Chapter 11: The Return After the Snow

On the way back to Dali Town, a blizzard hit the Loop Plain, which suddenly began in the evening, and the blizzard was extremely violent, and the premature winter always brought some ominous things to happen, such as the cold winter, and this sudden blizzard. net

The heavens and the earth became dark, the wind and snow ravaged everything on the ground, the low-lying areas were filled with snowdrifts, the last grass stalks were licked from the hills, the blizzard raged furiously, the trees groaned and tilted under the pressure of the wind, everything bent, curled, trembled, and whistled miserably.

Yang Yuanqing and his entourage were delayed for two days because of the snowstorm, and in the early morning when the red sun shone back on the world, they finally returned to Dali City, which has become a city of ice and snow.

It's not cold in the city, with teams of soldiers busy sweeping the snow from the streets, clearing the roofs of the snow-covered homes, and groups of children running and rolling in the snow, playing, and laughing in the city.

The soldiers all went back to the barracks to rest, the camel driver was also richly rewarded, and Yang Yuanqing rode towards Yang Sien's mansion.

Yang Sien's mansion is located in Luoyang Street, close to the dome stone mountain, is a three-acre middle house, Dali City is narrow, can not accommodate the mansion land.

Yang Sien was not in the house, an old housekeeper took him into the inner house, and before he reached the courtyard where Chuchen lived, Yang Yuanqing heard a violent coughing sound, as if he couldn't breathe, and Chuchen's condition was obviously aggravated.

At the gate of the hospital, Yang Yuanqing met Mrs. Fang, Mrs. Fang read the concern and worry in Yang Yuanqing's eyes, she shook her head and sighed: "I haven't stopped coughing, it's a little better during the day, and I cough badly at night, Dr. Dong said that she must go back to the south, and she will definitely not survive this winter." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently and walked into the yard, and the green tea that was building a snowman in the yard saw him at a glance, and shouted in surprise, "Childe is back!" ”

The door slammed open, revealing a thin and pale face, which had only been seen for ten days, her face was thin, and her big eyes were deeply sunken, and she was tormented by illness so that she had completely lost the heroic image of the Red Whisk Girl. (Net 7*)

She looked at him with resentment in her eyes, as if he was a husband who returned late, Yang Yuanqing felt distressed for a while, stepped forward and took her into his arms, kissed her forehead, "It's cold outside, go into the house quickly." ”

"It's been snowing for two days, and I can't sleep, so I'm worried that you'll be flooded by the snow."

Out of the dust in his arms crying with joy, she has been tormented by worry for a few days, the moment she saw Ailang, her emotions finally lost control, and she actually cried bitterly.

"We took refuge at the foot of a mountain for two days and waited for the snow to light up before we set off." Yang Yuanqing gently hugged her, comforted her, stroked her hair, and let her emotions vent in her arms.

Chuchen gradually calmed down, she wiped away her tears with some embarrassment, took his hand into the room, pulled him to sit down in front of the brazier, the room was very clean and tidy, filled with a strong smell of medicine, the room was not big, it was indeed warmer than their county government new house.

Chuchen flicked the charcoal fire with tongs, and hurriedly pushed Yuanqing away, and a string of sparks burst out, and she smiled a little apologetically: "I always forget, and I was accidentally burned." “

"Where is it burned? Let me see. Yang Yuanqing stepped forward and looked at her smooth face with a grin.

"Do you see this?"

She frowned slightly, pursed her lips, and pointed to her chin, as if full of grievances, "I burned a black scar, and I covered it with fat powder." ”

She carefully wiped off the fat powder, Yang Yuanqing looked at her chin for a long time, and finally saw a small black dot as big as the tip of a needle, he couldn't help laughing, at this time his eyes were only an inch away from her chin, looking at her beautiful and elegant neck like a swan, the fair and delicate skin, Yang Yuanqing's heart rippled, slowly approached her, and gently kissed her on her pouting mouth, the soft feeling made Yang Yuanqing a little intoxicated.

Izuchen was shocked, looking at him in a panic and bewildered with big eyes, her face turned red, and she lowered her head shyly, her lover actually kissed her.

"Yuanqing, you have to become a relative to be like this. Net," she whispered.

"I'll add some carbon to the brazier!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and diverted the topic, he got up and dragged the carbon basket, and put two carbons in the brazier with tongs.

Chuchen also put a sand pot on the brazier, took out a thin-necked carved silver pot from the cabinet next to him, poured a thick ginger soup into the sand pot, she pursed her lips and smiled, "I have a gut feeling that you will come back today, so I will boil you ginger tea before dawn, it is already cold, and you can drink it after it is hot." ”

Yang Yuanqing stretched his waist and slowly lay on the soft mattress, a deep exhaustion after fighting with the blizzard seeped into every muscle of his body, in this warm room, the smell of ginger tea wafted with a strong fragrance, he felt that he was about to get lost in his lover's quiet smile, and before he knew it, he fell asleep.

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I slept until the afternoon before waking up, the room was very quiet, and I fell asleep on the bed, with a soft sheepskin under my body, which was a share of Yang Yuanqing's share, covered with a thick blanket, she slept very sweetly, breathing slowly and rapidly.

