"Ugly, come over and see, is there a coal mine here?"

Qian Yan said to the ugly ugly who was building a stove not far away.

This stove was not the charcoal stove that they had put in the car before, but the stone stove they had built in the wooden house, the one next to the kang, and the charcoal had to be burned outside with a charcoal basin first, otherwise there would be smoke when it was burned in the house.

Chouchou listened to Qian Yan's words, and hurriedly ran over, it has now become about a meter in size, so it is more convenient to work.

After running over, he probed down with his divine sense, and said to Qian Yan: "It's true, this coal mine is quite shallow, just dig it directly, and you don't need to dig a hole."

It's just a pity that our furnace can't be used, the temperature of this coal is too high, and our stone stove is easy to fry. ”

If you burn coal, it will burn for a long time, so you don't always need to add it to it, but you need to use refractory bricks, otherwise it is easy to break the furnace.

Qian Yan nodded and said, "It's okay if we don't use it, this coal has a taste when it is burned, and it is not as good as charcoal and pine tower."

I just wanted to tell the Li family the news, this can be used for smelting, and it can be regarded as military supplies.

I'm just thinking that you are looking for a bird, let's just have a bird to pass the news, and then we will run back again. ”

Now this is not good, it is difficult to transmit messages, only messengers within the court, ordinary people can only find acquaintances to bring messages, if there is a person in the people's family who goes out, it is really the same as losing.

Chou Chou looked around, and all the migratory birds flew away this season, leaving only sparrows.

I found a nest in a tree in the mountains ahead, and in it a sparrow was resting with its eyes closed.

The ugly chou used his divine sense to get it over, and calmed it down for a while before transmitting a voice to it.

The frightened little sparrow stared at the mung bean in horror, and it took a moment to calm down, and then trembling and lying on the ugly paws.

When they returned to the wooden house, Chouchou took out pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and wrote a letter to Xue Huan'er with hairpins.

said it was a letter, but in fact it was a palm-sized note, no way, it was too big for the sparrow to move.

The specific address of the coal mine was written on it, and then she received a reply letter and asked the sparrow to bring it back.

The main reason is that I am afraid that this sparrow will be detained, thinking that it can be used to deliver letters, which is not harming other people's little sparrows, and helping to help out of the unwarranted disaster.

After writing, Qian Yan directly folded the paper into a small strip and tied it to the sparrow's feet with a few strands of embroidery thread, and did not need the sparrow to recognize Luffy by himself, and the ugly chou directly sent it to Xue Huan'er's courtyard with his divine sense.

Then the sound transmission asked the little sparrow to peck the window lattice of her bedroom with her beak, and at this time the Li family will finish dinner, and they must not have rested yet.

The sound of percussion was obvious in the quiet space, and it quickly attracted Xue Huan'er, who was sitting in the room and reading, she first asked who it was, and when she saw that no one answered, she cautiously walked to the window and opened the window a crack.

As soon as the window opened, the little sparrow jumped straight in, and there was a case next to the window, and it jumped right on the case.

Xue Huan'er looked at this sparrow that was not afraid of life with a look of surprise, and then saw the note on its feet at a glance, no way, it was too white.

Xue Huan'er tentatively stretched out her hand, and when she saw that the little sparrow was motionless and did not dodge, she reached out to untie the thread on her foot.

Tilt Yan is a living mouth, which can be opened with a pull, anyway, there is no need for the little sparrow to fly by itself, so I am not afraid of falling halfway.

Xue Huan'er was a little funny, this letter was sent too casually, I don't know who it is, could it be my own children playing around?

It's not right, if Mu Xue had tamed such a spiritual bird, she would have been unable to help but show off to them.

When she cautiously opened the note and saw the title and self-introduction, she knew that the letter was sent back by Hengyue.

She looked at the sparrow several times in amazement, and couldn't help but think of the fat cat raised by the other party, who is also very spiritual, can understand human words, and Heng Yue will do whatever she wants, although it is not outrageous, but it is also very powerful to domesticate a cat.

Cats are not like dogs, cats are the most disobedient pets.

When she had read all the contents of the letter, she didn't care about being surprised by the sparrow, and hurriedly put on her coat and ran to the front yard.

He didn't notice that the little sparrow also flew out after him.

