Qian Yingying was originally a coquettish joke, but after saying that, neither of them felt funny, but felt that this sentence sounded very bitter.

Tang Haitang held a hand that Qian Yingying put on his arm, and touched the slight calluses on his fingers, Qian Yingying practiced swords and worked all year round, although his hands looked green and white on the surface, in fact, his fingers and palms had already grown a slight callus.

Qian Yingying felt Tang Haitang's hand touch the calloon on her hand, she pulled out her hand, raised her hands in front of her, and said to herself: "If these hands were not for my own love, if I often used my own way to maintain them, they would have been a pair of calloused hands." ”

Realizing that the topic of the two had become heavy, Tang Haitang hurriedly grabbed Qian Yingying's hands, didn't let her think about unhappy things anymore, and changed the topic: "Hurry up and go to the front hall to have a look, you can't let Dr. Xu wait too long alone." ”

"Let's go quickly, then." Qian Yingying also remembered that Xu Qingfeng was still drinking tea in the front hall, and the two held hands and wanted to walk quickly to the front hall.

Xu Qingfeng had already drunk the third cup of tea at this time, Ma Huo had been serving him beside him, Xiaofeng came out and said that several girls had been arranged to live, they were busy changing their clothes, he had to stay here to accompany Xu Qingfeng, start the first cup of tea, and he could also accompany Xu Qingfeng to chat casually.

When it was time to change the third cup of tea, the two felt that they had no common language with each other, and then they chatted awkwardly, only looked at each other and smiled awkwardly, so neither of them was talking, Xu Qingfeng sat quietly, and Ma Sloppy stood quietly next to him to accompany him.

"Why don't you sit down first, I'll help Xiaofeng prepare dinner." Ma Hao suddenly remembered that it was time for dinner, and hurriedly proposed to Xu Qingfeng.

Xu Qingfeng felt that the two of them were bored sitting dry, and when he heard him say that he was going to prepare dinner, he immediately waved his hand and asked him to be busy, so he didn't have to accompany him. Ma Hu got permission before he dared to put down the guests and sit in the front hall by himself, turned around and returned to the back kitchen, helping Xiaofeng prepare dinner for a few people.

Before going to the back kitchen, Ma Sloppy did not forget the master's explanation, and hurriedly returned to his residence in the back kitchen. Write a note about what had been arranged here, roll it into a small paper tube, put it in an empty reed pole, and seal it with melted wax oil. Take the reed pole and walk out into the yard.

In the yard of the kitchen there is a pigeon cage with a few seemingly ordinary gray and white pigeons. He walked to the pigeon cage, took out a pure white pigeon from it, put the reed pole on the pigeon's paws, and touched the pigeon's head. The pigeon cooed, blinking its mung bean eyes, as if talking to Ma Hu, who whispered to the pigeon: "Go, bring the letter to the master." ”

Then he lifted the pigeon with both hands and released his palm, and the pigeon spread its wings from his palm, thinking that it would fly to the sky, and soon it was gone.

Seeing that the pigeon flew away without a trace, Ma Sloppy clapped his hands, turned around and went into the kitchen, and helped Xiaofeng prepare dinner tonight. This mansion has always been taken care of by the two of them, and usually only the two of them just clean and take care of the flowers and trees in the yard.

Ma Xiaotian rarely returns to this mansion, and most of the time there are only two people here to take care of him, Xiaofeng and Ma Hu, so every day Xiaofeng can cook a simple meal by himself, and today there are four more people, and Xiaofeng is busy sweating in the kitchen alone.

She also steamed steamed bread and pasta in a steamer on the fire, and there was a small stove on the ground, on which the nourishing broth was simmered with chopping wood, and Xiaofeng was stir-frying hot dishes on the stove. It was already summer, and three stoves were turned on in the kitchen at once, and the temperature soared to a very high level at the same time. Xiaofeng used a sweat towel while stir-frying, and the beads of sweat oozing from his red face.

Seeing Xiaocui working so hard, Ma Hu stepped forward to take the sweat towel in her hand distressedly, wiped her sweat distressedly, and then used the sweat towel instead of the fan to fan her. "If there's anything else you need to do, I'll do it for you."

The two of them are husband and wife, so Ma Fu will rest assured that only the two of them will be here to watch the house together, and it is very distressing to see his daughter-in-law working so hard. This time, looking at the white radish that had been cleaned and not cut on the kitchen board, he asked Xiaofeng if he needed help cutting it.

Xiao Feng was busy stir-frying vegetables in his hand, and smiled at him softly and said, "Okay, peel and cut the white radish into pieces, don't be too big, the water in the soup pot will boil after a while, and the radish will be put into the soup." ”

"Well, I see." Seeing that he could help, Ma Huo was very happy, handed the sweat towel back to Xiaofeng, and went to deal with the white radish in a hurry.

The two of them were busy in the kitchen, preparing dinner for a few people. In the front hall, Tang Haitang took Xiaocui and Qian Yingying to accompany Xu Qingfeng to chat.

Originally, Xu Qingfeng saw that a few of them had been packed up, as if he left immediately and hurried back before it was dark. Tang Haitang didn't worry that he was driving a carriage alone and walking at night, there was a section of the way out of the city to pass through the forest, there were few people in that place, she was worried that Xu Qingfeng would meet bandits alone, although there was an army nearby, but there would inevitably be bandits who would die in troubled times, so he still forced him to stay here tonight, and then go back at dawn tomorrow morning.

Xu Qingfeng saw that Tang Haitang insisted on staying by herself, and understood her worries, thinking that there was nothing important in the barracks, so she agreed to stay for one night.

The afterglow of the setting sun shrouded the military camp outside the city in a layer of warm orange, Ma Xiaotian was in a bit of a lost mood today, and the generals under his busy business all retreated, Qian Kun saw that he was not in a high mood, and he also found an excuse to go out early, and he didn't come back for a long time.

Ma Xiaotian sat alone in front of the desk in a daze, this was the sound of a pigeon outside the tent, and soon the guard outside the door grabbed a white pigeon and came in. He recognized the pigeon at a glance and saw what was tied to the pigeon's feet.

"Report to the general, and the flying pigeon will pass the book." In front of Ma Xiaotian, the guard removed the reed pole from the pigeon's foot and presented the thing in his hand.

Ma Xiaotian took the reed pole, removed the wax mark on the seal, poured the note inside on the palm of his hand, and raised his eyes to signal the soldiers to go out with the pigeon first.

When the people left, he picked up the small stick made of the note from the palm of his hand, gently opened it with his fingers, read the words written on it, and held the note in the palm of his hand.

The letter was written sloppily, saying that several girls had been sent to the house and had been arranged to live in his room according to his instructions, especially mentioning Tang Haitang, who had been specially arranged to live in his room according to his instructions.