Chapter 502 Do you think I can just sit still?
Jiang smiled and said, "We are a family, so why worry about anything? I made three pairs of shoes for you. I asked Jinshu to put them in your room. I don't know if the size of your feet has changed. You can try them later. If they don't fit, I will make some changes."
Song Yuntang nodded.
"Thank you, mother." He turned to look at Mrs. Hu and said, "Grandma, my cousin's wife should have given birth too, right?"
Mrs. Hu smiled and nodded. "It's a baby girl. Your aunt is so happy. Liangping is now of marriageable age. Your aunt has been busy taking care of her grandson and looking for a matchmaker to find a wife for Liangping. She is so busy every day."
Song Yuntang smiled, "Maybe my aunt is enjoying it."
Seeing his descendants mature one after another, Mrs. Hu was delighted.
"Isn't it?" Then he sighed, "I don't know if grandma can hold on until you have another child."
Song Yuntang looked at her and said, "Grandma, you should stay in the capital for a while this time. I can help you recover. There are servants at home to take care of you, so it won't be too much trouble."
Hu smiled and nodded.
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Xu Wencheng stepped forward and held Hao Ting in his arms clumsily.
Jiang was worried that he would drop the child, so she kept the child by his side.
"Be careful."
Xu Wencheng looked at the child in his arms and had a wonderful feeling. Unconsciously, he was now an elder himself.
He touched Hao Ting's face carefully.
"Mom, Hao Ting looks quite similar to my sister-in-law."
"Yes." Jiang smiled as she looked at Hao Ting in his arms, "His eyebrows and eyes are like your sister-in-law, and his nose and mouth are like your elder brother. He will definitely be a handsome young man when he grows up."
Hao Ting opened his eyes wide, looked at his uncle, then at his grandmother, and suddenly grinned.
Xu Wencheng's face was full of excitement.
"Mom, Hao Ting smiled at me!"
Seeing the bustling atmosphere in the house, Xu Yuande and Hu were delighted.
After dinner, several people were arranged to rest in the yard.
In order to make it easier to take care of him, Song Yuntang arranged his grandparents and parents to live in the same courtyard. Xu Wencheng had to practice martial arts on weekdays, so in order to prevent him from disturbing the elders, he was arranged in a separate courtyard.
Fortunately, the courtyard at home is spacious, and after some arrangements, there are still several rooms left.
In the evening, after Xu Qingye came back, the family had a reunion dinner.
After dinner, he called Xu Wencheng to the flower hall.
I don’t know what the two brothers talked about. Song Yuntang chatted with several elders in the main hall for a while. Seeing that his grandparents were not in good spirits, he asked the servants to help them to rest.
When I returned to the room, Xu Qingye was not there yet.
Perhaps they were tired from traveling these days, so after the elders returned to the yard, they turned off the lights and there was no sound after a while.
The yard returned to silence again.
Song Yuntang washed up, put on a cloak and came to the west wing to accompany his son. The child, who was more than four months old, already had rich expressions and could interact with adults.
He has a round head and shakes his head when you talk to him. He is so cute.
Song Yuntang told the child a story and chatted with him for a while, and did not leave the west wing until the child fell asleep.
When going out, Xu Qingye just came outside the house, raised his hand and made a gesture to push the door, and saw Song Yuntang coming out of the house, and his raised hand froze in mid-air for a moment.
"Hao Ting is asleep?"
"She's already asleep." Song Yuntang turned around and closed the door. "Have you finished your chat with Wencheng?"
Xu Qingye took her hand and walked towards the main house with a clear and mellow voice.
"It's been a while since we finished chatting."
Song Yuntang glanced in his direction.
"How are you going to arrange Wencheng's matter?"
Thoughts flowed in the man's eyes, and his tone was neither hurried nor slow when he spoke.
"Prince Heng is currently in the Northern Frontier. I plan to have him first go to General Zhenxi's command to get used to it. The Western Regions are restless and wars of varying sizes are constantly going on. He can also gain military merits by going there."
Song Yuntang nodded.
"That's fine. King Heng is too treacherous. If we fight under him, if he knows about your relationship with Wencheng and has bad intentions, we won't be able to stop him. But I've heard that people in the Western Regions are good at poison. We have to prepare Wencheng's equipment before he sets out."
After a moment of silence, the man spoke again.
"The war in the northern border has been stalemated for many years, and almost half of the national treasury has been used up. If a war really breaks out in the western region, food and fodder will be a big problem first. The situation may not be good by then."
This is also the reason why there are so few soldiers in the western part of Daxia.
After the two entered the room, Song Yuntang, who was walking behind them, turned around and closed the door.
She and Xu Qingye stood opposite each other.
"If it's because of a lack of silver and food, we should be able to help. You know the yield of sweet potatoes. This year's harvest is very good, and the farm has added several granaries. When the time comes, donating these sweet potatoes to the battlefield may help solve the urgent problem."
Xu Qingye suddenly had an idea.
"If sweet potatoes can be grown in the northwest, we can farm in peacetime and wear armor in wartime. In this way, we can not only achieve self-sufficiency, but also sell the excess food to earn money for military supplies, which is killing two birds with one stone."
Those who can go to the battlefield are all strong men.
The Northwest region is vast and sparsely populated.
If used in combination, it would be a good idea.
Song Yuntang was only thinking about providing food to the battlefield, and didn't think so deeply about it.
Hearing him say this, there was admiration in his eyes, "If you go to the battlefield, maybe you will become a famous general in the future."
The man shook his head.
"When Wencheng went to the battlefield alone, my parents were extremely nervous. If both of us go, they will be the first to get restless."
Song Yuntang glanced at him lightly and walked towards the bed.
"You think I can sit still?"
She took off her cloak and hung it up before climbing into bed, grabbing the covers and draping them over her legs.
Xu Qingye was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up at her, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
"Wencheng has not married yet, so he naturally has nothing to worry about. I have a wife and a child now, so of course I don't want to be separated from them."
Song Yuntang looked in the man's direction with a smile on his face.
"Wencheng wants to go to the battlefield because it is his dream, but the battlefield is not your best choice. You want to shine in the officialdom in the future."
Then he said, "I just don't know what the climate in the northwest is like. Maybe we can really try your method. But now that you have established a foothold in the Hanlin Academy, I'm afraid we can't do this on our own."
The relationships among officials in the capital are complicated. Recently, she has occasionally attended banquets in various mansions in the capital. Although she keeps a low profile, she has secretly heard a lot of excitement.
The first bird to stick its head out gets shot.
She didn't dare ask Xu Qingye to take the spotlight.
Xu Qingye is not a rash person, so he naturally understands this principle.
"The Western Region is dry and rainless, with severe cold in winter. When people are short of food and clothing, there will be constant friction between the two peoples. The current climate is not suitable, and the soldiers have no time to take care of it. There is no need to be anxious. It will not be too late to make plans after Wencheng has established a firm foothold there."
As he spoke, he took off his clothes and got into bed.
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