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Text Chapter 364 Cui Er comes home

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    Cui Er was carrying a big bag and Nan Xin carefully walked off the ship along the wooden plank. The big ship behind him was a passenger ship sailing between Dengzhou, Sia and Jincheng. This is a small port town not far from Jincheng.  Most of the people who disembarked with him were merchants who came to Jincheng from Dengzhou or Sila. Most of these merchants were Han Chinese, and there were also a small number of Hu merchants from the sea, but there were no local merchants from Sanhan.

    Cui Er carried his luggage and carefully avoided it, so as not to bump into the merchants around him and get into trouble. After all, whether they were Han people or Hu people, he was not someone he could mess with, especially after working outside for nearly a year.  Later, he was even more in awe of these merchants from other places.

    After getting off the ship, Cui Er found a large carriage that was transporting goods to Jincheng. He gave the boss of the carriage a few copper coins and finally got the other party to agree to take him to Jincheng. Speaking of which, this small port town was not too far from Jincheng. If he walked  It would have been just over a day's journey. In the past, Cui Er might have walked back, but now he didn't lack the money, so he took a ride.

    The boss of Che is also from Jincheng. He is not young anymore, and his hair and beard are all white. After asking, Cui Er found out that the boss of Che named Zheng is already over sixty years old. He used to work as a coachman for a nobleman in Jincheng, and he is very skilled.  The skill of driving a carriage was very exquisite, but later the nobleman went to Si'a. Old man Zheng was old and did not want to be too far away from home, so he quit his job and relied on his previous savings to buy a carriage.  Help others transport goods.

    "Uncle Zheng, what kind of goods are you pulling in this car? Are they the cans from the cannery?" Cui Er asked curiously, and couldn't help but lick them after he finished speaking.  He pursed his lips. When he was working outside for his employer, he would occasionally eat these cans. The delicious taste was something he would never forget.

    After hearing this, Uncle Zheng was surprised and said: "Baby brother, from your accent, you should be from Jincheng. But you don't seem to be very familiar with Jincheng?"  cans, and the trucks returning to Jincheng usually carry empty cans and bottles?"

    Cui Er didn't understand until he heard that it was a can. No wonder it sounded similar to a can. Then he immediately smiled at Uncle Zheng and said, "To be honest with Uncle Zheng, the boy was recruited by the master to work outside last year. He just came back today.  So I don¡¯t know much about things in Jincheng."

    Hearing that Cui Er had just come back from outside, Uncle Zheng thought it was strange. There was a famine in the country last year. Thanks to the Han people who allowed them to exchange work for food, many families survived. Cui Er must be one of them. But Zheng  My uncle used to work as a coachman for a noble family, so the family was not short of food. He didn't know much about this matter, so he didn't know that when recruiting workers, you had to sign a contract for at least three years, and some even signed contracts for ten years.  If you are not satisfied with your job, you will not be able to come back. But Cui Er only worked for less than a year and then came back. Is this really strange?

    Through the conversation with Uncle Zheng, Cui Er learned a lot about the changes in Jincheng over the past year. For example, according to Uncle Zheng, because the population near Jincheng is relatively dense, many Han businessmen have established factories nearby, and  Most of them are Ishin weaving factories and food processing factories. The work in these factories is not heavy, and generally only women are recruited, and it happened that the men near Jincheng died in the battle. The remaining workers who went out to work were some women, plus  Life is difficult in the world, so these women work in factories. Although they don't earn much, they can support themselves and their families.

    Uncle Zheng makes a living by transporting various raw materials and products to factories. Generally speaking, when he comes out of Jincheng, his carriage is loaded with products from various factories, and when he comes back, it is loaded with various raw materials.  , such as today¡¯s cans and bottles.

    Jincheng was not far from the sea, and the road under their feet had turned into a flat concrete road, which allowed Uncle Zheng to let go of the horse and run fast, so they returned to Jincheng in less than half a day.

    After bidding farewell to Uncle Zheng, Cui Er immediately rushed home without stopping. After all, it had been almost a year since he left home. It would be a lie to say that he didn't want to go home, especially when he thought of the children at home who were less than three years old.  The child made him even more anxious.

    Cui Er's family is not far from the city gate. After entering the city from the main gate of Jincheng, walk forward two hundred meters to get there. It can be said that the location is excellent. In addition, his home also has a shop facing the street. His eldest brother used to  When they were still there, the two brothers opened a tavern in this shop to support their family. Unfortunately, the eldest brother was later captured to serve as a soldier. Last year, there was a famine, so he had no choice but to go out to work with the Han people.  Come and exchange food for your wife, children and mother at home.

    It was already dinner time. Every household in the city was preparing dinner, and there were fewer pedestrians on the street. When Cui Er arrived not far from his home, he met many of his former neighbors. However, these neighbors  When they saw Cui Er coming back, they all had expressions of disbelief on their faces. After all, there were people in their family working outside, so they knew very well that men who went out would not be able to come back for three to five years.