She had never seen such a violent blizzard, for a whole day and a night, it was dark outside the window, as if the world was swallowed by the demon of the wind and snow, she was worried about the safety of Ailang in the blizzard, she had not slept for two nights, and now that Ailang had returned safely, she finally stopped worrying, a heartstring relaxed, and she also fell asleep exhausted.

On the small table next to Yang Yuanqing was a bowl of ginger tea that was still warm, and a note was pressed under the bowl, 'Drink it!' And so he wrote these two words.

Yang Yuanqing felt a kind of concern in his lover's heart, he picked up the bowl and drank the ginger tea in one go, then slowly stepped forward, lowered his head and stared at her face, her face was a sickly thin, and the long eyelashes reminded Yang Yuanqing of her once beautiful face.

Perhaps because of the sweet sleep, her upper lip is slightly mischievous and slightly upturned, and her white teeth can be faintly seen through the gap between her lips, and the lip color is a little more ruddy than just now, the lips are round and plump, and the lines of the lips are very slender and delicate, which is so soft and charming.

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but approach her slowly, kissed her lightly on her plump lips, and her long eyelashes shook twice quickly, but she was still asleep.

Yang Yuanqing carefully tucked the quilt corner for her, and walked out quickly, Chuchen seemed to be still asleep, but a crystal teardrop quietly flashed in the corner of her eye.

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After a hurried lunch at Yang Sien's mansion, Yang Yuanqing found Kangbas in the back mountain.

Qionglong Mountain is like a round steamed bun that has been cut in half, the local herdsmen also call it Half Tent Mountain, Dali City is built close to the cliff, the huge mountain cross-section is smooth and steep, a watchtower and beacon tower are built on the top of the mountain, when the sun is shining, the air on the grassland is clear and clean, the situation can be seen more than ten miles away on the lookout, the danger is found, the alarm will be sounded in time, and there will be a fire soldier on duty on the top of the mountain every day.

There is no way to climb the rocky mountain, but the residents of the city have built a plank path to the top of the mountain with wood, and they have made full use of the cliff, and the solid granite is the natural stone for digging the cave, so there is no need to worry about it collapsing.

At the foot of the mountain, the soldiers had dug five huge caves three years earlier, and the caves were dry, bright, and well ventilated, making them the natural official warehouses of the city, where the supplies brought by Yang Yuanqing and Kangbas from the capital were stored.

Moreover, Yang Yuanqing ordered the soldiers to continue digging caves on the mountainside the year before last, and he hoped that these artificially dug caves could become the last shelter for the residents of the city after the city was broken by the enemy.

The project is huge, and it has not yet been completed, at least until next year.

In the second warehouse, Yang Yuanqing found Kangbas, who was worried, "General, I may not be able to wait to come back from Qimin Khan." ”

According to the plan, Yang Yuanqing was going to take him to the tooth tent of Qimin Khan, sell his goods by the way, and then return to the capital with his wife and daughter after he returned, and at the same time, Izuchen would also go back with him, but the worry in Kangbas's eyes made Yuanqing feel that the plan seemed to have changed.

"What's wrong?"

"My youngest daughter is sick too."

Kang Ba sighed heartily and said: "Like the girl from the dust, she can't stand the cold here, she is too young, the doctor said that if she doesn't leave the cold place, she will die, I must take her back to Beijing as soon as possible, general, I can't go to the tooth tent of the Qimin Khan with you." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, the days in the future will only get colder and colder, and the dust will not be able to stay up, although the room is warm during the day, but the pervasive extreme cold at night will invade the lungs, so that people with slightly weaker bodies can't resist it.

The cold wave from the North Pole crossed the Yin Mountain and hit the city of Dali, making the winter here miserable every year, especially cold this winter, compared to Wuyuan County, which is slightly better, Yang Yuanqing is even considering letting residents move to Wuyuan County for the winter.

He sighed, "When are you going to go?" ”

"The day after tomorrow, go to Wuyuan City first, stay there for a few days, and when the weather is clear, go directly south from Wuyuan County, and the dust girl has also said to us, let's go together, and more than 100 residents who can't survive the harsh winter, let's go south together."

Yang Yuanqing was stunned in his heart, and he didn't tell him, why? A subconscious told Yang Yuanqing that she didn't want to face the sadness of parting with herself.

Yang Yuanqing's heart was gloomy, and he nodded, "I understand, I will send an army to escort you into Beijing all the time, don't forget to find a few jade craftsmen for me, and the army will bring them back." ”

"Don't worry! I will not forget, I will ask the general to sell these goods for me, settle my wife and daughter in the capital, and I will come back with the jade craftsman. ”

Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder, "Take good care of Chuchen for me all the way, just treat her as your daughter." ”

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Two days later, Yang Yuanqing escorted them all the way back south, fifty miles away, he immediately on a hill, silently watching his lover go away, on the snowy vast land, a long long length of small black dots gradually disappeared from his field of vision, he muttered to himself, "Niuniu, believe we have a goodbye day!" ”

Two lines of hot tears rolled down his eyes, blurring his vision, and the heavens and the earth became hazy.

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