My Fantastic Chef Wife

372. Dongdong and Little Xia

Translator: Kickassjo

That day, Li Chengyi, Li Chengru, Xiao Baoshan, Qian Qi and the others were discussing about the following strategies in Baoning City.

Qian Qi asked first, “We don’t have many soldiers at the moment. Should we join forces with the South and the East and march forward together and take down Yan Ziyan? We’ll be stronger together and we have a good reason for waging a war so they will sure cooperate.”

Li Chengyi did not quite agree, “Although the East and the South are also rebelling and alliance is good, a long-lasting split is always followed by a reunion, and vice versa. Even if we defeat Yan Ziyan, we will split up and goes to battle in the future.”

Li Chengru agreed with Li Chengyi.

Then they looked at Xiao Baoshan, expecting Xiao Baoshan’s opinion.

Xiao Baoshan pondered for a moment before saying, “the Sixth King is right. After forming alliance with them, we will still have to split up in the end and share the land. We might as well fight on our own. Besides, the East and the South are not righteous either, so let’s take them down first and march into Capital City afterwards.”

Qian Qi asked, “But, can we win with these limited numbers of soldiers and horses?”

Xiao Baoshan smiled, “It is never about the quantity but the endorsement of the people, the morale of the army and the military strategies. General Qian comes from a family of generals, so he must be more experienced than me in this aspect.”

Qian Qi said humbly, “General Xiao is a rare talent when it comes to leading the army. If General Xiao thinks there is no need to join forces, then we will do as General Xiao says!”

“…”

……

In the tribe.

After Xiao Baoshan returned, he told Ye Xiaoxian that he was about to go out for war again.

It was chaotic everywhere now. If they didn’t take the initiative to attack and only guarded passively, then it would be difficult to block the enemy’s final attack even if they had the army.

Ye Xiaoxian had read some books about military strategy and tactic in modern times and she had learned about the history before, so she knew Xiao Baoshan was right.

If Xiao Baoshan and the others had hold on the spot, there would be two outcomes. One was that when the biggest force outside conquered the North, the South, and the East, it would march to the West and the South, so even if Xiao Baoshan and the others were already secretly training army, they would still lose.

The other outcome was that they were able to hold the ground but could only hold Baoning City which would decline eventually and be the loser after a few years.

In the yurt, Ye Xiaoxian was holding her son, Dong Dong, who had just learned to crawl and was trying to stand up when she said to Xiao Baoshan, “Off you go, you know what I’m going to say, come back alive!”

Xiao Baoshan held Ye Xiaoxian in his arms and said, “Little Ye, I don’t know how long I will be gone for war this time so I’ll leave my son for you and your mother.”

Ye Xiaoxian smiled, “Of course, as long as you don’t forget about me.”

Fighting for war had been a natural sense of mission for him and she would surely support him.

Since he was doing this for Baoning City City and to protect more people, she was willing to make this sacrifice.

That night, they left their child in Li Hongmei’s yurt. The husband and wife chatted for half a night, and made out all night till morning.

Xiao Baoshan set off at first light the next day.

Ye Xiaoxian, Li Hongmei, and many people from the tribe came to see him off.

Everyone knew that it was chaotic outside and that they didn’t even have an Emperor anymore, so Xiao Baoshan had to go to war.

But going to war meant that they might not come back and that they might fail, so they all hoped that Xiao Baoshan would return safely.

Squire Liu also joked, “Baoshan, you have to win. If you win, you can stay in the Capital City. At that time, your mother will be the mother of General Yan, and Little Ye will be the general’s wife.”

Ye Xiaoxian smiled and said, “Right, I really want to be the general’s wife. I will have servants then and not the kind that will threathen.”

Xiao Baoshan smiled at Ye Xiaoxian and said, “Alright, when the war is over, I will come and take you there.”

After Xiao Baoshan finished, he rode on the horse and left with everyone watching.

……

A month after Xiao Baoshan left, Ye Xiaoxian found herself pregnant again.

If they were in modern times now, she probably wouldn’t keep the child. First of all, Xiao Baoshan wasn’t there and secondly, her elder son was still young. When her second child was born, she would need to take care of the two children.

However, the tribe was poor and she couldn’t make a plan. She could only grit her teeth and kept carrying the child.

Thankfully, there were still Li Hongmei and Baozhu here to help her.

Li Hongmei was so happy after she learned that Ye Xiaoxian was carrying a second child. In this era, it was a blessing to have many children. No matter how poor the family was, as long as there was still food, they would have more children.

There were many newborns in the tribe now. Liu Qianqian has given birth to a daughter, and now she was pregnant again. If it was a daughter again, she would have another one. Even if it was a boy, she would continue.

Jin Xiaoyu had also given birth to a son a while ago. After she had her son, Jin Xiaoyu was not as wild as before. She took her son out to play every day, and occasionally they would visit Little Ye.

When Jin Xiaoyu took her son over, she often complained to Little Ye, “Damn, this kid is as energetic as Tarico. Although he can’t even sit up, he is still energetic like a little lion. He is strong and restless, and feeding him makes my breast hurt.”

