After a blizzard, the sky cleared.

Si Xingpei took the servants to shovel snow and clean the roads and roofs, while Gu Qingzhou wore a thick fur coat and held a hand warmer, supervising the work beside him.

After shoveling the snow for a while, Si Xingpei sweated profusely, so he only wore a shirt and vest, with his sleeves rolled up high, and started his work to open and close.

The maid is responsible for picking up the snow shoveled by the priest and piling it up in the backyard.

"Next year should be a good year. The snow was so heavy and cold that the eggs in the ground froze to death. Gu Qingzhou said.

Si Xingpei agreed with this, and then asked with a smile: "Mrs. Si, why do you worry about farming?" ”

Gu Qingzhou pondered.

The cold wind soaked into her fur, Gu Qingzhou felt even colder, so he clenched the hand warmer and said, "I used to think about my own little troubles, but now I always think about the suffering of the people, and I don't know why there is such a change." ”

Si Xingpei raised a spade of snow, and beads of sweat dripped from his cheeks: "Because you married me." ”

Gu Qingzhou glanced at him.

Si Xingpei said: "As a wife, you have a sense of responsibility. ”

Gu Qingzhou thought, probably so.

She saw that Si Xingpei was working so hard, so she said, "Shovel it for the servant, don't tire you out." ”

"It's not bad to be tired." Si Xingpei said, "When you rest, your muscles and bones will be sluggish." It's not yet time for me to relax and relax. ”

He paused, thought about it with a shovel, and said to Gu Qingzhou, "When it is unified in the future, I will drink wine and eat meat every day, and raise myself into a big fat man of two hundred catties." ”

Gu Qingzhou thought about that scene, he was so high, as if there was a mountain in front of him, and he couldn't stop laughing.

"When the time comes, when I go out, I can carry you on my shoulder." Si Xingpei continued.

Gu Qingzhou almost laughed.

Si Xingpei said: "On the left shoulder sits my daughter, and on the right sits my wife, swaggering through the market. ”

Gu Qingzhou couldn't breathe with laughter.

It took her a while to stop laughing and say, "You'd better shovel the snow first." Just your hard life, you want to become a big fat man! ”

Si Xingpei leaned over and grabbed a handful of snow and threw it towards Gu Qingzhou's façade.

Snow burrowed into her collar.

Gu Qingzhou shouted, and pounced on him and wanted to hit Si Xingpei, but Si Xingpei hurriedly ran away.

The servant saw that two men of such dignity were making a fuss in the courtyard like two children.

"Don't move, let me fight." So said the wife.

Sure enough, the division stood still.

His wife slapped him in the chest, causing her to cry out in pain.

I heard the teacher smile and said: "I'm sorry, I put a pocket watch in my jacket pocket, does it hurt?" ”

As he spoke, he was going to help his wife rub her hands.

The two of them were giggling, and the wife was not so cold.

Shizuo could see that his wife was standing there, and she was frozen and stiff, and she had to accompany him, so she deliberately teased her to move.

These two people are so affectionate that they envy others.

The maid called Gu Qingzhou: "Madam, it's so cold, can you go back to the house?" Don't freeze you. ”

Gu Qingzhou stood in the snow, originally about to freeze, but now after fighting for a while, it was not so cold, but he still had no feeling on his feet.

Freezing numb.

On the day of the snow, the dripping water turns into ice.

Si Xingpei said: "Go back to the house to warm up"

"I'm not cold." Gu Qingzhou said.

Si Xingpei said: "Be good, obedient." ”

Gu Qingzhou laughed and asked him, "What are you coaxing the child?" Do you treat me like a child? ”

Si Xingpei continued to shovel snow, but his voice was gentle and greasy: "It's not that I treat you as a child, but when you are by my side, you treat yourself as a child." You wonder, isn't that so? ”

Gu Qingzhou thought about it and was slightly shocked.

Really.

She was usually too tired in front of outsiders, whether it was calculation or disguise, she was very tired.

She's just a twenty-year-old girl.

So, when she came to Si Xingpei's side, she would relax her vigilance, she would be spoiled, and even when there was no mutual affection before, she always cried in front of him.

Gu Qingzhou didn't like to cry, but he cried like a tearful man in front of Si Xingpei again and again.

Maybe from the time he fed her the first spoonful of porridge, she regarded him as her own dependence.

"Then I'll go back." Gu Qingzhou said.

The soles of his feet were very cold, and the hand stove had no temperature, so Gu Qingzhou didn't want to do it.

As soon as she returned to the house, she felt the warm warmth of the earth dragon and sighed comfortably.

The maid brought hot water and washed her hands.

"Soak your feet, ma'am?" The servant asked her.

Gu Qingzhou's toes were frozen and stiff, and he was curled up in his boots at the moment.

"Soak it up." Gu Qingzhou said.

She sat on the sofa in the living room, soaking her feet while reading old books, and when she was warm, the maid helped her wipe her feet and put on woolen socks.

Gu Qingzhou thanked him, and asked the maid again: "Is the dog still well-behaved?" ”

The maid said: "It's good! Born poor, he loves to eat noodles. gave him a bite to eat, he hated to give us all his life, looking for work everywhere, not afraid of cold or tired. ”

"There are too many poor people, and even if you have all the strength, you can't fill your stomach." Gu Qingzhou's mood was slightly heavy.

