Yu Kang's home is in the east of the village, a small stone house, with a small courtyard in front and back, at this time, a team of female soldiers stood straight around the courtyard, Lin Menghan, Xia Yi and a few strange men said something, these people are the mysterious strangers who worried Zhong Mingde, their identities are members of the dark night who came to protect Yu Kang's family in advance.

After a few words, a few people in the dark night left, and soon disappeared into the darkness without a trace, Xia Yi muttered: "These guys, why do they always like to hide in the dark." ”

Lin Menghan smiled faintly: "Otherwise, you are still swaggering?" ”

There was a sound of footsteps in the distance, and Xia Yi followed the voice and looked: "It's brother-in-law, they're here." ”

Lin Menghan glanced back at the nervous Yu Kang family in the courtyard, and sighed lightly: "I don't know Sister Jingqiu, alas, don't talk about it." ”

Soon, Yuan Fang and his entourage came to the courtyard of Yu Kang's house, Yu Jingqiu looked at the small courtyard in front of her, her steps were a little difficult, she didn't know how to face the relatives she was about to meet.

Zhong Mingde walked to the courtyard gate in a few steps, pushed open the courtyard door and said to Yu Kang's family who were waiting inside: "Yu Kang, Lord Yuan is here, are you ready?" ”

Then, he walked up to the nervous Yu Kang, lowered his voice and said, "Wait a minute, let your son prepare more tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, and they will dine with you in a while, you don't have to worry about the food, I will send it later." Yu Kang nodded mechanically, his eyes searched the crowd, looking for the female general who made him feel familiar before.

As soon as Yuan Fang entered the courtyard, he strode forward, held Yu Kang's hand and said with a smile: "Uncle Yu, I heard that your skills in weaving fish nets are good, and I came here to learn the arts." ”

Yu Kang was stunned, but he didn't expect such a big man to be so easy-going, completely different from those officials and generals who came in the past, which caught him a little off guard, and he didn't know what to do.

Yu Kang's wife secretly pulled the corner of Yu Kang's clothes, knelt down with his son and two girls, Yuan Fang hurriedly stopped, smiled and said: "Uncle, aunt, you're welcome, I don't like those red tape, you just treat me as an ordinary person, don't be restrained, relax, relax." ”

Zhong Mingde was full of curiosity, he didn't know why Yuan Fang was so polite to the Kang family, he didn't have so many words when he was at his house just now, he glanced at Yu Kang meaningfully, and secretly decided that he would have a good relationship with this poor ghost in the future, and give him more business, maybe it would be useful in the future.

Yu Kang's family is not good here, before, when Yu Kang was in Dongzhou, the family made a living by weaving ropes, and later came here to join Yuan Fang's cousin, settled here, Yu Kang began to learn to weave fishing nets with his cousin, after his cousin died, he lived with this craft, however, although his craft is good, the fishing nets are strong and durable, but the business is very bleak, because he is not the only one in the village to do this, there is also a peer called Zhong Kuohai, and most importantly, this Zhong Kuohai is the nephew of Zhong Mingde, the village manager, Therefore, those official fishing boats that buy fishing nets cannot be caught in Yu Kang, and they only rely on some odd businesses to make a small amount of money to make a living.

The East House, which must have been freshly tidied up, was saved from a few tattered chairs and a table with a few brand-new oil lamps lit on the table and windowsill, except for a fishing net hanging from the roof.

Xia Yi and Lin Menghan accompanied Yuan Fang in, while Yu Jingqiu and Huo Bingyan stayed outside and were responsible for security guards.

Yuan Fang sat on the chair, and asked Yu Kang about weaving fishing nets without a word, and Yu Kang's son came in and listened to it for a while and couldn't help frowning, because the question Yuan Fang asked was a layman at all. Although Yu Kang also felt the same way, he didn't dare to slack off, he honestly solved Yuan Fang's doubts, and did not hide his selfishness, of course, it didn't matter if Yuan Fang understood it or not, anyway, I would answer whatever you asked.

Yuan Fang was also very helpless, this excuse was something he thought of temporarily, he sent a message in the dark night before, detailing Yu Kang's current situation, Yuan Fang was thinking about how to get close to Yu Kang all the way without making people suspicious, not for anything else, he was worried that Yu Jingqiu's heart was unresolved and refused to recognize him, in that case, rushing to find Yu Kang would only bring him trouble.

Talking about topics that were not nutritious and uninteresting, Yuan Fang felt bitter in his heart, paying attention to the situation outside from time to time, and secretly praying that Yu Jingqiu's family would reunite as soon as possible.

In the front yard, Yu Kang's wife Tong Xinlan is Yu Jingqiu's mother and daughter Yu Jinglan and daughter-in-law Lu Xiaohui are busy preparing tables and chairs, the room is too small to accommodate so many people, so they have to put the dining table in the yard, although it is a little cold, but there is no way, light more stoves to barely get by. There were a lot of women who came to help, these women were still a little scared when they first came, they were the first time to have such a close contact with so many soldiers, although these were female soldiers, but it still gave people a very scary feeling, especially the war knives on their waists and the crossbow behind their backs, they shuddered at a glance.

Fortunately, these female soldiers just glanced at them and did not stop them, and the women gradually got used to this atmosphere, and laughed easily while working.

Yu Jingqiu stood at the door of the stone house, without squinting, looking out of the courtyard, listening to the women's laughter, with mixed feelings in her heart. At this time, a familiar figure came over, Tong Xinlan walked up to Yu Jingqiu with a bowl of hot water, looked at Yu Jingqiu's face for a moment, smiled and said, "This general, it's cold, drink hot water." ”

Yu Jingqiu's body trembled, slowly turned her head to look at Tong Xinlan, looked at her mother's gray hair, looked at her kind face, looked at the doubts and expectations in her eyes, Yu Jingqiu felt a pain in her heart, held back her tears, took the hot water and drank it, handed the bowl to her mother and whispered thank you.

Tong Xinlan forced a smile and walked away, she had a feeling in her heart that this female general was her daughter, but she couldn't believe it, because she heard that her daughter had fallen into the dust and disappeared, and it was impossible to become a noble general.

Tong Xinlan sighed silently, added some firewood to the stove, and her daughter Yu Jingxiang came over and whispered: "Mother, why do I think that female general seems to be a little familiar, as if it is very familiar." ”

When Tong Xinlan heard her daughter's words, her hope was ignited again: "Shizuka, you feel this way too?" ”

Yu Jingxiang nodded: "Well, mother, you too?" ”

Tong Xinlan glanced back at Yu Jingqiu, who was still standing with her hands tied, and said to her youngest daughter Shizuka, "Shizuka, you go and inquire what the general's name is." ”

Yu Jingxiang glanced at the female soldiers nearby, and said a little timidly: "Mother, I'm afraid, these female soldiers have no expression at all, they won't beat people." ”