"Father and uncles, please go back to the house to rest. My daughter will take care of her here. Besides, this sergeant is here to help. Yutong is also here..." Xu Ying lowered her head and said softly.
"How can this be done? You are an unmarried girl..."
"Father, my daughter has made up her mind... Please don't worry, father!"
Xu Bu was stunned. Xu Tong understood the situation and cheerfully raised his hands and said:
"A-Ying is the eldest sister in the family. She has always been a good child who can make her own decisions. Don't worry, brother! Let's do this. When Ah-Yi comes back from delivering the letter, let him stay in this teahouse and wait for orders at any time."
After saying that, he turned to Mao Zaidi and said, "Sergeant Mao, I have to stand guard outside the gate of this courtyard. No one else can enter or leave this small courtyard. How about that?"
Mao Zaidi nodded and cupped his hands and said, "This is the responsibility of my humble position, and I am bound to do so! It's just that I'm disturbing your house here, and someone needs to go to the Inspection Department of the capital to deliver a message to Chief of Staff Zhao, so that he knows where I am."
"It makes sense, it makes sense!" Xu Tong turned around and waved to the housekeeper: "Butler, send a message to everyone in the family. I will rot in my stomach tonight. If anyone talks and shows off, that will be his day of death!"
Then he turned to his entourage: "Agui, you met Chief of Staff Zhao at the banquet, the yellow belt. You go to him and tell him about this, but you must avoid everyone and talk to him alone. Remember Already?"
This ghost was very ugly, with a very big rosy nose and fat lips. I don’t know why Xu Tongwei chose him as his follower. At that moment, Agui responded:
"I must talk to Mr. Zhao alone. Don't worry, sir." After saying that, he cupped his hands, hunched his shoulders and left the crowd.
"Okay, now that the second brother has arranged his troops, let's not stay here. We should pack up and go to our respective rooms. Let's just have nothing to do tonight!" Xu Xian felt relieved because he had nothing to do.
Seeing what he said, and the second brother had arranged the arrangements very properly, and expected that there would be nothing wrong, Xu Bu asked his brothers to go back first, and asked the housekeeper to clean up the scene, and at the same time gave some instructions.
Then he called Yutong aside, gave instructions in detail, and then turned back to his courtyard three times.
Watching her father walk away at the door, Xu Ying turned around and came back. She hesitated again as soon as she reached the door of the house. There was an unmarried man inside. Normally, he shouldn't have walked in like this. If it really caused gossip...
"Miss, how about..." Yutong saw his girl's hesitation. She looked at the yard and was racking her brains to think of a way. Unexpectedly, Xu Ying had already stepped into the room.
Yutong was startled, turned around and looked at Mao Zaidi's motionless back at the gate, and bravely followed him.
"Tong'er, bring the pedal over here." Xu Ying asked Yutong to move the pedal over and put it in a suitable position, and then gently lifted his legs onto it.
"It's so heavy!" Yutong frowned.
"Shh!" Xu Ying glared at her sternly and whispered, "Be careful of waking him up. Go to the house and get him a quilt to cover him. It's getting colder in autumn now. It's not good to catch a cold while sleeping like this. !」
After listening to her instructions, Yutong wanted to give some advice, but looking at her expression, he had no choice but to make a face and tiptoe out.
Xu Ying thought about it, then walked to the desk and opened the incense burner, carefully prepared the floor, selected a cloud piece, scooped out the required fragrant powder with an incense spoon, poured it gently on the silver cloud piece, and then Smooth, compact, burn, and finally cover the furnace mountain.
A gentle and light atmosphere slowly filled the room.
Yutong turned back and gave Mao Zaidi a quilt in his hand, making him wave his hands in fright. "This is mine, how dare you drop it on the ground?" Yutong stared.
Mao Zaidi shrank his neck and had to catch it. Before he could thank him, Yu Tong had already entered the house.
