After Lu Xu finished cooking, he ran out and was met by an official who was going to buy fried dough sticks.
The officer saw him with empty hands and said, "Just in time, I didn't buy the fried dough sticks. Your Excellency asked me to ask you to cook more noodles."
Lu Xu: "Didn't you buy it?"
The official spread his hands and said, "Your shops are all closed! Your guy said he found your brother, and your aunt and others have all gone home."
Lu Xu still had to go and see for himself before he felt relieved, so he ran out immediately.
The officer shouted twice, remembering that Lu Xu was a prisoner after all, how could he run around the streets so freely, so he had to chase after him again.
When Lu Xu ran over, Lu Yong was the only one in the shop. The fire was out, and he packed up and prepared to go home.
Seeing Lu Xu, Lu Yong was so happy, "Brother Xu, you're out!"
Lu Xu: "Where are Third Aunt and the others? Have they received Lu Hui?"
Lu Yong: "I've received it. Uncle Junxin has also received his nephew. Shitou has found a boat to take them back to the village first."
Lu Xu said "Oh", but it still didn't feel real, "Just take it, then I'll go back."
Lu Yong: "Huh?"
The officer then chased after him, gasping for air, "I just said there was no one!"
Now that he's here, he can't come in vain. Lu Xu took away the noodles made by his third aunt, packed some fresh meat and vegetables for Lu Yong to take home, and gave Lu Yong a holiday.
The weather is cold and the noodles are not as good as before. The third aunt always gets up in the middle of the night to make the noodles. Now the noodles are just awake and not fried into fried dough sticks, which will be wasted.
Lu Xu returned to the yamen kitchen with the noodles and fried fried dough sticks for the whole yamen.
All officials and civil servants in Guanyang were dispatched, organizing official ships and large and small ships to send the unarmored soldiers home from all over the country. The locals in Guanyang stayed in the county, more than half of the people from other places rushed to the dock, and a few half to the north gate. Outside.
All passenger boats on the river were requisitioned, and Tan Shitou took out an empty fishing boat to send Lu Hui and others home.
The official ship had to send those who were far away first and then those who were nearby. Those from nearby villages who couldn't wait also chartered fishing boats. For a while, the river was full of fishing boats and everyone was beaming with joy.
The women who were washing clothes and fishing at the village pier in Lujia Village were the first to see the fleet. They immediately stopped caring about the clothes and the fish. They picked up the basin and shouted loudly towards the village. They were even more excited and couldn't even care about their clothes. The clothes were washed away by the river and they were not found.
The soldier who came out of the Lu family burst into tears when he saw the village wharf, which had become a small town.
When they left, the fields were still lush and green, but now that they are back, the red leaves on the mountains are beginning to fall.
They no longer went to Yinma Town, but wanted to get off the boat one after another. They anxiously threw their bags on the shore, took off their shoes and jumped off the boat.
The relatives in the village ran no slower than they did when they got off the boat. All the people in the village rushed to the pier. Those who ran in front were pushed into the river by those who ran behind. The small pier was crowded, and more people stepped on the mud. , with half of his legs in the river, looking around, looking for his children, his husband, and his father.
Along the banks of the Qinghe River, I don’t know how many tears have gathered.
Lu Wen and Tan Shitou found an open space with few people and stopped the boat. The third uncle saw them from a distance and ran over on the gravel and weeds by the river. He grabbed Lu Hui's arm firmly, his lips trembled but he couldn't say anything. talk.
Lu Hui's eyes became wet again.
Lu Xuan supported Grandpa Lu, his fourth uncle and aunt supported Grandma Lu, and Yuan Manniang led several children to come to pick him up. The whole family hugged each other and cried, venting wildly.
The third grandma not only received her son and two grandchildren who left last time, but also received her eldest grandson who had been gone for more than five years.
She looked at her eldest grandson who was already two heads taller than her, and she didn't dare to recognize him, "Shuye, is it Shuye?"
Lu Shuye fell to his knees on the ground, "Grandma, it's me."
The third grandma burst into tears and ran to her grandson without the help of her daughter-in-law. She beat and hammered her, "If you don't come back, grandma will treat you as dead outside!"
Seeing his grandmother who had loved him since childhood, Lu Shuye cried like a child again, with runny nose and tears, venting all five years of fear, sorrow and resentment.
His mother asked in a trembling voice: "Where is your father?"
Lu Shuye's tears surged even more violently, and he said in a low voice, "The barbarian is coming, dad told me to run quickly..."
