Snow flew overnight, and in the general's mansion in the morning, the silver makeup was wrapped, the jade was grinding, and there was a white scene everywhere. In the verandah, on the straight road in the middle of the courtyard, groups of women were sweeping the snow. There were two branches in the courtyard that had been crushed by the snow, and several servants surrounded the tree with firewood knives in their hands, chopping the bark on the branches, and cutting them off so that they could be cleaned and dragged away.

Xu Ying had breakfast, dressed in mink skin, and came to the Weeping Flower Gate with a stove in her hand to listen to the matter. Early in the morning, the clerk in the lobby was waiting outside the door with an official document, and when he sat down at Xu Ying's table, he presented the official document. Xu Ying took the official document lightly and flipped through them one by one.

The first two official documents were a list of silver taels for the expansion of the barracks and the construction of the academy, and the third was a plan for expanding the army's newly recruited sergeants.

"Secretary Yang, tomorrow I will show the drawings and draft budget for the expansion of the barracks to the slave family." Xu Ying said to the clerk at the door.

"The drawings and budget of the barracks are still being drafted, and they will be submitted to the government at that time. Yang Shuban calmly replied: "As for the construction of the academy, it is to resume work at the beginning of the year, according to the general's time requirements, the progress is relatively tight, and the silver needs are also large......"

Xu Ying nodded and continued to read the official document. The next official document is a recommendation for an officer. Although the number of troops has not yet been recruited, the shelves for the establishment must be erected first, and the list of recommended appointments has been prepared by the barracks.

"The barracks and the lobby should discuss with the slave family before submitting the list of recommended appointments...... Xu Ying put the official document aside.

"Mrs. Xu, this is the third night of the new year, Mr. Liu and Mr. Ding discussed with the general together......" Na Yang Shuban explained.

"The celebration banquet on the third night of the new year?" Xu Ying looked at Na Yang's office, "The passionate words on the wine table will inevitably be leaked, and I am afraid that I will lose my thoughtful ......."

"This matter will be decided after the slave family consults the general."

Yang Shuban nodded and said no more.

Xu Ying's eyes fell on the last official document, but it was a submission about punishing Ye Shuxiong, the deputy general manager of the military camp, but this time the punishment was changed from dismissal and transfer to a fine of half pay for three months. After pondering for a moment, she knew that this was the result of Liu Bixian's coordination with the military camp Qianzong Ding, and it would be too imperious for her to refuse again, so she took the seal and stamped it.

After handling official business, Xu Ying did not leave the Hanging Flower Gate, she got up and walked slowly in the foyer with a stove, as if she was waiting for something.

There were footsteps and the sound of women chattering outside the door, and Zhang's second sister-in-law walked up the steps of the hanging flower door with a middle-aged woman wearing a blue bikini, but it was You Sanniang, who was noisy in the lobby the day before yesterday.

"Oh, my young grandmother, how much silver is your mink skin ...... worth?" You Sanniang had a smile on her face, her eyes narrowed into a slit, and she reached out and touched the mink on Xu Ying's shoulder, and her mouth was slurking.

"You Sanniang, the weather has been cold for the past two days, and it snowed heavily last night, is there enough charcoal fire at home?" Xu Ying asked with a smile.

"Young grandma, the dilapidated house rented by the slave family can't withstand the leakage even if the charcoal fire burns it......" You Sanniang cried poorly, "How can you compare to the young grandmother, in this general's mansion, the ...... of carving buildings and paintings"

After You Sanniang entered the city, she asked Xu Ying for money, and rented a house for herself, not a refugee camp. A single middle-aged woman lives alone, so naturally there is a scoundrel who comes to the door to provoke, You Sanniang is also a lonely, and has a hot fight with a gangster in Lifang. That gangster was originally a master of eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and he took this You Sanniang to steal fish, and secondly, to get some money from the woman, so that this You Sanniang came to Xu Ying every three or two days to ask for money to go back to raise a man.

Xu Ying was very annoyed with her, but it was inconvenient to turn her face for a while, so she could only spend a little money to pass the time, and she avoided it when she could usually avoid it. But today, it was Xu Ying who took the initiative to ask Zhang Er's sister-in-law to find this You Sanniang, and when they met, they asked for warmth, how could they not make You Sanniang's heart bloom.

"You Sanniang, you can take this bit of silver and add some charcoal first." Xu Ying took out a piece of silver and handed it to You Sanniang, "The house you live in, the slave family will find you a good room in the future." ”

"Alas, young grandmother, you are really good to the slave family......" You Sanniang sang thank you in her mouth, but she snorted coldly in her heart: If it weren't for the old lady's guidance, if you came to this crowded lobby to make a noise, would you put the old lady in your eyes?

"It should. In the future, Sanniang has any difficulties, just come. Xu Ying said lightly.

The streets are full of people and pedestrians. There are a few shops with snowmen in front of them, and the late ones are still sweeping the snow in front of their doors, and groups of children are running and jumping on the street, throwing snowballs at each other and playing with each other.

