The door opened, and the Qin family stood at the door. Qin Zhao had the fastest hands and feet. He stepped forward and picked up the fat rabbit.
Just then, boom—boom—
There were roars from the mountains.
"what sound?"
Everyone in the Qin family couldn't help but look towards the mountain.
"The mountain collapsed?"
At this time, a thin middle-aged man diagonally opposite the Qin family pushed the door open and said, "No, the sound you heard is not that the mountain is collapsing, but that bluestone is being beaten on the mountain."
As he spoke, his eyes fell on the rabbit Qin Zhao was holding. The noise of breaking the bluestone was too loud, which frightened the small animals in the mountains, so the rabbits ran away.
He was resting in the yard just now, and happened to see this rabbit running down the mountain.
And the Qin family's house happened to be at the foot of the mountain. It was good luck for this rabbit to bump into the Qin family's door.
Looking at the fat rabbit, he smacked his lips.
The Qin family was also sizing up this neighbor. He was wearing shabby clothes and had an unkempt beard. It was obvious that he had not taken care of himself for a long time.
Lu Songli noticed that he had a strong aura of a scholar, and his eyes were calm and reserved, with occasional glimmers of light.
Qin Heng said, "Thank you, sir, for clarifying my doubts. I'm Qin Heng, they are all my family members. I wonder what your surname is, sir? Where is your ancestral home?"
Gu Zhang said calmly, "My surname is Gu. As for my ancestral home, I won't mention it. It's not important. Qin family, I know you are relatives of General Qin Yue who has been guarding the north."
Lu Songli was a little surprised when he heard this. The imperial court deliberately downplayed the contribution and existence of the generals guarding the four directions, not only the Qin family guarding the north, but also the Sun family guarding the southwest. For example, Tang Yueguang and Mo Lianfeng, who were in charge of the handover just now, behaved indifferently even though they knew they were Qin family members. But she didn't expect that the middle-aged man in front of her would actually know?
Gu Zhang asked, "What kind of work have you been assigned?"
"Turning the ground." There is nothing that cannot be said.
Gu Zhang nodded, "That's okay. It's not the most painful, tiring, and dangerous job. The prisoners like the people who are breaking bluestones in the mountains are doing the most painful, tiring, and dangerous work."
Gu Zhang saw that the Qin family had just arrived and wanted to talk to them more.
"After breaking the bluestone, it's time to break the stone. It's all the work of us prisoners."
When beating bluestone, Lu Songli knew that it was necessary to burn lime. Bluestone is most afraid of fire. When burned by fire, bluestone turns into lime. In fact, in addition to bluestone, limestone, chalk, and dolomitic limestone can all be used to produce lime.
"Crushing stones, do you need to repair the city wall?" They also had such a job in the north. Qin Heng and Qin Zhao both worked as supervisors.
Gu Zhang liked this kind of smart man who knew everything at once, so he nodded immediately, "Last year, Xianbei went south and captured Xiangping City. Now we are all busy with spring plowing and there is no time to make up for it. When the spring plowing is finished, we have to go break stones." , repair the city wall. Repairing the city wall is not finished yet, we have to continue quarrying and building roads and paving roads." In short, it is endless work.
When the Qin family heard this, the only feeling they had was that being a prisoner was so busy that they seemed to have no time to catch their breath.
Gu Zhang just came to say hello, chatted for a few words, and then went back.
At this moment, the people from the military camp brought them half a month's rations for their family, a total of two hundred kilograms of grain. In addition, they also brought them the one-time entry and exit tokens that Mo Lianfeng promised.
After Lu Songli stepped forward to take the token, she went to look at the grain. As expected, the two hundred kilograms of grain were all coarse grains. There are all kinds of grains, but they are all mixed together.
The visitor told them that the food provided to the prisoners every day was one catty for adult men, eight taels for each adult female family member, and half a catty for children. They need to eat these two hundred kilograms for half a month. If they finish it in advance, they will not give them any more food.
Lu Songli calculated and found that she was seven kilograms less. She didn't know where she was being deducted, and she didn't bother to care.
In fact, she thinks this ration is quite good. If she cooks according to this amount, the whole family can barely eat six to seven cents full. Because people at this time were sparse, it was not surprising that a half-grown child around ten years old could eat three or four taels in one meal.
This is already very good. The soil here is black and the food production is pretty good. If he went to other exiles, the rations probably wouldn't be that much.
Lu Songli held the token, but it was a pity that it was already dark at this time, and she could only go out tomorrow.
Next, they started to make a fire to make dinner. They only had a broken clay pot to use. In the end, they spent an hour making a stew of diced rabbit covered with coarse grain rice.
Everyone had a great meal and was very satisfied.
After eating, it was time to separate rooms.
It took them a total of two hours to clean up the house. The most important thing is the two cracks. They were filled with mud and could barely survive.
Lu Songli looked up. She had never lived in such a dangerous house for a long time.
There are five main rooms, each of which is three feet wide and five feet deep. When converted to the area of later generations, it is about twenty-three or four square meters, which is large enough.
Qin's mother and Shen Erniang lived in the same room.
Qin's mother and Shen Erniang lived in the same room temporarily. In the next few days, they would find a way to divide the room into two halves.
In the remaining four rooms, the four Qin brothers and their children share one room each.
Because Qin Jia is eight years old and Qin Heng is still a widower, it is not suitable for him to sleep in the same room with her, so Qin Jia lives with Qin's mother.
After assigning rooms, they went back to tidy up.
No one complained about suffering. On the way to exile, they slept in makeshift places. Now that each family is assigned a room, there is nothing to complain about.
At this time, Qin's mother called her youngest son, "Come here."
"What's the matter, mother?"
"Don't recruit your wife tonight."
When Leng Buding heard this, Qin Sheng was stunned.
Mother Qin didn't hear his answer and asked again, "Did you hear that?"
Qin Sheng's face turned red. It took him a long time to say, "Mom, why did you say this?"
Qin's mother was amused, "Your father is gone. If your father were here, he must have told you this. But Mom is here, and you are Mom's son, so it's okay to say so."
Qin Sheng also felt a little depressed when he mentioned his father.
"Your father is no longer here, so you and your wife should observe mourning for three years." Since he went there at the end of last year, it would be enough for them to observe mourning for two full years.
In fact, keeping filial piety is not that strict. It is human nature to have emotions and desires. As long as no one is killed, everyone will turn a blind eye.
But her husband was willing to die for the sake of the Qin family, and the people he missed most before he died were his youngest son and daughter-in-law. Qin's mother did not want this to become a stain on the character of her youngest son and daughter-in-law, and they would not be criticized in the future.
"Mom, we know." Qin Sheng whispered, so neither he nor his wife crossed the last line.
Qin's mother thought about it for a while, but still felt uneasy, "Otherwise, your wife and I will share a room, and you will have a room by yourself?" What if the two of them were young and energetic, and a gunfire broke out?
Qin's mother's words hit him on the head like a bolt from the blue.
"No, no, no, mother, don't come." Qin Sheng shook his head.
Occasionally kissing and hugging his wife, it is what he looks forward to most every day, but his mother wants to deprive him of it? No, no.
Moreover, he already has a wife. The eldest brother has not yet renewed their relationship, so why is it that the second brother and the third brother can sleep with their wives in their arms at night, but he can't?
"De Xing, if Mom doesn't want to talk to you, Mom should talk to your wife."
