Chapter 153

153 bitter herbs

That night, Huo Qijun received the urgent information from the guards from the military camp and left in a hurry at midnight. Before leaving, he gave her a few reluctant kisses on her forehead.

"Qingru, I can't escort you in person... Let General Zhao escort you with his personal guard tomorrow... You should listen to him, you know?" he hugged her and chattered in her ear like a Tang monk for several times. Shen Qingru was sleepy, "sobbing" a few times and fell asleep again.

The next day Ziwan woke her up early. She reluctantly stayed in the quilt for a long time until Ziwan told her that military master Zhao Mingde was waiting at the door early in the morning. Shen Qingru quickly got up from the quilt and asked Ziwan to dress her up quickly.

When she finished dressing up, Shen Qingru ordered Ziwan to invite Zhao Mingde into the room to meet her. Zhao Mingde was dressed in sky blue brocade robes and looked like a gentleman. When he came into the room, he bowed his head and gave a deep salute: "humble Zhao Mingde, pay a visit to his wife."

"Military division, please get up." Shen Qingru smiled and asked Zhao Mingde to watch.

Zhao Mingde thanked him. He sat gracefully on the brocade couch, leaning slightly towards her. His movements all seemed modest and cautious. When Shen Qing spoke like him, he was gentle and respectful. When he answered, he always hung his head and didn't look directly at her. Shen Qingru had to sigh that he was in the frontier fortress How rude the generals are, they are really outstanding. No wonder Huo Qijun attaches so much importance to him.

After her dialogue with Zhao Mingde, she set an hour and set out. Not many generals and their families retreated with her. Shen Qingru saw sister-in-law Huiwen from a few people.

"Sister-in-law Huiwen!" she waved to sister-in-law Huiwen excitedly. Sister-in-law Huiwen followed her reputation and saw Shen Qingru standing by the carriage waving to her far away. She couldn't help but smile on her face: "madam“

Sister-in-law Huiwen still carries Xiaobao with her. The Wu family sister-in-law and others who are familiar with her on weekdays believe that they are familiar with the terrain and speculate that the enemy can't break through our army's defense line. Even if there are one or two missing fish, they don't worry. Therefore, they continue to stay and live as usual. If sister-in-law Huiwen falls down, she just has a Xiaobao around her. Xiaobao is weak and unlike Wu The children of the family are generally strong and lively. In order to do everything, sister-in-law Huiwen can only take Xiaobao to retreat to the rear with master Zhao first, and then move back after the war.

When she met the general's wife here, even sister-in-law Huiwen, who was always dull, smiled. She didn't know the family members of several other generals very well, and the general's wife was warm and kind to their mother and son. In addition, Xiaobao was in poor health these days. She was worried. She happened to meet the general's wife who knew medical skills. You can ask her to take a look at Xiaobao.

Shen Qingru walked towards their mother and son with a smile. Sister-in-law Huiwen quickly bent over and gave a deep salute. Xiao Bao also called out "aunt Qingru" with a dumb voice and a smile

Shen Qingru smiled and chatted with sister-in-law Huiwen. She turned her head and looked at Xiaobao. Xiaobao looked pale and sick. It was obvious that she had not recovered from her illness last time and had not had a good rest in the past few days. She smiled and asked Xiaobao to stretch out her wrist to feel his pulse, and asked Xiaobao to expose the coating on her tongue. Xiaobao obediently did it one by one. Shen Qingru looked at it for a moment and smiled Sister-in-law Huiwen said, "it doesn't matter. It's the wind that hasn't healed. Now it's blowing on the way, and the wind is getting worse."

"I'll write a prescription and ask Master Zhao to send someone to catch some medicine in the front Town," Shen Qingru thought.

Sister-in-law Huiwen thanked Shen Qingru with tears of gratitude. Shen Qingru looked at Xiaobao's haggard face and couldn't help saying, "sister-in-law, take Xiaobao and take a carriage with me."

As soon as sister-in-law Huiwen heard this, she quickly refused. Shen Qingru said positively, "Xiao Bao hasn't recovered from the cold. What can I do if he is allowed to blow outside with you again? Sister-in-law Huiwen is a soft temper. After listening to Shen Qingru's explanation, she agreed and took Xiao Bao into the carriage to accompany her.

Ziwan accidentally left her changed clothes at the post station where she stayed yesterday. She was in a hurry to get them. She was the only one left in the big carriage. Now with sister-in-law Huiwen's mother and son, she was not too lonely on the way.

When it came time to eat, Shen Qingru ordered someone to send her and sister-in-law Huiwen's meals to the carriage. Sister-in-law Huiwen's is an example in the army, which is nothing more than mutton and beef. Shen Qingru doesn't like beef and mutton. Aster has already ordered, so all the dishes brought up are clean vegetables.

Xiaobao looked at the braised beef in front of him. Sister-in-law Huiwen advised him for a long time. He only ate a mouthful or two and put down his chopsticks. When Shen Qingru's food was served, Xiaobao's eyes lit up.

They ate pickles and stored vegetables all winter, but there was no sign of fresh green vegetables. Xiaobao couldn't stand it for a long time. She begged her mother to eat green vegetables every day. Sister-in-law Huiwen loved her son and saved some money selling embroidery. She wanted to go to the vegetable market to buy some green vegetables for Xiaobao. However, she went to the vegetable market every day, and there was no vendor selling fresh green vegetables.

