Xue Ruitian and Hongye stayed at the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion until they finished dinner before getting up to leave. Shen Cha sent the two to the gate of the courtyard.
They have been like this for the past few days. They come over to have breakfast with Shen Cha in the morning. When Xue Ruitian goes to the military camp, Hongye accompanies Shen Cha to handle official duties. At noon, Xue Ruitian goes to the dining room to bring lunch in person, and then goes to work. Stay in Huqiu Small Courtyard until dinner.
During the days when Shen Haolin was ill, Xue Ruitian became particularly diligent. In previous winters, he could stay in the house without coming out. But these two days, although it has been colder than in previous years, the number of times he went to the military camp But it has increased significantly. He was just afraid of Shen Haolin's illness. Shen Cha took all the responsibilities on his shoulders and exhausted himself later. Therefore, he took over all the things that he didn't care about or did before. Although it was a bit harder, he was still very happy to be able to share some important responsibilities with the people he liked.
According to Xue Ruitian's own words, it's cold as long as it's cold, just wear a few more clothes and grab a few more hand stoves, it's not a big deal.
"Okay, don't give it away, go back quickly. It's so cold and you don't have much to wear. Don't get frozen." Xue Ruitian swept away the snowflakes that fell on Shen Cha's shoulders, touched her head, and spoke with sincerity. He said, "Don't read those official documents anymore. I just flipped through them. They are not important things. They are mostly routine reports from various places. It will be okay to read them after you have rested."
"Got it!" Shen Cha nodded and smiled at Xue Ruitian and Hongye, who looked worried, "Brother Xiaotian, Hongye, don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who has no sense of measure, and I will take good care of myself. Besides, If I act recklessly, Miaomiao won’t agree, right?”
"That's true, but don't we know what kind of temper you have?" Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Cha and shook his head helplessly, "Just remember one thing, you can't tire yourself out at this time. . If you also fall down, Hao Lin will feel very guilty when he wakes up."
"It's rare for Mr. Hou to say such reasonable words!" Hongye yawned and put his hand on Xue Ruitian's shoulder, as if the two brothers were good friends, "General, you have to be really obedient, you can't say Do one set and do another!”
"Okay, okay, I promise you, I will have a good rest tonight, so don't worry! It's too cold, so go back quickly!"
"Let me believe you for once!" Xue Ruitian wrapped the cloak around Shen Cha and waved his hand towards her, "We are leaving, you should come back too!"
"General, see you tomorrow!" Hongye saluted Shen Cha, grabbed Xue Ruitian's collar, tiptoed to the ground, and flew directly to the roof. "General, I want to eat Xiao Long Bao tomorrow morning, remember to ask the kitchen to make it for me!"
"I know how to eat all day long, and I think I'm fat. Why don't you get fat to death?" Xue Ruitian stood on the room, arranged his clothes, and gave Hong Ye a look, "Every time I ask you to take me Come up here and you’ve pulled my clothes into a mess, what’s going on, you’re taking revenge!”
"You don't even look at how many layers of clothes you are wearing. The combined weight of those clothes is just you! It's annoying for a grown man to be so verbose. If you don't go back, I will leave!" "
"Of course, don't leave yet! Well, Xiaocha, I just remembered that I want to eat glutinous rice chicken tomorrow. I haven't eaten it in a long time! I..."
Before Xue Ruitian could finish the second half of his sentence, the person disappeared. With Hongye's help, Shen Cha felt that the two people should already be in Wudinghou Mansion. Maybe Xue Ruitian was complaining that Hongye was too barbaric and didn't even let him finish his words.
"Mei Zhu, go to the dining room and tell the chefs that we will make small steamed buns and glutinous rice chicken for tomorrow's breakfast. Marquis Wu Ding has requested it."
"Yes, general." Mei Zhu responded, turned around and walked to the dining room.
"Merlin, go to Jin Jing's place to see what's going on. You can come back after he's finished."
"yes!"
Shen Cha stood at the door of the courtyard, looking at the snowflakes in the sky, closing her eyes slightly, silently praying in her heart that her brother would wake up and recover soon.
"Why are you standing there stupidly?" Jin Miaomiao patted Shen Cha from behind, "Then the enemies are gone?"
"Yeah." Shen Cha was startled by her, sneezed hard, turned around and walked back, and said, "The two of them are noisy all day long and dislike each other, but in fact no one can live without the other. "
"That's why they are enemies! From the day Hongye was transferred to Xue Ruitian, she has been clamoring to kick Xiaotian away. But if she is really transferred back, the first person who will be unhappy is herself."
"Yes, that's what happened!" Shen Cha nodded and looked at Jin Miaomiao who was not in good spirits, "Are you ready to sleep too?"
