The blizzard on the fifth day of October stopped until the middle of the night after the sixth day of October, and Wu Jin and Situ Yan were busy in the days when the snow stopped, and since they rescued 400 horses and more than 30 people, they have never found anyone and horses alive.

Every day, Situ Yan left a few lightly injured adults and young children at home to help her take care of the horses, and grind the grass to make feed bricks. The two aunts cooked for everyone, while Wu Jin and Lu Ming led people to clean up the ruins, rummaging for grain, grass and corpses. It was not until October 15 that all the houses in Bentun were cleared.

Even some tables, chairs, cabinets, and farm tools, and even old door panels, window lattices, grass roofs, beams and pillars, etc., were all pulled to Situ Yan's house. For this, Situ Yan led people to clean up a place and build a grass hut, and those that could be repaired without damage were stored in separate categories and used when the victims were resettled in the future. And the ones that can't be repaired are chopped and burned as firewood, so that with the firewood and grass pulled back, it can last at least more than a month. And some of the cabinets found still had silver coins in them, and Situ Yan made an account in front of Lu Ming and everyone, so as not to be framed in the future. After all, it is difficult to be a good person, you must have the intention of harming others, and you must have the heart of preventing others.

Lu Ming stopped Situ Yan, who was about to enter the West Wing warehouse to get the ingredients, pulled him aside and whispered, "Xiao Wu, these grains, it's okay to eat for a month, if you have another month, I'm afraid you'll run out of food, why don't you eat only two meals a day, so you can last more than half a month?" "Lu Ming has helped Wu Jin these days, so he naturally knows how much grain has been harvested, and not every family has a large amount of grain in stock. Some of them were buried too deep in the snow to dig out or not be found, and some even did. But it was already scattered and frozen on the ground, after all, it rained first and then snowed that day, which also brought a lot of trouble to clean up. Therefore, there is not a lot of grain that can be harvested. Even if Situ Yan's family originally had some rations, the rations for more than 30 people could barely be enough even if they lasted for a month, but if the military rations could not be delivered. No one knows how long it will last next, which also makes Lu Ming worried.

"Brother Lu, how much can you find. After we finish looking in the tun, we can go to other tun to find it, there will always be a way! Now, although it is said that it is three meals a day, it is thin. The big guys are full of water. I still have to work, I am already very tired, if I have to reduce even this thin food, how can this person still have the strength to work. Why don't you just follow it as it is now? ”

"Well, after a two-day break, I will go to Lintun with Brother Wu to have a look, and maybe I can find more food to come back. I hope this snow doesn't fall, and the military rations will be delivered in the first half of a month! Lu Ming was thinking about the relief food of the imperial court. But Situ Yan didn't count on anyone. She firmly believes that it is better to ask for others than for herself, no matter what the court does. She had to be ready for everything.

"Brother Lu, I think it's better to rely on others than on ourselves, if we want to point to the military rations, we are going to drink the northwest wind now!" Situ Yan also said that she knew these thoughts in her heart, and Lu Ming knew that after all, she still had to rely on this person to help. The two chatted while doing it, Situ Yan ate well these days, so although she was tired, she didn't lose weight.

And Duanmu Xuanke in the city is not so comfortable. It was not until October 15 that all the victims in the border city were fully settled, and no one fell on the street due to freezing and starvation. Because of this Duan Mu Xuan's difficulty in eating these days, and worrying about Situ Yan and Wu Jin, the whole person is a little out of shape, and he is so anxious that Mo Feng circles around the stove every day, wanting to get more delicious food for the young master.

"Young master, eat more! You only drank half a bowl of porridge for breakfast, if you only ate half a bowl at noon, how can people hold on? Seeing that Mo Feng was in a hurry, Duanmu Xuan tried to scoop up another spoonful of porridge, but when he put it down when he brought it to his mouth, he really couldn't eat it.

"I can't eat it, let's take it!"

Mo Feng is really anxious, if this continues, the victims are fine, the young master fell first, "Young master, my subordinates beg you!" Eat some more! If you are tired, how can you go to Young Master Wu and your little brother! Maybe it was Mo Feng's words that reminded Duanmu Xuan, and he picked up the chopsticks and ate two bites, but he really had no appetite, and finally drank a cup of tea and ended the lunch.

