delicious farm girl

Chapter 588 A Rarely Comfortable Year
In fact, the New Year here is very boring.

There is a shortage of supplies and a small population. Even in the twelfth lunar month, there is not much joy here. On the contrary, Li Er is more vigilant and spends less time at home.

After all, the closer to winter, the more food and grass the cannibals outside the pass will be in short supply.This time of year is a high-occurrence time for them to lead teams across the border to plunder.

Although after capturing the second prince of Dashi alive, Li Er led his team to assault Dashi's army several times later, and beat them every time.But once people are suffering from hunger and cold, how can they remember the lessons they have learned?As long as they can grab some food to satisfy their hunger, they will not hesitate to risk their lives.

Therefore, Li Er and Brother Zhuang were stationed in the barracks almost every day, and they could only go home every few days.

Su Ran could only cook some food for them at home, and then boiled two green vegetable leaves and put them in a food box, which was a little comfort for them.

This situation continued until the New Year's Eve, when the father and son returned with their bodies covered in wind and frost.

In the twelfth lunar month, there were no less than twenty attacks from Dashi, large and small. Thanks to Li Er's preparedness and deployment of troops everywhere, they were all repelled.Occasionally a miss or two, the loss is not too heavy.

In the words of the general below, this achievement is already remarkable.You know, when General Kong was here before, they only cared about getting all kinds of good things for themselves at the end of the year, but they never cared about how Dashi attacked.

In their words: "Don't they just want food and cloth? Just give them. Why do you have to be as knowledgeable as they are for the New Year's Eve?"

Anyway, the people who were looted were ordinary people, and they couldn't die on their heads!

Now everyone is shaking with anger when they say these words.It's just that the Kong family was the empress's family at that time, and the late emperor valued it, so they dared not speak out.

After the reunion dinner, everyone got together to watch the new year. Su Ran couldn't help shaking her head when she heard Brother Zhuang talking about it. "If you really want to see whether a person is good or not, you have to look at what kind of person his opponent is. With the precedent of the Kong family, as long as we do our duty in a safe and sound manner, the soldiers and civilians will be very satisfied gone."

"Do you think I just fulfilled my duty safely?" Li Er, who was silently warming up over there, became upset when he heard this.

Su Ran quickly waved her hand. "Of course not! I'm just sighing. In fact, the reason why this border has survived all these years is thanks to Wu Fulai. He is a talent."

Li Er frowned.

"He is relying on the old to sell the old."

Regarding Wu Fulai's situation, they had figured it out: the Kong family was not good at leading troops in battle, but they were proud of themselves, and looked down on those soldiers who had followed the old Zhenxi King.Only Wu Fulai flattered them, and others were honest and never took credit. Of course, General Kong trusted and admired him, and promoted him step by step to become his deputy.Later, Wu Fulai led many of the battles against Dashi. General Kong was only responsible for stamping his commander's seal on the military order, and then he wrote a letter to the late emperor afterward to boast about his achievements.

That is to say, before Li Er came, Wu Fulai had almost controlled most of the real power of the Northwest Army.In the northwest, apart from the need to lie low in front of the Kong family, they can walk sideways in front of other people!Others are naturally more respectful to them.

But now, the Kong family has been wiped out, Li Er has come, and the rights Wu Fulai had finally earned bit by bit have all been taken away in one go. How can he accept this fact?
Judging from his behavior at the beginning, he clearly planned to fool Li Er first, as he did with General Kong before, and then coax Li Er to hand over the rights to him bit by bit, so that he can continue to be the veritable boss here. of.In the end, who knows, Li Er gritted his teeth and took the matter down, not giving him this chance!
Now that he is riding a tiger, he doesn't want to bow his head in front of Li Er, the prince who holds real power, and he doesn't want to accept the fact that he has lost power, so he simply sues his illness and lies at home instead of coming out to take care of things!

As for the many things in the barracks, those were originally managed by him, and he also let go of them.Li Er asked someone to ask him, but he just mumbled a few words. He wanted to ask him to explain clearly, but he started to hold his head and yell in pain.When the people who came over saw this, it was not easy to ask any more questions.

Because of his attitude of refusing to cooperate, he created countless troubles for Li Er.

Therefore, Li Er was not happy to see him either.

