In the past few months, he has been cautious, although the funds are sufficient, and the status of the Cao family is enough for him to move freely, but there are only two direct subordinates for development, and these two talents are quite ordinary, Li Mingli is quite good in terms of experience and ability, if Li Mingli can be developed, it is not only for personal emotional reasons, but also for a lot of follow-up development considerations......

However, Li Mingli has not shown his dissatisfaction with the Houjin regime, at most he does not want to forge ahead, and goes with the flow, this person has no ability, but it seems that his character is too cowardly, his enterprising spirit is poor, and being able to live is all he expects, especially now that the eldest girl is about to give birth, it seems to be more difficult......

Cao Zhenyan rode forward with a heavy heart, he had no confidence in the things in front of him, and the only thing he was confident in was the worst outcome, and Li Mingli would not betray himself......

He suddenly smiled to himself, and he didn't know when he had considered things completely from the perspective of a Hutchison military intelligence officer, even if he was in many dangers, he was actually thinking about picking the right person to replace him and take over his unfinished business......

"Drive!" Cao Zhenyan cheered up his spirits, whipped heavily on the horse's buttocks, and the war horse was in pain, and after screaming a few times, he ran forward. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

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When Cao Zhenyan rushed to Songshukou, Li Mingli's side was already a mess.

On duty with Tabu Nang, it was almost dark after the time came, and when he returned to the official road from the river beach and walked home along the village road, several women from the flag-carrying banner and Baoyi's family happened to run to the entrance of the village, and when they saw Li Mingli running, they all shouted: "Fortunately, the head of the family is back." ”

"What's wrong?" Li Mingli's face turned pale, and his heart fell violently.

"Your daughter-in-law is about to give birth." A woman said, "I just don't seem to have much strength......

Li Mingli's face turned pale and said: "Recently, she was afraid that the food would not be enough to hand over to the public school, so she didn't dare to eat, and the fish soup she boiled for her was afraid that she would be rushed, and she would vomit ...... when she drank it."

"Oops, that's bad." The women all said, "The firstborn child has no strength, so I am afraid that he will not be able to survive." ”

Li Mingli's face became more and more ugly, in fact, he also understood, these days he is worried that the big girl will not be able to survive, although his family is better than the average Han army bannerman, much stronger than Baoyi, after all, Baoyi is a cow and horse, and the bannerman still has some life freedom, and he can try to store more food and meat for himself, but after the beginning of spring, the fish are not allowed to be caught for the time being, and private hunting is not allowed, and the meat is completely cut off, the eldest girl saves her limited food to Li Mingli as much as possible, and refuses to eat it after a few bites...... The reason used is that I don't want the fetus to grow too big and not give birth, this reason is actually quite sufficient, and Li Mingli has no way to persuade him, and the eldest girl really can't eat fish soup, and she vomits when she drinks it......

"I've got some jerky here." He is very proficient in Mongolian and Chinese, but he can't speak Jurchen, and it is very difficult to stumble, but fortunately, most of the Jurchens can also understand Mongolian, and even those from several Haixi tribes can only speak Mongolian, so there is no difficulty in communicating.

As for why he speaks Chinese so well, Li Mingli knows the reason, it is a hidden pain in Ta Bunang's heart...... If it weren't for being beaten all over the ground by the soldiers of He Yusheng, I am afraid that a proud Mongol like Tabuang would not have seriously studied the language of the Han people if he was killed.

"Take it, you're welcome." Tabu Nang handed the fist-sized lamb jerky to Li Mingli, and said: "I'm only used to eating these, so I can bring a lot from the grassland, and some friends have been sending me jerky, but at the moment there are only these, and there are not more, go back and boil it in boiling water to make it softer, and even the meat and soup will be eaten by your Hun family, and you can't give birth to a baby if you don't have the strength......"

"Thank you!"

On a cold day, Li Mingli was still sweating profusely, he thanked Tabu Nang, took the jerky and ran home......

Ding and Wen Po were both in the house, and they could hear the call of the big girl outside, not the heart-rending shout, just a suppressed moan......

Li Mingli's eyes turned red all of a sudden, his eldest girl is like this, she is from a scholarly family but she doesn't feel noble, everything is deep and introverted, even if she can't stand the pain, she won't scream, one is afraid of noisy neighbors, and the other is that she is worried that Li Mingli will be too uncomfortable to listen to.

He didn't rush in, the man was not good to enter the delivery room, and the other thing was that he had to hurry up to make soup.

The fist-sized inner stem doesn't look big, but it's actually quite heavy, and it's estimated that it weighs a pound, and Tabu Bag is a caring person, but it's estimated that he is also afraid of being investigated, so he said in front of everyone that there was only so little left......

Under the fire, the water quickly boiled, and then the aroma of mutton came, and when the pot of water was hot and snow-white, and the meat seemed to melt into the soup, Li Mingli hurriedly used a clay pot to fill the pot of soup and meat, and served it all the way to the outside of the hall.

Ding came out to pick it up and carefully held it in......

Wen Po's happy voice came from inside: "Okay, the little lady has this meat and soup to make a big supplement, and she must have the strength to give birth to the little baby, what a blessing, there is still broth to drink in this year, your family Langjun is really good to you......"

Li Mingli didn't listen to the chatter below, he staggered a few steps, sat down in front of the door of the stove room, and felt that his whole body was paralyzed, until the cry of a newborn sounded in the room, and he jumped up suddenly.

"It's a boy, big and small, it's safe." It seems that after a long year, the stable mother and the Ding family came out with a smile, this year is really precarious, this stable mother was found by Li Mingli in the village several miles away, and it is also a wrapper, because the sons of Allah also want to deliver the mother-in-law, so the life is not bad.

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Li Mingli stuffed a small ingot of silver into the other party's hand and said, "Life has not been very good recently, and my mother-in-law is too forgiving." ”

Wen Po smiled: "The masters call it a great thing to eat, how can anyone be as polite as you." With that, he walked away happily.

Li Mingli has already entered the house, the dragon in the house is still alive, but it is extremely warm, there is a pink baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, Wen Po has already said that it is a boy, Li Mingli actually values this child very much, this is his bloodline and inheritance, in terms of the way of thinking and opinions of the people at that time, Li Mingli's life is complete after having this child, and he is the right ancestor, even if he dies, someone will send him to the end, and after death, he does not have to be a lonely soul and a wild ghost in the underworld, someone worships and eats blood......

But he still didn't look at the child after all, but sat next to the eldest girl first, looking at his wife's miserable face, he couldn't help but feel a heartache in his heart, and almost shed tears.

"I've been a little sentimental lately." Li Mingli said: "What a man wants to cry at every turn......"

"My husband has been crying a lot in the middle of the night lately...... "The eldest girl looked at Li Mingli and said: "I often have nightmares, cry at night, and then can't sleep all night......"

Li Mingli was stunned, this is a secret shared by their husband and wife, since the beginning of the massacre, Li Mingli has hardly been able to sleep well at night, almost every night he wakes up in a nightmare, every time he has a nightmare, he will cry in his dream and beg for mercy, and then when he wakes up, his eyes are full of tears, he is always worried that the eldest girl will ask him, but no, at this time at this time, the eldest girl has made this matter clear, Li Mingli is surprised again, and feels a little embarrassed.

He held his wife's hand, feeling very cold, he knew that this was caused by maternal blood loss, as long as there was no "blood collapse", it would always be good to slowly recuperate, but it was a pity that Tabu Sac only helped this piece of mutton, if there was more meat, it would be good.

"Don't be cranky." Li Mingli frowned and said: "I want to find a way to get you some good food, it's best to find a way to get some animal meat, alas, if you eat fish soup without throwing up!" ”

Fish soup is really a good thing, and it replenishes the body and milk, Li Mingli didn't feel a little depressed, he was the person in charge of fishing, although the top was not allowed to open the net at this time, but he knew where there were fish nests, and it was too simple to secretly get a few in the middle of the night......

"Don't be busy just yet." The eldest girl pulled Li Mingli, looked at him with blazing eyes, and said softly: "Do you know why I can't eat fish and drink soup?" ”

"Why?"

The big girl's eyes were filled with tears, she said: "A few days ago, I was killing people every day, not only killing Wugu people but also killing fugitives, beheading people on official roads and river beaches every day, I have seen many times, many dead people were shot in the river, and the corpses and blood floated downstream together, since I saw that scene, I can no longer eat fish, I always feel that I am drinking blood and water together, and the fishy smell is like sticky silk, and it has been drilling into my nose and into my heart......"

Li Mingli was silent, this was a heavy topic, and he didn't know what to say.

"I know you don't want to stay in the realm of Dajin anymore, and you're worried about my mother, worried about me, and now you're definitely worried about our mother, but if you continue to worry about it, just stay still? I've read books, and I've never seen a court that kills its own people like this......"

Li Mingli said: "What do you mean, do you want to be a fugitive?" But the baby is still too young, and today I watched more than 100 fugitives cross the river, and only 30% of them ran over, and most of the women and children died in the river. ”

The eldest girl said resolutely: "Stay until the summer must go, I would rather take risks, even if my mother and I die in the river, I don't want my son to live in such a realm when he grows up, not to mention being a cow and a horse, and always worried about being sold by the master, or simply being unhappy is to take a knife and behead, there is no royal law and no government, of course, the court is also on the side of these masters, we have lived on the side of the Ming Dynasty, although there are corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and there are no people who are not like this." If our son grows up, has braids, and recognizes his master, I'd rather he die now. ”

Li Mingli was stunned, as if it was the first time he had seen the eldest girl.

At the age of seventeen or eighteen, she has just become a mother...... The previous big girl's face was full of gentleness, and she was full of tenderness for herself, how could she have said such a strong and decisive word in front of her?

Li Mingli's heart was greatly touched, the eldest girl pointed out the most feared things in his heart, and resolutely did not need to consider anything and the way back, this kind of rather die than give in, rather than the spirit of jade crushing, is precisely the most lacking thing in Li Mingli's body, at this moment, some things in Li Mingli's heart seem to have been shattered, in the last close observation of the slaughter, he has been deeply touched by the soul once, but the peace of his mother-in-law and wife made him choose to lie dormant, at this moment, In the face of his wife with such a resolute attitude, he was ashamed, and he was even more determined to escape.