"Oh, has he returned to Liaoning?"
Zhang Qi glanced at the letter sent from Liaoning in his hand and murmured a few words in a low voice.
"Since he wants to have peace for a while, let him have peace for a while. He has been fighting since he was a child. He is only twenty years old now. Well, it's better to let life wash over him."
Regarding Huo Qubing, Zhang Qi's heart was still a little complicated.
On the other hand, Huo Qubing has made brilliant achievements in the long history of history.
On the other hand, his short life meant that he died only in his twenties.
From the perspective of future generations, Huo Qubing at this age was probably still a student studying in an ivory tower.
Although the world has changed a lot because of his arrival, and Huo Qubing is no longer so dazzling, in Zhang Qi's eyes, this Huo Qubing is not the other Huo Qubing.
Nowadays, Liao's military strength is strong, and all the armies are fully fledged and well-organized. There is no big difference between having one more Huo Qubing or one less Huo Qubing.
Since he wanted to live a stable life for a while, Zhang Qi naturally would not let him join the army directly.
"It's good that he can have a better understanding after seeing with his own eyes the difference between ordinary people in Liao and Han."
"But Huo Guang, haha, interesting. Counting Jin Rixi, I already have two of Liu Che's Tuogu ministers in my hands."
"From a historical perspective, these two people are also rare talents who need to be carefully cultivated."
"Someone is coming."
"Your Majesty."
Zhang Qi called softly, and a secret agent walked out of the shadows and knelt half in front of him.
"Tell Lu Qiyi that Huo Qubing and his family don't need to pay too much attention to them and just let things take their own course. In addition, please urge the progress of the Liao-Ze Railway!"
"promise!"
The secret agent accepted the order and quietly disappeared.
With his hands behind his back, Zhang Qi walked out of the room and came to the top of Yanmen Pass to look south.
You can have a panoramic view of this magnificent mountain and river! ——
The sharp ax blade fell from the sky.
With a clang, the thigh-thick piece of wood was cut into two sections.
Huo Qubing ignored the two pieces of wood that fell on the ground and placed a new piece of wood on the wooden pier and chopped it again.
The sound of an ax chopping wood was endless.
Not long after, there was a lot of chopped firewood at Huo Qubing's feet.
After wiping Han, he stood the ax at his feet and let out a breath.
"The axes produced by the water forge in Liaoning are tougher and sharper than the military weapons in the past. The captain really hid them deeply."
Looking at a leopard to know the whole picture, it is not difficult for Huo Qubing to guess how powerful the weapons used by soldiers in Liao today are.
It has been four or five days since they moved into the courtyard, and their family has now settled down. My mother walks around the neighborhood every day, and the smiles on her face are getting more and more every day.
After Huo Guang got acquainted with Su Yong these days, whenever Su Yong went to school, he would pester others to ask for advice on magic. Fortunately, Su Yong was a bit shy and kind, and was willing to take Huo Guang with him.
Thanks to Huo Guang's shamelessness, the Huo family and the Su family are now well acquainted.
The family's household registration has also been completed, and the twenty domestic servants now have their own identities. Although they still want to stay in the Huo family, the minimum annual consumption of ten white dragons per person is still a fortune for Huo Qubing today. No small burden.
So he didn't agree, but gave each of them two white dragons and dismissed them.
After being a slave for so long, it was time to live a free life. These two white dragons were the last compensation Huo Qubing could give.
The Huo family is slightly better than other wealthy families in the Han Dynasty. Huo's mother came from a poor life, so she is not harsh towards the servants under her. This is why the twenty domestic servants After obtaining his own household registration, he still thought about the reasons for staying in the Huo family.
But now, they are in Liao land, not Han land. As long as they are willing to work hard, it is not difficult to support themselves and save a little money every year. Since they have a way of survival, Huo Qubing will naturally not let these serve the Huo family. The long-standing domestic servants continue to live this life of being subordinate to others.
Their hard work as servants is no easier than working in Liaoning.
Gudong, gudong.
Huo Qubing took off the bamboo tube hanging on the shelf and drank a few gulps of sweet well water.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he neatly piled the scattered firewood on the ground into the woodshed.
Afterwards.
In the quiet and peaceful courtyard, there were waves of chopping sounds again.
——
"I want to be a general. I was a thief yesterday, and it's my turn today!"
"Okay, then you will be the general, I will be the deputy general, and Xiao Bei and Xiao Fei will be the thief."
