Cannon Fodder Strategy

Zhang Hongyi has never been out of Yingzhou, so he doesn't know that those silks are only of the lowest quality. Even if the original owner was still living in the palace, the slightly respectable girls and women around his mother would wear dresses made of much better fabrics than the silks just now. many.

But his caring heart is much more precious than that silk. Silk is valuable, but friendship is priceless. There is an old saying that it is easy to find priceless treasures, but it is rare to find a lover. This is the truth. Lily's eyes gradually softened. She looked at Zhang Hongyi sighing, which was a little funny, but also moved her heart:

"Okay, it's good to be able to live with clothes to cover your body and food to satisfy your hunger. What does it matter what you wear? Wearing silk doesn't make you happy, and it's not as good as wearing coarse linen." Her words were heard in Zhang Hongyi's ears. He just thought that Lily was comforting him, and he felt more and more uncomfortable. Seeing that he lowered his head and remained silent, Lily reached out and patted him:

"Quickly take out your bed board." The two of them had just gone out to buy some sewing scissors. Now Lily asked Zhang Hongyi to carry the bed board out. Although he didn't know what was going on, he still obeyed and Lily threaded the thread. OK, I took the cloth and spread it on the bed board. I marked the size with my hand, took the scissors and started cutting.

Zhang Hongyi bought some cloth and let her play with it. After he finished worrying about the silk, he thought of his brother-in-law whom he was going to meet tomorrow. He stared at Lily for a while and then hid aside.

Lily cut Zhang Hongyi's body size. After cutting it, she started to sew. After each piece was sewn, she stuffed the cotton into it, and used stitches to press it evenly in the middle, so that it was strong. But it took a lot of effort. After sewing for a while, she wanted to use scissors, but she couldn't find them after turning around.

Lily still knew what she was putting away. She held the needle and thread in her hand and looked up. Zhang Hongyi was squatting in the corner of the yard with his back to her. She didn't know what he was doing. She called out:

"Zhang Hongyi, where did you put my scissors?"

He responded without turning his head: "Here I am. Wife, please wait a moment."

I don’t know what he did with the scissors. Lily sat and waited for a while, then he stood up, but did not turn his head. Instead, he covered his face with his hands and raised his hands in this direction. He held the scissors in his hand. This weird look made Lily's brows jump. He reached out and pulled his sleeve: "What did you do?"

Zhang Hongyi held scissors in his hand, and when she pulled it, he didn't dare to struggle. Worried that the scissors would prick her, Lily just stretched out her hand and pulled, and saw his sleeve move away.

His originally black face with unruly beard was now cut in a mess on his chin and lip. He couldn't see it himself, so he just cut it without looking in the mirror. In some places, the skin was even punctured and there were beads of blood. Straight up.

Lily was a little angry and a little funny, so she quickly put down her needle and thread and motioned for him to squat down and wipe it for him. He knelt down docilely, and Lily wiped away the blood drops for him. He was not afraid of the pain, and even smiled playfully.

"Why are you tormenting yourself? You're not good-looking to begin with, and you still insist on poking your face to pieces." She scolded, but her movements were gentle. Zhang Hongyi narrowed his eyes, and when he heard Lily's words, he just said 'hehe'. smile:

"What's not good-looking? I used to have a beard and it made me look older. If I shaved off my beard, he might be a handsome man too!" He was thick-skinned and had no embarrassment at all when he praised himself. Lily couldn't help but laugh. He made a sound and reached out to slap him on the face. He had pricked his face when he was cutting his beard and didn't see him scream, but now he slapped him and he screamed fiercely.

Lily took the scissors and carefully trimmed his dog-gnawed beard. Zhang Hongyi squatted in front of her obediently. She trimmed the remaining beard. Except for the few minor wounds on his face, Zhang Hongyi It does look much more pleasing to the eye.

Originally he had a slovenly beard, but he looked almost in his early thirties even though he was only in his twenties. Now that he has shaved off his beard, although his face still looks dark and fierce, it is unexpected. I wonder if it is. Lily was used to seeing his messy appearance, so Leng Hui had to clean it up, and he indeed looked much younger.

Looking closely, he is not related to a handsome man, but he also has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a face that is very masculine. If it were in modern times, he would be considered a tough guy. Lily changed the look on his face for him. After wiping off the beard residue, he signaled him to take his scissors and wash them. He had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he squatted beside him and asked:

"What does brother-in-law like to eat? What kind of things does he like? What kind of words does he like to say, what kind of clothes does he like to wear?" It's almost more detailed than asking the man and woman about each other's basic information during a blind date. As for the situation of the original eldest brother, Lily doesn't know. of.

The original owner didn't even know what the eldest brother of the Zhou family liked, and the relationship between the two brothers and sisters was not that good. In addition, they were raised separately when they were young. The men were outside and the women were in the courtyard. Sometimes they were separated from each other even when greeting the elders for a month. I haven't seen her a few times, especially as she got older. The original owner learned needlework, housekeeping, rules and rules for women, while her eldest brother wanted to learn Confucianism and the Four Books and Five Classics for scientific examinations. , and had no contact with him at all. In my memory, he was just a pale, thin, yet mature young man.

