[He deserves to be kicked for setting such a cruel task! It's too much!]
Yu Tang suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed: "Tongtong, will our conversation be overheard by your main god?"
Yu Tang: What if he knew I was cursing him like that? Would he not let me be resurrected?
The system was startled, then lowered its voice: [It should be alright, right? We're communicating mentally, but let's still be careful. Shh... I'm going to sleep now.]
Yu Tang followed up with a lowered voice: "Okay, goodnight."
As winter fades and spring arrives, the people of Beijiucheng also welcome the annual spring planting season in the north.
As the saying goes, a timely snowfall promises a bumper harvest. Since Xiao Lin arrived in the Northern Territory, the snowfalls have indeed given the spring planting a good start.
Most of the garrison troops in the northern nine cities were northerners, whose homes were in or around the city.
When it's time for spring planting, we have to go home and farm.
After helping his family, he would return to the army to continue reclaiming wasteland in order to stockpile military rations for the winter.
Xiao Lin spent more than ten years of his life in the deep palace.
Although I learned some knowledge about farming and crops from the book.
But when they saw a large group of soldiers changing into rough clothes and carrying hoes to work in the fields, they couldn't help but feel a sense of novelty.
After enduring for two days, Xiao Lin asked Zhao Lin for a hoe, and even wrapped his long, cumbersome hair in cloth like the men. He then came to Yu Tang and said to him, "General, I also want to work in the fields."
Yu Tang looked up, saw his expression, and burst out laughing.
Having spent a lot of time with Xiao Lin, he has witnessed how this kid has gone from wearing a mask and pretending to be someone else to becoming more and more genuine.
He's becoming more and more childish.
It's hard not to feel a bit emotional.
She was only nineteen years old. Far from the treacherous palace, she came to the simple and honest northern border, where she spent her days with the straightforward and rough men.
For Xiao Lin, this should be considered a real relaxation.
"Okay, then I'll pack my things too." Yu Tang stood up: "I'll go with you."
When Yu Tang came out after changing his clothes, he saw Xiao Lin standing in the yard, fiddling with a hoe, raising it and then lowering it.
Xiao Si instructed from the side: "Yes, yes, Your Highness, that's it. Control your strength and don't make any big movements."
The handsome young man, dressed in rough cloth, nodded as he earnestly loosened the soil around the locust tree in the yard. His face was so white it seemed to reflect light, a stark contrast to the dark-skinned Xiao Si next to him.
"General!" Xiao Si called out to Yu Tang.
Xiao Lin immediately stopped moving, put the hoe aside, and seemed a little embarrassed, his face slightly red.
Yu Tang walked over and saw that the headscarf on his head was loose, so he stretched out his hands to fix it and tied a skillful knot at the back.
After doing this, he realized that he and Xiao Lin were a little too close.
"General, don't move."
Yu Tang's hands, still resting on either side of Xiao Lin's cheeks, froze slightly upon hearing these words.
Then, her forehead was suddenly touched by soft lips.
They left quickly after that.
Looking up, he saw Xiao Lin smiling at him with his eyes crinkled.
"Thank you for helping me with my hair, General."
"This is a return gift."
Chapter 24
He died for the villain for the fourth time (24)
"Ahhh!"
The system shouted in Yu Tang's mind: "He attacked you again!"
Yu Tang lowered his hand, coughed lightly, turned his face away, and met Xiao Si's starry-eyed gaze.
His face suddenly felt hot: "Xiao Si, what are you still standing here for?"
"Quickly prepare water and dry rations for me and His Highness. Come find us at the gate in a little while!"
Xiao Si: "Okay, okay!"
As the boy spoke, he turned his head and excitedly covered his mouth.
Good heavens!
He just felt that the General and His Highness were such a good match!
Although the general's arm had blocked his view, the atmosphere still made him feel that something was wrong!
Something's not right! Something's definitely not right with them!
Xiao Lin saw Yu Tang's expression and couldn't help but laugh: "Don't worry, General, Xiao Si can't see from that angle."