"Ah? I also want to be a general."
"Hahaha, that's it."
"You little thief, please leave. Let me show you how powerful I am!"
"Ah ah ah, run quickly, big brother"
In the street, children who were playing gathered together and played role-playing games that they would never get tired of.
The sound of children's play reached a three-story brick and stone house.
Through the window, Huo Guang, who was solving a linear equation problem, couldn't help but look over.
Beside him, Su Yue, who was finishing her homework with two buns on her head, looked over.
He asked in a soft tone: "Are you tired of solving problems? Why don't you go down and play with them?"
Huo Guang retracted his gaze from the window, wrote the answer on the paper with the pencil in his hand, and shook his head.
"It still doesn't work. My family's expenses have been a bit high recently. I want to learn more and then sign up for elementary school."
"Sister, look at my answer. Is this correct?"
Huo Guang pushed his manuscript paper in front of Su Yue. He had already solved all twenty math problems that Su Yue had written for him, using the method Su Yue had taught him in the past few days.
"Well X-6 equals twelve, the answer is eighteen. Correct"
Su Yue took the manuscript paper and checked it. All twenty math questions were correct.
"That's great, Xiaoguang. They are all correct. So you have learned the multiplication formula by heart?"
Huo Guang nodded.
"It's really amazing. My sister doesn't dare to say anything else, but in mathematics, you are already better than many first-grade students."
"It seems Xiaoguang is also a genius."
Su Yue ticked off the questions one after another and praised Huo Guang.
Under her praise, Huo Guang scratched his head in embarrassment, hehehehehe.
"Okay, after we finish solving these eighty questions, we can start learning linear equations of two variables."
Seeing the silly smile on Huo Guang's face, Su Yue also took out the questions she had prepared long ago from her drawer and handed them to Huo Guang.
In addition to these, Su Yue also prepared a vowel list, copybooks and other learning tools, which she bought with the extra guide fee Huo Qubing gave her last time.
Not to mention Huo Guang, even Su Yue discovered some difficulties in the Huo family after visiting the Huo family several times.
Twenty domestic servants, each with two white dragons, Huo Qubing spent forty white dragons to go out, plus renting a house and buying daily necessities, Huo Qubing had almost spent the money he exchanged last time, and he still pawned these. A batch of jewelry brought from Han Dynasty was exchanged for money.
Although Su Yue and the Huo family are not so good that they have to spend their own money to buy Huo Guang's school supplies, last time they agreed on the guide fee of two coins and Huo Qubing gave him a white dragon, so Su Yue will naturally pay more. The money that came out was subsidized back in another way.
She didn't want that much guide fee in the first place. At that time, Huo Qubing forced her to accept it because she couldn't shirk it. Now it's a good idea to supplement it with Huo Guang.
The time of studying passes quickly in the eyes of those who study seriously.
Just after Huo Guang finished solving the eighty math problems, the sun gradually shifted to the west.
beside.
Su Yue had disappeared long ago, and Huo Guang only discovered it when he stopped writing.
"It's getting late, it's time to go home."
Leaving the manuscript paper on Su Yue's small desk for review, Huo Guang got up and walked downstairs.
"Xiaoguang."
Just at this moment, Su Yue appeared at the top of the stairs holding a cup of hot milk. She looked up and saw Huo Guang walking down, said hello, and handed over the milk in his hand.
"I've been studying for a day. Drink some milk. It's very sweet with sugar."
Knowing that Huo Guang loves sweets, Su Yue used a reason that Huo Guang couldn't refuse.
"Thank you sister,"
Huo Guang took it. The warm milk exuded a milky fragrance and a slight smell of mutton.
Huo Guang stood on the stairs and took a sip.
In addition to the sweetness, the smell of milk made him very uncomfortable.
"Drink it all. In Liao land, milk and eggs are not allowed to be wasted. If the teacher of the school discovers it, it will be reported to you."
Su Yue had a kind smile on her face, but her meaning was that she was not allowed to refuse.
Milk and eggs have a very special status in Liaodi.
Meat, eggs and milk.
It is a must-eat food declared by Zhang Qi himself.
Nutrition is fundamental, so in Liaodi, children start drinking milk and eating eggs almost from an early age.
Huo Guang had a sad face.
Having never drunk milk, he had no tolerance for the smell of milk. Fortunately, there was still sweetness that attracted him. He closed his eyes and swallowed the milk in the cup in one breath.
"Thank you...Thank you sister."
