In order to defend Lin, he naturally wanted to put pressure on Cui Yan, but An Ran felt that his family was being used by the emperor like this, and he felt very uncomfortable.

He was afraid that Cui Yan would rebel and sacrifice her family's life, and An Ran felt very aggrieved.

But he can only admit that he is aggrieved, he is the emperor, he has never turned his face with Cui Yan, Wei Lin is just a pawn caught between them, either let the emperor use it, or let Cui Yan kill him.

Compared with Cui Yan, no matter how uncomfortable An Ran is, he still has to be a chess piece in the emperor's hand willingly.

"Okay, tomorrow we will go to the town to find General Gu, I heard that he has recently expanded a lot of troops." An Ran nodded.

"Yes, 10,000 troops have been recruited, all of them have some skills, as long as they train the troops for time, their strength in fighting should not be underestimated." Chen Ziqi saw that An Ran agreed, so he said, "Then I'll go back to sleep." ”

"Hmm." An Ran chin stubbled.

The house in their house is not big, a kitchen, a main house, and two sleeping rooms, Chen Ziqi could not have squeezed a room with them in Weiguo Weizhou Acropolis, the house rented in the town is much better than the thatched house at home, but Chen Ziqi said that he didn't like to be lively, and since he promised General Wei to take care of her, how could he break his promise.

According to Anran, the reason why Chen Ziqi lived in a thatched house with them was mainly because he wanted to avoid Xiang'er, although Xiang'er had agreed to Gu Yun's marriage, but in the end she still couldn't let go of Chen Ziqi.

"Wan'er, it's late, let's rest early." Yang Liu'er carried a candle into the hallway.

"Auntie, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, although there are no mosquito bites with the mosquito repellent coils you brought back, it is still hot and difficult to fall asleep." An Ran has been fanning himself with a pu fan, and he really misses modern air conditioners and electric fans.

"Is it hot? I think it's okay, your house is cool enough, you see how strong the wind is outside, how hot is it? Yang Liu'er didn't feel hot at all, but felt quite cool.

In addition to living in the countryside, there are more mosquitoes, there is wind in all directions, and there is no heat at all after nightfall.

"Hot." Enron sped up the hand speed of the fan.

Seeing her like this, Yang Liu'er tested An Ran's forehead temperature with her hand, and said, "Will it be on fire?" The eldest lady made herbal tea, and I will go and fill a bowl for you to dispel the heat and defeat the fire. ”

"Auntie, don't bother." An Ran was embarrassed to let the eldest lady run errands for her: "I'll drink it myself." ”

"Then you be careful, Hei ......" Yang Liu'er wanted her to take a candle, but Wan'er ran out, and said as she ran: "Okay, I know." ”

An Ran drank a big bowl of herbal tea in the kitchen in the dark, and when he came out, he looked up at the sky, there were only a few stars tonight, and there was no trace of the moon, and I didn't know how Wei Lin was doing in the capital?

There was laughter in the children's room, probably the three brothers were pestering Chen Ziqi to tell them stories again, and they didn't know what funny stories they were telling that made the three children laugh so loudly.

In the past, when my father told stories to my children, I told some allusions with allegorical meanings, and my mother always said that my father was very old-fashioned, and telling a story was also quoted from the book according to the scriptures, and I was tired of listening to it.

The mother said that she was tired of listening, but An Ran never saw that her mother was leaving, and she had to wait for her father to finish talking before going back to the room to sleep.

Mother really loves Dad.

An Ran went back to the room, Yang Liu'er saw that she was not looking good, and asked, "What's wrong?" Why did you come back with a look so bad? Is it uncomfortable to drink too much herbal tea? ”

"Nope." An Ran collapsed on the bed with sadness in his eyes.

"Do you miss your father again?" Yang Liu'er picked up the pu fan and fanned An Ran.

"I'll do it myself." How could An Ran let the elders fan himself and reach out to pick up the fan.

"It's fine." Yang Liuer insisted on fanning An Ran.

"Auntie, why don't we buy a cool bamboo bed tomorrow, put the cool bamboo bed in the courtyard, and sleep in the wind, how cool it is, there is no need to play a fan."

"No, the dew is heavy outside, girls still don't get cold to the body, otherwise you will suffer, okay, sleep, my aunt will fan you, sleep well." Yang Liu'er really regarded Lin Wan'er as her daughter, and gently patted her to sleep while playing a fan.

An Ran saw that the eldest mother treated her so well, and her heart was moved, and she shouted: "Auntie." ”

"Sleep." Yang Liu'er said softly.

The next day, An Ran and Chen Ziqi had breakfast and were about to leave for the town, but before they went out, Liu Yan came to her, "Little aunt." ”

"Yan'er, are you looking for me?" An Ran asked.

"Hmm." Liu Yan stared at An Ran with blank eyes, and begged: "Little aunt, can you let me go to your store to help?" ”

"What's wrong? Don't you have to take care of your younger siblings? You go to town, and your younger siblings take you to your mother? ”

Liu Yan bit her lip and nodded: "Don't worry, if Yu Guiping dares to treat my younger brothers and sisters badly, I will not let her go." 228 Literature Network

"But when you go to the town, you can't go back to the village every day, can you rest assured?" An Ran knows who Yu Guiping is, even though Liu Yan is tough and can compete with her mother, but those two children were really abused by Yu Guiping~ Treat, what is the use of Liu Yan looking for her to settle accounts?

