On the fifth day of the first day of November, the sky was full of snowflakes again, although it was not big, but it also made all the people in the border city who had experienced the snow disaster raise their whole hearts, and there were people on duty during the day and night, for fear that the snow would be too big, and the temporary shed would collapse again.

Duanmu Xuan stood in the courtyard of the General's Mansion, looking up at the flying snowflakes, his heart was full of worry, these days he sent people out of the city every day to check, and the people who could return it said the same every time, "There is no way out of the city, don't argue the direction, don't go out of the city." He had to suppress his worries in his heart, seeing that if it was sunny for more than ten days, he would be able to go out of the city to inspect the military camp and see his little brother, but he didn't want the snow to fall again, I was afraid that after this snowstorm, the day of leaving the city would become far away.

"Young master, it's cold outside, your body is just right, why don't you enter the house?" Mo Feng put a mink fur on Duanmu Xuan, looking at such a young master, he felt a little strange. He is accustomed to the humor of the young master, and he is used to his laughter and scolding, but he is not used to such a quiet and sad young master.

"It's okay, after being stuffy in the house for a long time, people are more tired, it's better to come out to breathe, look at the blooming plum blossoms, but let the mood be clearer!" Duanmu Xuan stood for a while, until a subordinate came in to do something, and then he went back to the study with Mo Feng. The house in the General's Mansion was crushed by snow before, and his office accommodation was all in this study these days, although the house had been repaired these days, but he had long been accustomed to staying here every day, so he did not move again.

Duanmu Xuan's worried state of mind did not reach the military tun where Situ Yan was, and cleared the hidden dangers around Wu Jin, she was very relaxed these days, and she was just about to relax, but she didn't want the sky to blow the cold wind again and it snowed heavily.

"Brothers, this snow is fierce, it is only stronger than the day of the light snow, and in the next few days, you will have to clear the snow with me. Take care of the horses! Wu Jin has been pushed to the front by Situ Yan these days, and he slowly became conscious, and when he saw that there were snowflakes floating again, he naturally beckoned people.

"Brother Wu is right. We are now grasshoppers tied to a rope, if there are still people who only think about themselves at this time, let alone Brother Wu, even all of us will never let him go! Lu Ming was always the first to respond, after all, he knew the plan in the hearts of the Wu family brothers and sisters. I admire these two people from the bottom of my heart.

"Yes, Brother Wu, we listen to you!" "Yes, Brother Wu, just say it!" Seeing that everyone was vassalizing Wu Jin, Situ Yan was very pleased, after working hard for so long, it finally paid off, as long as the officials sent by the imperial court for disaster relief came down, it was imperative for Wu Jin to be promoted. It's just that what position can be promoted, whether you can get out of the military at one time, or you have to spend more money to give some benefits. Anyway, in her eyes, what can be solved with money is not a problem. What's more, she's not bad for money.

Wu Jin was both happy and distressed in his heart, his current reputation was won by the little sister who lowered her identity and helped him fight for it, and even looked at the little sister who had lost a lot of weight, her eyes couldn't help but burst into tears, and she silently made a wish in her heart. "Yan'er, now you are protecting your brother, and one day, your brother will be your backer. Hold up a piece of heaven for you! Wu Jin made up his mind, but it's a pity that Situ Yan didn't give him such a chance.

Situ Yan looked at her brother who turned her head to look at her, but she just gave him a firm look, she knew the self-blame and guilt in Wu Jin's heart, but at the moment, time was tight and there were many things. She didn't care about taking care of her brother's state of mind, she just hoped that he wouldn't give up on himself and just lose his self-confidence.

"Since you are willing to listen to me, then I will not be polite to you, now there are 23 people who can walk around the ground, except for the two aunts who want to prepare meals, including me and my sister, there are 21 people left, these 21 people, I and my sister, bolt a team, the rest of the people, every two people are divided into a team, led by me and Brother Lu, on duty."

The specific matters of the division of labor on duty, Situ Yan had already written it in the morning and handed it to Wu Jin, at this time Wu Jin took out the paper and said the division of labor of each team, these people listened carefully, and no one objected, after all, even Wu Jin and Situ Yan, and even Lu Ming, who had a hand injury, were arranged. Even Ding Gouwa and Sun Dabeard were arranged to be "worth watching".

With the arrangement, everyone naturally does their own thing, and there is no need to worry about how heavy the snow is.

