after being kidnapped by the general

People can't stay tense all the time. During the Chinese New Year, Yuanli gave his subordinates a good annual leave.

Yuan Song is now the patriarch of the Yuan clan, and when he and the Chen clan fled to Youzhou, they also took the Yuan clan members with them.The members of the Yuan clan have been busy working in the farm since they came to Youzhou, and they all gathered in Yuanfu during the Chinese New Year.

Now that Yuanlou is out of town and cannot come back to live with them, Yuan Dan naturally came to Yuanfu to celebrate the New Year.

Both parents came to Youzhou, and Yuanli and Chu Hechao lived in Yuanfu during the Chinese New Year.You can't be too flamboyant in front of your parents, the two of you behave well, you need to restrain your words, and you don't take the risk of sleeping together at night.

When Yuanli slept alone, he was still not used to it.

Thirty nights, the food was sumptuous, and everyone was smiling.

When chatting after dinner, Mrs. Chen originally wanted to talk about Yuanli's marriage, but thinking that Chu Hechao was not yet out of the filial piety period, she still didn't open her mouth.I just asked Yuan Dan with concern, "Your brother is married, but you are not yet married. Your mother left early, and your father never thought of these things. I, as an old sister-in-law, naturally have more to do with your marriage. Wen Han , do you have a girl you like? If not, I will show you girls starting tomorrow."

Yuan Dan blushed when asked, and shook his head embarrassingly.

The big guy smiled kindly, Chen Shi also squeezed her handkerchief and pursed her lips and smiled, teasing him, "Is this a girl you don't like, or do you want me to show you a girl?"

Yuan Dan stammered, "No, no girl you like..."

Yuan Li was happy to see him like this, but Chu Hechao was thoughtful.

"What are you thinking?" Yuanli asked.

Chu He Chaoben habitually stretched out his arms to hug him, raised them halfway and put them down again, and said in a low voice: "Those three of my younger sisters are not married either. I don't like to care about these things. You can go back and tell your mother, Ask her to help look at her husband's house."

Yuan Li nodded, "Okay. I'll let my mother show them a good husband's family."

Chu Hechao pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Say, how about letting one of them marry Yuan Dan?"

Yuan Li was taken aback, but he didn't expect Chu Hechao to have such an idea.But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this method was very good.

Chu Hechao's three younger sisters are all noble girls, with golden branches and jade leaves.They were well disciplined by Mrs. Yang, and they have been quiet since they came to Youzhou, never making trouble in front of Yuanli and Chu Hechao.Whether it is appearance or talent, everything is outstanding.

Yuan Li felt that it was enough for these three girls to marry the nobles, but Yuan Dan's family was a small family.

But on second thought, that's really not the case.

Today is a troubled time, who knows when the princes and nobles will be torn off their horses.Identity is no longer so important, what is important is a stable life.

Yuan Dan is Yuan Li's uncle, and he is only a few years older than Yuan Li.Apart from other things, Yuanli's temperament is something that Yuanli grew up with when he was young. He has a good character, self-motivated and careful.Although their family was poor, their family style was strictly disciplined by the patriarch's grandfather. Yuanlou only had one wife, and she loved her children very much, so she was an honest person.Madam has a kind temperament, and she would not make things difficult for her sister-in-law.

And today is different from the past, Yuanlou and Yuandan have been reused by Yuanli, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that their future is limitless.It is precisely because the two brothers have been doing their best to help their son that Chen is so concerned about Yuan Dan's marriage.

Even from a political point of view, it is a good thing that the Chu family and the Yuan family can get closer.Both Yuanli's subordinates and Chu Hechao's subordinates were happy to see this scene.

Yuan Li replied: "I'll go back and ask my mother, you go ask your eldest sister, I remember she's not young anymore."

Chu Hechao nodded.

The next day, Yuan Li told Chen Shi about it in private.

When Mrs. Chen heard this, the corners of her eyes and brows were filled with joy, "It's a good thing that Ciye is willing to marry his sister into our family. I walked all the way from Luoyang to Youzhou with several girls from Chu. I understand their temperament. Yuan Dan is also a caring person, he has only one father left in his family, although his father is a bit clumsy and tongue-tied, he is a filial, diligent and honest man, this is definitely a good relationship."

"It depends on what the two of them mean," Yuan Li said, "Mother, don't publicize this matter, so as not to ruin the girl's reputation. After letting the girl read Yuan Dan, if she is satisfied, you can ask her again." unit."

Chen smiled and poked Yuanli's forehead lightly with her finger, "You are also a caring person, don't Ruoniang show you a girl now, and when the Chu family comes out of the filial piety next year, you will marry a girl too." When Madam comes back, do you want to make a good couple?"

Yuan Li's eyelids twitched, and he was silent for a while, "Mother, don't worry too much. I won't marry a wife in recent years."

Everything should be done step by step. Yuan Li didn't say anything about himself and Chu Hechao, but simply said that if he got married now, it would be bad for the current situation, and it would easily alienate the two parties and cause outsiders to provoke dissension.

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she hurriedly said: "Mother knows. Don't worry, Mother will not hold you back. You are still young, and you are not in a hurry to get married. Look at the general, he is seven or eight years older than you, and he is not married either." ?”

Yuan Li held back his laughter, and said seriously, "That's right."

