On the third day, the Yan family, mainly the tour group, packed up their things and left the camp to continue westward, the terrain has gradually changed from a large plain to a rugged one, and the west is a mountainous area, which is even more inaccessible, except for the various strange mountain rocks covered by snow standing there for eternity.

Along the way, everyone watched the deep pool of snow trees, cold rocks and cold waterfalls, and even a small avalanche, and caught fish in the pool, bathed in the waterfall, and saw the excitement in the distance of the avalanche...... They also met a group of quiet wild wolves, and the two sides looked at each other for a while from a long distance, and then went their separate ways.

The reindeer sleigh team finally stopped at the edge of the mountain, and further on, it was all mountain roads, and the sleds were impassable, so they had to abandon the car and go on foot, and everyone worked together to dig a large pit in the snow to bury the sleigh and some of the prey, and sprinkle it with loose snow to make it look like no one had ever visited, and the footprints were also covered.

Carrying enough food and daily necessities for three or four days, the group began to hike up the mountain. Mountaineering in the snow is even more difficult, these mountains are inaccessible all year round, there is no road on the mountain at all, and there is snow, and it may slide down if you are not careful, so in addition to Yan Qi, several people who do not know martial arts are accompanied by a martial artist, Cui Xi's body is weak, Yan Zichen simply carried him on his back, and Young Master Yan Jiu handed it over to Yan Qi and Xiao Chen to take care of, and it took nearly a day for everyone to finally climb to the top of the mountain.

The temperature at the top of the mountain was several degrees lower than that at the bottom of the mountain, and when everyone came up, their eyebrows and eyelashes were directly frozen, and their faces were white like a group of old men. The old men walked along the ridge of the mountain for a long time under the leadership of Yan Zike, rounded a peak, and then were amazed by the scene presented in front of them—a hot spring pool!

The one who led the way was really heavenly! In such a desolate area in such a northernmost place, he could know that there was a hot spring on such an inconspicuous mountain?! Is there any place in this world that he has not been to and does not know?!

"I just happened to find it. "People are still humble.

No wonder the master said to the little son of the Cui family that it was good to follow, it turned out that the benefits were here, Wuzhi sighed secretly in his heart, the hot spring of the Cui family's illness is healing, and it is no wonder that the master plans to spend the most time on the mountain.

There is also a good place near this hot spring pool - there is a natural cave not far away, which is very spacious and not too deep, and it is more than enough for their team, and because there is a hot spring hidden in the rock below, the whole cave is warm and not cold, the only drawback is that there is a sulfur smell, but Yan Zike has also been prepared for this, so that Wuzhi prepared a fragrance that can suppress the sulfur smell and is not too strong, and it was lit as soon as he entered the cave.

Everyone set up the tent, had dinner first, rested for a while, and then couldn't wait to go to the hot springs, climbed the mountain for a day, the body and spirit are feeling tired, at this time to soak in the hot spring water, it is simply a wonderful feeling like a living fairy!

The men puffed themselves up until they were left with only a pair of pants and jumped into the hot spring pool like dumplings, leaving Yan Qi, a young girl, standing alone at the entrance of the cave and silently weathered...... I haven't seen a hot spring in my two lives combined, but now I'm in front of my eyes but I can't touch the water, I want to cry, I am so jealous, I want to put a handful of chili powder in the water.

"An An goes over there. Yan Zike pointed to a rock in the pond that was more than half a meter high above the water.

Yan Qi walked around as he said, but saw that this hot spring pool was being divided into two parts, one large and one small, the creator couldn't be more humane, Yan Qi really wanted to give his old man a Momoda.

Of course, even if there is a cover, Yan Qi doesn't dare to take off only a trouser like men, and it is not good to have a belly pocket on it, fortunately, he has enough middle clothes - it is also listed on the list given by Yan Zike, so he went into the water in his middle clothes, and the warm heat flow surrounded him in all directions, and the bones of his body were crispy all of a sudden.

