C45 (1/2)

As the saying goes, ”Every family has its share of problems”.

His father, brother, and four other people were ranked third, the older one was already gone, and since he was the boss, his family had only been given thirty acres of land. It was not even a good piece of land, and there were even more children living in each house.

Even if he served them wholeheartedly, it would still be difficult for him to raise nearly thirty people from a family. If not for this, Gou Sheng would not risk his life to enter the vanguard camp, because the vanguard camp had a high salary. He wanted to earn more silver so that his mother and siblings would not starve.

But unexpectedly, while he was fighting desperately, his uncle did not treat his family well. After hearing some rumors and thinking that he had died on the battlefield, he actually wanted to sell his sister to someone else as a child's wife for money.

Fortunately, Gou Sheng was the same as Xiao Da Yong; he quickly returned home after the battle, so as to not let his sister be sold, but Gou Sheng did not dare to let his mother and siblings stay with his family anymore. Taking advantage of the war to reward them with silver, he thought that he should just go with the family to the Kepin.

After hearing what Gou Sheng said, Xu Hui and Xiao Da Yong couldn't help but look at each other. They finally understood where Gou Sheng's jealousy came from.

Xu Hui thought for a while and asked: ”Brother Gou Sheng, you guys left from home after a while?”

If it was today, according to Gou Sheng, his house would be quite far away from here.

Gou Sheng laughed and said, ”Don't be afraid of sister-in-law's jokes, we left yesterday. We don't dare to stay at home any longer, staying for one more day will make us uneasy!”

Xu Hui could not help but ask, ”Then what do you do tonight?”

No wonder the whole family would feel chilled to the core. Xu Hui frowned, it was okay with adults, but there were still two children who, according to Gou Sheng's method, wanted to make it to Kepin safely. She felt that it was a bit suspenseful.

Xiao Da Yong's expression became serious and patted Gou Sheng's shoulder: ”Gou Sheng, I understand your concerns, but in Kepin, how does your mother and your sister-in-law live their lives?”

Xiao Da Yong sighed and said: ”Although Kepin is a thousand year old household, it has been taken over by the barbarians since ten years ago, and we have not been able to fight them back, it is because taking back Kepin is of no use, if the Kepin is not a meadow, or a depression, we can't grow any crops, and we can't let the barbarians get rid of us, it wouldn't be of much use. If it weren't for command being so ruthless as to chase the barbarians out of our area, and let them know that they won't dare to come back in the future, they wouldn't waste so much effort to take Kepin down!”

”At the very least, this is a Thousand House. Could it be that there's nothing here?”

”There are some houses in Kepin City that were built during the construction of the Guest House. When the barbarians retreated, they pretty much burnt everything that they could not take away. If it were not for the two thousand garrison troops, it would be about the same as an empty city …”

Xu Hui could not help but frown. So it turned out that the Kepin's Thousand Clans was an empty city that could not grow any food, and was also almost destroyed. No wonder Xiao Da Yong did not agree with Gou Sheng's decision even though he knew about Gou Sheng's family's situation.

Didn't they say there were two thousand garrison troops? Those two thousand people have to have somewhere to live and eat, huh?

Hearing Xu Hui's question, Xiao Dazong said, ”The garrison troops are at the garrison near the Kepin. The houses have food and grass, and the soldiers can withstand the cold.

”What about you? After the new year is over, will you guys go to the Kepin or return to the armored guards? ”

Xu Hui could not help but frown. It was only today that he realized that although Xiao Dazong had always been obedient to her in the family, he did not realize that the outside world might still be influenced by her deep-rooted belief that it was a man's business. Women only had to look after their family.

However, this was definitely not a good thing for Xu Hui. The main reason why men did not want to talk to women about external affairs was because they did not understand him.

Just like the women here, if there were outsiders, they would not come to the table to eat, and if there were any major decisions in the family, they would rarely discuss with the women, which reflected their status as women. But most of the women here were already used to it, they didn't have any intentions of getting involved with other men's affairs, just like Gou Sheng's mother.

However, Xu Hui was not a woman from start to finish. She could not be like the ancient women who ”followed a husband from home, his husband died while his son died”, and she could not be completely ignorant of the outside world. She had to rely on men to live her life, and she had to have a clear understanding of the outside world.