Chapter 418: Cotton Jacket
Originally, there were people who built a whole set of leather jackets and leather pants to sell to the soldiers above the deputy of the team, anyway, the cotton jackets and other materials were transported quickly, but Luo Tianhui still insisted on only making fur vests, in this way, the extra vests, ordinary soldiers can also buy one and wear it with military salary.
He had already prepared for the worst, the padded jacket was a day late, and one more soldier put on a fur vest, and one less person might freeze to death.
"General Yao, why are you here?" Zhen Miao put aside the fur spread on her legs and stood up.
She had a sensitive sense of smell and was soaked in a pile of fur all day, and the smell had made her chest tight, short of breath, and faintly nauseated.
Yao Yegui looked at her ugly face, and her heart moved slightly. Generally speaking, those who lead, isn't it enough to make a show?
It is precisely because of this that Yao Yegui looked at Zhen Miao's eyes more kindly, and stretched out his hand to pull her out: "It's all said, just call me to return at night." I really didn't expect you to be so desperate. β
"Anyway, idle is idle, you are fighting and bleeding ahead, we are just sweating a little at most." Zhen Miao was disapproving, and the fresh and cold air lifted her spirits.
"Come back at night, are you coming here?" She still remembered that at the beginning, she wanted to pull Yao Yegui to help together, so as to set an example for the women in the city, but she didn't expect Yao Yegui to be scared and run away, saying that if she wanted her to take the embroidery needle, it would be better to kill her.
Yao Yegui seemed a little embarrassed, looked left and right, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he took out an object from his sleeve.
The object was swollen and tightly wrapped in a light blue muslin handkerchief, and it was impossible to see what it was.
"What is this?" Zhen Miao asked.
Yao Yegui showed a bright smile: "You open it and take a look." β
Zhen Miao took it. The tentacles were cold, and his heart was even more curious, and when he opened it, confusion flashed in his eyes: "This black and hard is-"
Surprise suddenly flashed on her face, and her tone was a little hesitant: "Could it be a pear?" β
Yao Yegui smiled: "Yes, this is a frozen pear, haven't you seen it?" β
"I really haven't seen it." Zhen Miao looked at the black pear and swallowed her saliva unconsciously.
Jingbei is originally a cold place, fruits and vegetables are scarce, and summer and autumn are fine. Other times it's a rarity. Since the outbreak of the war, it has been even more difficult to buy money.
She hadn't eaten fruit in months.
"Where did it come from?"
"I got a few by chance, so I'll give you a taste."
Seeing that Zhen Miao was about to nibble on the frozen pear, she hurriedly stopped: "Don't." Take your time. Wait until it melts before eating. You take it. I still have something to do, so I'll go first. β
"Oh, thank you. Return at night. β
"Thank you? There has been a truce these days, but you have worked harder than me. β
Looking at the back of Yao Yegui leaving, Zhen Miao couldn't help but smile, wrapped the precious frozen pear with an extra layer of handkerchief, and stuffed it into her sleeve.
"County lord, General Luo is here and is waiting for you outside."
After Zhen Miao returned to the house, she sat for a short time before someone came in to report the news.
She put down the needle and thread and went out, and when she saw Luo Tianhuo leaning against the door, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Why are you here too?" β
This is a place specially set out for women to make fur vests, and few men come.
Don't get me wrong, so many young soldiers with strong blood and strength, I am afraid they all feel close when they see the female flies, not to mention the women, at the beginning, they were indeed a little bold to spin around outside, but later, they were knocked out by Yao Yegui, who came to find Zhen Miao, and they were stunned a few times, and there was no follow-up.
So Zhen Miao quipped: "Aren't you afraid of kicking you at night?" β
"Returning at night? When did you call her by her name? Luo Tianhui's face darkened.
"Okay, what the hell is going on? You're always standing at the door, and it's not like a word. β
"It's not like I'm here for you." Luo Tianhui awkwardly took out an object from his arms.
The lower right corner of the pure white handkerchief is embroidered with a clump of green bamboo, wrapped in something that looks bulging.
Zhen Miao inexplicably felt a little familiar.
"It'sβ" She reached out and opened it, and was stunned when she saw the jet-black frozen pear.
Luo Tianhui smiled and said, "Kyaukyao, what do you guess this is?" β
"Frozen pears."
"Huh?" Luo Tianhuo was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "How do you know this thing?" β
The first time he saw him, he didn't recognize it after looking at it for a while.
"You brought me one just night." Zhen Miao took out the frozen pear and showed it to Luo Tianhui with a smile.
Luo Tianhui's whole person was not good, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and asked, "What else did she say?" β
"Oh, she said she would wait until it melted before eating, otherwise I'm afraid my stomach won't be able to stand it."
Luo Tianhui's face was dark, and the pestle didn't speak.
"Shizi, why don't you speak?"
Luo Tianhuo clenched his fists.
The words have been said by the digger at the foot of the wall, what else does he say?
I can't live this day!
More than ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, and the fur vests that have been made one after another have been divided, and there are still small half of the skins that have not been used, and the materials such as cotton clothes have finally arrived in anticipation.
The whole city was jubilant, and the fur vests that were given out were not very popular with the soldiers.
