Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 233 Family Letter (Happy Children's Day, my dears~)

Peach Blossom Village.

That day, while Lin Qin was on leave, he took his wife and children back to Taohua Village.

When they came back, Old Mrs. Mei was talking to Old Mrs. Yuan in her yard.

The two old ladies were each doing their own work, and they were very happy to see Lin Qin coming back.

"You guys didn't even tell me in advance when you came back. Just have lunch at my house. The second brother went up the mountain yesterday and hunted some rabbits and pheasants, but they haven't touched them yet!"

Old Mrs. Mei tried hard to invite Lin Qin to have dinner at their home, and Old Mrs. Yuan also tried hard to invite Lin Qin to have dinner at her home.

"Old sister, Lin Qin is my husband's disciple. He finally came back, so naturally he will have dinner at our house."

Old Lady Yuan used her connections to explain the situation, and then added, "I'll have Erlang drive to town to buy a roast chicken and bring back some wine. We'll have the meal at our house today."

As she said this, Grandma Yuan wanted Grandma Mei to come and eat with her, but Grandma Mei refused.

There are quite a lot of people in their family.

Lin Qin smiled as he felt the enthusiasm of the two old ladies. He turned around and asked Bai to take Alu to Yuan's house first, while he himself took the things that Yao Lin bought for Mei's family from the donkey cart.

There were so many pieces of cloth, grain and snacks that even old lady Mei was shocked by the amount.

"Oh my god, Lin Qin, why did you give us so many things? You guys spent money everywhere in Yao Lin's place, why did you buy these for us? Didn't we just send you some food a few times? That's not worth the price, right?"

Just for that piece of fine cotton cloth, a few days ago, Old Lady Mei and Mrs. Jiang were planning to make a small dress for little Mei Li, and she specifically asked about it when she was buying the cloth in the cloth shop.

This is not cheap, but Lin Qin gave him one directly.

Apart from this cloth, there are other items that don't look cheap. How could Mrs. Mei dare to accept them?

"Madam, please accept it. Mei Qian asked me to buy it for you."

"Ah? Qian girl?"

When she heard that Mei Qian asked someone to buy things for the family, Old Lady Mei immediately looked around cautiously and whispered, "Qian girl, why did she ask you to buy so much? Is she okay now?"

"very good."

Lin Qin nodded. To be honest, he was shocked when he found out that Mei Qian was now Chu Ji's disciple and was also the military advisor for this march.

Of course, he couldn't tell these to Old Lady Mei.

"This is the letter Mei Qian brought back. Madam, please read it. If you have any letters or small items before I leave this afternoon, please give them to me and I will ask someone to send them back."

"Hey, okay, okay!"

Old Mrs. Mei took the letter cautiously and nodded repeatedly.

After Lin Qin left, Old Lady Mei quickly put away the things Lin Qin brought.

At this time, she was the only one at home, so she simply waited for Jiang and Han, who had gone to the river to wash vegetables and clothes, to come back before checking the news together.

Today, Cui'er and Shitou drove a donkey cart to the town's clinic to check on the baby in Cui'er's belly.

Mei Laoer also brought some game he got from hunting yesterday to sell.

Now Mei Qian's letter is shared among the three of them in the family.

Han was very supportive of this and was able to respond appropriately no matter what Jiang read out.

"Oh my! Qian girl, are you really a bookkeeper?"

Mei Qian did not say that he would participate in the march and fighting, but only explained that because he was smart and good at math, he became the chief clerk in the city.

"There are grades, right?"

Han also spoke appropriately, and Old Lady Mei hummed and said, "Eighth rank~"

"Oh, this is incredible! Sister-in-law, you will enjoy happiness in the future!"

When Han heard that he was going to be an official, he felt very proud.

Her aunt-in-law was in such a state, and as her biological mother, Jiang was extremely happy.

