newbobooks Chapter 768 Heading South
Chapter 768 Heading South
Zhou Guo said: "This is different from those. This is specially for you to wear on the battlefield. You must wear it."
Zhou Da Cang stopped smiling and said, "I know, I will definitely wear it. I don't have much time, I just came back to see you, and now I have to leave."
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Gu and said, "Zhou Gu, you are the eldest brother and the pillar of the family. When I'm not around, you have to take good care of the family. If there is something going on, just go there. Don't be afraid of this or that. I'm still there to support you."
Zhou Gu nodded.
He looked at Zhou Mai, Zhou Mi, Zhou Su and Li Lai again and gave them instructions one by one.
Everyone was silent and agreed solemnly.
Then came the old man and Mrs. Li, and finally Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo waited for him to finish speaking, then said, "Uncle, don't worry. You don't have to worry about the family. We are all fine. You are the most important thing now! Swords and guns are blind on the battlefield. You have to be careful. It would be best if you had eyes all over your body..."
Then he said, "You must come back safely. Only if you come back safely can our family be well! We are waiting for you to have a reunion dinner!"
Li's eyes were red, she felt it was unlucky, and only dared to wipe it secretly.
Zhou Dacang touched her head and smiled gently, "I know, I promise, my uncle will come back safely, and I still have to watch you get married."
Then he took out a box from his arms and handed it to her, "This is what I have saved over the years. I forgot to bring it back last time. Here it is, you keep it."
If it wasn't given to Li, it means the things inside were for Zhou Guo.
Everyone understood what this meant; it was a dowry for Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo looked at the exquisite little box and sniffed, "I don't want it, you take it yourself."
Zhou Da Cang stuffed it into her hands and said with a smile, "I'm going to the battlefield. It won't look good with these things. I've saved up so much with great difficulty. If I lose them on the battlefield, I'll be heartbroken. Take them and think of them as yours for your uncle. Aren't you the best at hiding things?"
Zhou Guo held the box in his hand and said, "I'm not good at hiding things. Fine, I'll keep them for you. If you don't come back, these things will all be mine."
Zhou Dacang said: "Don't worry, I will come back for these things."
Li packed some dry food for him and handed it to him, "Most of this is dried meat and beef in soy sauce, and the rest is fried dough cakes. You can eat it after soaking it in hot water. It tastes good when eaten with dried meat."
When you are out and about, it is nice to have something hot to eat in the cold weather. As for the taste, I don’t care about it.
This time the package was really big. Seeing that it was not big, Zhou Dacang took it. It was really not light.
Before she left the house, Zhou Xing got the news and came over. This time she didn't bring her child, but she packed a bag of food and a bag of clothes.
Zhou Dacang said helplessly: "I am going to fight, and I have to march quickly. How can I carry so many packages with me? Well, I will keep these food, but I don't want the clothes."
Zhou Xing's eyes were red, "Uncle, when can you come back?"
No one asked this question, and everyone looked at him.
Zhou Dacang said, "How can I know? It will take at least a year or two. War is not a joke. You can stop fighting if you say so. Okay, stop crying. You are a mother now, and your child is so grown up. Why do you still like to cry?"
Zhou Xing sniffed and wiped away her tears.
Seeing this, Li, who was standing by, couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.
The old man said, "That's enough. He's going to fight in the war and make achievements. It's a happy thing. Why are you crying? It's not bad luck! When a general leaves home, the family members cry. Don't they all send him off with smiles?"
With just one sentence, several people quickly wiped away their tears and forced themselves to smile.
Zhou Gu and the others laughed loudly, holding up their tea cups and saying, "Uncle, I hope you can win battles one after another this time, and by then you will be promoted from a guerrilla general to a powerful general!"
Zhou Guo was amused. His expression changed so quickly. He also raised his teacup and said, "Uncle, you know my premonitions are always accurate. You will definitely achieve great success this time."
One of them said, "If you run out of food, just write to me and I will use all my family's strength to deliver food to you."
Zhou Dacang laughed, "I see. You've said this eight hundred times. You are a big grain and fodder producer now, and next year you will be even bigger among the big producers."
In fact, the little food and grass at home were of little use. Hundreds of thousands of troops could not sustain it for a month, but he said nothing as he could not hurt the child's heart.
He looked at everyone and said, "I'm leaving."
He turned around and strode out the door, carrying a few bags.
The family hurried to see him off, and saw Zhou Dacang's back riding a horse away in the dark night, raising dust. His back looked so tall and majestic in the dark.
Zhou Guo didn't know why, but he thought of his deceased uncle. If they were seeing this from heaven, they would definitely be proud of their uncle, right?
The snowflakes began to fall again.
Zhou Guo looked at the snowflakes, waved his hand and frowned. It was really a bad time for them to fall.
The family stood outside the yard for a long time, and Li said, "Okay, everyone has left and we can't see them anymore. Let's go back. It's cold outside."
Seeing that they were all in low spirits, the old man said, "Cheer up. As long as we are energetic, the spirit of our family will be passed on to Okura, and he will definitely be able to feel it."
Zhou Gu and the others started laughing again.
Zhou Guo: "...Master, is this okay? Isn't this more like a madman?"
Sometimes crying, sometimes laughing.
The old man stroked his beard and said, "That's better than looking sad, which is unlucky."
After hearing this, Zhou Guo forced a smile, revealing eight teeth.
Zhou Xing on the side burst out laughing.
Zhou Guo said: "Sister, you are back, where is Yuan Ge'er?"
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "With so many people at home, how could he need me? He only looks for me at night when he's asleep. He doesn't even think of me during the day."
Zhou Guo smiled, "That's good too. You can save yourself some trouble."
After Zhou Dacang left, a few years ago, Xu's army took over the four surrounding prefectures including Huaiyang.
I heard that it was very easy to capture the city without mobilizing a single soldier. When the army arrived at the city, the officials in the city accepted the surrender with the golden seal, account books and household registers. The people in the city lined the streets to welcome them, shed tears in the streets, and kept saying that their good days had come.
These places are also connected to the north. Who would dare to grab territory in Xu’s army’s territory?
The Xu family army originally controlled 300,000 troops from the imperial court. After expanding in recent years, it is estimated that there are more than 400,000 troops.
These soldiers guard the pass all year round, and they are pulled out to fight in countless battles a year. Each of them is experienced in battles and cannot be compared with those idiots in the mainland.
When Zhou Guo heard that these cities were taken over, she was stunned and touched her chin. Why did she have a feeling that they were urging her to sell her fat?
Thinking of what Zhou Dacang said to her before he left, she thought narcissistically that the general's quick departure might have something to do with her.
The old man laughed at her, "You are really good at flattering yourself. You can even think of things that are completely unrelated together."
Zhou Mai and the others laughed as well.