Chapter 304: Snowy New Year
On the way to Jiang's house, the sky was covered with dark clouds and soon a light snow fell.
If it were Beiguan Town, the sky would have been covered with heavy snow at this time of year. But in Jixiang County, the largest snowflakes were only as big as a little fingernail.
The winter here is not as cold as that in Beiguan Town.
In Beiguan Town, two tall, square piles of firewood can be burned in winter.
In the winter here, although a lot of firewood cannot last through the winter and people will freeze to death without a house to live in, half of the firewood in Beiguan Town can ensure indoor warmth throughout the winter.
The young man who was busy following Xia Daohua watched his boss looking up at the sky stupidly for a while, then he became inexplicably silent. He dared not say a word and silently waved the whip to drive the mule cart.
Fortunately, this wasn't the first time that the boss asked me to go with him to deliver something to the Jiang family. Otherwise, I wouldn't know the way and I wouldn't be willing to bother the boss to ask. What if I took the wrong way...
Xia Daohua did not indulge in the sudden nostalgia for too long.
She was going to deliver New Year's goods, so she couldn't come with a heavy face and give people a lot of worries.
Everyone in grandma's family has always been very kind to Jiang and her children. So in a few days, she will come again with the fourth wife and Lihua, Wulang, and Linghua.
Xia Daohua arrived at the Jiang family and had just started asking the boy to unload the goods when she was pulled into the house by her aunt.
Xia Daohua originally thought that her aunt had something private to tell her, maybe something embarrassing. However, her aunt only gave her a big bowl of steaming ginger and brown sugar water and told her to drink it quickly:
"Can the elder sister-in-law harm you? Don't be disgusted by the strong ginger taste, drink it quickly! You may not feel it at such a young age, but I am actually most afraid of catching a cold, it's a lifelong thing!"
Xia Daohua pinched her nose and drank it, and sweat broke out all over her body. There was also an inexplicable warmth in her heart, which started from her stomach and gently spread, warming her whole body in an instant.
The aunt took a handkerchief embroidered with a few small yellow flowers and wiped the sweat off Xia Daohua's face:
"This handkerchief was newly embroidered by your cousin. It's brand new and no one has ever used it before! But your cousin's craftsmanship is not as good as your mother's, so please don't despise it."
Xia Daohua smiled and enjoyed the care of her aunt. She took the handkerchief and took a look at it. She was surprised and said, "This craftsmanship is not worse than my mother's! Aunt, you are too modest."
The eldest aunt smiled and said, "As long as you like it."
After spending a pleasant hour at the Jiang family, Xia Daohua left somewhat reluctantly.
Almost everyone in the Jiang family likes her.
Although the Xia family members were not bad to her, she felt that the Jiang family members were more friendly.
Of course, it could also be because she was a "senior" in the Jiang family, but just a "girl from the fourth room" in the Xia family.
The cars returning to the city were empty and there was a thin layer of snow on the road.
Xia Daohua spent almost the next half month visiting relatives and friends.
The New Year was busy and Xia Daohua felt tired but at the same time, excited but calm. She felt that she seemed to have gradually integrated into this time and space.
But there was still a vague sense of uneasiness in his heart. After all, even Eunuch Wei had not found any news about Li Gan. Although Wei Shiqi agreed to help Xia Daohua, his own channels were limited, so he still had to rely on the help of Eunuch Wei.
However, even Eunuch Wei's extended influence was completely unaware of Li Gan's movements.
It was as if Li Gan had suddenly disappeared out of thin air.
Xia Daohua was even a little worried, and her imagination became rich - could it be that this person had gone through all the storms but capsized in a ditch - maybe he went to some small mountain village and was murdered for his money?
If this is true, then I'm afraid no one will be able to find out!
Xia Daohua was thinking about Li Gan idly, wondering where this man had gone and how to help him.
At this moment, Li Gan also thought of Xia Daohua.
"Five ounces of gold for a bottle of medicine, how shameful! But five ounces of gold can buy a life, it's really not expensive!"
Li Gan and his seven men hid in the Huaishu Niangniang Temple, which had been attacked several times by the rebel army, and were trapped here by heavy snow. Fortunately, Li Gan found a cave under the feet of Huaishu Niangniang, and went in with a few men, and cleared the traces outside the cave, so that the group could catch their breath.
Previously, Li Gan divided several of his absolutely trusted men into teams, each of whom worked on their own and followed different clues - this was his usual method, which saved time, effort and was efficient, but this time, he failed because of the dispersion of his forces.
He originally led twenty people to the north to investigate a clue about King Huai'an. As they investigated, the clue pointed to Bohai County.
But since entering Bohai County, Li Gan and his men had entered the enemy's rear.
The "General Bohai" who occupied Bohai County at this time was actually just a puppet. Even his personal guards and military advisors were found to be from the northern barbarians.
And these northern barbarians just happened to be subordinates of Li Gan’s old rival, Xiao Lubuhua.
As professional spies, they have a keen sense of smell for colleagues like Li Gan. Fortunately, because of his beautiful appearance, Li Gan often disguises himself to obliterate his personal characteristics.
Otherwise, I would have been targeted long ago.
Moreover, if Xiao Lubuhua knew that the person coming was Li Gan, he would probably send many times more forces to specifically encircle and suppress him.
Even so, their unfamiliar faces still attracted the attention of the enemy.
After encountering a small-scale ambush, Li Gan and his men were separated, and only seven people were left with him.
Two of them were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
By chance, they ran to Beiguan Town and then came to Huaishu Niangniang Temple. Li Gan and his men went in.
Because he had heard the legend of the Sophora japonica temple and had seen some mysterious things about Xia Daohua with his own eyes, Li Gan kowtowed to the Sophora japonica temple at the entrance of the temple and pitifully begged for her protection.
Coincidentally, after kowtowing and burning incense, Li Gan took his men to hide in the Huaishu Niangniang Temple. Then, heavy snow suddenly fell from the gloomy sky.
All traces of the group were completely covered up by the sudden heavy snow.
Later, Li Gan discovered the cave under the feet of the statue of the goddess by chance.
After testing with a fire stick, Li Gan found that the ventilation in the cave was good, so he hurriedly took a few of his men and hid in it, and then hurriedly cleaned up all the traces.
Now that he had a quiet place to stay, Li Gan began to apply medicine to his injured companions.
The medicine that Xia Daohua sold him really lived up to its price and once again played an almost magical role.
Seeing that the injuries of his brothers were visibly improving, Li Gan looked at the few precious glass medicine bottles in his hands, and felt both resentful and grateful towards Xia Daohua.
In the middle of the night, Li Gan and his companions were awakened by the crackling sound of firecrackers. Only then did they realize that it was already New Year's Eve.
Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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