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Xu Xingxia was very depressed, really.

He had no idea that he thought it was a joke, and actually brought him back to the real Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The current time is March of the 44th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1616 AD). The location is in a dormitory house in Ningxia Town, northwest of the Ming Empire, in Ningxia Pinglu Suowei Town Fort.

The walls of this adobe house are tamped with loess and covered with thatch. Due to the frequent leakage of rain, the thatch has turned black and emits an unpleasant odor. The walls that were supposed to be gray-yellow are often soaked by rain and have become dark. The yellow mud falling on the wall, mixed with rain, is bonded to the ground into small pieces and piled under the base of the wall. From a distance, I thought it was large and small feces.

The adobe house has only one window, about one foot square, and the light is projected from this window. Above the window outside the earthen wall, there is a rolled cowhide covering. This is specially used to block the rain. Because it has been used for too long, the surface covered by cowhide is already darker than ink. Fortunately, it is the leeward position. If it is facing the wind direction, a strong wind blows, and this piece of shabby cowhide will not know where it will be blown.

There is no furniture in the adobe house. There are many nails made of bamboo sticks on the earthen walls. Everything is hung on the earthen walls. Since the earthen walls are not bricks and have poor bearing capacity, the bamboo sticks often fall down with a large piece of soil. Therefore, many concave holes can be seen on the earthen walls, which are the original locations for making bamboo sticks. Over time, the four earthen walls are basically not intact.

In the southwest of the adobe house, there is a small earthen kang. Most of the earthen kangs are pressed out of loess. Only the most surface layer and the stove are used, some red bricks are used. The compacted loess will collapse a little over time. This makes the red bricks on the surface of the earthen kang collapse. The most sank is naturally the middle of the earthen kang, so the entire earthen kang looks uneven and seems to be a big pot.

Now, Xu Xingxia is sitting on the edge of this big pot thinking about things. When he first figured out the situation, he was really depressed. He traveled through time, why did he travel to such a place? According to the description of Ximen Daguanren, shouldn’t the lives of the people in the Ming Dynasty be very happy? Why did he fall to such an end?

"Accept your fate!"

After a brief depression, Xu Xingxia began to cheer up and prepare to face all the things in front of him. Although he did not have any special skills in his previous life, his psychological endurance was still possible. When he found that he had indeed traveled back to the Ming Dynasty and had no way to go back, he began to calm down and plan for his future.

In life, it is nothing more than a good harvest of food and clothing, material enjoyment and spiritual enjoyment. To put it simply, it is money, status and women. Xu Xingxia in his previous life also had these three goals. He had no other passionate ideals. Well, to be precise, it is not that there is no, it is worn out by the cruel reality. In a society where good deeds are blackmailed, what ideals do you dare to talk about?

"status……"

"money……"

"woman……"

Xu Xingxia analyzed one by one and felt that the pressure was getting bigger and bigger.

Status... Now he is an ordinary soldier stationed in Niujiaodun under the Ningxia Pinglu of the Ming Dynasty. He is the lowest-level one. His treatment is not even as good as the military horse of the Lord General Banner. At least one day, the military horse has three meals a day and the food is full, but he doesn't even have the qualifications. It would be good if he could eat two steamed buns every meal.

As for promotion, he has no hope. He has no great ability, is not good at flattery, flattery, and has no money to bribe his boss. Why should others promote you? His father Xu Fuqing was a big soldier in Pinglu for a lifetime. He has been with the Pinglu for thirty-five years, but he has no chance of promotion. Until he was injured and retired, he did not have the identity of a small flag. From this perspective, the Feng Shui of the Xu family should not be counted on.

What is even more depressing is that the original Xu Xingxia seemed to be a pussy, with a cowardly personality and timid and fearful situation. Every day, she was bullied and dared not fight back. Or in other words, she was unable to fight back. Just a few days ago, the pussy was beaten by the people in the pun. She was beaten to death and fell into a coma on the spot. If it weren't for this, Xu Xingxia wouldn't have the chance to travel through time.

