The sky is clear, the clouds are blue, and the chirping of birds is crisp and clear. They nimbly click on the skinny branches and jump around.
But Song Qingtang really felt that tens of thousands of muffled thunders were suddenly rolling in the sky.
My ears seemed to be buzzing, my eyes seemed white, and my heart seemed empty.
"Shen, Shen Lie," Song Qingtang's tongue was a little tangled, "You are actually so, so good. Last year, you asked me in your letter if there was any news about him in these years. Why are you now..."
"I also told you in my letter that I met him." Xia Zhaoyi said.
"I know, but..."
Song Qingtang couldn't speak any more.
The uncomfortable feeling in my heart was gurgling, bubbling, and a little sour.
However, it should be nothing.
Yes, time is so short, what can we do?
"Well..." Song Qingtang changed his approach, "Ah Li, if you ask Shen Lie, why don't you also ask me? I have experience in marching and fighting, and I have led troops to fight. Otherwise, you Ask me now?"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled and walked forward: "I'm going to find Miss Su."
"No, I'm serious," Song Qingtang followed, "Shen Lie, that pretty boy who only knows how to embroider, what does he know? He has never even been on a battlefield!"
"He can do embroidery with a needle," Xia Zhaoyi laughed and said, "How can he only do embroidery with a needle?"
"He, he really knows how to do it?" Song Qingtang was shocked.
"I don't know, so what? When you march and fight, don't you all sew your own clothes?"
"But we don't do embroidery." No, Song Qingtang felt that the topic had strayed, "Ah Li, just ask me, don't ask him."
"But you asked me this question just now, and now you have the answer."
"I was just trying to attract others!"
"Hahaha……"
"Really, if you ask me now, ask quickly and I will tell you right away!"
…
Seeing them walking further and further away, Li Man and Yang Fugui regained their composure and quickly followed.
There are girls inside and outside the Yamen court.
Some people stood side by side, some sat next to each other, leaning on each other, and some sat alone in the corner, staring blankly into the distance.
Seeing Xia Zhaoyi and Song Qingtang approaching, the girls looked over one after another. They all stood at attention and looked at the girl next to the young general with complicated eyes.
Su Yumei has told them Xia Zhaoyi's decision and method, including the gold that will be given to the head of the village and the head of the ten households.
Su Yumei's voice was very friendly and she spoke very slowly. When she said this, she kept gently emphasizing that they should live well.
And, she asked them not to forget the kindness of this girl Ali.
You can't live up to it, so you should live better and take care of yourself.
How incredible and shocking, but such a powerful army only obeys the orders of such a thin girl, which is beyond their knowledge.
A girl with red eyes said very softly: "Miss Ah Li, thank you very much."
Xia Zhaoyi looked at her.
"Miss Ali, thank you." Another girl said.
"If it weren't for Miss Ah Li, we don't know what we would have done."
"Even my own mother wanted to drown me when I was born. No one has ever treated me well."
"Thanks to Miss Ali for not giving up and being willing to lend a hand to help us."
"Thank you, Miss Ali."
"We will always remember Miss Ah Li's kindness."
…
The girls spoke one by one, and some of them cried softly.
Once the emotion is infected, many girls will cry.
Some people almost wanted to kneel down again, but remembering the general's warning, they held back.
Xia Zhaoyi took out a handkerchief and went over to wipe away the tears of a young woman.
"You guys, live a good life from now on." Xia Zhaoyi said softly.
"Yeah." The young woman burst into tears.
Xia Zhaoyi put the handkerchief into her hand: "I'll go inside and have a look. Don't cry."
There were also girls in the courtroom, and everyone spoke in a low voice, but when they were together, the atmosphere was boiling, so Su Yumei and the soldiers were not aware of the movement outside.
When the girls all shouted "Miss Ah Li" in low voices, Su Yumei raised her head and curled her lips at the girl who was walking towards her and smiled: "Miss Ah Li."
"Miss Laosu is here," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Go and rest."
"We all took turns sleeping at the desk, and I woke up not long ago." Su Yumei said with a smile.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at the two high stacks of books next to her and said, "It seems to be coming soon."
