Ji Qingyue took a look at the weather. As November approached, a new snowstorm was brewing in the sky. Dark clouds were heavy and the cold wind was blowing.

Most of the caravans left before the heavy snow came. Shandan wanted the city, which relied on caravans to maintain its vitality, to usher in the once-a-year winter period of silence, waiting for the caravans to return next year.

The cold temperature has discouraged many people who want to go out. The streets where cars used to drive are empty and lonely. Shops that usually have their stores open have their doors and windows closed in the cold wind.

The wind and snow in December will only become more fierce. In order to ensure smooth shipment by then, Ji Qing thought more about it and went to the cloth shop to buy several pieces of linen and oilcloth, and used wood to build a square frame. , use oilcloth as a "roof" and linen cloth as a "wall" around it.

In this way, a tent was set up for the vegetable fields in each area to prevent snow from falling directly on the vegetables and overwhelming the vegetable leaves. Then Ji Qingyue brought wheat straw and rice straw and spread a thick layer on the vegetable fields.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Although vegetables can continue to grow, the speed has gradually slowed down. The growth period that originally took one month now takes one and a half to two months. Vegetables have already been delivered once in late September, and he and Shopkeeper Qin also made an appointment to deliver the October goods in mid-November. As a result, if you only use the vegetable garden to grow vegetables, you will definitely not be able to catch up with the goods in November and December. delivery time.

Except for growing vegetables, other farmland has been idle. Two wheat fields were temporarily converted into vegetable fields by Ji Qingyue. The seeds were sown at staggered times, and only some vegetables that were weighed and could be stored were grown. Just like the vegetable fields in the backyard, they were temporary vegetable fields. Also put up a tent with a slanted opening.

In three or four months, the little lamb has lost its cuteness as a child, a tuft of beard has grown on its chin, but it looks old at a young age, and its personality has become more and more noisy.

Fortunately, the sheep pens built at that time had enough space. All we had to do was put a layer of tarpaulin around the outside of the sheep pens to block the intrusion of wind and snow, and then seal the roof, leaving some small gaps for ventilation.

Every two or three days, Ji Qingyue cleans the sheepfold and spreads a new layer of hay. The "black pearls" he obtains are soaked and buried in the ground as fertilizer.

After using the same method to strengthen the chicken pen, the chickens, ducks and geese became active again. The temperature dropped suddenly one day before, and they were so frozen that they refused to lay eggs. Only then did Ji Qingyue remember to reinforce and protect the chicken and sheep pens from the cold.

In the days since Li Erlang went to Ganzhou, there have been several heavy snowfalls in Shandan, and I don't know what's going on in Ganzhou.

Like Shandan, it also snowed several times in the Ganzhou barracks, which was completely white.

Li Erlang has gradually adapted to the rhythm of training in the barracks. Regardless of the severe cold or heat, he insists on keeping up with the unshakable training every day, including weight-bearing, patrolling, fighting...all kinds of climbing and rolling.

But every time Li Erlang began to feel accustomed to the intensity of training in the previous few days, Coach Liu could always break this balance and push him to the edge of collapse at all times, so much so that he had to pay his sticks every day and queue up to receive his punishment. His presence is always indispensable among the crowd.

From the first day on, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Coach Liu was deliberately making things difficult for Li Erlang. Even though the boy was making a little progress every day, Coach Liu could always polish off his little bit of advantages and confidence, and use up his little bit of joy. Pick it out and throw it on the ground, trample it and grind it.

But Li Erlang didn't know whether it was due to his personality or other reasons. Not only did he not collapse, but he also openly had an affair with Coach Liu.

The young man was not old enough to be drafted into the army. When others asked him if he wanted to join Vice General Cao's army, he only said no.

This made others even more puzzled as to why the young man was working so hard. Even when he got older, he would have to go to the barracks for training and registration before he could be included in the team and transferred to the border. After suffering this, he would have to suffer it again in the future. Why bother? Woolen cloth……

Now is the time of peace, and there are very few opportunities to be transferred to the border. Most of the new recruits are sent to various cities to guard the city gates, checking passing motorcades and pedestrians every day, and sometimes they are transferred to do odd jobs by the powerful.

At the end of the day's training, people from the same tent removed Li Erlang, who was grinning in pain, from the penalty chair and carried him back to the tent.

