Chapter 310: The Long Years of Secret Care

Xinjing Xinhai Pavilion.

The winter weather was getting colder and colder. Snowflakes were falling outside. After a night of snow, a layer of silver frost covered the ground.

When Li Yaoguang woke up early in the morning, he was entangled by the three little ones. Later, it was their brother Li Qifeng who stepped forward and took the three little ones to the warm room for class. Li Yaoguang almost couldn't get away.

While the three little guys were under control, Li Yaoguang packed up and prepared to go out.

Recently, the news from the north has been intermittent, some good and some bad. Although we have won a victory, my uncle has not written to us. I don’t know where the army is stationed. Is it because Qijitang has gone into seclusion? They have not been able to communicate with each other.

When another piece of bad news came from the Shen family, Li Yaoguang felt guilty for not being able to save people in time. He missed his uncle and Shen Yue. He was so worried that he couldn't sit still at home and prepared to go out to the brothels, teahouses and restaurants to see if he could hear some new news.

He quietly left the warm room, stopped Black Tornado, Desheng, and the lazy Huang Cuncuo who wanted to follow him, then walked past the red plums in the yard and walked out. He heard Aunt Qiu's anxious call from behind him.

"Sister Guang, it's cold, take this with you."

A copper hand warmer was forced into Li Yaoguang's hand. Li Yaoguang thanked her with a smile. Aunt Qiu smiled in response and did not forget to give her some instructions.

"Sister Guang, the weather is very cold this year, and Madam is so busy with her business that she can't take care of the family. Right now, we don't have enough charcoal at home, and we're afraid we won't have enough food to last until spring. Do you think we should prepare some more? I heard that the situation outside is not very good, and I don't know what the harvest will be like next year?"

Li Yaoguang understood immediately and nodded in response: "Don't worry, Aunt Qiu, I have a plan in mind. I will go buy some and have them delivered to your home. You are all fine at home. By the way, it's cold, so don't use cold water when washing clothes and vegetables. I will call two more trucks of firewood later. Don't save yourself."

"Hey, hey, Sister Guang is really caring. I woke up."

Amid Aunt Qiu's numerous thanks, Li Yaoguang went out with the hand warmer in his hand. A cold wind blowing with snowflakes blew past outside, and Li Yaoguang still shrank his neck due to the cold.

After walking a few steps, he heard creaking footsteps behind him. Turning back, he saw it was Ji Mo. Li Yaoguang was surprised and stopped.

"Brother, why didn't you go out today?"

Ji Mo glanced at the person who was shrinking his neck, took a few quick steps forward, took off his fur cloak and put it on Li Yaoguang. The fine cloak dragged on the ground, but Ji Mo didn't care. He just tied the belt for Li Yaoguang with a loving heart, put on the hood, and gave him a lecture.

"It's so cold, why are you going out wearing so little? That's outrageous!"

Li Yaoguang was so timid that he quickly waved the hand warmer in his hand to his father and brother, "I'm wearing a lot of clothes, and I also have a hand warmer with me, so I'm not cold."

"Oh, you're not cold? Why are you shrinking your neck if you're not cold?"

"Uh..." She was speechless. She couldn't say that she just bent over and hunched her back subconsciously. Li Yaoguang quickly changed the subject. "Oh, let's not talk about this. Brother, why didn't you go to Jishitang to help Grandpa Wu today?"

Ji Mo rolled his eyes at Li Yaoguang, grabbed Li Yaoguang's arm through his cloak, carefully protected him, and walked back.

"It snowed all night and the weather is freezing cold. There won't be many people seeking medical treatment, and Jishiditang is not busy either, so I won't go there." Even if there were people, my senior brother has enough staff and will naturally not be overwhelmed.

He went there every day, but it was just because someone always felt that he was bored and asked him to work every day, so he had to make an excuse to do it to deal with her. Unfortunately, the girl was not understanding and he was helpless.

