After saying goodbye to Gao Youde, Li Mingyuan took Yuxin to the butcher shop to buy meat, and in the evening he decided to have a good hot pot to treat himself.

Not long after I walked out, the sky suddenly began to snow. Li Mingyuan couldn't help but stop and looked up, the snow at dusk was deep, as if there were thousands of emotions, and it was as turbulent as the sea, able to drown everything, and there was a hint of nudity like revealing the hidden head and tail. The snowflakes are crystal clear, like warriors on an expedition, wearing silver armor and like white sails sailing.

"It's snowing, it's finally snowing!" Li Mingyuan looked at the snowflakes flying in the sky and muttered to himself.

"Brother Li, why don't we go back quickly, Qiuzhu is still waiting for us!" Yuxin pulled his sleeve and reminded.

Li Mingyuan, who came back to his senses, smiled slightly, and said confidently, "Don't worry, this girl must be pulling someone to play backgammon with her now, I guess she forgot about us a long time ago!" ”

Hearing this, Yuxin lowered her head and thought about it, indeed, with Qiuzhu's big grinning temperament, unless she didn't go back to dinner, she might not really think of this.

"Let's go, let's hurry up and buy meat, and eat hot pot at night after buying meat!" Li Mingyuan took Yuxin's hand and rushed towards the butcher shop, but Yuxin had to follow him with a red face, but his heart was extremely sweet.

After buying two catties of beef, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, Li Mingyuan let Yuxin hold the pot and beef, and asked him to go back to the Hou Mansion to slice and wash the beef first. Prepare oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, etc., and wait for yourself to go back and eat directly.

After Yuxin went back, Li Mingyuan walked to the alley next to the butcher shop alone, where there were all small vendors selling vegetables.

"Big brother, do you buy groceries?" As soon as Li Mingyuan stepped into the alley, a little boy in thin clothes and shivering from the cold greeted him and said expectantly.

Li Mingyuan looked at the little boy and found that he was only eleven or twelve years old at most, probably because of long-term malnutrition, and his body was very thin. In this snowy weather, he was only wearing a single coat, and a shabby adult coat outside was ventilating everywhere, which should be difficult for him to withstand the cold of winter.

"Yes, little brother, how can you come out alone in such a cold day! What about your mom and dad? Li Mingyuan looked at the little boy who was shivering in the cold wind, so he didn't pity it, and couldn't help but hold his hand.

Feeling the warmth brought by Li Mingyuan's big hands, the little boy's heart was also warm, he was used to people's eyes, and Li Mingyuan's actions made his body and mind feel comfortable!

"My mom went to do the laundry with my aunts, and I came out to help my mom sell vegetables!" The little boy tried to make his voice louder. But the thin body did not allow it, and after saying these few words, he was choked by the cold wind and coughed continuously.

Li Mingyuan patted him on the back and said in surprise, "What about your father?" What did he do? ”

At the mention of his father, the little boy's expression was rather gloomy and said, "Daddy is dead!" My mom and I were the only ones left at home! ”

"What?" Li Mingyuan couldn't help but exclaim.

At this time, several more children came around, just like the little boys, they were all ragged, they were all eleven or twelve years old, and even younger, their innocent eyes, and their bodies trembling in the cold wind made Li Mingyuan's heart deeply shocked.

After some conversation with the children, Li Mingyuan learned that these children were all orphans of fallen soldiers in the Tiger Ben Army, and that according to Dahua's law, the children of fallen soldiers should be bereaved by the imperial court to ensure the living needs of the children of the soldiers, but looking at the current scene, I am afraid that the families of these children did not receive this pension, or only got part of it.

"Corruption, definitely corruption!" Li Mingyuan soon had the answer in his heart.

As a soldier, Li Mingyuan has never been afraid of death, and even once regarded dying on the battlefield as the highest honor of a soldier. He had no relatives, so he never thought that after his death, who else but his comrades would grieve for him. But he also understands that those soldiers who have families, many times it is not that they are afraid of death, but that they are worried about what kind of situation their wives and children will face after they die?

Looking at these children, Li Mingyuan seemed to understand in his heart that the well-equipped Dahua army was not the opponent of the Huns, not because of the war horses, not because of the tactics, not because of the combat power, but because of the military heart!

He believes that today's Tiger Ben soldiers think most about how to save their lives when they go to the battlefield, rather than fighting bravely to kill the enemy. Everyone is worried about their own small family after they die. How could such an army win a battle, how could it have the courage to confront the Huns head-on!

Looking at these poor children, Li Mingyuan wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, took out all the silver in his arms, and said with a soft face, "Come, children, brother has money here, you take it, it's too cold, go home early!" ”

Seeing the large amount of silver in Li Mingyuan's hand, many children looked yearning, but they all shook their heads and said, "Uncle, we don't want your money, unless you buy our food!" ”

"Take it, it's for you from your uncle!" Li Mingyuan forced the money to the children, but the children returned it.

Looking at the stubborn children, Li Mingyuan knew from them what integrity was, and at the same time he felt sad in his heart, he felt sad for the indifference of the world.

"Then let's move all your vegetables here, I'll buy them all!" Li Mingyuan said proudly.

When the children heard this, they thought that this idea was good, so they moved all the vegetables they sold and poured them all into a box, Li Mingyuan couldn't help but turn it upside down, good guy, it is estimated that there are more than 100 catties.

After collecting all the children's vegetables, Li Mingyuan gave all the children present a tael of silver, and a dozen taels of silver disappeared in an instant, but this time he did not feel a trace of distress, but was unusually relaxed.

"See you again!" Li Mingyuan took advantage of the fact that the children had not yet reacted, picked up the vegetable basket and ran, and when the children chased them out, they could no longer find others.

In this way, on the street where snowflakes were flying, Li Mingyuan was running with a basket of nearly 100 catties, which gave him a feeling of five-kilometer weight-bearing cross-country training in his previous life.

When Li Mingyuan returned to the Hou Mansion out of breath, the sky was already dark, and he gave a cabbage to each of the two generals guarding the door.