After being widowed, I pampered the rough man general by farming

Fire in August.

"Has the emperor sent another letter?"

As soon as Zhu Jiangjiang returned to the post house from outside, he saw Pei Ji reading the letter.

Looking at the transparent and bright paper that can reflect light in the room, she knew that it must be another letter from Lijing.

Wu Jin has been sending letters to the two of them since two months ago, and the content of the letter is only one point - asking when they will go home?

They have been in Xiaoxizhou for nearly five months, half a year.

Wu Jin was afraid that they would get used to Xiaoxi Province and refuse to return to Dali Dynasty, and he might lose an important talent by then.

But there is no way, Zhu Jiangjiang planned to stay in Xiaoxizhou from the beginning until the cotton came out before going back.

Now, with one month to go before the cotton comes out, they will be able to go home soon.

Pei Ji refolded the letter and put it away, with a heavy expression on his face.

After a long time, he said hesitantly: "Lady, the emperor sent a letter this time, telling Dong Zhaoguo that there are signs of imminent movement in the near future, and asked me to return quickly."

"what?"

Zhu Jiangjiang paused to drink water, and when she heard the word Dongzhaoguo, she didn't care about anything, "Then what are you waiting for, pack up and go back!"

Her lack of hesitation was in sharp contrast to Pei Ji.

Pei Ji: "Aren't you going to stay here until September?"

Zhu Jiangjiang was already looking for the bags they used back then, "What is more important than protecting the country? It just so happens that tomorrow is the melon and fruit tasting meeting in Xiaoxizhou. Let's bid farewell to His Majesty Xiaoxizhou after eating."

The watermelons and grapes planted in Xiaoxizhou at the beginning of the year are already ripe because the sunshine time in Xiaoxizhou is long enough.

Xu Yuan has already decided to hold a fresh melon and fruit gathering in Mudu City tomorrow. At that time, the two of them will enter the palace to taste it with the princes and ministers of Xiaoxi Prefecture.

Seeing that Zhu Jiangjiang was busy packing her clothes, Pei Ji walked towards her, "My lady, I can go back by myself, you can stay here."

Although he was very reluctant, he could tell that Zhu Jiangjiang attached great importance to the cotton in Xiaoxi Prefecture this year.

This is very important to her.

Moreover, the battlefield is his business, he doesn't want her to worry about it, she just needs to live her own life and wait for him to come back at home, that's enough.

"What are you talking about." Zhu Jiangjiang pushed his hand away, "If you come together, you will return together, and I didn't say that I would go to the border with you, I just went home."

Cotton has grown vigorously, and now it can be picked only when it is produced. As long as it is not destroyed by human beings, there will be no more accidents.

She can completely hand over this responsibility to Xu Gu without worrying.

His wife is so sensible that Pei Ji feels indebted to her.

If there is something really wrong with the border, he doesn't know how long it will take to go, but she has no temper at all, which makes him feel deeply guilty.

"Alright, let's go back and have a look first, maybe things are not as bad as we thought." Pei Ji comforted her and himself.

The next day.

The streets and alleys of Mudu are already quite lively before dawn, which is comparable to the previous Damu Conference.

Also, this is the first time in the history of Xiaoxi Prefecture that they have grown something on their own land. The emperor is happy, and the people are even more happy.

The harvested watermelons, cantaloupe, and grapes were distributed to various inns in Mudu City yesterday.

Today, as long as the people of Mudu City go out, they can taste melons and fruits for free in restaurants and inns on the street.

In addition, if you want to eat more, you can also buy it at the melon and fruit shop of Huangshang. The melons and fruits there have also piled up into mountains, waiting to be bought back by the people with sufficient pockets.

The tasting party in the palace was also very simple and rude.

Inside and outside the wolf hall, melons and fruits were placed from outside the hall to Xu Yuan's wolf chair.

In addition to sliced ​​melons and fruits, there are grilled mutton, lamb chops, naan bread, and even dessert lily dew on the table.

Lily dew is also a way of eating that Zhu Jiangjiang provided to Xiao Xizhou.

As early as July, the wild lilies on the meadow outside Mudu City had already had a bumper harvest. At that time, she asked Xu Gu to take people to harvest all the wild lilies.

They kept most of them for themselves, and Zhu Jiangjiang asked for some, which are now stored in her space, waiting to be brought back to Dali Dynasty by her.

Zhu Jiangjiang and Pei Ji still sat at the guest of honor.

According to the heroic personality of the Xiaoxizhou people, the main content of today's fresh tasting meeting is to eat, and nothing else is important, so the two of them started eating as soon as they sat down.

Zhu Jiangjiang originally wanted to finish eating quietly, and then find a chance to say goodbye.

But her reputation in Xiaoxi Prefecture was too great, and all the officials she had met and never met all toasted her, making her unable to leave.

"Miss Zhu, it's our honor that Dali Chao is willing to send Miss Zhu to our Xiaoxi Prefecture to benefit the people of Xiaoxi Prefecture. Come, let me toast the girl and the general!"

Another person who held a wine glass in one hand and a watermelon in the other came over and wanted to drink with them with a smile.

Pei Ji didn't let Zhu Jiangjiang get a drop of wine, and blocked all the visitors for her.

He poured himself so much, probably because of yesterday's letter, which made him feel a little annoyed.

Xu Gu didn't know what he was busy with, but he was unexpectedly late for today's food tasting.

"Girl Zhu, why didn't you wait for me to drink it? It's really shameless."

Seeing that there were already several slices of melon rinds on the table of the two of them, and seeing Pei Ji's blushing face, Xu Gu couldn't help complaining.

In the past six months, they have been in the fields together and worked hard for the melon fields. Now that the harvest is bumper, they can't wait for him to celebrate!

When Zhu Jiangjiang saw Xu Gu, he hurried over as if seeing a savior, and said to him in a low voice: "Prince Xu, stop us quickly, my husband can't drink anymore."

Xu Gu glanced at Pei Ji, and with a wave of his hand, the surrounding officials, big and small, dispersed.

Relieved, Zhu Jiangjiang was able to sit down now, and turned to ask the maid to make a pot of hot tea for Pei Ji.

"Miss Zhu, General Pei can't drink more than these few glasses, you have to worry too much." As soon as the officials left, Xu Gu picked up the wine glass, and it seemed that he was going to take Pei Ji to drink with him.

But before he could speak, Zhu Jiangjiang stopped him first.

"Prince Xu, we plan to leave tomorrow, so my husband can't drink any more."

Hearing that they were going to leave, the wine glass in Xu Gu's hand slipped directly, fell on the table, and spilled.

"You want to leave?" He raised his voice, "Why? Didn't you say you wanted to stay in Xiaoxizhou until the cotton harvest? Why did you suddenly say you wanted to leave?!"

The news was so sudden that Xu Gu was so surprised that he asked three times.

Fortunately, everyone in the main hall was focused on the joy of the harvest. The voices of eating melons and admiration were very loud, and not many people noticed this side.

Zhu Jiangjiang also deliberately didn't make this matter a big deal, so he pulled Xu Gu to keep his voice down.

"It's a long story, let's take a step to talk."