Seeing the quilt covering Li Dan, Xu Ying sighed with satisfaction. She sat at the table with her chin in her hands and looked at the young man. Seeing the soft beard that had just grown on his lips, she suddenly felt filled with joy.
This man commanded thousands of his men to deal with the enemy at such a young age, and gained the support of the gentry in the city. He was not afraid of the enemy, and calmly planned to lead the opponent into the trap step by step. However, on the night after repelling the enemy, he came to show himself Heart traces.
She felt sweet in her heart and the smile on her lips became thicker. Yutong will light up
He placed it next to her and asked her softly: "Miss, are you just going to sit like this all night?"
"Even if I watched him all night, I still didn't feel like I could get enough!" Xu Ying murmured shyly.
"Oh, it will take a lifetime to get married, so it's not at this moment!" Yutong deliberately teased her, but Xu Ying poked her in the forehead with a finger.
"Hmph, you girl are laughing at me now, but be careful about finding a toad in the future. Let's see what you say then!"
"Hey, the young lady herself said such shameful words, and the maid made fun of her." Yutong pouted, then tugged on Xu Ying's sleeves, and said, "You are going to send me out anyway, why don't I ask for it now?" It’s a reward.”
"What reward?"
Yutong pointed to the door: "If you point me to someone else, it would be him!"
"Huh?" Xu Ying looked out the door and opened her eyes in surprise: "Sergeant Mao? He's still a child... so small!" She just finished the first half of the sentence when she suddenly thought of this young man in the room. Not too big, so I quickly changed my mind.
"It's great. He is honest, hard-working and sincere. He is easy to bully!"
"You still want to bully others?"
"Is it possible that I want a man to bully me?" Yutong waved his hand: "What did I just say, men and women are the same...!"
"Hey, okay, okay! What kind of uncle, you haven't even made a stroke yet..." Xu Ying gently patted her leg, and as she spoke, she hid her face under her elbow.
The master and the servant were accompanying each other, whispering to each other. In the meantime, Ah Yi came back and reported through the window that he had informed the Li family's mistress that he was safe. She was very grateful and so on.
As the night progressed, Xu Ying couldn't stand it any longer. Yutong asked her to lie down on the table and sleep for a while. He closed the doors and windows and covered the girl with a large cloak. He sat by the wall and leaned on the coffee table to take a nap. I fell asleep unconsciously.
Xu Ying woke up suddenly in the middle, got up and walked to the couch, squatted down and wiped the sweat from Li Dan's forehead with a handkerchief. Li Dan slept deeply, snoring lightly, and was completely unaware that the girl was beside him.
Xu Ying looked at him like this for a long time and sighed lightly with satisfaction. She hoped that Saburo would suddenly wake up and talk to her quietly for a while, but she also thought sadly that it would be better to let him sleep a little longer.
Xu Ying stood up and walked to the desk, spread out a piece of paper, gently studied the ink in the inkstone and licked the pen. She looked up and saw the cold moonlight casting the shadow of the window lattice on Li Dan. The shadows of the trees in the courtyard were swaying and the crows were mute. I lowered my head and thought about it and wrote:
Autumn dew and jade light flow through the window, shining on the iron clothes.
Wu Gengjun is about to leave, and the 20th anniversary is a good time.
Wherever the jackdaws roost, the hunting geese have not yet returned.
The good man wants what he wants, but the cunning voice urges him to do so.
Putting down his pen, he thought about it again, sighed, folded up the poem, and came to Li Dan's side. Seeing a cloth-covered satchel lying on the ground beside him, he hesitated for a while and stuffed the poem into it.
Then he returned to the table and sat down, looking at him with his chin in his hands, sometimes smiling, sometimes thinking deeply. Tired, I lay down on the table and fell asleep again without realizing it.
Li Dan woke up suddenly. He seemed to have had a dream, dreaming that he was back in the Ming Dynasty. He was shocked and said, "That's not right. Isn't there no Ming Dynasty anymore?" I was so anxious that suddenly my body seemed to be hanging in the air.