However, she was a little bit unbelievable while being happy, and she repeatedly confirmed: "Qianqian is a woman, is she really an official?" It's not that she looked down on her daughter, but she had never seen a woman become an official in this world.

"Sister-in-law, when you were reading the letter just now, didn't you notice what Qian said, 'Are there any female generals in Jiangbei?

Then is it abnormal for Qianqian to be a little chief clerk? Besides, I think Qian is really smart!
From now on, there will be an official in our family, too! "

Han was so happy that she almost danced with joy, but Old Lady Mei was still calm. She glared at Han and said:
"Keep your mouth shut outside! Jiangbei is not the same as us..."

As she spoke, Old Lady Mei pointed to the top of her head. Han immediately stopped smiling and gestured to shut up.

However, Han kept her mouth shut, and Mrs. Mei's serious face didn't hold back, and she said, "At worst, we can go back later. As long as Jiangbei drives away the Xirong soldiers, it will be fine."

People like Old Lady Mei don't care at all who is the emperor above their heads. What they care about is being able to live in peace, or to make further progress with some effort.

Just like now, to be honest, when Old Lady Mei knew that Mei Qian was really an official, how could she not know in her heart who Mei Qian was serving?
Anyway, it’s not Jiangnan.
"What mom said makes sense!"

Jiang's eyes lit up. Last year, she and Mei Erhu were worried about Mei Qian and wanted to go find her, but Mei Qian herself wrote back to reject them.

But knowing that Mei Qian is doing well and is getting better steadily, the chance for their family reunion in the future is just around the corner.

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Mei Qian hasn't thought about the future of Jiangbei. After Mei Qian arrived, in addition to watching Su Jingkang and his soldiers training every day, she also watched Su Jingkang and his soldiers training every day.

Mei Qian always felt that compared with the old and young in the city, their army had some "surplus labor".

So that night, after Su Jingkang and his two deputy generals finished dinner, Mei Qian came over and started talking about the follow-up arrangements.

“I see that the walls of Ningcheng have been in disrepair for a long time, and the catapults on the towers are also rotten.

We have so many soldiers here, and apart from daily patrols and training, we actually have enough manpower.

Otherwise, let's take care of the city defense."

"City defense? How many people are needed? How long will it take?"

Upon hearing about the city wall, Su Jingkang subconsciously felt that the one Mei Qian mentioned might require a large amount of construction work, and he became a little hesitant.

"It will take a long time. As long as the weather is good, with the manpower I have, it will be finished in less than ten days. We are just repairing it, not tearing it down and rebuilding it."

After hearing about it for a short time, Su Jingkang also became somewhat tempted.

“Also, after the next spring rain, it will be time for spring planting.

I see that there are many old people, children, women and children in the city. If they really want to farm, I guess they can't grow much. When our people are no longer trained, we can help them farm. "

"Military Advisor, how much do we have to do?"

Wang Yu and Zhang Qi felt overwhelmed when they heard what Mei Qian said.

They are soldiers, why do they do everything?

"I didn't say we should do it together. If we separate and follow the timeline, it won't be much.

Besides, where do our military rations come from? We have also adopted the method of farming in other places, and soldiers also have to farm when there is no war.

Another part of the military rations was collected from the common people.

What if what the common people grow themselves is not enough to eat? What can you get?

Although Ningcheng is not a place we often stay in, can we really do nothing here?
When you march and fight, besides finding a way out for yourself, isn't it also to protect the people?"

After Mei Qian finished speaking, Su Jingkang listened to Mei Qian's words in silence.

Mei Qian's words reminded him of his deceased father, who had said something similar.

"Since all this was proposed by you, Mei Qian, then let's do it according to your idea. But don't put the cart before the horse and delay our mission."

"Don't worry~"

Since Mei Qian made this suggestion, he had naturally made the preparations beforehand.

It was tattered when she came, so she should have left some traces here when she left...

Today is Children's Day, I wish all babies a happy Children's Day~