The Ming army on the South Road was overwhelming, which made Xiang Xiaoqiang feel itchy. He originally wanted to leave for Turpan immediately, but at this time, Zhu Yourong, who was far away in Lanzhou in the "rear area", couldn't hold back his anger. The newlyweds separated immediately.
For almost a month, Zhu Yourong stayed in the empty boudoir, missing Xiang Xiaoqiang, but did not dare to show too much. Every day, he still visited Lanzhou very reservedly, sightseeing, inspecting, speaking, collecting donations, visiting wounded soldiers, and going deep into the people to experience the suffering...
...In short, she still tried her best to play the image of a noble lady monarch just like she did before she got married.
In the first half of this month, Zhu Yourong was still very calm - at least she seemed very calm. She would send a telegram to Xiang Xiaoqiang every other day, but she felt guilty that she wanted to be with him as soon as possible.
The desire to rendezvous was not mentioned at all, and he only focused on asking about the situation of Xiang Xiaoqiang's inspection, the battle situation on the front line, the situation of famine, etc. But in the second half of this month, Zhu Yourong could no longer keep his composure and began to send messages in the telegram
It was a subtle hint that she wanted to leave for the west as soon as possible to reunite with Xiang Xiaoqiang. The telegrams also increased from one every two days to one every day. They contained many poems, allusions, oblique expressions of longing, and even a little resentment.
Many of the allusions cited are to the extent that even those who are not familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties cannot understand. Xiang Xiaoqiang does not have such profound knowledge, so he naturally sees the clouds and mountains in the fog. But even in the clouds and mountains, you can faintly feel between the lines.
His endless affection. Therefore, he did not dare to find someone to "translate" it.
Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't help but sigh: This girl is too reserved. They are all sleeping on the same bed, and they still can't let go. Even if the telegram has to go through Wei Zijin, it's not an outsider. If it were Qiu Qiu, he would have gone directly to "You Ask"
I love you so much, the moon represents my heart.”
But Xiang Xiaoqiang also understood Zhu Yourong's urgency. Because for so many days, Xiang Xiaoqiang was also "keeping an empty house alone". So he gave up the idea of going to Turpan immediately, and instead stayed in Hami for the time being, specifically to draw from the attacking troops.
A People's Guard force came over, consisting of a regiment of mobile team officers and soldiers and about a hundred security team agents, focusing on rectifying the public order in the Hami area and strengthening security work. He planned to ask Zhu Yourong to come to Hami after the work was almost done.
Good people meet each other quickly.
Although Turpan in front is also an occupied area, it is too close to the Dihua Tianshan Pass battlefield in the north. Secondly, it is too hot in June in Turpan. The summer in "Fire Continent" is simply hell. Hami is better.
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It was not until June 25 that Xiang Xiaoqiang once again drove around the residential areas of more than 100 kilometers around Hami County. He felt that the situation had stabilized and the public security was very good, so he sent a telegram inviting Zhu Yourong to come. Zhu Yourong was very happy.
Although I was overjoyed, I deliberately stayed in Lanzhou for one more day, and did not board the car until the 27th and set off to the west. On the morning of June 29, Zhu Yourong's Queen's motorcade arrived in Hami County.
The arrival of the Empress of the Ming Empire is something that has not happened in this small town in the Western Regions for thousands of years. In addition, no matter Xiang Xiaoqiang or Zhu Yourong, there will be a large number of reporters following them wherever they go. Now the two streams have merged, and it has simply brought the world together.
All eyes were drawn over.
Both Xiang Xiaoqiang and Zhu Yourong smiled brightly and joined hands to greet everyone with smiles. Then they made short speeches under the spotlight: condemnation, sympathy, encouragement... Then, Xiang Xiaoqiang first accompanied Zhu Yourong to Hami County and the surrounding areas.
village and visited the suffering local people. Then, Xiang Xiaoqiang accompanied Zhu Yourong to the wounded soldiers hospital and visited the officers and soldiers injured in the battle. In this way, the entire day passed, surrounded by reporters and flashlights.
In the evening, of course, Zhu Yourong stayed in Xiang Xiaoqiang's temporary residence. After dinner, before Zhu Yourong could even show her restraint, Xiang Xiaoqiang hurriedly dragged her into the bedroom and began to relieve the pain of lovesickness for the past month.