The first time they went to the battlefield, they were attacked by a sneak attack. He was only sixteen. His father told him not to be afraid and to follow his uncles in the team. The knife came and slashed him. He was frightened and his father pushed him away and told him to run. He ran so hard that the soles of his shoes were penetrated. He jumped into a stagnant water jar and hid until dark, then ran back to the camp. He was the only one in the entire team who survived.
The third grandma was stunned, and suddenly she sat down in the mud, grabbing the grass on the ground and wailing.
The whole village was crying, howling to the sky, happy, sad, and everything that one person could not bear, all vented through crying.
His eyes were swollen and his voice was hoarse.
Those who came back finally came back, and those who could not come back were already prepared when they left.
People gradually dispersed, taking each other home to rest and bathe, and to welcome a new life.
The third grandma wiped away her tears and stood up, gave her grandson money, and asked him to go to the town to buy meat, "I want good meat, the best!"
The little grandson's nose and eyes were red, his eyelashes were stained with tears, and he was choking and sobbing. She wiped him with her sleeves, "Go, there is money left to buy candies! Buy more!"
The little grandson agreed, grabbed the money and ran with his sister to the town.
On the way, they met relatives and neighbors. Everyone's eyes were red and swollen. They ran away with the sun on their backs and then ran back with the sun on their backs.
It's not dark yet, it's not dark yet, but every household is lighting up the smoke. The whole village is soaked in the smell of fireworks. Birds are flying back in the evening mist, and travelers are returning to their hometowns.
This was the most miserable and joyful autumn they had ever lived.
The barbarians were divided. At the beginning of the decisive battle on the Western Front, the two barbarian tribes surrendered. The decisive battle spanned hundreds of miles in the north and lasted for more than a month. They won a triumphant victory. The sixteen-year war ended. The people who had been harassed since the founding of the country were The northern barbarians of Daqi were expelled and divided, and no longer posed a threat. Except for those who stayed behind to guard the border, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were left to disarm and return home in batches.
Gouzi recovered a lot, Song Liu was able to get out of bed and walk around, and Lu Xu's case was finally closed.
The witnesses and material evidence were all there. Without the three of them saying anything, the county magistrate easily decided the case.
Lu Xu was fined fifty taels of silver and jailed for one month.
If it were not for the fact that soldiers were no longer used, the official who was beaten by Lu Xu insisted that he was only rubbed by his clothes and that Lu Xu did not mean it. In addition, most of the witnesses pleaded for Lu Xu, and Lu Xu would have been imprisoned if he was found guilty. Go join the army and guard the border.
Song Liu was suspected of murdering someone in the street and was fined 200 taels and jailed for ten years. Gouzi begged for mercy, mumbling that he had an old injury on his head, otherwise he wouldn't have fainted on the spot. Song Liu didn't know how serious his old injury was, let alone I wanted to kill him, but in the end my sentence was commuted to three years.
In addition, Lu Xu wanted to compensate Song sixty taels of silver, and Song Liu wanted to compensate Gouzi twenty taels.
Gouzi insisted not to do it, and was driven out by the official intimidation.
Lu Xu and Song Liu were imprisoned, waiting for their families to pay them.
The two of them were escorted to the prison together. They were both familiar with each other and neither wanted to talk to the other.
Soon, Tan Shitou sent the money and also brought Lu Xu a pack of winter clothes prepared by Yuan Manniang. The prison was cold and Lu Xu wouldn't let her come to the prison, so she would bring some clothes in every now and then.
Lu Xu was very popular, and even though he was only allowed to visit the prison once a day, no matter which prisoner the things the Lu family sent him, they could always be delivered to him exactly as they were.
Song Liu was different. From the moment he came in, it was completely dark. There was a curfew in Guanyang, and no one gave him money. So his mother asked the jailer to give him a quilt.
Lu Xu became curious. What's going on? Is the Song family really in trouble? No one cares about Song Liu anymore?
He really wanted to gossip, but it seemed a bit unethical to ask such questions in this situation. Lu Xu endured it, but he didn't expect Song Liu to be quite honest and didn't say a word.
The next day the jailer came to collect the baskets and straw sandals to distribute new canes and hay. Song Liu didn't even complain, he just took the canes and started weaving the baskets.
But he has never done this before. He is an only child, pampered, and he learned all the farm tools from the last time he opened wasteland.
Song Liu was a repeat offender, and he was in a single room. He looked left and right, but no one taught him.
If he couldn't finish it, he wouldn't be given food. Song Liu was in a dilemma.