At this time, Zhang Hongyi was asking for more details. Lily was a little annoyed by the questions, so she stretched out her legs and kicked him:

"Go further away and don't bother me. Just go and have a look. If you bother me again, if a needle sticks into my hand later, I will hit you."

"What do you mean by casual visit?"

Zhang Hongyi was a little depressed. He was nervous all the way and was thinking about it when he came back. He was afraid that he would embarrass her, but her attitude was so understated. He was a little unwilling and muttered, but he really didn't dare to argue. He was deeply afraid that the needle in his wife's hand would fall into her flesh. When he thought of the pain and the possibility of bleeding, he became nervous again and hurriedly Want to reach out to stop her:

"Oh, don't do it. You have such delicate skin and tender flesh. It will hurt if the needle pricks you."

"If I don't do it, you will do it?"

Lily glared at him, he was restless, and he used one method at a time to make people talk. He couldn't calm down himself, and he also made others unable to be quiet. She lost her temper, but Zhang Hongyi smiled and took out a needle and thread from the side: "Maybe I can do it too, won't I still be unable to learn?"

After saying that, he reached out to rummage through the basket, but some things do require talent. He could break a needle with two fingers, but in the end he couldn't even thread the needle and thread. The shopkeeper gave him three needles in total, so he After destroying two of them, Lily couldn't bear it anymore and took off her shoes to beat him, so he covered his face and ran away.

Although Lily moved quickly throughout the whole day, she only made a quarter of the clothes. After catching up with work at night, she had only finished sewing the front and back hems, and the sleeves were still unfinished. Zhang Hongyi urged her to sleep, saying that she would have to do it tomorrow. Go out.

He went out again in the afternoon and bought some melon seeds and snacks to seal up. He didn't eat them himself. When he got up early the next morning, he asked Lily to tie his hair again and tie it neatly. The two of them went out with the gift. When they came to the post house, they heard that Zhou Daguan had already redeemed himself with some silver and left with his wife and children.

The Zhou family is an exiled sin slave. Generally, when a sin slave like this comes to Yingzhou, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, as long as he can get the money, he can redeem himself, and only needs a small ninth-grade official. Er took a pen and scratched his name from the crime book. There was no need to report it to the government anymore. He asked about the date and was told that he left four months ago.

He had been away for so long, so he probably knew that his sister had been bought, but he didn't mention it. The most important thing was that Zhou Daguan had money to redeem himself and his wife and children. When Zhou Baihe bought It only cost five cents to come down. He had money but refused to help his sister. Lily felt a chill in her heart when she heard this. She grabbed Zhang Hongyi's hand and whispered:

"Forget it, go back."

Zhang Hongyi had always been submissive to her, but this time she reached out to grab him. Not only did he not listen, but he also held Lily's hand tightly and asked with a sullen face:

"So, after Mr. Zhou left, do you know where he went?" His voice was loud when he spoke, and his expression was fierce when he frowned. There were scars on his face from yesterday's shave. Zhang Heizi's name was in the camp. Zhou is also a big one, and the people in the post office have known him before. When they heard him ask questions, they shrank their shoulders, fearing that he was going to hit someone:

"They say they bought a house in Jinbei Hutong to live in. I don't know if that's true. You can go there and find out."

The original owner, the eldest brother, was able to redeem himself and buy a house this time. Since the Zhou family was raided, he must have left something valuable with him.

But in the plot, he was clearly able to live a good life, and he knew clearly that his biological sister was still alive and was not having a good life, but he did not show up to see her once. Lily looked calm, but Zhang Hongyi couldn't bear it and held her hand:

"Let's go and take a look!"

In fact, Lily no longer wanted to see it anymore, but Zhang Hongyi seemed to be even more angry than her and insisted on pulling her away.

Someone was selling a house in Jinbei Hutong some time ago. Houses in this area of ​​Yingzhou are not expensive. There are some people renting them, but not many buying them. What's more, the purchase of a house by Zhou Daguan's family is considered a rarity within a few miles. It was over. As soon as Zhang Hongyi and the two passed by, they found out after asking.

The door of the room was closed tightly, and a spring curtain was posted at the door. Zhang Hongyi knocked on the door, and a female voice in the room shouted impatiently:

"Here you go, why are you banging in such a hurry?"

While talking, a male voice seemed to ask: "Who is outside the house?"

Not long after, someone came and opened the door. It was Zhou Daguan who was wearing a green jacket, with his hands in his sleeves, and a black leather cap. A woman in blue with white flowers stood beside him. Next to them, the two of them were startled when they saw Zhang Hongyi when they opened the door. Official Zhou turned pale and subconsciously wanted to close the door, but Zhang Hongyi stretched out his hand to push the door, and turned his body sideways to let Lily behind him. (To be continued...)

ps: Sixth update...

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