He felt unsupported and woke up immediately. Open your eyes as hard as you can, everything seems familiar and familiar. Just this scent….
He suddenly felt that he was covered with a sheet, which exuded incense and some kind of aroma that he seemed to have smelled before, but he couldn't remember the source but liked it very much.
Then he saw his "masterpiece" on the wall. He said "Hey", remembering that he should be at Xu's house, so...sleeping at Xu's house all night?
The cry woke up both Xu Ying and Yu Tong.
"Are you awake?"
This kind inquiry made Li Dan feel excited. "Uh, ah, why is sister still here? Am I asleep?" Li Dan sat up incoherently.
"No, miss, I spent the whole night with the young master. You slept well, and you didn't thank me first when you woke up!" Yutong spoke quickly, Xu Ying blushed, and hurriedly helped her to fetch water and green tea. Come on salt.
"Don't be busy, we have rationed tooth powder and toothpaste.
brush. "As he said this, Li Dan reached into his satchel: "Hey, what is this?"
"Don't look at it yet. Go and wash up. I'll look at it later when I have time." Xu Ying hurriedly stopped him, but even her neck was covered with powder as she spoke.
Li Dan immediately understood that this probably had something to do with Xu Ying, and without revealing anything, he took out tooth powder and a toothbrush and went to the tea room to fetch water and wash himself.
Xu Ying also adjusted her makeup a little under Yutong's service, and watched with curiosity through the window that he and Mao Zaidi brushed their teeth and washed their faces in the same way.
When he came in, he pointed at his hand and asked, "Is this the tooth powder you're rationing?"
"Yes, Ge Yang's old team members have them, and new team members are replenished quickly. There is no workshop to make them, so there is no time to distribute them. So far, only a small number of people are using this." Li Dan suddenly realized:
"Yes, your family can do this business. It is mainly made of rice flour, bamboo salt, mint and charcoal powder.
In addition to being used for group training, the formula can also be modified to make osmanthus or jasmine, and then made into civilian products for sale to ordinary people. "
"Okay, then you can talk to your father and uncles." Xu Ying was also very happy and asked, "Do you want Sanlang to stay for some breakfast?"
"No, I'm sorry for disturbing you for so long." Li Dan looked at the sky and saw that the roosters were crowing too much. He wanted to take this opportunity to go home and have a look. His aunt must be anxious.
"Don't worry, my father sent someone to report the letter to your home last night." Xu Ying said, bowing her head in shame.
In this way, this matter has been made clear between the two families, and it is a tacit secret. Li Dan turned his face and quietly stuck out his tongue.
"Don't worry, sister, I will be responsible to the end!" As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Ying punched him on the shoulder a few times, feeling embarrassed and annoyed. Fortunately, it didn't hurt much.
But... hey, that scent just now appears again. Li Dan suddenly realized that the quilt he was covering himself was actually used by this girl!
Back in Xianrenli, Aunt An was busy in the kitchen. A Bing opened the door and Bei Xi ran out to greet her, telling him in a low voice that his aunt might be angry. "How do you know?" Li Dan asked.
"Usually, if my brother comes back late, my aunt will wait until she sees that you are fine before going to sleep. But last night, after the people from the Xu family came to deliver the letter, my aunt immediately went back to the house and turned off the lights. You see, Isn’t this anger?”
Bei Xi told him to be careful when he sees his aunt later and not to be rude and so on.
Li Dan just smiled and agreed without refuting. After breakfast, Lu Jiu came back from the market carrying two fishes. When he saw Mao Zaidi in the kitchen, he shouted, "Young Master is back?"
This suddenly alarmed the whole hospital, and Xiao Qian quickly asked Zhen'er to come out and take a look. Needle'er tapped Lu Jiu with her hand: "What are you yelling for? Did you alert the mistress?" Lu Jiu stuck out his tongue, grabbed four steamed buns and a bowl of porridge, and slipped into the corner.
