The door opened and the Qin family stood at the door. Qin Zhao had the fastest hands and feet. He stepped forward and picked up the fat rabbit.

Just then, boom—boom—

There were bursts of roaring sounds from the mountain.

"What sound?"

Everyone in the Qin family couldn't help but look towards the mountain.

"The mountain collapsed?"

At this time, a thin middle-aged man diagonally opposite the Qin family pushed the door open and said, "No, the sound you heard is not that the mountain is collapsing, but that bluestone is being beaten on the mountain."

While he was talking, his eyes fell on the rabbit Qin Zhao was carrying. The noise of beating the bluestone was too loud, which frightened the small animals in the mountains, so the rabbit ran away.

He was resting in the yard just now, and happened to see this rabbit running down the mountain.

And the Qin family's house happens to be at the foot of the mountain, so this rabbit bumped into the Qin family's door, which is also good luck.

Looking at the fat rabbit, he smacked his lips.

The Qin family was also sizing up this neighbor, and saw that he was wearing shabby clothes and had an unkempt beard, which had obviously not been groomed for a long time.

Lu Songli noticed that he had a strong aura of a scholar, and his eyes were calm and reserved, with occasional glimmers of light.

Qin Heng said, "Thank you sir for clarifying my doubts. I'm Qin Heng, they are all my family members. I wonder what your surname is sir? Where is your ancestral home?"

Gu Zhang said calmly, "My surname is Gu. I won't mention my ancestral home. It's not important. Qin family, I know you are relatives of General Qin Yue who has been guarding the northern border."

Lu Songli was a little surprised when he heard this. The imperial court deliberately downplayed the contribution and existence of the generals guarding the four directions, not only the Qin family guarding the north, but also the Sun family guarding the southwest. For example, Tang Yueguang and Mo Lianfeng, who were in charge of the handover just now,

Even if she knew they were the Qin family, their behavior was indifferent. But she didn't expect that the middle-aged man in front of her would actually know?

Gu Zhang asked, "What jobs have you been assigned?"

"Turn the ground." There is nothing that cannot be said.

Gu Zhang nodded, "That's not bad. It's not the most painful, tiring, and dangerous job. The prisoners who are breaking bluestones in the mountains now do the most painful, tiring, and dangerous work."

Gu Zhang saw that the Qin family had just arrived and wanted to talk to them a few more words.

"After breaking the bluestone, it's time to break the stone. It's all the work of us convicts."

When beating bluestone, Lu Songli knew that it was necessary to burn lime. Bluestone is most afraid of fire, and when burned, it turns into lime. In fact, in addition to bluestone, limestone, chalk, and dolomitic limestone can all be used to produce lime.

"Is it necessary to repair the city wall by breaking stones?" They also had such a job in the north. Qin Heng and Qin Zhao both worked as supervisors.

Gu Zhang liked this kind of smart man who knew everything at once, and immediately nodded, "Last year, Xianbei went south and captured Xiangping City. Now we are busy with spring plowing, and there is no time to make up for it. When the spring plowing is finished, we have to break stones.

, repairing the city wall. Repairing the city wall is not finished yet, we still have to continue quarrying and building roads." In short, it is endless work.

When the Qin family heard this, the only feeling they had was that being a prisoner was so busy that they seemed to have no time to catch their breath.

Gu Zhang just came to say hello, chatted for a few words, and then went back.

At this moment, the people from Juntun brought them half a month's rations for their family, a total of two hundred kilograms of grain. In addition, they also brought them a one-time entry and exit token that Mo Lianfeng promised.

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Lu Songli stepped forward to take the token and then went to look at the grain. As expected, the two hundred kilograms of grain were all coarse grains. There were all kinds of grains, but they were all mixed together.

The visitor told them that the food provided to the prisoners every day was one catty for adult men, eight taels for adult women, and half a catty for children. They needed to eat these two hundred catties for half a month, and they would not eat it if they finished it in advance.

Then give them food.

Lu Songli calculated and found that she was seven kilograms less. She didn't know at what point she was deducted, and she didn't bother to worry about it.

In fact, she thinks this ration is quite good. If she cooks according to this amount, the whole family can barely eat six to seven cents full. Because people at this time have little food and water, and a half-grown child of about ten years old can only eat one meal.

It’s not surprising that I can eat three or four taels.

This is already pretty good. The grain production in the black soil here is pretty good. If we go to other places of exile, we probably won’t be able to get that much rations.

Lu Songli held the token, but unfortunately it was already dark at this time, so she could only go out tomorrow.

Next, they started to make a fire to make dinner. They only had a broken clay pot to use. In the end, they spent an hour making a stew of diced rabbit covered with coarse grain rice.

Everyone had a very satisfying meal.

After eating, we were divided into rooms.

They spent a total of two hours cleaning up this house. The most important thing was the two cracks. They covered them with mud and could barely live in them.

Lu Songli looked up. She had never lived in such a dilapidated house for a long time.

There are five main rooms, each of which is three feet wide and five feet deep. When converted to the area of ​​​​later generations, it is about twenty-three or four square meters, which is large enough.

Qin's mother and Shen Erniang lived in the same room.

Qin's mother and Shen Erniang's living in the same room is temporary. In the next few days, they will find a way to divide the room into two halves.

In the remaining four rooms, the four Qin brothers and their children share one room each.

Because Qin Jia is eight years old and Qin Heng is still a widower, it is not suitable for him to sleep in the same room with her, so Qin Jia lives with Qin's mother.

After assigning rooms, we went back to tidy up.

No one complained about their suffering. On the way to exile, they slept in makeshift places. Now that each family is assigned a room, there is nothing to complain about.

At this time, Qin's mother stopped her youngest son and said, "Come here."

"What's the matter, mother?"

"Don't invite your wife tonight."

When Leng Buding heard this, Qin Sheng was stunned.

Mother Qin didn't hear his answer and asked again, "Did you hear that?"

Qin Sheng's face turned red. It took him a long time to say, "Mom, why did you say this?"

Qin's mother was amused, "Your father is no longer here. If your father were here, he must have told you this. But Mom is here, and you are Mom's son, so it's okay to say it."

Qin Sheng also felt a little depressed when he mentioned his father.

"Your father is gone, so you and your wife should observe mourning for three years." Since he went there at the end of last year, it would be enough for them to observe mourning for two full years.

In fact, keeping filial piety is not that strict. It is human nature to have emotions and desires. As long as no one is killed, everyone will turn a blind eye.

But her husband was willing to die for the sake of the Qin family, and the people he cared about the most before he died were his youngest son and daughter-in-law. Qin's mother did not want this to become a stain on the character of her youngest son and daughter-in-law, who would be criticized in the future.

"Mom, we know." Qin Sheng whispered, so neither he nor his wife crossed the last line.

Qin's mother thought about it for a while, but still felt uneasy, "Otherwise, your wife and I will share a room, and you will have a room by yourself?" What if the two of them were young and energetic, and a gunfire broke out?

Qin's mother's words hit him on the head like a thunderbolt from the blue.

"No, no, no, mother, don't come." Qin Sheng shook his head.

Occasionally kissing and hugging his daughter-in-law is what he looks forward to most every day, but his mother wants to deprive him of it? No, no, no.

Moreover, he already has a wife, and the eldest brother has not yet renewed their relationship. However, why can the second brother and the third brother sleep with their wives in their arms at night, but he can't?
Chapter completed!