With Magistrate Jiang's help, this is no problem.
Upon hearing this good news, Song Dekui was naturally delighted.
The gloom that had been hanging over him for days vanished instantly. Song Dekui happily went to the main house to report the good news to Song Zhenping, and then asked someone to pass on the message to his elder brother in Qingping Town that he was not leaving.
Knowing that Uncle Kui was going to stay at home, Song Zhenping clapped his hands with joy and insisted on getting up to drink with Song Dekui.
It's great to have a large family; it's getting more and more lively, especially with Uncle Kui coming.
Although the two were from different generations, Song Dekui was only two or three years older than him, and they became very affectionate when they arrived in Suijin Town together.
Now, with Song Lao Er's latest commotion, they are even more like brothers.
Song Zhenping's leg had only been set two days ago, so Song Dekui dared not let him move around or drink, and only stopped him after yelling and cursing.
Two days later, when Song Dekui learned that Song Zhenping and his sister were already engaged, he was stunned.
I heard that Song Zhenping married a village girl from the mountains.
Song Dekui simply sighed that this girl was generous and capable, and then didn't ask any more questions.
The Song family's affair has caused quite a stir, and the marriage hasn't fallen through yet, which is just good luck for Da Ping.
As for Song Liyun's betrothed family, the brother and sister didn't reveal it. They only said that it was a large sheep farmer living on the edge of the grassland, whom she met occasionally when she came to town, and that Luo Baihu was the matchmaker.
With Luo Baihu acting as matchmaker, Song Dekui assumed the other party was a military household.
Although the Zhenbei Army was poor, it was still a large and prosperous family, and there were quite a few military households like the Song family that relied on the garrison camps.
However, Song Dekui's marriage made the brother and sister laugh for a long time.
During that year, the village head's wife asked many people to find him a spouse.
Whether it was a hardworking and capable farm girl or a literate young lady from town, he didn't like any of them. This angered the village head's wife, who scolded him to become a monk in the future. Song Dekui also joked that he would grow old alone.
Song Liyun's words put it bluntly: what did he mean by being lonely for life? He was just a wild man at heart, unwilling to settle down and settle down in the tiny place of Xiaoshi Village and Qingping Town, and craving a fresh and exciting life.
Having his thoughts exposed, Song Dekui chuckled; that was exactly what he was thinking.
Whether he was forced to farm in Xiaoshi Village like his second brother, or do trivial tasks in the town government like his eldest brother, he was going to go crazy from the stifling atmosphere.
Upon learning that Song Zhenping was getting married in the twelfth lunar month, Song Dekui perked up and insisted on presiding over the wedding banquet as the head of the family.
Song Zhenping readily agreed, as having an elder to help with the social interactions would make his wedding more respectable.
Song Liyun was also willing for Song Dekui to attend as an elder, but deliberately joked, "You are the elder, so what kind of gift have you prepared for your uncle to marry his nephew's wife?"
Song Dekui was dumbfounded and immediately panicked!
There's only one month left until Da Ping's wedding, and I'm currently penniless. Even if Xiao Yun gives me a tael of silver as wages, I can't possibly give it to her!
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and Song Liyun returned from the Huangsha River looking dejected.
Song Dekui was just loading the vegetables destined for Tianxianglou into the car, preparing to head into the city in the afternoon.
Seeing that Song Liyun looked unhappy when she returned, he quickly came over and asked, "Xiaoyun, what's wrong? You look so worried every day!"
Song Liyun sighed, "When will it snow again and the river freeze over?"
He always felt that he was just there to freeload at Baolinju. He couldn't help with the construction of the cold storage or the management of the two factories; he could only do odd jobs every day.
Song Liyun just went to check on the freezing condition of the river.
Winter started late this year, and it hasn't snowed yet, but the wind howls all day long, and it's dry and cold to the bone.
There wasn't much ice on the river, but it was enough to make people's hands and feet numb with cold, forcing Song Liyun to shorten the timeline for expanding her cardboard box factory.
The most worrying problem for Song Liyun was the transportation issue: the road to Huangshahekou was blocked.
The narrow path along the Huangsha River is now covered with a thin layer of ice, and horses' hooves start to slip when they step on it. It is safe to wait until it freezes solid.
Luo Baihu has ordered his men to strictly guard Suijin Pass, including Song Liyun, and no one is allowed to pass through freely anymore.
Fortunately, the live sheep delivered earlier have been kept at the sanatorium, so Tianxianglou's sales are not yet strained.
Seeing Song Liyun's anxiety about the river freezing over, Song Dekui asked curiously, "Why are you in such a hurry to freeze it? The ice cellar hasn't been repaired yet, and you won't need it."
The acorn processing workshop needs to soak acorns, and when the Yellow Sand River freezes over, they have to dig holes every day, otherwise the acorns will freeze and become impossible to lift.
Song Liyun looked melancholy and frowned, saying, "I want to go to the grasslands to take a look. The beef jerky at Tianxianglou is almost sold out. I'll also take some grain, salt, and cloth with me to sell."
She wanted to find out how things were on the grasslands, but every day when she asked Luo Baihu, the answer was always "everything is normal" and "everything is going very smoothly," which made her feel at ease.
Since we can't enter the Mida River Valley, we can explore the area around the grasslands and maybe find out what happened.
"To the grasslands?" Song Dekui's spirits lifted; he had been racking his brains for money these past few days.
Although Song Liyun and her brother wouldn't actually accept his gifts, and he could borrow money from Zhou Xiang and Lin Tao if he didn't have any, Song Dekui still wanted to find some money himself.
He knew from his time serving as a corvée laborer in the garrison that there were still quite a few herders on the border of the Wu Dynasty.
These people lived in the Wu Dynasty and made a living by herding livestock on the grasslands.
They were said to be commoners of the Wu Dynasty, but they were actually quite similar to the people of the grasslands.
If you buy goods and sell them to these herders in exchange for furs, you can make a good amount of money.
It seems that this is how Song Liyun makes money.
Song Dekui exclaimed excitedly, "Xiaoyun, we can't go through the Yellow Sand River Valley now, but we can take the Yudao!"
"Controlling the Dao? What kind of Dao is that?" Song Liyun asked in confusion.
Song Dekui chuckled: "It's the road used by carts and horses to transport supplies from the garrison!"
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