The servant said: "Owners like you and Shizuo are hard to find all over the world. If we hadn't followed the teacher, we would have been like those people, alas"

The two of them sighed for a long time, and it was not until Si Xingpei came in that they interrupted their conversation.

The maid hurriedly gave Si Xingpei a short hot water to wash his hands and face.

Si Xingpei asked them what they talked about, and Gu Qingzhou told the truth.

At the mention of the dog, Si Xingpei was a little worried, and said, "I will return to Pingcheng tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, are you sure you want to do it before tomorrow?" ”

During these days, he was not by Gu Qingzhou's side, afraid that Gu Qingzhou would take risks again.

But he had already told the staff officers, and the time had been arranged, and he could not be absent.

He has been absent from Pingcheng lately, and the railway in Pingcheng has long been completed, and he has conquered several nearby towns, and is about to occupy Zhejiang and Anhui.

Pingcheng was subordinate to the Yuecheng Military Government, so the power of the Yuecheng Military Government was expanding more and more.

Si Xingpei and Si Overseer, father and son, frantically encroached on the small warlords around them.

After the death of Si Mu and Fang Fei, Si Dujun wanted to divert the grief in his heart, so he became more concerned about politics and military affairs, and became more and more cunning, insidious and vicious, and there were countless small warlords who were taken down by him.

Si Xingpei has a deep friendship with Yunnan, and there is Ye Dujun in the north, and the situation is all under control.

The reunification of the south and north of the Yangtze River is just around the corner.

"Si Xingpei, we live in such a world, and you are such an identity, if you are unlucky one day, you will be killed by stray bullets.

I avoid risks and put myself in a safe situation as much as possible. You said that if there is an accident, it is time for God to accept me. I don't die in this accident, and I will die in other accidents. Gu Qingzhou said.

Si Xingpei was stunned: Isn't this his argument?

Gu Qingzhou said again: "Si Xingpei, you are a soldier, and I am the wife of a soldier." In such troubled times, none of us are absolutely safe.

Since both horizontal and vertical situations are dangerous situations, wouldn't it be more meaningful for me to sweep away evil and exchange a future and security for more people because of my efforts? ”

Si Xingpei hugged her tightly.

His cheek was against hers.

He whispered to her: "Qingzhou, you are not a delicate flower raised by me, you are a beast as powerful as me." Twelve points are paid for acting, and twelve points are left behind for retreat, always thinking of me. ”

Gu Qingzhou nodded.

Si Xingpei said again: "However, if it is as dangerous as the thunder and lightning last time, don't try it again." ”

What Gu Qingzhou wants to do this time is not particularly dangerous, at least everything can be controlled, and there is no threat from nature.

Si Xingpei believes in her scheming and her ability.

"Okay." Gu Qingzhou said.

Si Xingpei changed his clothes and took Gu Qingzhou to check the preparations.

The two of them had a simple lunch and were about to go out.

Gu Qingzhou changed into a pair of thick deerskin boots and tucked his feet inside.

Si Xingpei also personally wrapped a scarf for her and put on an English lady hat, the edge of the hat was faced, which was very warm.

Gu Qingzhou didn't like to wear a hat, and said, "It softens my hair." ”

Si Xingpei was unmoved: "Don't mess around, otherwise I will soften you." ”

"Hooligans." Gu Qingzhou muttered.

The two of them went out like this.

They went to a secluded temple on the outskirts of the city.

There is no incense in the temple for a long time, and the houses are dilapidated, but they are very lively, and there seem to be a lot of people living there, and there is the sound of playing and singing.

When you walk in, you will find that this is a house rented by a theater troupe.

The small temple ran out of incense, and the abbot took the monks to other big temples, and the rooms of this temple were rented out.

As soon as Si Xingpei entered the door, the class leader greeted him warmly: "Young master." ”

Gu Qingzhou glanced at Si Xingpei.

Although Si Xingpei has a dark complexion, he has been exercising all year round, his skin is firm, his eyes are bright, he is extremely handsome, and he looks like a young man, although he is almost thirty years old.

People called him young master, Si Xingpei gladly accepted, and Gu Qingzhou was also called "young grandma".

"Are you ready?" Si Xingpei asked.

The head of the class said: "It's all ready, you can take a look." ”

The head of the class took Gu Qingzhou and Si Xingpei to the backyard.

The wood in the backyard is all spread out and dried one by one.

The wood looks dry on the outside, but it is heavy in the hand, which is soaked in water.

Soak the wood and let it dry in the sun for a few days, it looks dry on the surface, but wet on the inside, and it is very heavy and valuable.

"Not bad." Si Xingpei approvingly, "You have to make sure that the wood looks dry and that it must be wet inside." ”

"You can rest assured, you can rest assured, you can't ask for your money for nothing." The class master said.

Si Xingpei nodded.

After looking at the wood in the courtyard, the head of the class took Gu Qingzhou and Si Xingpei to see the people.

There are a total of 12 operas in the troupe, both male and female.

Three men and one woman stepped forward.

"Quick, give the young master a show." The class master said.

So, a man began to speak. He has a good voice, which can be thick or thin, so it is not a problem to imitate men in their teens and thirties.

The other two, one can imitate the elderly, and the other can imitate the little ones.

The last woman, she sings all the horns alone, so the young woman and the old woman, she speaks well.

"What do you think?" Seeing that they had finished performing, Si Xingpei turned around and asked Gu Qingzhou.