Zhu You carried a piece of meat, strode away and walked south. Now the sun is rising, and the nearby grass market is about to disperse. While it is not too hot, he will rush home early and do some farm work. After walking more than a hundred steps, he turned his head and suddenly found a man and a woman standing under a willow tree on the side of the road. Two young men held hands and looked at each other, as if they were as close as a paintbing.

Zhu You looked at it and smiled in his heart. Who doesn’t have the love lover when he was a young man? That’s how it was. Just as he was about to move forward, he suddenly felt that the man had a familiar face. Looking closely, he realized that this person knew that he was not Erlang from his elder brother’s family?

After thinking for a while, Zhu You moved to the side of the road and hid in a big tree. Erlang is already eighteen years old and is at the age of discussing marriage. It is a good thing to have a sweetheart. The two like each other, and they save a lot of trouble later and cannot disturb them.

Leaning against the tree trunk, Zhu You leaned his head to look at the two of them from time to time. Seeing that the two were standing there, as if they were stuck, they couldn't separate, so he had to look at the sky helplessly. The young man of this age had no words and couldn't bear to part when he met.

At this time, late June was the hottest time of the year. Soon the sun rose and it was so hot that it was really uncomfortable. Zhu You was about to find a cool place to hide from the heat, but saw the two people separated there.

The girl turned around three times in one step and headed north until she could no longer see the shadow. Erlang was still standing under the tree and staring at it.

Zhu You returned to the road, quietly arrived in front of Erlang, and suddenly said, "Erlang, what are you watching here?"

Erlang was startled, turned his head to see that it was Uncle San, and hurriedly said, "Nothing. Today, I'm here to play in Caoshi. I'm tired of walking, so I'll take a break here and don't wait for anyone."

Zhu You laughed in his heart, and said without saying anything, "The sun is rising, the weather is getting hot, let's go home soon."

This is Xiongzhou, with many waters and vast land and sparsely populated areas, and no households along the way. After walking five or six miles, a village appeared in front of them, with seven or eight families surrounded by big trees. Two native dogs stood at the entrance of the village and looked at them with great momentum.

Zhu You said: "It's hot, come to my house to take a break and wait until the Qianhou is cooler before leaving. I bought meat today and drink two glasses of wine with me."

Erlang naturally agreed and followed Zhu You into the village. He walked past several families and arrived at a courtyard in the south of the village. There were three thatched houses, and the yard in front was surrounded by a fence. There was a vegetable garden and a small pond outside the fence.

Zhu You lives in this village, three miles away from his elder brother's village. He is generous and loves to make friends from all walks of life. He is still thirty years old and has not married yet. He does not live with his elder brother's house and has no control.

After entering the yard, he sat down under a sycamore tree next to the door. Zhu You prepared tea and asked Erlang to drink tea.

After drinking a few cups of tea, the heat subsided. Zhu You said, "When I came back just now, I saw you and a little lady there. Who is that little lady? She looks very honest."

After hearing this, Erlang almost vomited a mouthful of tea and blushed. He stuttered for a while, but refused to admit it.

Zhu You smiled and said, "I see it all, how can I deny it? Then the lady left, you still stood there and looked for a while. Just tell me, I will go and talk to you and make a marriage for you."

Erlang sighed: "I'm going to hide it from my second uncle. The young lady's surname is Qin and is the daughter of a family in Hebei. His family is also an ordinary farmer. Once, I met me. Because I was happy in my heart, I often came here to meet in Caoshi."

Zhu You couldn't help but frown: "What should I do? The court does not allow us to intermarry with people from the northern region. If you find such a family, it will be difficult for you to deal with it in the future. Even if your parents agree, the court will definitely not follow it."

Erlang couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "Uncle Er said, I'm just worried about this. Recently, I thought that if there was no way, it would be better to let their family move to Henan. These days, the Khitan is arresting people and starting a military service. I heard that it is going to build Zhuozhou City."

Zhu You nodded: "I heard that the Khitan suffered a hardship on Hedong Road at the beginning of the year and lost Shuozhou. In order to prevent the imperial court, the border has been building a city recently. Zhuozhou is heading north on the road, so the Khitans naturally have to build it."

Erlang said: "Yes, her younger brother is only eleven years old. If it is a military service, my father will definitely be arrested. The family is worried about this. If we move to Henan, we will not tell you who knows!"

Zhu You couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this: "Silly child, this is Xiongzhou. We are two households. How many families are there? The yamen clearly know how to make mistakes? For a moment, this matter cannot be done."

Erlang couldn't help but feel bitter and picked up a cup of tea.

After thinking for a while, Zhu You said, "But you don't have to be sad about this. I heard that the court destroyed Dangxiang last year and defeated the Khitan again this year on Hedong Road. The court became energetic and fought against the Khitan again. When the dominance was opened, who would still care about these matters!"

Erlang couldn't help but shook his head: "Uncle Er, we have been here for decades, and Khitans have the upper hand. How could a war start? It's like two losers, and the tax was exempted when Emperor Taizong was exempted, and the Khitans immediately collected it. Who said what?"

"You don't understand, it's no longer as before. The imperial court's Taiwei, trained tens of thousands of troops in Suizhou, defeated the Khitan several times in succession, killed the Khitan king, and opened up the Hequ Road thousands of miles away. Taiwei Du used troops like a god, never defeated, and destroyed Dangxiang last year. Now Taiwei Du is a Privy Councilor in the imperial court, and trains troops, how can he not come to recover Yan Yun?"

Zhu You was so excited that he raised his teacup and drank the tea in the cup in one go.

Erlang is an ordinary rural boy. How could he hear about these things? He heard that the second uncle was talking so lively that he told him to himself.

Zhu You said: "Wait a minute, I will cook the meat I bought and I will tell you. If it weren't for our two households, the court would not allow us to join the army as yamen runners, I would have wanted to join the army and get a job in the battle formation."

As he said that, he stood up, pulled two radishes from the vegetable garden outside, and cooked them with the meat. Zhu You lived alone and could not cook, so he just cut large pieces and put them in the pot.

Erlang was drinking tea and watching Er uncle busy there, thinking about what he had just said. If the court could really restore Yan Yun, his own affairs would have been solved. At that time, they belonged to the same country, so there were no rules left.

Xiongzhou was originally Waqiao Pass in Zhuozhou. Zhou Shizu Chai Rong fought north and took it here and established a new Xiongzhou. The two counties under the jurisdiction of Zhuoxin, Rongcheng, were all under the capital of Xiongzhou. These two counties only have the name of the county, but are actually a magistrate, and are both considered to be the Guo County of Xiongzhou.

The Song Dynasty and Khitan used the Juma River as the border, and Rongcheng and Guixin County both crossed the Juma River, which was actually shared by the Khitan and the Northern Song Dynasty. A large number of residents were under the control of the land north of the Yishui River and south of the Juma River. The Song Dynasty was responsible for administrative affairs and service, while the Khitan collected taxes and levyed service. These people were called the two-way households, which were both encircled by the two countries and were subject to many restrictions.

The Zhu You brothers were two losers, but the servants returned to the Song Dynasty and only lost their rent to the Khitan. In order to prevent these people from doing Khitan work, the Song Dynasty did not allow them to migrate at will, nor did they allow them to marry Khitan women.
Chapter completed!