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Xu Miao slept until almost noon the next day before waking up.

After getting up, Xu Miao asked Mrs. Zhao, "Mother Zhao, hasn't the young general returned yet?"

"No, he's probably busy outside. Winter is the busiest time in Northern Xinjiang. Sometimes the Major General is so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat."

Zhou Jicheng was just as he said. He was busy after returning to Northern Xinjiang and had no time to stare at Xu Miao every day to see what she was doing.

Mrs. Zhao asked Xu Miao, "Miss Xu, do you want to go out for a walk? Dingzhou City is quite lively."

Xu Miao quickly waved her hands: "Mother Zhao, I just want to have a good rest. I don't want to go anywhere. Let's go out again when we have a chance."

Xu Miao slept soundly. Although she felt less pain all over her body, she just wanted to lie in bed.

I thought she had been training with Zhou Jiyuan for a long time and should be able to withstand the journey.

But she didn't expect that this body was still a little delicate, which was completely different from what she had imagined. It seemed that she still needed to exercise more in the northern border to better adapt to it.

Seeing that Xu Miao didn't want to move, Mrs. Zhao brought some snacks to Xu Miao and said, "Miss Xu, please have a simple snack first. It will be lunch time soon."

"I see Wang Ruijia busy in the kitchen. I guess we'll be having lunch soon."

In Zhou Jicheng's house, Uncle Fu is the housekeeper, Mrs. Zhao is mainly responsible for cleaning the backyard, and there is a couple named Wang Rui who help them.

Do some shopping and errands. The Wang Rui family that Mrs. Zhao mentioned is a good cook and is responsible for cooking for the four of them.

The noodles that Xu Miao and her friends ate yesterday were made by Wang Rui’s wife. They were delicious and fragrant.

Zhou Jicheng returned to the house at dinner time.

Xu Miao was startled when he saw Zhou Jicheng with red eyes, crooked collar and unshaven beard walking into the backyard to look for Xu Miao.

"Acheng, what happened? Why are your clothes all messed up? Did you not sleep all night?"

When Xu Miao saw Zhou Jicheng's red eyes, he thought that he must have not slept all night.

Zhou Jicheng cursed: "Damn it, don't even mention it. I ran out and searched for a horse all night."

"The groom who was watching over the stable got drunk and let all the horses run away. We searched all night in the dark before we found them all."

"Damn bastard, he lost his way after drinking some horse urine. I really want to chop him up with a knife."

Xu Miao heard that it was not a serious matter and quickly comforted him: "It's good that you are okay. Go wash up and have something to eat."

Xu Miao felt distressed for no reason when he saw Zhou Jicheng looking exhausted.

After rushing all the way, he didn't even have a good rest before running out to find a horse. Even if Zhou Jicheng was made of clay, he would get angry.

Chun'er was awakened by Zhou Jicheng's noise. She pushed the door open from the other side of the room, still sleepy and with her hair a mess. "What's wrong, Second Miss? Did something happen?"

When Chun'er saw Zhou Jicheng staring at her with big eyes, she realized that she had just woken up and her hair was messy.

He cried out, and quickly explained to Zhou Jicheng: "General, I'm really too tired to sleep until this time. I will pack up immediately and get up to serve the second young lady."

After saying that, he quickly closed the door and went back to his room.

Zhou Jicheng went to the front yard and, with Uncle Fu's help, he simply washed up, changed his clothes, and ran to the backyard with wet hair to have lunch with Xu Miao.

When Xu Miao saw Zhou Jicheng's wet hair, she took out the thick towel in her room and carefully wiped Zhou Jicheng's hair again. Only then did the two of them sit down and eat with peace of mind.

Wang Rui's wife didn't cook many dishes, there were only four dishes on the table, but each one was very generous.

There was a large pot of beef stewed with radish, a roast chicken, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and a large bowl of thick mutton soup with plenty of mutton, plus a large stack of greasy fried cakes.

In addition, there were some pickles made from some unknown ingredients that Er Xiaodie didn’t know about. There must have been sesame oil in the pickles, and they smelled delicious.

Zhou Jicheng was probably starving, so he said, "A Miao, eat quickly. I'm starving to death."

He buried his head and began to eat the meat and drink the soup with big mouthfuls. In a short while, Zhou Jicheng had eaten half of the fried cakes.

Xu Miao did not disturb Zhou Jicheng while he was eating. He took the fried cake, tore it into small pieces, and ate it slowly while soaking it in the mutton soup in his bowl.

After Zhou Jicheng wolfed down his food for a while, he finally let out a long sigh of relief: "Damn, it feels so good to have a full meal!"

Then he told Xu Miao about what happened last night when he was looking for a horse.

"The groom who looks after the stables is the cousin of the Dingzhou City Lord's concubine. The concubine gave birth to a big fat son for the Lord and is quite favored."

"I got the city lord to ask General Liu for a job looking after the horse ranch. It's fine normally. But when I drink I forget where I am."

"General Liu, it's hard to say anything to the City Lord. One time when I went to the stables, I happened to see him drunk and sleeping in the stables."

"I gave him a good beating with the horsewhip, and after that I didn't hear about him getting into trouble for a long time."

In addition to the military, Dingzhou City also has local government agencies. The city lord is the magistrate of Dingzhou City, who manages the daily affairs of Dingzhou City.

Because Dingzhou City is a military fortress, its main purpose is to protect the army, but General Liu does not want to make things too difficult for the city lord, so he turns a blind eye to some things.

As long as it’s not a big deal, I won’t worry too much about it.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Jicheng was called back last night just after he left General Liu's camp and before he even got home.

General Liu: "Acheng, don't rush home yet. A soldier reported that he saw more than a dozen war horses strolling along the city wall."

"I'm afraid the horses have run off to the woods. Take a few people with you to check over there and round them up."

"I went to the stables and chopped up that damned groom."

Recently, General Liu has sent all the soldiers around him who can fight to the barracks in the north, and there are few soldiers who can fight in Dingzhou City.

He was worried that the war horses would cross the woods and run onto the grassland, so he felt more at ease when he asked Zhou Jicheng to take the men.

He didn't care about Zhou Jicheng's fatigue from the journey, so he asked him to take people to round up the war horses. War horses are the treasures of the northern border, more valuable than people.

When Zhou Jicheng and his men worked all night and finally rounded up the warhorses, General Liu whipped the groom half to death with a whip. If the city lord hadn't been there smiling and talking to him, the groom would have died long ago.

"A Miao, you don't know where we rounded up those horses in the dark. Several of them ran into the woods. We knocked and beat them for a long time in the woods to scare them away before we finally drove them out."

"It took until dawn to round up all the horses."

"When I got back to the barracks, another sergeant from the northern barracks came to report on the situation. I was busy in General Liu's barracks for the entire morning before I had time to go home."

"By the way, Xu Miao, General Liu and his wife asked you to have dinner at their house tomorrow night. They said they wanted to meet you."

"I also found out about Hanjia Village for you. Hanjia Village is near our northern barracks."

"When I return to the barracks, I can take you there on the way!"