Zhong Ziyuan unfolded the jacket in his hand with great interest, it looked a little like clothes made for a baby, but there were two openings on the top and bottom, and a few cloth buckles were added in the middle, and at a glance, he knew that it was prepared for Xiao Liu'er.

The stitches of the jacket are a little rough, but the material is extremely warm, and it is a fine and thick soft smoke. The inside is also carefully covered with white and thick cotton, and it feels very warm when you put your hand in it. Zhong Ziyuan pinched her jacket and said with a smile: "You are so clever and clever, you still want to sew this for Xiao Liu'er." ”

Liu Yucian pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "It's been a lot cold these days, I'm afraid that Xiao Liu'er will freeze, so I thought about sewing this for it." ”

Zhong Ziyuan returned the jacket to Liu Yuchan, she looked around the room, only to see the bamboo basket containing Xiao Liu'er resting on the footrest next to the bed, except for the thick cushion, it was empty. She couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Where is Xiao Liu'er?" Why didn't you stay in the nest! ”

Liu Yucian exhaled lightly, lifted a corner of the quilt, and said with a smile: "I was afraid that it would be cold, so I put it on the bed." ”

Zhong Ziyuan looked carefully, and saw Xiao Liu'er lying in the quilt next to Liu Yuciao, and it was wearing another thick little padded jacket. At this moment, its mouth was wide open, and its small red tongue was sticking out, panting rapidly. The round black bean-like eyes were half-closed, and the little head rested weakly on his forelimbs, looking a little unrefreshed.

Mrs. Liu also smiled: "The cicada is either afraid that it will be cold all day long, or that it will be hungry, and it is really delicate enough to raise." The little guy is also blessed, if only he stayed in his old broken kennel. Don't think about living a good life like this. ”

Zhong Ziyuan sighed: "Stay in the kennel, it can at least barely survive." Being taken care of by you like this, I'm afraid it will die soon! ”

"How could it be," Liu Yucian and Mrs. Liu exclaimed incredulously.

Zhong Ziyuan didn't pay attention to them. neatly took Xiao Liu'er out of the quilt and took the thick cotton jacket on his body in three or two times. Then he commanded, "Take the water-soaked veil quickly."

After a busy meal, watching Xiao Liu'er drag a stump leg on the ground and stumble to a small porcelain dish, stretching out the tip of his pink tongue and licking the water inside desperately, Zhong Ziyuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It can be regarded as a relief, if it is dehydrated by heat when this cold wind is sluggish." That little Liu'er is really wronged. The next time you still burn such a vigorous earth dragon in the house, remember to give it more boiled water, and don't wrap it so tightly. It's going to be uncomfortable. ”

Liu Yucian looked at her with admiration on her face and said, "Doctor Jia, you are so powerful, you even know this." There was obviously a kind of intimacy in her eyes when she looked at Zhong Ziyuan. A heartfelt envy.

Zhong Ziyuan smiled dumbly and said, "As long as you have a dog, you know." It's not a good thing. ”

Qing'er interjected and laughed: "It's not! Xiao Liu'er was also raised by the young lady, I remember that this kind of dog was also raised at the gate of the outer courtyard before, but it was easy to feed, and I didn't limit what to eat to it every day, and I fell asleep under the eaves when I was sleepy. I remember one time when it snowed, and the white patch buried half of its body in it. At that time, I thought, it's broken, I'm afraid it's going to freeze. But I threw the leftover chicken bones in front of it. It immediately slid to its feet. Shake the snow off your body and gnaw it happily."

Liu Yucicada listened to it with relish. He also asked, "What about later?" ”

"Later?" Qing'er smiled: "Isn't it spring later!" As soon as the dogs barked, they ran away and never came back. Qing'er even said with a gesture, which immediately caused the other maids to cover their mouths and chuckle.

Only Liu Yucian blinked her eyes and asked puzzledly: "Why did it run away when spring came?" Wouldn't it be better to eat outside than at home? ”

Qing'er pursed her lips and smiled, and was about to say more, but she saw that Mrs. Liu's face sank, and she raised her voice and scolded: "Qing'er, Hugh has to talk about it." "In the past few days, the atmosphere in the house has been excellent, which makes Qing'er forget for a while. She came back to her senses when Mrs. Liu scolded her like this, and immediately closed her mouth tightly.