Money... Xu Xingxia's monthly food and salary were eight cents of silver plus three dou of coarse grain. Xu Xingxia didn't know how this number came about. Anyway, since his father's time, all the soldiers of the Pinglu Guard Thousand Houses were paid according to this number. There is news that the number stipulated by the state was not this, and a part of the official was eaten by the officials, but Xu Xingxia, who was timid and afraid of trouble, never dared to inquire.

After the three major qualifiers of Wanli, prices soared. It was barely okay to live alone with such a small amount of food and salary. If you have family members, you will be under great pressure. But the Xu family in front of you must rely on his own income to make a living. Even such a small amount of food and salary has been owed for at least six months and has not been paid.

In order to live, many soldiers in Ningxia Town got up to make money, but only "Xu Xingxia" was timid and never participated. As a result, in order to avoid the situation from escalating, the superiors quickly distributed food and money to those who made money. As for honest people like "Xu Xingxia", the superiors didn't care at all. They knew that such honest people would not dare to get up to make trouble. This is a typical child who could cry and make trouble and deserved to starve to death without saying a word.

As for the family, he could only describe it as being a bare-small person and was heavily in debt. His father, Xu Fuqing, was originally a soldier under the Pinglu. Two months ago, the Tatar cavalry went south and fought with the Ming army. His father, both legs were shot by the Tatar cavalry's arrows, and both arrows came out from behind. After rescue, although his life was saved, he would be paralyzed in bed for the rest of his life.

In order to treat Xu Fuqing, the Xu family has already owed a heavy debt of at least ten taels of silver or more. Perhaps, for the wealthy families, ten taels of silver or more are the price of a common meal. However, for the Xu family, it is already an astronomical figure. In addition, Xu Xingxia himself was beaten again, and he also needed medical expenses, so he owed more debts.

The current income of the Xu family is Xu Xingxia's food and salary, plus the meager income of his mother Wang's day and night. His food and salary have been owed for a long time and there is no sign of when to be distributed. In the entire Xu family, only Wang is supporting him, and you can imagine how difficult it is. Wang's weaving fabric day and night, and his sleep time is no more than an hour. If this continues, she will sooner or later fall ill.

"Brother, have you woken up? Your medicine is here."

A slight footsteps came from outside the door, and a little girl came in.

The little girl was a little black, a little thin, with black hair a little scattered. There was almost no flesh on her face, which made her eyes look big. The originally dark eyeballs were slightly yellow. Her hands holding Haibang were also thin, and there were still cracks on her fingers that had not yet been healed. They were all frozen and cracked last winter.

She was not wearing shoes. Under her patched pants, a pair of black feet were exposed, covered with mud. There were also some wounds on her feet that had not yet been healed, which were also frozen and cracked last winter. She only had a pair of very old and very old small cloth shoes that had been sewn for many times. She would only wear them when the coldest and coldest winter freezes.

It is March now, and the pair of small cloth shoes have been carefully collected by her. She must wait until the coldest time of the next winter before she will wear them. As for the frozen cracks on her fingers and feet, they will slowly heal as the weather gets warmer. Just be careful in daily life and don’t break the cracks.

This little girl is Xu Xingxia's sister. She is seven years old this year and her nickname is Niu Niu. She has not yet been named. The military households do not recognize the word, so they want to ask the child to ask the husband to name the child. Xu Xingxia and his younger brother Xu Xudong both asked the husband to ask the husband to give him the name. However, asking the husband to name the husband to charge money. Given the current situation of the Xu family, it is natural that they can save as much as possible.

In Niu Niu's hand, she was holding a bowl of black medicine soup. There were at least four gaps on the edge of the big sea bowl. The bowl contained the prepared herbs. Xu Fuqing was shot by the Tatar cavalry, and Xu Xingxia was beaten. He relied on herbs to heal herbs every day. These herbs were some cheap medicines from Weizhenbao Pharmacy, and some were collected by Xu Xudong up the mountain.