Mo Yu stood at the door of the study, and happened to see Mo Feng who was retreating with food, "Mo Feng, does the young master still refuse to eat?" ”

"Yes! These days, the young master has lost more than a lap, how can this be good? ”

Mo Yu was also anxious, "Why don't I go to the military tun again to try, how can I find Young Master Wu this time?" ”

"I think that if you go now, you may not be able to find someone, and with the young master's temperament, he must be more willing to run this trip by himself. Wait! Mo Feng was also a little tempted, but after thinking about it carefully, it would be more appropriate to wait a little longer.

Before Duanmu Xuan set off to inspect Juntun, on October 20, early in the morning of the heavy snow season, the snowflakes flying in the sky fell from the sky again, although this time it only fell by less than 50 centimeters, but it fell for three days. The already devastated border city was even worse, and the temperature dropped by another ten degrees, reaching nearly minus 30 degrees.

The food available inside the city is also becoming less and less, and even outside the city a large number of victims are beginning to pour in, making it more and more difficult to help.

There has been no response to the twists and turns sent to the capital, and even the grain and grass sent by other counties for disaster relief have been blocked and delayed 500 miles away. Now that food cannot be brought in, there are more and more people affected by the disaster, and the porridge shacks in the city have been changed from twice a day to once a day, and some families have even begun to pick up tree bark and eat grass roots.

Duanmu Xuan also fell ill on the bed due to overwork, "Young master, since you are still sick, don't worry about these things outside, what about your own county guard?" Mo Feng looked at the young master who was still listening to the report on the bed, and he was anxious but couldn't think of a way.

"If it were to be pointed at him, the whole city would be destroyed! Okay, I know in my heart, there is no serious illness, the grain from outside the city must be transported in, to arrange people, even if it is on the back, you must also carry the grain back for me, at least until the relief grain of the imperial court arrives.! ”

"Young master, the soldiers of the General's Mansion are guarding the city on the city wall at this time, except for his subordinates and Mo Yu, everyone else in the palace has been sent out by the young master!"

"Looks like I'm really sick and confused. I don't remember the order I ordered, okay, you can step back first! Those who came back rested for three hours. Eat something and let them go. Remember to bring in grain and grass, and don't let the people starve to death in this city. As for the Juntun side, someone should be sent out to investigate every hour, and if the road can be passed, report back immediately. I'll squint for a moment! Duanmu Xuan's body is still hot, and his eyelids are so heavy that he doesn't even have the strength to open. It's just that I didn't let myself fall.

"Yes!" When Mo Feng saw the young master sleeping, he covered the quilt for him and burned the carbon cage in the house more vigorously. Only then did he withdraw and ask Mo Yu to take care of him, and then he went to arrange things.

Duanmu Xuan and Situ Yan's worries were not superfluous, and it was already the first day of the lunar month when the imperial court got the trouble of being hit by a blizzard in the northwest. So it's nearly winter. Almost all of the disaster areas in the northwest have been spent without food and grass.

It has been raining light snow for three days since the day of the heavy snow solar term, and for Duanmu Xuan's side, there are more and more people to be rescued, so there is an obvious shortage of manpower, but for Situ Yan's side, the people who can be saved have already been rescued, and those who can't be saved can only be left to fend for themselves. And there are more than 20 people who can walk around the fields and help with the work. If you divide the labor carefully, everyone is not very tired. And Situ Yan cooks three meals a day. Although it only made some paste, it was much better than the people in the border city.

And the light snow for these three days. Instead, it gave Wu Jin and them the opportunity to rest for three days, and they didn't have to clean up the ruins. People are more energetic.

Since he couldn't go out, the people who stayed at home helped Situ Yan process the thatch and wheat bran he found back into forage bricks in proportion.

"Little Wu, I understand why you bought those straws in the first place, it turns out that this straw is so useful?" After looking at these days, Lu Ming finally saw some eyebrows, and knew that Situ Yan bought straw to make horse feed.

"Brother Lu, laughing, I also have to do it, when I was in Lijia Village, there was no forage at home to feed the mules, I just thought of this method, I don't know if this horse is the same as the mule eats, or my brother asked me to try it, at this time, it seems that my brother is right, at least this horse is willing to eat, if you don't eat, these four hundred horses, not to mention raising a winter, even if you raise a month, I am afraid that it will be difficult to feed?" Situ Yan deliberately exalted Wu Jin, so she naturally gave all the credit to her brother.