You Sanniang carried the five taels of silver and was sent out of the corner gate by Zhang's second sister-in-law. Walking on the street, she couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in her heart, and she swayed a little when she walked, not paying attention to behind her, a pair of unruly eyes staring at her tightly.

Yang Ming opened his eyes and felt the light from the holes on the top of the wall sparkling, which was the unique hue of the sky reflected in the heavy snow.

"You're awake......" Yunqiu, who was lying next to her, said quietly.

"Oh, I'm awake." Yang Ming turned his head to look at Yun Qiu, "You didn't kill me......"

"I know, it's because you have an injury on your leg, so it's inconvenient to do ......" Yang Ming began to smile at Yunqiu again.

Yun Qiu's cold face was slightly red, and she didn't answer Yang Ming's nonsense.

"When did you wake up?" Yang Ming asked Yunqiu, "Did you sleep well last night?" ”

Yun Qiu snorted coldly. She hardly slept this night, first she was hugged by Yang Ming for most of the night, and in the second half of the night, Yang Ming fell asleep, but Yunqiu couldn't sleep at all.

"It's still warmer for two people to sleep than for one...... Yang Ming said, turned sideways, and hugged Yun Qiu again.

Sticking to Yunqiu's face, Yang Ming kissed her, and the hands in the quilt began to roam around Yunqiu's body.

"Uh-huh......" Yun Qiu groaned, and Yang Ming's stroking hand accidentally touched the wound on her leg.

"This hurts ......, it's really not the place." Yang Ming said with a grin: "I'm going to get up and pee, do you want to go?" ”

"Go yourself." Yun Qiu said helplessly: "I've already gotten up." ”

Yang Ming rolled over and got out of bed, put on his hakama robe, and went to open the door. A gust of cold wind rushed into the room, and the hall was suddenly white and bright.

"Yunqiu, look, it's a lot of snow!" Yang Ming turned around and shouted at Yun Qiu.

"When I was in Liaodong before, it snowed every day...... Yun Qiu replied coldly, watching Yang Ming go out of the house, but his heart jumped up for some reason.

After a while, Yang Ming returned to the room, muttering in his mouth: "What a big snow ......, Yunqiu, how to describe it in a poem?" Have you ever heard of ......?"

"Heaven and earth are general, and there are black holes in the well. The yellow dog is white, and the white dog is swollen. ”

“…… A soak of urine in the wind, and there are holes all over the place. ”

"What crooked poetry?!" Yun Qiu couldn't help laughing, and a flush appeared on her extremely cold face.

Yang Ming looked at Yun Qiu, his eyes were a little stunned, "Yun Qiu, you are so beautiful when you smile......

Yun Qiu lowered her head, put away her smile, and ignored Yang Ming's flattery.

"Let's stop running today, let's go get something to eat." Yang Ming walked to the side of the bed and asked Yunqiu, "Yunqiu, what do you want to eat?" ”

"Whatever." Yun Qiu lowered her head and said softly.

"But there's no such thing as a casual dish...... Yang Ming asked, "Say, I'll cook whatever you want to eat." ”

After asking repeatedly, Yun Qiu lowered his head and just kept silent, and Yang Ming had no choice but to go out by himself.

The door was closed, but there was no sound of it locking. Yun Qiu's heart jumped violently, and her body trembled, but in the end, she fell silent, she leaned back on the bed and closed her eyes.

The room was deserted, the laughter just now disappeared, and a burst of inseparable nostalgia arose in Yunqiu's heart along with a feeling of loneliness. Yunqiu gritted her teeth, trying her best to get rid of this feeling, but she kept cutting, and the reason was still messy, and the sour feeling in her heart became tighter and denser.

With a sigh, although it was only a quarter of an hour, Yun Qiu felt like she had been waiting for a year. Finally, Yang Ming came back with the food box, and the moment he stepped into the room, Yun Qiu felt that his chaotic heart suddenly quieted down.

"Come on, let's eat." Yang Ming put the food box on the head of the bed and took out the various foods inside.

"Spring rolls, millet porridge, meat buns, fried dough sticks, bean juice, ......, I'll give you what you want to eat."

Yang Ming said, but found that Yun Qiu's pair of Danfeng eyes were staring at him tightly.

"You're ......, what's wrong?" Yang Ming asked.

"Will you always be so nice to me?" Yun Qiu suddenly asked.

"This ......" Yang Ming's hand shook, and the bean juice in the bowl almost came out.

"Men, it's all hypocrisy, there is no good thing!" Yun Qiu saw that Yang Ming was stunned and said quietly.

In the refugee camp on the school grounds, it snowed heavily overnight, and the shack was crushed by snow. Fortunately, the shack was made of wood, tarpaulin, and straw, and there were no casualties. Refugees who had lost their "homes" wept without tears, scrambled to scrap up belongings in the collapsed rubble, and a large number of sergeants rushed over from the opposite barracks to join in the clean-up and reconstruction work.

Liu Bixian and Ding Yousan patrolled the refugee camp, and along the way, refugees came around from time to time to cry. Looking at these suffering refugees, Liu Bixian couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart.

