Tie Kui Extra Story (126)

At dawn, Ning Hai left Tongcheng with Xiao Shi.

When going out, Xiao said with a smile: "This is sneaky. If you don't know, you think we have committed something and are going to run away?" It was originally agreed that we would leave tomorrow.

Ning Hai chuckled and said, "Didn't you always look forward to going back? This time, your wish has finally come true." After spending the New Year in Tiejia Village, he will return to Beijing. In this life, I will stay in the capital.

When leaving the city, Ning Hai turned his head and looked at the word "Tongcheng" on the city wall, with endless reluctance and nostalgia in his eyes.

Ah Shao said, "Uncle, let's go."

Ning Hai said softly: "I don't know if I can come back here again in my lifetime."

"Uncle, when you recover, I will accompany you back here for a walk."

Ning Hai smiled, turned his horse around and said, "Let's go!" No matter how reluctant he was, he would leave. But it is also a blessing to be able to retire. How many comrades were folded on the battlefield.

When Zao Zao heard that Ning Hai and his wife were going out of the city, they immediately chased after them on horseback. An hour later, he finally caught up with them.

Although Ning Hai was riding a horse, Xiao Shi was riding in a carriage. Otherwise, Zao Zao would not be able to catch up.

Seeing Ning Hai, Zao Zao said, "Uncle, didn't you tell me to leave tomorrow? Why did you leave today?" She also planned to bring all the generals in the army to see Ning Hai tomorrow.

Ning Hai smiled and said, "I'm getting older, and I can't stand parting the most. I'm afraid that if you come to see me off, I can't help but cry, so I'd better leave quietly."

To avoid delaying Ning Hai's trip, Zao Zao didn't say much: "Uncle, take care of yourself. If you need anything, write to me."

Ning Hai nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will. You also have to take care of yourself, so as to protect the millions of people in Liaodong."

"Uncle, don't worry, as long as I'm here, Donghu people will never set foot in Tongcheng." She also wanted to take Donghu's lair away, so why would they let them come in.

Hongbo looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky, and said worriedly: "The snow fell too late. With such a heavy snow, Uncle might be stuck on the road." If it gets darker in the evening, it will be much worse. good.

Mrs. Fu was also very worried: "It's going to snow, there's nothing we can do about it. We just hope that uncle can arrive earlier." The main reason is that the departure is too late, if we can come earlier, we can arrive before the snow falls.

After dinner that day, Tie Hu asked: "Didn't it mean that your uncle is going back to his hometown for the New Year, why hasn't he arrived yet?"

Hongbo smiled and said, "Grandfather, don't worry, uncle will be there in a few days." Tie Hu's memory is occasionally particularly good, and he even remembers the incident of wetting the bed when he was a child. Sometimes, I just turned around and forgot what I just told him. So, both husband and wife are used to it.

In the middle of the night, the door was clattered loudly.

When Hongbo and Fu heard the servants saying that Ning Hai and Xiao had arrived, they got up and put on their clothes.

Walking into the main room, I saw Ning Hai and Xiao Shi sitting on chairs with tired faces.

After Mrs. Fu saluted the two of them, he asked someone to bring over a charcoal fire: "Uncle and Aunt, please enjoy the fire first. I'll go and see the cook." He urged the kitchen to cook some hot meals.

Ning Hai said: "Don't bother, just serve us a bowl of noodles."

Xiao said: "Boil some water, I want to take a bath." It's too cold these days, so I dare not take a bath. After half a month, Xiao Shi felt that his body was going to be rotten.

Mrs. Fu nodded hurriedly and said, "I'll make arrangements now."

"Kuizi, Kuizi are back!" As soon as he finished speaking, Tiehu was helped out.

As soon as Ning Hai saw Tie Hu, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said, "Father, I'm the one who came back. Father, it's such a cold day, why do you always wake up?"

Tiehu burst into tears: "Kuizi, dad is worried every day that he won't see you again. Kuizi, don't go again after you come back this time, Tongcheng is too dangerous."

Xiao looked at Tiehu in astonishment.

Hongbo whispered: "Uncle, aunt, grandfather has a bad memory now, and often confuses the past with the present." Tiehu is almost eighty years old, and there is no more than one slap in the entire county. .

Xiao Shi was stunned.

Ning Hai was a little sad, but also a little guilty: "Dad, don't worry, I don't have to go back in the future. Dad, you should go back to the house to rest in such a cold day."

Tie Hu didn't dare to let go of his hand, afraid that he would leave again while he was asleep: "You can sleep with Dad!"

Ning Hai has no objection: "Okay."

The couple took a hot bath in the evening, ate another bowl of noodles, and both took a rest. But Ning Hai went to bed with Tie Hu, and Xiao slept in a room alone.

It snowed for more than ten days after going out, and the next ten days were spent on the road under the snow. That road was particularly difficult to walk, and it was too much toss. Xiao Shi suffered a lot these days, so he fell asleep in bed.

Hongbo and his wife also went back to the house.

Mrs. Fu hesitated and asked: "Master, uncle will stay in the capital after he retires now. Do you think he will take grandfather to the capital?"

Hong Bo shook his head and said, "Grandfather doesn't even want to stay in the county seat and always wants to go back to Tiejia Village, so how could he go to the capital?"

Fu thought about it too.

