Sisi smiled. Someone else wanted to pick her peaches. "In my eyes, all my older sisters are beautiful."

"You little rascal." Tian Minglei wanted to pat Sisi's head. But as soon as he raised his hand, Twelve said, "You can't touch my sister's head."

Thirteen then added, "My older sister has grown up."

Tian Minglei was amused by Twelve and Thirteen. "Are you two your sister's right and left protectors?"

Twelve still didn't know what "protector" meant, but she felt that having the word "protect" in it must be a good word. So, Twelve loudly hummed in agreement.

Thirteen looked at Twelve and hummed in agreement.

Thirteen is now Twelve's little follower. He does whatever Twelve does.

"Hahahaha...Can I pat your heads?"

12. 13. "No."

"Why? You're not even that big."

12: "My sister said that only the adults in our family can rub our heads."

Twelve: "Hmm. You're not from my family."

"Hahaha... Your sister is so stingy."

12: "You're the one who's stingy."

Thirteen: "Bad guy".

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Yun Yuxuan was calculating whether they had enough food to get through the winter when Sisi, leading Twelve and Thirteen, walked in with Tian Minglei and Feng Lao Er. "Uncle, we have guests."

Yun Yuxuan stood up from his chair. "Welcome, welcome, Xiao Liu, and who are these two?"

Sisi introduced the two parties.

Yun Yuxuan was delighted to hear that Tian Minglei was General Tian's son. "I've met your father; his swordsmanship is excellent."

After speaking of General Tian, ​​Yun Yuxuan looked at Feng Lao Er and said, "We've arrived home."

Feng Lao Er bowed to Yun Yuxuan. "Thank you for your trouble."

"We're family, no need to be so polite. I'll go visit your aunt as soon as I'm done with my work."

"You're busy, so I won't bother you any longer."

"Okay. I'll have someone escort you out."

After Feng Lao Er left, Tian Minglei looked at Yun Yuxuan and said, "Uncle Yun, my father wants to guard the border with you and General Niu."

Yun Yuxuan was very excited when he heard this. "Really? That's wonderful! Your father is a valiant general."

"Really. Could you take me to see General Niu?"

"Of course I can. Come on, I'll take you there now. Xiao Liu, I'm entrusting Ningyuan City to you."

Upon hearing Yun Yuxuan's words, Tian Minglei felt that Yun Yuxuan was truly delusional with joy. He had actually entrusted Ningyuan City to a mere young girl.

Sisi nodded. "Okay, you guys go ahead. Tell your family I miss them."

"Okay. Minglei, let's go."

On the other side, Old Mrs. Feng first took her children and grandchildren to pay their respects to Old Master Yun.

Grandpa Yun was unaware of their arrival and had not prepared any gifts.

Grandpa Yun was very embarrassed.

Feng Chan gave Old Master Yun one hundred taels of silver. "Grandpa, take this as a gift."

"This...this isn't appropriate, is it?"

“Perfect, this is exactly what the Feng family needs right now.”

"All right."

Grandma Feng was delighted to see the gift from Old Master Yun. "Old Master, to be honest, we only have a dozen taels of silver left. Old Master, you are truly our family's savior."

"We're family, no need to be so polite."

Feng Chan and Feng Lao Er are of the same generation, so she only needs to give money to Feng Lao Er's children. Feng Chan will also give them silver.

With the help of the Yun family, the Feng family quickly settled down in Ningyuan City.

After settling in, Grandma Feng asked Sisi if she could arrange some work for Feng Lao Er.

Sisi told Grandma Feng that Ningyuan City would soon become lively, and that they could open shops again once Ningyuan City was bustling. Let's help her prepare all the shops in Ningyuan City for now.

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Feng led her whole family to start cleaning up the shop.

When General Tian arrived with his men, the Feng family had already cleaned up all the shops.

General Niu was watching the soldiers practice on the training ground when Yun Yuxuan's voice came from behind him. "General."

General Niu turned around abruptly. "Why are you back?"

Yun Yuxuan quickly said, "Ningyuan City is fine. I've come to bring you good news. General Tian is preparing to guard the border with us. This is General Tian's eldest son."

Tian Minglei bowed to General Niu. “Greetings, General. My father sent me to pay my respects to you and Uncle Yun. On my way here, I encountered the Feng family. They were on their way to Ningyuan City to seek refuge with Uncle Yun, and fearing they might encounter danger, I saw them off.”

Yun Yuxuan: "The Feng family is my eldest sister's husband's family. Isn't Ningyuan City still a ghost town? Xiao Liu thinks it's more appropriate for them to go to Ningyuan City than to come here."

General Niu didn't care where the Feng family went.

General Niu is concerned that General Tian is coming.

General Niu said to Yun Yuxuan, "Xiao Liu did the right thing." Then he looked at Tian Minglei and said, "We are so happy that your father can come to help us. When will your father arrive? Your Uncle Yun and I will go to pick him up."

"My father will probably arrive in another seven or eight days. He brought not only soldiers, but also some civilians with him."

General Niu was even more delighted to hear this. "Excellent!" They not only lacked men to guard the city, but they also lacked men to farm. "Your father is truly our lucky star."

“My father said it was all he should do. He was a soldier, and soldiers are supposed to defend the country.”

General Niu felt he had found a kindred spirit. "Yes, soldiers should defend the land and protect the borders."

Sun Xingyao was busy when Yun Yuxuan's voice came from outside. "Xingyao, look who's here?"

"Uncle, why are you back?" Sun Xingyao asked as he walked out. "Where's Xiao Liu? Xiao Liu is back... Tian Minglei? What brings you here?"

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