The red brick and green tiles of the three-box house was surrounded by a circle of bamboo fences. Although it was small, it was extremely compact. On the bamboo fence, green branches and leaves were drawn out in many places. The tenacious vitality made people think that in a few years, this bamboo fence may grow into a green bamboo forest.

Near the bamboo fence, there are a row of vegetable beds, with all kinds of instant vegetables growing inside, which are green and flourishing. In the center of the yard is an osmanthus tree as thick as an arm, and a three-legged table surrounds the osmanthus tree. The table top is hollow and is just placed on the tree. The remaining part on the edge can also be placed, and a few wooden benches are placed randomly under the tree. There are still quite a small gap in the hollow part, which obviously leaves space for the osmanthus tree to grow.

Xiao Yuyin led the two children to push the bamboo fence gate, and the yard became lively. The chickens and ducks that were originally wandering in the middle of the yard immediately clattered and surrounded the three of them. In a thatched house in the backyard, several captive pigs also started to hum. Obviously, they heard that the owner was back and it was time to eat.

The little boy rushed to a corner of the yard, uncovered a dilapidated clay tank, took a wooden ladle that was missing, and dripped it out, sprinkled it on the ground in front of him, and a group of chickens and ducks rushed over immediately, surrounding the little boy, bowing his head and pecking. The little girl squatted in front of the chicken coop, putting her tiny arms into the chicken coop and tugging it. When she pulled it back, there were two more eggs in her hand. The little girl giggled and raised the two eggs high.

"Mom, mom, I gave birth to two more eggs."

Xiao Yuyin took two eggs from the little girl, and her face was full of smiles, "I cooked these two eggs tonight, one with my brother."

"Really? Can you eat eggs?" The little girl raised her head, but she couldn't help swallowing, and gurgled, making Xiao Yuyin's heart tremble.

"You can eat an egg today." Xiao Yuyin said, "Brother, I have received praise from the sir today."

The little girl smiled happily, ran to the little boy, holding the boy's sleeve: "Brother, you are so great. Can you let your husband praise you every day in the future?" After a pause, he shook his head and said, "That's not OK, eggs need to be exchanged for money. Brother, you'll just ask your husband to praise you once every ten days."

Listening to the little girl's tender voice, Xiao Yuyin's tears almost burst out from her eyes.

"Mom, I won't go to have fun anymore. I'll catch bugs for the chickens to eat. After eating bugs, the chickens can lay more eggs." said the little girl.

"Okay, Yu'er will catch insects in the future and let the chicken lay more eggs. My mother cooks an egg for Yu'er to eat every ten days." Xiao Yuyin held back her tears and placed the hoe in the corner of the wall. "Chenglin, take her sister to wash her face, my mother chops the grass and feeds the pigs, and then cooks for you to eat."

"Yes, mom!" The little boy walked back with his sister sensible.

A lamp lit up in the wing room on the left. This was the only place with light in the whole room. In order to save money, Niangsan gathered in the room of the little boy Cheng Lin. Cheng Lin sat upright at the table, holding a book in his hand, reading his head in a slight manner, but the little girl Yu'er was tired and leaned on the table. She had previously stared at her brother with big eyes and listened to her brother's reading, and then her little head was bit by bit, and soon she fell asleep.

Xiao Yuyin sat opposite Cheng Lin, but was sewing a piece of clothes. She was a strong woman. Her son Murong Chenglin naturally dressed more decently in school every day. Her daughter was still young, but she was wearing her brother's old clothes. Fortunately, her daughter is not yet at the age of being beautiful, and she doesn't mind anything she wears, but she won't be able to grow up any longer.

Although life is hard, it can still be lived. In fact, other families in the village live a very comfortable life. During the busy farming period, they work in the city. When they are slack, they go to the city to help. They can get some spare money. Even women can make some things at home, sell them in the city, or exchange them for some money. There was no corvee service in the Ming Dynasty. If the government wanted to do some things to build roads and bridges, they would pay wages. There are a lot of things, as long as they are diligent, they can live a good life. However, Xiao Yuyin's family has no men and no pillars, so many things cannot be done. Even though the Ming Dynasty imposed extremely low taxes on farmers, for their family, they could only barely survive. Earlier, the village chief wanted to introduce a man to Xiao Yuyin, but in fact they were pitiful. If there was a man at home, life would be better immediately.

But Xiao Yuyin didn't want to. She knew that she was a barbarian. Even if the people here did not look down on her because of this, she knew that it was a little different after all. If she really wanted to remarry, she was afraid that a son and a daughter would suffer. She would rather suffer more than let her children suffer.