Xiaobao has been greedy for this green vegetable for a long time. Now, seeing a little green spinach in the soup and a White Cherry Radish on the plate, he stared at it without blinking and couldn't move his eyes at all.

Shen Qingru chuckled and handed over the plate of cherry radishes. The radishes were only the size of a child's palm. They were as small and exquisite as yutuan'er. They tasted refreshing, crisp and sweet. They didn't look like radishes. They tasted like autumn pears. She used to like to eat them as fruit.

Xiaobao timidly lowered his head. Although he greedily put his fingers into the inlet, his saliva flowed. However, his mother didn't speak, and he didn't dare to reach for it.

Sister-in-law Huiwen quickly stopped: "madam, don't get used to him, this child..."

Shen Qingru said with a smile, "since Xiao Bao calls me aunt, I can't cry in vain. Pick it up quickly. I raise my hands."

Sister-in-law Huiwen refused for a long time. Seeing Shen Qingru's resolute appearance, Xiaobao looked at herself pitifully. She couldn't help but soften her heart: "thank you, madam general."

When Xiaobao saw that his mother was relieved, he happily took the plate of Cherry Radish from Shen Qingru's hand. He didn't forget to thank her, so he chewed the plate one by one. Looking sad, sister-in-law Huiwen couldn't help turning her back and quietly wiped her tears with her sleeve.

It was her incompetence that made Xiaobao suffer so much. Xiao Bao's father would complain that she didn't take good care of her son if she had a spirit in heaven.

"Sister-in-law, it's just a few radishes. You don't have to be so sad if you don't eat them." Shen Qingru came up with a smile and whispered a smile in her ear. "A man as big as my sister-in-law is greedy as a child. When the Turks are defeated, I will send my sister-in-law a cart of turnips."

Sister-in-law Huiwen naturally knew that Shen Qingru was comforting her. She quickly wiped away her tears with her sleeve, turned back and said with a smile, "then thank your wife's radish in advance."

After eating the Cherry Radish, Xiao Bao said with embarrassment that his fingers were in his mouth and looked timidly at Shen Qingru: "thank you, such as aunt“

Shen Qingru smiled and touched Xiaobao's big head: "you're welcome." Xiaobao's body is very thin, but his head is big, which is not commensurate with his thin body. It makes Shen Qingru a little worried about whether the child is malnourished.

Sister-in-law Huiwen frowned and was obviously very worried about her son's body. Xiaobao had weak intestines and stomach. She couldn't eat fresh vegetables at the frontier fortress. She was beef and mutton every day. Just this millet flour bun, not to mention Xiaobao, she was tired of it early.

Shen Qingru looks at the frowning sister-in-law Huiwen and sighs. Vegetables are scarce in the frontier fortress. On the contrary, beef and mutton are cheap. It's not just sister-in-law Huiwen's mother and son who can't eat fresh vegetables. She helped for a while, but it's not a long-term plan.

Xiaobao has a good appetite. He sweeps up all the radishes and throws them away. But the next meal, even Shen Qingru has no vegetables in front of him.

Xiaobao has a row of blisters on his mouth. She pitifully looks at sister-in-law Huiwen with her fingers. Sister-in-law Huiwen loves her son. Her son is angry and wants to eat some fresh vegetables. The meat in front of Xiaobao is not only greasy, but also hair. Yu Xiaobao's disease is bad, and sister-in-law Huiwen doesn't want Xiaobao to eat.

If you don't eat, you will starve. Looking at her son's poor appearance with tearful eyes, sister-in-law Huiwen bit her lips and thought, and handed a corn brown flour cake to her son's mouth: "Xiaobao, eat this first, and my mother will try to get you food at night."

Sister-in-law Huiwen has lived in the frontier fortress for a long time and is very familiar with the terrain here. At this time, she suddenly remembered that there is a yellow sand geography, buried with a edible wild vegetable.

The wild vegetable doesn't have a name. The frontier fortress calls it "bitter vegetable". Although it doesn't taste as fresh and delicious as ordinary vegetables, it doesn't have a fresh bitter taste, which is just suitable for Xiaobao.

But it was not close to here, and sister-in-law Huiwen couldn't let the people go with her, so she had to make up her mind to dig some bitter vegetables by herself in the evening.

It was night, sister-in-law Huiwen made up her mind and got up quietly. She was ready to set out before dark so that she could come back before midnight. Just about to start, Xiao Bao, who couldn't sleep, stuck to her: "Mom, where are you going?"

Sister-in-law Huiwen comforted her son for a long time. However, Xiaobao insisted on going with her. Sister-in-law Huiwen had no choice but to get off the carriage with a small basket in one hand and her son in the other.

Just after jumping out of the car, a faint voice came from behind sister-in-law Huiwen: "where are you going, sister-in-law“

Sister-in-law Huiwen turns her face in surprise. Shen Qingru is blinking and smiling at her. However, sister-in-law Huiwen can only tell Shen Qingru that she wants to dig bitter vegetables at night.

Shen Qingru is very curious about the bitter vegetables in sister-in-law Huiwen's mouth. She has never eaten such wild vegetables. However, according to sister-in-law Huiwen, it is a kind of refreshing and not unpleasant dish, and it is easy to grow in the frontier fortress. If we can dig some back and make seeds for everyone to plant, wouldn't it solve the problem of eating vegetables for the people in the frontier fortress to a certain extent?

Shen Qingru quickly came forward to take the basket in sister-in-law Huiwen's hand, and Xiaobao took sister-in-law Huiwen's two arms left and right: "sister-in-law, I'll go with you."