"What do you say? Fourth brother, what did you say? Su Qiqi asked silently.

"Qiqi, you don't know yet, do you? The battle over there in Cangfu is over! It is said that the second batch of soldiers who changed guards set off yesterday, and they are beating gongs and drums along the way to see them off! Su's excitement came from the bottom of his heart, and the news really made him happy. In the past two years, his cousin has often been silent, often looking at the north blankly, he is not without feelings.

Su Qiqi looked at Yan Yue Jinsheng blankly and asked, "Fourth brother, are you telling the truth?" You can't be mistaken? Are you really not mistaken? ”

Su Zhi nodded vigorously and said, "It's true, I heard it right." I heard that the first batch of soldiers will arrive in the border city in a month, and the original guards of the border city will come back, so at most two months, my cousin will come back! ”

Su Qiqi's hands were clenched, and he trembled uncontrollably for a while, is that man really coming back? He's already a mature man, isn't he?

Su Xian saw that she was really a little excited, so she comforted her and said, "Qiqi, when my cousin comes back, we just have dug up spring shoots, and we will wait for him in the village for the past two days." ”

"Good!"

At the end of March, the team returned to the village, and Su Qiqi hurriedly asked Su Zhi, who stayed in the village, to go to the city to find Boss Wang for news. But after the second batch of people who changed guards came back in early June, the spring bamboo shoots had already been dug up, and there was still no news of Ji Wenchen.

Su Qiqi couldn't sit still anymore, she went into the city by herself and went to Lingxian Pavilion, Boss Wang saw her and asked in surprise: "Brother Qiqi, have you entered the city?" A few days ago, your fourth brother asked me to inquire about it, and I was about to have someone send you a letter. ”

Su Qiqi asked eagerly: "Boss Wang, is there any news?" ”

Boss Wang immediately said: "I asked my brother to inquire, and I heard that your senior brother is still with the general, and there is no preparation for changing the guard yet." ”

Su Qiqi asked puzzledly: "What does it mean that there is no preparation for changing guards?" Didn't you say that the war was over? Why can't he switch guards? ”

Boss Wang explained: "My brother heard from the lord of the government that the general is currently preparing to garrison the border city and give the remaining remnants inside and outside the pass to Liqing. But this matter is not a matter of three or five years, I am afraid that it will not be possible, this general will not leave, and I heard that the relatives who follow him will not leave. ”

Three or five years to come back? If you can't get rid of those bandits in three or five years, when will you be able to come back? If he forgot about her in the border city, or if his superiors gave him a few beautiful women, would he still remember to come back?

When Su Qiqi thought of this, he screamed in his heart, and he couldn't wait to run to him immediately and ask him: Ji Wenchen, this big liar! What about good things? What about good things?

Boss Wang saw that her face was very bad, so he invited and said, "Brother Qiqi, you must be tired from rushing into the city from the countryside, right?" Why don't you go to a private room for a rest meeting? I'll ask Xiao Er to serve you food in a while. ”

Su Qiqi followed Boss Wang to the private room Anqi Pavilion where she usually sat when she came. There is a bamboo collapse and a coffee table, which are for the main family to sit on and wait for the guests.

After Boss Wang went out, she sat there and began to ponder: Is it just sitting and waiting? Waiting for him to come back?

No, she couldn't wait.

She has to fight for her own happiness, she doesn't go to the border city to see, she won't give up!

If he really has a beautiful woman in the border city, then she will come back and marry with all her heart. If he is still alone and does not have a woman in love with him, then she will rely on him! Even if the overlord is strong with a bow, he will have to catch him!

After making up his mind, Su Qiqi found Boss Wang: "Boss Wang, you also know that I have no father or mother, only my senior brother, a relative." If he doesn't come back for three or five years, I'm really a little lonely. I thought it would be better to go and see him than to wait here for him to come back, and if he wasn't ready to come back there, then I would go there. ”

Boss Wang asked in surprise: "Huh? You said you were going to find your brother? ”

Su Qiqi nodded and said, "Yes, Boss Wang, Qiqi has this intention." Please help me inquire about the caravans or horse dealers, if there are any going to the border towns, please ask them to give me a ride, and the foot power will definitely be a lot of them. Also, you can rest assured that your bamboo shoots here are all known to you, and they will be ready to send them to you at this time of year. ”

After a few years of business, Boss Wang also made a small profit, and immediately said after listening to Su Qiqi's request: "Then Qiqi, you go back and wait for the news, once I find out the news, I will definitely ask Xiao Er to send it specially." ”

Su Qiqi immediately stood up and bowed deeply: "Then the little nephew will thank Boss Wang for his great kindness!" ”

When she returned home, Su Qiqi began to prepare, she sewed a long water bag and a tower of dry food, as well as a few pairs of sturdy cloth shoes and a few changes of clothes.

Now it's a big girl, and on her choppy chest, she learned from the people on TV and wrapped it in a light veil, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter, otherwise it will leak out.

After everything was ready, Boss Wang sent the news that three days later, a group of merchants who went to Guanwai to sell horses invited the largest dart bureau in the city to go to Porcheng, not far from the border city, and they could take her there.

Before leaving, Su Qiqi told Su Sancheng, and he asked in surprise: "Qiqi, do you really want to do business?" ”

Su Qiqi nodded and said, "Third uncle, I didn't say anything about this, don't let the third aunt know, she is reluctant to let me run out, otherwise she will have to cry." I'm about to turn seventeen, and if it weren't for the fact that it hasn't been peaceful, I'd have wanted to go outside. This time I have the opportunity to go outside with my friends to see the world, and if there is a good livelihood, I can take my brothers to do it together in the future. ”

Su Sancheng disagreed and said: "Qiqi, now that our lives are better, don't go outside to take risks." In two months, the bamboo shoots on the mountain will come out, and they will be divided into more than ten or twenty taels of silver. Your brothers will go out to do crafts in the second half of the year, and you can also earn a lot of silver, Qiqi, our family has enough flowers for a year! What's more, your third aunt and two sisters-in-law, as well as Yinzi and Qiuyan, also sold a lot of silver for the bayberry they dried, so you really don't have to run around and work hard! ”

Su Qiqi shook his head and said, "Third uncle, these pieces of silver are only enough for a year's family flowers." If it really happens to be a bad year, then it will not be loose on hand. I still want to go out and see if I can learn a better way to make a living, so that there won't be that bad situation. ”

Su Sancheng has always known that this little nephew who looks like a woman is a person with opinions, and since he has decided, he will no longer persuade him: "Then you must be careful along the way, no matter whether you can earn money or not, you have to come back early!" ”

Su Qiqi waved his hand and said, "Third uncle, remember to tell your brothers, go up the mountain to dry the bamboo shoots as soon as possible, and give them to Boss Wang on time when the time comes." ”

Su Sancheng reluctantly said, "Qiqi, you must come back early." ”