incense as a medium

Chapter 28

Liu Bailu sneered back: "If you go to the battlefield and let you be the bait, would you be willing?"

Liu Zifeng replied without hesitation: "Being a soldier naturally should be prohibited. The general must have his own intentions in ordering this. If you die yourself, you can complete the entire strategic plan, so why not?"

Liu Zifeng, who has always been a bit submissive, actually refuted the elder sister's words so generously and simply, which surprised everyone. Mrs. Bai even looked at Liu Zifeng in disbelief, and then was shocked by the meaning of his words, and grabbed her. Holding Liu Zifeng's hand, he begged: "My aunt begs you, if something like this happens in the future, let someone else go, you are my aunt's lifeblood, so don't let anything happen to you!"

Liu Zifeng patted Bai Shi's hand, and comforted: "Don't worry, Auntie, I have my own measure."

That's what he said, but his expression said it all.

Liu Bailu shook his head secretly, still feeling that Kang Yibang was too cruel.The Li people are not Kang Yibang's soldiers, why should they cooperate with his strategic deployment?Why sacrifice ordinary people to fulfill his military exploits?
The whole family was talking, and Xiang Bo knocked on the door and came in, holding a bronzing post, and said: "Master, madam, General Kang is coming to visit tomorrow."

Liu Junge took the post and opened it to see, the title on it turned out to be bringing the imperial physician to visit?When was there a doctor in the barracks?Liu Junge forwarded the post in his hand to Liu Su who was also curious. Liu Su was overjoyed when he saw it. After taking a peek at Liu Bailu, he said to Xiang Bo: "Well, get ready. General Kang will explain tomorrow. Come later, I’m afraid I’m going to finish my meal here, and go to Yongkang Pass tomorrow to buy some food and come back.”

"Yes." Xiang Bo agreed.

Liu Bailu wondered what this Kang Yibang was doing here at this time?After all, I just caught the secret work, and I want to interrogate immediately, and find out how many secret works Tatar has arranged in Dazhou, and how to arrange them. What are you doing at their house?

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The next day was the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month. Because of the disturbance of the Tatars, the atmosphere of the whole Xiongtang County was a little sad for the New Year. They all held up their smiling faces to buy new year's goods again.

Early in the morning, the sister-in-law of the Lin family knocked on the door of Liu's house, and brought a piece of bacon and four or five pieces of smoked fish. Sitting in the living room of the main room of Liu's house and looking at the magnificent decoration of Liu's house, sister-in-law of the Lin family smiled and said: "I know You have no preparations, food and use will definitely be ruined by others, and now it’s a big festival, and it’s such a situation, I’m afraid it’s not easy to buy outside, so I’ll send you some, there are not many things, that’s what it means .”

Mrs. Liu Su hurriedly thanked her, and asked Yuniang to come over with a small box of snacks, and said with a smile: "You're bothering. We don't have anything to return. The previous one made some snacks and put them away. Fortunately, no one ruined them." Yes, you can take it back for the children to taste."

Lin's sister-in-law quickly got up to thank her, and said: "I heard that your girl's needlework is good, if you can, can you point out my girl's needlework?"

Lin's sister-in-law's daughter is only ten years old, not very old, but it's time for her to learn how to sew. Among the boudoir ladies in Beijing, who doesn't start to pick up needles and thread as soon as she can walk?
Finding something for Liu Bailu to do can divert her attention, now just thinking about what happened yesterday, Liu Su's heart felt terrified for a while, fearing that Liu Bailu would have the idea of ​​committing suicide again, so she nodded and agreed: " If you are free, just ask your girl to come over. We Bailu don’t know anyone here, so it’s good to have someone to play with her. Yu Niang, go and call the lady over.”

As Liu Su said, she raised her voice to call people.

Not long after, Liu Bailu came in, and as soon as he entered the door, Lin's sister-in-law held her hand, looked up and down non-stop, and her loud voice made Liu Bailu's heart pounding: "You are really a good girl, yesterday! I’ve heard about this! You can really do it! Better than when I was young! But child, it’s better to live than to die, so don’t be overwhelmed at any time.”

Liu Bailu's ears hurt from Lin's sister-in-law's loud voice, she didn't hear what she said clearly, she just nodded indiscriminately, her head was slightly tilted back, and her brows were slightly frowned. Her appearance made Lin's sister-in-law change Turning pale, he shook off Liu Bailu's hand, and snorted, "You're a lady from Beijing after all, don't you think I'm dirty?"

Liu Bailu didn't understand what Lin's sister-in-law meant, and wondered, "What is sister-in-law talking about?"

Lin's sister-in-law turned away, looked at Liu Bailu out of the corner of her eye, and said, "You must have heard about me. In your capital, should you soak in a pig cage or ride a wooden donkey? Or..."

Hearing that the sister-in-law of the Lin family became more and more blunt, it was not suitable for Liu Bailu, a girl who had not left the court, Liu Su quickly interrupted her, and while winking at Liu Bailu, said: "What are you talking about, Bailu doesn't have that Meaning. We admire your tightness."

At this time, Liu Bailu realized why sister-in-law Lin was so awkward, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab her hand, and said with a smile, "Look at what sister-in-law said. How could I despise sister-in-law?"

"Then hide back!" Lin's sister-in-law asked viciously.

Liu Bailu's ears buzzed, her brows frowned again, and she tried not to hide back. She forced a smile and said, "It's because my sister-in-law spoke too loudly, which made my ears hurt."

