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"Are you Chang'an?"

When Song Erxiao saw a teenage girl, he knew that this was his daughter.

Chang'an nodded and shouted: "Dad."

Song Erxiao burst into tears, stretched out his hand to touch her head, and choked with sobs: "My good child, you have grown so big."

When he was drafted into the army, his Chang'an could not walk yet. When they met again, the little child had grown into a big girl.

Chang'an couldn't help but shed tears. He stepped forward and hugged his father, burying his face in his chest: "Dad, Chang'an misses you so much."

Song Erxiao couldn't hold back his tears anymore and said in a nasal voice: "Dad misses you too, and worries about how you are doing every day, but Daddy can't help himself and can't go home to visit you."

"Dad, please don't cry. Now that Aniang and I are here, our family will never be separated again."

Chang'an turned around and pulled the stunned A-Niang over, dragging her to his father: "Dad, you haven't met A-Niang yet."

As he spoke, he handed A Niang's hand into Daddy's big palm.

Mrs. Jiang was a little embarrassed.

To be honest, she didn't spend much time with her husband. It only took more than a year from the time they met to the time they got married and gave birth to their children.

And they have been separated for ten years, and now they meet again, they are a bit strange to each other.

"As you wish." Song Erxiao grabbed his wife's hand, but did not hug her due to the presence of others.

His wife seemed to be more beautiful than he remembered, with fair complexion like a 28-year-old girl.

But the traces of time are still revealed between the eyebrows and eyes, and they have become more charming.

Mrs. Jiang was held by her husband in front of everyone. She was a little shy and said softly: "You and the guests can go into the house to talk. I will go to the kitchen to see what is available."

Song Erxiao smiled and said: "There is frozen venison under the eaves. I hunted it a few days ago and left it specially for you."

"Okay, I'll go take a look."

Mrs. Jiang called to Lian Xin and Xiao Ju: "Come here too."

After the two maids bowed to Song Erxiao, they followed Mrs. Jiang to the kitchen.

The woman who had been standing silently by the side was about to follow, but Song Erxiao stopped her with a glare.

"Go and clean up the rooms. Wait until all the guests have left before serving tea to the mistress."

Huiniang was sent as a concubine by his boss and had been here for more than half a year. Song Erxiao didn't want to hurt his relationship with his wife because of her.

"Yes." Hui Niang bowed respectfully and turned around to clean up the house.

Changan asked curiously: "Dad, who is she?"

Song Erxiao coughed dryly and whispered: "It was sent by someone else."

He didn't want to talk about this topic with his daughter, so he said it in a perfunctory way.

Song Sanshun saw this and said nothing. He went outside to direct the driver to move the luggage.

"Dad, I also bought several carts of grain, including rice, wheat and beans." Chang'an hurriedly presented treasures to his biological father.

Song Erxiao smiled and said: "Thank you so much Chang'an. What we lack most here is food, especially rice."

Although he was from a household of 1,000, he could only eat rice a few times a year. He mostly ate pasta, beans, and meat.

"If I had known better, I would have bought a few more carts of food." Chang'an walked into the house and took out the rabbit woolen sweater he had knitted and handed it to his father: "I knitted this. It will keep you warm inside."

Song Erxiao took it and stroked the soft woolen sweater, feeling warm in his heart.

"Dad also prepared some leathers for you. I'll ask the aunt in town to make robes for you later."

It is cold in northern Xinjiang, and the cold wind blows on the body like an awl, drilling straight into the seams of the bones.

Song Erxiao went to his room, took out some pieces of fox skin from the box, and handed them to Chang An: "This is from the Jurchen tribe. The color is a bit mixed, but the fox fur is thick and can block the wind."

Changan picked up a piece of fox skin and rubbed it on his cheek. It felt so smooth.

She also had a fox fur cloak, but the fur was not as thick as these.

"Dad, I also brought a lot of vegetable seeds." Changan put the fox skin away and opened a large sack. It was full of bags of seeds, as well as a lot of pepper and dogwood.