"It's okay," Li Dan smiled and waved his hand to tell Zhen'er not to blame Lu Jiu, and asked her, "How did Auntie sleep last night?"
He meant to ask Xiao Qian whether he was angry, but Zhen'er replied with a smile: "Okay, nothing is bad. How can double happiness be bad?"
These words made Monk Li Danzhang confused. Suddenly he heard someone asking in the room: "Brother Dan is back?"
He hurried to the window to say hello respectfully and said, "My son was a little ridiculous yesterday. He was really too tired. Don't blame me for not coming home in time!"
"Come in and talk."
Li Dan went into the house and saw that Xiao Qian was indeed looking very good and smiling. When he saw him, he asked, "How are you getting along with A Ying?" Li Dan was speechless, not knowing how to answer. Xiao Qian patted his knees and said:
"I said, why is Mrs. Lao always talking about the eldest daughter of the Xu family? It turns out that his family has such thoughts!
Although my son is a concubine, he currently has a ninth-rank official status, which is a good match for his merchant's legitimate daughter. If you have nothing to say, I will ask Mrs. Lao to come over today to receive the Geng Tie (the exchange of Geng Tie from both parties is the first step in the engagement). step) Go! "
"It doesn't have to be so fast, right?" Li Dan said in surprise: "Besides, when the enemy is facing a formidable enemy, how can there be any reason for leaders to get married?"
"Of course you have to wait and fight to get through.
Finally, let’s settle this happy event first! After repelling the lake bandits yesterday, and then you got engaged, the morale of the people in this city must be high.
Besides, you stayed at Xu's house last night. If you don't send a matchmaker quickly, are you going to wait for gossip to spread? Do you still want the reputation of a young lady? "
When Xiao Qian saw Li Dan lowering his head, he just grinned, pointed with his fingers angrily, and then resolutely said: "You don't have to worry about this matter anymore. Your aunt will take care of it for you, and it will be done properly and gracefully!"
"Everything is decided by my aunt, and I have nothing to disagree with." Li Dan's face felt hot.
Although he almost became a grandfather in his previous life, he was still a sixteen-year-old boy at this moment. For some reason, there was such a sweet and youthful feeling in his heart, and he seemed to be a little nervous.
Seeing her stepson nodding, Xiao Qian happily called Zhen'er in and asked her to get paper and pen immediately and start drawing up a gift list, preparing to ask Lu Jiu to go to the market again.
"No problem!" Lu Jiu immediately became excited when he heard that it was for Li Dan's happy event.
Unexpectedly, Li Dan stopped him immediately: "You can't do it. Ah Mao is too tired. Let him go home and have a good sleep for a day. You follow me today. Leave the shopping to Ah Bing."
"Why, are you going out today?" Zhen'er asked in surprise.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone knocking on the door. A green flag messenger came in to perform a military salute and told Li Dan that Chief of Staff Zhao asked him to return to the Inspection Department immediately, saying that the matter last night had come to an end.
After hearing this, Li Dan guessed that Shen Jie had come back and immediately asked Lu Jiu to prepare to leave. He also found Mao Zaidi and gave him a day off to go back to Lao Ji and his wife.
Li Dan first said goodbye to his aunt, then went back to the house and asked Beixi to find clean clothes for him to change into.
He was wearing a chainmail coat and a blue satin waistband. He still had a pair of leather straps hanging on his leather belt. He wore a pair of thick-soled combat boots with cowhide moire patterns and a standard cyan and red tasseled felt hat on his head. He came out majestically and could see that Several women in the courtyard were all smiling.
Lu Jiu carried a big gun and carried a baggage, following behind like a foil. When he went out to see, a corps leader was already waiting outside the door holding Zao Liu. Li Dan got on his horse, turned around, clasped his fists at Xiao Qian, and said, "My child has gone to do some errands. Mother is at home and feels at ease."
After saying that, Lu Jiu led the horse in front, and the group headed towards the City God Temple in a mighty manner.
