Chapter 554： Mind

  Although Mu Yangling didn't mention it again, and didn't punish Chen Ming's family, he called Lichun and said, "Tap on Chen Ming's family, and let her not forget the rules."

"Fourth grandma, why don't you detain her at home."

"No, even though we don't communicate very much with the villagers, we can't cut off contact." Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Even if Mu Yangling doesn't expect the villagers to help them in the future, he must not fall into trouble, and Chen Ming and Chen Ming's family are the bonds among them. .

Lichun understood and went down to beat Chen Ming's house without mentioning it.

After the seventh day of the first lunar month, the lively New Year's Eve in the village passed, and the guards came back excitedly from the outside to report, "Fourth grandma, good news, Xixia has retired."

"Why so fast?"

The guard smiled all over his face, "It's the fourth master, he let people bypass the Xixia army to attack Xixia from Tongchuan, and attacked the Xixia domestic army with the Jin Guo army, Xixia was in danger, so he will stay in Dazhou. The army was transferred back to support, and the fourth master immediately took over the prefecture occupied by Xixia."

"Where did he get so many people?" Mu Yangling asked anxiously.

The    guard's face became even wider, and he said, "That's why the fourth master is very powerful. He has recruited a few bandit troops, and the soldiers are all at once."

"Because of the great victory of the fourth master on the front line, the uncle's side is also a lot easier. The second prince, who has been fighting against the uncle through the Xixia army, lost a lot of state capitals at once. It is said that those Xixia cavalry rushed back to Xixia for support. The second prince doesn't care."

Mu Yangling couldn't help but smile, "Then can't we go back soon?"

The guard quickly said: "Now the uncle has almost wiped out the rebels who followed the second prince, but the bandits are rampant, but those people are not to be afraid of."

This is just a comforting word from the first guard. Now that the rebels account for one-third of Dazhou, how can it be nothing to be afraid of?

But Mu Yangling was still very happy and ran to share the news with Li Jinghua.

Li Jinghua breathed a sigh of relief, recited the Buddha sincerely, and said, "No wonder they all say that the fourth uncle fought fiercely. I rarely hear him lose battles here, most of them are good news."

Mu Yangling said proudly and modestly: "Sister-in-law, don't praise him, he is also a little shrewd in the matter of war, and has no other skills."

Li Jinghua said: "This is a troubled world, and being able to fight is the greatest skill, so don't be greedy enough."

After speaking, he said worriedly: "This war is the most expensive, and with the uncle's side, I don't know if the money is enough. A-Ling, I want to arrange the dowry in an orderly manner and ask someone to convert it into silver and send it to the uncle, although it is not much. , I can support it anyway.”

Mu Yangling opened his mouth slightly and said, "How can I use my sister-in-law's dowry?"

Li Jinghua said lightly: "My husband and I are one body, what can't be used."

Seeing her frown slightly, Mu Yangling realized instantly that Li Jinghua felt uneasy and thought about it: "Then sister-in-law, go do it, you wrote me a letter, I will let the guards send it back, and I will take care of myself. Someone will do it."

Li Jinghua nodded with a slight smile, took Mu Yangling's hand and said, "Thank you, if it wasn't for your help, I wouldn't be able to do anything even if I had the heart."

Mu Yangling smiled and changed the subject: "Aren't Xiaobao and Xiaoxiong here with my sister-in-law, where are they?"

"I'm reading books inside. Half-aged children don't even know the word, but they like to read books the most." Li Jinghua was happy when she talked about the children, and went into the inner room with Mu Yangling to see the two children.

The two children were sitting next to each other with a picture book on their heads, with the window behind, but because it was still in the first month and the weather was very cold, the window was closed. Wen Cui guessed that she was worried that the light was not good. Candles are lit, and the house is bright.

The picture book that the two children looked at was a picture of a hundred birds drawn by Li Haoran, which contained tigers and lions, including rabbits, chickens and ducks, and was also marked with words and explanations. It was sent by Qi Haoran a few years ago.

What if Li Jinghua envied Mu Yangling?

is also an only son. Although Qi Xiuyuan has a gentle tone when he writes about his son, he often asks people to bring some small things for his son, but those things are bought, unlike Qi Haoran, who makes most of the things he gives to his son by himself.

As big as a cart, as small as a grasshopper made of wild grass, this album Qi Haoran has been preparing for half a year.

The picture book is not thick, if you have enough time, you can finish it in two or three days. Plus, it is a fine brushwork painting. If you are good at painting, you don’t want the charm, but only the appearance, and you can finish it in two days, but Qi Haoran found that Fighting on the front line.

According to the person who brought things over, Qi Haoran only sleeps for two hours a day. Sometimes the war is tense, and it is common to only sleep for half an hour a day, but he always takes a quarter of an hour to paint this album every day. Be attentive.

Looking at this album, Li Jinghua would think of the little things Qi Xiuyuan gave her when she got engaged. At that time, she was very happy and thought that maybe no one would be happier than her, because some men would buy her these little things.

But looking at Mu Yangling now, Li Jinghua feels that the Qi brothers are just a bunch of people who can coax people. What Qi Xiuyuan gave her was bought by himself, but Qi Haoran made it by himself.

Mu Yangling didn't know that Li Jinghua was envious of her. Seeing the two children were flipping through the album, he went up to pick up the little bear, flipped through the album, then casually opened a page, pointed to the animal on it and asked, "What is this? ?"

The little bear grumbled a few words, picked up the album excitedly, pointed to the things on it and talked to Mu Yangling.

Mu Yangling didn't understand a word after listening to it for a long time, but Xiaobao said first: "I know, it's a tiger." After saying that, he called out, "Tiger!"

The little bear also followed the "Ow" sound, and continued to speak the language of the child country excitedly.

Mu Yangling was a little worried, "He is so old, why can't he speak? I remember that Xiaobao could speak simple words when he was his age."

Li Jinghua smiled and said, "What are you anxious about, Xiaoxiong is not yet over a year old, Xiaobao talks early, but Xiaoxiong walks early. Whose children have you seen learn to walk as early as him?"

Mu Yangling became complacent again, "That's right, each has his own strengths, maybe he is just like his father, excellent in martial arts."

Mu Yangling turned him upside down and asked, "Do you want daddy? Do you know who gave you this picture album?"

Little Bear ignored his mother, struggled to climb onto the couch, and began to stand up tremblingly, and even pulled Xiaobao, pointing to the decal on the window and shouting "Aah".

Little Treasure stood up immediately, ran over to take a photo of the window, and the little bear stumbled over and slapped the little slap up, making their nurses worried, for fear of hurting their little hands.

Mu Yangling and Li Jinghua sat with the child for most of the day, and only got up and took the bear back when it was nap time.

Little Treasure was clamoring to sleep with Little Bear, and Li Jinghua waved his hand like a headache: "Okay, okay, let's take him away, my brother is much more important than my mother."

Mu Yangling smiled and asked Nanny to hug Xiaobao and go with her.

Back in the house, the little bear was craving for milk, Mu Yangling fed him, and then put him on the bed and slept with Xiaobao.

Lichun saw that there was no one else in the house, so he asked curiously: "Fourth grandma, the eldest grandma has been a little weird recently. She even let the second young master play with the fourth young master, and she is more concerned about grandma than ever."