Several children were very interested in the little doll. After comparing the two children for a long time, they came to the conclusion, "The younger sister and the younger brother are no different. They are all red and wrinkled, and they don't look good at all."

Xiao An nodded in agreement, "It's the same as when my brother was young."

So the four children dispersed after a while, but Xiaoxiong and Xiaofu stayed behind.

Xiaoxiong is because he thinks that as the eldest brother, he should take care of his younger brothers and sisters, but Xiaofu is really interested.

It was the first time he saw children younger than him, leaning on the edge of the cradle and carefully extending his fingers to touch them.

Mu Yangling drank a bowl of soup and sighed, "In the future, these two can only play with Xiaofu."

Xiao Xia said with a smile: "Xiao An's four dislike them for being small, and they usually have little patience with Xiao Fu. Qian'er's kitchen just fried chestnuts, so I asked them to take Xiao Fu to play. Xiao An was impatient, so he peeled a handful of chestnuts for Xiao Fu. Eat, build a house and play with Hutou and the others, it's a blessing to have a maid and old lady watching, or else you will lose your appetite if you don't choke on a chestnut."

"Children like to play with older children, but Xiaofu likes to be younger than himself."

Xiao Xia looked at her younger son and shook her head and smiled: "It's because his brothers don't take him to play, and he usually stumbles and runs behind their butts, but five times out of ten, he's left behind. I look pitiful. tight."

Mu Yangling also laughed when he thought of the scene where Xiaofu was running around behind the buttocks of his four brothers.

With younger brothers and sisters, Xiaofu seems to have found a new toy. He no longer runs after his brothers. Sometimes Xiaoan comes to take him out to play, and Xiaofu hugs the bedpost and does not let go, which angers Mu Yangling and Xiao Xia. laugh it out.

Xiao An couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and felt that his brother didn't even play with him anymore.

When the two children are full moons, they become more and more pale and tender, and their eyes are rolling, and Xiaofu will not go out to play with Xiaoan and the others.

Mu Yangling said that they didn't bring his younger brother to play and lost his heart. Hutou looked for an excuse and said, "It's cold outside, and little brother Xiaofu is afraid of the cold and doesn't want to go out."

At this time, it was November, and the wind was freezing in Guangdong, and the mountains in the north were covered by heavy snow. Mu Yangling looked outside and saw the north wind blowing, so he worried: "This is for your grandfather's family. I don't know if the New Year's Eve is here."

Qi Haoran pushed open the curtains against the cold wind and came in. He stamped his feet at the door, took off his coat and handed it over to the servants, and scorched the fire again. He felt that the cold air on his body was almost gone before entering the inner room. Hearing this, he said: "It's almost time, even if the snow in the north is heavy, it's almost a month."

As soon as the two children were born, Qi Haoran excitedly reported to the capital and Xingzhou Prefecture, knowing that the winter was coming, and the Northland road would be difficult, so he simply sent the annual gifts together, and now the time is almost up.

"This year is very cold. There have been reports of disasters in the north and northwest. The imperial court is already preparing for disaster relief. My father-in-law is the commander of the north. It is estimated that their letter will have to wait until the Chinese New Year." Qi Haoran comforted her and said, "If you feel homesick, I will write another letter and let the station transfer it to the official route..."

"Don't," Mu Yangling stopped him, "I don't have anything important to tell them, just that I have children and want to send a letter to them, so I'll do it later."

Mu Yangling knew about the post station system in this world. It was completely delivered by people on horseback. Ordinary post stations were fine. Although the cold wind and hot summer had to deliver letters, the good thing was that the time was not particularly busy, so the messengers who delivered the letters could rest. On the last break, the official post, especially the expedited official document, was purely for speed, not guaranteeing human life. Every year, several officers died at each post.

is not an important letter, there is no need to use these resources to kill people in vain.

Qi Haoran vaguely sensed her concerns and shook her hand.

Mu Yangling watched a group of children play on the blankets, and sighed, "It's been a few years, but the weather has started to go bad again, and I don't know what the next year will be like."

Qi Haoran is very confident, "Fortunately, the treasury is full now, disaster relief is not a problem, and there are high-yield grains, no matter how bad it is, it will not be bad. This year's tariffs are a lot better. I went to the Shibo Division today. Circle, Mr. Liu said that this year's tariffs may account for 20% of the national treasury, which is comparable to the salt tax. In addition to the grain tax and supplementary tax received this year, the national treasury is at least 30% richer than previous years..."

Qi Haoran didn't say it clearly, but his expression came out. Although there was a natural disaster this winter, he was not very sad.

"Two months ago, the Qin Tianjian said that it is only afraid of snow this year. The yamen in various places have made preparations, and the houses in the slums have been fortified. Your newspaper office also advertised this news widely? Everyone is prepared. ," Qi Haoran saw Mu Yangling frowning all the time, so he comforted her: "Father-in-law must have also made preparations, maybe we can receive a letter from the Yue family as scheduled next month."

But the letter from the Mu family arrived within two days. Along with the letter, there were three carts of things they had prepared for the newborn and the bear.

The things were escorted by the servants of the Mu family and the disabled soldiers who retired from the army. The things were sent in September, but they had to walk on the road for two months. Because the road to the north was too difficult, they were almost blocked. A month later, and they also encountered a convoy of the royal palace giving New Year's gifts on the road. It is said that they are still stuck on the road.

Liu Wu drank a bowl of hot soup, and sat on the stool a little awkwardly and said to Mu Yang: "This year's snow is too heavy, does Auntie remember the heavy snow that year when we escaped from the village? It's even worse than that, Jiu In the first ten days of the month, the day before was fine, but the sky was a little gloomy, and there was a little wind in the evening. In the second half of the night, the snow came down suddenly, just like someone was throwing chicken feathers in the sky. We covered a quilt and it was frozen alive. When I woke up, it was lucky that the kang at home was connected and the firewood was enough. Everyone had a good life these years. There were several quilts in every house, so that I would not freeze to death, but the next day, the government office went from house to house. The investigation still found six frozen corpses..."

Liu Wu belonged to the Liu family, and Mu Yangling had to call him uncle, but the blood relationship was already weak, because honestly was brought home by Mu Shi to help the Mu family manage the farm affairs, this time it was also difficult on the road Let's go, Mu Shi didn't have anyone available to send him.

Liu Wu was a little nervous towards Mu Yangling. After all, she hadn't seen each other for more than ten years. The last time she saw Mu Yangling, she was still a little girl who often carried her prey to Uncle Liu's house, but now she is a distinguished princess.

Mu Yangling didn't expect the snow disaster in the north to be so severe, and felt a little uneasy in her heart. She asked, "We are all like this. Isn't the Jinren even more powerful?"

"No, I heard that countless cattle and sheep died from freezing, and many people fled to our Daqi side when they couldn't survive. This time, Dajin didn't stop him, and let the refugees come here."