Beautiful step by step

Chapter 46

There is a big temperature difference between day and night in the Gobi. Before the moon was in the middle of the sky, a gust of night wind blew in, and Wei Wei felt a little cold all over her body.

Fortunately, in the past two hours, the roasted whole lamb feast has been fully eaten.After hearing that Yan Heng had helped them straighten out their coats and armors, the soldiers were so moved that they discussed how to persuade the Shitou family. They couldn't wait to go back to sleep, and put it into practice when they got up early the next day.

With them clamoring to break up the banquet, Wei Wei tightened her clothes and breathed a sigh of relief.

After the fire was extinguished, the sheep bones were thrown there directly, and the passing wild animals would eat them.She yawned sleepily after sending off the crowd, and with a slight weight on her shoulders, Yan Heng took off his outer robe and put it on her body.Shaking further forward, the men's clothing that was one size bigger covered her completely inside.

Wei Wei pulled her into her arms, his outer robe was soaked with his temperature, and the part next to her neck was transmitted directly, which was warmer than her body, and it was extra warm after wrapping it on.

"Is Ah Heng not cold?"

"kindness."

After wearing it for a while, Wei Wei felt that the cold was not so cold, so she quickly took it off and tiptoed to put it on for him.

"Why isn't it cold? You'll have to ride a horse later. I'll sit in front and the wind won't blow, so it's fine."

Seeing his firm expression, Yan Heng didn't refuse again, but he didn't button up his button either.Leading the horse to carry her up, he quickly got on the horse and wrapped her in his arms.

The temperature on the chest was transmitted to the back through the fabric, and there was a familiar atmosphere all around. Wei Wei leaned back, and the small person was completely embedded in his arms.Yan Heng, who was already familiar with this posture, raised his arm to let her lean more comfortably, then lowered his head and whispered:
"Sit still."

He rode his horse and hoofed around the hill, with the night wind blowing in his ears, wrapped in his clothes, he didn't feel cold at all.Not long after the horse stopped under the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city on the tower hurriedly opened the gate, seeing Yan Heng's face tightened.

"Today at the gate of Linguan City, Yan Baihu and his wife entered the city, and they haven't come out yet."

Yan Heng froze, and thanked him with cupped hands.

Feeling his sudden heavy breathing, Wei Wei changed to a closer sitting position, turned her head and put her hands on his clothes.His fingers drew circles on his chest, and his eyes looked at her reassuringly.

Yan Heng didn't speak until he passed through the long shadow cast by the city wall, with a hint of depression in his voice.

"My father is hereditary from a hundred households."

Oh, it turns out that this strange Yan Baihu is his "stepfather".But hereditary hundreds of households, she was even more puzzled when she thought of this.

"Ah Heng joined the army as a Cheng Ding?"

She vaguely heard Ding Youde say that when Yan Heng joined the army, he entered the army as Cheng Ding.It took her a long time to understand that although the military household system of Dai Viet seemed to have various inhumane features, it also had a gentle side.Military households have guarded the border for generations, and their initial role was to immigrate to guard the territory.Otherwise, the frontier land will be destroyed and uninhabited, and the Wala people will come here to herd sheep for more than ten or twenty years, and the sovereignty of this land will basically change.

People always have to eat when they come, and the imperial court will not support people for nothing, so the most important responsibility of military households is to cultivate wasteland.It is all unowned wasteland. Whoever reclaims it will hand over part of it to the imperial court, and keep the other part under the protection of the law.Of course, in addition to military reclamation, there is also compulsory military service, and every household has to send people to fight.Whoever fights bravely will raise the small flag, the general flag, one hundred households, one thousand households, and ten thousand households step by step, and the promotion corresponds to the place of origin.

The promoted officials are hereditary, that is to say, if someone in the family is promising, the descendants will be blessed in the future, and there is no need to start from the bottom of the ranks and work their way up.This is the most benevolent part of the military reclamation system. The imperial court gave these hard-working people a head start.Although the promotion is slow, for example, if the father's generation reaches a hundred households and the son earns a thousand households, the family will become a thousand households.

It stands to reason that Yan Heng's father is from Baihu, so he should be able to be a small flag as soon as he joins the army.Although Xiaoqi can only manage less than ten people, it is more than enough than the top.At least in the many small companies she knew in her previous life, there were not even ten employees in total from the boss to the employees.

"Well, the Yan family doesn't have many soldiers. If you divide up the troops of a small flag, you can count as a weak hundred households."

It's just that his own power is a little weaker, not to mention completely powerless.Wei Weidan knew that Yan's father was "stepfather", but he never thought that he could be so selfish. Yan Heng was his own son.And he is not a prodigal son, he is really capable, the kind who can lead the army, a child of other people's family who can let the parents show off.

"Don't be afraid, Ah Heng, I'm here."

"Ignore them later, Ah Mao."

The voices collided, and all the complaints about Yan's father in Wei Wei's mind were driven away.Now she only knows that Ah Heng is very determined.As long as he can firmly stand by her side, no matter what the situation is, she can handle it.

Supper has started, all the houses on the side of the road are closed, and few are lit.Under the quiet moonlight, there were only two people on the wide road in Jiuquan County.The clatter of horseshoes sounded, Wei Wei twisted on the horse's back, hugged his waist and held his heart close to his heart, raised her head and kissed his chin.Going up, the tongue lightly licked his lips.

"Mutton flavor."

"kindness?"

Yan Heng was breathing heavily, let go of the rein and hugged her tightly, kissed her lips hard, tossing and turning.

He didn't let her go until the old horse knew the way all the way and strolled to the gate of the house.Under the moonlight, there was desire in his eyes that was too late to hide, a little red and a little green, reminding her of the night scholar for no reason.

"that……"

"Well, I miss Auntie."

On the narrow horseback, he hugged her and turned around, put her body upright to ensure that she would not fall off, and then rolled over and got off the horse.The untied robe fluttered like gray wings, adding a touch of vampirism to him.Just now she was sweating in his arms, and she shivered from the cold, the wings had already wrapped her body.

"Down?"

Although he was asking, but before she could answer, he hugged her down in the princess's arms.After standing still, he put on the robe tightly for her again, put his arms around him and knocked on the door of the house.

Uncle Chen was watching the door, and when he saw that it was Yan Heng, he looked as if he had seen the savior.

"My lord is back. Not long after you left, Yan Baihu and his wife rushed over, and the old slave couldn't stop him. Fortunately, Miss Gu Yu stopped him, otherwise this house would have to be demolished by them."

Speaking of Gu Yu, Uncle Chen looked at Wei Wei with gratitude in his eyes.

Tightly putting on her clothes, Wei Wei frowned as she looked at Yan Heng, who was wearing thin clothes beside her, "Please trouble Uncle Chen, ask someone to bring some hot water. Let's wash up first, and then go to pay respects to Master Baihu and Step-Madam."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a "boom" in the main room, and then a sharp curse from a strange and pungent woman, and from time to time, Gu Yu could hear a few words of excuse.Wei Wei went to the house for the first time in the afternoon, because Chen Bo'an didn't live here, and the crispy decorations that were difficult to clean had already been boxed into the warehouse, and now the house is basically empty except for the large pieces of furniture.Even if you want to throw something, you need real strength.

Ever since he got engaged to Yan Heng, facing his biggest trouble, the relatives of the Yan family, Wei Wei thought of many plans.Quickly switching to one of the sets, she entered the main room in the first room where there was no bright light in the corner of her eyes, pulled Yan Heng up and walked through the vertical flower door, and reached the second room where the two planned to live.

After sitting down, she didn't rush to wash up, but directly took apart her bun and smoothed it out with a comb.Sitting next to the bronze mirror, she lit the oil lamp and combed slowly.The leisurely posture and stable attitude infected Yan Heng unconsciously.

"Ah, you rest here, I..."

"You want to go ahead alone?"

Seeing him nodding, Wei Wei didn't even want to say no: "What did you say when you ate roasted whole lamb today? You want to listen to me, right?"

"But they... Ah Mao, it's better not to see them."

Wei Wei handed him the comb: "It's impossible to see each other for a lifetime, we always have to see each other, but it's the first time my new daughter-in-law comes to the house, and I can't serve tea to the master of a hundred families in Brother Chen's house. Even if he doesn't dislike her , the step-wife doesn't dislike it either, but I can't invite my mother's memorial tablet either."

When it came to the end, Wei Wei's tone was relaxed, and even Yan Heng suddenly became enlightened.

"Then I'll find Uncle Chen and tell them."

Why is he so honest?Wei Wei frowned, and finally couldn't help giving him a blank look: "Didn't I just say that?"

Seeing that he was in a daze, Wei Wei had no choice but to explain: "I said let's wash up first, but I didn't say how long it will take. We came all the way, and you have a business trip, so your body is really dirty. I have dirt on my body. There are injuries, and the servants were all called by the master and wife. I was a little slow in doing some things. When the packing was done, it was already late, and we were so filial that we couldn't bear to disturb them. Then you slept all night before you remembered, This house is temporarily rented out by a friend, serving tea here would really damage the reputation of the Yan family, so they took me to the old house of the Yan family early in the morning."

Yan Heng was a little dazed, is this okay?

Wei Wei told him with firm eyes that he had to do this.

The experience of fighting the best in countless previous lives told her that the premise of being reasonable is that the person understands the truth, and for the best who don't even understand the most basic principles of life, they have to strike first.Otherwise, let them or Bai Lianhua or nonsense mess around, not to mention that it will be more difficult to get back a city, and if they are not careful, they will cause irreparable damage.

Now she is very gentle and reasonable, at least she is willing to find a reason.

"Is Ah Heng tired?"

Before he could answer, Wei Wei yawned: "But I'm tired, and I have to see my mother tomorrow, so I can't wake up too late."

There was a big movement in the front yard, and Yan Heng looked at Wei Wei with some embarrassment, thinking about the nature of those two people.Zhou's is not what she thinks, if he doesn't deal with it today, the trouble will only be bigger tomorrow.But seeing the exhaustion on her face that couldn't be concealed, he finally couldn't bear to refute.

