The New Year is approaching, and Song Xingchen's belly is getting bigger day by day.

But because of Song Yang's injury, he couldn't handle too much official business for the time being, so Hang Hang came to consult Song Xingchen if he couldn't figure it out, but in fact, Yelang was in charge, and Song Xingchen was only responsible for stamping her seal.

However, the official letter to the imperial court was written by Song Xingchen's brothers and sisters and sent to the capital.

The rescue team has returned to the capital, but the people of the dry city have no leisure, and they are working every day to store water sources, hoping for a good year in Ningnian.

After all, this winter, Song Yang and the imperial court's rescue made the people see hope, and they were willing to cooperate with Song Yang to complete this big project that had never seen results.

Because the land in the dry city was frozen in winter and could not be constructed, Song Xingchen could only postpone the matter of drinking water reserves for the time being, and planned to start handling it after spring ploughing.

In the winter snow disaster in the dry city, the summer drought is not only the need for sufficient water in the fields for irrigation, but also the drinking water is also a big problem, but it is not easy to dig deep wells to resist the drought.

In this era when there is no advanced detection equipment, if you want to dig deep water wells, you can only rely on experience to judge, and it is often a waste of financial and material resources.

"Big brother, you've been walking for half a pillar of incense, and you can't practice anymore today, you can't do it quickly." Seeing that Song Yang still had to do rehabilitation, Song Xingchen hurriedly stopped.

"Okay." Song Yang has always been obedient to Song Xingchen's words, thinking that he would never be able to stand up in his life, and now he can walk with his hands on things, which is already an unexpected joy for Song Yang.

"It's the New Year in a few days, what do you think?" Song Xingchen held his stomach and came to sit down beside Song Yang.

Every time he accompanied Song Yang to rehabilitate, Song Xingchen would also walk slowly in the room, chatting with Song Yang, and supervising Song Yang not to act violently, but to make his leg injury more serious.

Song Yang shook his head with a smile, "I don't have any special ideas, just follow the rules of Dry City." ”

"It's okay, follow the local customs. The matter of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, I have already handed it over to Apple to deal with, this year's stomach is too big, and it is not convenient to go out, otherwise I really want to appreciate how the customs of the dry city are different from ours. Song Xingchen said regretfully.

Song Yang is also the first time to spend the New Year in the dry city, but he has been here for a long time, and the days of hard labor with the people are not short, and he has talked about the customs and customs.

Hearing Song Xingchen's words, Song Yang sighed.

"The Chinese New Year here in Dry City is not much different from the rest of the north, but that refers to the good times." Song Yang Road.

"What about the bad times?" Song Xingchen asked.

"It is already difficult for people to fill their stomachs, and it is even more impossible to prepare New Year's goods, and many families will sell their children and daughters after the winter in order for the family to survive. If it is not for the happy event at home, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is also reluctant to add a meat dish, most of which are several families in a village to buy a firecracker, and the family divides some into fifteen, which is also the greatest fun for children. Song Yang wiped the sweat on his face with a sweat towel and said: "The people in the dry city do not have a large number of people, and almost every family has the experience of selling their children and daughters, but selling a child is not enough for a family's food rations for a year. Here, most families change parents, so daughters are more expensive than sons, even to the point where they can't open the pot, they have to keep enough daughters for their sons to change relatives before they choose to sell their daughters. ”

"My daughter was born just to exchange relatives and sell it for a high price?" Song Xingchen asked a little angrily.

"So to speak." Song Yang nodded and said: "The people in the dry city are easy, from girls to girls, the price is between three taels of silver and fifteen taels, but generally parents with a little conscience do not dare to sell at a high price, because those women who sell at a good price are either sold into the Qinglou or concubines for rich families, and rarely have a good end." On the contrary, those boys and teenagers can be sold for three or five taels of silver at most, and only a few extremely handsome ones can be sold for a good price. ”

"Sold to be a small man?" Song Xingchen asked sideways.

Song Yang coughed awkwardly and nodded lightly.

Song Xingchen was speechless, understanding that when Song Yang said about a conscientious father, he meant that he was unwilling to sell his children to sell his body, but some families are greedy for money, and they will not care where their children are sold after they are bought.

After all, once the deed of sale is signed, life and death will never be related to it again.

"Fortunately, although our family was poor at the beginning, my father and mother didn't mean to sell us, otherwise I really don't know where to look for this vast sea of people." Song Xingchen sighed.

Song Yang nodded in agreement, probably feeling that this topic was a little depressing, so he spoke: "Do you really plan to give birth in Dry City?" The Hurbas, on their part, are ambitious, and if they attack the dry city, it is too dangerous for you and your children to stay here. After the New Year, let Yelang send you away, even if you don't go back to the capital, you can go to your father's mother, or you can go wherever you want to settle down. ”

"I have discussed it with Yelang, and we all agree that it is good to stay here, with Yelang to protect our mother, and so many subordinates, even if there is danger, we are not afraid. It's to leave you here alone, big brother, I don't feel at ease. After Song Xingchen finished speaking, he regretted a little, afraid that Song Yang would feel uncomfortable, so he put on a crying face and said: "The emperor has given me a secret decree to take over the dry city for the time being, unless the eldest brother you return safely, or the court sends a new prefect over, even if I have the heart to leave, I have to take care of the emperor's order, right?" ”

Song Yang smiled helplessly, knowing that Song Xingchen had made up his mind to stay, so he stopped persuading.