But Liu Yucian still stubbornly asked, "Qing'er, you haven't said why it didn't come back." ”

Qing'er was extremely embarrassed and peeked at Mrs. Liu, whose face was sinking like water, and she didn't know how to explain it. Zhong Ziyuan laughed and said, "There are not so many delicious foods in the house outside, but the outside world is big!" Especially in the spring field, on the valley, the mountains are full of peach blossoms, pear blossoms, plum blossoms, and small animals that come out of the soil, it can run around freely, and you can also meet countless new friends, so naturally you don't want to come back. ”

Liu Yucian was stunned, and said with infinite yearning: "Hearing you say this, I really want to see it with my own eyes." As soon as these words came out, her little face darkened again, and she said, "It's a pity that there is no such opportunity." ”

"Who said that?" Zhong Ziyuan said with a smile: "On March next year, I will accompany you to the peach blossom forest of Fahua Mountain to look for spring, how about it?" ”

"Really? Can I go out? Liu Yucian said incredulously.

"Silly boy, of course it's true. When the time comes, Mother will go with you. Mrs. Liu also said with a smile.

"Okay, that's it." Zhong Ziyuan stretched out his hand to her and said, "But don't lie down now, the peach blossom forest is halfway up the Fahua Mountain!" You'll have to climb up on your own, now get up and take a few steps. Don't run out of strength and cry your nose to ask someone to carry it. ”

Everyone in the room burst into laughter, and Mrs. Liu no longer asked her to lie down and rest as usual, but looked at her gently and encouragingly. Liu Yucicada bit her lip, and her dark eyes were exceptionally bright. After hesitating for a long time, she finally lifted the brocade quilt on her body and moved off the bed tremblingly

When Mrs. Liu sent Zhong Ziyuan out, it was already close to dusk, and thick and heavy clouds and mist were entrenched in the sky, only the deep and shallow blue burst out from the gaps. The clouds and mist kept rolling, and the blue that changed in the thick and the light. It looks like a fish swimming in the sea, and occasionally turns out its belly like silver.

Mrs. Liu walked silently forward with the gray squirrel cloak on her shoulders, and a pair of waterproof thick-soled cloud brocade plum embroidered shoes loomed at the corner of the skirt as she walked. The cobblestone paths are covered with light, crisp and soft leaves. The trampled made a thin "rustling" sound. Seeing a diamond-shaped stone that had slipped from the rockery half-hidden in the fallen leaves, Madame Liu still absentmindedly raised her foot and stepped on it.

"Be careful, ma'am." Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly stepped forward to support her. Mrs. Liu was startled, and grabbed Zhong Ziyuan's wrist to stabilize her shaky body. Zhong Ziyuan smiled: "What did Madam think about? If she falls, Miss Liu should be distressed again. ”

Madame Liu tightened her fingers sharply, her eyes widening. Mournful eyes passed through Zhong Ziyuan and threw herself into the unknown void, her dark pupils seemed to be burning with a cluster of flames, and her dry lips trembled for a while. Only then did he tremble and said: "It turns out that the cicada will become what it is now, and I am the culprit." It's my self-righteous love. Totally ruined her"

Zhong Ziyuan sighed secretly and did not speak. However, Mrs. Liu had obviously fallen into deep self-blame, and she didn't need Zhong Ziyuan to answer, and muttered to herself: "It turns out that the cicada is the little Liu'er who has been raised. Originally, as long as I let go of my hand a little, she wouldn't have fallen to this point, but I had to hold her so tightly that she couldn't breathe."

Seeing that Mrs. Liu was gradually a little stunned. Zhong Ziyuan couldn't help but shout loudly: "Mrs. Liu, you think badly." ”

"I think it's bad?" Mrs. Liu retracted her gaze in a daze. She looked at Zhong Ziyuan in front of her and said very seriously, "Isn't that so?" Didn't I hurt the cicadas? ”

Zhong Ziyuan's gentle smile is like the sunshine that can penetrate all gloom, bright and bright. She said patiently, "You're just too nervous about her, but you see, with our efforts, she's starting to get better." You have to believe that the sky will not always be cloudy, and after a storm, you will see a beautiful rainbow."

The following days were busy and fulfilling, Guo Chengsi was named General Wuxian, although he was promoted to a second-rank military attaché, but his power was only equivalent to a fourth- or fifth-rank civil official. Who is called that now is a peaceful and prosperous era, the military attache is not as good as a dog, and the name of the second-grade general Wuxian is far worse than that of the third-grade criminal department. However, his life has been a lot simpler, there are no all kinds of murders, no brutal and vicious bandits, no crying and complaining about all kinds of unfortunate victims, and now he is facing only boring and boring various exercises, but he has been used to such days for many years, but he is very used to it, and he doesn't feel anything.

