Paternity

Chapter 88

Erniang waited at home until his father did not come, so he asked Nanny Lin to go out to ask. Only then did he know that the southern border had sent troops to disrupt the border again, and his father's team had chased the Heiwu Tribe into the dense forest The return date was uncertain.

Right now, Er Niang was actually feeling the reality.

He actually realized that they left Fengyang County and came to a truly strange place.His father's service as an officer and a soldier was not only to enjoy the blessings, but once the war started, he said, his life would be in danger at any moment.

In the past, wars were far from him, and he had always felt that the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that it was not easy to fight. After all, Fengyang County was far from Lin'an. A small fight would not spread so far.

Therefore, before coming to Lin'an, Erniang had always felt that his father would become an officer, so he probably wouldn't be able to fight at all on the battlefield.

Who would have thought on the first day they came, his father went to war.

Fighting means people can die.

That night, Mrs Lin made a very appetizing fish with pickled cabbage and sweet sour pork ribs, but Er Niang barely ate two bites and returned to her room.

The dresser and the large cupboard that made her feel rare during the day could no longer pull her The little girl lay on top of the kang, and every time she turned around, she could no longer pull him away, raised his head and looked at the window The window of the room only faced the second door in the direction.

The ears also listen carefully to the movements outside, for fear that there will be bad news.

One night, Erniang did not even close his eyes. As the sky began to darken, he simply put on his clothes and sat on the stairs outside the main hall. He put his chin in his hand and looked at the door pitifully.

"Hello!"

There was a sound from the fence on the left, Erniang looked towards that voice, and it turned out that Yang Qiwu who yesterday met, climbed the fence between the two houses at some point while holding the bakpao in his hand, and is chewing it. I was eating.

"Are you worried about your father?"

Yang Qiwu knew that the head of the hundred new households that came next door was his father's partner, and their team went to war together yesterday, so this little sister must have been worried about her father.

Once there was an enemy attack, the people in the army would definitely not be able to return for a while.Last night while eating, his mother was still talking about the little girl next door, saying that she had just come here and had been with him since he was a child Daddy depended on each other for life, I'm afraid he won't eat well and sleep well these few days.

Yang Qiwu had strong courage, thinking about it, not just the war, there was nothing to worry about, he had seen his father fighting since he was born, but now it seemed that his mother was right, the little sister he saw yesterday was very energetic, her face was pink and white, but now her entire body was withered, and the circles under her eyes were dark, dark, it was as if someone had hit him twice with a hand that touched his ashes.

The little girl was really troublesome, she was very gentle, she always needed to be persuaded.

Yang Qiwu ate the last mouthful of steamed bread in his hand, sitting on the wall while shaking his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Are you not worried?"

Erniang pursed his lips, he remembered that the uncle from the Aunt Yang family next door was on the same team as his father, so the other party should also be on the battlefield, wasn't he worried?

"Don't worry, my dad is amazing!"

Regarding his own father, Yang Qiwu was very excited, in their area, his father was a legend.

Not everyone could be born from a humble origin, step by step into the officer position, although there were still many people talking about Yang Yong's birth behind his back, thinking his background was not clean, he said, but Yang Yong's ability was recognized by everyone.

Yang Qiwu adored the heroes, and now that his father was the bravest, he admired his father the most.

"Don't worry, those monkeys in southern Xinjiang are no match for our Tang Dynasty men. We would not beat him to death every time we came, and this time was no exception. If you're worried, I'll let you know when they come back this time. "Dad, let him protect your father from now on."

Yang Qiwu patted his chest, covering everything.

"Wait a few more years, when I can go to the battlefield, I don't need my father, and I can protect my uncle as well."

He, Yang Qiwu, was a man who aspired to become a great general!

She had just passed her ninth birthday, and because of her height, she started to look a little thin, she had a small mouth and showed a coquettish expression of proud cowhide.

What he said earlier was a little comforting to Erniang, but the second part of what he said made Erniang not too happy.

"My dad is also very good!"

As if supporting his statement, he extended his hand and gestured again.

"My father is very strong!"

While on her tiptoes, she tried to show her father's height, then opened her arms again, and gestured for his father's width.

"My father's arms are very thick and his legs are very strong, you .. You can hardly compare to my father's faction if you eat a few more years."

Erniang spoke and gestured, wanting Yang Qiwu to know his father's strength.

It was a pity when Su Aobai came with her daughter yesterday, Yang Qiwu went to the next alley with a group of friends to fight over the territory, and he did not see Su Aobai at all.

Looking at Erniang's slightly exaggerated description, I can't believe it.

This movement is not people, obviously bears.

Yang Qiwu suddenly recalled the sentence his mother had once spoken.