After all, there are free cotton jackets to wear, so why bother to buy a vest with your own silver. Of course, such a vest is very warm, but they have rough skin and thick flesh, and they have survived wearing cotton jackets last year, how can they be so delicate, it is better to save money for the mother-in-law and children at home.
"Don't you have to do it anymore?"
"Well, those soldiers won't pay for it in this kind of place where they can spend it or not. It just so happens that you are also working hard, so don't do it, these skins should be put away first. Luo Tianhui said.
"It's rare to gather these women, I think it's better to keep them first, so that if this happens again next winter, there won't be any mess."
Luo Tianhuo was a little distressed: "I see that you eat one less bowl of rice every day when you go back." β
Zhen Miao smiled: "It's not that the smell of these skins is too big and smoked me, but recently my nose has become numb to this smell, so I can simply finish it in one go, so I won't have to suffer again next year." β
Luo Tianhuo nodded helplessly: "Then it's up to you." Just don't work too hard. β
At the beginning, of course, he opposed Zhen Miao doing it herself, but Zhen Miao said that since she came to Jingbei and the war was raging, she didn't want to be a golden silk bird in a cage, and it was good to be able to contribute to the soldiers, even if it was meager.
After listening to this, he thought about it for a long time. After all, there was no more obstruction.
That's it. The remaining batch of fur vests was still made, and another battle between the Great Zhou Army and the Jingbei Army had begun.
On that day, the Great Zhou Army and the Jingbei Army fought in the Ice Dragon Mountain, a hundred miles away from Heimu City, and the first heavy snow fell in winter. The Great Zhou army was so cold that his hands and feet were numb. The strength has been greatly reduced. Many died under the enemy's sword, and the Great Zhou army led by Luo Tianhui returned with wolves.
Luo Tianhui's mask was frosty, cold and not a trace of popularity. He stood for most of the night with a bleeding knife before being forcibly pulled back to the house by Zhen Miao.
Immediately afterwards, the Jingbei army took advantage of the victory to attack, Yao Yegui led his troops to meet the battle, and returned with serious injuries, until the dragon and tiger general Jiang Dayong sent the deputy generals Li Yu and Xiao Hu to fight, which was barely able to stabilize the situation.
The number of wounded increased suddenly, and the atmosphere in the whole city became unprecedentedly low and tense.
Zhen Miao no longer cared about her identity, received Bai Peony Qingdai, and together with many medical workers, she personally bandaged and changed the dressing for the injured soldiers.
Luo Tianhuo's study has a sand table, he recruited military advisers and soldiers, and he has been staying for most of the day.
"Three encounters, I have already re-deduced, I don't think the third time has a reason to be better than the first two, but the fact is the opposite, the first time I led the troops, the casualties were the heaviest, General Yao was second, General Li and others were at a normal level." Luo Tianhuo said slowly.
"General, it snowed heavily on the day you went to war, and perhaps it was because our soldiers here couldn't stand the sudden cold temperature, which affected their combat strength. The subordinates had already asked, and many of the surviving soldiers said that they were so cold that they were numb all over their bodies, and they could barely hold their knives, let alone fight. β
"No, there's got to be something wrong with that."
At this time, there was a knock on the door: "General Luo, the county lord of Jiaming asks to see you." β
Luo Tianhuo was stunned.
All the soldiers looked at him and said in their hearts, at this time, the county lord of Jiaming is a woman's family, what is the matter with coming over?
Fortunately, Zhen Miao's actions in the past few days have won the respect of many soldiers, and she did not feel disgusted because of this move.
"Let the county lord in."
Soon, Zhen Miao brought Bai Shao and Qing Dai in.
"Garmin, what's wrong?" Luo Tianhuo greeted him.
Everyone looked at each other, and was amazed, General Xin Daoluo's face changed too quickly, it was still cloudy just now, and now it is clear.
Zhen Miao's face was pale, even her hands were shaking, she took a deep breath, and then shouted "Shizi" in a trembling voice.
"What's the matter, don't worry, talk slowly about something."
Zhen Miao didn't reply, turned her head and glanced at Bai Shao.
Bai Shao stepped forward with an ordinary package, and without being afraid of everyone's scrutiny, he put the package on the table where the map was still placed.
"Miss White Peonyβ" A soldier frowned and shouted dissatisfied.
Bai Shao ignored it, and reached out to open the package, revealing a padded jacket.
"It'sβ" The crowd was even more confused.
Zhen Miao finally regained some calm, and said: "Shizi, I originally took Bai Shao and the two to bandage the wounds of the injured soldiers, and when I saw that some soldiers' cotton jackets were badly damaged, I asked Qing Dai to take people back to get the remaining fur vests for them to keep them warm, and collected those jackets and gathered the women to repair them together. Who knows-"
When she said this, her face was condensed, and her tone was filled with anger that could not be concealed: "Who knew that in some jackets, this was found!" β
Everyone leaned over to look at the padded jacket.
"I don't see any difference." Someone muttered.
Some of the attentive ones had changed their faces, stretched out their hands and pulled out something from the torn part of their jackets, and said in a trembling voice: "This is - Luhua?" β
This jacket, which looks thick, is actually made of a mixture of cotton wool and reed flowers. The reed flowers are in the innermost part, and the cotton wool is on the outermost, if it is not like this, the jacket is directly torn apart, even if the ordinary damaged cotton wool is exposed, it is difficult to find! (To be continued......)
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