"Really?" Sister-in-law Lin didn't believe it.

"Is there still a fake?" Liu Bailu laughed, sat down next to Lin's sister-in-law, and said with a smile: "I came from Beijing. I am familiar with the rules of the boudoir in Beijing. So I am a little bit uncomfortable with some things at the border. Big habit, I don’t quite understand why you do this. But in my opinion, you are all extremely brave. Because living always requires more courage than dying. This person is dead, and once he is dead, he is alive, and he has to face There are more things to think about. There are more things to remember. In the future, you will be tortured by things you don’t want to remember. People with an open mind, such as sister-in-law, may pass by with a smile Yes. A person with a delicate and complicated mind, I am afraid that he will spend his whole life in pain."

Liu Bailu's words reached the heart of Lin's sister-in-law, and she took Liu Bailu's hand and chatted about herself.

Liu Sushi saw it, and didn't intervene. After all, Liu Bailu has a straightforward temper and a slow mind. He might be used by people in Beijing, and he can't keep up with others' twisted minds. It's more suitable The people here.It's just that the girl I brought up with great difficulty really wants to spend the rest of her life in such a remote place?Daily necessities, rice, oil and salt are calculated to make ends meet?

Here, Liu Bailu and sister-in-law of the Lin family are having a lively chat. The sister-in-law of the Wang family, the sister-in-law of the Li family, and the sister-in-law of the Zhang family came in together, each carrying a basket, or a dozen eggs, or pickled vegetables made by themselves. , bacon etc.It's not expensive either, but it solved the urgent need of the Liu family.

They were not too surprised to see Sister-in-law Lin was there. The three of them walked around the living room and flower hall together, stood at the door of the bedroom and looked in, admired for a long time, then sat with Sister-in-law Lin Go chat.

They also know what happened yesterday, so they will inevitably teach Liu Bailu that "life is the most important thing", so that she will look away from everything in the future.

After such a morning, all the residents in the entire Lihua Lane brought some food to the Liu family for the New Year's needs, and even those households who needed to do funerals also sent some rice noodles and other things.

Lin's sister-in-law saw Liu Bailu's puzzled face, and said with a smile: "People here are used to hiding food and everything. On the surface, it is only needed for three to five days, so the loss is not big. On the contrary. You, you just moved here not long ago, and you have no experience in war, so we can guess that you don’t have much food, so we sent it here. It’s not for nothing. If someone needs help with something in the future, You guys have to go. For example, those families are holding funerals these days, so it’s fine if Mr. Liu can’t get a vacation in the military camp. Your eldest brother is a gentleman, so you don’t have to interfere with these taboo things. But your family’s Xiang Bo Yuniang still There is that little girl Shuang Jiang, who can go over to help. If possible, it is best for the master to send someone over. The neighbors in this street, you all go there are servants, and some people feel uncomfortable. By the way, there are Don't give too much gift money when worshiping, lest people will not pay in the future."

Don't look at the sister-in-law of the Lin family, who is big and thick, and has a loud voice, but she is very thoughtful, and she said everything that Liu Bailu thought of and didn't expect.

Liu Bailu quickly thanked her, and said: "Sister-in-law is more careful, I can't think of so much."

The sister-in-law of the Lin family laughed and said: "People like you naturally don't care about these personal relationships. It's not that I am careful. You will know after staying for a long time."

In order to thank sister-in-law Lin for her advice, Liu Bailu specially gave her sister-in-law a pair of purses, one for her and one for her daughter.The purse is made of very common jacquard cotton, with a simple bluegrass pattern embroidered on it, thinly outlined with colored threads, and brightly colored webbing, but the sister-in-law of the Lin family is so rare that she keeps chanting "" It's worth a lot of money." While hanging the purse on his waist, he was about to go out to show off to others.

When they arrived at Shenzheng, Qi Peiyun knocked on the door of Liu's house with Shi Ce, Wu Zeng and Zhang Ting who were carrying the food and drinks.

When Liu Bailu heard that they were coming, he looked out through the window and saw that none of the four people were empty-handed, so he couldn't help smiling at Shuangjiang: "Look, don't we have dinner tonight? The New Year’s goods are all ready.”

Since this early morning, the Liu family has never lost people, and Shuangjiang and Yuniang have no time to go to Yongkangguan to buy things. Shuangjiang can't help but feel a little resentful. Then someone delivered something.

Shuang Jiang counted with his fingers for a long time, and said with a smile: "Sure enough. If each family sends something over, we will have it all. But, what kind of gifts should we return? There are some rulers in the warehouse, but Those are all good materials, so it’s a pity to give them away. Is it appropriate to give away those with bad materials?”

Liu Bailu thought of something to send out, so she told Shuang Jiang, "Go to the storeroom and get that two-foot-square box with auspicious wishes."

Shuang Jiang agreed, and quickly brought the box over. She asked, "What do you want this for, Miss?"

Liu Bailu took out the key and opened the box. There were all kinds of purses neatly stacked inside, including red satin pine crane extension gourd-shaped purses, and white gauze bottom covered with velvet embroidered tortoise pattern purses.Diamond-shaped handkerchief bags, fan-shaped purses, heart-shaped purses, and some color-matched purses, spliced ​​together some fine cloth heads of high-quality materials, and sewed them with excellent embroidery. After sewing, the stitches formed The natural texture makes the whole purse seamless.

(End of this chapter)