Chapter 408 Cotton Clothes
Winter came unexpectedly, and when the first snow fell, the border war was tight.
Meng Zhixu, as a general, naturally has the responsibility to go to the border pass, and Bai Zhaomei, who also has the ambition of a general, also has to follow Meng Zhixu to the border pass.
This was earlier than the originally planned date to go to the border.
The Bai family is busy.
Fortunately, the winter clothes Xie Chuntao and Qiu Niang had already sewn them in autumn.
But Bai Zhaomei has been pumping too fast in the past six months, as if she has risen again overnight.
A good jacket is worn on the body, and it is half a cut shorter.
So Mrs. Bai and Zhen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took Xie Chuntao Eugene Gui to re-sew overnight, Zhen's needlework did not work, Xie Chuntao sewed clothes quickly, and Eugene Gui's needlework was rough and wound on the side to assist.
Qiu Niang was in the embroidery workshop, with the help of You Hongye, and made thick knee pads, gloves, hats, and fur hats for Bai Zhaomei.
Zhen was worried that the border was too cold, and the thick cotton in the cotton jacket and pants was particularly insufficient.
"It's still too thin." Zhen watched Bai Zhaomei try on her cotton jacket and pants, and shook her head slightly.
"It's not thin, it's stuffed with a lot of cotton, and the fifth brother's head is sweating." Eugene Gui said on the side.
Where it was thin, the mother-in-law and mother-in-law were eager to stuff all the cotton in the house, and not only that, but also used all the warm fabrics in the shop in the town.
Old Lady Bai glanced at Eugene Gui, and Eugene Gui was frightened.
"Mother, the second sister-in-law is right, it's very thick."
Bai Zhaomei was not at all worried about going to the border in advance, but was very excited.
At this time, according to the requirements of Mrs. Bai and Zhen, he wore the thickest cotton jacket and cotton pants, heavy cotton shoes on his feet, thick gloves and hats, and walked around the yard to display.
The thick snow in the yard, Zhen deliberately didn't let it be swept away, and asked Bai Dazhuang to bring in the snow outside to create a knee-high snow road, just to simulate a border snow over-knee scene for Bai Zhaomei.
Then let Bai Zhaomei walk in the snow in cotton clothes to feel it.
Because the cotton clothes were too heavy, Bai Zhaomei walked very hard step by step, and soon sweated, and she couldn't wait to tear off the heavy cotton clothes.
"What do you know, the border is not as good as at home, the dripping water turns into ice, the wind is so strong, the snow is so big, our side is not comparable to the biggest snowstorm." Zhen said.
"Mother hasn't been to the border again." Bai Zhaomei said with a smile, "I asked the soldiers around General Meng, and they said that they could stand it, and they were still drinking to the moon in the wind and snow." ”
Zhen shook his head slightly.
She hadn't been to the border, but she had heard her grandfather say it.
The wind at the mouth of the wind could tear the houses open, the snow was as big as a mat to bury a horse, and a basin of boiling water poured out condensed into ice in mid-air.
Her grandfather's rheumatism had fallen during those years on the border, and he was still chilling in the winter, despite the fiery earth dragons in the capital.
She didn't want Bai Zhaomei to freeze at the border.
As for General Meng's personal soldiers, they were young, and they hadn't yet reached the time to feel cold.
Besides, these pro-guards all have fox fur, and their natural cold resistance is better than that of cotton clothes.
"I don't think that's enough." Zhen said worriedly that his youngest son went to the border for the first time, and he didn't know if he would adapt to it in the first year.
When Bai Zhaomei heard that her mother said that it was not enough, she made a bitter face and said to Xiao Fuyuan who was standing aside: "Sister, you are smart, tell me if the border is not so cold." ”
Xiao Fuyuan tilted her head, she really didn't know, she hadn't been there.
But it must be very cold when you think about it!
After all, the heating equipment of this era can only burn the fire.
"Fifth brother still listen to his mother, wear thicker." Xiao Fuyuan said.
She didn't want her fifth brother to get frostbite at the border.