"Well, Miss Ali, I still admire you. You are really smart and thoughtful for coming up with this method." Su Yumei said.
"Yes, thank you Miss Ali." said the girl next to me.
Others also thanked him one after another.
"Okay, okay," Song Qingtang said, "Everyone who thanks me will get calluses on their ears. Ah Li still has business to do."
As soon as he appeared, many girls noticed him. The young man's overly straight body stood out from the crowd, coupled with his sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, he was so majestic and heroic that no one dared to take a direct look at him even when he was close.
"It's not really serious business," Xia Zhaoyi said to Su Yumei, "We will leave in the afternoon, will you come with us, or?"
Su Yumei was stunned: "Afternoon?"
"Um."
The girls next to me were also surprised.
"Miss Ali, are you leaving?"
"Are you leaving this afternoon?"
"Don't make any noise." Song Qingtang said.
Su Yumei thought for a while and said: "If you go north, I will follow you. If you go south, I won't."
Where exactly she was going, there were so many people here, it was hard for her to ask.
"What if we go east?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
"That's right... that's okay."
"We're going east."
"Then let's go together."
"Okay," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "My carriage is very spacious, you can rest, but the carriage is always bumpy, so it's not very good to sleep."
"I'm not afraid. My brother and I have been traveling north and south for more than ten years, and we are used to bumpy roads." Su Yumei also laughed.
Li Man and Yang Fugui did not follow Xia Zhaoyi and Song Qingtang in.
There were girls outside, standing far away from each other. At the stone railing on the other side of the platform, looking down, one could see the baggage trains being built and being built below.
Su Heng was good at carpentry. Su Yumei kept records of the girls' lives in the courtroom, and Su Heng helped Xia Jiajun build cars there.
Xia Jiajun has been fighting all year round and sleeping in the open air. He is already familiar with this kind of carpentry work, but Su Heng can still make a lot of improvements.
Looking further afield, the village chief and ten household chiefs had already led people to destroy the fields.
Destroying fertile farmland, for those who have experienced hunger and cold, is undoubtedly like ripping out and trampling on the heart.
Many people were crying and devastated, and some were slumped on the ground and crying loudly.
But after going back last night, all the heads of the ten households and the village chiefs discussed it, and they agreed with the girl's statement.
The fields must be destroyed as soon as possible while they can still be destroyed, otherwise they won’t be given the chance to destroy them in the future.
This Peifeng city was once prosperous, with many academies, bookstores, teahouses, ink workshops, and music workshops. No one wanted to be reduced to a slave who only farmed and cultivated soil all day long, and then turned in food every day.
"Such a big city must have been very beautiful back then." Yang Fugui said softly.
"It's almost the same as Hengxiang." Li Man said lightly.
"It's bigger than Weiping Mansion," Yang Fugui said, his eyes turning red, "Pei Feng looks pitiful, but our Weiping Mansion was flooded all over the city, and now I'm afraid it's just a dead city."
"Well," Li Man nodded, "The Weiping Mansion in Youzhou was flooded, and the world was shocked. In those days, people in Hengxiang Teahouse were angrily cursing about it. I heard that the corpses floated all the way from the Cangjiang River, and even Zhaozhou
Able to."
Yang Fugui's lips trembled: "Originally, my eldest brother and my sister could live, but unfortunately the roof they were standing on suddenly collapsed. I watched helplessly as they were washed away by the water. I couldn't do anything. I screamed at the top of my lungs.
It's broken. If I hadn't been dragged by others, I would have jumped down together..."
Li Mandu paused and suddenly became speechless.
"Their corpses were rushed into the river and could not be found. I will never find them again. Wuwuwu..."
Yang Fugui covered his face and cried softly.
Xia Zhaoyi and Song Qingtang stopped ten steps behind them.
Song Qingtang looked at Yang Fugui's shaking shoulders, took a deep breath, and looked sideways at Xia Zhaoyi.
There was not much expression on the girl's face, she was calm and peaceful.
She looked at Yang Fugui's back for a while, looking past his and Li Man's shoulders to the more distant horizon.
