The road back(1)

Feeling a little nauseous.

Lin Yutong's first feeling was like this.

I felt like vomiting, really wanted to vomit. And then I actually vomited.

Why can't I wake up after vomiting?

I heard someone outside ask: "Little sister, what do you think?"

"Yeah." Lin Yutong responded vaguely and pressed his acupuncture points to suppress the surging feeling of wanting to vomit.

She reluctantly opened her eyes, and as soon as she felt it, she knew that she was on a running carriage. There was a small wooden bucket beside the couch, and most of the vomit was thrown into the small wooden bucket.

She reached out and scooped up the charcoal ash in the charcoal basin placed in the carriage with the small shovel on the side, covered it with the dirt, and then closed the lid of the small wooden barrel.

The carriage was moving very fast, and the road conditions were not good. The carriage looked dim, and the interior was old. But the configuration was good. Not everyone's carriage has a place to fix the charcoal pot and small wooden barrel.

The place where the charcoal basin is fixed is originally the charcoal basin, and the bracket above can also fix the teapot.

The place where the small wooden barrel is fixed is not supposed to be the small wooden barrel. That is the place where the food box is placed.

She was weak and pushed herself up to sit up, and when she got up, she heard a cry from behind. Only then did Lin Yutong realize that there was a girl sleeping on the couch of the carriage.

Or, this is not called sleeping, but called fainting.

It was so violent that I almost fainted.

Lin Yutong looked at the person on the couch. She was a girl who must have been around fourteen or fifteen years old. When she sat up, she realized that she was wearing a woman's hair.

This is a young girl who is already married.

As for her appearance, she has an oval face, almond-shaped eyes, a moderately straight nose, plump lips, and an upper-medium complexion, which makes her look approachable.

She stood up, holding the armrest in the carriage with one hand, and quickly tidied her hair with the other hand. She looked up and saw Lin Yutong looking at her, and smiled: "Little sister, you woke up first? I slept deeply this time, but I felt like vomiting again.

?" As he said that, he quickly looked at the small wooden barrel, as if he was very upset that he didn't take care of her.

Lin Yutong smiled and didn't care. But judging from the title, he had some guesses in his heart.

There was a clear male voice outside calling myself little sister.

Nowadays, this young woman also calls herself little sister.

And judging from the appearance of this little woman, she was very polite to him. Being close to her was a bit lacking.

Then, the possibility of being the original sister is eliminated, I am afraid that she is the sister-in-law.

She tentatively called out: "Sister-in-law?"

The woman raised her head and said, "Yeah," "But what's wrong with me? Otherwise, I'll call you brother..."

Before he finished speaking, a male voice from outside came: "Little sister, please bear with me a little. Nowadays, time is of the essence. If we get the news earlier, we can leave earlier. If we delay it for half a day, I'm afraid that the refugees behind will

I caught up with him."

Refugees?

Lin Yutong responded: "I'm fine, my brother is just on his way."

Then the male voice said: "Look after my little sister."

It's for this little woman.

The woman responded. She stood up and sat aside: "Little sister, lie down and have a rest. There is still a long way to go. How about you try holding a sour plum in your mouth?"

Lin Yutong shook his head: "Lying down is not as comfortable as sitting. Sister-in-law, just sit. I can just lean here and take my time."

After all, the woman handed over a sour plum and said, "Suppress the disgusting feeling in your heart."

Lin Yutong took it and put it in his mouth. He leaned on the carriage and just closed his eyes and rested his mind. In fact, at this moment, his mind was empty and the memories of the original owner were released.

The memory of the original owner, a little girl, was very simple. In her memory, it was a small house with two entrances. She rarely set foot in the front yard, and mostly stayed in the inner house.

In this inner house, apart from her, there was an old nanny who looked after her, and the old nanny's two granddaughters. There was no one else.

The only relative in the family is his brother who is three years older.

These two children are considered to be poor people. Their mother died when they were young. The girl Yu Tong was three or four years old when her mother died of illness. She and her brother Yu Liang were raised by their father in the old house. There were only two brothers and a sister in the old house, with a few children.

People. The two old ladies, the rest of them have come and gone, I don’t know how many times they have changed since they were young.

The father of these two children is a general who guards the border, but he is not the chief general. He has been promoted to deputy general and deputy general in rotation, and I don’t know what level he has reached now.

There is no letter from there. In my hometown, Yu Liang was only six or seven years old when he was sent back. How could he know how to communicate with that country? After going back and forth like this, Yu Tong had no information about the communication with his father in his mind.

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It's as if there are no such brothers and sisters there. Anyway, my hometown has a hundred acres of land, which is enough to support the two children.

However, this Yu Liang did not grow crooked. The old nanny who followed him was said to be the nanny of the biological mother. She was serious about thinking about the child. At the same time, she helped take care of the fields and rented them to someone.

How much to harvest, etc., etc., before Yu Liang grew up, this nanny had been taking care of her. After saving money, she used the little money left at home to send Yu Liang to study in a private school. At least she got to know a few people.

Later, when Yu Liang was thirteen years old, his grandma passed away. But at least, Yu Liang was able to stand on his own feet. Yu Liang took care of the housework single-handedly.

Compared with Yu Liang, Yu Tong's family did not have the conditions to provide a life for a young lady. She followed her grandma to learn female beauty. She started sewing when she was five years old. Now she is thirteen years old. She has been sewing for eight years and has been sewing for nearly two years.