Before dawn the next day, Ning Hai got up to practice his sword.

Hong Bo stood aside and waited for him to put away his sword, and said, "Uncle, why don't you sleep more?"

Ning Hai smiled and said: "I wake up at this point every day, and I can't fall asleep even if I want to sleep. By the way, I will accompany your grandfather back to Tiejia Village after I use the rebellion." Tiehu, on the other hand, has not woken up until now . However, it is a good thing that the elderly can eat and sleep well.

"Uncle, take a day off and go tomorrow!"

Ning Hai shook his head and said, "No need, we'll go back later. You don't need to ask for leave, business matters, I'll take your grandfather with you later."

Having said that, Hong Bo took two days off to accompany them back to Tiejia Village.

It was getting dark, and the group returned to Tiejia Village. Because they had been notified earlier, when they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw a group of black people.

Seeing this, Ning Hai hurriedly told everyone to go back: "It's freezing, don't freeze, go back quickly."

Seeing that Ning Hai didn't like this, the patriarch even asked the clansmen to go home, and then went forward to greet him.

Ning Hai accepted the patriarch's gift and said with a smile, "It's too cold here, let's go inside first."

He didn't take a carriage when he entered the village, but walked in. While walking, he said to the patriarch: "I remember the last time I came back, the road was not so wide. When was it widened?" The road is wide enough for two carriages to pass.

The patriarch smiled and said, "It was expanded five years ago, and it was Hongbo who led the matter." Of course, it was Hongbo who paid the most.

After entering the village, Ning Hai said with a smile, "there are a lot more green brick and tile houses in the village than last time I came here." It can be seen that life is better now than before.

After hearing this, the patriarch hurriedly said: "It's all thanks to your uncle."

Ning Hai shook his head and said, "It's not because of me, but because of the imperial court." If the imperial court did not reduce or exempt taxes, the life of ordinary people would not be as good as it is now.

In fact, the imperial court's series of policies to benefit the people can only ensure that they have enough food and clothing. Tiejia Village is richer than other villages, and Hongbo has contributed a lot.

Feeling that the flattery was on the horse's hoof again, the patriarch hurriedly said: "Yes, it is thanks to the imperial court."

When Chunni saw Ning Hai and Xiao Shi, she said with a smile on her face: "Kuizi, brother and sister, it's cold outside, hurry up and warm up inside." In the room, two large pots of charcoal fire were burning vigorously.

Seeing this, the patriarch wisely took the head of the village back with several elders in the village.

Ning Hai glanced at the house and said, "The house is much bigger." At that time, their house had only four rooms. Now, there are about twenty rooms.

Hongbo said: "Uncle, don't worry, the neighbors moved out voluntarily, and they were not forced. I also gave each of them sixty taels of silver as compensation." The land was allocated by the village, and the wood can be cut on the mountain. . There are sixty taels of silver as compensation, which is enough for these people to build a big tile house with blue bricks.

Ning Hai then nodded.

Hearing that the patriarch said he wanted to set up a floating banquet, Ning Hai refused without thinking. As a result, Tiehu's mind became clear now, and he raised his voice and said: "Show, how can I not celebrate my son's return home with a banquet. Show, must show."

Ning Hai felt very guilty for making Tie Hu worry about him all these years. Seeing that he was determined to set up a water table, he agreed. You can't spend a lot of money on the left and right, just treat it as making the old man happy.

The running water banquet was held for three days, and the nearby villagers all came to eat the banquet, which was very lively.

After the three-day banquet, people from all walks of life came to visit. The mayor came to visit this day, but Ning Hai didn't want to see him. If everyone sees it, he will not pass this year.

Seeing his impatience, Mrs. Xiao said with a smile, "This kind of thing is common in the countryside." Ning Hai is not only Uncle Anyang, but also the uncle of the current emperor. It doesn't matter if Ning Hai doesn't see them, how dare these officials not come to visit them.

Ning Hai said: "I originally wanted to come back to have a good New Year, but I didn't expect it to be peaceful." It is conceivable that these people will also come to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year.

"It's about this time, you bear with it, we will go back to Beijing after the Lantern Festival is over."

Ning Hai said: "It's still very cold after the Lantern Festival, it will be after spring."

After finishing speaking, Ning Hai said again: "I'm going to take you to the stone house after spring begins!" He stayed on the mountain for five years. I felt miserable at the time, but looking back now I feel lucky. Hiding on the mountain, away from all disputes, allows him to learn Kung Fu from Tiehu with peace of mind.

Mrs. Xiao has no interest in the stone house at all: "In spring, your old injury is about to recur, it's better to return to Beijing earlier." There are so many famous doctors in the capital, even if they can't get rid of the root, they can control it, and don't let it continue. Get worse.

Ning Hai hummed and said, "We'll be leaving in early March."

Mrs. Xiao nodded, and then asked: "Master, do you think we're going to bring daddy back to Beijing this time?" The husband is filial, and he can be filial if he takes the old man to Beijing.

Ning Hai shook his head and said, "Father is old, it's not suitable for long-distance travel. Besides, father also said that he won't leave when he comes back this time. He will take care of himself here until he gets old." For them, even if they die, they will die in their own dens.

Xiao said hurriedly: "Father is in good health, and he will definitely live to be a hundred years old."

Ning Hai looked a little sad, and said: "I also hope that the old man can live a long life."