In an instant, both of them truly realized what "a little separation is better than a new marriage" means.
After some hearty lovemaking, they discovered that it was still early, not yet nine o'clock. It was obviously too early to go to bed, so Zhu Yourong suggested going to the grape trellis in the courtyard to admire the moon.
This is the typical thinking of a young lady from the south of the Yangtze River. If you were in the mainland, watching the moonlight under the grape trellis in the courtyard on a summer evening in June would naturally be extremely romantic and elegant. But here is the desert outside the Great Wall. "Wear a cotton-padded jacket in the morning and wear it in the afternoon."
"Let's eat watermelon around the stove." It was still quite cold at night. But Xiang Xiaoqiang had just held Zhu Yourong in his arms again. He was so doting that he wanted to pick the moon for her. He naturally agreed to his newlywed wife's little request.
, immediately ordered people to clean up the yard and prepare thick clothes.
After putting on thick clothes and coming to the courtyard, Zhu Yourong laughed at his naive idea. But looking at the bright moon in the sky, through the grape trellis, it sprinkled mottled silver on the ground, the warm charcoal basin, and the dancing on the table
The candlelight, the rich fruit basket, and the crystal wine also felt special, and I couldn't bear to live up to Xiang Xiaoqiang's thoughtfulness.
It’s not yet the last season of grapes, so we can’t eat mare’s milk grapes yet. But it’s already the time for the first season of cantaloupe to be on the market, so the main fruit in the basket is cantaloupe. Cantaloupe is named after Hami, although now the north and south
Hami melons are grown everywhere in Xinjiang, but eating them is always indispensable when you come to Hami, just like you must eat sesame seeds when you go to Lanzhou.
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In this situation, Xiang Xiaoqiang did not want to spoil the scenery by mentioning the things that would disgrace the scenery. But looking at the basket of orange cantaloupe strips, Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't help but say:
"Hami in previous years - let alone Hami, that is, the entire southern and northern Xinjiang. Even during the Northern Qing Dynasty, at this time of the year, there were not cantaloupes everywhere! They were not transported in large trucks to the inland! Last year I
When I went to Northern Xinjiang with Liaoyang, it was a little earlier than now. At that time, there were many early-ripening cantaloupes on the market, and we ate a lot. When we were stationed outside Dihua City, the brothers also bought and ate them casually.…
…Rongrong, do you know how much a cantaloupe is this year?”
Zhu Yourong didn't know what he meant, and she didn't know why he was worried about how much a cantaloupe cost. She didn't say anything, just shook her head.
He extended his index finger to Xiaoqiang, gestured and said:
"Nearly a Mingyang one!"
Zhu Yourong didn't understand what he meant and said tentatively:
"Uh...a lot?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang said:
"Last year it only cost a few cents! Isn't that a lot?"
Zhu Yourong was startled, hesitated, and said:
"Hmm...is it because of the war?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang snorted and said:
"Of course there are reasons for the war. But even if there is a war, it won't be so outrageous. Think about it, the Soviets caused a famine here. Tens of thousands of people starved to death, without even a grain of food, and they didn't even have to eat their corpses.
, where else can I find cantaloupe?”
Zhu Yourong said softly, "Ah", and his face became serious.
Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't pay attention. He just kept on complaining:
"These old idiots are not doing good things here. Now it's hard to even find a few cantaloupes to eat. I bet there are less than a thousand cantaloupes left in Xinjiang now."
. I wanted to eat last month, but I couldn't buy it. I asked people to visit several villages around here, and finally found a few in the county... At that time, their treasures looked like something.
, in the end I bought them all for the price of two Beiqing silver dollars per melon... Fortunately, the famine situation in the county town was better, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to save these melons... I ate one when I got it back, that was good
Eat...well, I originally wanted to do it all by myself, but then I thought, won't you be coming soon? I'd better leave a few of them, and then we'll sit in the courtyard, admiring the moon, one bite at a time and one bite at a time.
Eating them together...how nice, haha."
Zhu Yourong felt sad and moved when she heard this. She reached out her hand, gently held Xiang Xiaoqiang's hand, and choked with sobs: