Border Cook

Now that there is enough silver, even the daily diet of the soldiers working there has improved a lot.

Lu Qiyan even estimated with Fang Linwang that there would be some money left after the bridge was built.

Those people were generous, so Lu Qiyan was naturally not stingy either. The names of these wealthy gentry would appear on the bridge body and the piers, which could be regarded as informing other people who had obtained ill-gotten gains, so that they would know what to do in the future.

Lu Qiyan continued, "As for the shortage of stone materials, it's just because of the cold weather. It snowed in the north two days ago, which delayed the mining of stone materials. It's not a big deal. We can catch up later and it won't delay us."

"That's good." Xia Mingyue felt relieved when she saw that the difficulties Lu Qiyan was facing at this time seemed to have been completely resolved.

The breath was so long and slow that Lu Qiyan raised his eyebrows.

Xia Mingyue seems...

Are you worried about him?

He poured himself another cup of tea and drank it all. Then Lu Qiyan held the charcoal brazier and warmed himself for a long time to make sure that he was not too cold and that Xia Mingyue would not feel the cold when he entered the house. Only then did Lu Qiyan extinguish the candle on the table in the main room and went into the inner room.

The fermented rice had been moved aside in the afternoon, and Lu Qiyan's kang had been cleaned and the bedding laid out.

Xia Mingyue was afraid of the cold, so she would light up both earthen kangs before going to bed at night to make the room warmer, so Lu Qiyan's kang was also warm at this time.

When Lu Qiyan realized that his kang was warm, his mind moved slightly.

After taking off his outer armor and leaving only his inner garment, Lu Qiyan lay down on the bed and turned over.

Noticing that Lu Qiyan's breathing soon became heavy and even, Xia Mingyue thought that he was probably asleep. Thinking about the ending of "Spring Boudoir Dream", she simply did not extinguish the candle, but just propped up the pillow and continued to read the last few pages.

Lu Qiyan naturally noticed that Xia Mingyue had not slept. He was a little surprised at first, but when he heard the subtle sound of turning pages, he slightly tilted his head to confirm that Xia Mingyue was flipping through the storybook, and then he felt relieved, closed his eyes and prepared to sleep.

But before Lu Qiyan fell asleep, he heard a "click".

Lu Qiyan used his arms to support himself and half stood up to take a look. He saw that the book in Xia Mingyue's hand had fallen to the ground, and Xia Mingyue was already sleeping soundly...

From the time Xia Mingyue lay down and started flipping through the storybook to this moment, not even a cup of tea had passed. The fact that she fell asleep so quickly showed that she was extremely sleepy, but she was still greedily thinking about reading the storybook.

I am really sleepy and playful.

Lu Qiyan laughed in silence, but when he saw Xia Mingyue's arms exposed because she was reading a storybook...

If I don’t cover myself with a blanket, I’m afraid my shoulders will hurt when I wake up tomorrow.

But if I tried to cover her with a blanket and woke her up...

After hesitating and thinking for a long time, Lu Qiyan decided to stand up, walked quietly to Xia Mingyue, carefully took her arm, and then carefully pulled the quilt up a little...

During the whole process, Lu Qiyan held his breath and didn't dare to make a sound for fear of waking her up. He only breathed a sigh of relief after completely covering Xia Mingyue's arms with the quilt.

Noticing that a layer of fine sweat beads had formed on his back, which was cold and sticky and made him feel uncomfortable, Lu Qiyan frowned slightly, picked up the fallen book on the ground, and then blew out the candle...

In the dead of night, Lu Qiyan yawned and closed his eyes again. The next morning, Xia Mingyue got up early as usual and started a busy day.

Lu Qiyan got up earlier than Xia Mingyue. In addition to stretching his muscles before the people who were doing the work arrived, he also wanted to feed the horses well.

The courtyard at home had become a little small since Xia Mingyue renovated it according to her own needs. Now that vegetables have been planted, there is even less free space.

Feeding horses requires grass, and it tastes a bit strong...

Seeing the busyness in the kitchen, Lu Qiyan thought for a moment and then simply took the horse to find a carriage shop in the county town, gave them some money, and asked them to feed the horse for two days.

There were many soldiers in Jinqiu County who were unable to take good care of their horses when they returned home to visit their families and came to the carriage shop to feed them for them. The owner of the carriage shop was quite accustomed to this and just promised to feed the horses well and asked Lu Qiyan to rest assured.

After settling the horses, Lu Qiyan walked back.

On the way back, we passed by Xia Ji’s breakfast stall.

At the food stall, four sisters including Yang Daya were busy selling various breakfasts. The stall was bustling with people coming and going.

When Lu Qiyan saw the Xia Ji sign hanging on the food stall, he felt that he had never seen this food stall before and it seemed a little novel to him, so he slowed down his pace and took a closer look.

Yang Daya also noticed Lu Qiyan at this time.

Seeing that he looked familiar, she recalled that she had gone to Xia Mingyue's house with Yang Erya to pick up goods in the morning and had seen him there. It was Xia Mingyue's husband, so she smiled and nodded, greeting him politely.

Seeing this, Lu Qiyan nodded slightly as a response.

Since the two sides were not familiar with each other, there was no greeting. Yang Daya continued to be busy, while Lu Qiyan continued to walk towards home.

Yu saw this scene, and after rolling her eyes, she said to Yang Daya with a smile, "Madam Yang, the one who greeted you just now was Lu Dutou, right?"

Yang Daya didn't know Lu Qiyan. She only vaguely knew from listening to people talking in the morning that Xia Mingyue's husband's surname was Lu and he served in the army, so she nodded and said, "Is that right?"

"Speaking of which, this Lu Dutou is also a powerful figure. He looks elegant and scholarly, but he is actually very skilled in martial arts. He is also rising in the ranks in the army. His future is really promising."

Yu shook her head with a sigh, "What a pity, this Lu Dutou got married early, otherwise, how could he not marry the daughter of a good family?"

Are you saying that Madam Xia is not good?
Yang Daya paused, and looked at Yu with a somewhat unfriendly look, "Marriage is ultimately a matter of fate. I think Lu Dutou and Madam Xia are destined to be together."

"Of course it's a matter of fate. In my opinion, Madam Yang, you are also the destined one." Yu said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Yang Daya was a little confused.

"Captain Lu has a bright future ahead of him. He must not have only Madam Xia as his legal wife. He must take in several concubines. Madam Yang is of the same age and good-looking. She has close ties with the Xia family. She is close to the water and has the advantage of the moon. Madam Yang should be more attentive. In the future..."

Yu stopped talking, but made some faces, as if to say "you know".

Is this to make her rush to become Lu Dutou's concubine? (End of this chapter)