Time flies, and the snowy winter has passed in a blink of an eye, and throughout the winter, in addition to staying at home with her children to accompany her parents, Cui'er is most concerned about when she will receive the family letter that Lian Qingshan brought back from the northwest.

When the grass grew and the warbler flew, the Ye family, as the imperial merchant, supplied the first batch of tea to Ouchi smoothly, and a large sum of silver came out. The quality of this tea has been praised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has made the Ye family finally put down a lot of hearts.

After that, it gradually became a practice to market and deliver new tea to the capital every month, and the business of the teahouse continued to be hot, and the relationship with the Dingguo Mansion has always been close, and the tea business of the entire Ye family has entered a virtuous circle of maintaining stability.

Because she doesn't have to worry about her own business, Cui'er's time is free up a lot, but fortunately, Soft and Small Bag needs enlightenment, and finding Mr. Cui'er takes up part of Cui'er's time. Xiao Lantern Festival has also grown up, and when she is fine, she uses her little hands to pull Cui'er around and run around, which makes Cui'er worry at the same time, but also distracts a lot of attention.

In the evening, Cui'er was sitting under the big tree at home, telling stories with three small buns.

Soft and half-tilted his head to watch the red sunset fall to the bottom of the mountain, remembering the sugar gourd that his father bought when he took himself out to play when he was a child, he couldn't help but feel a little low, and asked weakly with a glutinous voice, "Mother, when did you say Daddy will come back!" ”

"When Daddy drives all the Tartars in the northwest away, he will be able to come back!" Cui'er couldn't help but feel sour in her heart when she was asked by Soft, but she still cheered up and said to Softsoft with a smile.

Lian Qingshan came back last autumn to report on the war situation and urged grain and grass. It's been almost a year now, and I don't know if he's good now. The last time he wrote from Aoyama was a month ago, he said that he had urgent military affairs to carry out, and he didn't know what it was, and he didn't know when he would be able to write again.

Cui'er's heart was stunned, and when she looked down, she found that all three of her family were looking up at her with little faces, and her small bright eyes were full of worry. I couldn't help but feel soft. "Baby, don't worry, Daddy is so powerful. I will definitely drive all the Tartars in the northwest away soon, and Daddy will definitely come back to reunite with us at that time. ”

"By the way, what do you want to eat at night? Do you want to drink green and cool lotus leaf porridge? Cui'er looked at the children who were a little sullen and forced a smile. Said to the children.

"Drink and drink!" The children are forgetful and think of the delicious lotus leaf porridge. He put what he had just done behind him, and waved his little hands with excitement on his face, expressing his desire to drink lotus leaf porridge.

"Okay, let's all drink!" Cui'er said with a smile. Seeing the children's faces glow again, my heart felt a lot better. She kissed the children's little faces and told the cook to make the lotus leaf porridge. Add some rock sugar to it, then put it in clean water and let it ice. I'll use it later for dinner.

Thinking of the cool lotus leaf porridge, everyone's mood seems to be much refreshed, and Soft and Small Bag pulls Cui'er to talk about the interesting things they have discovered, such as an ant carrying a large piece of dim sum dregs, or a butterfly that turned out to be a small chrysalis or something like that.

The atmosphere in the courtyard gradually became harmonious and warm.

At this moment, Aunt Zhong, the head of the inner courtyard, walked in quickly, and her fast steps were similar to the steady and solid appearance on weekdays. Cui'er heard the footsteps, looked up suspiciously, and saw Aunt Zhong's face smiling.

"Madame, great joy!" Aunt Zhong'er's slightly wrinkled face was as happy as if it was blooming, "Congratulations to Madame, there is great joy!" ”

"What's the big joy?" Cui'er propped herself up from the wooden couch and asked, looking at Aunt Zhong'er's performance, which was completely different from usual, hope gradually rose in her heart, is there good news from the northwest?

"Just now, the subordinates came back from the street, and some soldiers from the northwest reported a great victory, and I heard that it was a great victory in the northwest!" Aunt Zhong'er's face was full of smiles, and she told Cui'er everything she had heard.

It turned out that on the road just now, when the slave and maid who were about to go home from the house on leave and were about to go back to the house, they happened to meet a few officials who came from the northwest. Because of the great victory in the northwest, those people rode horses and galloped through the streets, and at the same time shouted the great victory in the northwest, and the words of the great victory in the northwest over the Tartars, which made the surrounding people listen to it really.

"Is this true?" Cui'er's eyes showed a look of surprise, as if her heart was beating much faster than usual, if the Northwest victory expelled the Tartars, would Lian Qingshan be coming back soon?

