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Among the letters from Duke Dingguo's Mansion was Zhou Jiyuan's reply to Xu Miao.

That thick stack of letters were all written by Zhou Jiyuan to Xu Miao.

In the letter, Zhou Jiyuan complained bitterly to Xu Miao, saying that he was now the most unfortunate person in Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

Ever since there were several children in the family, Duke Dingguo and his wife revolved around the little sister, and the two older brothers also became fathers and treated him like a child.

Zhou Jiyuan was now like a child who was neither loved nor cared for by his parents. Xu Miao had also left him without saying goodbye. Fortunately, he still had the elderly people like Yang Pozi, Han Pozi, and Steward Qian to accompany him, otherwise he would have wanted to run away from home and find General Dai.

Zhou Jiyuan also mentioned in the letter that although he is not favored at home now, he is a well-known figure in the school.

His classmates, who all had sisters at home, vied with each other to invite him to their houses to play. Lady Dingguo told him that this was a sign that someone was going to attack him.

Zhou Jiyuan has reached the age to go on a blind date, and the Duke Dingguo’s Mansion is a popular family in the capital.

Zhou Jiyuan was particularly cheerful and friendly. He didn't have any concubines or maids, and his family background was good.

Isn't he the perfect candidate for a son-in-law?

Zhou Jiyuan also sent two portraits along with the letter. One was of the Duke of Dingguo and his wife holding their chubby daughter. The three of them were dressed in brocade and had beautiful smiles on their faces.

There is also a photo of Zhou Jiyuan riding on a tall horse, looking very high-spirited.

As soon as Xu Miao saw the painting, he knew it was from Zhou Jiyuan's hand. Xu Miao had taught Zhou Jiyuan a lot about painting.

Xu Miao stared at the portrait of a young man in bright clothes riding a horse, and couldn't help but shed tears.

Zhou Jiyuan is Xu Miao's greatest benefactor in this life. If Zhou Jiyuan had made things difficult for Xu Miao, Xu Miao would not be where he is today.

It is Zhou Jiyuan's kindness and simplicity that made Xu Miao what he is today.

Chun'er rushed home from outside just before making dinner.

Chun'er now leads the children in the village to help collect firewood outside every day.

Every household in Hanjia Village has enough food now, but heating in winter is also a big issue.

Xu Miao's family has no shortage of wood for heating, but there are still many elderly people in the village who live alone at home.

They had no way of going out to collect wood for the fire. Now that Chun'er had nothing to do, she took the children to help.

In Chun'er's words: Hanjia Village does not support idle people, and she cannot sit at home doing nothing. She must also take the children to contribute to Hanjia Village.

Chun'er entered the room and saw Xu Miao's eyes were red. She asked hurriedly, "Second Miss is crying? Is there something wrong with my mother?"

Chun'er rarely sees Xu Miao cry. The thing that can make Xu Miao cry is probably Xu Miao's mother in the capital.

Xu Miao shook her head: "I'm fine, it's Yuan who wrote to me. I miss him a little bit."

Although her father Xu Jingyi's letter did not mention Xu Miao's mother at all, no news is good news.

Only if the whole article refers to Xu Miao as a girl will Xu Miao feel scared.

When Chun'er heard that her mother was fine, she smiled and asked what was written in Zhou Jiyuan's letter, which made Xu Miao cry.

Xu Miao took out Zhou Jiyuan's portrait and showed it to Chun'er. Chun'er didn't seem sad at all, but exclaimed, "The young master is so handsome now, much more handsome than when I first met him."

When he first met Zhou Jiyuan, he was still a sickly child, but in the blink of an eye, he had grown into a young man. Xu Miao couldn't help but sigh that time flies.

After dinner, Xu Miao took the ten thousand taels of silver notes and ran to Village Chief Han's house.

Seeing Xu Miao enter the house in high spirits, Village Chief Han quickly got up from the kang and asked with a smile, "But what good news did the young general say? I see Xu Miao is very happy."

Xu Miao nodded repeatedly: "Uncle Han, this is great news!"

Xu Miao sat down on the kang in Village Chief Han's house, and Aunt Han was busy handing Xu Miao a bowl of hot water.

"His aunt, what happy event is there in our Hanjia Village?"

In the village chief's house, only the village chief and his wife were at home.

The eldest brother of the Han family and several of his brothers are still busy outside finishing the renovations on the houses. The houses in Hanjia Village have been renovated for a few days and are now in the final stages.

Han Dasao took Tiedan to other villagers' homes to make gloves. Recently, Han Dasao has been busy going from house to house to ensure the quality and quantity of gloves for the military camp.

Xu Miao didn't rush to talk about the money, but asked Village Chief Han first.

"Uncle Han, I noticed you were quite careful when you spoke to me this afternoon. But is there something wrong?"

When Xu Miao saw Village Chief Han being so cautious in the afternoon, she knew that something must have happened in Hanjia Village, otherwise Village Chief Han would not have lowered his voice when speaking to her.

When Village Chief Han heard Xu Miao ask this, he lowered his voice and said, "Ah Miao, there really is something. It's that idiot from another village. He said he's contacted some barbarians who want to exchange food for food, and he wants to know if Hanjia Village is still open to this business."

Aunt Han knew the situation was serious, so she quickly stood up and said to Xu Miao, "Ah Miao, you guys chat. I'll go guard the door."

She hurried out of the house with her needlework and stood guard at the door of Han's outer room.

When Xu Miao heard that it was a matter about the barbarians, he also knew that it was a major incident involving treason, so he quickly put down his water cup, straightened his body, and listened to what Village Chief Han said.

"When I went out for a walk this morning, I was stopped by Er Laizi at the village entrance. Er Laizi told me about how he had sneaked off to the barbarians to look for the barbarian who had always done business with our village."

Er Laizi was beaten up by Han Dahai and then thrown onto the cold kang in his own home by the group of outsiders. He lay on the kang for two days before he finally recovered.

He was lucky that he didn't freeze to death on the cold kang.

When Er Laizi was able to get up and leave the house, he heard people from other villages talking about the group of villagers who went to Hanjia Village to rob, and were caught by Zhou Jicheng and taken to the military camp to do hard labor.

When Er Laizi heard this, he felt that the beating was not in vain.

If Han Dahai hadn't beaten him half to death, he would definitely have followed that group of people to Hanjia Village to rob things.

He was alone and had only one life left. Whenever there was trouble in the other village, he was never left behind.

But he really didn't want to do hard labor in the military camp. Digging fortifications on the grassland would be exhausting.

The soldiers in the military camp take turns doing this work, but no one will replace this group of people from the other village, and they will keep digging on the grassland until they die.

Er Laizi learned that Hanjia Village was protected by military camps, so he didn't dare to cause trouble in Hanjia Village again.

Later, people from other villages took over the job of making gloves, and everyone in the village was busy making gloves for the military camp.

But Er Laizi didn't know how to do this, so he started thinking about contacting the barbarians and exchanging some furs to solve his food problem.

Er Laizi knew that it was Fatty Chen who sneaked across the glacier every time to contact the barbarians, but he really didn't know how or where to contact them.

But apart from contacting the barbarians, Er Laizi couldn't think of any other way to make money.

He made up his mind, took some dry biscuits, and secretly ran across the glacier to the barbarians.

He didn't dare go too far, so he just crossed the glacier a little distance, found a place sheltered from the wind, and waited on the grassland over there.

Er Laizi stayed on the grassland for several days. When he was about to finish the dry biscuits in his hand, he finally met the barbarian who also wanted to contact Fatty Chen.