"It's nice to have a daughter, a caring daughter, in the eyes of a princess, a father is the most powerful hero in the world, and a mother is the most gentle and capable mother in the world, unlike you brats, it'll make people angry."

She felt that Erniang was the girl with the best behavior in her mother's mouth, and no matter how she looked at it, she felt that her parents were the best.

Forget it, the little sister could think of whatever she liked, after a few years, she showed him what kind of man the hero called, just like him!

"Are you hungry?"

Just as Yang Qiwu was about to jump off the fence, he suddenly asked Erniang.

He saw the furnace window in his residence was still dark, clearly the furnace had not been lit.

Right, it was actually still early in the morning, the sun had yet to fully rise, and there were still many people in this alley who were immersed in dreamland.

The family rules are a little different from those of outsiders. In this era, unless they were cooks who made money by cooking, other men were not allowed to enter the kitchen. Cooking is a woman's job. However, because of the privilege Yang Yong was born with, these outsiders should not enter the kitchen.The rules considered important are nonsense in their family.

If hungry and no food can be made alone, the hungry wake up can prepare breakfast for the whole family, put it in the pot and warm it with embers, and then make it, those who wake up can eat breakfast immediately.

Today, Yang Qiwu was the first to wake up, and it happened that he was hungry, so he deftly steamed a pot of steamed bread mixed with corn noodles, and boiled a pot of porridge.

"Not hungry."

Erniang clutched his stomach, felt a sudden hunger, and whispered a lie.

But the stomach started to protest and growl.

That's right, since last night, she had only eaten very little, but Nanny Lin carefully packed a plate of snacks for her, and placed it in her bedroom, she said, if he wakes up in the middle of the night and is hungry, he can eat them first Pads of snacks for stomach pads.

Yang Qiwu did not know, he only heard a rumble in Erniang's stomach.

"You wait, I'll make you some steamed bread. What I just made is no worse than my mother's."

Then before Erniang could react, he jumped off the fence, and Erniang could only hear the sound of him fleeing through the stone wall.

Erniang thought for a moment, and continued to sit on the stairs and wait for Yang Qiwu After a while, a familiar figure nimbly climbed onto the fence, then turned around and jumped into the courtyard of Su's house.

He was holding a plate, and inside was a steamed bun that was almost as big as Erniang's face, and there were some pickles by his side, which were eaten with that steamed bun.

"My mother's vegetable dishes are delicious, but unfortunately I've learned many times, but I've never mastered this skill."

Yang Qiwu said regretfully, then looked at Erniang expectantly, gesturing for him to eat quickly.

Erniang looked at the steamed bun that was bigger than his face, and felt helpless, but facing Yang Qiwu's expectant gaze, he resignedly took the steamed bun with both hands, and bit it.

He subconsciously took a big mouthful, but in Yang Qiwu's eyes it was still too soft and delicate.

The dough is very chewy, although corn noodles are added, because the corn noodles are milled very fine, it does not taste rough, but has a characteristic corn aroma.

It was really bad to eat, and for Er Niang who ate the worst meal in the family not too long ago, it tasted even a little good.

Besides, he was already hungry, so he actually ate such a large steamed bun with pickles on the plate in one big mouthful.

"burps-"

He could not resist the hiccups, and then quickly covered his mouth, the skin that was opened by his fingers flushed.

"Very delicious."

Yang Qiwu was satisfied, even though the steamed bread Erniang had eaten was actually part of his breakfast this morning.

Yang family conditions were not rich, because there were too many children in the family, and they all ate well Yang Yong's monthly Silver and some prizes to win the battle almost all of them were spent on buying food.

Liu Yinghua had to grow vegetables and fruits in the front and back yard just to save money.

Therefore, he gave every child in the family a certain amount to make sure they were full.If he wanted to eat Hasai, he definitely could not.

Yang Qiwu was the child with the greatest appetite in the family, although he was the youngest, he ate more than his elder brother Yang Dawu.

Yang Yong said that this youngest child was like him. She also had a great appetite since she was a child, but because she came from a low background, she could not eat enough every day. If not for a complete meal, he would not have been on the battlefield.

However, perhaps also because of his great appetite, the strength he had displayed since childhood was also greater than that of children his age, in which case Yang Qiwu also followed him.

Therefore, when the other brothers generally had breakfast a bowl of porridge and a large steamed bun, Yang Qiwu could still eat one more.

Now that he had given one of them to Erniang, he had to think about going to catch some small animals with his brother to fill his stomach after dawn.

He didn't say anything, but Erniang wasn't the careless type of girl.

The neighborhood where he lived since he was a child told him that for ordinary families like their families, food was rationed. Yang Qiwu brought him such a big steamed bun. Someone in their family must not have eaten enough today.

Erniang did not want to take advantage of this, so he asked Yang Qiwu to wait before he left, then returned to his room, and placed half the cake on the plate he brought.

