Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 77

August fifteen.

It is the full moon day of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the time for family reunion.

Under Changbai Mountain, Nanshan Village, Luo Family.

The simple bamboo fence courtyard has a new look, and the front door is extremely clean.Even the thatch on the roof has been replaced with freshly cut this year.

In the small room on the south side of the entrance, there was still the sound of tinkling.From the chimney on the roof, a puff of blue smoke rises leisurely.

Because of the sound, because of the smoke, in the autumn afternoon, people are very familiar.

"Fifth Brother, our blacksmithing stove is ringing again!"

Looking at the smoke, listening to the sound, Xiao Liu suddenly showed excitement, "It must be that Aye is back!"

Since the father and son of the Luo family went out to serve in the army, the blacksmith shop of the Luo family, which was always clanging, had been shut down for a long time.

"Aye!"

Xiao Liu excitedly rushed towards the small courtyard.

The sound of blacksmithing in the courtyard stopped, and then footsteps came.

The door opened with a creak, and a figure appeared. He walked into the courtyard with one foot high and one foot low, and looked out of the bamboo fence.

The wind suddenly stopped.

at the same time.

The man raised his head, his face completely revealed.

"Aye, are you back?"

Xiao Liu excitedly pushed open the bamboo gate and stood in front of the old man.

"Xiao Liu is back?"

"Well, the fourth brother and the fifth brother are also back, and the third brother-in-law and the fourth brother-in-law are together, and Du Da and Fu San are also back together."

Old man Luo patted Xiao Liu on the shoulder, "You've grown taller again, um, you've grown stronger."

"Aye, you've lost weight." Xiao Liu took his father's hand and looked left and right.

Luo Cheng pulled the fourth child over.

"Aye!"

"Well, they're all back." Old man Luo nodded to his two sons, "Your mother said in the morning that you didn't know when you would be back. Now it's just right, Mid-Autumn Festival, and our family is reunited."

At this time, someone came out of the house again.

It was Luo Da and Luo Er who supported Luo's mother and came out with their wife and younger sister to welcome Luo Cheng and the others back home.

The old man Luo is tall and has a thick frame, but he is very thin, as thin as a bamboo pole.His hair was gray and his face was as dry as old tree bark.

But when he saw his sons coming back, he still had a smile on his face, but he didn't show his appearance like Xiao Liu.

Luo Da Luo Jizu is 25 years old this year. He looks very much like the old man Luo. He is also tall and thin. Facing the brothers he hasn't seen for a long time, he just nodded and didn't say anything extra.

On the other hand, Luo Er, Luo Chengzong, is a bit stronger, and his face is more like Luo Mu's, with a yellow face.Seeing Luo Cheng, he smiled and said, "When I came back, I heard from your second sister-in-law that you are doing well now, and now you are the head of the county government. Xiao Wu, you are doing well, and you are proud of our old Luo family."

Luo Cheng smiled and came forward to say hello one by one.

"Where is the third brother, haven't you come back?"

Father Luo said, "Come back, the boss and I came back the day before yesterday, and the second and third came back together yesterday, but the third went to your sisters' house early in the morning to give some gifts, and I will let him Bring some of your married sisters to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together."

"The family is finally reunited."

"Well, the higher-ups finally showed their benevolence, and let us all rush back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Aye, you don't have to leave when you come back, right this year?"

"No need, this year is considered to be the end of military service, but next year you may have to go."

The fourth child led his horse forward, showing off, "Father, look at this horse, which I rewarded for my meritorious service in suppressing bandits with the county magistrate. There is also money and silk for this horse. Fifty pieces of meat are good, and fifty pieces of silk are good. There is also the [-] mu of land owned by Wang Laocai's family in Wangzhuang next door, all of which were rewarded by the county magistrate. He might be able to award a ninth-rank team leader, but I don't know what happened to the fifth child. lost."

While talking, the fourth child took off the copper coins and silk cloth from the horse, and piled them up in front of the door one by one.

Old man Luo raised his brows, bent down and looked at the money and silk, then at the horizontal knife on the waist of the fourth brother, and at the soap-colored hakama folds on his body.

