Guan Zhuofan's knife and luggage were sent to the West Wing by the old housekeeper Tuber. Because he hadn't eaten yet, his sister-in-law, who was like a flower and jade, took a maid and set the food for him at the dining table in the main hall, and then sat aside to watch him eat. It was past noon, so the meals were cold, he looked at it, a pot of porridge, three steamed buns, and a few side dishes, but there was not a single meat star.

He was already hungry, so he swept away the things on the table with porridge, patted his stomach, and ate seven points full.

The sister-in-law saw that he was still not satisfied, her face turned red, and she said, "Zhuo Fan, haven't you eaten enough?" When I turned around, I asked Xiaofu to go to the butcher's shop to cut a piece of meat, and cook it for you to eat at night. You who carry knives and spears do not have enough to eat, and you have no strength. ”

Guan Zhuofan could see the embarrassment at home, and hurriedly said insincerely: "Full, full." He looked at her blankly, and said in his heart: My eldest brother is an unlucky ghost, such a beautiful and virtuous daughter-in-law can't keep it, and he died first, so he is not blessed.

His sister-in-law seemed to be accustomed to seeing his demeanor, so she didn't care, her face was worried, and she asked in a low voice: "Zhuo Fan, it is said that Bali Bridge was defeated, and tens of thousands of banner soldiers died, is it true?" ”

"Defeat is defeat, but not so many people died." Guan Zhuofan understood that his sister-in-law and Tubo Weishenme were so excited to see him - it turned out that he was glad that he was able to escape death. "More than 3,000 were killed in battle, and the Mongolian soldiers of the monk and prince died more, and the Beijing camp and the green camp added up to 1,000 yokos." Suddenly remembered something, and said tentatively: "By the way, Ma Eqi is dead." ”

"Ahh The sister-in-law exclaimed in surprise and covered her mouth, "What do you say...... His child is only three years old, and he will be orphaned and widowed in the future, alas, it will be difficult. "The circles under my eyes slowly turned red. Guan Zhuofan looked at her reaction and knew that this Ma Eqi was not only a friend of him, but also seemed to know each other, and thought that he should take time to take a look in the future, and if there was anything he could help, he would help.

Thinking like this, a little girl suddenly jumped in from outside the hall, with a drooping age, with two pigtails on her head, delicate and cute, and when she saw Guan Zhuofan, she ran towards him with a smile.

Needless to say, this must be the child of the eldest brother and sister-in-law. Although this sister-in-law looks like she is in her early twenties, it is not surprising that a woman at this time married early and gave birth early, and she had a daughter of four or five years old. He sighed inwardly and thought, "I really don't even have a chance." was about to speak, but he heard the little girl call out "third brother" crisply and threw herself into his arms.

Third brother? It turned out that it was not my sister-in-law's daughter, but my own sister? Guan Zhuofan was a little confused, and said in his heart that my dead ghost father is really enough, and he left such a young sister for himself.

The sister-in-law spoke: "Xiao Yun! Go out to play obediently, my sister has something serious to tell your third brother. ”

Why is it sister again? Guan Zhuofan was completely blinded, and after circling in his mind for a while, he suddenly figured out: This little girl is not her sister, but her sister-in-law's sister.

Thinking about this, somehow, I felt a sense of relief in my heart.

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Guan Zhuofan was in his own room in the West Wing, using the well water from Tubo, rubbing it happily, changing into a clean gown, lying on the kang, and breathing a sigh of relief.

The situation at home is roughly understood. A beautiful sister-in-law, with a young sister, an old housekeeper Tuber, a rough maid Xiaofu, plus himself, a total of five people. Now that he is back, he is naturally the pillar of the family, and now the first goal is to feed these five people.

Although the sister-in-law did not complain to him, the situation of the family was not good, as can be seen from the meal just now-because he had come back, he had only bought meat once, and if it were not for the embarrassment, it would not have been like this. As for the house, either the father left it or the eldest brother left it, and what was the situation of the father and the eldest brother in the past, it will always be clear in the future.

Once you have a goal, how do you achieve it? He didn't have an idea for a while, so he changed his mind and first recalled how other people made a fortune after crossing over.

Some people cross over, they bring rare treasures, such as mirrors, crystals, glass balls, artificial pearls or something, just take out a few, you can exchange for gold and silver. What about yourself? When I went out of the house, I didn't even bring a single hair with me, and this road didn't work.

Some people crossed over, they came with awesome skills, science and engineering men, science emperors, as soon as they landed, they began to dig coal, mine and make steel, build machine guns, build cannons, build tanks, build warships, and almost build spaceships. What about yourself? A liberal arts man, the computer is broken, and the only thing to worry about is to change the light bulb. This road will not work.

Some people have crossed over, they have brought a body of skills, special forces, big killers, martial arts heroes, no matter what era they travel to, they can kill all directions, take the head of the general in the million army, and become famous, and everyone has to kneel at his feet. What about yourself? Although he realized that the kung fu of the sword and horse was also skilled, he was still 108,000 miles away from the legendary master. Therefore, this road is not successful.

