The officials and generals nearby were all praising the two children for their good looks.
An official's wife came over to talk to Tang Miaoxin, and she went to talk to several officials' wives.
Although Little Sweet Pea can always see little stars and little watermelons, she also thinks they are very cute.
But since so many people praised them for being cute, he thought they were even cuter.
Everyone praised them, and Little Sweet Dou felt extremely happy.
He approached Mu Yunxiu and asked, "Master, are my brother and sister cute?"
Mu Yunxiu nodded: "Very cute!"
Xiao Tiandou's eyes lit up when he heard this. He felt that he should praise Mu Yunxiu at this time.
So he smiled and said: "Master, you are also very good-looking. When you find a beautiful master wife in the future, you will definitely give birth to beautiful babies."
Mu Yunxiu laughed when he heard this. He reached out and touched Xiao Tiandou's head, but did not answer.
He has no plans to get married in his life and is unlikely to have children of his own.
He smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that I won't love you anymore after I marry my wife and have my own children?"
Little Sweet Bean said seriously: "I am so smart and cute, but I think your children may not be as good as me. I don't need to compete with them for favor."
"Besides, it will probably take several years for you to marry your master's wife and have children, and I will be old by then."
"I'm already an adult, so how can I argue with a little kid?"
The smile on Mu Yunxiu's face became even stronger: "Little brat? You finally admit that you are a brat now!"
Little Sweet Bean's face froze, and she puffed her cheeks and said, "I have grown up now! Little Watermelon and Little Star are just brats!"
Mu Yunxiu couldn't help laughing. Children always look forward to growing up, but they don't know how much trouble they will have when they grow up.
Seeing him smiling like this, Xiao Tiandou snorted and said, "What's so funny!"
"Master is still a bachelor now! I don't even know where my wife is, let alone my junior brother!"
Mu Yunxiu said warmly: "It's not urgent. I think it's good to be alone now."
In addition to practicing martial arts with Ning Guzhou, Xiao Tiandou spent the longest time with Mu Yunxiu, and the two had already gotten over their relationship.
He had a good impression of this gentle and jade-like master. He always got along with others in a gentle manner and always returned to his yard alone.
Although Xiao Tiandou is young, he is a sensitive child. He can always see a kind of loneliness and loneliness under Mu Yunxiu's gentle appearance.
He pulled Mu Yunxiu's sleeve and said, "I think you can hurry up."
"If you really end up alone, that would be too pitiful."
Mu Yunxiu chuckled and played the word in front of Xiao Tiandou's forehead: "What do children know about dying alone? Where did you learn the word!"
Xiao Tiandou was close to him, but she was not afraid of him. She was not angry even after being hit. She just covered her forehead and said, "I learned it from books!"
"The main reason is that I am lazy. If you don't marry and have children, and I am the only disciple, I will have to support you in your old age alone."
"Although my family is not short of money, taking care of an elderly person should be a very labor-intensive task. I'm afraid I won't be able to do it well."
His words were somewhat mature, which made Mu Yunxiu feel a little touched.
Sweetpea is a precocious child, but he is well protected by those around him.
He is very skinny, but when he calms down, he will think about a lot of things, and because he is still young, he still half understands many things.
But his words revealed his concern for Mu Yunxiu.
Mu Yunxiu's mood was a little complicated. He sighed softly: "Your temperament really resembles both King Qin and His Highness."
Little Sweet Dou didn't understand the meaning of his words and just said: "I am my parents' child, so I will naturally be like them."
Mu Yunxiu said warmly: "You are still young, so stop thinking about things. When you have nothing to do, go find Sang Yan and take you to play."
Little Sweet Dou immediately said sternly: "I am the older brother now, I have to set an example, I can't just think about it all the time!"
Mu Yunxiu's eyes were full of tenderness, and he did not refute Xiao Tiandou's statement.
There was a lot of fun in the main hall. Ning Guzhou was discussing something with Lin Rufeng in the study today and came a little late.
As soon as he came in, everyone saluted him. His expression today was gentler than usual. Although he did not smile, he was not as serious as before.
After some greetings, he asked everyone to sit down and started the banquet.
Both children were a little hungry now, so the wet nurse took them down to feed them.
Tang Miaoxin sat down next to Ning Guzhou and asked, "What happened?"
Others could not see Ning Guzhou's emotions, but Tang Miaoxin could infer his mood based on the slight emotional changes on his face.
On a day like this, if Ning Guzhou came in without a smile on his face, it meant that he was not in a good mood at this time.
Ning Guzhou didn't hide it from her, and said softly: "It's a commonplace thing, Qinzhou's food is not enough."
Although the autumn harvest produced a good harvest, the previous battle had almost exhausted Qinzhou's grain and grass, and now it only relies on the grain from the autumn harvest.
Although Ning Guzhou has defeated Linyuan now, he will still have to fight Dayan later, so the standing army cannot be dispersed.
The amount of food and grass consumed by the army when not fighting will be smaller, but it is still a huge amount.
Now it is winter again in Qinzhou, the weather is very cold, and there is no output in the fields. Although it cannot be said that we are sitting on nothing, it is not much different.
Tang Miaoxin asked: "How much food is left in stock now?"
Ning Guzhou replied: "When we were in the study just now, Lin Rufeng settled an account with me. Qinzhou's food reserves can only be used until March."
"But Qinzhou only started to melt ice and snow in March, and farming began. It will take several months from farming to crops growing."
"At this time of the year, there is no supply. If there is no food and grass, the soldiers will have no choice but to go hungry."
Tang Miaoxin knew that this was definitely a big deal, so she asked, "Have the officials who went out to buy food come back?"
When she was in confinement, she learned that Ning Guzhou had sent many people out of Qinzhou to buy food.
It's just that this year, several state capitals adjacent to Qinzhou have had bad harvests due to drought, and there is no food to sell at all.
In this case, the only option is to go south to buy. However, there are wars in Qi and Zhao this year, so the grain fields are depleted a lot, and there is not much leftover grain.
In just a few months, the price of food has increased several times, but even so, it is still impossible to buy food.
Ning Guyzhou replied: "I came back, but I didn't bring much food and grass. Based on the food they bought, they can help Qinzhou for another month at most."
Tang Miaoxin calculated the time in her mind and said: "If you save some food, you should be able to survive for another half month or a month."
"But in this case, if we wait for food to be grown in the ground before eating it, there will still be a period of time without food."
Even if they want to cultivate the black soil they discovered in Linyuan last time, they still need to wait until the ice and snow melt.