I am engaged in construction in Datang

The horses trampled the dust without leaving any traces, the scorching sun melted the jade flute. The wanderers on the shore scrambled to cross, the wild wind shook the grass and sent the hometown sound.

Wearing a crimson gauze gown, with tears filling my scarf, I look at the old man. The brocade flowers are falling and fragrant, laughing at my timidity, and then talking about my foolish anger.

"Sister Xiaochun!"

Li Yin took Xiao Xia and ran towards the woman who was standing in the distance and talking and laughing, and then the three of them hugged each other.

Feng Sanxi slowed down his pace, trembling every three steps.

In the next few months, the future is uncertain. How can we not be worried? We are all counting the days!

"Sister Xiaochun, please come back to the village and let me take a look at you. If you get sick, it will be a big loss." Li Yin took Li Xiaochun's hand and walked into the village.

All the non-busy people in the village came to welcome Xiaochun. They chatted with each other, wishing they could ask about every hair of Xiaochun.

"I'm fine, how could anything serious happen?"

Xiaochun said this, but he couldn't resist everyone's enthusiasm and answered them patiently one by one.

After everyone settled down and left, Li Yin took Xiaochun to the bathhouse.

Bathhouses are not just a place for men to bond with each other, young ladies also like to chat in bathhouses.

"Master, with Karl City as a transit point, our plan will go much more smoothly this time."

The hall was filled with mist, and three people were chatting in a small pool.

"Sister Xiaochun, how did you get in touch with Uncle Old Ghost?"

Xiaochun did not say much in the letter for fear of leaking the information. The two even used code words to communicate, and the decoding method for each letter was different.

"It was late at night when I entered the city. The people in the city were hiding in their homes. I didn't see any people except Tie'ali's people. When I woke up the next morning, I wanted to experience some exotic customs, so I went out for a stroll."

Li Yin closed her eyes and listened, taking a bite of fruit from time to time.

She had been so exhausted in the past few months that she hadn't taken a bath in a long time.

"I was just killing time when a little girl from Gaochang called me and asked me in Tang dialect if I wanted some water."

Li Xiaochun recalled the scene at that time and laughed: "She also said that she would tell Grandpa Ghost that I praised her for speaking the Tang Dynasty dialect well."

Li Yin thought for a moment and said, "I see."

The Tang army is very fierce at this moment. Which kid from a small foreign town would dare to talk to the Tang people and say that he would tell that ghost grandfather Xiaochun praised her?

Unless someone not only taught her to speak Tang language, but also often nagged in her ear, saying something like "If you have the opportunity to meet people from Tang Dynasty in the future, you can try to test your level of Tang language."

Xiaochun chuckled: "Uncle Old Ghost is from the Central Plains himself. What does the little girl say? Why do you need to seek my evaluation?"

“???” Xiaoxia was confused. What were Sister Xiaochun and the owner of the manor talking about?

Shouldn't you tell me how you got in touch?

"When I met Uncle Old Ghost, he was building a wooden shed and there were spies around him."

"I watched for a while. Uncle Gui's skills are superb. He can't compare to Engineer Wang, but he's not much behind. I saw him making a half-open mortise and tenon to connect two wooden strips, so I asked him to change it to a corner mortise and tenon, which can connect three pillars."

When Li Yin heard this, she immediately said, "So, if Uncle Ghost really has a good skill, then your proposal is just nonsense."

She added: "Uncle Old Ghost must be asking you if you understand mortise and tenon joints. If you do, then this mortise and tenon joint will take you three days."

Li Xiaochun burst out laughing: "Master, you are too awesome! I won't dare to talk to you anymore!"

"If you don't talk to me, I'll ask Dongdong to bother you all day long!"

Hearing this, Li Xiaochun's face suddenly changed: "Master, I know I was wrong."

"Pfft..."

Xiaoxia couldn't help laughing: "If Sister Xiaochun is entangled by Dongdong, she will definitely be dragged into playing house. At that time, the owner of the manor will be the mother, Dongdong will be the father, and Sister Xiaochun will be..."

Xiaochun's face turned green.

"Okay, okay, what happened next?" Li Yin smiled secretly and stopped the two from talking in time.

Li Xiaochun calmed down and said, "Later, I confirmed his identity as a Central Plains man with him, and he told me that he had read books. In this way, if I gave him the news, he would be able to understand it."

"But this still doesn't work. It doesn't make me feel at ease. After all, he is just an old man with old arms and legs, and he is being watched. How can he help me? So I asked him if he had any relatives, and he said that all his blood relatives were dead."

This time Xiao Xia reacted: "That means there are still people without blood ties who can be used."

Li Xiaochun touched Xiaoxia's head with satisfaction and praised: "After not seeing you for a few months, Xiaoxia has become more thoughtful."

"..." Xiaoxia pushed Li Xiaochun's hand away and said with a straight face: "The owner said I am very smart."

Li Xiaochun laughed.

When the owner of the manor was stupid, she always thought, if the owner of the manor had been sober since childhood, would he have been raised to be as smart, simple and kind as Xiaoxia.

Later, the owner of the manor really woke up, but she found that the owner's personality was... quite different from all the ones she had imagined.

"Uncle Laogui said that he didn't owe anyone anything in this life, but he asked me to help him wedge the wooden board." Li Xiaochun said with a smile.

"After that, it was done."

She did not mention the fact that Tie Ali used dancers from the Central Plains to humiliate her. She was mainly afraid that Li Yin would get angry and immediately find a way to destroy Gaochang... The owner's sworn brother was not an ordinary person.

Besides, everyone is dead, right?

After she went to see Qu Wentai, none of his wife and children were left behind.

Since the owner of the manor has a complete plan, it is better to take it step by step.

After they had finished their fruits and bathed enough, they got up and dressed.

"Master, Zhuochuan is a good person. He has half Central Plains blood." Li Xiaochun said. Zhuochuan is kind-hearted and brave, and it is not easy to cause accidents when using him.

"Zhuo Chuan has a beloved person named Zhuo Ya. The wine brewed by Madam Ya is considered the best in the world. When I left, I negotiated a long-term raisin and wine deal with them."

"Besides, Uncle Old Ghost knows how to raise livestock, and he's currently raising sheep vigorously."

"Sister Xiaochun is so amazing!"

Li Yin was also happy. The grapes in Gaochang were the sweetest, and the wine was also excellent. She could sell it at a sky-high price in the city.

When the paradise on earth is built, wine will be listed as a treasure, and the wine in the luminous cup will be nothing more than this.

"Sister Xiaochun is like the green grass growing in March, with the tips of the buds facing the sun." But the roots are piercing the frozen soil. Li Yin thought to herself, this is a good thing, Sister Xiaochun can protect herself wherever she is.

In the evening, we had a bonfire barbecue to welcome Xiaochun.

Li Shimin, Empress Zhangsun and Sizi, as well as important civil and military officials such as Fang Xuanling and Cheng Yaojin all came.

Li Jing also came this time.

"Duke Weiguo, you should wash your hands with soap before meals!" Xiao Yu teased, slowly washing his hands using the seven-step hand washing method at the sink.

Others followed suit.

On normal days you can just wash it casually, but today Li Jing is here, so everyone has to dress up.

Li Jing: "..."

A bunch of shameless old people.

The ladies in the village held hands and danced and sang around the campfire, while the men grilled skewers, drank wine, and played finger-guessing games.

Li Yin was happy, and she stuffed Si Zi into Li Shimin's arms.

"Sister-in-law, let's go and dance too."

After saying that, he pulled Empress Changsun and Xiaochun into the room.