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Xu Miao took the letter handed to him by Zhou Jicheng and took a look. It was really thick. It felt heavy in his hand and quite substantial.

Xu Miao looked at the signatures on the envelopes. One was from the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion. The other was signed by Xu Jingyi.

The letter from her father Xu Jingyi was particularly thick. I wonder what Xu Jingyi wrote in it.

The letter paper inside the envelope was about to burst the envelope, and Zhou Jicheng had kept it in his arms all the way, with letter paper sticking out from the edge of the envelope.

Xu Miao ignored Xu Jingyi's letter, picked up the envelope from Duke Dingguo's Mansion, opened it carefully and looked at it.

When Xu Miao opened the letter from Duke Dingguo's Mansion, several silver bills appeared inside.

"Ah Cheng, look, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion sent me some silver! It seems to be quite a lot!"

Xu Miao took out the silver note and said to Zhou Jicheng in surprise without even counting how much there was.

No matter when, as long as someone gives him money, Xu Miao will be happy.

Xu Miao hurriedly picked up the silver note and counted it. It was exactly ten thousand taels, which made Xu Miao very happy.

Smiling, he waved a stack of banknotes at Zhou Jicheng, "Acheng, ten thousand taels! The Duke is really generous and lavish!"

Although Xu Miao still had a lot of silver in her hands, silver was needed everywhere in Hanjia Village, so she really didn't dare to spend money.

It was just the beginning; there would be plenty of opportunities to use the money in the future. He didn't know what would happen next spring, but keeping the money with him made Xu Miao feel at ease.

Now that she had the ten thousand taels from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Xu Miao felt that she could spend it generously and add some more items to Hanjia Village.

Seeing Xu Miao's money-obsessed look, Zhou Jicheng teased, "Ah Miao, it seems your crying poor has worked. Otherwise, why would the Duke have sent you so much silver? Although my uncle is rich, I've never seen him so generous, spending ten thousand taels in one go."

"In all these years I've been in Northern Xinjiang, he hasn't given me a penny."

The two of them just laughed a few times when a woman's sweet voice came from outside Xu Miao's door: "Is Sister Miao home? I'm Song Yaxian."

"I see the Major General is here. I'm here to bring you some frozen dumplings so you can cook them for him."

As the voices were spoken, a woman in a light pink floral cotton coat appeared in Xu Miao's courtyard, carrying a plate of frozen dumplings.

As soon as Xu Miao heard the woman's voice, he knew who it was.

In Hanjia Village, only the woman named Song Yaxian can speak in such a pretentious tone.

The rest of the people, like Aunt Han, spoke quickly and directly.

When Xu Miao first met Song Yaxian, Aunt Han was also there. Song Yaxian had just returned from Dingzhou City and, urged by her parents, came to Xu Miao's house to pay her respects.

Seeing Song Yaxian greeting Xu Miao in a formal manner, Aunt Han kept pouting.

Especially when Song Yaxian mentioned her name, Aunt Han almost got jealous.

When Song Yaxian left Xu Miao's house, Aunt Han yelled at Xu Miao, "Damn Song Yaxian! She's the second daughter of the Song family!"

"I've been in the state capital for a few days and I don't even know my last name, let alone Yaxian!"

"I don't see how she's elegant. She's just so idle. She just stays home all day, dressed up like a stunner, and doesn't do any work."

"She just wants to be like her sister and marry into Dingzhou City. Our Han Village is almost too small to accommodate her."

Aunt Han gets angry whenever she mentions Song Yaxian.

At the beginning, Aunt Han wanted the second brother of the Han family to marry Song Yaxian.

At that time, the eldest daughter of the Song family had not yet married into Dingzhou City, and the second daughter of the Song family was also quite hardworking and dutiful.

Later, the eldest daughter of the Song family married into Dingzhou City, and the second daughter of the Song family would run to the city to play with her sister when she had nothing to do.

