"Queen Mother, come and see, the first snow is falling!"

The next day, the first snow of this winter fell, and the weather outside was even colder.

Xia'er was very emotional, "Fortunately, it is the flower tea made two days ago, otherwise it is not convenient to dry it when it snows." You see, it's snowing so hard. ”

In previous years, the first snow was thin, as if to give people a warning, and it would only get bigger and bigger when the second and third games came.

This winter is like this, and people are caught off guard.

Su Youyi couldn't help but say: "Let the city defense army step up patrols in the city, and if there are beggars who are not clothed and hungry, they will be resettled for others." Then there are lonely and poor elderly people or those who have time to strengthen their houses and sheds in the future, and they will suffer for others. ”

She was worried that the sudden heavy snow would make some people have no time to prepare, and that it would be okay for the rich and the noble, but she was afraid that the poor would suffer.

When Xia'er heard this, she hurriedly asked the little palace maid to go out and tell Duofu, turned around and came back, and said to Su Youyi: "The queen mother is really a kind-hearted person, and the slave maid is ashamed of herself." The slave and maid looked at such a big snow, and only thought about how the queen mother was going to play, and the slave and maid also had fun. Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother was thinking of the people of Limin, and the slaves and maids were really ashamed. ”

Su Youyi couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, "You're not wrong, why be ashamed?" As the queen mother, I naturally have to think about the people in everything, and you only think about me, this is the different division of labor between everyone, and there is no distinction between high and low. ”

Xia'er was even more ashamed when she heard Su Youyi's words, but she was inexplicably a little happy, "Queen Mother, it's a pity if you don't go out to see such a good first snow." ”

Why didn't Su Youyi think like this?

"Wait a little longer."

Su Youyi winked at her playfully, and said, "Wait for more snow." By the way, you go and find my silver and red fox cloak, and take out the red lambskin boots, which are to avoid the snow. ”

As soon as Xia'er heard it, she knew that she was going out to play, which was prepared for the snow, and couldn't help but laugh happily, "Hey, slave maid is going now!" ”

……

Dofu braved the snow with a carriage and went to the barracks of the defenders.

Hearing the Queen Mother's request, the guards did not dare to disobey, "Don't worry, Father-in-law Duofu, this will let people go on patrol, and this heavy snow will not cause casualties." I also asked my father-in-law to go back to comfort the Queen Mother and reassure her. ”

Duofu nodded and said, "If this errand is done well, the Queen Mother will naturally not let you work hard in vain, and the reward will be there." Don't fool things, the Queen Mother loves the people like a son the most, if she knows that you are fooling the lives of the poor people, then you will be powerful. ”

"Yes, I don't dare."

Duofu said again: "Okay, then our family will go to Jing Zhao Yin's Mansion to inform you, we can't just count on you here, let Jing Zhao Yin take the officials to cooperate with you." ”

"Yes, send my father-in-law to my father-in-law."

After sending off Duofu, the soldiers who were sheltering from the snow in the barracks received a notice of patrol, and everyone complained for a while.

"It's snowing so hard and there's no one on the street, what's there to patrol?"

"That's it, don't let people drink hot tea in the house on this snowy day, what are you going out for?"

When they heard that they were not asked to patrol the security, but to let them help the beggars or the poor, they were even more unhappy, "Hey, those dirty and stinky beggars are also worth a trip in the snow?" We are soldiers, and we are not good men and women who do good deeds and accumulate virtues, can we do it? ”

"Even so, I don't know what the general thinks......"

At this point, the general came out of the house wearing a thick cloak and riding boots, and the crowd immediately stopped talking and stood obediently looking at him.

"What's the fuss?"

The guard straightened his hat, "I can get out in the snow, but you can't?" I don't want to think about why you can only cats here on a snowy day, but you can't drink wine and eat meat on the side? ”

The crowd shrunk their necks, and some bold people asked, "Why?" ”

"Here, not here!"

The guard pointed to his head vigorously, "You just want to be lazy and unwilling to go out to work, how do you know that the Queen Mother personally asked Father-in-law Duofu to command, this is a great opportunity for you to make meritorious contributions!" ”

He flicked his cloak, "We are the defenders of the capital, the capital is safe, we seem to be useless, and there is no chance of meritorious service." I know that you all envy the Jiangcheng army for going out to fight, and envy others for their meritorious service and being rewarded, isn't this the opportunity? ”

Hearing that it was the order passed down by the Queen Mother, everyone immediately cheered up.

The guard continued: "Soldiers do not necessarily have to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, let's do what we can do, and the Queen Mother will naturally see our good." Father-in-law Duofu has already said that the queen mother will not be rewarded when the errand is done, understand? ”

"Got it!"

When they heard that there was a reward, the crowd was beaten as if they were bloody.

The guard snorted coldly, "I can tell you, Father-in-law Duofu has gone to Jingzhaoyin's Mansion again, if you let that group of stinky servants rob us of our credit, I won't be done with you!" ”

With that, he strode out the door.

Everyone was stunned and ran out after him.

……

In the streets and alleys of the capital, a sudden heavy snowfall caught people off guard.

Many families are busy moving what they can and covering what they can't with tarpaulins.

It's still a trivial matter if something is buried in snow, but I'm afraid that the shed will be covered by heavy snow and easy to loosen, and if it collapses and hits someone, it is possible that the light person will be injured and the heavy person will die.

Therefore, every family with a male family is busy reinforcing the shed of the house, and those who do not have a male child must let the young and strong female dependents be few, and some families do not even have a usable female dependent, and the two old people support each other and stand in the yard helplessly.

"Uncle, don't stand there!"

A few patrolling soldiers suddenly walked outside the alley, and when they saw such a scene in the courtyard, they immediately shouted.

This voice frightened the old husband and wife, and the two of them trembled like chaff, not knowing where they had offended the military master.

I saw two soldiers walk in and said, "Go back to the house and take it, the snow is falling so hard, what are you doing under the shed?" ”

The old couple was dazzled and deaf, and they couldn't understand each other's meaning for a while, so they had to bow their hands to the soldiers again and again, "Military master, military master Nafu." What's the matter with the military master? ”

The two soldiers looked at each other helplessly, and couldn't make sense with them, so they had to take a rope and climb directly to the roof of the shed, and quickly reinforce the shed.

After watching them repair the shed for a while, the old couple reacted that they were here to help.

The two rejoiced, and the old woman hurried into the house to pour hot tea for the two soldiers, and they quickly repaired the shed and jumped down, moving briskly like birds.

The old man hurriedly bowed his hand, "Thank you two military masters, thank you two military masters!" ”