The location of this hot spring is quite good, because it is on the top of the mountain, except for the cave in the north, the remaining three sides are unobstructed, you can enjoy the scenery of the snow-capped mountains near and far in the pool, although it is night, but the bright moon above the head is in the sky, the snow far and near reflects the moonlight is to reflect the world is clear, the mountains are empty and silent, for a while it seems that the whole world is only left with these few people.

Everyone quietly enjoyed the scenery for a while, Yan Qi comfortably changed positions in the pool, and then closed her eyes to enjoy, and heard that the men on the other side of the stone had begun to chat, whining, and laughing a few times from time to time with her father.

What an enviable man. You can go as far as you go, you can be confident, call friends, travel all over the world, someone to share, someone to share, there is nothing more joyful in life than this.

Look at the women again, they have to report to the family every day when they go out of the house, not to mention the city gate, out of the state and county, I want to go to this mountain with Wu Yue and Lu Lotus to soak in the hot springs and chat for a long time...... I can only think about it.

So in the next few days, everyone's daily life is to enjoy the mountain scenery every day, soak in the hot springs, drink small wine, eat small dishes, chat about idle days, and live a more comfortable life.

After going out to play and coming back, it's almost time to prepare for the New Year, because the Yan brothers are both here this year, Yan Qi and Young Master Yan Jiu have also come to Saibei, this year can't be sloppy, Yan Er's wife, as the only female elder, wants to take care of the New Year's affairs, Xiao Eleven is thrown to Yan Qi with him, Yan Qi will not be able to go to the camp, nesting in the charcoal fire house all day long to fiddle with the little eleven who has been more than nine months old, Xiao Eleven can already crawl all over the bed at this time, and can also hold Yan Qi's hand to stand up and staggering two steps, stretching out a little fat finger to catch what, pick the wall skin, pick the table, pick Yan Qi, while picking and smiling at her: "Seven ......" This is the first word he learned to say, the second word is "two", as soon as he saw his father, he pointed and called "two!", his father glared at him: "I taught you a little rabbit cub! Dare to say that you are the second child!" The little rabbit cub laughed so hard that he sat down on the thigh of "Seven" and leaned back and closed.

On the eve of the New Year's Festival, the cavalry battalion and the warrior army on the front line returned to the camp outside the Fengtu City one after another, it is said that the two armies beat the four barbarians far away and retracted into their own territory and did not dare to show their heads, and it was not easy to chase them from a distance, because the territory outside the Saiwai was too vast, and there were desolate Gobi and deserts everywhere, and sometimes they rode horses or camels day and night without seeing a little green plant or water for days and nights, not to mention any animals that could be used for food, and there were no people, so the barbarians always wanted to eat the territory of the Heavenly Dynasty, just because the natural environment they lived in was too difficult.

In addition, this period before the Chinese New Year is the coldest time in Saibei, with low temperatures and a lot of snowfall, such weather conditions are very unfavorable for both sides, which has nothing to do with whether the will of the warriors is strong, the power of nature is invincible, there are soldiers and war horses who freeze to death every year, and frostbite and frostbite are even more batches, under such conditions, even the ambitious barbarians have to respect objectivity and nature, and withdraw from the battle line in a gloomy way to avoid this harsh weather.

And the Xiaocai battalion and the samurai army are even more unlikely to brave the cold and travel long distances to no man's land to chase these lost dog-like barbarians, and seeing that there will be a heavy snowstorm to invade the front line area, so they resolutely led the troops to withdraw to the camp.

So the two men in charge of the Yan family were busy again, the eldest was busy with personnel deployment, the second eldest was busy drinking and catching the wind, and they were busy until Chinese New Year's Eve were idle, Yan Zichen's family collectively moved to Yan Mansion after lunch, and saw that everywhere was also a red lantern, so as to make this big mansion a little more lively, as soon as he entered the house, Yan Zi Ke took Xiao Eleven over, and out of nowhere he got a cloth tiger with a cotton plug to coax him to play, Xiao Eleven looked at the person in front of him in a daze, and did not look at the cloth tiger, the person in front of him threw the cloth tiger, and also looked at him intently, looking at it, Xiao Eleven hesitantly stretched out a finger and pointed it at his eyes, said: "Hide ......"