Even if he killed her, his younger siblings would be hurt.

"Little aunt, just say whether you agree or not." Liu Yan said stubbornly.

"If you want to go, go ahead, anyway, the store is short of manpower." An Ran saw that Liu Yan was determined to go to her store to do things, so she couldn't say anything, she couldn't meddle in other people's affairs.

However, chatting with Aunt Han and them yesterday, Feng Yu was still very good to the three children of the Liu family, and Yu Guiping must not be able to do anything out of the ordinary.

"Thank you, little auntie." Liu Yan saw that An Ran agreed, so she stretched her little face and smiled.

An Ran still had something to do, so he said to Liu Yan: "When do you want to go?" ”

"I haven't thought about it yet, I'll let my little aunt take me there when I'm done, okay?" Liu Yan's heart is actually very chaotic.

"Good. Then I'm gone. An Ran nodded to Chen Ziqi, and the two left the house.

When they arrived in the town, An Ran went to see the second uncle first, and the second uncle's family had a lot of people, so he gave the house he had rented to their family to live in, and Gu Meng and the others went to live at Xiang'er's house.

"Uncle, are you still in the habit of living here?"

"It's good, how is your aunt? Are you okay? Lin Jie was used to taking care of his sister-in-law, so he naturally asked her first.

"Auntie is okay, she always refuses to let her come here, she has to stay and take care of us, uncle, why don't you persuade her and take her over?"

Lin Jie shook his head, "Your aunt regards you as a daughter, how can she be willing to part with you, she is happy." ”

"Okay then." An Ran was actually reluctant to part with the eldest mother, the eldest mother stayed by her side, and she didn't know how much she had to worry about.

An Ran really didn't know what virtue she had accumulated, the mother who loved her was gone, and there was another aunt who loved her.

"Uncle, this is the new skirt I designed yesterday, what do you think?" An Ran showed Lin Jie the finished skirt.

Lin Jie's eyes lit up, and he boasted: "Wan'er, you are so good at designing, this skirt is really impeccable, I don't know how many people rush to customize it when it is hung up like this, is there a sample?" I asked Xiang'er to cut a few more editions and send them to other stores. ”

"Here." An Ran handed over the sample of the details of the skirt to her uncle, and then said, "I made an appointment with General Gu to talk about things, uncle, our family's business will be entrusted to you." ”

"Go, your clothes are so well designed, our business doesn't have to worry at all, by the way, a few days ago I consigned your previous style to the store in Yuanyang Prefecture, and yesterday I replied to order fifty Su Jin from me."

"This is a big business, but uncle, you are not in the capital now, how can you deliver the goods?" An Ran asked.

"What's so difficult about this, are you afraid that you won't be able to earn money if you have money? Don't worry, Cui Yan sent a large army to block all the main roads in Nanjing, but it doesn't mean that even normal currency is not allowed, others give silver, and Uncle can deliver it to them. ”

"It's good that Uncle doesn't hinder it, then it's hard Uncle, I'll go." An Ran waved his hand.

Uncle has been running a business for so many years, and he naturally has his way, and An Ran has nothing to worry about.

When An Ran and Chen Ziqi arrived at the South Linguan, Gu Heng was in a daze at the southern border built by the sand dunes, and he didn't even hear An Ran Chen Ziqi come in.

"Brother Gu, what are you looking at?" An Ran saw that he had been staring at a small sandbag, he was really curious, pointed to the pile of small sandbags and asked, "There is a gold mine down here?" ”

"Maybe there will be." Gu Heng smiled and beckoned them to sit, "I was just thinking that this place in the south is also surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Cui Yanmo said that he only sent 50,000 people, even if he sent another 200,000, it may not be able to attack it." ”

"The southern border does have a geographical advantage, but General Gu still has to prevent a fine work from mixing in, don't forget that if the Yu army can break through the southern border pass at once, isn't it because someone from our side has opened the pass? We can't eat it a second time after we have eaten it once. Chen Ziqi reminded with a complicated expression.

"What the sub-period said is that the garrison at the pass must not make mistakes again, and after suffering losses, I also discussed with Wei Lin, and all the important passes are reserved for our own trustworthy soldiers, and it will not be so easy for them to mix in again." It's impossible to mix in one or two new faces in a group of old faces.

"That's good." Since General Gu has already made arrangements, Chen Ziqi has nothing to explain, "Then Sister Yi, when do you think we will attack Cui Yan's garrison?" ”

"General Gu arranges it, he is very familiar with the terrain of the southern border, we will listen to him." Enron doesn't know how to fight, how does she know what a good time is.

"Three days later." Gu Heng pointed to the boundary between the two places and said: "These two places are the official roads leading to the Yuanyang Prefecture and the capital respectively, Cui Yan has deployed 30,000 people in the capital, and 20,000 in the Yuanyang Prefecture Mansion, where do you say we will fight first?" ”

"Hit the side of Yuanyang Prefecture, there are few people there, and it is beneficial to us." Enron said.

Anyway, they are all Cui Yan's soldiers, of course, they will not suffer heavy losses by picking places with fewer people to fight them.

"No, we are fighting on both sides, we are just putting pressure on Cui Yan, and we don't really want to fight with them." Chen Ziqi said.

Gu Heng smiled secretly, and looked at the results in three days.