A piece of good news came to Yang Ruoqing.

She received Daan's letter home and read it in one sitting. She couldn't help but laugh.

Who did this brat learn from? He actually learned how to keep things secret. He was already on his way home to celebrate the New Year, but he still asked her not to say anything because he wanted to give her parents a surprise.

After putting away the letter, Yang Ruoqing began to happily plan the food for the New Year. Because her eldest brother was coming back, she suddenly became extra motivated and motivated to prepare for all this.

Xing hurriedly went to the Sun's house opposite and said hello to the eldest Sun. If a pig was killed in the past two days, the whole pig's intestines would be reserved for her, and she would use them to stuff sausages.

Then he went to the old house of the Luo family and discussed with blacksmith Luo about fishing in the pond.

Taking advantage of the good weather in the twelfth lunar month, it is a good time to make wine-flavored cured fish.

When she came to visit Mrs. Sun, she saw her still thin face, and Yang Ruoqing almost impulsively told her that Da'an was coming back.

But when she thought of Da'an's numerous instructions in the letter, telling her not to say anything, she still held back and didn't care about the past two days. She was almost home.

At the door of the kitchen, Xiao Hua was chopping vegetables and preparing to feed the chickens. Yang Ruoqing also noticed a moment when the girl was in a daze, and her face was a little sad.

I'm probably missing Da'an too, right?

Holding it back, Yang Ruoqing suddenly felt that she was so cruel.

However, Daan carefully wanted to create a surprise. If he said it now, it would be meaningless.

Two days later, early in the morning.

Xiaohua got up before dawn and cooked porridge in the backyard. When the porridge was ready, Xiaohua packed a bowl and brought it to Sun's house.

At this time, Yang Huazhong also got up, and the man went into the village to register the head count from house to house, because yesterday the security chief sent a letter saying that it was the intention from above, asking the villagers of each village to count the number of people in the village, and then

Hand it in together.

The high-ranking officials from the imperial court who are delivering disaster relief food will arrive in Qingshui Town in the next two days.

So since Yang Huazhong came back yesterday, except for going home and sleeping for three hours at night, he has been busy with registration matters at other times.

Xiaohua fed Mrs. Sun porridge in Mrs. Sun's house, while Xiaoduo picked up the family's clothes and went to the pond.

As soon as Xiaoduo stepped out of the courtyard gate, she saw a carriage speeding over from the direction of Qingshui Town on the other side of the road.

Xiaoduo didn't take it seriously, turned her head and walked towards the pond. Suddenly she heard someone calling her name.

The voice is still so familiar.

Xiaoduo turned around and saw the carriage stopped on the road in front of her yard. Daan was standing beside the carriage, standing with his hands behind his back, looking at her with a faint smile.

After not seeing each other for a year, brother Daan has grown taller again. He is wearing a sky-blue robe, slender and tall, like a green cedar tree in the mountains.

Qing Jun's handsome face is like an immortal descending.

"Brother Daan, you are back!"

Xiaoduo screamed with excitement, put the bucket on the ground, turned around and ran towards the yard, shouting as she ran: "Mom, Xiaohua, brother Da'an is back!"

In the backyard, Xiaohua had just fed three spoons. When she heard Xiaoduo's shout, she froze and looked at Mrs. Sun.

Mrs. Sun happened to be looking at her as well, and both her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had the same disbelief and ecstasy in their eyes.

Xiaoduo had already run to the door of the house, holding on to the door frame and panting: "Mom, Xiaohua, brother Da'an has gone home. The carriage has arrived at the door of the yard..."

"People have arrived in the courtyard."

Xiaoduo was only halfway through what he said when he was interrupted by the smiling voice of the man behind him.

The light at the door of the house dimmed, and a slender and tall figure entered the house.

It’s really Da’an!

Da'an went straight to Sun's bed, raised his hand to brush the hem of his robe in front of him, and knelt down to Sun with a 'pop' sound.

"My son is unfilial and cannot be filial to his parents. My unfilial son Da'an is back and I want to say hello to my mother!"

He spoke loudly, leaned down and kowtowed to Mrs. Sun.

Xiaohua didn't dare to sit by the bed, so she quickly moved aside with the bowl in hand.

Sitting on the bed, Mrs. Sun was filled with surprise and tears fell down. She was happy this time.

"The ground is cold, dear son, get up quickly, get up quickly!"

Mrs. Sun stretched out her arms and said in a low voice.

He asked sisters Xiaohua and Xiaoduo to help Da'an stand up, but Da'an insisted on kowtowing three times before standing up.

"Quickly, come to Mom, let Mom take a good look at it." Mrs. Sun couldn't wait any longer, so she opened the quilt and was about to get out of bed.

Xiaohua quickly said: "Mom, you are still sick, don't get out of bed like this."

Hearing this, Daan glanced at Xiaohua and suddenly became nervous.

He took a step forward and sat down beside the bed. He reached out to hold Sun's shoulders and asked her to sit back on the bed again.

"Mom, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?" He asked nervously, looking at Mrs. Sun's face.

My mother has lost weight and her complexion is not good. She really looks sick.

While Da'an was sizing up Sun, Sun was also sizing up Da'an.

It's a little darker, but he looks good, his arms are strong, and he looks more mature, stronger, and like a real man than when he was studying at home.

Sun's eyes were full of relief and joy.

"Mom is not sick, don't listen to Xiaohua's nonsense," Mrs. Sun said.

Da'an was thinking carefully, and at that moment he could smell the faint bitter smell of medicine on Mrs. Sun's body.

"Xiaohua, what is wrong with mother?" Da'an knew that Sun would definitely not be able to find out, so he turned to Xiaohua who was standing aside.

They hadn't seen each other for nearly a year, and suddenly their eyes met with Da'an's. Xiaohua suddenly felt nervous all over, and her face turned red.

She quickly lowered her eyes and said softly: "Xiao An followed her brother-in-law to join the army in the southwest. My mother missed her so much that she fell ill..."

Daan was surprised, "Xiaoan went to join the army? When did he leave?"

Xiaohua said: "I left on the ninth day of the lunar month. Today is the fifteenth day. It has been almost six days since I left."

Da'an naturally knew about the war in the southwest. When he was in the Hanlin Academy in the capital, he heard this every day.

In particular, the elephant corps used by the border countries in the southwest crushed a sixty-year-old old general from Da Qi under their feet and turned him into a pile of meat. When the news came back to the capital, the civil and military officials in the court were shocked.

, His Majesty was so angry that he threw the military newspaper to the ground and cursed in anger.

It was originally planned to send Prince Qi Xingyun to the southwest to quell the chaos, but Daliao began to make plans again.

In winter, some nomadic people in the north had no supplies to survive the winter, and began to burn, kill and loot the people at the Daqi border again.

His Majesty ordered that Prince Qi Xingyun be dispatched to the north to guard the north gate, and in the southwest, his brother-in-law was ordered to take command.

"Xiao An is indeed a bloody man. He joined the army at the age of fourteen. He is my good brother!"

Big appeasement palms, eyes shining brightly, and face filled with pride.

Mrs. Sun originally wanted to complain to Daan, but when she heard this, she was dumbfounded.

In the end, Mrs. Sun's helplessness could only be turned into a helpless sigh, "Come on, you said this, your sister said the same, and your father said the same, so it seems that your mother and I are the only ones holding us back."
Chapter completed!