They laid Li Erlang on the bunk in a familiar manner, opened his clothes and applied medicine to him. The new injuries were added to the old ones. Although the injuries were not serious, they were beaten with sticks three to five times a day, and the scars could not heal well. They were involved in training. It will hurt all the time.

The lingering pain is really unsettling.

The soldiers who trained with Li Erlang had long since changed from a non-interested attitude at the beginning to now being intolerable. They gave Li Erlang medicine while whispering in the camp.

Now to get medicine for Li Erlang, the military doctor no longer needs to ask about the situation. The person who came to get the medicine only mentioned his name and the military doctor knew what was going on. He pointed to a medicine bottle without even explaining how to use it.

Today Li Erlang received another three-army stick.

"I don't know why you are so desperate. If it is not an urgent war, it will take four years at the earliest to go to the battlefield. Isn't it good to live at home? You have to come to the military camp to endure hardships."

"Yes, Xianglang, you are old enough to get married and have children! It doesn't look like your family is too poor to get a wife, so why do you want to come here to be beaten?"

Li Erlang didn't want to mention this. It was already late at night and he had to get up early for training tomorrow: "Thank you brothers for taking care of me. I have to practice sword skills tomorrow. Brothers, you should rest early!"

He had one month less training than others. Liu Tishou naturally could not let him enter the next stage without enough training time like others.

When others were training with their swords, Liu Tishou asked him to bear weight and watch from the side.

At this time, Li Erlang had already gained experience in moving sacks and could handle it with ease. No matter how Liu Tishou asked him to lift the sacks, he could handle it without any danger in the end.

Unexpectedly, Liu Tishou came up with a new trick and asked him to join the daily fight immediately after lifting the sack.

"Physical training is unavoidable no matter what. You are already one month behind their training volume, but you can't make up for it by training twelve hours a day. Aren't you said to be observant of the smallest details? If you have this advantage, you can just stand aside and listen. Just by looking at it, you can always see the key." A few nights ago, Liu Ti stood aside and said, "It's not advisable to talk about war on paper. You have to fight to see if you can do it. You have to fight when they fight." , fighting against five people every day, and winning every day... Otherwise, you have to pack your baggage and go back and forth from wherever you go, and find your mother-in-law to marry you as soon as possible, so as not to waste time coming to the military camp with whims and energy all day long. "

Li Erlang wanted to hit someone when he heard it, but the fatigue and pain of a whole day's training were not that disturbing.

The weather was getting colder and colder, with snow during the day and frost at night. In the camp, there was thunderous snoring. No matter how tired and sleepy Li Erlang was, he was still disturbed by the noise and could not fall asleep. He had to lie down on the bunk, thinking all of a sudden.

Everyone asked him why he came to train in advance. Entering the barracks in advance was not only for Yue Lang, but also for himself.

He knew that everything for Yue Lang was an excuse and the motivation for him to continue.

What happened in the second year of Guangde will be a fatal disaster for their family. It is not a disaster that can be avoided by hiding in the mountains and forests. The world will be in chaos. Even Yue Lang doesn't know the details very well. Now he can only do his best. , try to change some of these major events and reverse the final situation.

No one can say for sure how the situation will change in the future. As long as the officials are determined to save the declining state of the country, they cannot avoid disrupting the existing order.

As Yue Lang said, this is a war that cannot be avoided, whether it is life or death.

Regardless of whether the official family can win in the chaos, he needs to be able to protect himself and his family enough. Now that Miss Lu's ending has changed, there must be a chance that their family's ending will change.

It's all up to you.

The cold night is long, and the dark night will eventually usher in the dawn.

Just when Ji Qing was getting bored, Aniang Li and the rest of the family came.

When Ji Qingyue heard the noise and came out to open the door for them, he saw Li's father and Li Changji carrying three sacks. They looked heavy, but in fact they were not.

Three quilts, packed tightly in sacks.

Li Tuanlang hadn't seen Ji Qingyue for a while, and the child rarely traveled far. He was not very active along the way and was a little afraid of strangers. But as soon as he opened the door and saw the familiar gentle and kind immortal, he immediately changed his mind from his mother-in-law. He stretched out his hand from his arms and shouted softly: "Immortal!"

Father and mother said he was his elder brother, but the child only remembered that he was clearly the immortal in the painting!