"I'm going to boil the water."

"You have to help me take a bath, I'm tired, I can't wash, I'll fall asleep sitting in the tub."

A soft voice came, coupled with her pouting mouth, her delicate face was full of charm.Yan Heng's heart tightened, and he unconsciously quickened his pace.What Zhou family, what Yan family, all go to hell.No one can stop his wife from sleeping. Of course, the most important thing is that the daughter-in-law asks him to help him take a bath.

Wei Wei took out the mercury mirror to take a picture, even after looking at it many times, her face was still so beautiful.It's just that she got up early this morning and went to work in the market in the afternoon. In the evening, she entertained a group of soldiers to eat roasted whole lamb.

Thinking of the shower and massage package she had hand-picked by Master Zhenfu, Wei Wei brushed aside her bangs, dipped some lip balm with an eyebrow pencil, and drew a three-petal lotus in the center of her eyebrows little by little.Although she was not good at painting, the lotus petals in her imagination turned into clover in the end, but the bright red color dotted on her forehead made her look more energetic than usual.

The bangs are combed to the sides, and together with the waist-length black hair, they are loosely tied behind the back.She took off her outer robe and was only wearing a bright yellow tunic. Under the yellow halo light, she looked like an ancient lady who walked out of a banquet in the Han Palace.

Yan Heng finished boiling the water as fast as he could in his life, and came in with two buckets of water. When he saw Wei Wei who stretched out his arms to be hugged by him, he poured the water into the bucket almost at the speed of throwing, and hugged her in a hurry. go in.

"Why is Ah Heng so wet?"

"kindness."

"What about you?"

"I just rushed outside."

"Use well water?"

Seeing him pause, neither admitting nor denying, Wei Wei also knew that she had guessed correctly.Her whole body was soaked in warm water, and she couldn't tell what it was like in her heart.

"Actually, I'm not in such a rush. It's okay for you to boil the water and wash yourself first. Taking a bath with cold water will easily cause the wind and cold to enter the body."

"It's okay, I've been washing it with cold water since I was a child."

Yan Heng pinched her shoulders, feeling the smoothness of the skin below the neck.Goosebumps all over the body just after washing with cold water, there will be signs of recovery again.Shivering, he picked up the ladle, rushed down from the back of her head, and rubbed her hair with soap.

Ah Mao's hair is very good, not only long and straight, but also not dense, and it is suitable for any bun with volume.Her hair is of excellent quality, and each strand is glossy and slippery on her back, and she combs it even more to the end.Before joining the army, he often saw the Zhou family buy olive oil from Europa and apply it on his hair, but even with such careful maintenance, it was not as good as Ah Mao who washed it casually every day.

The sound of the front yard stopped, but the hanging flower gate connected to the front yard made the sound of punching and kicking.Yan Heng frowned, he knew that with Zhou's attitude, she would not give up until she saw someone today.Although Ah Mao was very reasonable, she had never met Zhou Shi before, so she didn't know her powerful destructive power.

Wei Wei also noticed the movement on the door, her eyes drooping slightly.I wanted to air them out, but I didn't expect some people to be so impatient.

"Aheng, it's uncomfortable to wash so fast."

Yan Heng slowed down, assessing the strength of the door.The two of them should be inseparable for a while, thinking of this, he also relaxes and enjoys the rare benefits in peace.

After he washed Ah Mao carefully, dried her hair a little bit, and combed it, before the hairpins were put on, the two wooden doors on the hanging flower door, which were originally not very strong, died with a loud noise.

Wei Wei stood up and followed Yan Heng to the door slowly.Gu Yu, who ran over earlier, was crying and rubbing his hands.

"Ma'am, that person is so fierce, we can't stop her at all."

Standing on the steps, Wei Wei was condescending, looking at the men and women rushing over aggressively.Both of them were dressed in silk and satin. The man's fair skin looked like a scholar at first glance, and there was a faint resemblance to Yan Heng in his eyebrows and eyes, so he should be Yan Baihu.The woman's head is full of emerald jewels. For some reason, she sensed a familiar aura from this step-wife.

Wei Wei looked at the gold ring on the finger she stretched out, and felt blessed in an instant.This dress and temperament are almost exactly the same as the old bustard she saw in the dental shop when she first wore it.If it takes another ten or eight years, wait until there are more around her face, and she will look like a replica of the old bustard.

The wind was blowing under the two people's feet, and they rushed to them almost one step behind Gu Yu.Hearing what Gu Yu said, the woman rushed up the steps, raised her hand and greeted her in the face.

"What are you doing."

The duet was played by Gu Yu and Yan Heng, the former stood in front of her, while Yan Heng grabbed her wrist directly and threw her down the steps with a little force.

Mrs. Zhou was stunned by him. Is this the stepson who is full of heart, but dare not resist her in the slightest?Relying on her husband and son-in-law to stand firm, she rushed to Yan Heng without saying a word.

"It's the other way around, you little bastard dares to disrespect me, but I'm your mother. Thirteen Lang, look at your good son."

(End of this chapter)