Chapter 17: The Twenty-ninth Night of the Lunar Month
"Young master, let's go to Madame's for dinner." Laicai came with two soldiers, "This tent needs to be removed." ”
"Okay." Meng Changqing wrapped the things and carried them on his back, "Have you eaten it?" ”
"I've eaten, young master, go quickly."
Meng Changqing came to Wen and Liang's tent, and three bowls of porridge and cakes wrapped in oiled paper were placed on the small table, and it seemed that they hadn't eaten either.
Liang Jiu saw her cold red hand, and hurriedly stepped forward to cover it with his own hand and rubbed her, "Didn't you let Laicai send you a hand stove?" Why is it still frozen like this? ”
Wen walked to the small table and sat down, "It's such a cold weather outside, the hand stove can't be warmed for half an hour, presumably she is too busy to replace the charcoal fire inside." ”
Meng Changqing smiled: "It's still my mother who understands me." ”
"Mother, don't rub it, I can warm it up like a porridge bowl."
Liang Jiu clenched her hand strongly, "If you don't rub it hard if you freeze it like this, you will get frostbite." ”
"Alright, let's leave a hand for her to eat first." Wen persuaded, "She must be hungry." ”
Meng Changqing was indeed hungry, he only nibbled on two pieces of bread on the road at noon, and he had been frozen for so long that the little food in his stomach had long been exhausted.
After she took out a hand, she immediately took the porridge bowl and drank it, the temperature of the porridge was just right, but the brown rice porridge was indeed not as delicious as the white rice porridge.
Meng Changqing drank a big bowl of porridge, nibbled on three pieces of cake, and put down the bowl before he realized that he had eaten enough.
Now I feel like I'm holding on, and when I release the water later, I should feel hungry again.
"Is tonight's vigil arranged?" Wen asked.
"It's arranged." Meng Changqing replied: "The soldiers were divided into two squads, led by Captain Yang and Master, and each was on duty for two hours. ”
"Captain Yang and Master Xi are both safe people." Wen asked again: "Changqing, what are you going to do next?" ”
"I'm going to take these people and go north." Meng Changqing said, "If you want to be peaceful, you have to build the city wall before the end of winter." ”
"You're right, but building walls in winter is no easy task. It's cold and the frozen ground is hard to dig into, so you have to be prepared. ”
Meng Changqing nodded.
She knew in her heart that winter was both a difficulty and an opportunity.
All the problems she is facing now can be solved with sufficient materials and enough manpower.
Therefore, the direction of worry should not be the cold, but where to ask for food.
Her Beishan County is part of Liangzhou City, of course, she has to reach out to the prefect to practice, uncle.
However, she also knew in her heart that if Liangzhou City had enough material resources to support it, the city wall of Beishan County would have been built long ago.
Meng Changqing lay on the bed without any sleepiness, wanting to turn over, but he was afraid of waking up the Wen and Liang chirps around him, so he simply put on a padded jacket and walked out of the camp.
The night wind attacked, Meng Changqing tightened his neckline and walked out.
Yang Zheng, who was keeping vigil, immediately noticed the situation and walked towards her.
"Meng Gongzi, do you have something to order?"
Meng Changqing waved his hand, "It's okay, I'll come out and blow the wind." ”
Hair? Yang Zheng thought to himself, people in the capital are really curious.
"Then I'll walk with you."
"No, I'll just stand on that hillside for a while." Meng Changqing said, "You have a hard vigil, but you must not let your guard down. ”
"Yes."
Meng Changqing stood on the small hillside, and the cold wind drilled in from the gaps everywhere, and this bit of heat on her body was quickly taken away.
The colder the body, the clearer the brain is.
She looked at the walls not far away, then turned to look at the endless wilderness.
Under the starry sky, she stood on the dirt slope, Sha Zhu opened his eyes, and saw such a picture, in a trance, he almost thought that the person buried in the soil had come to life.
The next morning, when Liang Jiu woke up, he found that Meng Changqing's futon had been folded.
"Am I waking up late?" Liang Jiu quickly got out of bed and packed the futon.
"Don't worry, it's just dawn, it's Changqing who gets up early." Wen handed her the hot baked bread and said, "Eat a piece of bread to cushion your stomach." ”
"Madam, where's Changqing?"
"She's outside." Wen could understand her thoughts, "Take some more and go out to eat with Changqing." ”
Liang Jiu Jiu found Meng Changqing next to a carriage transporting sundries.
"What are you looking at?"
"Mother." Meng Changqing took the cake she handed over, found a leeward angle and took a big gulp, "I'm looking at this car, I knew that I should have made a stove, changed more coal, and made a deep pot, so that I could cook while hurrying." ”
Liang Jiu couldn't imagine that picture.
Meng Changqing shook his head to himself, "It's hard to buy a thousand dollars, I already know." ”
"Is Mother up?"
"Madame has risen."
"Okay, then pack up and let's go now."
Meng Changqing's order was issued, and the homeless people panicked when they saw them packing up their things.
One of the outcasts said, "I'll just say they're pretending, look, they're going to run away now." ”
Someone had the courage to ask the soldiers, "Is the county lord going back to the city?" ”
"Go back to what city, the county lord is going north to repair the city wall." Yang Zheng was riding on a horse, and through this man's question, he told the homeless people in a loud voice, "If you want to eat, follow us." ”
They set out from the hour four and did not stop to make breakfast until the hour four.
It wasn't until the soldiers had cooked the first two pots of porridge that the displaced people arrived one after another.
Seeing that there was really porridge to drink, their eyes were full of surprise.
In order to wait for these displaced people, the convoy had to slow down, and because of this, Meng Changqing's Chinese New Year's Eve was on the road.
By noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, they finally arrived at their destination.
The west side is close to the city wall of Weishan County, and further on, it is too close to the Yan army's garrison.
"Set up camp right here." Meng Changqing's order continued, and the soldiers quickly got busy.
But they hadn't been busy for long when they heard someone on the city wall shouting, "Who is coming?" ”
Yang Zheng stepped forward to answer him and reported Meng Changqing's identity.
But the people on the city wall obviously hadn't heard any Beishan County orders, and repeatedly asked them to leave the foot of the city wall, otherwise they would fire arrows to attack.
There was no way, Meng Changqing could only lead people farther away.
Yang Zheng was puzzled, "Why don't those people know how to report to the people above?" ”
"Maybe he reported it, but we didn't see it." Meng Changqing sorted out his things, but he didn't have much emotion about the fact that he was driven away.
"If they do, they'll know who you are." Yang Zheng said, "Childe, you don't know, these people are guarding the border wall, if you don't know how to be flexible, blindly only complete the things in front of you, it is easy to be exploited." ”
"It's true, but with our current status, we can't control the head of Weishan County."
Meng Changqing took the record book and came to the displaced people, "From today onwards, how much you can eat at each meal depends on you." ”