tartars, and on the way back, he took another road, but he did not see the herders. Later, a series of things came, and he forgot all the herders.

Later, Weizhen Fort was immersed in the celebration banquet. Everyone saw that it was all the credit for hunting the Tartars. As for those who died at the hands of the Tartars, no one cared about it. During the day, they did not dare to destroy the atmosphere of Weizhen Fort. There was a huge sorrow that could only be hidden deep in their hearts. Only in the middle of the night when people were quiet, they could hear their intermittent crying. People were always the most vulnerable in the middle of the night.

After a long silence, Xu Xingxia said slowly: "Dad, those herdsmen... no one in the yard comforted them?"

Xu Fuqing sighed and said bitterly: "Xia'er, no one cares about them. Who in the institute is willing to care about them? Who has the ability to care about them? I can only blame the herders for being unlucky and hitting the Tartars in a bad mood."

Xu Xingxia thought for a while and said tentatively: "The others... are not officers or something... Does anyone help them?"

Xu Fuqing shook his head and said with emotion: "Who can take care of anyone these days? Unless they are relatives of their own family, they have to be very close. But their relatives are basically dead, and they are together."

Xu Xingxia quietly bit his lips and felt uncomfortable. To be honest, he was not a person with love. In his previous life, he was just an otaku. How much love could he have? He could raise all his cactus to death. However, after coming to this world, his emotions changed greatly in the subtle influence of daily life.

After all, those herders were also people from Weizhen Fortress. Even if they didn't live in Weizhen Fortress, they were part of the Pinglu Qianhu Institute. At that time, Xu Xingxia could still remember one or two herders' faces, as if they had seen them in Weizhen Fortress. Although they had no contact with them, they were always the same group! I watched them fall under the arrows of the Tatar cavalry and their families left behind were helpless, which was really unpleasant!

But now he is just a small family, what can he do? He can do almost nothing. He does not have that power to give special treatment to his family. He even cannot give them some public comfort, such as a pension that is so thin that it cannot be thin. Because they are not the army, even if they are killed by the Tartars, there is no pension. Unless he was paid out of his own pocket, it is impossible for the institute to pay out of his own pocket? Xu Xingxia is not so great.

In fact, Xu Xingxia could clearly feel that if he intervened in their funeral, Wang Shoulu would definitely appear. Wang Shoulu considered himself the actual manager of Weizhen Fort and definitely did not like to intervene in Weizhen Fort's affairs. Judging from the celebration banquet at night, the small Ningxia avant-garde is also complicated and complicated, and no one knows when he was missed again. These people are not very good at killing enemies, but their ability to fight in the nest is first-class. Wang Shoulu is a typical example.

However, Xu Xingxia must not give up interfering in the affairs of Weizhen Fort just because of fighting in the nest. Interference in the affairs of Weizhen Fort, controlling Weizhen Fort, or even monopolizing Weizhen Fort are his established goals. This means that Wang Shoulu must be squeezed out, or even killed. He was not going to interfere in the affairs of Weizhen Fort so soon, but if there was a chance, Xu Xingxia would not mind and let Wang Shoulu get out as soon as possible.

Of course, Xu Fuqing didn't know what his eldest son was thinking, but said with emotion: "The worst thing is that the Ma Lao Liu family is that the whole family is dead, and only a pair of twins are left. They are only five or six years old and have no relatives, so I don't know how to live."

Xu Xingxia pondered for a moment and made up her mind to interfere in the affairs of Weizhen Fort from now on. Perhaps, the twin girls are a good entry point. He said to his father: "Dad, I want to give them some help."

Xu Fuqing said hesitantly: "How to help?"

Xu Xingxia made up her mind and said in an orderly manner: "Either give them some money, or let them survive first. Or, find another family and settle them. Since they are only five or six years old and cannot take care of themselves, it is better to find someone else to settle them."

Xu Fuqing subconsciously said, "How about taking it to our house?"

This is what Xu Xingxia originally meant. To let Wang Shoulu face it directly with him, the best way is to bring the twin girls to his home. They are about the same age as Niu Niu and do not need extra care. They just need to provide enough food and clothing. This is exactly what the current Xu family can do.

However, it was hard for him to speak directly. On the one hand, he felt that his love was drowned in the conspiracy and felt a little ashamed. On the other hand, he didn't know what his family meant. After all, accepting two girls coming over always takes some time and energy to take care of them. Since the father spoke, he nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, let's just take it over and live with Niu Niu."

Xu Fuqing nodded and said, "Dongzi will grow up in the future..."

Xu Xingxia shook her head and said tactfully: "Dad, that's the future. Don't tell me. Are you still worried that Dongzi will not have a wife in the future?"
Chapter completed!