At the beginning of the year, I started to do some embroidery work for takeout. As for reading, I also read it. Those textbooks for enlightenment, Yu Liang learned them and taught them to his younger sister. I really would be blind if I didn’t do them. As for handwriting,

It can only be said that it is barely enough to read. There is no extra money at home to buy an extra pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

In his memory, the news about his father was also obtained occasionally from his mother-in-law. Lin Yutong pieced together the scattered information. If there was no biased evaluation in the words of his mother-in-law, it was roughly that Yu Jian,

It's not a thing. He didn't want to see his original wife in the first place, but now that his original wife is dead, it's just right to send his legitimate son and daughter back to his hometown, which is beneficial to his promotion.

On this point, Lin Yutong agrees. Generally, family members of generals guarding the border cannot follow you. Without parents, wife and children in your hometown, the court cannot trust you. Therefore, if you have no parents and your wife is dead, sending your legitimate son and daughter back is a sign of loyalty.

It is an act of loyalty. As for him, whether it is a remarriage or a reborn child, in terms of etiquette and law, they are not as noble as his legitimate son and legitimate daughter.

What Mammy said is generally not wrong. She must have married another wife and had children there.

Just treat it as waste.

Yu Liang started to support the family at the age of thirteen, and he would definitely not be able to go to school. It is said that the children of the poor have already become the masters of the family. Children without parents like this will grow up by stumbling around on their own. He often walks around outside and is lively.

, at such a young age, he could barely support the family.

The family had nothing but income from the farm. As for him, relying on his young age, quick legs, and willingness to work hard, he began to match other people's businesses and started a middle-aged business to earn some money.

After getting the money, he didn't build a farm or shop in his hometown. Instead, he asked a familiar merchant to bring some southern goods from the south. Even if he made a profit of thirty or fifty taels of silver here, others would look down upon him, but he would.

.This is not a small amount of money for the brother and sister.

But the money cannot be touched. This is what Yu Liang said to his sister: "...We are in our hometown, and no one has taken care of us for so many years. But in two years, we will be useful, and we will definitely take care of it over there.

So, you have to make plans early.”

Yu Liang didn't say anything about the plan, and Yu Tong was a girl who had never left the house before, so naturally she didn't ask. It was always whatever her brother said.

Originally, he was slowly accumulating money in this way, and in a year or two, Xu would have prepared a retreat as Yu Liang said.

But unfortunately, there was a severe drought in the local area this year, and the fields had no harvest. From the beginning of the year to the autumn harvest, not a drop of rain fell. As for Yu Liang, the family has a lot of food. At this time, he only kept enough for the family.

So I went to a grain store and sold my family's grain at a high price, but also sold my family's farmland and village at a low price. I got the money, packed it up when I came back, and quietly prepared to leave.

As a result, before she left, an old relative whom the family had only heard of but had never seen came to find her.

She is a cousin of the grandfather of the Yu family. An old lady came here with her granddaughter. It was also a disaster and she came here just to find a way to survive. She said that she had made an agreement with the old lady of the Yu family a few years ago.

Make love at home.

When the letters and keepsakes from that year were actually produced, this little granddaughter Shao Hua became Yu Liang's wife and Yu Tong's sister-in-law.

But after the old lady settled her granddaughter, she couldn't hold her breath and went away.

The old lady was buried in a hurry, and the three of them moved. Yu Liang often ran around outside, so he had better information than others. Due to drought and famine, there were people selling their sons and daughters everywhere. Now if they can survive for a while, they can enter

It’s hard to survive the winter. Previously, a large amount of old grain appeared on the market, and many of them were mixed with some weeds and gravel. Others didn’t know this kind of thing, but Yu Liang knew it! I’ve seen grains given to people for disaster relief before.

Riga stuff is like this.

Such grains are now sold at high prices. If you don't have money, you can trade your family's land, wife and children for grains.

This is not normal.

Yu Liang came back and told Yu Tong these things. The girl listened attentively. She didn't quite understand what was involved. But Lin Yutong understood the meaning. If the relief grains were resold, what kind of relief would be used?

At first, everyone may not be able to react, but later on, when the people who are being forced have no other choice, chaos will definitely occur.

Therefore, Yu Liang did not dare to delay at all and left immediately.

There are still a few old servants at home, and Yu Liang originally said he would take them away. But their parents and relatives are here, where can they go?

There is only one old nanny who is looking after Lin Yutong, and she can't leave. Her daughter's house is nearby, so her flesh and blood cannot be separated.

There is still some old grain left in the house. If the old woman is left to look after the house, the grain will be enough for her to eat for a year. There is also an acre of vegetable land and half an acre of pond in the backyard. In previous years, the produce there would have been more than ten taels.

Money. As long as she takes good care of it, those things are more than enough to feed her.

There was only a 16-year-old man who went out with a 15-year-old daughter-in-law, a 13-year-old sister, and an old carriage that was said to be his mother's dowry. All three of them were sewn with one hundred taels of gold.

Each person has a few taels of silver notes and scattered silver, and some dry food on the carriage, which can last for a while.

Without guards, if the three of them met the refugees, it would be really fatal. Therefore, at this time, the only thing they needed to hurry up was time.

With a general idea in her mind, she opened her eyes and saw Shao Hua looking out of the carriage with a worried look on his face. She also looked over. At this time, the scenery outside was a little unclear. It was getting late, but there was no place to stay.

It’s a very cold day in the wilderness, what should we do?

There was a sound of whips being raised outside and no voices could be heard. You didn't need to ask Lin Yutong to know how tired Yu Liang was sitting outside.

But there is only one horse, and if we keep going like this, we probably won’t be able to survive until dawn.
To be continued...