Bao Dayou led people to inspect the caravan inside and out, and it turned out that it was all grain and oil.
"Why are you, a salt merchant, bringing so much grain and oil to the front line? If you want to donate it, you should give it to the military camp."
"General, you just arrived in Chuzhou, but you don't know something. Our grain and oil are not sent to the front line, but to the Qiufeng Pavilion in front, where a group of refugees have gathered."
It turned out to be a good deed.
"Protecting the common people is the duty of the military. In the future, you must take the initiative to report when transporting things, let alone do these vain things again."
"What the general taught you is..."
Since it was a misunderstanding, the army moved on.
The most unhappy person was the escort Guan Tongtao. The money he had already pocketed was forced to be returned.
Song Che stared at the car of "Mrs. Chu" along the way. The voice was indeed familiar, but there were many people with similar voices in the world. He wanted to see Mrs. Chu with his own eyes to confirm whether she was the person he thought of.
But after walking for almost a day, no one in the carriage was seen coming out to move around. Could it be that she didn't pee?
"Mr. Bai." Jiang Yuntian came over.
"what?"
"You like wives."
"Cough! Cough cough cough..."
Song Che almost choked to death at these words and looked at Jiang Yuntian with resentment: "Master Jiang, if you want to be a general, you have to change your straightforwardness."
"Then why are you staring at Mrs. Chu's carriage? Your eyes are so hot and naked." Jiang Yuntian asked.
Do I have it?
Song Che withdrew his gaze, not knowing what the emotion was, and his eyes showed his heart.
He does miss the heroine named Ning. It has been almost half a year since we last saw each other in Hangzhou, and the stitches on her chest have not yet been removed. This is what he looks forward to most.
Ning Yehong, could it be her?
I don't want it to be her, a wife can't be bullied.
Heavy snow blocked the road, and the heavy goods were transported, so we could only sweep and walk at the same time, and we couldn't go fast.
From early morning to early evening, they could march no more than seventy miles in one day.
"In front of you is the Qiufeng Pavilion. We'll spend the night here tonight." Tong Tao greeted excitedly.
There was a war on the front line, and the post station was not open to the public. The team of several thousand people had no choice but to go into the forest to escape the wind and snow.
In the Autumn Wind Pavilion in the Autumn Forest, there is heavy snow and a biting winter wind.
Before entering the forest, many children ran out to welcome them. They were wrapped in thick old cotton-padded jackets. They couldn't be called clothes, but stuffed with quilt fabrics. There were pieces here and there, some longer and some shorter. She was also wearing sandals and her calves were exposed.
"Mrs. Chu has brought us food again!"
The flower-like child's biggest hope now is to have a sip of rice porridge.
Entering the autumn forest, the miserable scene is unbearable to look at. Every single big tree is bare, even the bark has been gnawed away...
With the pavilion as the center, extremely simple shacks were erected. In the ventilated space on all sides, thousands of refugees were crowded. They lit bonfires to keep warm. There were very few quilts to keep them warm, and they did not hesitate to cover themselves with fallen leaves...
What did war bring to people?
Seeing the tragic situation in front of them, all the soldiers from Yangzhou fell silent.
There are also refugees in Yangzhou, but they are far less miserable than the people in front of them.
"Mrs. Chu is here!"
The Chu family has done good deeds more than once. The refugees' eyes were gleaming, and they consciously carried pots and pans, arranged them in four queues, and waited in an orderly manner.
The Chu family quickly unloaded the grain and rice and set up four distribution points, one person per bucket, no less and no more.
Mrs. Chu finally got off the carriage.
Her beauty has not changed, but she has matured a lot. Her simple clothes cannot hide her outstanding grace. Who would have thought that the young woman in front of her was still a neat and tidy female killer in smart clothes half a year ago?
Ning Yehong is really her.
Song Che stared at Ning Yehong intently. Was it joy or regret to see her again after a long absence?
The first time I saw her, she was a female killer.
The second time I saw her, she became an oiran.
The third time I met her, she was already a wife.
This woman is always playing different roles.
Song Che stroked the mask on his face, so why not?
Since both of us are pretending, we shouldn't expose them.
"Tsk tsk... Such a beautiful and kind-hearted female Bodhisattva, I don't know which man is so lucky to marry her." Jiang Yuntian hooked Song Che's shoulders and kept raising his eyebrows at him.
Song Che smiled and said: "So, any man likes a wife, the most important thing is whether she is beautiful or not."
"Just take a look, don't think too much, you have a family... Although I have the ability to knock her out, wrap her in a quilt, and send her to your bed, I will never do that. Do it, even if we are good brothers."
"If you think that I am coveting beautiful women, you are totally wrong."
Song Che raised his hand and pointed at the homeless people queuing up to receive grain and rice and asked:
"Did you see anything from them?"
Jiang Yuntian pursed his lips, "The old, the weak, the sick, the weak, the skinny, the weak, extremely pitiful, the sufferings in the world..."
"But among this group of old, weak, sick and disabled, there are a few people. Although they are in rags, they are still in their prime. If you look carefully, they are mixed in the team, and they will look at the army from time to time."
How could a refugee who had even chewed off the bark of a tree have such energy? The vast majority of young adults either left their hometowns to make a living elsewhere, or joined the army to defend their families and country.
"You mean..."
"This place is only sixty or seventy miles away from Yancheng. The terrain is flat and vast, and the crowds are complex. If it is not kept safe, there will be troubles from Japanese pirates."
The front line is imminent and there is no room for carelessness.
Song Che called Bao Dayou and asked him to secretly send troops to surround Qiufeng Lin, while he and Jiang Yuntian led a small team to investigate.
"Mrs. Chu, you must be tired after traveling all day. Why don't you go down and have a rest. We will give you the food and rice."
Jiang Yuntian said hello, and without waiting for consent, the soldiers took away the fighting bowl among the merchants and greeted the refugees:
"Please come to my right hand side from all the folks who have received grain and rice. We are going to do a simple head count so that we can prepare more supplies for you in the future."
The refugees naturally obeyed the soldiers, and as required, they received the grain and rice and stood on the right side.
The soldiers took advantage of Shimi's opportunity to carefully observe the faces of the refugees and screen out suspicious people.
There is a huge difference between a person who is so hungry that he is chewing tree bark and someone who is so full that he has nothing to do.
Ning Yehong hesitated for a long time, then came straight to Song Che and asked in a low voice: "You are the backbone of the army, right?"
Song Che pretended not to hear it and ignored it.
Ning Yehong took a step closer, her voice getting colder: "You are obviously not counting people, what do you want to do?"
Song Che glanced at her, but of course she couldn't see the raised corners of his mouth under his mask.
She couldn't understand, it could only be a misunderstanding. She was a little angry: "Do you think you are a great person? You -"
"Shh..."
Song Che made a silent gesture, lowered the brim of his hat and avoided Ning Yehong.
The reason why he did not choose to arrest people directly for questioning was because he was afraid of causing panic among the refugees and causing Japanese pirates to jump over the wall.
