I was engaged in construction in ancient times

The clothes were wet and stuck to his body, and Xiao Yuhe shrank his body when he was blown by the cold wind, "Then I'm going back, how about you?"

Duan Shubai smiled, shook the black seed in his hand, and said, "I'll go up after planting the lotus for you."

Xiao Yuhe couldn't help but said with concern: "The wind is cold, be careful of getting sick."

"Don't worry, my clothes are not wet, and I'm in good shape."

Xiao Yuhe went back to soak in a hot flower petal bath. He soaked in the steaming hot water, and the wooden barrel was covered with pink flower petals. He smelled the sweet aroma, and he felt the smell of mud on his body disappear. , In the small wooden basin beside the bathtub, his dirty clothes were soaking, and Xiao Yuhe angrily planned to soak them overnight before washing them.

Duan Shubai tidied up the lotus pond, clapped his hands, and waited for a few months to bloom and bear fruit.

After taking a shower, he changed into a white uniform and went to the kitchen to help Xiao Yuhe serve the dishes. Due to an accident in the evening, their family ate half an hour later than usual today, and Xiao Yuhe glared at him several times during the meal. , as if he wanted to eat Duan Shubai as a meal, his appetite was twice as good as that of the previous few days, and regardless of the rule of eating three meals, one dish was sandwiched four, five, six or seven times.

Duan Shubai nodded secretly, sure enough, if he was more active, he would eat more.

Before going to sleep, Xiao Yuhe was rummaging around in the room. Duan Shubai went upstairs and saw him dig out six or seven small mahogany golden lock boxes. What?"

Xiao Yuhe was anxious: "A piece of my jade pendant is missing."

"Jade pendant?"

"Where did I put it? I saw you again at noon." Xiao Yuhe was anxious, obviously the jade pendant was very important to him.

"What kind of jade pendant is it important?"

"Very important, it was my birthday present from my father."

Xiao Yuhe's father had passed away, so the gift from his father was naturally a relic, which meant a lot to him.

Duan Shubai said: "Think about it carefully, where did you put it after seeing it at noon?"

Xiao Yuhe closed his eyes, tried his best to calm down the messy thoughts, and thought hard in his mind, "After I played with it in my hand at noon, I fell asleep on the soft couch with the jade pendant next to my pillow. When I got up... ..."

"Ah!" Xiao Yuhe gasped suddenly, "I remembered! When I got up, I pinned it to my waist, and then I went downstairs——"

Xiao Yuhe went downstairs to the bathroom, Duan Shubai followed, Xiao Yuhe rummaged through the pile of clothes for a long time, "No, where did it go?"

The two of them, together with Qiu Ran who came in a hurry, searched the yard for a long time, but still did not see the shadow of the jade pendant. Duan Shubai looked at the muddy area, reflecting the dark muddy water of the moon, and said: "It is possible to fall into the jade pendant. Liantang."

Xiao Yuhe was so anxious that he was about to cry: "How do I find this?"

Duan Shubai sighed and comforted him: "Don't worry, if you fall into the lotus pond, then I will help you out, but it's getting late now, it's so dark that you can't see anything clearly, let's go back first Rest and sleep, and come back to fish tomorrow during the day.”

Xiao Yuhe was dejected, and looked at the dark and muddy water with a bitter face, and he had no choice but to do so.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Yuhe lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. The jade pendant was lost, and thoughts of his parents and the capital swirled in his mind, and he couldn't rest because of tossing and turning.

After tossing and turning for a long time, Xiao Yuhe finally fell asleep. After less than half an hour of sleep, he was awakened by the messy nightmare. It was empty, Duan Shubai was gone.

He put on his coat, lit a candle, went downstairs along the carved wooden ladder, and walked out the door all the way. In the dark lotus pond, he saw a familiar figure.

The wind at night was very cold, Xiao Yuhe wrapped up his clothes, "What are you doing? Didn't you tell me to look for it tomorrow?"

Duan Shubai bent down and was still groping in the mud, and said in a casual tone: "You toss and turn so loudly that I can't sleep, I think I can't sleep anyway, why don't I get up and look for you."