"I want to play with you to hide the cat. Little Eleven's nurse smiled and translated beside her. Usually everyone plays with Xiao Eleven Tibetan cats are to cover their faces with their hands, and then suddenly take their hands away, or expose their faces from behind their hands, "meow" at him, he will be happy to dance, everyone calls this Tibetan cat, Xiao Eleven can spit out the word "hidden" after learning a "hidden" word.

"Do you want to play with the hidden cat?" the nurse smiled beside her and inspired Little Eleven.

"Tibetan ......" Xiao Shiyi raised his arm, about to poke into Yan Zike's eyes, but his expression was even more puzzled and curious, "Twist ......"

"Yes, the little master is so smart, this is the 'face'. The nurse smiled and taught him, Xiao Eleven's words are not clear, usually Yan Qi taught him to recognize the facial features, he loves to pronounce the "face" as "twist".

Xiao Eleven looked at Yan Zike's eyes in a daze for a long time, and suddenly laughed inexplicably, shaking his arms, as if he was greeting someone.

"I saw the reflection of himself in the uncle's eyes. "Yan Qidao.

"Yesterday he was still looking in the mirror and muttering to himself in the mirror for a long time. Second Mrs. Yan also smiled.

There was no hostess in the Yan Mansion, the second Mrs. Yan sat and rested for a while, and after drinking a few sips of tea, she immediately took up the affairs of the New Year's Eve at night, and there was a family on the left and right, and Yan Zichen was also there, so there was nothing to avoid. Yan Zike hugged Xiao Eleven, called Young Master Yan Jiu to go to the study together, saying that the Spring Festival couplets had not been written, Yan Qi and Cui Xi sat on the window kang, one took a pair of scissors and began to cut the window flowers, Yan Zichen sat on the chair next to him, and answered Xiao Chen's questions about a certain military book, and by the way, he talked about the successful cases and negative lessons of theory applied to practice.

After everyone has almost done everything at hand and on their lips, dinner should be served, and a large family sits around, although they are not noisy people, a little less lively, but they are also comfortable and warm, and there is a wine order at the table, Young Master Yan Jiu completely let his father go- It's not that I don't report it, the time has not come, from the first side to the present, Lin Lin is always angry and has now sought justice, no one here is stupid, as soon as he saw the two of them, he immediately protected himself from the other side to watch the fire, first Xiao Chen didn't understand the entanglement, and he was seriously mixed with here, and he didn't know who kicked him under the table, and he reacted after a while, and then stayed out of the matter, and sat and watched Yan Jiu scare his father, people can't use force to make up for it, and you can't do anything to him, so I watched his father being drunk by him cup after glass, fortunately, the amount of wine was large, otherwise he would have been on the table a long time ago。

"Look at my father's delight. Yan Qi covered his face with Xiao Eleven and whispered to Mrs. Yan Er.

Xiao Chen next to him heard this, and looked at Yan Zichen's face carefully for a while, but he didn't find any signs of his happiness, just hearing him drink a cup and scold Yan Jiu for "stinky boy".

The second Mrs. Yan also smiled quietly: "Your father is hard-mouthed, and he asked me last night if I had prepared new clothes for Xiao Jiu for the New Year, and before going out here today, he asked me to give Xiao Jiu more money for the New Year." ”

"We don't understand the world of men. "Yan Qidao.

"Where don't you understand?" Xiao Chen asked.

“…… Yours is very well understood. Yan Qi was busy praising him.

"Understood!" Little Eleven shouted happily.

"Boom!" Outside the house, there was a sudden earth-shattering cannon sound, which made Xiao Eleven jump and stiffened in Yan Qi's hands in a daze, unable to understand who "understood" louder than him.

"Take Little Eleven inside, the cannon will start to fire outside, don't frighten him again. "Second Mrs. Yan instructed the nurse.

