kingnovel Chapter 301: Fighting in the North
Chapter 301: Fighting in the North
Hei Dadan followed behind silently, running forward with all his might.
Zhou Dacang watched as the dog ran away on horseback, since it was not his dog anyway.
After three miles, Zhou Guo tightened the reins and stopped. When Hei Dadan came running over breathlessly, he bent down and reached out to grab the horse, put it in a bag made of wild vines in front of him, held the reins with one hand, squeezed the horse's belly with his legs, and flew out with the horse's hooves raised.
Hei Dadan was breathing calmly. He had been carried up and down before, and now he was nestled in the pocket in front of his master, not making a sound.
Zhou Dacang turned his head to look at its bright black eyes and couldn't help but sigh. This dog is as brave as its owner.
The two men, a dog and two horses ran for the whole morning.
"This bag is quite useful. It hasn't fallen apart even after running for so long." Zhou Guo took the black bag out of his pocket and put down the horse.
But as soon as it got off the horse, it sat down with a thud, groaned twice, and struggled to get up again.
Zhou Dacang laughed, "You said this dog is brave, I think it would be better to change its name to Little Dandy."
Zhou Guo explained: "It wasn't scared at all, it was obviously shaken. It was lucky that it didn't vomit after being shaken back and forth. You still think it's timid, but it didn't make a sound."
As soon as she finished speaking, Heidadan opened her mouth wide and vomited. Well, she was really embarrassed.
Zhou Dacang laughed even louder.
Zhou Guo dismounted, picked up the dog and washed its face in a stream nearby. He then pressed it to drink a bellyful of water, and then put it on the ground. After all this, the dog finally recovered and could stand, and it seemed to be a little more energetic.
Zhou Dacang shook his head. This was not like raising a dog. It was like raising a son. Even raising a son was not so troublesome.
I had a quick lunch at noon, some bread, dried meat, and bone soup, and I was full.
If they followed their previous habits, they would not cook soup at all. But if they didn't cook soup, Heidaokan would have nothing to eat. They couldn't really feed it all with noodles. Not to mention Zhou Dacang, even Zhou Guo himself couldn't bear to do that.
Since they all came here to escape, food is naturally extremely important to them.
Hei Dadan was gnawing on the bones happily, and after eating a small portion of the soft and fluffy pancake, he felt very full.
Zhou Guo even specially left a few large bones for it, with the meat on them removed cleanly. Even so, after it was cooked, Zhou Dacang still gnawed them.
When they were on their way, she put the big, chewed bone in his rattan bag and let it chew on it.
Hei Dadan held her in his arms and never let go the whole way.
Zhou Dacang looked at him and didn't know whether to be envious or jealous. As an uncle, he didn't seem to have received such treatment. "You really treat this dog as your son?"
Zhou Guo looked at him in confusion, "What's wrong with you? Why are you unhappy?"
Zhou Dacang glanced at her and said, "Nothing. I just lament that I, as an uncle, am not treated as well as a dog."
Zhou Guo laughed, "Uncle, you are such a fool. You are jealous of a dog. Aren't you afraid that people will laugh at you if you tell others about it?"
Zhou Dacang said dissatisfiedly, "What's wrong with being jealous of a dog? My treatment is not as good as a dog's. Don't let people say it? Look at me, your uncle. I have been running for the whole morning and I am tired, thirsty and hungry. How can a living person be treated worse than a dog?"
Zhou Guo looked at Hei Dadan who was gnawing on a bone in front of him, then looked at Zhou Dacang beside him, and recalled that it seemed that she had never even fetched him a bucket of water.
But, "No, that's not right. The water in the stream can't be drunk directly. You can only boil it and let it cool down before drinking. It's not spring water. Besides, your water bag was filled up a long time ago. It's a bamboo tube and a water bag. It's not that easy to finish it."
Zhou Dacang said: "I'm not talking about water!"
Zhou Guo glanced at him and suddenly laughed.
Zhou Dacang gave her an unpleasant look, snorted, and rode away, so as to avoid getting angry at the dog.
Zhou Guo thought about it and felt that what she did was wrong. No matter how good she was to the dog, she could not ignore her family.
Zhou Dacang spent the rest of the journey serving him busily, and after a while, he really calmed down.
After walking north for seven or eight days, the two men discovered that there was a war going on ahead, so they had to take a detour.
That day they came to a wilderness very close to the official road and met groups of refugees who came from nowhere.
"Alas, in this world, I'm afraid the only place where we can sleep peacefully is at the feet of the emperor, but the emperor's feet are far away, where should we go to settle down?"
"Didn't they say before that the North was quite stable? It was said that the great general Xu and his son were guarding the north. The Hu people didn't dare to go south, and other bandits didn't dare to attack at will. It's a pity that it's too close to the Hu people, otherwise it would be a really good place."
"Who said it wasn't? But I'm afraid it's not possible now. The Hu people suddenly attacked the middle road. I think the north is almost there. It is said that the Hu people also suffered from a severe drought this year. Many sheep and horses starved to death because they couldn't eat grass. That's why they wanted to go south to rob things before winter. Now they are fighting suddenly. The Hu people are suffering so much. I think General Xu will have a fierce battle in Beiyuan. I hope he can hold on. Otherwise, if Yannan Pass is opened, nothing can stop the Hu people's iron hoof."
Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang looked at each other and couldn't help but walk forward.
"Uncle, you said you came from the middle? Is the fighting going on in the middle now? Are the barbarians in the north plain also starting to move?"
Those people had been walking for a long time, and they were tired of repeating the same things over and over again. When they saw the two newcomers, they were excited and immediately started to talk from the beginning. After they finished speaking, they sighed and said, "Don't you think that once this war breaks out, it will be hard for us ordinary people? We can only abandon our homes and run around like stray dogs, and we don't know when we can go back."
"Hey, brother, where are you from? Where is your home? I see from your clothes that you must be from a wealthy family. Generally, wealthy families live in more stable places. Where is your home, brother? If it is stable, we will also go to your land to make a living."
Everyone nodded. It would never be wrong to follow capable people in times of crisis. It was much better than running around aimlessly on your own.
Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang were at a loss for words and didn't know how they had become such capable people.
Zhou Guo waved his hand and said, "Uncle, you are mistaken. We are also a poor family."
Everyone obviously didn't believe it, and had an expression that said "stop lying to me" on their faces. They looked at the two horses not far away from them, and even had a bit of dissatisfaction on their faces.
The two men looked back at the two majestic horses and were speechless for a moment. They couldn't say that these two horses were robbed from the bandits, right?
After a while, Zhou Guo continued, "Really, we didn't lie to you, nor did we hide it from you. Our home is in Beiyuan, not far from Yannan Pass. If the Hu people go south, we will be the first group to suffer."