"It's so cold at night, the water isn't frozen yet, come out quickly, don't look for it, I don't want it."

"How can I not, I'll look for it again, you go back to sleep." Duan Shubai scratched in the icy water and mud, seemed to have touched a round object, and said happily: "Hey! Yuhe, come and see , is this the jade pendant you lost? You are so lucky that you found it as soon as you came."

Duan Shubai washed the thing he picked up in the muddy water to clean the sand, and held it up for Xiao Yuhe to see. With the weak light, Duan Shubai barely recognized it as a lotus-shaped jade pendant.

No wonder Young Master Jiao likes it so much.

Xiao Yuhe glanced casually, took the jade pendant in his hand, and hurriedly urged: "Come up quickly, your hands are cold to ice, be careful of catching a cold."

Duan Shubai climbed out of the water leisurely, "Don't worry, I'm in good health and won't get sick. Now I've found something. If you can sleep well, I can also have a good night's rest."

"Look, is it the jade pendant that you dropped? Since it was given to you by your father, you should keep it well in the future. Go back to your room and sleep, and be careful not to catch a cold in the strong wind at night." Duan Shubai urged Xiao Yu And hurry back to the room to sleep.

Xiao Yuhe took two steps back, seeing that Duan Shubai hadn't followed, he asked doubtfully, "What about you? You won't go back with me?"

"Look at my current muddy appearance, how can I get on your big carved bed, I'll just spend the night outside casually." Duan Shubai yawned. Then, it will not be like this at night.

Thinking of Xiao Yuhe's words during the day, "If you talk nonsense, you'll sleep here today!", it really came true.

"No, you go back with me, you have to take a hot bath, you hear your voice has changed, I'll make you a bowl of ginger soup."

Duan Shubai took two steps back, sneered and said with a sneer: "No need."

Xiao Yuhe grabbed his sleeve, not allowing him to refuse, Duan Shu followed him lightly, took a shower, changed into dry clothes, drank another bowl of ginger soup, and Xiao Yuhe poured a bowl of unknown When he returned to the bed, it was almost Yinshi, Duan Shubai felt a little feverish in a daze, the medicine might have the effect of helping sleep, he looked at Yelou in a trance and said: "I can still sleep for more than an hour, Yuhe, if I can't get up at Maoshi, just call me, and I have to take the soldiers to the mountain to run with heavy loads in the morning..."

Before finishing speaking, he fell into a coma, Xiao Yuhe lay beside him, hugging the clean jade pendant, unable to fall asleep, and kept his eyes open until dawn.

After a long time, the sky brightened.

"What time is it now?" Duan Shubai sat up abruptly, he asked in surprise and doubt as the snow-white light came in from the window.

Xiao Yuhe brought up a stack of freshly steamed red bean cakes, and said, "You're awake, it's already midnight, come and have a cake, I just made red bean cakes."

"Chenshi? Why didn't you call me Maoshi?"

"At that time you had a fever, so I didn't wake you up and let you sleep for a while." Xiao Yuhe put the cake on the table, walked to the bed and sat down, touched Duan Shubai's forehead, and said with a light smile: "Return."

Duan Shubai shook off his hand, lifted the quilt and quickly changed into clothes.

"You don't need to worry. Vice President Zhang just passed by. I helped you deal with it. Come, have a cake." Xiao Yuhe picked up a piece of cake and was about to feed it to Duan Shubai's mouth.

Duan Shubai didn't even look at him, and slammed the door out.

Xiao Yuhe snorted on the spot: "The tone is so fierce, what did I do wrong? It's not for your own good. I don't know good people. If you don't eat it, I will eat it myself."

Xiao Yu and himself ate two pieces, carefully wrapped the rest in parchment paper, and kept Duan Shubai to eat when he came back.

He sent Qiuran to wash the clothes he had changed yesterday, while Xiao Yuhe finished washing and drying Duan Shubai's clothes, sat on the jade couch and sewed a few clothes, humming a little song to choose beans in the room. He sent some red beans, and he selected plump and bright red beans to make red bean rice.