What made him even more helpless was that the little girl nodded seriously, "Oh, so where are you going now?"

Where to go?

Ji Mo wanted to roll his eyes again, and wanted to just ignore it, to make his feelings clear, and not wait for her to wake up. But when he saw her staring at him without a trace of distracting thoughts, Ji Mo sighed and just held her tighter. Of course, he wouldn't say that he overheard the noise in her yard next door, and knew that she was going out, so he rushed out to meet her by chance, right?
Ji Mo's eyes turned and he also found an excuse.

"Oh, the snow came suddenly, and I haven't prepared anything here. It's freezing cold, and it's hard to eat. I have to go buy some charcoal or something."

"Is that so?" Li Yaoguang immediately extended an invitation. "Brother, I'll be here for dinner. We're a family. We've always asked you to come over every day, but you refused to listen. This time you must listen to me. From now on, our two families will be partners, and you don't have to do it alone. It won't be a problem. I'll just add a pair of chopsticks. As for the charcoal fire... well, there has to be a fire pot in the house. It's essential. I'm going to buy one too. Let's go together."

Ji Mo secretly raised the corners of his lips, his eyes were full of smiles, and he nodded without thinking, "Okay, I'll listen to you, then I'll go."

The two of them went out like this, but charcoal and firewood were not available in the city at that time. They were snatched away as soon as they came in, so they had no choice but to go out of the city to look for them.

When passing by a clothing store, Ji Mo pulled Li Yaoguang in without hesitation and bought her a well-fitting fur cloak. Despite Li Yaoguang's objection, he secretly gave her money, then took her to Jishidiang and drove a carriage, and the two of them left the city.

The journey was arduous and they finally bought some firewood and charcoal outside the city. It was snowing heavily on their way back. The two were tired and hungry after working for most of the day. They saw that the guys escorting the cars behind them that were delivering charcoal and firewood were also tired. They were about to enter the city and saw people swaying in the steaming shops along the street outside the city. It was bustling. Li Yaoguang had an idea and pulled Ji Mo's arm and pointed forward.

"Brother, I'm hungry. Why don't you go sit down?"

Ji Mo thought of something, his eyes darkened, "Are you used to the food here? How about going into the city and finding a good restaurant?"

Li Yaoguang refused to do that. When he was leaving the city, there were few people in those bustling places, probably because of the cold weather. The only place he had to go to to get information was this place.

As for whether she could get used to the food or not, she had experienced a lot of hardships. It was just a meal, as long as it was hot.

Li Yaoguang waved his hand, "It's right here. I'm used to it."

Well, what else is there to say? Just spoil the person you choose.

Ji Mo kept comforting himself in his heart that the girl's meaningful action was out of concern for her relatives and not for that damn General Shen, so he nodded helplessly.

As soon as they got closer, Ji Mo jumped out of the carriage and had no time to help Li Yaoguang out, the curtain of the inn was lifted and a smart waiter came out.

"Hello, sir. Would you like to stay overnight or stay at the hotel?"

Li Yaoguang, who jumped out of the car holding Ji Mo's arm, said hurriedly, "Excuse me, we'll have a meal."

Ji Mo nodded, and then pointed to the drivers of the cars behind him and said, "Excuse me, brother, please arrange the carriages for the cars behind us and prepare a table for the people."

The second brother responded quickly and enthusiastically led Li Yaoguang and the others into the warm lobby.

As soon as he came in, Ji Mo was busy taking off Li Yaoguang's cloak. Li Yaoguang's attention was focused on the people in the lobby who were hiding there and did not enter the city.

All I could hear were these men drinking wine and eating meat, teasing and chatting with each other.

"Damn it, if this snow doesn't stop, I'm going to have to starve to death."

"Hey, who says it's not true? The price of rice has gone up recently, and it's hard for ordinary people to make a living."

"Hasn't the North won the war? Why is there still not enough food? What do all these officials in the court do for a living?"