Author: Zimu Feiyang

Deng Ai stumbled and rushed home. At this time, his dilapidated thatched house had been burned into ruins by the fire.

A group of villagers gathered in front of the ruins. When they saw Deng Ai coming, they all made way.

Deng Ai rushed to the ruins. At this time, the villagers had helped his mother collect the body and wrapped it in a straw mat.

Deng Ai stretched out his hand to uncover the straw mat and took one last look at his mother.

"Stop looking!" The villager who had just called Deng Ai wanted to stop him.

Deng Aide's mother had been badly burned by the fire. Looking at it at this time, it was better not to look at it.

However, Deng Ai shook off the hands of the villagers who stopped him and stubbornly opened the straw mat.

The person on the straw mat had been burnt to the point of being inhuman, and her whole body was charred black. Despite this, Deng Ai was still able to recognize that this was his mother.

At this moment, Deng Ai understood everything. His mother sent him away on purpose, and then committed suicide by setting fire to it!

A blind old lady couldn't reach the rope to hang herself, so she committed suicide by raising fire. This was her only way to commit suicide.

"Mother!"

"You are confused! You are so confused!" Deng Ai knelt on the ground and shouted to the sky.

At this time, a villager came to Deng Ai. He was holding a clay pot in his hand. The pot was full of copper coins.

"Deng Ai, I found this copper coin from your house!" the villager said, trying to stuff the pottery pot into Deng Ai's arms.

Fire can burn everything else, but it cannot burn these copper coins.

These copper coins were discovered by the villagers when they came to put out the fire.

Deng Ai was very good in martial arts and had good archery skills. He usually went hunting in the mountains and had good harvests.

It can be said that he is the most famous hunter in the surrounding areas.

Deng Ai not only ate the prey he caught, but also sold it in the town. He gave all the money from the sale to his mother for safekeeping.

Deng Ai's mother was a blind old lady, so naturally she couldn't spend much money.

Usually, after Deng Ai handed the money to her, she would put it in a clay pot and save it.

Originally, he planned to keep the money to marry Deng Ai.

The villagers in this era were relatively simple. Deng Ai's family was already miserable enough, so naturally they couldn't embezzle the money.

After seeing Deng Ai come back, they immediately returned the money to their original owners.

However, Deng Ai shook his head and said, "Uncles and fellow villagers, please use this money to help me buy a thin-skinned coffin and some funeral supplies. I want to bury my mother."

"As for the remaining money, let the folks who put out the fire today share a share!"

Deng Ai understood that the reason why his mother committed suicide was so that he could become a soldier without worries.

No matter what, he couldn't live up to his mother's expectations and let his mother die in vain.

Since he is going to be a soldier, it is naturally useless for him to ask for the money. He can simply give it to the folks who are fighting the fire today.

It can be considered as a token of gratitude to them.

Deng Ai usually gave some meat to the villagers when he came back from hunting. Therefore, the relationship between the villagers and Deng Ai was very good.

At that time, someone was planning to help him buy a coffin and funeral supplies.

There was a coffin maker in the village next door, and in the evening, the coffin was brought in, as well as some funeral supplies such as paper figures and horses.

After Deng Ai buried his mother that night, he slept at the graveside all night. Early the next morning, at dawn, he went to the nearest recruiting point to join the army.

At the same time, Chunxiao Tower in Jixian County.

Chunxiao Tower is the largest brothel in Ji County. On weekdays, it can be said that there are people coming and going, and there is an endless stream of guests.

Today, the girls in the brothel are organizing a fundraiser.

They donated their personal money and some jewelry.

Although these brothel girls don't understand the righteousness of family and country, they do know that Wuhuan people are the most disgusting people.

Because the Wuhuan people were given too many privileges during the Liu Yu and Yuan Shao periods, those Wuhuan people often used Overlord Cannons.

They came to the brothel, ordered the girls, ate them, wiped them clean, patted their butts and left, not wanting to pay even a dime.

Even if you don't pay, these Wuhuan people are very rude and often hurt these girls.

Therefore, after learning that Prime Minister Cao was going to attack the Wuhuan people, these girls from the brothel actually became the first to raise donations.

The girls in the brothel were collecting donations, and the owner of the brothel was not idle either. She held an incentive event.

That is, all military officers and soldiers can participate in prostitution activities based on their military merit.

If you kill one Wuhuan, you will be a prostitute for one month. If you kill two Wuhuan, you will be a prostitute for three months. If you kill three Wuhuan, you will be a prostitute for one year.

If five Wuhuan people are killed, they will become free members of this brothel for life.

In a private room on the second floor of the brothel, a scholar was making love with a girl in red.

Isn’t it a bit strange to do such a thing in broad daylight?

However, it can't be blamed.

I came here last night, and have been sitting there since last night, seven times in one night.

After finishing this last moment, the scholar was really gone, not even a drop of his body was left.

The scholar put on his clothes, took out a bulging money bag from his arms, placed it on the wall, and said, "Miss Taoxiang, this is my last time here!"

"Keep the money, and if you have the chance, redeem it for yourself, and then find an honest man."

"Find a good family and get married!"

Girl Taoxiang on the bed looked at the scholar with tears in her eyes, thinking to herself, what a heartless man!

"you"

"You dislike me?" Miss Taoxiang asked with a choked voice.

However, the scholar said firmly: "How could it be? All my life, I have dreamed of redeeming myself for you and then marrying you."

"However, the country is more important than the family. Now that the Wuhuan invades our borders, I will abandon my writing and join the army."

"If I leave this time, I may not have a chance to come back alive!"

"You should find an honest man. Find a good man and marry him!"

After saying this, the scholar strode away and headed to the recruitment point in the city.

The girl Taoxiang lying on the bed was stunned for a long time, and then she murmured to herself: "I'll wait for you!"

After saying this, Miss Taoxiang picked up the money left by the scholar and the private money she had saved, rushed downstairs, and placed it in the red basin for donation.

ps: To explain one thing, some readers reported that Deng Ai’s current age cannot be so old.

Historically, from the time when the eighteen princes attacked Dong to when the Jin State destroyed the Wu State, the timeline was ninety years in total. In other words, the Troubled Times of the Three Kingdoms lasted for ninety years.

In our book, the protagonist travels through time, and the troubled times will definitely end much faster than history.

In order to give some powerful generals in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, such as Deng Ai, Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui, etc., a chance to play, their appearance time will be appropriately advanced.

If it were written according to the original timeline, many characters would definitely not be able to appear.

Now that time travel has appeared, don’t worry about the ages of these characters.
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