"Master, stop being busy now, come and eat. Jiachen, come and eat. Jiayao, stop playing around, wash your hands and come and eat."
The woman held the porcelain basin in her hand, walked from the stove to the low table in the yard, and finally placed it on the table.
A boy of fifteen or sixteen years old led a little boy of seven or eight years old to a low table in the yard.
The two men each held a small stool in their hands and sat down shoulder to shoulder.
"Why is it porridge again? Mom, do you have anything else to eat?" The seven or eight-year-old child looked pitifully at the woman aside.
"Mom, has something happened to our family? Why is there porridge and pickles every day?"
The older Yang Jiachen used the chopsticks in his hand to pick up the pickles on the plate twice and frowned.
In the past, although his family's life was not as good as those of the nobles in Taiji, they could often eat white noodles. However, since these days, the family has been filled with porridge and pickles every day.
"If you can't stop the two of you from eating, eat quickly," the woman said to her two children.
Taking a wooden spoon in his hand, he filled a bowl with porridge and placed it in front of his younger son. He filled another bowl of porridge and passed it to his eldest son.
"Our family's life is really tight these days. It will be fine when I come back from Baicheng." A middle-aged man in his thirties walked to the table and sat down.
The woman picked up the porridge bowl, first served a bowl to the middle-aged man who had just sat down, and then served herself a bowl of porridge before sitting down to eat.
"Dad, go to Baicheng and take me with you." Yang Jiachen looked at the middle-aged man next to him with his bright eyes.
Father Yang shook his head and said, "You are still young. Let's wait until you are older."
"I'm not young anymore. I'm fifteen years old this year, and I can also bow and arrow. If I really encounter a pack of horse bandits and wolves, I can help." Yang Jiachen patted his chest with his hand.
Father Yang looked at his eldest son and said with a smile, "Chen'er has grown up and can help his father."
"Of course." Yang Jiachen raised his head proudly.
He grew up on the grasslands and was skilled in horseback riding and archery. He was no less skilled than those Mongolians who grew up.
"Let's have some porridge." Yang's father tapped the porridge bowl with his chopsticks.
"Dad, just take me there."
Seeing that his father did not agree, Yang Jiachen begged.
"No." Father Yang shook his head slightly and said, "After I leave, you will be the only man in the family. If something happens outside and I cannot come back, your mother and your brother will have to be taken care of by you. "
Yang Jiayao, who was drinking porridge, suddenly raised his head and looked at Father Yang and said, "Dad, I am also a man. I can take care of my mother."
"Yes, my Yao'er is also a little man." Yang's father gently scratched Yang Jiayao's nose with his hand.
Yang Jiayao grinned and said, "I am a man. Brother, did you hear that? Dad said I am a man."
"Yes, you are a man." Yang Jiachen rubbed his brother's head with his hand and said immediately, "Dad, didn't you say that several families should unite to go to Baicheng? Why is it so dangerous?"
"It's right to join forces." Yang's father said, "But after all, this is the first time for several families to go to Baicheng. No one knows what will happen on the way. It's better to be careful in everything."
"It's all the fault of the tiger flag." Yang Jiachen slammed his fist on the table.
Ripples rippled in the several porridge bowls on the table.
"Alas" the woman at the table sighed.
If the Tiger Flag had not opened the shops to the grassland, their family and several other Han merchants from Bansheng would not have had to risk going to Baicheng to do business.
The road to Baicheng is far from smooth, and there are many horse bandits and wolves.
A caravan still has a chance to survive when it encounters horse bandits. Some horse bandits can just rob the goods or pay some money to buy the way, but if they are targeted by wolves, they are just a bunch of beasts, and it is basically difficult for people to survive. Come back alive.
Wolves on the grassland always appear in groups. Compared with the millions of Mongolians on the grassland, the largest number of wolves in such a large grassland are more ferocious than humans. They are better during the day, but at night, There are wolves even around the yurts. If you are not careful, not only the lambs, but also people may be snatched away by the wolves.
"This can't all be blamed on Tiger Flag. This is how business is done. The stronger the strength, the bigger the business." Father Yang said, picked up a piece of pickle with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
Yang Jiachen said angrily, "It's their fault. If they hadn't come to the grassland, how could you have risked going to Baicheng?"
The woman at the same table held a porridge bowl in her hand and said, "Master, what Chen'er said is right. That tiger-character flag should be blamed. If it weren't for them, you wouldn't have to go to Baicheng. Now we have Banshengdi, and there are several businessmen." Everyone has to go to Baicheng or Mobei."
Father Yang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Business is not a charity. You can't make money without making money when others have it. If I want to have this strength, I will do the same thing as Tiger Flag."
"I don't care, anyway, it's not okay for people from the Tiger Flag to bully our family like this." Yang Jiachen shouted loudly.
"Then what do you want?" Father Yang looked at his eldest son with an uneasy expression.
"I'm going to kill them." Yang Jiachen said, "I'm very good at equestrian skills and bow and arrow. I don't believe I can't kill them. I just need to kill their leader so that they can't open shops on the grassland."
"Nonsense." Father Yang slapped the chopsticks on the table hard.
The woman on the side hurriedly put down the porridge bowl in her hand and advised, "Chen'er has good intentions and said this on impulse. Don't get angry with the child."
Immediately, she looked at Yang Jiachen again and said, "What are you still doing? Apologize to your father."
Yang Jiachen hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Dad, me."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Father Yang, who said, "Let's not talk about whether it is useful for you to kill people. Even if it is useful, do you think you can kill the other party? You should have seen the guards around the Tiger Flag man." , each of them is as strong as the servants and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Do you think you can kill each other in front of so many guards?"
"No." Yang Jiachen said with his head lowered.
Hearing this answer, Father Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, his eldest son didn't get carried away. If he still insists on killing the tiger character flag at this time, he will only be disappointed.
"It's good that you understand." Father Yang said, "But have you ever thought about what your father would do and what your mother would do if you were killed? Have you ever thought about us family members?"
"I know I was wrong." Yang Jiachen lowered his head to admit his mistake, and then added, "But when the tiger flag comes to the grassland, dad will risk going to Baicheng. I'm really worried."
"There is nothing to worry about." Father Yang smiled, "In the past, your mother and I fled from the Ming Dynasty to the grassland. That was dangerous. If you don't believe me, ask your mother."
Yang Jiachen turned to look at his mother.
The woman said with emotion, "At that time, your father and I first came to the grassland. It can be said that we had no friends. We had to hide from horse bandits during the day and wolves at night. Later, when we arrived in Banshengdi, life became better. Your father first I farmed the land for the Mongols, and then I got the opportunity and started doing business, and our family's life gradually improved."
Dangdangdang
"I dare to ask, is this the home of Dongzhu Yang?"
Outside the courtyard gate, Han people's words suddenly came.
