Chapter 87: Like a Dream, Like a Real Life Today
Zhu Da ate fast food rice bowls and ate carbonated drinks. These restaurants have no health at all. A lot of oil, a lot of salt and seasonings, and a lot of sugar. Eating these will make you gain weight, causing high blood lipids, high blood pressure, and calcium deficiency.
But Zhu Da felt that these were supreme delicacies. When he was in Baibao Village, he was reluctant to add salt, let alone oil. As for the sweetness, he could only find it from wild fruits and honey.
After eating what he saw, Zhu Da was thinking about buying some biscuits and fried chicken. He used to think that these were harmful to his body, but now he didn't think about it at all. He went to the bathroom to take a simple shower and then prepared to take a shower. Zhu Da never thought that it would be so enjoyable to shower with hot water.
After washing, he felt refreshed. Zhu Da was about to slump in the bed and play games. At that time, he tried not to miss it, but computer games were much more fun than catching fish by the river and practicing martial arts.
The computer seemed to be a bit malfunctioning and couldn't be opened. Zhu Da wanted to smash it and wouldn't let the game be played when his girlfriend came back.
While he was anxious, he heard the door lock outside being opened. A beautiful beauty walked in and saw Zhu Da fiddling with the computer, and immediately had an angry expression on her face.
"Why are you playing this again..."
"I am..." Zhu Da turned his head and explained, but when he saw his "girlfriend", he felt something was wrong. Isn't this woman an idol star? Why is it her girlfriend?
Realizing this, Zhu Da felt something was wrong in a daze. Whether it was the rented room, the fast food and beverages he had eaten and drank just now, or the electrical appliances and girlfriend in front of him, they all became vain.
Zhu Da recalled the time he traveled with backpacks. The modern villages he had seen originally, the wires and roads that could be seen everywhere in the mountain plains turned into dilapidated and rustic villages. When he was exercising with people, he was sometimes a gym and venue, sometimes a wooden stake and stone lock, and then he returned to school and welfare home. Those times of hard work and courage, as well as the loneliness and cruelty engraved in his bone marrow.
"Child, you have parents, how can you think randomly? You don't have parents, you're flying in the sky or flying on the ground. You're talking nonsense because you have a fever. Child, don't scare your mother, mother asks you a Taoist priest to get rid of evil."
"We have a bad life, so it's good to be able to live safely. We will farm peacefully in this life, burn incense and chant Buddha's name, do more good deeds, and you can vote for a good family in the next life. The Master of the General Banner and all the masters above have done good deeds for generations..." Zhu Da was sitting on the ridge of the fields dejectedly, thinking that when will such a day be the first? His hunched and thin father was trying to persuade him.
But when is this day the beginning? I remember that I have another life. Although I have no father or mother in that life, I have never worried about my livelihood. As long as I work hard, I will be rewarded. Although there are also unfairness, I can get even less, and it is much richer than I am now.
Nowadays, people who are busy farming work hard every day, and there will not be too much harvest in the fields. The usual yield of a thousand pounds per mu was completely impossible at this time. Moreover, the grain harvested by hard work is not much to be eaten by oneself, and the big heads are taken away by the men. Think about how much hard work it took on weekdays, but it has become normal for hunger to be hungry all year round. Not to mention oil and salt, fine grains are rare.
What's the motivation to live like this? Zhu Da, who is already an adult, is depressed from time to time and wants to leave the village, but has nowhere to go. He does not have enough money and dry food to go anywhere. Moreover, the bandits outside are rampant, and if they are not careful, they will lose their lives. Moreover, it is not just the bandits, but the officers and soldiers are also tigers and wolves. Even the seemingly honest villagers will kill them in some situations. It is said that there will be even more miserable consequences. They are tied up and sold to the grassland and become slaves to the Mongolians. They will be used as cows and horses for life. They will be chopped and fed to dogs before they die, and even chopped up before they die.
Zhu Da’s parents have never known why their children complain. The situation in their family is better than many families in the village. At least they will not be hungry. As long as they are free from illness or disaster, it is not difficult to get married. Everyone is like this. They have not been able to get better since childhood, so why do they complain every day and feel discouraged?
In a daze, Zhu Da always felt that he had a choice. Zhou Qingyun, the hunter in the village, left here after the death of Old Man Xiang. Some people said that he went to the border to join the army, and some people said that he went to Datong to explore. If he could learn martial arts from Old Man Xiang, would he not be tied to the field and would he be more comfortable to live?
In such hardship and despair, Zhu Da thought of death several times. Indeed, his peers were living like this, even worse than him. But Zhu Da knew that he had a better life and could even make other choices. With these factors, he could not be content.