"Hmm..." Yu Tang was too lazy to argue with him: "Let's go, let's wait at the door."
Following Yu Tang's footsteps, Xiao Lin looked at the man's hand hanging by his side, secretly gesturing for a long time before finally making a quick move and hooking Yu Tang's little finger.
Yu Tang glanced at the servants around him out of the corner of his eye, wanting to pull his hand away, but then he heard Xiao Lin say, "General, don't move, they won't see you."
His voice sounded a little aggrieved: "Is the general really so stingy that he doesn't even want to hold my little finger?"
Stingy?
Yu Tang was both amused and exasperated when someone called him stingy for the first time.
In the end, they let him have his way.
Yu Tang's grandparents were farmers. When he was young, his parents were busy with work, so they sent him to kindergarten and first and second grade of primary school in their hometown.
So he was someone who had worked in the fields before, and was no stranger to things like hoes.
When the two arrived at the field, Li Wen happened to be there as well. Upon seeing Xiao Lin, he was filled with shock.
"Your Highness, why are you dressed like this to come to the fields?" He frowned deeply. "Do you really intend to farm with us?"
“Yes…” Xiao Lin nodded, “I want to try it too.”
Li Wen didn't think he was lying.
I was filled with emotion.
When he gets back, he must tell his wife that he has worked the land alongside the current prince, and that she should be more polite to him!
When Xiao Lin arrived, the soldiers would initially gather around curiously to see him.
But after watching for a while, he realized that the other person really had no airs at all and was just focused on working. He immediately looked at Xiao Lin with even higher regard.
Their attitude towards him also improved.
After finishing their morning work, around noon, a group of people would sit around on the earthen slope, eating dry rations and chatting.
"Cui Yu, how are things going between you and Juanzi?" Li Wen, an outgoing and gossipy man, nudged the young man beside him. "My wife asked me the other day, saying that if you two get together, she'll embroider a pair of mandarin duck pillows for you."
“She…cough, she said…” Cui Yu was shy by nature, and her face turned red when Li Wen pulled her out of it: “She said I’m fine, and she’ll talk to her parents, and I guess things will be settled soon…”
"You're something else!" The soldiers around him laughed, and those close to him shoved him, genuinely happy for him.
Li Wen started the conversation, and that's how it began.
The soldiers began to talk about their families.
Some are unmarried, some have just started a family, and some have just had children.
As they talked, they even mentioned arranging a marriage between their children, which made Yu Tang laugh uncontrollably.
When Li Wen heard him laugh, his eyes darted around, and he steered the conversation toward Yu Tang.
"General, shouldn't you also consider your marriage?" Li Wen said with a regretful tone, "We all grew up together. My and Zhao Lin's kids are all grown up now, but you haven't had anyone to care for you all these years. Doesn't that make your brothers worry?"
Yu Tang was caught red-handed.
Dozens of eyes turned to him, making him feel a chill run down his spine.
He brushed it off, saying, "It's just that we haven't found the right person yet."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Lin grabbed his hand that was supporting him and scratched his palm hard.
With an extremely strong survival instinct, Yu immediately understood what he meant and changed his words, saying, "Actually, it's not that there isn't a suitable person."
"I recently met someone I like, and we're currently dating."
"Hey? Who is it?"
"General, that's not fair! You have someone you like and you didn't even tell us!"
His words instantly excited the men around him.
I stared at him, waiting for his answer.
Yu Tang twitched the corner of his mouth.
"Well... you don't need to worry about that."
"What can't be said?" Li Wen, always eager for drama, said, "We've followed the general for so many years, and we've all been wondering what kind of girl would win his favor..."
“Not a girl,” Xiao Lin suddenly added.
Like a pebble thrown into a lake, it explodes with a thud in the crowd.
Silence fell instantly.
Everyone was stunned.
Yu Tang raised his hand: "Let me explain."
Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Haha, Your Highness must be joking."
"Oh dear, Your Highness, please don't say such misleading things again."
"Our general has been like this for so many years..."