"I've also heard about the incident at Wangzhuang next door. A few days ago, a lot of soldiers from the county came to surround the village. Hey, how did the Sanlang of their family get involved in such a thing? He is so brave to participate in the rebellion." Father Luo is very familiar with the Wang family, and has borrowed money and food from the Wang family in the past.

"Their Wang family is actually not from our place. Their ancestral home is from Hedong. Later, Wang Laocai's father was an official in Qi County. He was the concubine of the family. Later, he simply took root here, spread his branches and leaves, and was usually frugal. Over the past few decades, I have saved a considerable amount of family property, but I never thought that when I was old, I was mistaken by an unworthy descendant."

"Father, that old ghost Wang is usually the most harsh person. If you lend him some money and food, it will be a high interest. This kind of person has a black heart, and now it is God's retribution. This time our three brothers have made money. The fifth child got 190 mu of good land, I got [-] mu, and the little six got [-] mu, all of which was watered by his Wang family, which was [-] mu."

The Luo family had 190 mu of land before, and last time Luo Cheng divided another 270 mu of land. Adding the [-] mu, the Luo family suddenly had [-] mu of land.

Although there are eleven members in the family, with so many lands, they can be regarded as small landlords in Changbai Township.

Luo's mother came over and pulled Lao Wu and Xiao Liu to look left and right, for fear that these sons would get hurt somewhere when they were suppressing bandits abroad.

"You said that you went to work in the county government office, why did you go to the county, and ended up suppressing bandits and rehabilitating bandits. This knife and gun has no eyes. What if you get hurt?"

"Mother, we're all right, and we've been rewarded for our meritorious service." Luo Cheng said to Luo Mu with a smile.

The fourth child said unhappily, "Mother, what's the matter with the fifth and sixth child being your son? Am I not? I'm so big and I can't even see it standing here?"

"You know you're so big, you're stuck there, mother can't see, I've seen you alive and kicking." Luo Mu gave the fourth child a white look.

"Mother, I'm fine, the fifth and sixth are fine, especially the fifth, and there's nothing wrong with it. By the way, his name is now Luo Cheng, the name given to him by the new county magistrate."

The old man Luo nodded, "Luo Cheng, that's a good name. Hey, I was too late. Both of you brothers are so old, I didn't even give you a proper name. Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng, do you mean success? "

"Yeah. Juncheng said it means success in no time."

"It's a good name. Since it was chosen by the county magistrate, then you can use it. A man must have a character if he has a name. Originally, he would take the name when you were crowned, but now that you have a character, you are already working as an errand in the county government. , then I will take a name for you, Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng."

The old man read it several times, "Luo Cheng, the word Shicheng, Xiao Wu, I will give you the word Shicheng!"

Luo Cheng, whose name is Shicheng, is not bad, so Luo Cheng nodded and thanked his father for giving him the name.

"Xiao Liu, why don't you call him Shi Xin, Shi Cheng Shi Xin, that's just right." Old man Luo finished taking the name of the fifth son, and ended up taking the name of the sixth son along the way.

"The eldest inherits the ancestors, the second inherits the family, the third inherits the business, the fourth is filial piety, the fifth is Shi Cheng, and the sixth is Shi Xin." The old man Luo said, stroking his beard.

Luo Cheng stood there in a daze.

Xiaoliu is called Shixin?Luo Shixin?His name is Luo Cheng?Why does this relationship sound a bit messy?Shouldn't it be Luo Cheng named Shixin? Why is Luo Cheng's younger brother named Shixin?

However, he suddenly thought of another thing. The average countryman would not be able to come up with such a name, but the names that the father gave to his six sons were not ordinary. In this way, it seems that the father is not an ordinary man.Thinking about it, Luo's mother was also a daughter of the Qin family in Licheng back then. No matter how it was a side branch, it shouldn't be something that an ordinary farmer like Dad could get.

There seems to be another story here.

"Thank you Aye, I will have a big name in the future, my name is Shixin, Luo Shixin." Xiao Liu shouted happily.

(End of this chapter)