As the general's wife, even if the conditions in Xinyangcheng are not good, she will not treat him badly. Naturally, someone will help him exchange any ingredients he wants with the villagers, and go to Yangcheng or even Xuanzhou to buy them.

"My lord, something has happened!" Qiu Ran hurriedly rushed into the wooden building and shouted.

Xiao Yuhe put down the dustpan, "What's the matter? Yelling, what can happen here?"

Qiu Ran hurriedly climbed the stairs while talking: "Young master, I heard on the way... my uncle was beaten with forty army sticks."

"What?" Xiao Yuhe patted the table and said angrily, "Who dares to hit him?"

"My aunt made the order himself, saying that it violated the military regulations..." Qiu Ran, who was standing at the door panting, finished speaking in a low voice, and then raised her eyes to peek at her young master.

Xiao Yuhe only felt that his heart was blocked in one breath, and something seemed to be blocked in his throat.After soaking in cold water at night, he became hot, and finally the fever subsided, and he was beaten with forty army sticks. He really thought he was hardened, Xiao Yuhe bulged his eyes, and gritted his teeth: "Qiu Ran, where is he, let's go find him." , so that he won’t be able to crawl back.”

"My lord, the execution was carried out in public over the square."

Xiao Yuhe hurried downstairs with Qiu Ran, and before he could walk out of the room, the person who "couldn't crawl" came back by himself.

Duan Shubai turned around and said to Zhang Changle: "You go back first."

Zhang Changle hesitated for a while, but said after a while: "Yes."

Duan Shubai stepped across the threshold with his back straightened.

Xiao Yuhe stood at the top of the stairs, watching the man come back by himself, his usual appearance was the same, he didn't even bend his back, and his anger was swept away. Have you been hit by a military baton? I know you haven’t, you are a general, how dare they fight—” Speaking of this, he suddenly saw the blood on the back of Duan Shu’s white shoulder, and exclaimed: “Blood!”

Duan Shubai walked a few steps to sit down at the square table, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it to quench his thirst.

Standing behind him, Xiao Yuhe carefully unbuttoned his clothes, revealing his bruised and purple back. Large and small shadows of sticks overlapped on the broad back. Xiao Yuhe's eyes were red, and his clothes were sticking to his flesh. With trembling hands, he gently removed them, and yelled for Qiu Ran to get the healing medicine.

Xiao Yuhe's eyes were red, and his voice choked up: "Why did they hit you?"

Duan Shubai smiled wryly: "I made a mistake and deserve to be punished."

Who told him to drag Young Master Jiao into the mire yesterday, lost his jade pendant, and missed his training appointment in the morning.

It's cool for a while, and the crematorium will follow.He deserved this series of disasters.

Xiao Yuhe snatched the teacup from his hand and threw it on the ground with all his strength. There was a crisp sound of "bang", and the broken tiles scattered in all directions. The cabin became even quieter. Xiao Yuhe said hoarsely, "I see! You You are blaming me! You blame me for not calling you in the morning! Then I am the one who caused you to violate military discipline, so let them beat me!"

Duan Shubai glanced at him lightly, took another teacup and poured tea: "It's none of your business."

Xiao Yuhe shed two tears, his eyes were red and swollen: "It's none of my business, it's my fault, then I should be punished together with you, you can let someone beat me forty sticks too."

Seeing his tear-filled eyes, Duan Shubai's heart softened suddenly. Seeing that Xiao Yuhe seemed to rush out to find someone to beat him with a stick, he quickly grabbed his wrist, made him sit on a stool beside him, and gently wiped his hands for him. Tears: "Say something stupid, if you beat me with forty sticks, will my young master Jiao still be there? Be good, well, you also made mistakes and must be punished. This general will punish you to apply medicine for me, will it work?"

Xiao Yuhe cried and muttered, "What kind of punishment is this?"

"Okay, okay, Qiu Ran brought the medicine, Xiao Yuhe, don't get punished yet." Duan Shubai ordered with a serious expression.

Xiao Yuhe took the medicine bottle awkwardly, and poured it on him with tears in his eyes, with gentle movements of his hands, for fear of accidentally hurting him.

