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"Captain Su, what do you think of this house?"

This house completely meets Su Qinchao's requirements and is neither too close nor too far from the downtown area.

Most of the people living on both sides are officials' families and merchants. It is convenient for buying groceries and not too noisy. It has two entrances, is semi-new, and has a well in the courtyard. The only drawback is that it is 10% more expensive than the market price.

"Can the price be lowered further?" Su Qinchao also thought that this yard was good, and his ideal price was 80 taels.

"How about I help you make an appointment with the owner and then negotiate on your own? All you have to do is pay the commission!"

"Forget it, 88 taels is 88 taels!" He only has two days off every month, and he doesn't have time to waste here. Yunniang will be here in more than two months, so he must repair the house in advance.

After paying the money and signing the deed with the government, Su Qinchao hired a human trafficker to find some people to repair the house.

He even took two days off for this purpose, and by the time everything was settled, it was already the second month.

During this day off, he took Guanqi to buy some grain, oil, rice, noodles, vegetables and meat. He planned to spend the night at home.

After dinner, he had some affectionate time with Guanqi. It was already midnight. He hugged Guanqi and gave him some advice. Only after he agreed did he go to sleep peacefully.

Guanqi looked at Su Qinchao's sleeping face and thought of the two words the young master had just said to him. He knew that their relationship could not be discussed openly.

She also knew that as long as the young mistress came, the young master would not even look at her again. The young master loved the young mistress, and he knew in his heart that his feelings for her were nothing more than affection and responsibility since childhood.

But he didn't care, he had already got what he wanted, he was already satisfied to have the young master once in a while, this was something he had never dared to think about before.

Thinking of this, Guanqi raised his head, kissed Su Qinchao's forehead, and then fell asleep peacefully in his arms.

The next morning, the two of them hung out for a while and then got up to look for food because they were starving. They had the noodles they had bought yesterday and two soft-boiled eggs, and that was it for lunch.

In the afternoon, Su Qinchao went to the human market again and bought two maids to do chores. After giving them some instructions, he felt at ease and rode back to the camp with Guanqi.

When Yunniang arrived with the escort team, Yanmen Pass was already extremely cold. That day, Su Qinchao happened to be on vacation, so he ordered people to heat the kang early, took a thick cloak, and personally drove the carriage to the city gate to pick people up.

After waiting for more than half an hour, they finally saw the escort agency's people from afar. After they introduced themselves to each other, the escort leader ordered someone to bring out a tightly wrapped carriage.

"Madam Su, Captain Su is here to greet you!" The only female escort raised her hand and knocked on the car door.

"Well, thank you, Mr. Yu." Yunniang pushed open the car door and pulled her cloak closer. Seeing that Su Qinchao was indeed standing not far away, she helped the maid get out of the car.

The two men expressed their heartfelt feelings to each other before bidding farewell to the escorts and getting on their own carriages.

After returning home, sitting on the kang and drinking two bowls of hot tea, they finally recovered a little. In the northern winter, if you stay outside for a long time, you will feel that your hands and feet are so frozen that they don't feel like your own.

Su Qinchao hugged Yunniang, played with her soft hands, and chatted with her casually.

From Su Qinqi's transfer to Huzhou prefect, to Yu's housekeeper having another granddaughter, Su's mother gave him a golden lock, etc. He stayed with Yunniang until she could hardly lift her eyelids.

The two of them slept soundly until Yunniang's personal maid Qing'er came to wake them up. It turned out to be two quarters past three in the evening, and time for dinner.

After the two of them sat down at the table, Guanqi ordered the dishes to be served: a roast duck, a dish of cabbage stewed with vermicelli, a bowl of steamed egg, and two stir-fried dishes he had cooked himself.

"These two are specialties from the north, you should try them!" Su Qinchao carefully picked up two pieces of roast duck and cabbage stewed with vermicelli for Yunniang with his chopsticks.

"Thank you, my husband. Please eat too." Yunniang also picked up a piece of fried meat for Su Qinchao.

The two of them chatted with each other in great affection, and the meal took them most of an hour. Fortunately, there was a charcoal fire in the house, otherwise the water would have frozen into ice long ago.

After dinner, Su Qinchao personally helped Yunniang take a bath, but as they were bathing, they both fell onto the couch.

Winter has passed and spring has come. Yunniang has been here for three months and she has become accustomed to the life here.

Although it is a little colder than my hometown, I have a kang and as long as I don't go out, I feel more comfortable than my hometown. The cold in my hometown is so damp that it goes to the bone and no amount of charcoal can help.

It was different here. As long as there was charcoal fire, the whole house would be warm. It was just that Su Qinchao only had two days off a month, which made her a little bored.

Fortunately, I met Xue Niang from next door when I went out shopping some time ago. Xue Niang is Song Zilin’s wife, and she has a very gentle personality.

Because the men of both families did not come back often, the two of them often embroidered, chatted, and made snacks together. At this moment, Yunniang was teaching Xueniang to read the Thousand Character Classic.

Xue Niang was originally the daughter of an ordinary farmer's family on the outskirts of the city. Two years ago, she was kidnapped by the Liao people who came to the border to cause trouble.

Although he was rescued by soldiers on the way, his reputation was ruined. So Song Zilin, who was still the Marquis of Guide at the time, had not yet married, so he took her back.

Most of the daughters of farmers do not have the opportunity to learn to read. Some time ago, Xuenniang came to give Yunniang some flowers and saw Yunniang reading a storybook. Only then did she know that Yunniang was the daughter of the county magistrate and had been able to read since childhood. She was surprised and envious.

Knowing her thoughts, Yunniang took the initiative to teach her how to read. Yunniang studied very seriously. In just one and a half months, she had almost finished learning the Thousand Character Classic and could even write about a hundred characters.

"Okay, everything is right!" Yunniang put down the book, pulled Xueniang to sit down, and talked about the snack that was not successfully made yesterday.

The two were discussing what went wrong and were about to wash their hands and go to the kitchen to try again when her personal maid Yun'er walked in in panic.

"Miss, there was news just now from Guanqi that the son-in-law was shot by an arrow!"

"Ah!" Yunniang's eyes went dark and she suddenly lost strength. Fortunately, Xueniang supported her in time.

"How could this be? Did Guanqi tell me where my husband was injured? Is he seriously injured? Now that he's back, who's taking care of him? Forget it, I want to ask him myself!"

Yunniang took a deep breath, forced herself to go to the front, and saw Guanqi's face was also covered with stubble, looking very tired.

After asking Guanqi, I learned that there was not enough grass and water outside the Great Wall this year, and the Liao people were short of supplies, so they looted more frequently.

Just yesterday, when Su Qinchao went to hunt down Liao bandits as usual, he was shot in the abdomen by a stray arrow for a child of eight or nine years old. Fortunately, the soft armor blocked the arrow, which only broke his skin and flesh, without injuring his lungs.

It’s just that it’s not easy to move during this period, so I won’t be back during this vacation.

"The young master was afraid that you would be anxious waiting, so he asked me to come back and tell you." Tomorrow is a day off, and Su Qinchao and Yunniang had agreed to go for an outing in the suburbs.