"Just let him continue to recuperate in his general's mansion. Let's see how long he can stay like this!" He said angrily.

He was really pissed off.

Su Ran was also helpless. "Okay, let's not bother with him too much. Now without his help, don't you work hard slowly?"

Li Er nodded coldly. "And his sons, and his confidantes, I will deal with them one by one in the coming year!"

In the beginning, when he was fighting against the second prince of Dashi, the reason why he was almost defeated at the beginning was that besides the fact that he was new to this kind of battle, the second reason was that these confidantes of Wu Fulai didn't listen to his command at all.But after such a long time, some people have been convinced by his true ability.But there are still many people who, like this Wu Fulai, are stubbornly resisting him.

Su Ran quickly patted him on the back. "Okay, okay, don't be angry anymore. It's Chinese New Year, why should we have trouble with these people? Let's talk about happy things! Brother Quan's letter was only delivered yesterday, and he said that his wife finally came out to meet people Mile!"

After changing places, Luo Huan's mood did improve a lot.In addition, Brother Quan had just arrived in a place to be a county magistrate, so he was also in a hurry.Not only is he busy with things in the county, but he also needs to take care of many things in the backyard by himself.Day by day, seeing him so busy that he didn't even have time to take a breather, Luo Huan couldn't stand it after all, so she started to help him with housework.

And once he took over the internal affairs, more and more other things gradually followed.Such as contacts with the gentry and wives in the county, all kinds of arrangements at the house during the Chinese New Year, as well as the New Year's ceremony arrangements with the capital, Liangjiang and even the local area, and even the spring wine after the new year, etc., all these were pushed to her. .

Even the annual gift sent with yesterday's letter was arranged by Luo Huan himself.

"Since she's willing to come out and get caught up in the fireworks, it means she's on the mend." Li Er nodded.

"Isn't it? With her help, Brother Quan can work with peace of mind over there." Su Ran nodded straight with a smile, "Actually, Brother Quan's place is not too far from our place, and in this northwest Only we are the closest. I really want to see him again during the Chinese New Year, but if I go, I'm afraid his wife will hide again, and his hard work these days will be in vain. "

Having said that, her face fell down again.

This time, it was the man's turn to comfort her.

"It will be fine." He said in a deep voice, gently stroking her shoulder with his big palm, "Don't worry now, we have plenty of time to meet them when they get well."

"Yeah, it's a matter of time again." Su Ran took a deep breath.

"It's okay, it's okay, we have plenty of time!" Mr. Yuan answered quickly.

The winter in the Northwest is short and the night is long, so they only eat two meals a day in winter.Now that the family is watching the New Year together, I feel that this time of watching the New Year is also very special.Thanks to the presence of Mr. Yuan, he was able to speak well, but now, in order to be able to teach the child in Sister Haohua's womb, his prenatal education started early.Everyone just listened to him, and they all listened with gusto.

Before I knew it, it was midnight.

This time, it was their palace that lit the first firecrackers on New Year's Eve.

As the sound of firecrackers sounded in the silent night sky, other families also lit firecrackers one after another.

Not long after, the whole town was immersed in a series of loud firecrackers.

"After us, General Wu's mansion will be lit first." Brother Zhuang said suddenly.

Li Er's eyes darkened. "He is very powerful." He said in a deep voice.

Whether it means that they grasped the timing very well, or that they finally stopped hiding at this time, or both, only Old General Wu knows best.

Su Ran doesn't want to say more about it now, it's useless.She yawned and took the man's hand. "I am sleepy."

"it is good."

The man nodded immediately, and the two went back to the room together.

call!
Finally lying on the soft mattress, with Li Er's big stove beside her, Su Ran let out a sigh of relief.

"That's great." She couldn't help leaning on his chest and sighed softly, "It's been a comfortable year for me for so many years."

is not that right?When she was in Liangjiang Province, she spent every New Year's Eve in panic.When she arrived in the capital, she had to spend a whole day in the palace because of her imperial order.After coming here all the time, those nightmares, rules and so on have finally left her, and she can be considered to have lived a comfortable year at ease!
Seeing her squinting her eyes comfortably in his arms, she was almost purring a few times comfortably like a cat, and Li Er's eyes gradually softened.

"It will be more comfortable later on," he said.

(End of this chapter)