Little Xiucai's Flowery Love History

In three days until the new year, Tao Linghua finally received his share cloth, cotton and rice.Very little, only one bolt of cotton cloth, one catty of cotton and two buckets of monthly grain.

Old man Li said: "Oh, you are lucky. You only deducted half of the rice, and the cloth and cotton are all for you. I'll take it home and let your aunt sew a quilt for you."

Tao Linghua was surprised: "Can a catty of cotton be used as a quilt?"

Old man Li smiled: "Just add some old ones. Others' quilts are made of old quilts, and the new cotton is still kept to make jackets. It's only one catty a year, so why not use it sparingly? Wait until you get your salary." Money, slowly saving money may be able to save enough cotton money for a quilt. Alas, you are a benevolent army, and you have less salary than our original military membership, so there is nothing we can do about it.”

Although it was difficult, Tao Linghua gritted his teeth and endured it. There was still a lot of money left in his hand, but he didn't know how many years he would stay here, maybe his whole life.

On the day of the Chinese New Year, a new quilt was finally covered.Old man Li also invited Tao Linghua to their house for a New Year's Eve dinner.The daughter of his family was a little shy when she saw Tao Linghua, but the aunt of the Li family was generous, offering him water and sunflower seeds, and the poor family had nothing else, only hot kang and hot meals.

After eating, it was time to start the watch. Tao Linghua was embarrassed to stay at someone's house, and walked back slowly by himself "creaking" on the snow.

At this time, no one was blocking access to the racecourse. Zhang Baihu got two jars of wine from Tao Linghua's filial piety and went home to celebrate the New Year. There were only a few homeless old soldiers guarding there.

Walking back through the snow, there are adults and children shooting cannons on the street.However, most of them were women, children and the elderly. It seemed that the young and strong had indeed gone out.Because of the snow, it doesn’t look dark without lights. At this time, there is no wind, and the snow is falling again. It seems that tomorrow will be colder.Tao Linghua tightened his padded jacket, stretched his padded hat down, and went into the racecourse to see Wujin.

Ugin's front leg was injured, the bone was cracked, and there was a bloody gash a foot long, so that the horse's leg kept shaking and he couldn't stand still. The veterinarian in the army just tied it up and applied some medicine So I sent it back. I don't know if the medicine will be of any use. Anyway, the wound is not healed.If it doesn't get better, it will become a useless horse, unable to go to the battlefield, and I'm afraid it will be sold to a slaughterhouse or let the chiefs find an excuse to eat it.

So he bought some wound medicine himself at the pharmacy in the city, asked someone to grind it up, and ordered some lard to mix it up and give it to Ujin every day.The horse probably regarded him as a relative, and it couldn't stop when it saw him coming, and it was very obedient when the medicine was applied, and it didn't move.

Tonight, Tao Linghua had been outside and came back at this time. Ugin was very happy and wanted to break free from the rein. Tao Linghua hurried in and patted him to lie down. After applying the medicine, the horse lay down on the hay. On the horse, the two spoke, oh, it was Tao Linghua who spoke, and the horse listened.

Tao Linghua said, "Ugin, I want to go home."

Ugin nodded.

Tao Linghua said, "Wujin, I hate Mu Qi."

Ugin nodded.

Tao Linghua: "But without him, I'm afraid I would have been beheaded."

Ugin nodded.

Tao Linghua: "I always have nightmares when I sleep at night. I dream that Hu Lin is coming to kill me."

Ugin nodded.

Tao Linghua: "I'm afraid that there will be men pestering me again. What should I do then? I can't do anything to kill people. Besides, it's not certain who will kill who."

Ugin nodded.

Tao Linghua: I won't give you fodder tomorrow.

Ugin nodded.

Tao Linghua smiled: "You still don't understand anything, you just know how to eat."

Ugin nodded.

Throughout the first lunar month, Tao Linghua's hands and feet were black and purple from the cold, and he developed chilblains. He had no choice but to ask someone to find some wheat seedlings in a distant field, wash his hands and feet with hot water, and heard that it can cure chilblains.