In fact, the days now were far beyond her expectations. When the barbarians were newly defeated and the entire tribe was moved out to be placed in scattered place, she thought that what was waiting for her would be a slave, and she would be separated from her son and daughter, and she could never meet again. At that time, she was desperate.

But what they never expected was that they could live the life they are now. Although they are harder and tired, they are still free after all. If they are together, what's the point of being harder?

This made her admire the emperor of Ming. She did not hate the emperor of Ming, even if her man died in this war. There is nothing to say about the two tribes fighting each other, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. Unfortunately, the one who failed was her own side. If she won, she would definitely not be so magnanimous. As one of the barbarian nobles, she knew very well about the fate of those captured people, and her family had slaves in her past.

Xiao Yuyin is a nobleman, and her ideas are naturally different from those of ordinary people. If she loses, she will accept her fate. It is already a surprise to have such an ending like this.

Or, this is why the Ming Kingdom is so powerful!

Yes, Xiao Yuyin now thinks that Ming Kingdom is really powerful. Like the village where she lives now, it is a large village with more than a thousand people. The village not only has schools, but also militia reserves. Every month, there are several days to gather for military training. In the past, the county came to the county to guide the training, but this year, several retired soldiers took on this job, but Xiao Yuyin saw that the hundreds of young and strong people in this village were getting more and more like soldiers day by day.

A village can gather a decent army. How many counties and villages are there in Zhengyang County? If something really happens, a huge army can be gathered in a blink of an eye. Xiao Yuyin is knowledgeable. Those soldiers are not trained in fake styles, but real killing skills, as well as battle formation organization. The soldiers who have just retired can tell at a glance that they are all veterans on the battlefield.

Alas, why do you think so much? She sighed in her heart, lifted up her modified clothes, put them on Yu'er who was sleeping soundly on the table, nodded in satisfaction, and stood up: "Chenglin, it's getting up early tomorrow, go to bed!"

"Yes, mother!" Cheng Lin nodded obediently, put away the book, watched Xiao Yuyin pick up the sleeping Yu'er, and held the lamp and sent his mother to the wing room on the other side.

"Mom, I'm going to sleep too." Putting the lamp on the table, Cheng Lin walked towards his room in the dark.

When the oil lamp was blown out, the house suddenly fell into darkness. There was no moon outside today. I heard from the village chief that there would be heavy rain in the past two days. You have to get up early tomorrow and clear the ridges in the fields. Otherwise, the rain would be heavy and the water would not be discharged, and the crops would be damaged.

Thanks to the continuous ditch construction in the past two years, Zhengyang County is not afraid of drought, but is somewhat afraid of heavy rain. These tasks should have been done by men, but at home, they are the only ones who do it themselves.

She sighed and gently rubbed her robes with her hands. Her skin, which was as creamy as before, is now extremely rough, and the calluses in her palms have become hard.

Yu'er turned around, her mouth opened and closed, as if she was talking in a sleep, and she was debating carefully, but she was muttering about catching insects and eating eggs. Xiao Yuyin felt sour and astringent. She got into the quilt and hugged her daughter tightly in her arms.

Half dreaming and half awake, a slight sound suddenly came from the window frame. Xiao Yuyin was so excited that she immediately woke up, turned her head with some difficulty and stared out the window.

There are many troubles in front of the widow, let alone a beautiful widow like her! There are many rules in the village and strict controls. Naturally, no one dares to harass her during the day, but at night, it is dark and the malice of human beings will inevitably reveal some tails. She has encountered it several times in the past two years.

When she groped under the bed, she had already had a scissors in her hand. She and her clothes rose up and picked up a gong from the cabinet on one side.

There was another loud noise outside the window.

Xiao Yuyin's voice trembled a little. She looked back at her daughter who was still sleeping on the bed and lowered her voice: "I don't care who you are. I dare to leave my house tightly, otherwise I will be pounding the gong. At that time, I will not look good in terms of face."

The sound of the gong sounds is a warning. This is a necessary skill for everyone in the village to know and have. As long as the gong sounds, every household will come to catch the thief together.

After a short while, a voice sounded.

"Yuyin, it's me!"

Xiao Yuyin was struck by lightning, and her whole body froze there in an instant. How could she forget this sound? With a bang, the gong fell to the ground, and with another snap, the scissors fell to the ground.

"You, you...are you dead?"

"Yuyin, I'm not dead."
Chapter completed!