It’s not easy to make a decision. Thinking about his parents who have worked hard to raise him, Zhu Da could only endure it, but his temper became increasingly uncontrollable.
In a trance, the war was full of fire in the north, but it was no longer a warning, because a large group of Mongolian cavalry had already entered the street and went south along the official road to sweep. When they saw the smoke and dust in the north, it was too late to escape. Zhu Da wanted to escape with his parents, wife and children, but knew that he could not escape the cavalry on the plain and wanted to enter the mountain, but how could his wife, children and parents keep up? In desperation, he had to make the worst choice and hid in the cellar at home.
When large troops cross the border, they often do not spend too much effort on looting, but they will only do it on the return journey. However, most of the Mongolians break into the pass and enter the pass for looting.
Such things happened many years in autumn and winter. The people of the Ming Dynasty had the experience of evading and hiding from generation to generation, and the Mongolian cavalry also had the experience of searching and looting from generation to generation.
In a poor village like Diaobaibao Village, the Mongolian cavalry did not expect to make too much money, so that they could make the horse fill it, and then get some money. The most important thing is to be happy. The commander of thousands and centurions rely on this to maintain morale. After all, when you go deep into the enemy's territory, no one will work hard.
The people of Baibao Village should have hidden themselves. The anxious Zhu Da comforted the anxious child and felt the vibration of the ground in the silence.
The child was so scared that he cried out. Zhu Da covered the child's mouth. He could hear the Mongolians scolding, talking and laughing, and even footsteps.
Not long after, Zhu Da let go of his hand because the fire began to set outside. In the cellar that was not very ventilated, it became more and more difficult to breathe. For the Mongolian cavalry, massacre of civilians was also a stimulation.
The family started coughing and wanted to go out of the cellar, but they heard the laughter and screams outside, and wanted to continue to endure it, and tried a lucky chance to feel that they could always avoid it, but this lucky chance and hesitation cost their lives.
"Strike the child to avoid suffering..."
The father Zhu Shitou struggled and said something. Zhu Da looked at his extremely painful son and felt that his chest was being stabbed in and out by a knife. He felt that he was about to suffocate, and raised his hand with tears in his eyes...
It seemed like a long time later, and it seemed like another moment. Zhu Da found himself in the darkness. He realized in a daze that he had been in the darkness for a long time, and also realized that "wife and children" did not exist, but he clearly remembered that heart-wrenching pain. Zhu Da thought of his parents ignorantly. Which of the material enjoyment and information ages in those years, and the poor life of parents and parents over the years?
He usually doesn't think about this problem at all, but in this vague state, he actually started to think about it. As soon as he thought, countless memories appeared. Zhu Da seemed to be a bystander, or a witness, experiencing, recalling, and the loving care and raising of his parents since he was born, until these days.
Zhu Da finally woke up a little, and he suddenly realized that this was a dream or an illusion? For him who had experienced two lives, many things cannot be treated with common sense.
"Xiao Da!" "Zhu Da!" "Son!"
The sound seemed to be in a very distant place, and then it became louder and louder, as if the thunder roared. At this time, Zhu Da came to his senses. He realized that he was injured and unconscious, the pain in his body, and the fatigue and weakness. But this complete darkness made Zhu Da extremely scared. He tried desperately to open his eyes, and a gap appeared in the darkness, and light shone through the slit.
"Wake up, wake up!"
"Go and call the doctor!"
"Everyone is quiet, don't disturb him."
"Damn, don't cry first, Xiaoda can't bear to cry the most!"
There were surprises, panics, and complaints. Zhu Da recognized the voices of several people, and there was still the noise of not speaking but breathing a sigh of relief.
Zhu Da first saw the bed tent, and then there were inexplicable faces. There were tears or tears on his face. Zhu Da wanted to turn his head, but such a tiny movement was extremely difficult, and even made his whole body feel severely painful.
"Child, don't move for now, take a good rest. The doctor said that you can take a good rest."
My head was a little bit off, and I could see the people on the other side, including my parents, masters, Qin Xiucai, Zhou Qingyun, and Qin Qin with an impatient face in the corner, and footsteps were sounding outside.
Zhu Da saw that his parents were full of ecstasy, but his mother tried hard to wipe her tears but couldn't stop her. She cried with joy and could no longer control her emotions. Her father wanted to say anything, but the first word was the crying sound, and she couldn't even speak. Tears flowed across her face and were also wiping them there.
Zhou Qingyun was obviously about to pounce on the other side, but was caught by Xiang Bo and scolded him a few words. Xiang Bo's face was full of comfort and relaxation. Qin Xiucai, who was standing aside, seemed to have a shiny eyes. Qin Chuan's expression was very stiff, and he seemed to be very tight, not as happy and comforted as others.
Chapter completed!