Ugin's injury was almost healed, but the bones hadn't healed yet.Tao Linghua stayed next to Wujin every day except plucking grass and feeding the horse, brushing its fur and talking to it.Wu Jin and Tao Linghua became closer.Several old soldiers laughed: "This kid has a fate with this horse."

Zhang Baihu has paid a lot of filial piety to Tao Linghua, and his attitude has become much better. The time when the whip comes down is less, but sometimes he looks at him with drunken eyes, and says with a smile: "The bad guy doesn't love Nanfeng, otherwise I will accept it." You might as well be a servant."

Tao Linghua poured wine for Zhang Baihu, and said with a smile: "I think it's a blessing for the little ones, but it's just that the little ones should be like this, and I should honor you in this racecourse."

Zhang Baihu just smiled and didn't mention this matter again.

Unexpectedly, after the first lunar month, Zhang Baihu was transferred away. Tao Linghua was worried. He didn't know what kind of temper the new official had.

Afraid of anything, the new Che Baihu is an even more irritable middle-aged man with a beard all over his face, so he is not easy to get close to.Tao Linghua bought wine and meat to honor his filial piety, but he seemed to soften his words, and the whips never stopped. The wounds on Tao Linghua's body were wounded one after another, and new ones were picked up after the old ones were not healed.He knew that when he encountered a bull's temper, it was okay to be beaten, but he was afraid that people would see through his appearance, so he painted his face black every day, like Zhong Kui, and got dirty all over, like a flower, and worked harder.

It's just that cooking every day is a problem.I have been here for two months, the weather is so cold that the dripping water turns into ice, and I cook for these old soldiers every day. There is a well in the army horse farm, but it is far away from the cooking place, and I go to fetch water with three disabled people every day. He doesn't know how to carry water, and those legs and feet have problems, so we have to carry water in two groups. It's freezing cold, and the snow doesn't melt for several months. Walking in the snow is like walking in an ice cellar. It's numb, and if you take a step and slide on the snowy road, the water will be sprinkled all the way, and it will freeze into ice immediately, and you almost staggered to carry the water back.

The icicles under the eaves are several feet long. Looking at the sun through the icicles, the colorful brilliance is very beautiful.If you rest for a while, you will be whipped. Although there is no need to wear shackles here, this hard worker does not know when he will be a head.

A month later, a large number of battalions disbanded and returned to the Acropolis, and the city suddenly became lively.When Tao Linghua heard the news, he became more cautious, and he didn't dare to ask for leave to go out of the army horse farm. He asked the old men who lived with him to buy anything he wanted.The soot and mud marks on his face were dirtier than flowers, and the padded jacket was already dirty, and the material was black.Old Man Li just sighed.

The military prisoners sent out by the army horse farm also came back, and brought back most of the horses for repairing.

Tao Linghua's work suddenly became more and more arduous.

That night, Tao Linghua and the old men fed the horses and were eating, when several military prisoners came talking and laughing loudly, because they learned that Tao Linghua was new here, they came to blackmail him.Tao Linghua had no choice but to give them all the odds and ends of money he was carrying, and there were less than one consistent amount in total.Although I still have dozens of savings, if I come to blackmail every day, it will soon be wiped out, what should I do?

A big military prisoner counted the money and scolded with a smile: "You little rabbit, you want to send us away for this little money. You don't know the rules. You should be beaten!"

The other said: "What should be hit? Obviously it should be fucked!"

The big man picked Tao Linghua's chin with his hand, and seeing the dark face, dirtier than a flower, and still covered with mud, he lost his appetite and spat, "Damn, where did you get out of the fire pit?" My cat, you dirty my hands." Several people booed for a while and left.

Old man Li said: "Boy Tao, if they force you, don't be stubborn with them. The leading man is from Liaodong. His name is Qiu Laoba. He is strong and fierce. You can't beat him. Although they are in the army horse farm, But you are involved with your superiors, you are out of control, you usually walk around, you are not here often, you just need to be patient and be careful, and always be filial."

Tao Linghua nodded.