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A burst of powerful footsteps sounded, Xu Shiji was slightly taken aback, without raising his head, wrinkled his nose, continued leaning over the low table to look at the map carefully, and asked: "Girl, you are back!"

The footsteps stopped, and there was a burst of laughter like silver bells: "Uncle Xu, your ears belong to cats, so you can tell it's me every time!"

A knowing smile gradually bloomed on Xu Shiji's face. He raised his head and looked at the beautiful woman in front of him. He smiled sweetly but concealed a bit of straightforwardness. He waved his hand and said, "Girl, find a place to sit, don't stand up." Now, you have traveled thousands of miles all the way, thank you for your hard work!"

The woman refused, and turned the hand hidden behind her back, shaking it in front of Xu Shiji, a small pot of earthenware was held in the woman's palm, and she pretended to sniff it as if intoxicated, muttering words: "The milk wine is fragrant, drunk My heart, Uncle Xu, you haven't answered my question yet!"

Xu Shiji acted willingly, and smiled wryly: "Girl, you know that I like this one, okay, I said yes, before, it was because people in the army walked powerfully and steadily, but every time you came, you were faster and lighter, naturally You can tell the difference; this time, although you deliberately stepped hard, you can't cover up the smell on your body!"

The woman's complexion changed slightly when she heard the words, she hurriedly raised her sleeve to smell it, and then sniffed her shoulder, wondering: "It doesn't smell like ah, don't you mean that Uncle Xu, not only your ears have become cat ears, but even your nose has changed?" Already, I don't have any smell that you can identify!"

Xu Shiji got up and paced, walked to the woman and took the jar of wine, raised his eyebrows and said, "Although I love wine, I am not addicted to it, so my nose is already more sensitive than ordinary people after more than ten years of experience, let me guess." Guess, it's the first night, you must have been shopping in the rouge shop in the city during the day, but you didn't buy it, you are right!"

"Ah, Uncle Xu, could it be that I have revealed my whereabouts, or someone has spied on you?" The woman was shocked when she heard the words, she didn't want Xu Shiji's guess to be so accurate.

Xu Shiji sat back on the short bench again, opened the mud seal and slipped the small wine jar down his nose, looking intoxicated, sighed and said: "Girl, I just guessed, your skill is rare in the world. , how do I find out, but I want to ask you, what are you doing in this rouge shop, as far as I know, you never like this kind of thing, could it be..."

The woman's face turned red, she stomped her back lightly, turned around and said, "Uncle Xu, why are you so shameless, always inquiring about other people's children's private affairs, am I the kind of person who is afraid to ask, hmph, I just want to buy some and try it out. Make yourself more beautiful, so that that person will remember me firmly in his heart, I am not the kind of lady who still pretends to be a lady, dare to love but dare not say anything!"

"Hahahaha!!, I said girl, I didn't stop you, don't get angry at me, the person in your heart is now in our army, you want me to call him to 'reunite' with you." Xu Shiji said The more interesting it is to hear, this eldest grandson Linling was the one he grew up watching, and he has a lot of fate with him, so naturally he will take more care of her affairs.

Changsun Linling turned around upon hearing the words, looked at Xu Shiji fixedly, with a face full of disbelief, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, don't tease me, didn't he come without three or five invitations? Why did I leave?" After more than a month, he joined your army, you, did you use some kind of force!"

"I am the governor of a state, and I want to use captives to join the army. Girl, you care about your lover, and don't think so badly of your uncle. He came by himself, and brought seven brothers. Now he is the general The Chinese Death Squad took it in and named it the 'Special Independent Brigade', which was approved by the emperor to give him the captain of Zhenwei." Xu Shiji thought to himself: Sure enough, the girl is extroverted, and she hasn't had anything to do with that kid yet. Just worried as hell.

Elder Sun Linling was overjoyed at first when he heard the words, and then he was taken aback: "Captain Zhenwei, from the sixth rank, uncle, I'm afraid he has done more than that, why did he give it to such a young official!"

Xu Shiji took a sip of his wine, continued to look at the map on the short table, and said in a deep voice: "You have been in the court for a few years, don't you know that the family status in the court is not small from the sixth grade, relying on The accumulation of military merits must be obtained in the past ten years, in fact, the elder Changsun Wuji snatched it for him, but this is also good, if jade is not carved, it will not make a weapon, letting him sharpen it for a few years will be of great benefit to him!"

He paused for a while, and continued: "Girl, shouldn't it be time to get down to business? Let's put your little thoughts behind and talk about what you have gained from your trip to the border of Yunzhou first!"

Changsun Linling suppressed her thoughts secretly, and bowed her fists like a soldier in the army: "Uncle Xu, the situation is not optimistic. I walked along the border for nearly half a month, and I heard that among the eighteen tribes of the grassland tribe, Fifteen tribes have been completely conquered by Xieli, they often practice assault and siege formations, and they are actively saving food, grass and soldiers, fearing that this year will really be unfavorable to my Tang Dynasty." After saying that, he took out a fold from his pocket, and put it on It is densely filled with beautiful small characters.

Xu Shiji stretched out his hand to take it, frowned and thought: "Go down and rest first, you are tired enough from the journey, I will report to the emperor after I see the specific situation, by the way, it's late now, you have to find him tomorrow Go, that boy Ouyang has the emperor's special right, he may not be in the camp, if you can't find him, go to the original "Guiyun Building" in the city to look for him, he must be there, the Guiyun Building is closed for reconstruction. I don't know if this kid is too busy to come over."...