Especially last year, when the eldest daughter of the Song family gave birth to a child and there was no one to take care of her, the second daughter of the Song family went to live in the city for half a year to take care of her little nephew. When she came back, she announced that she would change her name to Song Yaxian.

In addition to speaking in a pretentious tone, she also declared that she would marry into Dingzhou City in the future and looked down on the peasants from Hanjia Village.

During this period, Song Yaxian would come to Xu Miao's house to hang out when she had nothing to do, but this was the first time she brought anything with her.

Xu Miao quickly put away the banknotes and letters in his hand. He said to Zhou Jicheng, "Ah Cheng, please wait for me first. I'll go into the house and put the banknotes away and come back."

Xu Miao stood up and went into the inner room to put the banknotes in. At this time, Song Yaxian also walked into Xu Miao's outer room carrying frozen dumplings.

Seeing Zhou Jicheng alone in the outer room, Song Yaxian quickly put the frozen dumplings in her hand on the windowsill.

After walking a few steps forward, he called out in a gentle voice, "Hello, Major General. Song Yaxian greets you."

After saying that, she bowed gracefully to Zhou Jicheng.

Zhou Jicheng blushed at Song Yaxian's smooth movements.

Few women in Northern Xinjiang were like Song Yaxian. Most were straightforward, bold, and outspoken.

When Zhou Jicheng first saw Song Yaxian like this, he was a little uncomfortable.

Especially since Song Yaxian was quite close to Zhou Jicheng, Zhou Jicheng could even feel Song Yaxian's breathing.

Zhou Jicheng moved back a little, and only when he was a short distance away from Song Yaxian did he feel a little more comfortable.

He nodded to Song Yaxian and said with a smile: "A Miao went into the house to put something away and will be out soon."

"Miss Song, please sit here and wait for a moment."

Zhou Jicheng pointed at the small stool on the ground where Xu Miao had just been sitting and said.

If Xu Miao hadn't asked him to say hello, he would have wanted to walk out of the house.

No one knew how much perfume Song Yaxian had applied on her body. As soon as she entered the room, a strong fragrance rushed into Zhou Jicheng's nose, making him want to sneeze.

Song Yaxian sat on a small stool and began to chat with Zhou Jicheng with a smile: "Major General, you came out of the barracks early this morning, right?"

"It's cold outside, you'd better take care of yourself. Is your cotton coat warm enough?"

After Song Yaxian finished speaking, she reached out and touched Zhou Jicheng.

Zhou Jicheng was so frightened that he hid behind Song Yaxian and shouted to Xu Miao in the room, "A Miao, come out quickly!"

If this was a man, Zhou Jicheng would have thrown him out. But Song Yaxian was a grown woman, and Zhou Jicheng really didn't know what to do. He couldn't reach out and hit a woman.

When Xu Miao came out of the inner room, he saw Song Yaxian sitting on a small stool with a smile on her face, smiling coquettishly at Zhou Jicheng.

Zhou Jicheng was like a lamb to be slaughtered, curled up in front of the fire, not daring to move.

He no longer had the aura of a major general.

Xu Miao couldn't help but laugh when he saw this. It seemed like Zhou Jicheng had gotten into trouble with Song Yaxian.

No wonder Madam Liu said that Zhou Jicheng was a hot commodity in Northern Xinjiang and asked Xu Miao to hurry up.

Xu Miao was also wondering when Song Yaxian had developed feelings for Zhou Jicheng. She had only met Zhou Jicheng a few times, so why did he pounce on her like a hungry wolf?

Seeing Xu Miao coming out of the inner room, Song Yaxian put away the charming smile on her face, looked up at Xu Miao and said, "Sister Miao, I'm worried that the Major General didn't have lunch on the way. I happened to have some frozen dumplings at home, so I brought some for him."

"Can I help you cook it for the Major General? It's stuffed with pork and cabbage. I brought the cabbage back from the state capital a few days ago."

Vegetables are hard to come by in northern Xinjiang in winter, and cabbage is a hot commodity.