Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Another man came out from inside, saw this scene, and said to Sun Xiaoyi: "How can you be so ignorant! People come all the way to see you, but you are not allowed to come in to buy tea? Are you just standing here at the door? Wait, what are you talking about?"

Sun Xiaoyi hurriedly let Chunchun and Liu Sanniang into the room, moved two stools for them to sit down.

Inside the room is a Kang with a small Kang table and a chessboard on it.Before Chunchun and Liu Sanniang came in, they were playing chess.

Two men came in and said together: "Sister, get on the kang, it will be warm."

Sun Xiaoyi said: "What did you two say? They sat for a while and then left. Why are they going to the kang?"

Sleeping on Kang is not a Han custom. In Han homes, even in the cold Hedong, Kang is not popular.After Wang Xiaoyou arrived in Hedong, he vigorously promoted it. Now it is very common to build Kang in government buildings.

With a kang, you can easily spend the cold winter.This is especially true in Hedong, where coal is everywhere and fuel is easily available.

The kangs promoted by Wang Xiaolie are usually suitable for two houses.One house is a kitchen with a stove and a coal stove next to it.When a kang is set up in a house and a stove or coal stove is burned, the heat generated passes through the kang and helps to heat the kang and the entire room.

The kang is made of clay. The soil has a relatively high specific heat, so it cools slowly after being heated.I heated the kang at night, and it was still warm when I woke up the next morning.This is especially important during the cold winter months.However, Sun Xiaoyi's coal stove is more durable.

The two men were chattering, taking off their shoes and getting on the kang, chatting with Chunchun and Liu Sanniang.

Sun Xiaoyi introduced two people.Said: "The fat one is Tian Yan, the captain of Zhang Yin division. His leg was injured and he is recuperating here. The tall one is Bu Wenji, the prisoner of Zhai Cong division. His head was beaten by the enemy. It was broken and kept here."

Bu Wenyan said: "It has grown long ago! You said that my head was cracked by the enemy, so you scared the little girl for nothing."

Tian Yan took out a bag of pine nuts and walnuts from under the quilt at the end of the kang and put it into a small iron box.He brought the iron box in front of the two girls and said, "You two, eat some fruit, otherwise we will just chat, how boring!"

Liu Sanniang raised her head and glanced at Tian Yan, then silently took the pine nuts and picked them up casually.

This Tian Yan must be stingy. She put away the snacks when she had them and refused to give them to Sun Xiaoyi and Bu Wenjin.Since he was a guest today, there was no need to be polite to him.

After chatting for a while, Sun Xiaoyi looked at the sky and said to Chunchun: "It's getting late. Let's go out to find a restaurant, drink two glasses of wine, and chat some gossip."

Chunchun stood up in a hurry and said, "That's very good."

Bu Wenjin hurriedly got up on the bed and put on his shoes while saying: "Let's go together, let's go together! Brother Yi is not familiar with Taiyuan City, where can I find a good restaurant?"

Sun Xiaoyi hurriedly pushed Bu Wenjin onto the kang and said, "No need to trouble you. We haven't seen each other for a long time, and we were just about to say some words of respect. What do you look like next to each other? Like the two Vajras in the temple gate. It’s blocking the Buddha’s face.”

After saying that, he hurriedly put on his shoes and led Chunchun and Liu Sanniang out of the house.

After leaving the room, Chunchun asked: "When they want to go, why not let them go? After all, they live with you."

Sun Xiaoyi said: "They are just talking nonsense, what are they doing there? We talk about the past, but they don't know."

Liu Sanniang just pretended not to hear and walked forward with her head down.

After walking two blocks, Sun Xiaoyi pointed to the "Yang's Restaurant" on the side of the road and said, "Let's eat at this restaurant. They make excellent oily pork, and customers from far and near praise it. They are very famous. And the cooking is good. The mutton soup is extremely delicious.”

Chunchun naturally agreed.When the three of them entered the restaurant, they were followed by a waiter and sent to the attic on the second floor.

Sun Xiaoyi ordered a piece of fried pork and a scrambled egg with chives, as well as three bowls of mutton soup and six cakes.He said to Chunchun: "The mutton soup here is extremely delicious, and the sheep in Hedong are better than those in the Central Plains. You must try it."

Chunchun said: "As long as we have a full stomach, we will be fine. We are all people who have endured hardship."

Sun Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, I was promoted to commander a few days ago, and I have dozens of dollars a month. Now I am not short of money. From now on, you will follow me and you will never have to I’m worried about food and drink.”

After hearing this, Liu Sanniang asked: "Brother Xiaoyi, so you agree to the marriage with Chunchun?"

Chunchun blushed with embarrassment, lowered her head and said nothing.

Sun Xiaoyi said: "After this war, I will go to the military academy in Luoyang to study, which will probably take one or two years. As for the marriage, we have to see if Chunchun can wait two years."

Liu Sanniang smiled and said, "Aren't you crazy? You go to the military academy to study. Military academy students are not required to be unmarried. You can get married before enrolling."

Sun Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment.This is something I have never thought about.Yes, I can get married to Chunchun first and then go to school. What have I missed?
I haven’t had a home since I was a child, and I can’t even remember what home is like.Deep down in my heart, I wanted to get married to Chunchun, but I also felt confused.

Liu Sanniang saw that Sun Xiaoyi was silent and said, "Now that you are the commander, do you look down on Chunchun?"

Sun Xiaoyi smiled bitterly: "How could I look down on Chunchun? We met in Weimo. If it hadn't been for Chunchun, I would have died of cold and hunger."

Liu Sanniang said: "To tell you the truth, you also know what we are doing in Pingyao, don't you mind?"

Sun Xiaoyi said: "It would be unrealistic to say that I don't mind at all. But there is no way around it. Do you have any choice?"

Liu Sanniang said: "As long as you understand."

Chunchun suddenly said: "Actually, I was born into a wealthy family in the Central Plains. Later, I was kidnapped by the Jin army and went north, and suffered a lot."

Liu Sanniang said: "I've never heard you say anything about your time in the Central Plains. It turns out you were from a wealthy family. Tell us, what was it like back then?"

Chunchun said: "My family is in the iron barrel business, and we can be said to have a lot of wealth. My sister married a servant. Although she didn't become an official, she was decent. Later, the Jin army came and all the family wealth was robbed, and I was also Bring the captives to the north."

Having said this, Chunchun sighed heavily.

Sun Xiaoyi hurriedly comforted: "There is nothing we can do about it, so don't worry about it. Fortunately, Wang Xuanfu has commanded hundreds of thousands of troops and drove away the Jin army. If you follow me to Luoyang, you won't have to suffer so much." It’s painful.”

Chunchun raised his head, looked at Sun Xiaoyi, and said seriously: "Do you really not mind what I did in Pingyao?"

Sun Xiaoyi said bitterly: "No matter what you do, you just want to survive. Now that we have turned the page, don't think about the past."

(End of this chapter)