"Didn't I tell you not to come over to see me off? Why are you here again?" she asked.
As the New Year approaches, the city defense issues in this area to the south arise.
As well as patrolling the nearby villages and looking for the remnants of the Black Lotus Sect, he was all in charge of it.
Hearing her question, Luo Fengtang grinned.
"No matter how busy you are, you still have to come to see your wife off!" he said.
Yang Ruoqing felt sweet in her heart, but she deliberately glared at him: "You're so direct and don't make any noise."
He smirked and scratched his head.
Yang Ruoqing thought of something and asked again: "Is Brother Ning here?"
Luo Fengtang shook his head: "I didn't call him."
Yang Ruoqing said: "Then does he know that Xiao Yu is going back today?"
Luo Fengtang said: "I was talking to him yesterday, and according to your instructions, I mentioned it on purpose. He should know it."
Didn't you come to deliver it if you knew it?
Yang Ruoqing frowned secretly.
Outside the house.
Xiaoyu ran out of the house in one breath and stood on the full road with her baggage in hand.
At this time, it was just dawn and there were no pedestrians on the road.
The girl stood in the middle of the road, her nose was sore, and she suddenly felt the urge to cry.
Suddenly, someone called her from behind.
Such a familiar voice...
Brother Ning?
Xiaoyu turned around in surprise.
Ning Su was standing about ten steps behind her, holding a horse in his hand.
"Brother Ning?"
Xiaoyu ran towards him excitedly, and stopped suddenly when he was three steps away.
The girl raised her head, her pretty face flushed.
The eyes were shining with joy, but the eyelashes were wet and the tip of her nose was red.
"Brother Ning, why are you here? Are you here to see Xiaoyu off?"
She raised her palm-sized face and asked him expectantly.
The midwinter morning breeze blew the bangs on her forehead.
The hot breath coming out of her mouth was white.
It complements the face that is a little pale from the cold, making it even more charming.
Ning Su looked at the light rain and felt ripples in his heart.
He nodded slightly, "Well, come and take a look."
Her concise words did not deny her guess.
She suddenly became happy, her eyes were shining, as if she could talk.
"Brother Ning, it's so kind of you to think of coming to see Xiao Yu off. Xiao Yu is so happy!" She said with a smile.
Ning Su also smiled.
He raised his hand, took something out from behind and handed it to her.
"what is this?"
Xiao Yu pinched the purse in her hand and asked in surprise.
"Would you know if you open it and take a look?" Ning Su said.
"Then...shall I open it?" Xiaoyu asked with a red face.
Ning Su smiled and nodded.
So, Xiaoyu opened her purse and took out a silver hairpin.
There is also a red gemstone inlaid on the hairpin head.
"Brother Ning, is this...?"
Xiaoyu was so surprised that she was speechless.
Ning Su faintly raised her lips: "Do you like it?"
Xiao Yu nodded repeatedly: "I like it, I like it so much."
"It's just... this is too expensive, it will cost a lot of taels of silver..."
"As long as you like it." Ning Su said.
"If you're celebrating the New Year, wear something red on your head. It's festive." He continued.
Xiaoyu blushed and nodded again.
Ning Su seemed to want to say something else. At this time, Luo Fengtang and Yang Ruoqing came out from the house door.
"Brother Ning, when did you come here? Why didn't I see you when I just left the military camp?"
Luo Fengtang was startled and asked.
Ning Su looked a little embarrassed.
"I just arrived." Ning Su said.
He glanced at Yang Ruoqing next to Luo Fengtang and said, "Qing'er, Xiaoyu, you have a safe trip, I'll go back to the military camp first."
"Well, it's easy to go, Brother Ning."
Yang Ruoqing said.
Xiao Yu even looked at Ning Su's back with affection as he rode away, his face full of peach blossoms.
Yang Ruoqing came over, and Ning Su came to see Xiaoyu off. Yang Ruoqing was also very happy.
I'm happy for my bestie.
"Brother Ning is here to see you off. Now you should feel strong for this journey, right?"
she quipped.
Xiaoyu came back to her senses and showed a bit of cowardice.
"Brother Ning also gave this to me..."
"Yo ho?"
Yang Ruoqing took the silver hairpin and looked at it carefully.
"The silver hairpin weighs two ounces. If this ruby were to be dug out, it would be worth at least ten ounces of silver!" she said.
"Huh? So expensive?" Xiao Yu was surprised.
Yang Ruoqing smiled and said: "No matter how expensive it is, you don't pay for it yourself anyway. Come on, come on, bring your head over and I'll put it on for you."
Xiao Yu shook her head hurriedly: "What if such a valuable thing falls off while it is on your head? Isn't that a waste of money?"
"I'd better stick to the bottom of the box!" she said.
She reached out to take the hairpin, but Yang Ruoqing refused to give it to her.
"Women are not prodigal, but who will the men spend their money on?"
"If he dares to give it to us, we must dare to wear it. This is his intention!"
Yang Ruoqing said.
But in the end, Xiaoyu couldn't be overcome.
"If I wear it, it will be too conspicuous. My father will definitely interrogate him a lot when he sees it later, so let's forget it." Xiaoyu said.
After hearing this, Yang Ruoqing had no choice but to give up.
Luo Fengtang sent the two girls to the door of the restaurant and met up with everyone in the transportation team.
Then he sent them out of the city until the convoy disappeared in the distance of the road and turned into a small black dot.
Then he got on his horse and galloped towards the military camp.
On the way back to the village, we still have to climb mountains and ridges.
However, the mood of everyone in the transport team was extremely high.
Why?
Because this trip is the last one for the year.
Once the last shipment of goods from the south is safely delivered to the owner of Zuo Village in Huguang County, the errands for the year will be temporarily suspended.
Yang Ruoqing stopped work for everyone and went home to celebrate the New Year.
During the break, Yang Huaming came to sit next to Yang Ruoqing.
"Qing'er, your fifth uncle and the others won't go home to celebrate the New Year this year?"
Yang Huaming wiped the hot sweat from his face and asked.
Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Yes."
Yang Huaming remained silent for a while, then sighed.
"I hope they can go on the road with us by this time next year," he said.
Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "Yes, I'm looking forward to it too."
Her eyes turned to Yang Huaming.
In the past few months, my fourth uncle has been following the transportation team to guarantee the goods.
It was windy and rainy, and we ate and slept in the open air.
The delicate skin like a cream boy that he was proud of in the past has long been tanned.
Let’s not say that he is the most handsome person in Changping Village.
There are fewer words, but people are more down-to-earth.
Yang Ruoqing did not delay the payment of wages for each delivery of goods, and settled the wages as soon as the goods arrived.
Over the past few months, she made a rough calculation and found that the wages received by her fourth uncle should be about ten taels of silver.
So much money, in the past, he would have used it to eat and drink and pretend to be an uncle.
But now, she has almost never seen him buy a new dress or go to a brothel to drink wine.
Like Uncle Chang Geng and the others, he honestly saved every penny he had.
