With so many things to arrange, we can’t go on our honeymoon.
Xu Ning did not have any complaints, after all, it was she who proposed it.
Jiang Yan felt that Qicheng was still not safe enough, and since he had not found the escaped northerner, he took Xu Ning back to Beicheng.
There are more people in Beicheng, so Xu Ning and Jiang Yan don't have to worry about things like New Year's goods when they return to Beicheng. The housekeeper has already prepared everything, and Xu Ning just needs to take a look and make sure there are no problems.
As for holiday gifts, the housekeeper also prepared them according to the annual routine.
However, it is not ruled out that someone knows that Jiang Yan is spending the New Year in Beicheng. If the New Year gifts he gives are too expensive, he will need to send some more back.
Therefore, Jiang Yan sent his housekeeper out to purchase another batch.
Xu Ning stayed in North City for a short time last time and did not finish touring North City, so he went out to buy things with the housekeeper.
"Madam, do you need to tell those merchants your identity later so as not to offend them?" Although they all went into the private room to choose, they would inevitably run into other families' families and housekeepers. Xu Ning always kept a low profile in front of these people, so few people knew what Xu Ning looked like.
"Okay, go ahead and tell me, but I won't show up. Xuemei, get me a curtain later."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, Master."
The Jiang family's carriage slowly stopped in front of a jade building. Immediately, spies from various families saw the Jiang family's housekeeper standing respectfully by the side, and a woman in a wolfskin coat walked down from the carriage slowly.
"The young woman who hasn't shown her face must be Madam Jiang."
"There won't be anyone else who the housekeeper treats with respect. I heard that this young lady is very mysterious. It seems that it is her."
"Come here, get the carriage ready, and have Madam go out and pick out some New Year gifts. Remember, tell her to pick something the young ladies would like!"
The powerful and aristocratic families in the north city all started discussing the matter in their houses.
Xu Ning visited several shops and felt tired, so he found a teahouse to stop and have some snacks.
The housekeeper hadn't finished purchasing everything yet, and Xu Ning didn't want to look at it anymore, so he told him to make his own decision.
As soon as the housekeeper left, voices were heard next door.
"Brothers, have you heard about the invasion by the northerners?"
"Of course not. I have a relative who lives at the border. He said those people came here to rob food several times recently. Now my relative has fled to my farm in Qicheng. I'm afraid he won't dare go back before the New Year."
"What does your relative do for a living?"
"Trading furs, let me tell you, this northern country..."
The noise behind was much quieter. Xu Ning pricked up her ears but didn't hear anything. She could only ask Xuemei, who had higher internal strength. Xuemei repeated everything she heard to Xu Ning. It turned out that the snow disaster in the north was particularly serious. A large number of cattle and sheep were killed or injured, and the food supply had long been unsustainable.
"In the end, they are pitiful. If they hadn't been starving..."
"Stop! What kind of nonsense is this?! Not having enough to eat makes you miserable? There are so many people in this world who don't have enough to eat. This is no reason for them to rob our Daqing! If we follow their logic and rob people because they can't eat, our Daqing would have been in chaos long ago!"
"That's right. There must be something hateful about pitiful people. The drought we experienced in Daqing a few years ago was no worse than theirs, but didn't we survive it just the same?"
"This is the difference in culture. Oh! I really want to beat them up hard, scare them away, or turn them into a vassal state of our Daqing..."
"Xuemei, go find out which family's young master said this, and have him recruited to the talent training camp! Since he wants to fight, I will help him!" Xu Ning bit the snack, his eyes twinkling.
"Yes, master!" Xuemei's eyes also lit up.
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