After Wu Jin made arrangements, he took Situ Yan and Zhuzi, as well as the people he led to the backyard, and their mission today was to feed the horses, clean the stable, and the snow on the roof of the shed.

"Miss, there are young masters and minions here, you better go back to the house and rest first!" The plug thought that although the eldest lady had eaten well recently, she was still much thinner than in the autumn, and he was really afraid that the eldest lady would be tired and sick, and there was nowhere to invite Lang Zhong right now.

"Yes, Yan'er, go ahead, I and the plug can do the things here!" Wu Jin also thought so, pulled the little sister's hat, and persuaded the bolt together.

Situ Yan glanced at the three of them, and saw that the people who came with them were all in the distance, so she spoke to Wu Jin in a suppressed voice, "I'm not tired, and if I go back to the house at this time, I'm afraid that it won't take the night, and the gossip will spread, even if these people are grateful to their brother now, but as long as they feel a little unfair, they will have discord, why bother to make trouble for ourselves, and I'm really not tired, taking care of these horses is much easier than taking care of people!" ”

"Hey, Jin Jin Qi Ming (Jin Jin is careful), Baht must be more (stingy and careful), embarrassed and useful!" Wu Jin sighed very much, these people were obviously rescued by them, but they still had to compare with them everywhere. It is false to say that you are not sad in your heart.

"Brother, do you think that everyone in the world is the same as you and me? Then there is no more strife in this world, what is the use of these officials in the court? And where there are people, there will be trouble. Can't my brother see through it? Situ Yan knows too much about human nature, but she doesn't mind this.

"Yes! If people can really do good deeds and move clearly, I am afraid that you and I will no longer have to suffer such hardships? Wu Jin's emotion could only be described in one word in Situ Yan's ears: "Sour!" ”

The three of them chatted and did it, but they were not tired. Lu Ming led people to clear the snow in the front yard and roof, and the two teams divided their labor, and they did things twice the result with half the effort, but the snow kept falling almost every two hours, and the snow had to be cleared once, day and night.

This snow, it has been raining for two days and two nights, and the road in the tunzi has been cleared a little, and people can barely leave, but after this snow, they can't even get out of the yard. Let the hearts of the people in the courtyard be raised. There is only so much food in this house. At the moment, I can't even go out to dig and look for it, and I have to take care of the horses, and if the military rations are not enough, I am afraid that I will not be able to survive this winter.

The worries of these people. Of course, excluding Situ Yan, she is standing in the warehouse of the West Chamber, counting the feed and grain.

Salt and oil are definitely not enough, and if the grain is only used to boil paste, it can last until the middle of the wax moon. But if it snows heavily, there will not be enough food. It seems that she still has to take some out of the ring, at least to survive the wax moon. Taking advantage of the fact that there are many piles of grain in the warehouse at this time, Wu Jin will not find out if he takes out more than a dozen packets. He also took out salt and other spices from the ring, and Wu Jin didn't care about them, so he didn't know how much he had saved in the library. There is food in this house, and Situ Yan, who has not seen a smiling face for a month, finally has confidence in her heart. The face is no longer as cold as before. She still likes to do enough preparation for everything, and she doesn't want to be caught off guard when things come to an end, and she is in a hurry to find a way, which will often go wrong, just like Fang Tong and Li Liang, it is she who is busy dealing with other things, which makes the two of them make trouble and take advantage of the loopholes.

I went to another room to see the grass bricks, and took out all the grass bricks stored in the ring, counted them, and there were 120,000 catties of fermented fine bricks. 150,000 catties of unfermented coarse bricks can barely last until the beginning of the first month. "Blessed are you Marco, you have taken out all the rations of our carrots and fed you, you must know how to be grateful!" For these military horses. Situ Yan didn't have much emotion.

From 400 horses gathered in one place, the feeding of horses was reduced from three times a day to twice a day, and the daily coarse forage of 80 catties was reduced to 30 catties of mixed feed, although the horses ate less than before. But there is no obvious weight loss, but it looks like the coat color is not as bright as before. And Situ Yan would boil potion every five days to feed the horses to prevent them from getting sick. These horses were Wu Jin's chance to turn over, and Situ Yan took care of them more carefully and thoughtfully than those who were rescued. But these animals are more grateful than humans, and at least every day when she goes to the backyard, the horses are very enthusiastic to put their heads on her.