"Hahaha, you're welcome. Go back quickly. Remember to tell Brother Huo to order milk from Sunset Square, otherwise you won't have time to adapt when you get to school."
"Yes, I understand, sister."
Huo Guang waved his arms and quickly left the Su family.
"Giggle."
Seeing Huo Guang leaving in a panic, Su Yue giggled as she stood at the top of the stairs.
Milk, except for the herdsmen at the beginning, almost everyone in Liaodi had such a period of patience to adapt.
However, putting aside the unpleasant smell, the height and physique of Liaodi people have indeed increased over the years, which is extremely obvious in the children born in recent years.
After running through several streets and markets, Huo Guang returned to his home.
At this moment, the kitchen stove in the small courtyard is filled with smoke.
Mother Huo, who has not cooked for many years, is cooking up the cooking skills she learned from her neighbors.
The housekeeper was doing something on the side.
Today in the Huo family, apart from Huo Qubing, Huo's mother, and Huo Guang, only the housekeeper remains.
Having served the Huo family for so long, he was in charge of everything, not only Huo Qubing, but also Huo Guang, who he had watched grow up.
The deep friendship among them cannot be explained in a few words.
Moreover, the housekeeper was not as old as the servants. In Liaoning, a place where he was unfamiliar, Mother Huo did not trust him to work alone.
As the shovel was stir-frying, the meat slices in the iron pot began to emit an aroma. Mother Huo recalled the memories of chatting with the neighbors and poured the minced garlic on the chopping board into the pot.
The aroma becomes more intense. After a few stir-fryings, add chili peppers, and a dish of farm-style stir-fried pork is served.
Huo Guang walked into the courtyard.
Brother Huo Qubing was still chopping firewood. The muscles on his strong and strong arms were knotted, and drops of sweat hung on them, reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Xiao Langjun came back at the right time. Let's start dinner."
The butler put the dishes on the stone table in the yard and called out to the brothers Huo Qubing and Huo Guang.
Mother Huo was still in the kitchen, frying a handful of vegetables and bringing them out.
Huo Qubing wiped the sweat from his body and nodded with satisfaction as he looked at the firewood piled up in the woodshed.
He spent most of the afternoon chopping firewood.
For some reason, although he was tired from chopping firewood, his heart had not felt so peaceful for a long time.
As a result, if you are not careful, you will chop too much.
With so much firewood, if it is not used for heating, it will not be a problem for half a month.
The four of them sat around the stone table.
If you didn't know the relationship between this situation and this scene, you would just think it was the ordinary daily life of a family of four.
Eating.
Huo Guang whispered to Huo Qubing: "Brother."
"Um?"
Huo Qubing picked up a piece of fried pork with chopsticks and took a few breaths of air from the spicy food.
"Sister Su asked you to go to Sunset Shop to order milk tomorrow. She's afraid that I won't be able to adapt to the taste of milk when I get to school."
"I had a drink at Sister Su's house today. It really didn't taste good."
Huo Guang recalled the taste of milk and grimaced.
"Okay, I'll go to Sunset Shop tomorrow."
"Also, brother, Sister Su said that the school will be on vacation in another month. I can go to the Mongolian School to register next month. By then, I will stay at the Mongolian School."
"You want to board?"
Huo Guang nodded slightly: "My education includes board and lodging. If I stay as a boarder, I can save myself the daily commute home and spend more time on studying.
I heard from Sister Su that there are scholarships for elementary school, and the ten students with the best grades each semester can get five white dragons, so I want to spend more time studying. "
Huo Qubing's hand holding the vegetables was stunned for a moment, but it soon returned to normal.
"You have been smart and independent since you were young. Since you think this is good, then so be it."
"Mother?"
Seeing his brother's agreement, Huo Guang looked at Huo's mother again.
"Just make up your own mind. Both of my sons are smart people. I believe in you, mother."
"Um."
With the support of his mother and brother, Huo Guang nodded happily.
"mother."
"What's wrong?"
After Huo Guang's matter was settled, Huo Qubing shouted to Huo's mother again.
"I asked A Liang to help me find a job as a mountain hunter. I work twenty days a month, have ten days off, and earn seventy coins a month. Every tiger, leopard, and jackal I hunt on weekdays also has extra hunting. Zhaqian, I will go to work after ordering milk for Guang'er tomorrow, and I won't be back until the end of the month."
"Hey, okay, mother knows."
(End of chapter)