"Master Ding, take out part of the food in the barracks, and each refugee will have five catties of food per person." Liu Bixian said to Ding Yousan: "If there is any shortcoming, I will go back and transfer it to Master Ding." ”

There are more than 10,000 refugees in the city, and each person has five catties of grain, which is five or six hundred stones (one stone in the Ming Dynasty is 153375 catties). Ding Yousan was a little reluctant in his heart, but Liu Bixian spoke, and he naturally would not refute it.

"Mr. Liu is really a bodhisattva......heart," Ding Yousan exclaimed.

With a long sigh, Liu Bixian was about to say something, but saw two sergeants running over in a hurry.

"Master Ding, Mrs. Xu has come to the barracks...... the two sergeants ran to Liu Bixian and Ding Yousan, panting and reporting.

Liu Bixian and Ding Yousan glanced at each other, and the two hurried back to the barracks.

The snow in the barracks had been cleared, and there was still a thin layer of ice on the ground, and piles of snow taller than a man were piled up in the corners. Xu Yingying, who was dressed in a purple flowing color dark flower brocade jacket, with a mink on her shoulders and a stove in her hand, walked with a beautiful scenery in this all-male barracks.

"Thanks to the silver given by Mrs., I am really ashamed to be a ......," Ye Shuxiong, the deputy general manager of the military camp who followed Xu Ying, said respectfully.

"Master Ye doesn't have to shirk." Xu Ying said gently: "It was the slave family who acted carelessly, and he was so tired that Master Ye was punished, and the slave family really didn't want to go." ”

In the morning, Xu Ying approved the punishment of Ye Shuxiong at the Hanging Flower Gate, she was afraid that Ye Shuxiong would be discouraged, so she specially came to the military camp to give Ye Shuxiong five taels of silver, on the one hand, as compensation, and on the other hand, to support him.

"I am willing to serve my wife!" Ye Shuxiong said in a firm tone.

Xu Ying nodded with a smile, "Expand the establishment and recruit more soldiers, Master Ye should worry more about it, and if you have any good suggestions, please tell the slave family at any time." ”

"Yes!" Ye Shuxiong bowed down and promised: "Please rest assured, Madame, you will definitely do your best to mark it......"

Liu Bixian and Ding Yousan rushed over from afar, and when they saw Xu Ying and Ye Shuxiong talking together, Ding Yousan couldn't help frowning.

"Hello Mrs. Xu!" Liu Bixian approached and smiled, "In such a cold and snowy place, my wife personally inspected the barracks, and the soldiers must have been greatly encouraged." ”

"Mr. Liu, slave ......" Xu Ying smiled and returned the salute to Liu Bixian, but before the words fell, her eyes fell on a sergeant walking in the corner.

"Stop!" Xu Ying turned her head to stare at the sergeant and shouted coldly.

The sergeant shuddered, turned around, his scorched face, and a pair of triangular eyes rolled slightly, it was the second Wu Lao who had just returned to the barracks.

The eyes of Liu Bixian, Ding Yousan, Ye Shuxiong and others also followed Xu Ying to Wu Lao Er, but they didn't know what happened to Xu Ying.

"Someone!" Xu Ying's face was filled with murderous aura, "Take him down!" ”

The few attendants who followed immediately stepped forward and twisted Wu Laoer's arm. Some of the sergeants around sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, and they all gathered around to stop and watch.

"Mrs. Xu, this ......" Ding Yousan hurriedly stepped forward and asked Xu Ying with his hand.

Before Xu Ying could speak, the black second child fell to the ground with a bang, kowtowing like pounding garlic.

"The little one is damned, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, the little one is damn ......" Wu Lao Er kowtowed vigorously, his forehead touched the ground and rubbed the oily skin, and the blood stains that oozed out were stained with a few handfuls of residual snow, which looked pitiful and ridiculous.

"Wu Lao Er, what's going on?" Ding Yousan shouted. He only knew that Wu Lao Er ran out to hide for a few days for stealing horse meat, and waited for the confinement room to be built to lock this guy up for a longer time, but he didn't expect that there would be any festivals between Wu Lao Er and Xu Ying.

"Back to Mr. Ding's words, the little one used to be in the captive team, he didn't know Mount Tai, he ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and openly collided with Mrs. ......" Wu Lao Er kowtowed a few heads to Ding Yousan again, "The little one knows that he is wrong, beg Mr. Ding to be gracious, ask Mrs. for mercy, and the little one will go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire in the future, and serve Mr. Ding and Mrs. ......"

This Wu Lao Er was originally a rough man, but these words were both decent and fluent, and he didn't know where to learn them.

Ding Yousan's face softened, since it was said that it was a blatant collision, it was just some inconsiderate manners, and the worst thing was that there were some beatings and scolding, and there could be no other outrageous things.

"Madam......" Liu Bixian leaned closer and said: "The prisoners are not more than usual, everyone is hanging by a thread, the day is in danger, and it is common for each other to lose some courtesy......

"According to the student, since this person knows that he is wrong, there is no need to pursue the past."

Xu Ying looked coldly at Wu Lao Er, who was kneeling on the ground, and snorted disdainfully.

(End of chapter)