    Seeing the surprised expressions of the neighbors, Cui Er looked a little proud and waved to greet the neighbors. At this time, the neighbors also woke up and came back to ask Cui Er how he was doing.?Come back? Several men from the family went out with Cui Er, so they gathered around him to inquire about the men at home. For a while, these people gathered around with all kinds of chatter, and Cui Er's head was so noisy that Cui Er's head got bigger.  In addition, he was in a hurry to go home, so he didn¡¯t want to go into details, but he was surrounded by neighbors and was patrolling everywhere.

    Finally, a respectable old man finally spoke with a smile: "Cui Er finally got home. He must be in a hurry to see his wife. It's not an option for everyone to surround him like this. I think it's better for everyone to ask after Cui Er returns home."  Not too late!"

    The neighbors are also reasonable people. After hearing the old man's words, they all laughed and made way out. Cui Er made a bow and bowed to everyone: "Neighbors, don't be anxious. Is there anything you want to ask?"  You can go to my house. As for the elder brothers who went out with me, they were all very fast, and they all asked me to bring letters back. You can go to my house later??

    As soon as Cui Er finished speaking, the neighbors who were eager to know the situation of the men in the family immediately calmed down. However, before they could thank Cui Er, they saw Cui Er turn around and rush home.

    He was still far away from home, so when Cui Er came home, there was a puff of smoke from the kitchen, which finally made him feel relieved. During the year he was away from home, what he was most worried about was the situation at home.  After all, apart from my mother, there are only two women in the family, my wife and sister-in-law, and they also have three children to take care of. If anything happens, there is not even a man to take care of it.

    The shop of Cui Er's family is still closed. After all, their brothers are not here, and the restaurant at home is not taken care of, so it will not open for business. However, a door next to the restaurant is ajar. This door leads directly to the backyard, where they are.  A place where the family lives, with a restaurant in front of it.

    Cui Er walked to the door of his house and took a look. He touched the elm wood door, which had lost all its paint. The cracks on it were still the same as when he left. This made Cui Er suddenly excited and started to wrap up his clothes again?  Then he excitedly opened the door and walked in.

    Passing through a narrow corridor, we soon arrived at the backyard of our residence. The courtyard is not large in size. In the middle is a main room, where Cui Er's wife and eldest brother and sister-in-law live. On the left is a wing room.  Cui Er and his wife lived there. Opposite the wing was a small shed with a stove set up and a woman cooking inside.

    The woman who was cooking heard Cui Er's footsteps and immediately turned her head. She happened to see a very familiar face. This made the woman stunned for a while. After a while, she whimpered and said.  : "CuiCui Er, youwhy are you back?"

    This woman was Cui Er's wife. She had not received any news beforehand, so she was so surprised when she saw Cui Er. She even trembled a little when she spoke.

    And Cui Er was also very excited. Dragging his big bag, he asked his wife excitedly: "Where is my mother, how are the children? Why haven't I seen my sister-in-law?"

    "My mother and children are fine. They are all in the house now. My sister-in-law went to work in a textile factory outside the city and will probably be back soon!" Cui Er's wife said as she helped Cui Er unload the things on his body, and then  She looked at her man carefully again, and when she discovered that Cui Er was not missing any arms or legs, she felt relieved. At the same time, her face flushed with excitement when she thought of the man coming back.

    At this time, Cui's mother and her children in the house also heard the noise outside. As a result, the three children hugged Cui's mother and squeezed out together. They happened to see Cui Er standing in the room. This made the old man extremely happy.  Crutch came forward and looked at his son, he was so excited that he couldn't even speak. But as soon as Cui Er's son saw him, he immediately shouted "Dad" and rushed towards him.

    The family reunion naturally had endless things to say. Among them, Cui's mother and Cui's second daughter-in-law were most curious about the fact that Cui Er clearly signed a three-year construction period with his master, but now he has returned in less than a year.  , this is obviously confusing, and Cui's mother even asked her son with some worry, did he sneak back?

    Regarding this question, Cui Er did not rush to answer. He just said that it would not be too late to wait until his sister-in-law came back. Then he took out the fabric he bought for his mother from the bag. His wife and sister-in-law also had a share, and the snacks for the other three children also accounted for it.  This made the three children extremely happy.

    After dividing the gifts, Cui Er asked his wife to go to the street to cut some meat and fry some meat dishes. In addition, Cui Er's wife also made some wine. When Cui Er's sister-in-law came back, she was also surprised.  After saying a few words about home, the family sat down to have a reunion dinner together. However, Cui's mother and two daughters-in-law were very curious about Cui Er's sudden return, so they didn't take a few bites before asking Cui Er again about the reason.  Come.

    PS: Sorry, I have something busy today, so the second chapter may be posted later. You can read it the next morning.

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