Situ Yan's division of labor is clear, and Duanmu Xuan is also orderly, but this snow, no matter how hard Duanmu Xuan tries, there are still many victims who starved to death, froze to death, and died of disease in the city. was so anxious that Duanmu Xuan's mouth had several fire bubbles.

Just as Duanmu Xuan was writing a recital to the imperial court in the study, he saw that Mo Yu didn't need to report, and hurriedly walked in from outside, "Young master, the person you sent to transport grain is back!" ”

Duanmu Xuan put down the pen and sighed, "Okay, after waiting for so many days, there is finally good news!" Send the grain to the county government and hand it over to the county order, but in this matter, Mo Yu, you personally take people to watch it, and be sure to let the county order use all the grain on the victims. If he dares to fill his pockets at this time, bring his head to me! ”

"Yes. Subordinates receive orders! ”

"Young master, according to your order, the victims outside the city have been allowed to enter the city, but these grains are only distributed one bowl a day, and they can last for half a month at most!" Mo Feng has been calculating the accounts in his heart, and these grains are also a drop in the bucket, which can only solve the temporary crisis.

"Sou, you personally bring people, go door to door to search for me, especially those big families, they must have a winter of grain storage, as well as grain shops, pay attention to the backyards of those shops, even cellars, no matter what, it will last another month, according to the day, the disaster grain of the imperial court is afraid that it will not be delivered until Chinese New Year's Eve, no matter what, it will last until that time!"

"Young master, you are like this, I am afraid that you will offend a lot of people, those big families, which one is not related to the imperial court, you are tired and tired here, I am afraid that if they join you in the capital, this is not only useless, I am afraid that there will be?"

"Human life is greater than the sky, and there is a father in the court, so nothing can happen. It's a big deal that I don't sit on this Dingyuan general, and I can just go back to Beijing! ”

"Yes, my subordinates will do it!" Mo Feng knew that since the young master had already made a decision, even if he persuaded him again, it would be useless, so he resigned himself to doing things.

"Mo Feng, you remember, bring the yacha and soldiers, and don't go into the general's mansion to find the grain back, and store it directly in the grain depot of the county government, although we are not afraid of things, but we can't let others scratch their feet and participate in impeachment at will!" Mo Feng's words reminded Duanmu Xuan that although he was not afraid of things, he would not give people a chance.

"Yes!" Mo Feng was favored by Duanmu Xuan, and it only took one day and one night to search the entire border city, and he really found a lot of food, and after careful calculation, he could barely last until the beginning of the first month.

Duanmu Xuan didn't sleep all night, and waited until the next morning to get a return, and then fell on the couch and squinted for a while.

After surviving the cold of November 19, there were also big families in the border city who had trouble one after another, but these people were suppressed by Duanmu Xuan's troops before they got started.

How could a group of rabble be able to defeat the well-trained soldiers in the general's mansion. In the end, these big families had no choice but to send household servants to follow the victims to go to the porridge shed to receive porridge every day. As for how to divide it back, Duanmu Xuan doesn't care, after all, he is in charge of the heavens and the earth, and he can't control other people's homes.

Even Duanmu Xuan himself took the soldiers up and down the house to drink porridge with the victims. It's just that Mo Feng will secretly boil some tonic medicinal materials for Duanmu Xuan every day, so that Duanmu Xuan can survive.

Compared with Duanmu Xuan's lack of food and clothing, Situ Yan and they can at least drink a full water, of course, Situ Yan is not as great as Duanmu Xuan, and occasionally when people are not paying attention, she will also open a small stove for Wu Jin and the suppository to make some delicious supplements, of course, boiling tonic is also essential.

Seeing that the things in the ring were getting less and less, Situ Yan was also a little anxious, although the food was enough, but the herbs were still not well prepared, and he really hated why he didn't buy more herbs in the first place.

Such a hard day, two people in different places in the same disaster area, suffering separately, when they come back to recall, but it becomes a joke after dinner.

In Lijia Village, the four brothers of the Li family didn't know about the border city, but they were still worried about their little sister who was far away from home, especially the closer the New Year, the more impetuous the four of them became, and even Li Erlang's daily eclipse was much less than usual.

Li Dalang understands the thoughts of his younger brothers, and so does he himself, how can he persuade his younger brothers, he has to think about making some delicious food every day, hoping that his younger brothers will not fall ill again because of their thoughts. (To be continued.) )