Song Zhao was very happy. He took out a jade pendant from his bosom and gave it to Zhou Sisi. "This is a gift from my uncle."

Zhou Sisi didn't dare to take advantage of the situation this time. She glanced at her mother. Seeing Chen Xiuying nod, she happily accepted it.

Song Zhao said happily: "Sister, you have taught the child very well! I feel relieved to leave An Ge'er with you."

When Anger heard this, he hurriedly hugged his father's thighs and asked, "Daddy, won't you take Anger home?" Although his aunt and uncle treated him very well, he missed his family more.

General Song bent down and whispered to An Ge'er, "Daddy hopes An Ge'er will do you a favor."

"What help can I provide?" Anger immediately acted like a grown-up, no longer fawning on others, and looked very responsible.

"Daddy wants to catch the bad guy who took you away. Can An'er help daddy?" General Song is worthy of being the father of four children. He has a lot of tricks to fool the children.

"Ange can do it! Daddy will tell you what to do, and I promise I can do it!"

"Daddy wants An Ge'er to maintain his current situation and continue living at his uncle's house. Daddy will send someone to protect you in secret. Since that bad guy can find the Chen Mansion, he will definitely find this place after a while. When the time comes, An Ge'er will help Daddy identify the bad guy. Can you do it?"

"can!"

Zhou Dajiang watched as the little fool was tricked by his own father and became crippled.

In fact, to put it bluntly, General Song wanted to use a trick against the enemy. The enemy was in the open, while he was in the dark, and he wanted to catch the spies in a trap.

After listening to the conversation between father and son, Zhou Dajiang asked, "General Song, no, Brother Song, is there anything you need our cooperation with?"

Song Zhao: "Just go on as usual, go where you need to go, do what you need to do. I will leave a team of secret guards behind to protect you. As long as those who go out don't disperse too much, they will arrange their own secret protection."

Zhou Dajiang understood. As long as they were together when going out and when at home, the secret guards would be able to keep an eye on them. If they were scattered here and there, with limited manpower, the secret guards would only be able to keep an eye on the most important one.

"Okay, got it."

As soon as Zhou Dajiang finished speaking, Chen Xiuying came in with a tray with a large bowl and two pairs of chopsticks on it. In the bowl was the cold noodles that An Ge'er wanted to eat.

Chen Xiuying invited her eldest brother, who had just finished cooking, to eat, and told him that everyone outside had already eaten, and that her family was steaming cold noodles, so they could eat as much as they wanted! She would make more if there was no more.

Song Zhao was truly hungry. After a day of riding, he was practically ravenous. Without hesitation, he gave a pair of chopsticks to little Ange and a pair for himself, and together they began to devour the food. The little one had cried a lot that night and was feeling hungry, but since he was small and had a small appetite, he only ate about half a small bowl and couldn't eat any more. General Song ate the rest.

After Song Zhao finished eating, he felt that he could still eat more, so he handed the bowl to Chen Xiuying without hesitation and said, "Sister, give me another bowl. It's so delicious! I'm not full yet."

Everyone coming out of the military camp could eat. Song Zhao ate three large bowls before he felt full. The same was true for the soldiers outside. Chen Xiuying mixed a large bowl of food and thought it was enough, but she ended up having to mix another large bowl to feel full.

Li was frightened and worried that the supply would not be enough for tomorrow morning, so he quickly kneaded another piece of dough.

After finishing his meal, Song Zhao asked to leave. He had no choice. As a general guarding the area, he couldn't leave without permission. That's why he had covered his head with his cape and hat. It was time to go back. He had promised his father to stay and help catch the bad guys, but he couldn't bear to see him go. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he eagerly asked his father when he would come to see him next time.

Song Zhao was reluctant to leave, but as a soldier he had no choice. He could only squat down, hug the child and say, "When Daddy can rest, I'll come to see you. Like tonight, quietly."

After getting the guarantee, An Ge'er stopped crying and gave his father a kiss. "It's stamped, you have to keep your word."

"Okay! Keep your word!" Song Zhao agreed, and then left the Zhou family with Captain Dong. The remaining people, including Fang Yi, were left behind.

Fang Yi stepped forward and said to Zhou Dajiang, "There are eight of us in this group. We will be divided into two squads of four people each. We will usually protect everyone from the dark. If you go out, don't spread out too much, otherwise it will be difficult for us to follow you. If we encounter spies again, it will be ruined."

Zhou Dajiang: "Okay, I understand."

Fang Yi begged Zhou Dajiang again, asking if he could help arrange a house for them so that the brothers who were off shift could sleep.

Zhou Dajiang: "Then let's go to our room in the old house. There's an empty room over there. I'll have someone send food to the old house, so you don't have to sleep in the open."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhou." They didn't know what to call the general's brother-in-law, so they just called him Mr. Zhou. Scholars like to be called Mr.

Zhou Dajiang called Tietou and asked him to take his younger brothers and sisters and Zhou's mother home to rest first. He then instructed Zhou's mother about the secret guards and asked her to arrange the house they had lived in before for the secret guards.

General Song came and went in a hurry, leaving in just an hour. Everyone in the courtyard continued to work. Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and don't inquire about what you shouldn't inquire about.

Strength lies in numbers, and we finally made up for the work missed during the day before midnight.

When Chen Xiuying returned to the house, Zhou Dajiang and the two children had already fallen asleep.

The next day, after the goods were delivered, Zhou Dajiang was still the one who made breakfast. Because there were four more people in the dark, Zhou Dajiang baked some more pancakes, spread sauce on them, stuffed them with green onions brought from the old house, and put some hand-shredded chicken left over from the previous day, and then rolled up the pancakes and they were ready to eat.

He prepared four portions first, then added a small bowl of porridge, saying only, "This is for you."

When he brought the wraps prepared for everyone, the four portions prepared earlier were gone, but the porridge was still there. It seemed that it was inconvenient for them to eat the porridge in the dark, so he would prepare bamboo tubes for water for them next time.

Chen's father and mother were light sleepers, waking up early to help light the fire and clear the dishes. Chen's father said he would help with the children today, letting Zhou Dajiang do whatever he was supposed to do, which made Zhou Dajiang very happy. The children had already formed a habit of going to their second uncle's house to do morning exercises before starting their classes.

Mr. Chen saw that Zhou Dajiang was leading the children in doing gymnastics very well, so he followed suit. Not to mention, stretching his old arms and legs felt quite comfortable.

After Zhou Dajiang finished his exercises, he formally introduced Master Chen to the children, saying that from that day on, Master Chen would teach them their homework. Tietou and Suotou were overjoyed. Since their uncle wasn't teaching them anymore, they wouldn't have to give them homework! They thought they'd never have to do homework again, but to their surprise, Master Chen gave them even more! Even their three-year-old, Ang'er, started reciting the Three Character Classic more often every day. Tietou and Suotou used to only have to do five exercises a day, but now with Master Chen, they have to do no less than eight! Childhood is tough!

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