Chapter 179: Stockpiling Grain

The weather in the north is harsh, and the climate and terrain are not suitable for growing grains, even if you barely grow some crops, it will definitely be a poor harvest, so a bowl of green fruit porridge that does not taste good is so precious. For more up-to-date chapters, visit: ะจะฉะฉ.(7)(9)XS.ัะžะœ.

Grains are not good for survival in the North, let alone fruit trees.

This is winter again, even in Shengjing City, in the winter, the fruits that can be eaten are nothing more than frozen pears and citrus.

Even Chu Lian is almost fully prepared, and there is no fresh fruit to eat around, so he can eat a few pieces of candied fruit at most when he is hungry.

At this time, Sima Hui entertained her with juicy and sweet sugar cane, which really flattered her.

What kind of life the generals in the border army lived, Chu Lian knew very well.

Xiao Tang looked at the white porcelain plate containing the sugarcane in surprise, and explained with a smile: "These sugarcanes were brought by the general from Sucheng, because the weather here is not good, and they are frozen, and now there are only these left." โ€

When Chu Lian heard this, where was she still willing to eat, she pushed the plate in front of Sima Hui, "These sugarcanes are not easy to preserve, so Sister Hui should eat them." โ€

Sima Hui smiled, "I don't like to eat sweet, Lian'er eat it." The reason why these sugarcanes are still there is only because Sucheng is rich in sugarcane, and I bought them when I passed by with my subordinates. If Lian'er feels uncomfortable, she can make me some salty snacks. โ€

Chu Lian is indeed more sweet, which can be seen from the fact that she never feels tired of drinking honey all day long.

Sima Hui explained this, if Chu Lian resigned, it would be contrived, and the corners of her mouth curled, "Since Sister Hui said so, I'm not welcome." โ€

Chu Lian poked a piece of the skewer next to the white porcelain plate and put it in his mouth, the sugarcane was well preserved, the water was not lost at all, chewed it twice, and the sweet juice flowed out, occupying the entire taste buds, this feeling was completely different from eating candied fruit.

Chu Lian's "crunch" quickly eliminated four or five pieces, although she was not as elegant as the 'girl' of the family who was strictly raised, but it could bring people the magic of good taste, Sima Hui, who had always disliked sweet food, couldn't help but eat a piece when she saw her eating happily.

As soon as He Changdi entered the camp tent, he saw his daughter-in-law sitting next to Xiao Ji eating sugarcane and eating happily!

Sima Hui, who was sitting next to him, was looking at Chu Lian with a tolerant and gentle face.

In a plate next to Xiao Ji was the bagasse spit out by Chu Lian, and the small plate of bagasse fell in He Changdi's eyes, which was so dazzling.

The package of sugar cane behind his back was so difficult to get out of his hands at this time.

Lai Yue followed behind his young master and saw the current scene, and he regretted it.

Why is this three 'milk' and 'milk' eat sugarcane here in General Sima, and it is not good to bring some fruit back by yourself, but you have to bring sugarcane!

He Sanlang came suddenly, he broke in directly, and at this time, the 'female' soldiers guarding the camp came in tremblingly to ask for guilt, Sima Hui waved his hand and let the 'female' soldiers who asked for guilt go out.

Chu Lian puffed out his cheeks slightly, and the sugarcane in his mouth hadn't finished yet!

She opened a pair of apricot eyes, blinked, and spoke a little slurred with food in her mouth, "He Changdi, what's wrong with you?"

He Saburo turned around and threw the package in his hand into Lai Yue's hand, he glanced at Chu Lian lightly with starry eyes, and his tone was cold, "What's the matter, it's okay for me to take a look at my daughter-in-law'?"

Chu Lian frowned, spit out the bagasse in his mouth, and felt distressed in his heart, what is wrong with this snake 'essence' sick man.

He Changdi's eyes swept to the small table not far away, and saw that there were several dim sum on the small table, the shape was 'fine', and he had never eaten it himself, the person who could make such a dim sum didn't have to think about it, only Chu Lian or Chu Lian was the person around him, he had never tasted it as his husband, this was good, and he took it out to please Sima Hui!

He was even more angry in his heart, his face became more and more cold, he endured the blockage in his heart, and said coldly: "Since you eat and drink well, then I will leave!"

He Saburo came and went in a hurry, and before Chu Lian could speak, he lifted the curtain and walked out of the camp......

The short conversation between the husband and wife stunned Sima Hui, and finally she pulled the corners of her mouth quite sympathetically, "Lian'er, this, do you want to chase it out?"

Chu Lian rolled her eyes, what are you chasing, did Sima Hui 'reverse' her and He Changdi's identities? Let her chase a 'girl' out to coax her husband?

"No, that's his temper. โ€

The corners of Lai Yue's mouth, who had not yet come out of the camp, twitched, and he didn't want to see his master's work in vain, he deliberately let the package leak a little, just so that people could see what was inside, and Lai Yue made a bitter face: "Three" 'milk' 'milk', this ......

It was so obvious that Chu Lian was not blind, of course she saw the contents of the package at a glance, she 'twitched' the corners of her mouth, and was a little helpless, "You go back first, I'll go over later." โ€

After getting Chu Lian's promise, Lai Yue smiled, saluted respectfully, and then turned around and left quickly.