Li Aniang was shocked and quickly covered her up with her voice: "Hahaha, Yue Lang is getting prettier and prettier. He looks like a fairy! Tomorrow is Da Lang's birthday. It happened that San Lang and Shi Lang couldn't go home for a long time, so we are looking for him. Come out and get together."

Ji Qingyue hugged the plump dumplings and quickly welcomed them into the house.

I thought the house was small at first, but now eight members of the Li family came and brought many things. The nine people standing in the yard suddenly felt like they were too crowded to turn around.

Except for the three quilts, Ji Qingyue also noticed that they were all wearing clothes made of the fabric he bought before.

Seeing that Ji Qingyue finally noticed, Grandma Li happily asked Li Changji to move the quilt into the bedroom. She took out a thick piece of clothing from the baggage she was carrying and handed it to Ji Qingyue: "Yue Lang, let's see if you like this. Style short robe?”

Ji Qingyue took the cotton-padded clothes and squeezed them. The popped cotton was very fluffy, and his family had stuffed it in enough, so the clothes weighed very solidly.

The neckline is made high, and a circle of animal fur is sewn on the inside. The same is true for the cuffs. A layer of suede is sewn on the splicing to make it more wear-resistant and stain-resistant.

Ji Qingyue didn't have to worry about the clothing technology at all. They had considered the problem of cotton running around in advance. It couldn't be seen from the outside. It was only when looking at the lining that they saw that they used silk threads to lock up the cotton bit by bit to prevent it from running around.

Grandma Li watched Ji Qingyue put on the new cotton-padded clothes and smiled with crooked eyes: "I heard from your aunt that Yue Lang wanted to make a quilt with me. I have thanked Yue Lang for his kindness first. Now the kang is well heated at home. , I want to use the quilt with Sanlang and Shiro first, not because I don’t know Koshiro’s kindness.”

Ji Qingyue nodded. He understood the old man's love for his children: "It's okay. There will still be time next year. We can always have something for everyone in our family."

"Okay!" Granny Li glanced at Ji Qingyue again: "Yuelang, you and our cotton, we each finished making a robe and three quilts, and there are still a few kilograms left. Can you let me make a few more?" A child’s clothes and a few children in an old house in the village?”

"Of course, grandma, didn't you agree to help me promote it?"

Grandma Li and the others didn't know Ji Qingyue's specific plan, and were afraid that something would go wrong if they acted rashly.

"I am also a genius who has figured out the plan. Auntie, you just wear cotton clothes and don't need to say anything. Just blame me for good or bad."

Now that Ji Qingyue said so, Li Aniang and the others felt relieved.

The family is slowly doing housework. I don't know if Li Sanlang will finish school on time today. If he can't make it for dinner, he will leave his meal in advance like last time.

With so many people coming all at once, there would be no room for them at home, so Li Adi and Li Changji went out to find two rooms in an inn. They would stay outside tonight, while the two old men and Jin Niang slept at home.

Cotton-padded clothes are really warm when worn on the body. If you still feel cold, put on a cloak to block the cold wind. If you are active outdoors during the day, you will not immediately feel so cold that you can't move.

Ji Qingyue brought out some vegetables and chose them with Jin Niang.

Xiao Tuanzi's desire to explore has dissipated, and he has finished reading the small house in one go. He sits next to Ji Qingyue and quietly eats the snacks he bought.

"I don't know when Erlang will come back. I've made the cotton coat but haven't been able to try it on. I've been walking for more than a month and I don't know if I've lost weight. I will definitely not have enough food or clothing to keep warm in the barracks..."

"Sigh... Although it would be better to go to practice earlier, he is only seventeen, so it is still too early..."

"Auntie, you said Erlang is seventeen years old, why are you still refusing to marry me? Are you still blaming me...? Alas..."

"Don't be sad. Erlang has an idea. When Erlang comes back and asks him what kind of girl he likes, we can see each other again."

"Ah."

Ji Qingyue looked calm and silently selected vegetables.

Suddenly, Li Aniang and the others stopped talking to other places. Ji Qing suddenly heard that Li Aniang and the others were talking about the new county magistrate, and he suddenly became confused: has the new county magistrate arrived? But he didn't hear any news about the new county magistrate in the county.

"Magistrate Hong suddenly appeared in the village and shocked us!!"

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