sbdcsierra Chapter 555 Why am I hurt?
Chapter 555 Why am I hurt?
The whole family stared at them while they ate, especially Li Wang, who had to leave home to suffer at such a young age. Everyone felt uncomfortable and worried.
No matter how slowly you eat, you will eventually finish your meal.
The time to set out has arrived.
Zhou Guo and others put all the clothes and delicious food they had packed for them into the carriage. When Zhou Dacang came back, he was lying in the carriage, and the old doctor and Li Wang could just sit there.
Li Wang was wearing a thick cotton jacket, deerskin boots, and a cloak, and he looked bloated.
Li looked up and down and said, "How about adding another piece inside?"
Zhou Guo said, "Mom, forget it. He's already wearing so much. If you let him wear more, he won't be able to move. He's going to the north, where it's even colder than home. He has to get used to it slowly. Besides, it's good for a kid to feel cold."
Li said unhappily, "You speak as if you are that old."
Having said that, he ultimately stopped talking about adding more clothes.
The old doctor pointed at Zhou Guo and said with a smile: "You are right, the kid has a hot temper, and it is not good to wear too much. Let him get cold. How can he wear this when he goes to the military camp?"
After that, he said to Li Wang: "Boy, you are going to suffer. Once you leave, you will not be able to live this comfortable life at home."
Li Wang said with a straight face: "I'm not afraid!"
The old doctor nodded.
The villagers knew that the little boy Li Wang would also go to the military camp, saying that he would follow the old doctor to learn medicine. They came one after another in the morning to watch the fun and wanted to give him a ride.
If this kid succeeds in learning, there will be a doctor in the village in the future, and it will be much more convenient to see a doctor, which will be beneficial to the whole village.
Under the gaze of hundreds of people in the village, the carriage moved slowly and the soldiers on horseback also left.
The group slowly arrived at the entrance of the village. The Zhou family waved to the carriage in the distance with tears in their eyes. The child was so young, and he flew away from then on.
Li Wang lifted the rear curtain of the carriage, his little hands almost breaking from waving. He did not lower the curtain until the carriage turned the corner and no one was visible anymore. The tears in his eyes suddenly flowed down.
The old doctor comforted him, "Don't be sad. You won't have time to be sad once you get to the camp."
After thinking for a while, he felt something was wrong and said, "Your uncle will be here soon, and then no one will dare to bully you."
I still felt something was wrong, so I stopped talking.
Li Wang didn't say anything either. He was sad about leaving his family.
Here, the Zhou family members refused to leave until the carriage was no longer visible.
The villagers didn't go back either.
He said to Li: "Mother Guoguo, how could you bear to send your nephew to the military camp when he was so young? Isn't that where wars are fought? How dangerous!"
"Yeah, he's not even seven yet, he's too young, can he survive it?"
Li said, "What can we do? The child wants to go, and we finally found a good doctor who is willing to take him. I can't stop him. This will delay the child's future. My brother-in-law also said that if he really can't go, he should write to us and ask us to take him back."
After hearing this, everyone nodded.
"So that's how it is. If the child wants to learn, you have to let him go. Otherwise, he might blame you when he grows up!"
"Why are you complaining? What does a kid know? A military camp is a place. If the enemy breaks in, who knows what will happen."
Although it sounds unpleasant, when everyone thinks about it, it is indeed the case.
Many people don’t understand why they send such young children to the military camp, but there are also many people who envy them. Although it is hard, if the children succeed in learning, good days will come for the family. Their ancestors’ graves will be filled with smoke and their descendants will have the skills to survive.
People in the village say all kinds of things.
But when they thought that Zhou Dacang was also in the army, the remaining voices of confusion fell silent.
"What are you envious of? You didn't see how their brother-in-law looked when he came back this time. I just happened to take a look and saw that he was breathing out more than breathing in. His face was black and it looked like he didn't have much time left. It was a close call that he survived! He was so skilled and yet he almost died. If we go there without any skills, we might lose our heads as soon as we get on the battlefield. It's better not to go!"
Zhou Dacang, who was being talked about by others, was now sitting on the kang eating cakes, dried meat, and braised meat. After being a vegetarian for so many days, he could finally eat dry food, and he couldn't stop eating once he started.
The old man was drinking tea on the side.
It’s cold, so there’s no need to go to the farm. There’s nothing to do in the fields. I go to the mountains every day these days, but I don’t want to go there again in the short term.
Li, Zhou Gu and Zhou Xing all went to the mountains, and Zhou Su and Li Lai followed them. As soon as Li Wang left, they felt that they had to keep themselves busy, so that they would not be sad.
There are only three people left at home.
Zhou Guo entered the room, sat down on the kang, picked up a piece of braised beef, ate slowly, glanced at Zhou Dacang across from him, and said, "Eat less. You haven't stopped eating for the past two days. Your injury hasn't healed yet. Although you don't have to avoid food like before, it's still good to eat light food. Don't let your injury relapse while you're eating. The old doctor can leave now."
Zhou Dacang glanced at her and said, "How can you curse your uncle like that? Can't you bear to see me doing well?"
Zhou Guo smiled and approached, saying, "There are no outsiders here now, just a few of us. Can you tell us how you got injured so badly this time?"
Zhou Dacang picked a piece of good-looking pastry from the table, held it in his hand and ate it slowly, "How did you get hurt? I'm a soldier, of course I was beaten on the battlefield. Swords and guns are blind on the battlefield, even generals can be shot to death, let alone us?"
Zhou Guo sneered, "I don't believe it. The arrow you put on the poison is so strong. It must be time-consuming and expensive to make. If the Hu people are so rich that they can bring this poison to the battlefield, then why are they fighting for territory and fighting for the grass valley?"
Zhou Dacang was helpless, "Why do you need to know so much?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "I'm curious, Master, don't you think so?"
Also let the old man express his opinion.
The old man nodded. He was actually quite curious.
Zhou Dacang had no choice but to tell the story as there was nothing he could hide from his family.
"I heard that the reason the Hu people launched such a large-scale attack this time is that the drought there is worse this year, and it snowed early, freezing countless cattle and sheep to death. Many people froze to death and starved to death. It seemed that they could not survive there, so they had no choice but to go south."
"All of our northern fronts were attacked. The higher-ups got the news that the eldest prince of the Oirat tribe sneaked into the pass and bribed a senior official of our court with a large sum of money to reach a cooperation. The major general sent several groups of people to guard the various passes, and we happened to run into them. Two hundred good fighters killed more than forty of the enemy and wiped them out! One hundred and twenty of us died. I heard that the eldest prince is their next king. Once the eldest prince dies, the three princes will fight to the death. The Hu people are now in chaos. I think the north will be stable for a while, and they will probably withdraw after a while."