In the early morning of the next day, Ouyang still got up after hearing the name, and there was no one who missed it within [-] breaths. It's back pain and exhaustion. This military posture is the most painful of the four. Everyone finally realized what their brigade commander said before "enduring hardship". Many soldiers were inseparable last night. The body and the knife are in hand, I am afraid that I will take a step back today, and I will feel dizzy from practicing.

Ouyang ordered that he still only practice these four things today, and entrusted all matters to his brothers and officers, saying that he would go home for nothing else, he had to go back and take a look at the big mess at home, otherwise he would The equipment of the "Special Independent Brigade" cannot be built in the army, let alone the funds for this build.

The sky was still clear yesterday, but it was snowing again today, Ouyang was eager and rushed all the way back, his own restaurant was already in sight in less than an hour.

The restaurant has closed down, and the red notice in front of the door is still posted on the notice board facing the street. Ouyang looked at the rough red cloth hanging from the roof of the building, and listened to the "jingling" sound coming from it, his heart gradually became active. There is also the shop opposite the restaurant, which is also closed for renovation. This is where my hope lies, just like a fetus conceived in a mother's womb, growing day by day, full of expectations and hopes.

Ouyang lifted up the red cloth hanging from the floor and walked in, only to see bricks, tiles and wood in front of the door, the main door was left open, and a dozen or so craftsmen inside were working in full swing.

Pushing the door open, a middle-aged man sternly said: "Xiao Lang, this restaurant is being rebuilt. It is not doing business. Get out quickly. If you are hurt or something else happens, I won't worry about it!"

Hearing the words, Ouyang thought to himself, this craftsman is responsible, not only paying attention to safety, but also taking good care of the materials on the facade, so the invitation is good, he said loudly: "Brother, I am the owner of this restaurant, it is not a big deal to look at my storefront Bar!"

Everyone stopped their work when they heard the words, looked at Ouyang Yu and laughed, the middle-aged man put down the things in his hands, and scolded with a smile: "Which family brat came here to play tricks, this huge restaurant, and The blacksmith shop on the opposite side, and even the neighboring shop next to it, are owned by an owner. How old are you? I guess you are only in your twenties. You dare to say that you are the owner of this shop. You hurt your waist, hurry up, what should you do when you go back, don't delay our work, we signed a contract with the adoptive mother of the owner of this building, and we will pay a lot less for the completion of the project one day later!"

The men beside him all shouted to Ouyang to go quickly and stop making trouble here.

When Ouyang heard this, he smiled instead of anger: "I said big brother, I really didn't lie to you, I am the owner of this building and the nearby blacksmith shop and grocery store, Ouyang Yu!"

"Hey! You boy, why are you so disobedient?" The middle-aged man saw that Ouyang didn't leave, and he was wearing very ordinary clothes. He didn't look like a rich man with three stores at all. He was slightly angry in his heart, and said sharply "Hurry up, if you don't leave, we're going to drive you out, that's a shame." A crowd of people shouted and cursed.

"Uncle, you're back." A pleasant surprise pierced through the noise of the crowd, and Ouyang saw that it was Yunniang's sister-in-law who came out.

He waved his hand and said, dumbfounded: "Sister-in-law, people won't let me in, saying I'm cheating on them. Hey, it turns out that being the boss is so hard!"

As soon as Yunniang entered the courtyard at the back, she was talking with Mrs. Li, and rushed over when she heard some noise in the restaurant in front, but she didn't expect Ouyang to come back, let alone being blocked by craftsmen. With a chuckle, he shouted to the middle-aged man: "Foreman Qi, he is my husband's eighth younger brother, and he is the real owner of these shops!"

When the foreman surnamed "Qi" heard it, he was dumbfounded. He looked around and saw that everyone around him had the same expression. about you......"

As Ouyang walked towards Yunniang, he said with a smile: "Brother Qi, it's okay. Those who don't know are not guilty. It doesn't matter so much. We are familiar with each other once. Do your best. I'll go home and have a look!"

Foreman Qi touched his head in embarrassment, and with a smirk, he beckoned everyone to rush to work.

Yunniang and Ouyang kissed like siblings, took Ouyang's forearm with one hand and pulled towards the mother in the main hall, and asked anxiously: "Why did you come back today, and you only went to the military camp for two days. How are you brothers!"

Ouyang wanted to laugh when he heard it, and understood that Yunniang wanted to ask Qilang how he was, but when he said, "How are you brothers", he smiled and nodded: "My dear sister-in-law, dear sister, I can't help you if it's okay." Why don't you come back and take a look, brothers are all good, especially the second brother, he can eat and sleep, he is in good health, just thinking about you!"

Yunniang blushed when she heard this, poked her finger at Ouyang's forehead, and scolded with a smile: "Damn you, you dare to make fun of your sister-in-law, and you want your mother to punish you, right? It's not big or small, spoiling you It's gone." Although she was laughing and scolding, she was happy in her heart, firstly, her husband was fine and safe, and secondly, this Ouyang was getting closer and closer to her, so she was happy in her heart.

"It's my sister-in-law's habit if I want to get used to it. No one in this family is used to me." Ouyang was moved in his heart. When he was with Yun Niang, who was both a sister-in-law and an older sister, there was always a sense of family affection in his heart. Open your legs and run towards the main hall of the courtyard...