Duan Shubai laughed out loud: "Can you hurry up? It makes me itchy. I'm afraid of itching if I'm not afraid of pain."

His words made Xiao Yuhe strike hard, Duan Shubai let out a gasp, Xiao Yuhe said viciously: "You deserve it!"

Even so, his next movements were still extremely gentle.

It took three cups of tea time for Xiao Yuhe to slowly finish his punishment.

Duan Shubai put on his clothes and fastened his belt, looked at Xiao Yuhe who was still in a bad mood, and said with a smile: "The medicine is finished, I'll take you somewhere."

Xiao Yuhe glared at him angrily: "Where are you going to go with this injury?"

Duan Shubai gave him a "relaxed" look, and joked: "Don't worry, I'm alive and well now, thank you Mr. Xiao for allowing me to sleep for more than an hour, I'm refreshed."

"You talk nonsense again, you know how to be brave."

"Don't try to be brave, follow me."

Duan Shubai took him to the woods to the west. Three houses had already been built beside the woods. These wooden houses would form a courtyard in the shape of "Hui". Now there are still people building wooden houses on the side. They saw Duan The two Shubai saluted and said: "I have seen the general, and I have seen the madam."

Duan Shubai nodded, and led Xiao Yuhe into the courtyard. There were many wooden boxes piled up in front of the built wooden house. The two stood in front of the pile of wooden boxes. Pretending to be a group of humming...little yellow ducks.

Xiao Yuhe looked at the people around him, and asked silently in his eyes: What did you bring me here for.

Duan Shubai patted Xiao Yuhe's shoulder, couldn't help laughing, touched his nose, then coughed and said seriously: "Comrade Xiao Yuhe, now the general officially appoints you as the director of the breeding department. This land is all under your control."

Comrade?Director of the Aquaculture Department?There are also this group of little yellow ducks, Xiao Yuhe almost bit his own tongue, he didn't know whether he was angry or why he trembled and said, "You actually let me, a prince of the Houfu, raise chickens and ducks?"

Duan Shubai stretched out a finger and shook it, "Not only chickens and ducks, but also lambs, cows, horses and rabbits in the future..."

Xiao Yuhe's voice doubled, "What's the difference!!"

Duan Shubai laughed: "Do you understand that labor is the most honorable thing? It's not good to be bored at home all day. This small wooden building is no better than a tall courtyard. You have no place to enjoy it. It's pitiful to see you looking in front of the window every day. "

Xiao Yuhe lowered his head and said sullenly: "Then let me chase the ducks. When you first came to Yangcheng, you coaxed me that you would let me live in a big house and ask the imperial chef to cook for me..."

Duan Shubai patted his head, and said softly: "Is it possible to build a big house for you in the future? Besides Yuchu, doesn't our family already have a chef who is better than Yuchu?"

"You mean me?" Xiao Yuhe pointed to himself.

Duan Shubai nodded.

Xiao Yuhe's eyes widened: "You bastard."

Duan Shubai nodded to confirm: "Okay, okay, I'm a bastard. By the way, there are two vegetable fields behind our house. I sorted out and planted some things before, and I will use them for the imperial chef."

Xiao Yuhe curled his lips and said in disgust: "Just your vegetable field, such wilting little cabbages and rotten eggplants."

Duan Shubai sneered: "Aren't I...not good at taking care of things, and the careful little Mr. Xiao will help me to keep things tidy."

Xiao Yuhe snorted and didn't say yes or no.

Seeing this, Duan Shubai continued with a smile: "Gianming will build another grape trellis at the door of the house, and put a swing under the trellis so that you can have a place to rest, and build a small pavilion near the lotus pond, where you can enjoy the shade at night and drink wine against the moon." .”

Xiao Yuhe crossed his arms and pointed out, "Then your pavilion needs to be repaired and repaired. If someone gets drunk and accidentally falls into the lotus pond, don't blame me for getting covered in mud."

"Well, you reminded me that a guardrail needs to be installed. After all, the one in our family who gets drunk easily is very delicate."

"Duan Shubai, you big bastard."