In the evening, Chu Lian took Wenqing and Wenlan to He Changdi's camp, and did not forget to bring a small box of snacks.

But when Chu Lian arrived outside the camp tent, he was told by the soldiers guarding the camp that Captain He had led people out of the camp and didn't know when he would come back.

Chu Lian was stunned, and was about to ask an acquaintance in the right-wing army for the reason, when Captain Guo happened to pass by here and led her to He Changdi's camp.

"Brother and sister, Zixiang will leave the camp in the afternoon. Captain Guo turned around and took out a package from the wooden box next to the 'bed' couch and handed it to Chu Lian, "This is what Zixiang dragged me to 'hand' to you, you can open it and take a look!"

Chu Lian took the package, put it on the small table, opened the slipknot on the package three or two times, and saw a few things lying in the package.

Captain Guo glanced at the package, slightly stunned, and then glanced at Wen Qing Wenlan beside Chu Lian, turned around and walked out of the tent softly, no longer disturbing Chu Lian.

In the package was the sugarcane that He Changdi did not send out in the morning, as well as a thick stack of letters.

Chu Lian knelt down on the side of the small table, and she took away the sugar cane that was pressed on the letter.

The one at the top was written today.

On the envelope, there are only a few words "My wife Chu Lian personally opened", and the small print next to it is the date.

Chu Lian picked up the envelope, looked at it for a moment and opened it, there was only a piece of letter paper inside, on which was a strong and powerful regular script, not long, but Chu Lian looked serious word by word.

It was clear that she could read the content in a few moments, but Chu Lian looked straight at it for half an hour, and after reading it, she carefully folded the letter paper and put it back into the envelope, and then picked up the following one.

Seeing the lights all the way from the afternoon, Chu Lian turned to the last one.

This envelope looks extraordinarily large, there is no word on the cover, but the edges are a little 'hairy', I'm afraid He Saburo often takes it out to see it.

Chu Lian opened it carefully, and when he saw what was inside, his apricot eyes widened for a moment.

It turned out to be a letter she wrote to He Changdi! No, it was not a letter, at that time she was afraid of revealing her handwriting, and the letter she sent to He Changdi was a painting.

Chu Lian took out the painting in the special envelope, but found that there were some burnt marks on the edge of the drawing paper, she frowned strangely, and finally carefully put the painting paper back into the envelope.

Chu Lian looked at the envelopes covered with a few small tables, and a strange feeling rose in his heart.

The envelopes in the package are all arranged according to the date, the top is a recent writing by He Changdi, and the bottom is the painting she sent to He Saburo at the beginning.

From the first month, a routine letter to report safety, to half a month, and in November, He Changdi would write a letter almost every three days, and the inscription on the envelope was "My wife Chu Lian opened it personally".

In November, the heavy snow closed the road, and the letters were not sent, and they have been accumulated with him, but he did not stop writing letters, sometimes it was just a few simple words, sometimes it was something in the army, Chu Lian looked at these letters, and seemed to see He Sanlang who was lying on the small table in the dead of night and writing letters with his eyebrows.

The letter he wrote today was to tell her that he was going to leave the camp for a while, what exactly was he going to do, it was a secret in the army, He Changdi did not mention it, but Chu Lian was not white-eyed, thinking of the land boat she sent to the army, she guessed what He Changdi was going to do almost instantly.

I'm afraid that I will take a landing boat to Sucheng in Qianshan Lake to store grain!

He Changdi specially 'handed over' in the letter to let her stay in the northern camp, he was not in Liangzhou, Mo Chenggui and other veterans were also taken away by him, if she was not safe to return to Hefu, he had already reported to General Qian, let Chu Lian stay in the 'female' barracks until she came back.

As for the Snow Mountain 'Flower' Snow Mountain Lan on Amin Mountain, he had already sent someone to investigate, so that she didn't have to worry too much.

Chu Lian suddenly found that He Sanlang, who was not sick, was still very reliable.

Chu Lian took a deep breath, packed up the letters, and put them back into the package neatly.

Then asked Wen Lan to take out the sugarcane alone and bring it, and after doing this, Chu Lian left He Changdi's camp tent and returned to Sima Hui's 'female' barracks.

He Changdi was entrusted by General Qian, and with his cronies' subordinates and some brothers from the right-wing army who were born and died, he rushed to Sucheng, the nearest city to Liangzhou, by "land boat".

In the dark night, although it was snowing and the cold wind was howling, his heart was on fire.

The northern border army does not have to repeat the tragic battle of the previous life, not only that, but they also have the opportunity to fight the Tuhun people upside down, if they survive this winter safely and have enough food stock, then the Tuhun people are no longer a threat to the north!

He Changdi's heart was hot, and when he thought of Chu Lian, who was still waiting for him in the northern border army, he was even more confident and urgent in his heart.

In the dark night, on the towering tower of Sucheng, torches and braziers are lit, and well-armed soldiers guard the city wall, adding a sense of majesty to this ancient city by Qianshan Lake.

At the top of the tower, in the wind and snow, stood a tall and thin man.

The man was dressed in a dark official uniform, with a mink cloak tied around his neck, the hem of the cloak dancing in the wind, and the 'jade' crown on his head was high, and his back was facing the dim light, so that his face could not be seen clearly.

The man suddenly coughed, and the person behind him asked worriedly, "Master, let's go back, this is the tuyere, and your body is not good for these two days." โ€