"Xiao Wu, you have helped us a lot, this straw used to be used as firewood in our place, and after hitting here, we can also feed the horses with more things, which saves effort and money, if you don't have it, how can there be such a good thing?" Lu Ming felt that Situ Yan was a little too smart, but it was difficult for him not to be impressed by her like this.

"Then you have to be Brother and Brother Lu, you guys are willing to believe me, if it were someone else, I'm afraid that I would have scolded me back for this idea!"

"You! I can also see it these days, if you treat people's injuries, it is inferred that it is the medicine that Brother Wu helped get; When you distribute food, tell everyone that Brother Wu went to dig up the snow and dig the ground to find it; Now that you get this forage, you don't want to say that it's the credit of Brother Wu, right? "To say that Lu Ming may not have noticed it at first, but now he can understand that this Situ Yan is letting go of his own life, but saving horses and people with great fanfare is completely for Wu Jin. He wasn't unhappy in his heart, but he was a little jealous that Wu Jin could have such a girl who was willing to think about him everywhere. No matter how much hardship she endured and how tired she was, she didn't see Situ Yan complain. If she could have such a girl, she wouldn't just be a captain.

"It is not the credit of my brother to be able to save so many war horses, and the court will naturally not treat these people who are alive at that time. At that time, if Brother Lu is promoted to three levels in a row, don't forget to help your brother, Xiao Wu is grateful here! Since Lu Ming saw through it, she didn't hide it, but the credit was later, and how to place these centaurs was the top priority at the moment.

"It's not yet known if I can be promoted? But Brother Wu's official has been promoted! With his own strength, he saved four hundred war horses, and this credit is not even more than three levels! Now that Lu Ming has seen it, his words are more clear.

Situ Yan heard the envy in Lu Ming's mouth, but she could also see that this Lu Ming didn't have any bad intentions, so she told him what she had in her heart, and she also wanted to dispel this person's concerns, "Brother Lu, what my brother wants is not to be promoted, but to change his household, my brother has been enlightened since the year of his weak crown, and now he must not abandon literature and martial arts, my brother and I are so desperate, but I just want a good status, and he will be able to take the imperial examination one day!" ”

"You work so hard, but not for military merits, but for a good identity, is it worth it?" After listening to Situ Yan's words, Lu Ming finally understood, and his heart was more comfortable.

"If my brother is a reckless man, it is best to be a military general, but my brother and I still have a big revenge that has not been avenged, and now the enemy is still enjoying peace in Beijing, but we can only suffer here, Brother Lu thinks, are we worth it or not?" Situ Yan thought that since the words had been made clear, at least don't let this person have other thoughts and ruin their good deeds.

"It turns out that your brothers and sisters still have such a past, but I despise you, Xiao Wu, Brother Lu is here to apologize to you!"

"Brother Lu, don't be like this, these are just housework, which is not enough for outsiders, just because Brother Lu asked, I mentioned it briefly, and asked Brother Lu to keep it a secret." Although she said these words to Lu Ming, she didn't want others to know.

Lu Ming naturally believed that Situ Yan hadn't lied to him, and nodded, "You should be like this!" Xiao Wu, if one day, your brothers and sisters can return to the capital, you must remember that there is me Lu Ming in the northwest, if I can be lucky enough to enter Beijing one day, I will definitely visit the mansion! ”

"Of course, if there is really a day to return to Beijing, no matter when, Brother Lu will send a letter first, and my brother and I will definitely go out of the capital to meet each other!" Seeing that Lu Ming finally let go of the mustard in his heart, Situ Yan was also happy to continue to discuss friendship with him.

"Hahaha, good! With Xiao Wu's words, my Lu Ming is not in vain! "Situ Yan was willing to deal with men in her previous life, just because men don't love small belly chicken intestines like women.

The two of them were fully satisfied, chatted a few more words, and then went to their respective jobs.

The bolt led Sun Wang and a few young children to make forage bricks, while Wu Jin and Lu Ming took the rest of the people to clear the snow and feed the horses. The girl and her two aunts were responsible for washing and cooking and cleaning the house. Except for those who were seriously injured in bed, everyone was busy, but Situ Yan had to insert a foot everywhere. became the busiest in the whole family, but in order to highlight Wu Jin's contributions, she was unusually low-key, doing it silently, but quietly. (To be continued......)