Zhen nodded and said, "Your sister has said everything." ”
Xiao Fuyuan looked at Zhen's sad face, and remembered the sentence "Before leaving, I am afraid that I will return late", every stitch and thread on Bai Zhaomei's body is Zhen's reluctance and sustenance.
This fifth brother, he is not only wearing cotton clothes, but also a piece of his mother's hard work.
Nature cannot be disobedient.
Bai Zhaomei stepped in the snow and said, "Mother, it's thick enough. Look at me, I can't even walk. Dressed like this, how to go into battle to kill the enemy. ”
In a word, everyone in the Lao Bai family fell silent.
Bai Zhaomei went to the border not to play or play soy sauce, but to really listen to military orders, to go into battle to kill the enemy, and to participate in the war.
War can lead to wounds, bloodshed, and even death.
This is a question that the old Bai family has been avoiding since Bai Zhaomei decided to go to the border.
Whenever it comes to Bai Zhaomei going to the border, starting from Mrs. Bai, Bai Zhaomei is encouraged, encouraged to be brave, encouraged him to be a general in the future, and encouraged him to make meritorious contributions to his sister's support in the future.
Even when the people in the village asked Bai Zhaomei about going to the border this time, Bai Muban smiled and said that the boy naturally wants to go to the army, anyway, he has many sons.
All shy away from talking about possible injuries and deaths.
Bai Zhaomei's words made the Bai family deeply aware of the life and death problems that Bai Zhaomei would face.
Zhen's nose was sour on the spot.
Old Lady Bai, Xie Chuntao and Tian Maimiao's eyes turned red.
How old is Bai Zhaomei, even if she is married, she is still a half-grown child, and she is about to go into battle to kill the enemy.
“…… Why don't you tell General Meng that the fifth brother is too young, and he will go to the border in two years. Bai Dazhuang said suddenly.
Bai Muban reprimanded with a straight face: "What nonsense, what are you in the army?" Lao Wu is now General Meng's soldier, and if he doesn't go now, he will violate the military order, how serious the violation of the military order is, do you know it? ”
Bai Muban was reluctant to let go of his son, but he still clearly understood that the military order could not be violated.
"Talk to Ah Zhen......" Bai Erzhuang said.
"Shut up, don't make trouble for that kid, your fifth brother will have to go like this sooner or later, otherwise he will farm at home from now on, and he will never want to be General Rausch again." After Bai Muban reprimanded the eldest son, he scolded the second son.
Bai Dazhuang and Bai Erzhuang shut up in unison, knowing in their hearts that what their father said couldn't be more correct.
Bai Zhaomei didn't expect that a sentence touched the hearts of the family, he was excited this time, and he couldn't wait to rush to the border immediately, and when he heard that the eldest brother and the second brother didn't want him to go to the border, he said anxiously: "What are you worried about?" Didn't my sister say that I'll be fine at the border. ”
Lifted my sister out again.
Sure enough, Xiao Fuyuan's name is good.
Mrs. Bai was the first to say: "Yes, yes, the granddaughter said that the fifth child is good, and the fifth child is good." I still expect Lao Wang to be a general and take me through the streets on a tall horse. ”
A few words successfully stopped Zhen and the others from tears.
Xiao Fuyuan played the function of a koi fish again in a timely manner, and said crisply: "The fifth brother will be fine, the fifth brother will be a general, and grandma can see the fifth brother as a general." ”
She originally wanted to comfort her family and say that the fifth brother would not be injured, but she still didn't set up a big banner, how could she not be injured when she joined the army.
Which general did not have injuries on his body?
Bai Zhaomei glanced at her sister with gratitude and said, "Big brother and second brother, my sister said so. Don't be a general in my way. ”
Bai Dazhuang and Bai Erzhuang came to the snow together, one pulled the collar, the other stuffed the snow inside, and said, "Good boy, I have not been a general before I am disrespectful to my brother." ”
Bai Zhaomei begged for mercy while hiding: "Big brother and second brother, I don't dare, it's cold, it's cold." ”
Da Lang San Lang also walked over to help his father deal with the fifth uncle, and even Xiao Lang took a handful of snow and threw it at the fifth uncle.