Chapter 743 Midnight Interlude

Yan Yu clenched her fists angrily and glared at her father.

Yan Laoer didn't dare to raise his eyes to look into her eyes.

He finally gathered up the courage and glanced up, only to see his daughter looking like a little hamster that had been stolen from her house and was huffing and puffing.

Cute is really cute.

Being angry is really annoying.

"Where are those Xizhou soldiers?" Yan Yu asked with a sullen face.

"Here, here, here, they are all in the quarry. You can come here after passing the formalities. If you want more, we can get more. That's right, Dabao, let's think about the food issue for a while. When there are more people, I'm afraid we don't have enough food." Yan Laoer coaxed softly: "Look. We have five thousand new recruits in this camp, all of them are excellent young men. They are all fellows from all over the mountain. They also have some meat on their bodies. In addition to daily training, they can also help us with some work occasionally. There is no need for them. With thousands of people on board, it would be great to have a hundred people in rotation.”

Yan Yu stared at her father, eyes still sparkling.

"More people make more power! All kinds of tools are useless. It's all done by hand. No matter how many people there are, there won't be enough!"

Having said that, Yan Yu understands that the village is now under a heavy burden.

It turned out that the prisoners in the quarry had all changed their places of exile and gathered in Xiao'an Village.

"The soldiers in the camp will not move as long as they can. With a war about to begin, how can we distract them from doing anything else." Yan Yu said with a stern face, "These five thousand soldiers are the foundation of our Yan family's army. They must be trained well." , Similarly, the construction of our village is also very important. Since all the Xizhou prisoners have gone to the quarry, let them smash stones there and have people pull the stones every day. The blueprint for the high wall surrounding the village has long been decided. Dad, you’ll start work tomorrow.”

"We don't have much money in our family's account. There shouldn't be much money in the village. Even if the stone from the quarry is cheaper for us, it's still a big sum of money." Yan Laoer was doing the math in his mind.

Yan Yu puffed up her face and said, "We are the ones who smashed the rocks, and we pulled the stones ourselves. Can we still count them at the previous price? You can discuss the specific price, and ask them to set up a book for us. I owe the debt." !”

"Okay, okay, we owe a debt, my daughter, please keep your voice down. Yes, we owe it first, and then pay it when we have it. Can we still cheat them?" Yan Laoer said angrily: "Tomorrow you and Dad will go to Fucheng to settle your master's account first, then go to the quarry, and then build the wall in the village. Do you like it?"

"I'm not going!" Yan Yu patted the dust and stood up: "I want to go to Huju to find my uncle and my master. I want the people who gave me back!"

…

The moonlight is like water.

Li Xuemei pushed the person away, her face was red, and she was breathing heavily.

Yan Laoer popped his head out from under the quilt, waited for a moment, and diligently served his wife to wash her.

Little Ya'er slept unconsciously at the end of the kang, snoring.

They didn't notice that their parents had just made stuffed rice.

The couple was tidying up their things and were so energetic that they couldn't sleep.

Li Xuemei felt that Yan Laoer was getting hot all over, so she kicked him with her foot.

The latter moved aside consciously.

"Daughter-in-law, you said our daughter has arrived in Huju now, right?"

Li Xuemei's voice was a bit lazy: "You often take the road, and you don't know whether people are there or not?"

"Our daughter has such a temper that she can't wait all night, so she rides on a donkey and kills her." Yan Laoer whispered: "Do you think she can get someone back?" Before Li Xuemei could answer, he said to himself: "I'm disgusted. Craftsmen are so rare these days. The teacher and elder brother probably won't let him go."

Li Xuemei glanced at him and said, "Go to Qi's house and Sha's house at dawn, and you will know how determined your daughter is to find someone."

When Yan Laoer heard this, he leaned over and said, "Daughter-in-law, please tell me in detail."

"Stay away, it's all hot." Li Xuemei stretched out a finger and pointed at his forehead.

Yan Laoer retreated obediently.

Waiting eagerly for the next step.

"Did you go to the new barracks today? You were training with spears." Li Xuemei said slowly: "The spear is the king of a hundred battles. Every inch is longer and every inch stronger. The people sent by Xue Baihu said that it looks simple in action. After a few days, I really got good at it, and I can pick off cavalry with a spear. I saw your daughter playing in the yard, and stabbed her through the sauce tank with a spear. "

The sauce jars at home were all broken, and the child’s father probably wouldn’t have noticed this when he came back.

Yan Laoer didn't think it was strange. With his daughter's magical power, it was nothing to break the sauce vat.

"Her uncles from the Qi family also practiced a lot. The people in the village who were not very accurate in archery have all changed to practicing spears. Not to mention, they are quite decent." Li Xuemei pointed out: "The main strength is not bad, it looks so good. Something happened.”

Yan Laoer suddenly understood where this strength came from.

"With this example in front of me, the young men in the military camp are also practicing vigorously, but there are five thousand people, plus the hundreds of people in our village, the spear is simply not enough. The fifth brother Qi doesn't do anything else now, he carries it with him every day Many people are sharpening rods in the yard. If there is no spear head, they will practice with bare rods first. The place where your daughter and her people are working for the Sha family has been relocated and expanded a lot. In the past few days, they are waiting for you to bring your people back. And It’s about those blacksmiths.”

According to her daughter, it was a complete set of blacksmithing equipment.

"She was thinking about it, and she would talk about it when nothing happened. She also secretly moved out the trebuchet and telescope that we had replaced before, and mixed them with the things brought back from Xizhou. She even competed with the Eight Ox Crossbow. These were all she wanted. In addition, the Wubao in Xiao'an Village cannot be made without skilled craftsmen. If you don't bring it back, she won't be happy with you. "

Yan Laoer was convinced that her daughter's little face was so shameless. If she didn't know that she was really strong, his body wouldn't be able to withstand it, so she would have to hit him in the chest with small fists.

"My daughter was not so impatient before." Yan Laoer muttered.

"This time I think our Dabao is right. Xizhou is different from Beirong. If they really attack, Guanzhou has no pass to defend, and the bordering land is vast. They may attack from anywhere. The child's uncle advocates taking the initiative to attack, and he should have considered this aspect." Li Xuemei is a bystander.

...

It was midnight when Yan Yu arrived at Huju.

The window of her uncle's room was still lit!

After hesitating for a moment, Yan Yu whispered under the window: "Uncle, uncle, are you asleep?"

Footsteps sounded.

Someone came over and opened the door.

The two people inside and outside the house met each other's eyes.

"Brother?!" Yan Yu widened his eyes in surprise.

"Xiaoer, it's really you." Yan Xiangheng's eyebrows were a little tired, and his tone was full of helplessness.

He didn't sleep at night and ran from home, most likely to crawl through the dog hole...

Only his second son could do this.

Uh, his second uncle did it too.

What's the matter? Is it so urgent? Can't wait until dawn?

"Come in quickly." Yan Xiangheng made way.

Yan Yu sighed and went in quickly.

When she entered the room, besides her uncle, there was another person standing on the ground.

Who else could it be but her second brother Cheng?

Cheng Lezhou saw her as if she had seen a savior. (End of this chapter)