In order to collect enough herbs for his father and brother, Xu Xudong, who was only ten years old, had to get up very early and walk to the distant foot of Helan Mountain to collect herbs. Only at the foot of Helan Mountain can there be herbs needed to heal. After his father and brother were both injured, Xu Xudong was the only male in the family. Only he could take on such an important task.

From Weizhen Fort to the foot of Helan Mountain, there is at least 60 miles away, and the round trip is 120 miles. Such a distance is impossible for a ten-year-old child to complete in one day. Even an adult can’t finish walking for a day. Therefore, after picking herbs at the foot of Helan Mountain, Xu Xudong will be at the house of a relative near the foot of the mountain, and will only be back the next day.

The relative at the foot of Helan Mountain was not very close to the Xu family, and the two families had almost no contact before. This time, the Xu family really had no choice but to get into the relationship. That relative was like a rich man sending beggars to the Xu family. They always let Xu Xudong sleep in the woodshed, regardless of whether they were concerned.

It's March now, and the weather is much warmer. In February, the weather in Ningxia was still very cold, and the ground was frost in the morning. Xu Xudong, who was already thin in clothes, spent the night in the woodshed without even a bowl of hot water. You can imagine what it tastes like. That's it. This ten-year-old child has gone back and forth to Helan Mountain for less than ten times.

Every time Xu Xudong carried the herbs back, Niu Niu, who was only seven years old, became busy. She and her brother followed the instructions of the pharmacy owner to separate the herbs from her father and brother. What are the ones that the father wants to use, what are the ones that the brother wants to use, and what are the ones that the brother needs to use, and what are the ones that the brother needs to use, and what are the ones that the brother needs to use, and what are the ones that the other is used to treat, and what are the ones that the other is used to apply externally.

Xu Xudong would use the medicine for external application to crush it and replace it with his father's wound. If it was something that needed to be tormented, it was Niuniu's work. She would have to decoct two different medicine soups at the same time every time. Because her father suffered external injuries and her brother suffered internal injuries.

Decoding medicine requires a lot of firewood. After Xu Xudong finished his work, he had to go to the nearby woods to collect firewood. Niu Niu concentrated on decorating medicine. After the medicine was decocted, Niu Niu would carefully pour it out and after it was dried, he would deliver it to his father and brother respectively.

Niu Niu, who is only seven years old, has to cook, decoct medicine, and clean up all the family affairs every day. She has to get up very early in the morning and can only go to bed very late at night. The heavy labor has made her obviously lose a lot of weight than other girls. Xu Xingxia estimated that her weight may be about 30 pounds. Now she is indeed an ugly duckling.

The same is true for Dongzi. Every day, collecting firewood, collecting herbs, and carrying water is all about heavy physical labor. This is indeed too difficult for a ten-year-old child. He is not full in daily life. Ten-year-old children in other wealthy families are almost half a head taller than him, and they are much better than their weight. This is all due to the serious lack of nutrition.

In two years, it will be when Dongzi starts to grow. If she cannot keep up with her nutrition, she will probably be thin and small in her life. Niu Niu is the same. Now her face is always bad and she can hardly see any blood. This makes Xu Xingxia very worried. If she suffers from any disease due to overwork, she will be in trouble in the future.

Xu Xingxia in his previous life had no brothers and sisters. When he was a child, he was basically spoiled, and he had never suffered any hardships when he was wearing clothes and eating. Many times, he felt that if he had younger brothers and sisters, he would separate his parents' love for him. Therefore, he never wanted to have brothers and sisters.

But now, Xu Xingxia loves his younger brother and sister from the bottom of his heart. It's not just love. Even if he travels through time, he falls in love with them. Such love does not require any reason. Subconsciously, he clearly feels that he dares to do anything just for the sake of them!

"Niu Niu, I'll do it myself."

Xu Xingxia stood up and took the sea bowl from Niu Niu.