"Go to bed. Your brother has nothing to do anymore. It's useless for me to stay by your side. You can accompany him slowly. I need to take a good rest. I've been very tired these past few days. I haven't been here for several years. I’m so tired. The Chinese New Year will be here in a few days, and I don’t want to greet the new year listlessly.” Although she slept for a whole afternoon, Jin Miaomiao was still very tired. She felt that she could sleep for three days and three nights. It's no problem, as long as no one comes to disturb her. "What's going on with my brother? It's not over yet? He couldn't be too excited and ruined those three things, right?"
"Have some confidence in your brother, he is very measured!" Standing in front of the bedroom door, Shen Cha smiled, "It's just a lesson, don't worry. I have arranged for Merlin to keep an eye on him, he won't mess around. of."
"My brother hasn't helped you deal with the shadows for a long time. This time he finally got the chance. He didn't play to his full potential. It's very inconsistent with his style. It's not necessarily enough for Merlin to just keep an eye on him. His methods..." Jin Miaomiao Thinking of the weird smile on his brother's face when he bullied others, he shuddered involuntarily, shook his head, and shook his brother's smile away. If he thought about it further, he would probably have a nightmare at night. She stretched, changed the topic, and said, "Isn't Deputy Commander Qin coming to celebrate the New Year? When will he arrive?"
"I received a letter from Master yesterday. It will arrive in about half a month."
"The Duan family has retreated?" After receiving Shen Cha's confirmed answer, Jin Miaomiao touched his chin and said in confusion, "I really can't understand. Duan family took the initiative to provoke and traveled across mountains and rivers to Yongning Pass with great fanfare. Fighting a war, spending a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, but ended up getting nothing, so you just retreated? The Duan family's brain is really different from that of people like us!"
"Why didn't you get it? After this battle, King Duan ensured that his brother could inherit his throne. For King Duan, this is the greatest victory."
"King Duan really dotes on his younger brother. I feel sorry for his sons. They all rushed to the throne with great ambitions, but they all became stepping stones for Uncle Wang. Hey, I hope they can find a good family in their next life. Go!"
Shen Cha didn't say anything, just smiled and snapped his fingers. Ying Seventeen and Ying Eighteen gently fell down from the roof and knelt down on one knee to salute her.
"Prepare a few buckets of hot water, send two buckets to Miaomiao, and send the rest to me."
"Yes, boss!" Ying Seventeen and Ying Eighteen responded and went to work quickly.
"It's getting late, you should go back, wait for the hot water to be delivered, take a bath, and have a good rest!"
"Well, don't read those messy official documents. Have a good sleep. Maybe when you wake up, your brother will appear in front of you in high spirits!" Jin Miaomiao waved his hand. "It will be very cold at night, Xiao Chacha, don't forget to put on an extra quilt!"
"Um!"
Shen Cha watched Jin Miaomiao yawning as she entered the room. She turned around and went back. She took off her cloak and threw it aside. She piled up the official documents on the desk that she had not yet had time to read and put them on the soft couch. On the small table, I also brought my pen and ink with me.
"Boss, the water is in the next room. Can you go over now?"
"Well, let me get some clothes."
"Then let me set up a charcoal basin. It's getting colder today, so don't freeze!"
"good."
Shen Cha took a good bath in the room next to Shen Haolin, put on thicker clothes, and felt much warmer.
After returning to the house tightly wrapped up, Shen Cha first walked to Shen Haolin's bed and took a look. He found that the man was still sleeping in a daze. He couldn't help shaking his head and sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze. Speaking of which, this is the first time for two people to be alone in so many years.
During the days when Shen Haolin was most seriously ill, Jin Miaomiao stayed with him from morning to night, including at night, for fear that something unexpected would happen to Shen Haolin. Now that his condition is stable, it is not appropriate for Jin Miaomiao to stay any longer. She knew this herself, so she went back to her room early.
Seeing Shen Haolin sleeping, Shen Cha suddenly felt sad when he thought of what Jin Miaomiao said during the day. The fact is just as Jin Miaomiao said, her brother is the busiest person in the city because of his hard work. Although on the surface, she is the backbone of the Shen family and has to deal with a lot of things every day, whenever something happens, everyone will report it to her first. But those things are very trivial, and although they take a lot of effort, they are still far from the real big things.
Her brother, on the other hand, thinks about military and political matters every day, and only cares about the safety of his family, country, and borders. He needs to expend several times or even ten times as much effort as hers.
Shen Cha asked herself, if she was in Shen Haolin's situation and really couldn't reach his level, she would have collapsed long ago. And her brother persisted no matter how difficult or desperate the situation he faced, which she admired very much.
Perhaps only a person with such a tough mind can become a general guarding a side, and leaving the border in the hands of such a person can truly reassure the monarch and reassure the people of Daxia.
