On the 6th day of the first month of December, Xiao Ruxun, who had left Qufu to re-lead the army into the Northern Expedition, received a somewhat unusual letter.

The letter was sent directly by Chen Xie from Myanmar, and the word "Daddy" was written crookedly on the envelope, the moment Xiao Ruxun saw the letter, he suddenly felt a little sour on the tip of his nose, and then his eyes blurred uncontrollably, and tears fell directly.

This is a letter written by his son and daughter to Xiao Ruxun, and the words "Daddy" are on the envelope, one is written by his son Zhenbang, and the other is written by his daughter Yingying.

There are two letters in the envelope, one is written by Caiyun, and the other is the crooked handwriting of the two little guys, Caiyun said in the letter that they are living well in Myanmar, and their lives are very comfortable, she has a very strict teaching Xiao Zhenbang every day to let him read and learn calligraphy, and also began to practice martial arts under the guidance of his grandfather.

Xiao Yingying is also reading, Caiyun personally taught Yingying to read and learn words, saying that she wants to educate Yingying into a qualified lady, so she wants to read, she has to learn words, but she can't read a lot, she thinks that her daughter's family doesn't need to read so many books, but she has to learn more from female red, and she has to learn from her husband and children.

The letter from the two little guys was written crookedly with simple words such as "Daddy is good", "Zhenbang is very good" and "Yingying is very good", Xiao Ruxun looked at it again and again, and was reluctant to put it down no matter how he looked at it, until someone outside spread the word that Yuan Huang would meet him, Xiao Ruxun was busy wiping his tears and inviting Yuan Huang in.

As soon as Yuan Huang came in, he was surprised when he saw Xiao Ruxun's slightly reddened eyes.

"Ji Xin, who are you?"

Xiao Ruxun picked up the letters from his son, daughter and wife and handed them to Yuan Huang: "The letter sent by Caiyun contains all the letters written to me by Zhenbang and Yingying, these two little guys will write letters, hehe......"

Yuan Huang was overjoyed, took the letter, and when he saw it, he was also smiling.

"Zhenbang and Yingying have also reached this age, this year, they have to be six years old, right?"

Xiao Ruxun nodded, and said with a smile: "Five years old, six years old, the two children are twins, born on the same day, from I went north to Datong, Shanxi, and now, a year, I have seen Zhenbang and Yingying once, the last time I saw the two little guys have not learned to write, now they can write, the child grows too fast." ”

Yuan Huang put down the letter and said with a smile: "Yes, the children have grown up too fast, and in a blink of an eye, five years have passed." ”

"When Caiyun was pregnant, I went to North Korea to fight, a dozen is more than half a year, when she was pregnant, I was not with her, I rushed back before she gave birth, and when the child was born for a month, I hurriedly went south to conquer Dongwu Kingdom, and when the war ended, it was several months, and finally had three years to get along with my family, but this year was a whole year of conquest, Yuan Gong, I really can't live with them."

Xiao Ruxun couldn't help but wipe his eyes.

Somehow, at this time, he just couldn't hold back his tears, and his heart, which he thought was already as hard as iron, softened at this moment.

Perhaps at this time, only family is the last trace of warmth in Xiao Ruxun's heart.

Yuan Huang said slowly: "The man's husband is ambitious, but if he has time, he still has to get along with his family more, this world is not peaceful, no one knows if this meeting is the last, not everyone can enjoy the joy of family." ”

"Yes, that's why I sighed, I've been fighting outside all the year round, and I'm really sorry for the three of them."

Xiao Ruxun smiled as she picked up the letter and began to write a reply.

Caiyun also asked me if I wanted to teach Zhenbang the art of war now, what kind of art of war do such young children know? At that time, the four brothers in our family learned the art of war after the age of ten, and now we should lay a good foundation, recognize all the words that should be recognized, understand the truth that should be understood, and then lay a good foundation for the body to learn martial arts. ”

Yuan Huang agreed.

"Well, the child is still young, and it is really not necessary for him to learn such an esoteric knowledge as the art of war, but if you want to practice martial arts, you should prepare early, lay the foundation early, and your body will be stronger in the future."

"Also, Caiyun also asked me if I wanted to bind Yingying's feet, and my Xiao Ruxun's daughter still had to bind her feet? Caiyun didn't bind her feet herself, so why did she let her daughter bind her feet? ”

Xiao Ruxun was only dissatisfied with this.

"Ji Xin, you don't plan to bind Yingying's feet?"

Yuan Huang looked at Xiao Ruxun with a little surprise.

"That's nature, why do you have to bind your feet? Why should the natural foot be entangled? I've always wondered what kind of twisted person can do such a thing as forcing a woman to bind her feet, and let her daughter suffer for the rest of her life. ”

Xiao Ruxun objected to foot binding, which really surprised Yuan Huang a little.

In the current era, foot binding is not only a fashion, but even a symbol of status, peasant women often need to work in the field, there is no capital to bind feet, and even in eastern Zhejiang, there are regulations that lowly women are not allowed to bind their feet, that is to say, foot binding not only has status, but also money, and ordinary people can't afford it.

In this era when everyone's beautiful daughter's family can bind her feet, you don't let your daughter bind her feet, but it is easy to be ridiculed and excluded by others, just like Kang Youwei later, who didn't let his daughter bind her feet, and was greatly excluded in her hometown.

At present, I can't shake this unreasonable bad habit, but Xiao Ruxun can't accept that this kind of thing happens to her daughter anyway, and her natural pair of feet has to cripple it, and that kind of appearance makes people unbearable to look at.

"Although this kind of thing is mostly decided by the father, but Ji Xin, you also have to consider the opinions of others, judging from your current status, this is not a trivial matter, it is a lifelong event related to Yingying in the future."

Yuan Huang also seemed to want to persuade Xiao Ruxun.

"Xiao's daughter can't take the turn of others to make irresponsible remarks, and her daughter can't be the master herself? In ancient times, there was no trend of foot binding, and it gradually flourished since the Song Dynasty, so this matter is not a must-do, Xiao advocates the achievements of the three generations of Qin, Han and Tang, and should use this as a standard to motivate himself. ”

Xiao Ruxun wrote a letter to his family with a pen: "Not only that, the books that should be read still have to be read, Caiyun himself has read a lot of books, and also read the book of soldiers, when Pingyu City, Caiyun personally went into battle to beat the drum to cheer for our army, and the morale of our army was greatly boosted, so I defeated the captives with inferior forces, Caiyun is a strange woman, I am lucky to be able to marry her, so how can our daughter be unexpected?" ”

Yuan Huang knew that he couldn't persuade Xiao Ruxun.

I always feel that Xiao Ruxun is too different from others in some strange places, such as not taking concubines, not being close to women, not liking money and not flattery, and not liking women's foot binding, of course, this kind of thing is not a big deal, at the moment, the matter of entering the army is a big deal.

"Ji Xin, there is still half a month at most before arriving in Jingshi, if you hurry up, you can enter Jingshi in ten days, after arriving in Jingshi, there are some things you should prepare, if you are prepared now, you can deal with it in the future."

Yuan Huang stated the purpose of coming here.

In order to keep the least desirable things from happening, there are some things that need to be prepared in advance.

For example, Xiao Ruxun wants to achieve many reforms.