However, Song Yang made up his mind in his heart, there was really a day when the war would start, and he must send Song Xingchen away before the situation could be controlled, and he couldn't let her accompany her on an adventure here.

As for Song Yang himself, as the prefect, he can't leave no matter what, as long as there are still people there, he has to stick to the last moment.

As Song Yang said, there is not much difference between the New Year Pass of the dry city and other cities in the north, plus there are few relatives here, one of the brothers and sisters is not good at walking, and the other is pregnant, so the New Year is also simply a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together.

However, Hang Hang became the happiest person, and Ruan Qinglian, who rushed back, quarreled with him from time to time, and he simply forgot that he still had a father in the capital.

Before the first month of the new year, Song Lu and Song Yue came to the dry city, seeing that Song Yang was so badly injured, Song Lu couldn't stop his distressed tears, and his eyes were red at every turn, and he made up his mind to stay and take care of his son and pregnant daughter, but no one persuaded him not to move.

Although Song Yue had the heart to accompany Song Xingchen to after giving birth, she was also worried about her young child, and Song Xingchen also urged Song Yue to go back to her hometown to report a letter, and she could bring the child before she gave birth.

Therefore, Song Yue only lived in the dry city for a few days, and then returned to the backing mountain under the escort of the nursing home.

The arrival of Song Lu's family was originally very welcome, but she chose a delicate maid to serve Song Yang, and Song Yang was extremely uncomfortable.

Song Xingchen made fun of Song Yang a lot for this, but after Song Yang refused a few times, he gave up his determination to send the maid away under Song Lu's tearful offensive, but he usually resolutely did not allow the maid to serve closely, let alone allow the maid to live in the ear room.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-February, and Zhou Jin, escorted by the royal guards, also came to the dry city.

In order not to disturb the people, and in order to reduce some trouble on the road, Zhou Jin did not put up the princess's honor guard along the way.

But Zhou Jin, who was in a hurry to see Song Yang, was not in the mood to have fun on the way, and kept urging the team to speed up, and when he arrived at the dry city, the whole person lost a lot of weight.

"The princess is here, why don't you let people know in advance? Looking at your face, it must be sick, right? Knowing that Zhou Jin was coming, Song Xingchen went out to greet him.

"It's just getting colder and colder the more you walk, you may be a little uncomfortable, just rest for a few days." Zhou Jin was embarrassed to say that he was in a hurry to get haggard, but he was anxious to see Song Yang, but he was embarrassed to speak.

Song Xingchen knew Zhou Jin's thoughts, and when he thought of his eldest brother's situation, he couldn't bear to tease Zhou Jin anymore, so he took her hand and said, "My eldest brother is reading here, I'll take you to him." But you have to be mentally prepared, the eldest brother is seriously injured......"

Before Song Xingchen's words were finished, Zhou Jin nervously grabbed Song Xingchen's arm and asked, "How could Brother Yang be injured?" Is the injury serious? Why didn't anyone tell me? ”

Song Xingchen's arm was clenched in pain, but he didn't breathe out, and comforted: "It's still such an impatient, can't you listen to me finish speaking?" ”

"Then you should say it quickly, I'm really in a hurry." Zhou Jin stomped his feet anxiously, but he still didn't forget to urge: "Let's talk while walking, I'm going to see Brother Yang." ”

"I know, your brother Yang is the most important, but can the princess understand that a pregnant woman can't walk so fast?" was dragged forward by Zhou Jin, Song Xingchen instinctively protected his stomach and hurriedly prompted.

"I'm sorry, I forgot." Zhou Jin realized his recklessness at this time, "It's okay, right?" So let's go slower? ”

"This is not far from the eldest brother's residence, let's walk over slowly, just in time to finish speaking." Holding Zhou Jin's hand, Song Xingchen told the whole story of Song Yang's injury.

However, Song Xingchen had never participated, so he passed by, but he didn't forget to talk about Princess Ai Siqi, so that Zhou Jin understood that it was still necessary for his eldest brother to be very popular.

But Song Xingchen obviously forgot Zhou Jin's brain circuit, she didn't have her own man who was remembered at all, but hated Ai Siqi for hurting Song Yang, and kept cursing with hatred.

Seeing that Zhou Jin was dressed in a fiery red fox fur, with delicate facial features and simple clothes, angry and bulging cheeks, and his small mouth opening and closing but not swearing, Song Xingchen suddenly understood why Song Yang fell in love with Zhou Jin.

With Song Yang's character, he can't communicate with a woman who is too spicy, but if he is too weak a woman, he doesn't have the heart to protect him.

Moreover, Song Yang is the eldest son of the Song family, the choice of the eldest daughter-in-law must be cautious, Zhou Jin is perfect in any way, and the most important thing is that she and Song Yang are in love.

"This is the eldest brother's residence, so I won't bother the two of you to talk about the pain of lovesickness, but you have to be reserved, don't let my eldest brother get hurt and injured." Song Xingchen teased, then turned to leave.

This kind of scene of a young couple reuniting after a long absence, she really can't adapt to it, and she doesn't want to bother.

Walking alone on the way back to the courtyard, Song Xingchen's mood was very happy, Zhou Jin was able to come to the dry city, which means that the emperor has agreed to her marriage with Song Yang, and the process is not important.