Otherwise, ...... Hugging your thighs? Choose a bullish character in the history books, rush up to show loyalty, and become a leg hair from now on, eating and drinking without worry. This sounds like a feasible path, but in the war era, it is not easy to hold a stable thigh. And whether you can hold it firmly if you hold it firmly, and whether you will be knocked down by unexpected changes if you hold it firmly, these are all questions. You know, although the thighs are in the history books, but you are not in the history books, nothing can protect your future or life, so the thighs are risky, and you need to be cautious if you want to hold them.

Fortunately, I still have a skill, and I can definitely get a bowl of rice to eat in this era. But whether or not to use this skill and when to use it, he has not yet figured it out. But don't worry, anyway, there is a backhand - Guan Zhuofan knows that since he is a banner man, he usually has a piece of money and food to receive every month. The sister-in-law is a widow and should also receive a monthly pension. Together, the two servings are enough to feed and drink for five people.

However, when I think about it, I also feel ridiculous, isn't this just eating and waiting for death?

Since I can't make up my mind for a while, I just don't think about it for now, I still have a silver ingot from Alhatu in my package, and I will go back and give it to my sister-in-law, and spend it for a while. I just read the yellow calendar, today is the eighth day of the eighth month of August, and there are still 20 days before the British and French troops enter the city, so you might as well ponder slowly. As soon as my brain was relaxed, the tiredness in my body appeared, and I fell asleep unconsciously. I didn't sleep for long, and in the haze, I seemed to hear someone arguing in the yard, and my heart moved, so I jumped off the kang, opened the door, and looked out.

The person who was talking loudly was a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper, who was wide and fat, and full of energy.

"Sister-in-law of the Guan family, it's not that I can't trust you, but now it's half August, how can you pay back the six rice dollars that your family owes, right? We are also a small business, three festivals a year, debt repayment, no matter where it is, this is the truth, isn't it? ”

"Yes, yes, I have always accepted your Boss Yang's affection, and there is no reason not to pay it back. Doesn't it mean that half of it will be paid first, and there is still half of it, so please show it for another half a month, and when the September money is closed, I will send it to you. His sister-in-law pleaded in a low voice.

Boss Yang's face became very ugly, and he said loudly: "Guan Bai, I see that you are a widow, let you, you pretend to be pitiful with me." Xiang pointed to Xiao Fu, who was standing next to him and was carrying a piece of meat in a daze, "What is the price of meat?" What is the price of rice? I don't have money to pay off my debts, but I have money to eat meat? ”

Guan Bai's family is naturally surnamed Bai, and his husband's surname is given before his surname. Bai's pretty face turned red, and he was so blocked that he couldn't speak, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "Okay, my family eats meat for two months, so you can catch it." You have a day of grace, and I'll sell it tomorrow...... Sold ......"

"Sell a fart!" Boss Yang said angrily: "What else do you have to sell?" Unless you sell yourself to ......" Before he finished speaking, his face suddenly changed, and he was arrogant just now, but now he became a little embarrassed, and his body was shorter. Bai Shi was so angry that tears rolled in his eyes, seeing him suddenly like this, he couldn't help but look back with his eyes, only to see a young military attaché, wearing a new rhinoceros uniform, a red spike hat decorated with a plain gold top, stepping on a pair of fast boots, striding over, without saying a word, forked his five fingers, and slapped his palm on Boss Yang's face.

"Zhuo Fan, ...... are you" Bai Shi looked at Guan Zhuofan's official uniform, surprised and delighted, and was afraid that he would break Boss Yang with his heavy hand, so he hurriedly pulled him back.

Boss Yang only said that Bai's widow could be bullied, and the Mid-Autumn Festival collection was justified, so he said ugly, how could he force her to return the money, where did he want to get this trouble, and make a seven-grade military attaché. His words were too gloomy, and he was the first to lose, and he fell to the ground by Guan Zhuofan's palm, struggling to get up, hunched over and covering his face on the side, not daring to squeak.

"You don't want to look down on people!" Guan Zhuofan's face turned red, pointed at Boss Yang and said, "It's better to leave yourself a little leeway." Isn't it just money? Toeber, give it to him! Then he put the money into Tuber's hand.

Tubo felt that his hand was sinking, picked it up and looked closely, only to see a silver tendon that went straight to the top, it was twenty taels of foot pattern Jing ingots, and suddenly his waist was straight and bold, holding the silver, and he came to Boss Yang, and said: "Boss Yang, take a look, my young master's silver is not fake, right?" I owe you a total of nine hundred and forty pieces of money, which are converted into silver, six dollars and two cents! This is twenty taels, you are tired, look for it. ”

Boss Yang didn't dare to take it-the matter of hundreds of copper plates, where to find such a big ingot of silver? I didn't dare to look at Guan Zhuofan, so I was stunned for a while, so I had to say with a bitter face: "This money, what is it worth, wait until the next year...... Sister-in-law of the Guan family, I am blinded by lard, you have a lot of adults, and you don't care about me if you want to. The third young master is back, this is really a great joy, a great joy......"

While saying "great joy", he pulled the guy and withdrew with a huff.