Chapter 118 You Left Me
Meng Chengping stiffened his neck and muttered to no one.
"How can I care about my family when the enemy is not yet defeated? How could I possibly have such thoughts? Impossible! The He family's eldest daughter is not coming for me. It is important for people to know themselves. I absolutely cannot..."
Mu Nanzhao winked at Gu Xixi.
The two of them looked at Meng Chengping with amusement.
Gu Xixi rarely eats melons and is very excited.
I really didn't realize that General Meng is such a pure-hearted person?
Just a few teasings can make him so shy.
But seeing how big General Meng's reaction was, who knows if Mu Nanzhao saw through his true nature?
The gate to the courtyard was open, and He Jinglan was standing in the sun watching people sweeping the floor.
Hearing the noise outside, she turned around and ran over in surprise, "Xixi! A Zhao!"
Mu Nanzhao subconsciously glanced at Gu Xixi and sighed to He Jinglan, "I've told you so many times since we were little, I'm a few months older than He Jinghui, you should call me brother."
He Jinglan said without hesitation, "That won't work. I don't have the habit of finding brothers everywhere."
Now even Gu Xixi and Meng Chengping couldn't help laughing.
Mu Nanzhao asked with a straight face, "Why did you come here?"
He Jinglan smiled and said, "I was bored staying in the capital, so I planned to go out for a walk."
"Just before the New Year, Xixi wrote to me and told me that she would come to work near the military camp in the spring, so I thought about coming here in advance to wait for you. I didn't expect you to come so soon."
"What a joke." Mu Nanzhao said unhappily, "What the hell is He Jinghui doing? He doesn't stop you."
He Jinglan spread her hands, "He tried to stop me, but you know it's useless."
She turned around and hugged Gu Xixi's arm, smiling, "Xixi, you don't know how much I miss you!"
Several people came into the house chatting and laughing.
Meng Chengping hired two local women in advance to be responsible for boiling water, cooking, sweeping, etc. in the courtyard.
After moving in, Gu Xixi did not have to worry about other things and devoted herself to the Northwest Army's land reclamation that day.
As for Mu Nanzhao, she kept him in the courtyard with reasons such as "good friends reminiscing about the past" and "everyone has their own expertise, there won't be much you can do if you go there, so why bother to sit in the cold wind?"
The weather has been sunny for several days, and after being exposed to sunlight around noon, the frozen soil in the vast wasteland of the northwest has begun to melt.
The first day was to demarcate the land.
Once the areas were clearly divided, Gu Xixi only needed to teach them how to reclaim and prepare the land, and after she left, they would do it on their own.
The next day, Gu Xixi personally stepped on the land and marked out the land that needed to be improved.
She had previously experienced soil composition, and found that specially marked parts were not suitable for growing food crops, but after improvement they became suitable for growing alfalfa.
Of the remaining land, only a small half can be used to grow wheat, while the other half can be used to grow oats.
However, winter comes early in the northwest and is extremely cold, so it is impossible to grow winter wheat like in Huachidu Village.
Meng Chengping frowned and said, "You mean spring wheat? Why haven't I seen it before?"
Gu Xixi smiled, "Although spring wheat is planted in early spring, it is more cold-resistant than winter wheat."
"There is this kind of wheat in some countries in the Western Regions."
She glanced at Meng Chengping and said, "Don't worry, I have a way to get it."
"But the price is something you have to negotiate with the other party yourself."
Mr. Geshu from Yunling County is from a wealthy family that grew spring wheat.
Meng Chengping grinned and said, "That's easy. I'll hide my identity and go there in plain clothes, and pretend that I'm the northern merchant you introduced me to."
"The North?" Gu Xixi smiled and nodded, "That's a good excuse."
Meng Chengping said, "Oats are rough after all, so they are OK for horses, but wheat is better for people."
Gu Xixi said, "In fact, oats can also be made into delicious pasta, but the preparation process is a few more steps than wheat."
The cooked flour made from oats was later called oatmeal in some places.
It is chewy and gives you a long-lasting feeling of fullness, making it a very good carbohydrate.
Meng Chengping looked at Gu Xixi with shining eyes, like a servile man asking for advice.
Gu Xixi laughed, "Don't worry, I'll write you instructions when the oats are harvested."
Starting from the second day, Gu Xixi went out before dawn.
This is when she proposed to Meng Chengping.
Before coming, she had taken into consideration that Mu Nanzhao's health could not handle it, so she set the return date at four days and there could be no further delay.
Excluding the date of her return, she had to complete the arrangements for the land reclamation in three days.
For two consecutive days, Mu Nanzhao didn't see Gu Xixi until dark.
Gu Xixi was probably too tired after a busy day, so she quickly ate a few mouthfuls of food and said she wanted to go back to her room to sleep.
So Mu Nanzhao and He Jinglan hardly had the chance to say a few words to her.
That night, Gu Xixi went to sleep again. He Jinglan sighed, "It's really not easy to be a general. Look how tired Xixi is. I saw her eyelids drooping when she was eating just now."
Mu Nanzhao had no expression on his face. He flicked his sleeves and said, "Well, let's go to sleep."
He Jinglan shouted behind him, "Are you sleeping too? So early?!"
Mu Nanzhao did not answer.
The next day, Gu Xixi once again tiptoed out of the house in the dark, but met someone who blocked her way.
Gu Xixi was startled, patted her chest to calm herself down, and whispered, "Did I wake you up?"
"It's so cold, hurry up and go inside! You're standing here in the dark, trying to scare someone to death!"
As she spoke, she reached out to push him, but failed and looked up in confusion.
Mu Nanzhao was looking down at her, "Gu Xixi, you promised to bring me here, but now you're leaving me in the yard, don't you think that's too much?"
Gu Xixi said with a smile, "We are not here to travel and enjoy the scenery. Why should I take you out to eat dirt and drink the wind?"
"Besides, I'm not abandoning you."
"Jinglan is at home with you, so you have company and won't be bored."
What Gu Xixi didn't say was that He Jinglan was fond of Mu Nanzhao, and given Mu Nanzhao's current condition, she could rest assured to let He Jinglan take care of him.
Mu Nanzhao looked at Gu Xixi and raised his eyebrows slightly, "You are very confident in Jinglan."
Gu Xixi was stared at by him, and inexplicably felt guilty, "Of course, Jinglan is your childhood sweetheart."
Mu Nanzhao's eyes were as dark as ink. He suddenly flicked his sleeves and strode towards the door.
At daybreak, Meng Chengping stood at the edge of the field, watching his soldiers burying fertilizer.
The recipe was given by Gu Xixi. I prepared it last night and buried it deep in the soil. I watered it and left it there for a month. It can increase fertility and neutralize alkalinity.
Wait until the weather is suitable so as not to delay sowing.
but……
Meng Chengping couldn't help but sneak a glance at the side.
Why did Mu Nanzhao come here today?
Come if you want to, why are you standing there with a stern face and not saying anything?
Meng Chengping silently tightened his cloak and looked into the distance.
It was such a cold day, and he thought there was nothing much to see around.
Looking at Gu Xixi again, she was very serious when directing the soldiers to work, and she looked as heroic as a female general. However, she was absent-minded when looking at Mu Nanzhao in between, and seemed to be uneasy.
Meng Chengping was full of doubts. What happened to these two people?
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