At this time, Lu Xu was heard knocking on the wall and calling him, "Hey, you don't know how to do it, let me teach you!"
Song Liu: "..."
A scholar can be killed and cannot be humiliated. He will not learn from anyone but Lu Xu!
Meals were distributed at noon, and Yan Junqi brought three meals to Lu Xu. One portion was given to Lu Xu to eat immediately, and the other portion could be asked by the jailer to help Lu Xu warm it up in the evening.
Song Liu couldn't deliver the basket, and no one brought him food, so he had to starve.
At night, he still couldn't pay and was still hungry.
He was so hungry that his stomach growled, and the smell of Lu Xu's food kept wafting towards him.
He has spent all his last bit of money on medicine these days. His mother has even pawned her old clothes. Now she doesn’t know how to eat out. Who will bring him food?
After staying up until the next day, Song Liu was so hungry that he was dizzy. When he smelled Lu Xu's food again, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to bow to Lu Xu.
Lu Xu: "It's okay for me to teach you, but when you go out, you have to apologize to Gouzi."
Song Liu sneered, "Shall I go out? That's fine, just wait."
Lu Xu: "Are you not convinced?"
Song Liu turned over and shouted at Lu Xu: "Who is he? You have to pity him. Why don't you pity others when there are so many people?! You are so kind-hearted, why don't you give me money?"
Lu Xu: "He is not one of me. Didn't I get to know him only after you asked him to secretly learn how to make snails from me?"
Song Liu: "..."
Is there such a thing?
When he thought about it carefully, it seemed like it was true.
Song Liu: "Is it because of this?"
Lu Xu: "I taught him to cut off the tail when cooking snails. He thought I was a good person and secretly asked me to avoid you. He also wanted to help me set up a line with your other brothers to intercede on your behalf."
Song Liu: "...gone?"
Lu Xu: "No more."
Song Liu remained silent.
Lu Xu said solemnly: "So, you should apologize to him. He thinks I am a good person, and I feel sorry for him. Seeing that he was beaten like that by you, let him just let me go, or I can find another job for him." Son, he said you were kind to him, but he refused. I felt sorry for him, so I gave him some money to look at his injuries. What kind of kindness do you have to him?"
Song Liu also wanted to know, what kind of kindness did he have to Gouzi?
In his impression, Gouzi was so submissive that he didn't dare to straighten his waist, couldn't do anything well, and was a waste of others. Especially since Gouzi's surname was Song, and he dared to pretend to be his relative. , he had already driven the dog out of the gambling shop.
What kindness could he show to that loser?
Song Liu thought hard and couldn't think of anything.
Lu Xu spread his hands and said, "Look, I knew it was nothing serious. He couldn't betray you unless he said you were kind to him. Although you are not very good, I respect him enough to make people follow him wholeheartedly. You, maybe you are not so worthless."
Lu Xu took a piece of cake and threw it to Song Liu, "Eat it."
Their cells were not far apart, but at first the jailer was afraid that they would fight in the cell. There was a room in between. The cake fell into the cell in the middle. Song Liu squatted down and reached out to fish it out.
He patted the dirt on the cake, chewed the cold scallion pancake, and thought back to the past when he and Gouzi were together. After thinking about it, it seemed that he was either beating Gouzi or scolding Gouzi. He really couldn't think of anything else. .
Lu Xu asked: "What's going on with your family? Why haven't you paid the ransom?"
If the ransom cannot be paid, Song Liu will still go to guard the border.
In the current situation, the border guards are not going to Shuozhou, but to the west. I heard that it is even colder and colder than Shuozhou. With Song Liu's appearance, it is hard to say whether he can make it there alive.
Song Liubing couldn't swallow it anymore and said angrily: "If it weren't for you, our family would have lost so much money, and wouldn't there be anyone to redeem me?"
Lu Xu was confused and annoyed, "What does it have to do with me? Did I ask you to resell food and grass?"
Song Liu: "If you hadn't been hanging out with the Qiu family, would I have fought with the Qiu family?"
Lu Xu: "You have the nerve to say that! I paid you for selling my snails. How the hell did you do this? You want all my money and you still beat me!"
Song Liu: "If you, a country boy from a remote area, dare to mess around on my territory, you are the one who will be beaten!"
Lu Xu: "Come, come, come, let's see who beats whom!"
After a while, the two started quarreling and throwing canes at each other. The jailer heard the noise and ran over, moving Song Liu's cell further away.
Thanks to their foresight, they couldn't let these two be next to each other.
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