In just a few moments, Gu Yanzhang had already changed his clothes, washed his head and face, and asked as he walked towards this side, "Are you cold at home?" I looked at Ganzhou, although it doesn't snow much, the winter climate is even more uncomfortable than Yanzhou and Beijing. ”

Although the temperature is not too low, even the snow does not fall much, but it seems to be cold to the bone marrow, making people feel as if they are soaked in ice water mixed with ice cubes, from the toes to the ears, are frozen and stiff.

Ji Qingling hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm in the house, and I'm burning charcoal, and it's not cold at all." ”

She saw that Gu Yanzhang's ears were red from the wind, and both hands were strangled by the reins, so she hurriedly asked, "Fifth brother just came back from the camp outside the city?" It's so cold, there are children and old people in the barracks, can they survive it?

As he spoke, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and covered Gu Yanzhang's ears.

Gu Yanzhang was so sweetened by her action that his heart fluttered, he pulled a chair from the side, sat down closer, told her to cover it easier, and replied: "The child's body is hot, but the old man is afraid of the cold, but in the autumn, he collected a lot of straws, and now they are all spread on the bed, and they are also spread out with quilts, although it is not very warm, it should not be cold, yesterday I tried to sleep with Xu Ming, and I think it is okay." ”

Ji Qingling couldn't help but smile and said: "What's the use of you going to try, your body is like a stove, and you don't feel cold when you sleep in a bare bed." ”

For a while, the girls in the house held back their laughter, and they wanted to save face for their young master, so they didn't dare to laugh out loud.

Gu Yanzhang also smiled and said: "I asked, those old people also said that they are not cold, they are very smart, they took a gourd to pour hot water, sealed it and put it under their feet, in fact, it is almost the same as an ordinary foot stove." ”

The two talked about the camp outside the city for a while, and Ji Qinglingfu asked again: "Last time, I said that there were several people who ate Guanyin soil and their intestines were twisted, are they okay now?" ”

Gu Yanzhang said: "Fortunately, I found it early, took medicine, and asked them to spit out the soil together, and finally no one died." ”

He saw that Ji Qingling kept raising his hand, worried that the other party's arm was tired, so he took the two hands down and said with a smile: "Just cover my hands for me, my ears are already warm." ”

Ji Qingling glanced at him and said angrily: "My hands are hot, where do you want me to cover them." ”

She said this, but she still wrapped Gu Yanzhang's hands in her hands and rubbed them gently.

These hands are small, one is big, and the small hands are wrapped around the big hands, Ji Qingling looked at it himself, and couldn't help laughing: "Fifth brother, your fingers are so long." ”

The two of them were next to each other, and they studied their fingers for a long time.

One thinks that the other person's fingers are slender and beautiful, like white jade, clean and beautiful; One felt that the knuckles of each other's fingers were well-proportioned and long, especially pleasing to the eye, and each other praised me once, and I praised you once, and after the praise, both of them were a little dizzy, looking at each other and laughing.

"What are you doing at home today?" Gu Yanzhang wrapped the pair of small hands with his backhand, held them gently, and asked with a smile at Ji Qingling.

"In the morning, I rectified the rules and regulations implemented by the ash worms, thinking that it would not be long before the fifth brother would return to Beijing to report on his work, so I simply helped to smooth out what you have done this year." Speaking of what he did today, Ji Qingling's eyes were bright, as if his hair was shining from the inside, and he said, "Fifth brother, I took the pine festival and autumn moon with them today, and went to see the culvert in Ganzhou with Sun Lin, and it was nearly half dug up, looking at the long, bricks and stones inside, so solid!" ”

As she spoke, her tone was a little annoyed, and she said, "It's a pity that I can't understand the drawings, it's so complicated." ”

Gu Yanzhang couldn't help laughing, and said: "That's a picture made by the old official of Qin Tianjian, I also had someone explain it several times, and I barely understood it, in fact, it is two sentences thoroughly, when the rain is less, the water is discharged, and the water is stored when the rain is more, they call it 'light rain is directly discharged, and heavy rain is accommodated'." ”

As he spoke, he pulled a piece of white paper from the table, drew a simple illustration casually, and explained to Ji Qingling: "You see that this culvert is divided into many strips, combined in one place, one side seems to be the word 'Fu', and the other side is like the word 'Shou', in the early days, about 20 miles were built, each open water window, the north side is collected from the branch ditch to the 'Shougou', from the east, the west water window is discharged, and the south side is gathered to the Fugou ditch, which leads directly into the Ganjiang River. ”

He paused, and then said: "Although there are homeless people now, the whole shelf can be erected, but it will be used in the future, and it will have to be repaired and maintained." ”

Ji Qingling didn't understand what he heard, but he really admired it, and said, "These old officials in the Qin Heavenly Prison are really powerful. ”

Gu Yanzhang also nodded and said: "They have all been in water control for decades, and they are proficient in water conservancy, which is not something that half a bucket of water like us can reach." ”

Recently, he has been in and out of the camp outside the city from time to time, and he has learned a sip, and at this moment, he inadvertently said "half a bucket of water", and Ji Qingling couldn't help but laugh on his shoulder.

The two leaned on and hugged, and Gu Yanzhang asked: "Taking advantage of the fact that I have some time in the past few days, if you don't understand, I will take you to see it again after two days?" Such a culvert, there are few places to see in other places, as a fresh? ”

Ji Qingling hurriedly shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'm already a little reckless this time, when everything is repaired, you can take me to see it again, just the two of us, and you don't have to see others before, it's not too late." ”

When she said this, thinking of those old officials of the Qin Heavenly Prison, she suddenly woke up and asked, "Fifth brother, can you ask a few peasant officials from the court to come over?" ”

Gu Yanzhang immediately reacted and said, "You mean to see the ash worm?" ”

Ji Qingling nodded, took the manuscript he had drafted on the table, clicked a few lines of words, and said: "I originally thought that the place where ash worms are kept must be separated separately, and they cannot be sandwiched together with the rest of the mushrooms, gan oranges, tea trees, rice and other things, at least one or two mountains apart, after all, no one has raised them except us now, and they have raised them less, so I really don't know what kind of virtue this insect is." ”

"Now that I think about it, in addition to these previous efforts, it is better to invite a few peasant officials from the DPRK to come over and help take a look, wouldn't it be better than our fumbling around who doesn't know anything? The simple excerpt has been handed to the capital, and it has been delayed for a long time, no matter what the quarrel is, there should be a result next spring, and when the angel comes, we will also list all the things we want, and see how much we can approve. ”

Speaking of ash worms, Ji Qingling was really full of confidence, she smiled: "Now that the DPRK is poor and has become such a virtuous, I really don't believe that they can hold back with such a large amount of money." ”