"Thorn"

"Split"

"Lying down"

One stern shout after another, everywhere in the drill ground. Although the cold wind was like a knife at the moment mercilessly cutting through the straight men standing on the playground, the falling snowflakes slowly gathered on their heads and shoulders. Their shoddy jackets were soon soaked with melted snow, and they felt like they weighed a thousand pounds. But they didn't seem to notice it at all, and only carefully carried out every order of the commanders.

Strange to say, if two months ago, who dared to train them to the death like this, they would have to turn their faces and mutiny. But now, the dignified General Wu Xian did not hide in the barracks to eat meat and drink, but stood on a high wooden platform and accompanied them to brave the heavy snow for meticulous training. They still wore a padded jacket on their bodies, and General Wuyi was only wearing a thin single coat, which had to make this group of soldiers feel admired from the heart.

There are also bright red banners hanging on the side of the playground, which read, "Sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime." "Energetic and courageous, fight for the first", "Don't abandon, don't give up", "The brave wins when you meet on a narrow road", "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty", "As long as you don't fall, you will become stronger" and other strange words.

The soldiers they were all big and coarse, and they couldn't even recognize their own names, so where would they recognize them. It was still a document in the barracks, read it out sentence by sentence, and explained it one by one, and they understood.

Originally, there was a sentence "As soon as Wu Xian comes out, who will compete", but unfortunately, as soon as the banner was put out, it was lifted by General Wu Xian with a black face. The clerks in charge of making the banner were terrified for a long time.

Fortunately, after lifting the banner, General Wu Xian did not get angry, and after rubbing it aside casually, he continued to practice. Later, the banner was secretly packed away by the new Dr. Jia.

However, during the exercise, shouting these slogans is indeed energetic and murderous. Obviously, there are only 3,000 people standing here, but they exude the momentum of 5,000 people.

Today's training was finally completed, and the sergeants were still standing straight, with a trace of white smoke coming out of their heads, but they couldn't feel the cold. Guo Chengsi stood on the wooden platform, his single clothes were already soaked, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle for a week. He swept the sergeants all with their heads held high, for fear that they would show a trace of fatigue.

Finally, he shouted with satisfaction: "Withdraw"

The people who had been overwhelmed with the playground immediately retreated to their barracks like a tide, leaving only a dirty snow that had been trampled on. Rong Xi saw that he had finished practicing, and immediately held a dark brocade cloak and walked up to the high platform quickly. He shook off the cloak in his hand and gently put it on Guo Chenghe's shoulder, and then said, "Lord Shizi, go back to the barracks and drink a bowl of ginger soup!" ”

"Hmm." Guo Chengsi responded lightly and asked casually, "Where are the soldiers?" ”

Rong Xi hurriedly smiled and said, "Doctor Jia has already boiled dozens of pots of ginger soup, and the soldiers have all drunk it." ”

"Why did she go to the barracks again?" Guo Chengsi frowned and said, "You go and talk to her, just say that I am injured, let her come and see!" ”

Rong Xi was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Shizi, where are you hurt?" ”

Guo Chengsi glanced at him sideways, and only spit out two words: "Noise." Then he tightened his cloak and walked down the high platform quickly.

When he walked away, Rong Xi touched the back of his head and smiled: "If you are jealous, you will be jealous!" I have to say that I was injured. Alas! Our dignified prince still has to compete with a group of big-headed soldiers for favor, and I'm afraid that no one will believe it. Even if he thought it was funny, Rong Xi didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly went to the dense barracks to find Zhong Ziyuan.

Guo Chengsi is a general of Wuyi in the end, although he is strict with himself, his treatment is still much better than those big soldiers. Back in the separate barracks, someone had already prepared a wooden bucket full of hot water. On the table next to it was a bowl of pale yellow ginger soup with white smoke. He was sore at the moment, and his clothes soaked in snow were sticky and cold. He took a sip of the ginger soup and drank it down, dropped the bowl, took off his clothes in twos, and then stepped into the barrel with his long legs.

Guo Chengsi immersed his tired body in the hot water and couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh. He closed his starry eyes slightly, leaning against the barrel and not wanting to move. It wasn't long before I heard a rush of footsteps outside.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve slightly, and he said secretly: "Rongxi's legs and feet are neat this time, and he found someone so quickly." He listened quietly and quietly, and listened to the swift and powerful footsteps, which came nearer and nearer, and came closer and closer, until at last they stopped outside his barracks. (To be continued......)