Ye Xiaoxian smiled and said, “Feeding is the same to every one. Which child does not suck hard?”

“Well, that’s true but I still feel that he is still much stronger than others, alas, like his father.”

Ye Xiaoxian said, “Not just his father, you are also an energetic person. He was just like the two of you.”

Jin Xiaoyu said, “I don’t care. In short, he is like his father, oh god, he pees again. Do you have any extra diapers? Lend me one.”

Ye Xiaoxian gave her a piece.

Since Ye Xiaoxian was carrying the baby now, Li Hongmei was worried that the elder son Dong Dong would be too naughty and might accidentally hurt Ye Xiaoxian, so she took him away so that she could have time to rest.

After Jin Xiaoyu changed his diaper, she said to Ye Xiaoxian, “I really envy your Dong Dong. Although he is still young, he looks lovable and obedient like his father.This one in your belly will be a good and obedient baby as well.

Ye Xiaoxian smiled and said, “It’s hard to tell. Many of the eldest children are different from the second children.”

“Don’t worry, they will be as lovable and obedient.”

Ye Xiaoxian asked Jin Xiaoyu again, “Are you still planning to have another child?”

Jin Xiaoyu immediately blushed and asked Ye Xiaoxian, “Can I not?”

Ye Xiaoxian smiled at once, “Look at you. Just like me, it was really painful when I had Dong Dong and I thought that I would only have one child but now look at me, I’m pregnant with another. You were just like me, saying one thing and meaning another.”

“My Tarico said that he wants six or seven children and I asked him did he take me as a sow? He said that children can have more siblings to play with when we have more children. I think he was right. He grew up alone, and I’m pretty much the same. We don’t have many friends to play with and now that we have more children, they will have more siblings to keep them company in the future.”

Ye Xiaoxian smiled again. “That’s right, when you’re old in the future, you will have a lot of children and grandchildren and they will all surround you. How nice will that be?”

“Little Ye,” Jin Xiaoyu looked at Jin Xiaoyu and her expression returned to seriousness, “Baoshan should be back soon. Hang in there and beforelong you will become the general’s wife and your life will be better and better.”

Ye Xiaoxian thought of Xiao Baoshan and smiled, then looked at the grass and the sky outside the yurt.

She thought to herself that Baoshan was sure to win!

……

When Ye Xiaoxian delivered her second child, Xiao Baoshan hadn’t returned yet.

The second was a girl. She was born in the summer so she was named as Xiao Xia and everyone just called her Little Xia.

Little Xia was white and tender with her long eyelash, and she could tell that she would turn out to be a beauty. Li Hongmei, Baozhu, and the whole family pampered her.

Now that the Sixth King and the Seventh King have gone off to war, the school in Baoning City were closed, so Xiao Baofeng came back from time to time.

Xiao Baofeng was a teenager now and his mustache has grown before they know. He was still a little shy and didn’t speak much, which seemed more polite and educated and he also cared about his family very much.

Every time he returned to the tribe, he would bring gifts to Ye Xiaoxian’s two children, so the two children liked this young uncle as well.

When Little Xia was one year old, Ye Xiaoxian received news from Xiao Baoshan that after two years of war, Xiao Baoshan’s army had taken over the southern area of Qing He County and was now marching towards the East.

Xiao Baoshan set off with Li Chengyi and Li Chengru.

The two young masters set off with the purpose of putting down the riot, and with the reputation built up by Xiao Baoshan and Qian Qi in the past, they were supported by the people and the war went smoothly.

After another half a year, they took over the East as well.

Up until now, they had regained most territory of the great Qi’s Dynasty and was prepared to march into Beihui City.

If they took the Beihui City, they could threaten Yan Ziyan.

……

In Capital City, Yan Ziyan also received the news of Xiao Baoshan’s victory.

Xiao Baoshan’s army was now stationed outside Beihui City.

For a moment, Yan Ziyan was anxious.

He has been in the Capital City for many years now, but he still didn’t dare to call himself Emperor. And now Xiao Baoshan was attacking in the name of imperial family, so they must have people’s support.

However, he and Xiao Baoshan were comrades once. State Preceptor had tried to send Xiao Baoshan kill him at that time, but Xiao Baoshan was not willing to do it. Now Xiao Baoshan wanted to take him down which put him in a difficult position.

Yan Ziyan was in a discussion with the group of generals.

“Xiao Baoshan once helped me. If it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have been able to station in Heihe City, but now… we’re actually going to fight against each other.”

After hearing this,, Wang Meng immediately said, “Young Master, don’t you worried. Since Xiao Baoshan is now ready to strike, it means that he doesn’t see us as his brothers and once he took down Beihui City, it will be either his death or our death. Therefore, we don’t need to mind our past relation. What we need to do now is to hold Beihui City and beware of Xiao Baoshan. At worst, we’ll share the land with him!”

……

Outside Beihui City, Xiao Baoshan, the Sixth King and the Seventh King were already stationed.