"give."

He handed the snacks over to Yang Qiwu.

"You share your breakfast with me, and I share your breakfast with you."

Yang Qiwu looked at the delicate cake on the plate, and knew that it must be something purchased from the cake shop, and its value was much higher than the multigrain steamed buns he gave.

He had a big heart, he never thought of insults or complaints, he only felt that the little girl in front of him was a loss.

Why was this sister so stupid, she didn't even know she was harmed?

Yang Qiwu sighed in his heart, his mother also said let him take care of this little sister, seeing the other party seem stupid and easily deceived, Yang Qiwu felt this would be a very difficult task.

But a man is a big man, he spits and nails, once he agrees, he has to do it.

So he took out a plate of cake with a serious expression, and left the wall as quickly as he came.

Er Niang was confused by his last appearance Could it be that the Seventh brother from the Yang family next door did not like dim sum?

Right, Dad doesn't seem to like it, he thinks it's kind of sweet.

If I knew that he didn't like it, I wouldn't change it myself.

The second mother, who used to live a hard life, felt sorry for the rather expensive cake, but she had to count the money her father had given her to suppress the pain.

*****

Soldiers who had just been at war with people from southern Xinjiang returned yesterday. Many officers and soldiers were given holidays and allowed to return to Lin'an to visit their families. The news spread quickly in Lin'an.

Normally, once faced with an enemy attack, all the soldiers would be on standby for the next few days to prevent the second and third attacks, but the fight had only just started yesterday, but the fight had only just begun, why would they suddenly let people back today?

Military family members anxiously seek their relationship. It turned out that the team had won the most thrilling battle in decades. It went straight into the depths of the dense forest and struck the old lair of the Black Mage tribe and Luopo. Even the pot tribe served.

Now the youth and the strongmen of both clans were basically all killed, and all that was left was the old man and the children, and all of them were brought back to the camp as prisoners and locked up.

Other tribes in southern Xinjiang might also get news, and they feared when the Tang Dynasty army would become so bold, and they did not dare to mess around at this time.

Therefore, the winning team is allowed to take turns back to the city to visit his family.

Hearing this news, the entire Lin'an City was shocked, in the past, the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Southern Xinjiang was very deadlocked, and they had never won thoroughly and quickly.

It is not that no one mentioned before that if you want to exterminate the tribes in southern Xinjiang, you must first shovel the dense forest that could be said to be a natural barrier.

But such a project is too big. Most of the dense forests are ancient trees that are thousands of years old. The trunk of many large trees needs to be hugged by two or three people, or even thicker. Soldiers, it might also take days or two or more to cut.

Moreover, there were many strange poisonous insects and beasts in the dense forest. Soldiers are easily attacked while cutting down trees and digging bushes, not to mention areas covered in toxic toxins. People who have not lived there since childhood will be killed if they approach a gas infection.

In addition, such a gas cannot be blocked by wearing a mask sewn with thick pieces of cloth. Once a group of soldiers got lost to a certain area of poisonous poison, their exposed skin swelled up instantly, and his nose was no exception. Several soldiers who escaped by chance came out with several bodies on their backs.After the autopsy, it was found that the swollen skin and flesh clogged the respiratory tract, causing the, it instantly strangled the soldiers seriously affected from this poisonous poison.

It also adds another horror legend to the forest.

Therefore, the plan to exterminate the dense forest was only carried out for a certain period of time, but ended because of the many casualties of the army.

The imperial court and those nearby appear to have given up on the idea of completely eradicating southern Xinjiang. If they can't solve their murders, they must look after them. In any case, it would be best not to let them pass through the defenses of the Northwest Garrison's ranks.

And now, with two examples of the Black Mage Clan and the Luo Po Clan, does that mean it is not far from fully conquering Southern Xinjiang?

In fact, it was a pity that Tang Chao did not like this place in southern Xinjiang, as there was not much land suitable for cultivation, the poisonous insects and beasts that lived in the dense forest would cause trouble for the people nearby, and also People in southern Xinjiang who live in dark and humid environments since young are immune to toxins, and even enjoy raising insects and wild animals, he said, so that they can adapt to such harsh conditions.

Even if Southern Xinjiang was conquered, no Tang Dynasty people would want to move there.

But who made them look down on the fleas, but the ticks kept trying to crawl on them to suck blood.If not for the continuous provocation of the tribes in southern Xinjiang, both places will be able to live peacefully.

There was now a capable person who could lead everyone to win the southern border, even if they were unable to completely annihilate all the tribes, he said, at least they could conquer them so they did not dare to challenge the majesty of the Tang Dynasty.

With such excitement, when Tian Su Aobai and the others returned to the city, they were greeted by ordinary people.