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the sky was clear, and Yuan Li found a reason to let Yuan Dan come to Chu Palace.Chu Hechao ordered the servant to take the oldest sister to look at Yuan Dan in secret for a while, and asked her to write down the questions she wanted to ask Yuan Dan on a piece of paper, and asked Yuan Li to ask him on his behalf.

Yuan Dan was a little puzzled, but he answered obediently.What's even more strange is that Yuanli let him go after answering.

When he left, Yuan Dan was quite confused.

The result of this "blind date" was very good, and the girl from the Chu family was satisfied with Yuan Dan.When Mrs. Chen asked Yuan Dan, Yuan Dan thought of the girl from the Chu family whom the Chu king and his wife had met when they were buried.

It's just that it is not appropriate to propose marriage during the filial piety period, so there is no publicity about this matter, and we just wait for the end of the filial piety period in the Chu Palace next year.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, another heavy snowfall fell in Youzhou.

Looking at the heavy snow outside the window, Yuan Li sighed and thought, this is the third winter he has spent since coming to Youzhou.

Among these three winter days, only this year allows him to enjoy the fluttering snowflakes leisurely while holding a cup of hot tea.

When there was snow on the ground, Yuan Li got excited and took Chu Hechao out to build a snowman.

He made an extremely ugly snowman with a zero level of art, and brazenly pointed at the snowman and said to Chu Hechao, "I made you."

Chu Hechao: "..."

Yuan Li was wearing a fox fur, with white velvet sticking to the side of his face, black hair hanging behind him, and two strands hanging from both sides of his neck to keep his neck warm.This appearance is good-looking and gentle, as warm and charming as jade, even looking at Chu Hechao's eyes is extremely innocent, "Brother, do you like it?"

"Yuan Lejun," Chu Hechao looked at the snowman without moving, "You did it on purpose."

Yuan Li blinked, "How could it be intentional, take a closer look, this snowman looks so much like you."

Chu Hechao's eyelids twitched, showing a horrible expression: "Be obedient, don't pinch me next time."

Yuan Li put away his smile, quietly grabbed a snowball from the ground, and threw it hard, hitting Chu Hechao's head with precision.

"..." Chu Hechao's face darkened, "Mr. Yuan Le!"

He turned his head and saw that Yuanli had already run away skillfully.Chu Hechao sneered, grabbed a ball of snow from the ground and chased after him.

If other people's snowball fights are just for fun, the more the two of them fight, the bigger the battle will become, and they will be merciless in their strikes.By the time it was over, both of their clothes were more than half wet.

Lin Tian had already prepared hot water, and the two of them took a good bath.When going to bed at night, Chu Hechao brought another basin of hot water and Yuanli to soak his feet.

Pepper and salt are added to the water. Since Yuanli said that pepper salt water can prolong life, this is a must-have every night since autumn.I don't know if it's because of the effect of the pepper salt water, the two of them have never had a cough and cold throughout the winter, let alone feel cold.My whole body is warm, and I can get sweat on my forehead after going out for a walk once in a while.

The water was a little hot today, Yuan Li stepped on both sides of the tub and dared not go into the water.

Chu Hechao tried it and said to him, "It's not hot anymore, come down."

Yuan Li tentatively tapped his foot, then lifted it up quickly, "No, no, it's still too hot."

After a while, he still didn't dare.Chu Hechao stepped on his feet directly into the water.

Yuan Li was so burned that he clung to Chu Hechao's arm tightly, but Chu Hechao remained unmoved, pressing Yuanli's feet tightly like a mountain.

Finally, Yuanli got used to the temperature in the basin, and then he relaxed his tense body.

Only then did Chu Hechao let go of his feet, and kissed the face of the person in his arms, "Wait a little longer and the water will be cold."

Yuan Li's face turned red after soaking his feet, Chu Hechao couldn't help but took a bite on his cheek, and a clear tooth mark appeared on Yuan Li's side face.

Yuan Li turned his face away, sullen, "I don't want to talk to you."

Chu Hechao said: "I'm wronged, look at my arm, who pinched it?"

Yuan Li looked at his arm, there were several nail marks, the deepest one had pierced through the skin and saw a little blood.

Yuan Li opened his eyes and said nonsense, "I didn't see anything."

Chu Hechao snorted and pinched Xia Yuanli's nose, "Little heartless."

During the day, Yuanli received a letter from his teacher Ouyang Ting, and he took it out to read it.

After reading it, I was overjoyed, raised my head and said to the man: "The teacher said that there are many great Confucian scholars and famous scholars in the south who have heard of your reputation, and also heard about the changes in Youzhou in recent years from the accounts of merchants. They are very interested in it. Under the teacher's lobbying, I want to come to Youzhou to have a look. I should be able to arrive in May. The teacher asked me to seize the opportunity to publicize the reputation of Youzhou so as to attract people to come, and also asked me to try my best to stay in Youzhou. Let these great Confucian scholars and celebrities take it for your own use."

Many of these great Confucians and celebrities are world-renowned figures.

Yuanli is currently short of manpower, and this letter can be said to come at the right time.

But the scholars in the south have already seen the most vivid and beautiful scenery and the most prosperous city in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and now they just want to visit Youzhou on a whim. What should Youzhou do to attract these people to stay?

Yuanli thought between his brows.

Even if these people don't stay, it's better to let these great scholars and celebrities write poems and articles for Youzhou, so as to change Youzhou's desolate and remote image in the eyes of the world.

Got it!

Yuan Li's eyes suddenly lit up.

He can hold a market and a lantern festival!