She also bought a pack of chili seeds from Hu Shang in the capital. It is said that they were introduced from the Western Regions and have a unique spicy taste.

"Pepper?" Song Erxiao grabbed a handful of pepper and put it under his nose to smell it, showing an intoxicated look. "I haven't had pepper in a long time."

His Beishan residence was far away from Dongningwei, and many things were lacking. Fortunately, his little girl brought a sack of pepper, which was enough to feed the family for a year or two.

Chang'an laughed when he saw his father like this, and asked in a low voice: "Dad, are there frequent wars with people here?"

Song Erxiao nodded: "So after spring, you and your mother will move to Dongningwei."

"How far is it?" Chang'an asked.

"More than eighty miles."

"No! We agreed that our family would be together." Chang An shook his head and refused.

My father's Beishan Institute also has several forts under its jurisdiction, so I am not afraid of bad guys coming.

Song Erxiao sighed and said nothing more.

Although he has several forts under his jurisdiction, there are only a hundred or so people in each fort. Even this guard station is only guarded by about two hundred people. If the barbarians attack, it will be quite dangerous here.

However, there are still many people in the guard city, most of them are the family members of the soldiers guarding the border, there are also a small number of local indigenous people, and traveling traders who have come to settle here.

But this small town of three to four thousand people is not impressive compared to the county towns in the pass. Once barbarian cavalry comes over, it will be impossible to defend the city gate.

Chang'an didn't understand her father's melancholy. She took out the bacon, sausages and other items she bought on the road and sent them to the kitchen. She also took out almond flour and honey and prepared to cook them for everyone to try.

In cold weather, you need to drink something sweet. The little goldfish says this is called supplementing heat energy.

In the evening, the family and the third uncle sat around the Kang table to eat. The table was almost entirely filled with meat, including venison, pork, mutton, chicken, and a plate of steamed salted fish.

Chang'an was surprised to find that there were no eggs in this house.

Song Erxiao seemed to understand his daughter's thoughts and said, "It is not suitable for us to raise chickens here. We have to feed them with grain when winter comes. It is not cost-effective, so we raise fewer chickens."

Of course, not everyone in the city does not raise chickens and geese. There are also some people who are not short of food and raise chickens and geese. However, poultry do not lay many eggs in winter. If they do not lay eggs, there will naturally be no eggs to eat.

Then he picked up a bowl of rice wine and saluted his brother: "Sanshun, I respect you. Thanks to you for taking care of Chang'an these years, I am very grateful."

"Brother, you are too unscrupulous." Song Sanshun picked up the wine bowl and clinked it with his brother, and said sadly: "But Chang'an has suffered a lot in the past few years, and it was all because of his useless brother."

Chang'an quickly tugged on his uncle's sleeves: "You can't blame uncle for that. I'm very happy with my uncle and aunt."

Song Erxiao also said: "Don't mention those things, let's talk about now. Sanshun, why did you bring your siblings and niece to the north?"

"It was Mr. Lu who asked us to take up our posts with Chonglou first, and wait three years before we talk about anything else."

Song San told his brother what Lu Jingzhou said by the way: "He wants us to stay away from the capital to avoid the limelight. He said that the superiors are very suspicious. Since you are serving thousands of households in northern Xinjiang, we are afraid of affecting our family."

Song Erxiao understood what his brother meant and shook his head indifferently.

The guards guarding the border in northern Xinjiang are all under the command of the general army and have nothing to do with the Yan Palace. How can they be involved?

Unless one day King Yan bribes the general and rebels with him.

And the thousands of households that belong to the general army are bound to be implicated.

"Dad, third uncle, don't talk about this, hurry up and eat the food." Chang'an saw that Li Xing'er was also present and stopped them from continuing the topic.

Although the parents of Li Xing'er's brother and sister live in Beishan Guardhouse, they are definitely the spies placed here by King Yan. (End of chapter)