When he arrived at the study in the front yard, he reached out and knocked on the door twice, and pushed the door directly without waiting for Li Hanqin to respond.

Li Hanqin raised his head and just wanted to ask who it was, but he saw that someone had already come in, and when he saw that it was his wife, he silenced.

I saw that she was holding a palm-sized piece of paper in her hand, and her face was excited, yes, she was excited, and without waiting for him to ask, she went directly around the desk and came to him.

"Heng Yue sent a letter saying that a coal mine was found not far east of Fucheng!"

As she spoke, she handed him the note.

Li Hanqin looked at the note with a candle flame as soon as he took it, unfolded it, and looked it up and down twice before saying, "Your aunt is really a lucky star, and this luck is too good, this can be met by her."

Not to mention, since she came to Fucheng, the enemies in our city should have been cleared, and she never found out before she came.

Although it may not be because of her, I always feel that there is some mystery in it.

After walking for more than half a day, I found another coal mine, according to what is written on it, it is still the kind of coal mine that is very shallow and can be dug directly, which is really rare.

You must know that the coal used in the army to smelt weapons is all transported from Yunzhou, and we really haven't found it here.

No, I'll go to the front yard and talk to my grandfather about it now! Immediately send troops over to enclose the place, and the province has many dreams at night. ”

Xue Huan'er hurriedly stopped him, "Why are you in a hurry, no one has found out for so long, it is impossible for Hengyue's discovery to be seen by others."

And this east side is not like the Guanwai, there is no enemy army eyeing you, if you go again tomorrow, otherwise my grandfather will not be able to rest well this night. ”

Li Hanqin thought about it, after all, his grandfather is old, although it is a good thing for him to disturb this big night, it is not too late, but to deal with it, whether it is to deploy troops or arrange the personnel in charge there, it needs to be well deployed, and it is not something that can be completed in a while.

It is also very likely that the grandfather will not be able to sleep all night when he is excited, and if his health is not good, his father will not be able to beat him to death when he comes back.

It's better to listen to your wife, and it's the same if you go again tomorrow morning, and you can do things calmly after resting.

Qian Yan and Chouchou didn't know that the letter they sent almost made them find a camp that was not easy to find.

If Li Hanqin had taken the officers and soldiers over to defend it tonight, then she would definitely have to change places, and if she wanted to find such a good place to camp, she would have to go into the mountains or after climbing over the mountains.

Because the bottom of the note said Let Xue Huan'er reply to the letter, it happened to be in Li Hanqin's study, and he directly replied to a note of the same size with his ready-made pen and ink.

First of all, I expressed my gratitude, after all, this is a big achievement when it is operated well.

Then he wrote in the letter that someone should be sent there tomorrow, I don't know if she will be there by then, if she is, someone can bring a message or a letter back.

As soon as she finished writing, she saw the little sparrow jump on the table, and then she realized that it had come to the study with her, and she must have come in with her when she opened the door just now.

Li Hanqin also found this little sparrow at this time, "Why did a bird come in?" ”

Xue Huan'er remembered that she didn't tell him that the letter was sent by this bird, and said excitedly: "This letter was sent by it, and I don't know how Hengyue tamed it, so that it could come back to deliver the letter." ”

Li Hanqin looked at it in surprise for a while, and Xue Huan'er folded the note into the size of a dumping fold, and then tied it to the sparrow's leg with the thread that had been untied before.

Li Hanqin looked at the little sparrow motionless and let her fiddle with it, and said in surprise: "Your aunt really has something on her body, and she can domesticate this sparrow, I know that there are pigeons and eagles that can be tamed to help deliver letters, but I didn't expect this sparrow to be able to." ”

Xue Huan'er glanced at him, saw the light in his eyes, and reminded: "Don't fight this sparrow's idea, this is Hengyue's." ”

Li Hanqin glanced at her angrily, "What do you want?" Am I the kind of person who robs people's things? You also look down on your man's character too much.

