In the blink of an eye, five days passed. Before dawn, Shen You quietly got up and dressed.
Feng Shaojun turned over on the bed and opened his eyes: "Are you leaving so early?"
Shen You hummed, lowered his head, kissed Feng Shaojun on the face, and then kissed his son's chubby face: "If I go to the military camp, it will take five or six days to come back."
"If you get bored staying at home, take Brother Xu out for a walk, or find Sister-in-law and the others to talk to and keep company."
The atmosphere in the border town is open, and it is common for women to go out. There are also many women who work in public to earn money.
It is a common practice in the DPRK that foreign military officers are not allowed to bring their families with them. Ordinary soldiers do not have this level of trouble. Some who do not want their husbands and wives to be separated for a long time travel hundreds and thousands of miles to the border town. Every month, two soldiers During the holidays, couples can get together.
There are many women like this in border towns. When their husbands are in the military camp, it is not unusual for women to support their families and go out to work.
Feng Shaojun also went out twice in the past few days and was very satisfied with the environment and atmosphere.
"Don't worry, I can take good care of myself and Brother Xu." Feng Shaojun blinked and smiled lazily and comfortably: "Just go to the military camp with peace of mind."
Gentleness is the best way to kill a man's will.
Shen You sighed, turned and left.
Brother Xu seemed to sense something and moved uneasily. Feng Shaojun smiled and put his fat son into his arms, patting his son's back gently. Brother Xu leaned into his mother's warm and soft arms, "Smash it." He opened his mouth and fell asleep sweetly again.
Feng Shaojun chuckled lightly and leaned his head against Brother Xu's. After a while, he fell asleep in a daze.
When I opened my eyes again, the sun was rising again.
Mother Zheng was dressing Brother Xu with a smile, and Jixiang was helping her master dress up, when Feng Shaojun sighed leisurely: "I'm living such a lazy life these days."
Ji Xiang pursed his lips and smiled, with two small pear dimples showing on his cheeks: "Isn't this great? You can sleep whenever you want, eat when you want, drink when you want, and just go out for a walk every day. "
"Yes! I think life like this is quite good." Mother Zheng answered with a smile: "Young lady has been busy for these years, so it's time for her to take a break."
Feng Shaojun smiled and said nothing.
It's good to take a few days to rest while busy. It's impossible to keep her idle like this. She has been in the border town for a few days and has settled down. It's time to do something serious.
…
After breakfast, Mother Zheng took Brother Xu to play, and Feng Shaojun led Ji Xiang out of the house.
The master and servant took a carriage and arrived at the busiest street in the border town.
"Hongzhuangge!" Jixiang was a little surprised and a little excited: "Look, miss, there is actually a branch of Hongzhuangge here!"
Seeing a familiar sign in a strange place feels like meeting old friends again.
Feng Shaojun chuckled and casually ordered: "I'm going in to buy some rouge and gouache, and you should come with me."
Ji Xiang nodded happily, and got off the carriage with his master and entered Hongzhuang Pavilion. Hongzhuang Pavilion is the most famous rouge and gouache shop in Daqi, with more than 100 branches across the north and south of Daqi.
Although this Hongzhuang Pavilion is not as spacious as the Hongzhuang Pavilion in the capital, it still has a spacious front with three rooms. The interior is elegantly furnished, and there are also several private rooms specially designed to entertain officials and their female relatives.
As soon as Feng Shaojun showed up, a woman immediately came to greet her and introduced her into the private room. Jixiang was guarding the door of the private room.
Feng Shaojun made a few gestures to the woman. The woman was startled and immediately stepped back. After a while, a woman in her forties came in.
This 40-year-old woman was a member of the Luo family. Her husband died a few years after she got married, and she returned to her parents' home as a widow. Then she came to the border town and opened this Hongzhuang Pavilion.
This is Luo's identity on the surface, but secretly he is Eunuch Yang's subordinate.
Luo Shi had already received a letter from Eunuch Yang. When she saw Feng Shaojun, she immediately knelt down and said, "A civilian woman has seen Mrs. Shen!"
Feng Shaojun glanced at him and said calmly: "Shopkeeper Luo stood up and spoke."
Luo was not a big or small person on weekdays, and he was considered a somewhat famous figure in the border town. At this time, he was respectful to Feng Shaojun: "Thank you, Mrs. Shen."
Before Feng Shaojun could open his mouth, Luo Shi whispered: "Eunuch Yang sent a letter half a month ago, instructing the women to listen to Madam. The first day Madam came to the border town, the women received the news. They just didn't dare to come to the door without permission. , please forgive me, madam."
Putting aside the fact that Feng Shaojun's official identity was that of the royal wife conferred by the imperial court, just looking at the content of Yang Gonggong's letter was enough to awe Luo.
Eunuch Yang gave all the secret guards and spies in the border town to Feng Shaojun. In other words, from now on, Luo Shi and others will become Feng Shaojun's subordinates and must obey orders.
According to the rules followed in the secret guard, Shangfeng has the power of life and death over his subordinates. To be trusted and valued by Eunuch Yang so much shows that Feng Shaojun is not an easy person. Therefore, Luo Shi did not dare to underestimate the soft, beautiful and smiling Feng Shaojun in front of him. .
Feng Shaojun did not waste any time and said: "Pass my order on. Everyone will do their duty and everything will be business as usual. If anything happens, send a message to Shen Mansion immediately."
"Also, I want to meet the secret guards in the border army."
Luo Shi responded respectfully: "They are all in the military camp. They can't leave the military camp until two days at the end of each month. Calculating the time, we still have to wait four days."
Feng Shaojun nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll come back in four days."
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An hour later, Ji Xiang got on the carriage holding three boxes of rouge.
Feng Shaojun had no intention of going back, so he went to a silk shop, sat in a teahouse for half an hour, and went to a dental shop. Finally, he went to the Salesian Church.
There are Salesian churches all over the country. They specialize in taking in orphans who have no father or mother, either their parents died of illness or they were disabled and abandoned by their parents. There are often wars in border towns, so there are even more orphans like this.
There are as many as five Salesian churches like this in border towns. They rely on the yamen for support on weekdays, and occasionally wealthy businessmen donate some rice.
After Feng Shaojun entered the Salesian Hall, he identified himself and stated that he would send rice and food every month in the future. The steward of the Salesian Hall looked grateful and thanked him repeatedly.
Feng Shaojun's eyes turned around on the faces of these thin orphan children with timid and almost numb expressions. Even though she was cold-hearted, she felt pity at this time.
There is nothing more painful than this in the world.
Compared to these orphans, Shen You was very lucky. He had no father or mother since he was a child, but he had an uncle and aunt who loved him and treated him as his own son, and brothers who were as close as brothers.
Of course, Feng Shaojun came to Salesian Church not only to do good deeds.
She walked around in a circle, secretly paying attention to a few children who looked bright, called the steward, and whispered a few words. The steward smiled quickly and said: "It is their blessing to be favored by Madam."
