Xiao Xi'er and Qin Jingke, each carrying a hand warmer and a hot water bottle, followed by Suanshu and Zou Heng, continued walking on the white carpet.
As she walked, Xiao Xi'er bumped into someone coming from the opposite direction. After the collision, Xiao Xi'er quickly bowed her head and said "I'm sorry" to the person in front of her.
But Xiao Xi'er didn't hear the people in front of her talking, so she looked up.
"Father, why are you out here too?"
Xiao Xi looked at the person she had bumped into, and asked with a surprised smile.
"Now that you're out, can't Father come out too?"
Qin Jue pinched Xiao Xi'er's cheek, and Xiao Xi'er immediately handed him the hand warmer.
"Daddy, take this quickly, it's very warm, this way you won't be cold."
Qin Jue did not take the hand warmer that Xiao Xi'er offered; instead, he put it back into Xiao Xi'er's hand.
"Xi'er, hold this to warm your hands, Daddy won't be cold."
"How could that be? Aren't you cold? Let me touch it."
Xiao Xi'er clearly didn't believe Qin Jue wasn't cold, and directly took Qin Jue's hand.
Only then did she realize that Qin Jue's hands were indeed warm, not as cold as she had imagined.
"Okay... Daddy's hands are indeed warm, then I'll hold the hand warmer myself, Daddy."
"Um"
Qin Jue patted Xiao Xi'er's head with his other hand, then looked at Qin Jingke.
"Does Fifth Brother have a hand warmer?"
"Father, I took one too."
Qin Jue nodded, then took Xiao Xi'er's hand with one hand and walked down the street.
"My third brother has been gone for several days now. I wonder if he's arrived at his destination yet. I miss him so much."
"Based on the timeline, he should arrive tomorrow."
Xiao Xi'er nodded. "Father, I just bought some cotton shoes and knee pads for Third Brother and the soldiers. Could you have someone send them over?"
"sure"
The three continued walking forward. Although it was snowing, there were still quite a few people strolling on the street.
A corner of the street
"Father, don't die, Father!!!"
"Dad...don't you want your son anymore??"
"Dad, wake up!"
A little boy knelt before a corpse, crying and shouting, as if his loud cries would wake his father.
Xiao Xi'er was walking down the street when she heard a sound, so she let go of Qin Jue's hand and ran over.
Qin Jingke followed closely behind Xiao Xi'er, and Qin Jue followed as well.
After turning a corner, you can see a little boy kneeling on the ground, his hands on the man lying on the ground, shaking him vigorously.
Crying and shouting
"What’s wrong with you?"
Qin Ruoxi stepped forward, squatted down, and looked at the little boy who was crying very sadly, and asked him...
"My...my father...he"
The little boy stammered, and Qin Ruoxi looked at the man lying on the ground, pointing at him.
"Is he...dead?"
"I don't know, my dad... he was fine yesterday, but I can't wake him up today..."
The little boy wiped away his tears and snot, feeling ashamed to cry in front of Qin Ruoxi.
"Father?"
Qin Jue stood behind Xiao Xi'er, glanced at the man on the ground, and then looked away.
He is not dead.
"Really? Are you telling the truth?"
Upon hearing this, the little boy's eyes lit up immediately, and he turned around to ask Qin Jue eagerly.
"real"
The little boy was delighted. Qin Jue glanced at Sanhezi, who then took a bag of silver from his sleeve and handed it to the little boy.
"Take this and take your father to see a doctor."
"This... I can't take your money."
Upon hearing this, Sanhezi was stunned, and Qin Ruoxi was also full of question marks.
"Why?"
"My father taught me that I should never take other people's money or things for free."
Qin Ruoxi was a little stunned. Qin Jingke stood at the doorway and looked at the little boy before speaking.
"This isn't something you're taking for free; it's a loan from us, and you'll need to pay it back later."
The little boy looked at the silver, then at his father lying on the ground, and nodded. He took the money bag containing the silver from Sanhezi's hand.
"Alright, may I ask what your name is, so how can I exchange it later?"
"Just remember her name, it's Qin Ruoxi."
Qin Jingke pointed to Qin Ruoxi, who was squatting on the ground, and said to the little boy.
"Okay, thank you for your help."
Qin Jingke pulled Qin Ruoxi up and walked out of the alley.
But before leaving, Qin Jue glanced thoughtfully at the man lying on the ground, and then gave instructions to Zou Heng.
"Have Yan Sheng come over and take a look at him."
"Yes, Master."
After saying that, Zou Heng used his light-footed skill to leave.
"Huh?"
"Father, where is this? Why are they all running up there?"
Xiao Xi'er stood on the bridge and looked down.
"This is a lake, has Xiaoxi forgotten?"
"Then why are they running up there?"
Xiao Xi'er listened to Qin Jue's words and pointed to the people 'running' up there.
"The lake was frozen over, so they started playing on it."
"This isn't running, this is 'ice skating' (the skates are called ice skates)."
"Oh, oh," Xiao Xi nodded her little head as she looked at the people skating below.
After watching for a while, Xiao Xi'er acted as if she had discovered a new continent, pointing to a spot and stomping her little feet.
"Father, Keke, look!"
"There's a lady dancing over there, she's so amazing, so beautiful!"
"Yes, sister."
Qin Jingke looked over and nodded, agreeing with Xiao Xi'er. Qin Jue, however, glanced at her briefly before fixing his gaze on Xiao Xi'er.
Seeing how happy Xiaoxi was watching others dance, a faint smile appeared on her face as well.
"Daddy, I want to play too!"
Xiao Xi'er finally couldn't resist anymore. She took Qin Jue's hand, shook it, and said in a coquettish tone...
"Please, Daddy~"
"Okay, let's go home. There's no one at the lake near my house."
"You play there, and Daddy will have someone teach you, okay?"
When Qin Jue heard Xiao Xi'er's coaxing, how could he refuse? He agreed immediately!
"Really?"
Little Xi held Qin Jue's big hands with both of hers, her eyes sparkling. Qin Jue nodded.
Xiao Xi'er immediately took Qin Jue's hand in one hand and Qin Jingke's hand in the other, and started walking towards the palace.
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After returning to the palace, Xiao Xi'er went to the Imperial Garden, where she and Qin Jingke were taught how to ice skate by the people Qin Jue had found.
In the end, it was only after Qin Jue called out several times that the two reluctantly left the lake, turning back every few steps.
That evening, Qin Jingke returned to Cherry Blossom Garden and went straight to Xiao Liyun's door.
"Mother, are you there?"
Come in.
After receiving permission, Qin Jingke pushed open the door and went inside.
After going inside, she followed Xiao Liyun's example and sat down next to the heater. As soon as she sat down, Liu Si brought her a blanket.
Qin Jingke took the blanket and covered his legs with it.
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