Sure enough, there was a loud cannon sound outside, and everyone's reunion dinner was also used to the end, and they called someone to come up and collect the banquet, and put snacks, fruits and tea on it, Yan Zichen escaped from his son, and with a body of wine about to wrap up Xiao Eleven and go out to set off the cannon, Xiao Eleven was annoyed by his wine, and urinated on his clothes, Yan Er Wife chased after him and took the child back to the nurse and brought it into the back room, Yan Zichen changed his clothes and came out and retreated, and then took Yan Qi out: "Dad put a whip of 100,000 rings on you!"

Where there is a hundred thousand whips, let Ming'er get up early.

The grandfather and son were outside the courtyard and put flowers and lit cannons, busy until the New Year, Yan Qi and Yan Jiu young master knelt in the hall and kowtowed to the elders one by one, one got a red envelope, and then Cui Xi Xiaochen came up to salute the elders, and each of them got a red envelope, and then said good New Year to each other, eating Chinese New Year's Eve dumplings together, keeping the New Year around the charcoal fire, eating, drinking, talking and laughing, seeing that there were many people, everyone also played poker, Xiao Chen had been taught on the way to Saibei, Yan Zi Ke would also, learned from Yan Qi in the early years, and now it is promoted to Yan Zichen and his wife, and the group of people played like this until dawn。

At dawn, they put on new clothes, had breakfast, Yan Zichen's family went back to Yan's house, and Young Master Yan Jiu also went back, everyone has no relatives and friends in the territory of Saibei, Yan Zike is the biggest, there is no need to go to the New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year, only stay at home, and those new subordinates come to visit, Yan Zichen is the same, those newly arrived civil officials He is not familiar with them, and there is no need to rush to the door, only one or two families with good relations with the military generals' families, and then they will go to the house to enjoy the family fun of the children under their knees.

In this year in Saibei, the lively is not enough to be warm, the home is peaceful but not deserted, the snow is pressed on the outside, the house is warm like spring, gossip with the family every day, drink tea and enjoy the snow, and sleep with the quilt, which is a rare happy time in the past ten years.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the father and son of the Yan family got up early in the morning and dressed properly, Yan Zichen rode a horse, and Yan Qiyan and the ninth young master took a carriage and went all the way out of the city to the camp outside the city.

Every year at the beginning of the eighth year, Yanzi Chen has to celebrate with his soldiers in the camp, and this year, a pair of children found Saibeilai, and they also had to go to the camp to show their faces together, so as not to be thought by their brothers that the two children were too lonely and looked down on people, and it was also a way to convey closeness to everyone.

Yan Jiajun is no stranger to Yan Qi, but is very curious about this "eldest young master" who only knows his person but has not seen his face, and when he sees that he is such a handsome and elegant little boy, he can't help but feel surprised: Shouldn't the boss's son take the fierce and mighty route like the boss? How, how did he become Aunt Sauce? The boss, such a martial artist, gave birth to a weak son who couldn't be picked on his shoulders...... How can this mantle be inherited...... It's a shame to be here......

Young Master Yan Jiu looked at everyone's eyes and knew what these big bosses were thinking, but he didn't bother to care at all, and sat under Yan Zichen with his hands in his hands and listened to him talking to the martial arts chief knife next to him.

Speaking of tonight's "New Year's party", as long as there is no war on the eighth day of the first month of the new year every year, the border troops in the north of the country have gathered together, set up bonfires, eat large pieces of meat and drink wine, and there are people performing programs and competitive games in the middle, and they will not stop all night without making trouble.

"Let's have a drink tonight!" Wu Changdao said loudly, "After drinking this wine, I don't know when I will go to drink next time, maybe your family will return to Beijing this year, we don't know when we will meet again, we must have a good drink today, and we won't return if we don't get drunk!"

"If you don't get drunk, you won't return!" Yan Zichen smiled.

After more than ten years of fighting in the Saibei battlefield, I may never go back in this life, there are too many regrets, too much pain, too much sadness, and too much joy.

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