"Hurry up, send two teams out, one team will go to the Dingguo Mansion to inquire about the news, and the other team will go to the Imperial City to see when the emperor will be released!" When Cui'er was busy sending someone out to inquire about the news, she heard someone from outside come to her, saying that the eldest lady and the eldest young master were back!

"The big girl and the little tiger are back, don't let them in soon!" Cui'er was even more surprised when she heard this, and she hurriedly invited the children in, and she put on soft shoes, and she didn't even have time to change her clothes before she went forward.

"Mother, mother! The Northwest has won a great victory! The big girl and the little tiger didn't let Cui'er wait for a long time, Cui'er just walked out only a dozen steps away, and the two children entered the yard together. The first sentence was the victory in the northwest.

"Is it really a big win? God forbid! Cui'er just heard Aunt Zhong say the words of the Northwest Victory, and she was still a little skeptical about the authenticity of her source, but when these words came out of the mouths of Da Niu and Xiaohu, it had another meaning.

Cui'er hurriedly pulled the two children to sit down, and after a few little ones saw the big sister and big brother, they didn't recognize life at all, and they all surrounded each other.

"What the hell is going on? Tell me about it! Cui'er is worried about the things in the northwest, but the children's bodies are also extremely important.

When the children were seated, Cui'er poured them a bowl of chilled sour plum soup and wiped the sweat off their foreheads with a handkerchief. For the sake of safety, Cui'er sent the people serving in the courtyard down, leaving only the henchmen Xiangmo and Aunt Zhong before asking.

"Last night, my father sent a letter to my grandfather, saying that it was a great victory in the northwest and that he had captured the prince who led the Tartar army!" Xiaohu's eyes were shining, and like all half-grown boys, his blood was boiling for the news on the battlefield.

"Mother, this is what my grandmother told us, and my father sent someone to bring the latest news to my grandfather, saying that it was a great victory in the northwest. In my father's letter, he and my father were safe, and when my grandmother found out, she asked us to come and talk to you, so that you could not worry. "It's still a big girl, this girl is intimate, and she knows that her mother is most concerned about her father's safety, so she hurriedly told her about it.

"Daddy followed his father on the battlefield to capture the prince who led the Northwest Tartars, and exterminated the soldiers and horses that harassed them in the Northwest. Now my father has sent someone to return to Beijing to report the victory, and by the way, please ask for the will of the saint, and the war will be peace in the future, which is a matter of the past few days. When the big girl said this, her voice had dropped a lot, and it was obvious that the child also knew in his heart, and before this matter was decided, it was not something they could easily discuss.

"Okay, good, as long as people are safe, everything is fine!" Cui'er looked at the big girl and the little tiger, and couldn't help but feel relieved in her heart.

Knowing that she couldn't ask more about this, Cui'er stopped talking, only pulling the two children to ask them about their daily trivial matters, asking about their homework, and not saying anything else. After eating dinner and pulling the two children to say a lot of things, Cui'er reluctantly let the person back.

With the news from the northwest, Cui'er's heart finally let go of a lot, and she had a rare good night's sleep that night.

Three days later, the subordinates who were sent by Cui'er to keep an eye on the imperial list came with the news, saying that the imperial list had come out, the northwest was victorious, and General Wude and they could return to the dynasty on the same day!

Cui'er heard the words of the subordinates, and as if she couldn't believe it, she ordered her subordinates to prepare carriages and horses, and personally went around the place where the emperor was posted, and really saw the words on the emperor's list, so she sighed sincerely, "It's really good!" ”

The people under the emperor list crowded around, and they were all happy for the victory in the northwest, but none of them were happier and more excited than Cui'er, because Cui'er actually saw the name of her own Lian Qingshan on the emperor list. In addition to General Wude, even Qingshan was also on the list of meritorious generals, and he was safe and sound.

"God forbid!" Cui'er cried with joy, with tears and a smile in her heart, full of gratitude, "I hope Qingshan can return safely from the battlefield as soon as possible!" ”

Seeing that the emperor had confirmed the facts, Cui'er couldn't wait to return home, almost trotting all the way back to the room, Cui'er hugged the children excitedly and kissed them.

Seeing that their mother was so happy, she blinked her big eyes and asked Cui'er, "Mother, is there anything good that happened?" ”

"Northwest victory, your father is coming back soon! The soonest is autumn, and if it's the slowest, before the Chinese New Year, your dad will be back! Cui'er hugged the children and cried with joy, only to feel that all the worries she had been worrying about for so long had dissipated with the good news.

As long as I wait a few more months, Lian Qingshan will be able to come back, and I will be able to return to myself and my children, which is really great!

"Daddy's coming back?" When the children heard this, their eyes lit up, and they all smiled happily, as if they were little angels, which made Cui'er's heart as soft as a puddle of water. (To be continued)