I'm thinking if Sister Hengyue has any tricks, if so, can you teach it, if we can use sparrows to send letters in our army in the future, it would be great, this kind of bird is small and inconspicuous, others will definitely not think of it. ”

Xue Huan'er glanced at him, "Even if you have a trick, you can't let people teach it casually, don't you understand this sentence if you don't pass it lightly?" Whether it's other people's know-how or secret recipes, they are all things that people rely on for a living, so you should not covet them. ”

Li Hanqin said with a smile: "Okay, okay, this doesn't mean I want you to ask, you can do it, you can't forget it." ”

Xue Huan'er snorted, "I don't ask, the note is already full, there is no place to write it anymore, I want to ask you to say hello tomorrow, if Hengyue is still there." ”

Li Hanqin: "Okay, okay, don't ask, don't ask, just treat it as if there is no such thing~ Look at you, why are you still angry." ”

Xue Huan'er ignored him, and walked out directly holding the bird to open the door, raising the hand holding the sparrow high, regardless of whether it understood it or not, and said directly to it: "Okay, you can bring the letter back quickly." ”

As if he understood, the sparrow flapped its wings and flew up towards the outside of the yard.

As soon as it flew out of the sight of Xue Huan'er and his wife, Ugly Ugly got it back directly.

Qian Yan was really relieved to see Xue Huan's reply, she had forgotten about this stubble, and she knew that she should send the letter again tomorrow.

However, because it is necessary to use sparrows, it is better to use sparrows at night for fear of being discovered during the day, and to be hidden at night.

Seeing that the little sparrow was still standing there, Qian Yan embarrassedly got it some millet for it.

It didn't move, but looked at Chouchou, and when he saw Chouchou nodding, he quickly ate it, and finished eating a handful of millet.

Ugly waited for it to finish eating before returning it to its nest, and by this time their meal was ready.

It is to heat some mutton soup directly in a large pot and steam a few steamed buns on it.

Xue Huan'er's chef has good cooking skills, and the buns he makes are all meat filling, mutton green onions and mutton radish, no way, there is more mutton in the northwest, and the price of pork is more expensive.

Fortunately, the taste is very delicious, but if you eat too much, you will get tired, and she will be full after eating two and drinking a bowl of soup.

Chouchou ate a lot, ate five at once, and still liked to eat meat, and then drank the rest of the mutton soup.

Having money is the raw meat stored in the ugly space of eating.

After eating, Tilt Yanjue's body was warm, and the stove was already burning, so the stability in the wooden house was just right.

Dumpling filled it with a few more pieces of carbon, then washed the pot, added another pot of water, and covered the vent under the stove with a stone slab, leaving a small gap for it to ventilate, so that it would not be extinguished, but it would not burn so quickly, so that the kang could be heated overnight.

The stone kang was always warm, and the water would not boil too quickly, otherwise the hut would be full of steam.

After eating, Qian Yan didn't go to bed immediately, and she had to consume food, of course, she didn't go out, it was cold outside, even if it was a depression, the wind was not small, and there were two or three levels of wind outside, and it would be cold after a while.

She just walked around the house for a while, of course, only her and the rich, ugly ugly had already run to the bed and lay on her stomach.

Because the money is too tight, I almost stepped on it when I turned around several times, but fortunately, it is now a lot bigger and its body is also very flexible, otherwise it can really step on it.

After walking around for about fifteen minutes, Qian Yan picked up Youqian and wiped its four paws with a wet cloth, and then dried it with a dry cloth, saving it from being wet, and then went to bed.

touched the inside of the quilt and said to the ugly: "This stone bed is really much stronger than the wooden bed, the warmth is really comfortable, and it feels better than the fire kang, sometimes the kang head is too hot, and the kang tail is a little cold, this whole is almost the same." ”

It may be that the kang is relatively small, the slate is thick enough, and the flue below is more reasonable, so the whole kang is particularly easy to use.

She lifted the quilt, took off the cotton clothes and skirts she was wearing outside and the thin cotton pants inside, wore a single dress and carried the money into the quilt, put away the spiritual stone for lighting, retracted her hand into the quilt, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Sure enough, the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own kennels, and the courtyard and house of Xue Huan'er's house are exquisite, but they are not their own territory after all, and they are still somewhat restrained.

At least because of the maid, she uses a voice to talk to Chou, and she has to go over to eat with them every morning and evening, so she is a little uncomfortable.

It's like the difference between my mother's family, if you're in your mother's house, you can spread it as much as you want, and if you don't want to eat, you can't get up, and you're very comfortable.

It's hard to stretch so much when you get to your in-law's house, and you always have to be more restrained, which is how she felt before.

(End of chapter)