Time flies, in the monotonous days of Luxi Academy day after day, the raging north wind rolls up the fallen leaves, quietly dispersing the continuous cool autumn mood, with a sharp momentum, with the cold frost roaring, and soon the warm Jiangnan into the long winter.

Jiangnan is soft, even if it is shrouded in the biting cold, the trees on the distant mountains are still verdant, but compared with the full spring day, there is less vigorous vitality and more empty dead silence, in the end it is still different.

The wax moon is coming, and the lively and festive Spring Festival is already far away. As the holiday approached, the students of Luxi Academy gradually became restless, with suppressed excitement and impatience on their faces, adding a rare vitality to the cold winter.

In the courtyard of the mountain chief's house, Xu Chengyu reviewed Gu Yunji's homework and said, "Well, you have done a good job in the past two days, and it is rare that you can still calm down." It looks like it's going to be a holiday, not to mention the students, but the teachers don't have much of the heart to go to class, and it seems that they can still sit still, in fact, the soul has already flown home. ”

Gu Yunji handed him the charcoal-filled hand stove and said with a smile: "Who said it wasn't, it was obviously a few days before the holiday, but they all started to pack their luggage in twos and threes." Su Qi was thinking about what things to bring to Northern Xinjiang every day, and last night he suddenly remembered that he hadn't packed his knee pads, so he casually put on a piece of clothing in the middle of the night and began to rummage, and it was not too cold. ”

Xu Chengyu raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Is he going to Northern Xinjiang this year? Not going back to the capital? ”

Gu Yunji said: "It was said that Dingguo Gong sent a letter, asking Su Qi to pack up his things and go to northern Xinjiang as soon as he was on vacation, accompany him to train on the border, and let him come back when the spring begins." ”

Hearing this, Xu Chengyu couldn't help but sigh: "Northern Xinjiang is already bitterly cold, and it is even worse in winter." Dingguo Gong was ruthless and recruited his son to such a place. However, Su Qi, a son and brother who is accustomed to wealth and nobility, refused to let him come to the academy at the beginning, but he was willing to do it this time? ”

"Where is the willingness? Su Qi complained about his father for several days, and wrote several letters in a row to protest, but they were all called back by Dingguo Gong mercilessly, and he really had no choice but to obey. ”

Recalling Su Qi's appearance, Gu Yunji couldn't help but feel funny: "But I look at him, it's just duplicity." complained on his lips, but in fact, as soon as he received his father's letter, Su Qi began to pack his luggage. ”

"Before the person sent by Dingguo Gong to pick him up arrived, he prepared to stop everything, and even planned several routes to northern Xinjiang. That's it, he still said every day that he was afraid that he would pick it up, and Dingguo Gong didn't feel sorry for him at all. ”

Hearing his description, Xu Chengyu couldn't help laughing, shook his head and laughed for a while, and then sighed again: "In the end, it is a family of military generals, although Su Qi is not in tune on weekdays, but he still follows his father in his bones, and he has a little blood and tenacity, and the tiger father has no dog." ”

"When it comes to reading, Su Qi's talent is actually not very good, and eighty percent of it stops at lifting people. But if you talk about joining the army from the military, with his heart and martial arts, as long as he tempers it well, he will have a lot to do in the future! ”

Gu Yunji felt that what he said was extremely true, so he echoed a few more words. The two chatted, and the topic turned back to the direction of the Spring Festival. Gu Yunji said: "Cheng Yan and I naturally want to go back to Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture and reunite with our families. What about the teacher and Miss Xu? Should you stay in Hangzhou Mansion, or go back to the capital to celebrate the New Year with Prince Xu? ”

Xu Chengyu shook his head: "Neither." Shujing stayed in the capital, and Shuhua and I had to go back to our hometown of Shaoxing. ”

The Shaoxing Xu family, like the Songjiang Gu family, is a big family famous in the south of the Yangtze River. The Xu family has a deep foundation, in addition to sending children into the office, but also operating sea trade, the trade routes extend in all directions, and they can eat anywhere, and they have a great local influence in Shaoxing Mansion.

Although Xu Chengyu's parents are no longer alive, after all, he was born in the Xu family, and there are many of his brothers and nephews in Shaoxing Mansion, and he still has to go back to visit from time to time.

Saying that, Xu Chengyu sighed: "In the past few years, the coastal widows have made a lot of trouble, which has made the people of Shaoxing Mansion panic, and last year the clan lost a lot of business income, I have to go back and take a look, and appease the clan." ”

Xu Chengyu is the former official to the first assistant of the cabinet, and his protégés and disciples are all over the world, and he is also very prestigious within the Xu family.

Hearing this, Gu Yunji's expression froze: "Are you making trouble again?" Why don't you see it written in the newspaper? ”

Xu Chengyu said: "The Japanese are making trouble every year, and it is not uncommon for them to come again after fighting. As long as there is no major chaos, the court will not suddenly pay attention to it. ”

Gu Yunji couldn't help but ask: "Dongying is in the midst of a civil war, and he is too busy to take care of the others, and the individual floating warriors who leaked out of them are homeless, so they slowly gather on the sea and become widows." It stands to reason that in a small country like theirs, there are not many people, and it should not be able to become a powerful person, so why is it so difficult to suppress the Japanese along the coast? ”

Xu Chengyu explained: "Although the number of pirates is small, they are very scattered. You beat him back, you go and he disturbs, and it's annoying. Every time our dynasty gathers a large number of soldiers and wants to confront the Japanese invaders head-on, they hide from the east and attack from the west, and they run around and waste military strength and people's wealth in vain. ”

"Although the plague has existed for a long time, it is always difficult to completely eradicate it, often like leeks, after cutting a stubble, it is always impossible to get rid of it."

Xu Chengyu was worried, not only for his own family who were worried about being harassed, but also for the coastal residents of several state capitals who were worried about being affected by the woe.

Hearing this, Gu Yunji couldn't help but think of Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general in history in his previous life. I just don't know if this era is also such a national hero who can still be peaceful for the coastal people?

With that, the two of them went into their own hands and ended the topic in unconsciously silence.

In the winter wind, a thin layer of wet snow rarely fell in the always warm Jiangnan, which added a bit of mud to the students of Luxi Academy on their way home from vacation. But this little bump did not affect everyone's joy and urgency, but became a topic of relief on the long way home.

While Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were riding in a carriage and staggering towards Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Su Qi also embarked on a journey to the bitter cold northern Xinjiang in the process of changing carriages and horses several times.

In the wax month, people who have been busy for a year finally have the opportunity to rest, prepare New Year's goods, wear new clothes, paste Spring Festival couplets, and keep the old year...... It seems to be busy, but it is full of the excitement of the Spring Festival and the joy of reunion.

After more than half a year, Gu Yunji, who had been studying abroad for several months, finally reunited with his family before the year, and had a fulfilling and successful year in the sound of crackling firecrackers.