The medicine soup in the sea bowl is no longer hot. Niu Niu would dry the medicine soup just right every time, and then bring it to her father and brother. Xu Xingxia picked it up, drank it in one breath, and then returned the sea bowl to Niu Niu. Niu Niu took the sea bowl and smiled sweetly, as if she was very happy. She opened her slightly yellow eyes and looked at her brother, and said crisply: "Brother, can you really stand up?"

Xu Xingxia stroked her little head, and her heart was filled with pity and love. Let a seven-year-old girl take care of her, Xu Xingxia could only sigh in all kinds of emotion. It turned out that the family affection between brothers and sisters could reach such a strong level. Perhaps, this was the feeling of blood being thicker than water. He adjusted his emotions and said with a smile: "Niu Niu, my brother is already all cured. In the future, you and Dongzi don't need to decoct me medicine."

Niu Niu nodded happily and said, "Okay."

Xu Xingxia took Niu Niu's hand and came to the adobe house next door. His father Xu Fuqing was lying here. When he arrived, Xu Fuqing was already asleep. He had finished drinking the medicine soup that Niu Niu brought him, and the bowl was placed on the ground beside the pit. The earthen kang that his father was lying on was even more worn than Xu Xingxia used. The red bricks on the feet had all fallen off and could only be covered with a straw mat.

In fact, Xu Xingxia knew that his father was not asleep. He just didn't want to see his children, nor did he want to see his children, because of his injuries, he endured inhuman pain. Xu Fuqing always felt that he was dragging down the entire family. If it weren't for not being able to get up, Xu Xingxia believed that his father would have secretly sought a short-term view.

Xu Xingxia bent down, gently picked up Haibong, took Niu Niu's hand, and left her father's room. When they came out, they saw her mother Wang lying on the loom in another small adobe house and fell asleep quietly. She must have not slept last night and weaved the cloth all night.

"mother……"

Niu Niu screamed crisply.

Xu Xingxia gently pressed her sister's mouth and took her to the yard outside.

Niu Niu said ignorantly: "Brother, I want to wake up my mother. My mother told me that every time she fell asleep, I would wake her up, and she would continue weaving cloth. Otherwise, my mother would be unhappy."

Xu Xingxia shook her head gently and said with a smile: "Niu Niu, it's okay. Mom is tired, so she needs to take a break. It's like Niu Niu is tired of doing things, so she needs to take a break. Don't worry, Mom will wake up by herself in a while."

Niu Niu said, "Really?"

Xu Xingxia said: "Of course it's true. Will your brother lie to you?"

Niu Niu was relieved and said frankly: "Brother will not deceive Niu Niu."

Xu Xingxia smiled slightly, reached out to pick up Niu Niu, wandered around the yard, but sighed deeply in her heart. He felt that he was in a heavy mood, but he wanted to break out of the cocoon. He really wanted to do something and do something that he might not dare to do before. Nothing else, just for his younger brothers and sisters, for his parents. If he couldn't do something for his younger brothers and sisters, or for his parents, he would be really guilty.

"Niu Niu..."

Xu Xingxia shouted casually.

Niu Niu did not respond. Xu Xingxia looked down and found that Niu Niu was already in her arms and fell asleep sweetly. She was obviously exhausted. When she completely relaxed, she fell asleep deeply. She was sleeping soundly, with a happy smile on the corners of her mouth. Xu Xingxia suddenly felt that her nose was a little sour and her eyes were a little wet. Finally, he controlled his tears and prevented him from rolling down.

Only at this time did he realize what kind of ridiculous things he did in his previous life. How much time he spent on computer games! Every time he was playing games day and night, and when his parents called, he couldn't say a few words, he hurriedly hung up. He felt that they were too annoyed and nagging, and wasted his time playing games.

During the holidays, he didn't want to go home. On the one hand, he was reluctant to play, and on the other hand, he felt that his family was always nagging and didn't want to see them at all. Now, he finally understood that his family was nagging because they cared about him. If no one came to nag him one day, it means that he had completely left the world.
Chapter completed!