A few children were having a great time in one place.

Cheng Jinrong wanted to go home earlier, but Ah Yuan and Aman refused to leave, and Brother You was reluctant to have two tall nephews. Stretched out his hand and pulled Cheng Jinrong's shirt, blinking a pair of black and white glasses: "Sister, don't go!" ”

In just a few words, Cheng Jinrong's heart was quickened.

Cheng Jinrong leaned down, picked up Brother You'er, and kissed him on the forehead: "Okay, my sister won't leave." ”

Brother You reached out and wrapped his arms around Cheng Jinrong's neck and pasted it affectionately.

Seeing their sister and brother falling in love like this, Lu Huiniang became more and more happy in her heart, and said with a smile: "I'll let the kitchen prepare dinner." This is not an outside place, and I will be idle in the future, and I often bring Ah Yuan Aman and them to play. ”

Cheng Jinrong responded with a smile.

Anyway, it's close, and I'll be back after dinner.

Before it got dark, Cheng Wang and He Qiweng's son-in-law came back together.

When He Qi first came to the border army, he didn't have any military duties and errands for the time being, so he could be familiar with the border army by the side of Ping Guogong, and there was no need to live in the barracks. Therefore, in the evening they rode their horses back.

Cheng Wang should have stayed in the barracks. However, he basks in the joy of the reunion of father and daughter. cheekily took a leave of absence and left the barracks with his son-in-law.

The children rushed together, each running to their own father.

Ah Yuan Amandu is older, he is quite attached to his mother, and he is rarely so enthusiastic about his father.

He Qi was a little flattered, and picked up his two sons with a smile. It is also thanks to his great strength, two and a half people tall children one in each hand, and they can hold it easily.

Cheng Wang leaned over and hugged Brother You'er, and asked with a smile: "Brother You'er, are you happy to see your sister and three nephews today?" ”

Brother You'er nodded again and again, like a chicken pecking rice: "Happy, I like my sister, I like Aman, and I like San Lang." Dad, I want to be with them every day. ”

Brother You'er rarely said so many words in one breath.

Cheng Wang was both surprised and delighted, and said to Cheng Jinrong with a smile: "Brother You'er doesn't talk much on weekdays, but he opens his mouth with a few words. Today is much more lively. ”

Cheng Jinrong pursed his lips and smiled, and stepped forward: "Ah Yuan Aman also likes to play with Brother You. ”

Cheng Wang smiled and said, "In this case, it is better for you to bring the children back to live." ”

"I am in the barracks on weekdays, and there are only Hui Niang and Brother You in the house, which is quite deserted. Saburo is also in the barracks during the day. In the future, you will open a medical center, and the children will have to be taken care of during the day. ”

Lu Huiniang also smiled: "What your father said is true." You can bring the three Yuan brothers back and stay! I've already had a spacious yard tidyed. ”

Cheng Jinrong said: "There is no need for the time being. Preparing for the hospital is not a matter of one or two days. I'm free now, so I'll spend more time with them. When I can't get too busy, I'll ask my mother for help. ”

The last sentence is witty and funny.

Cheng Wang knew that Cheng Jinrong was soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, so he gave up a little helplessly.

Lu Huiniang thought in her heart that this was Cheng Jinrong's wisdom and respectability. The two of them have a special relationship, not a mother and daughter. Living together day and night is quite unbeautiful.

It's better to keep some distance from each other, come and go often, but be affectionate.

……

After dinner, Cheng Jinrong and his wife went home with their children.

The children were tired after a day of playing, and Aman fell asleep in the carriage. He Qi had no choice but to call Su Mu over, and each of them hugged one back to the house to sleep. Saburo also fell asleep quickly.

The couple finally had time to be alone.

"Father-in-law asked you to go back and stay, why did you refuse?" He Qi asked in a low voice, "Are you worried that you won't get along with your mother-in-law?" ”

Cheng Jinrong smiled and sighed: "She is my stepmother, not my mother." Respect each other and be close, but you have to be at a distance. Moreover, the house was a dowry that General Lu bought for his stepmother. My daughter, who got married, took her children to live for a long time, what's the matter. ”

He Qi stretched out his hand, brushed the hair between Cheng Jinrong's ears, and teased it behind his ears: "Ah Rong, you are always so calm and sober. ”

Oh, yes!

She always weighs the weight and makes the best and most advantageous choice.

Cheng Jinrong smiled self-deprecatingly: "I have been sending people under the fence since I was a child, and the habit of looking at people's faces, talking and acting has long been imprinted in my bones. Even to my own mother and father, I have to think twice. Now that they each have their own lives, I, as a daughter, should be close to each other and do my filial piety. ”

He Qi felt a slight pain in his heart when he heard this, reached out to hug Cheng Jinrong, and dropped a light kiss on her lips: "Ah Rong, in the future, this is the home of the two of us." Say what you want to do, just say it and do it. ”

Cheng Jinrong hummed, and He Qi lingered gently for a long time.

All the way to the road, the children slept with them. It's been a long time since they've been this close. He Qi quickly moved and picked her up on the bed.

The thick curtain trembled slightly for a long time before it stopped.

Cheng Jinrong was quite tired, lying in He Qi's arms, listening to He Qi's words.

"Today I went to the border army, followed my father, and met all the generals of the Chinese army." He Qi said in a low voice: "In my previous life, I was disgusted by my father, although I knew these generals, I didn't have any dealings. ”

Cheng Jinrong cheered up and responded: "What is your impression of them?" ”

"I only met today, and I don't know the temperament of each person." He Qi smiled casually: "Father has to stay at the border for another year." There was a whole year, which was enough time for me to get acquainted with the border army. ”

After a pause, He Qi sighed in a low voice: "The conditions of the border army are hard, and they are far inferior to the situation when they were in the palace as a royal guard. It is necessary to train troops every day, patrol them, and guard against the invasion of the border by nomadic tribes outside the border. Officers and soldiers in the army are fortunate to be fed and clothed. ”

"Ah Rong, in the future, I will be the chief general of the border army, and I must make them eat and have cotton clothes to wear."

Cheng Jinrong was stunned when he heard this: "My father asked for half of the medicinal materials from me yesterday. said that it was the silver allocated by the imperial court, and it was necessary to pay the military and the soldiers to eat and clothe first. There was often not enough money to buy medicinal herbs. ”

When Emperor Xuanhe was alive, he was light on literature and heavy on martial arts, and most of the annual taxes of Great Chu were used in the army. Because of this, the people used to be miserable, but the life of the barracks was better.

After Emperor Xuanping succeeded to the throne, he adopted various strategies to recuperate and recuperate. In the past few years, the life of the people of Dachu has been much better. Life in the army was not as good as it used to be.

This is also unavoidable.

The total amount of silver in the treasury was not large, and the proportion spent in the army was reduced from seventy percent to forty percent. Can you not be nervous about all kinds of use in the army?

He Qi smiled helplessly: "In the past, I was on an errand in front of the emperor, and I felt that the emperor was sympathetic to the people, and all kinds of measures were right. Now in the border army, the idea is different. It can be seen that there are no absolutes in the world, and people's ideas will change in different positions. ”