Chapter 89 Woman’s Heart

As a northerner, Li Ping still prefers hot baths, especially when it's cold. When he gets into the warm water, he feels a different kind of comfort all over his body.

Of course Li Ping would not go to the public bathhouse with the officers and soldiers now. After all, this is not an era when equality has been basically deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in later generations. He can adapt to completely sharing the joys and sorrows with the officers and soldiers, but it may not have good results.

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The strong concept of order and respect in ancient times is rooted in the backward economic and humanistic development level, and is also an important guarantee for ensuring the stability of social order. A small step ahead is advanced, but a big step ahead can be a disaster.

In fact, the officers above the company, including Song Baolai, Ma Yong, Duan Qiang and Hu Zhongshan, all washed themselves alone.

Only officers below the company level are explicitly required to use the same bathhouse as ordinary soldiers. The purpose is to promote mutual understanding between officers and soldiers at the grassroots level and prevent the phenomenon of desertion, desertion and ignorance of soldiers. After all, company and platoon leaders are the frontline leaders.

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Li Ping himself attaches great importance to the construction of public baths, and he will often check the operation and actual use there.

Maintaining hygiene is the most effective way to reduce disease, and bathing is the most effective way to maintain hygiene.

In later generations, free public baths were standard features in almost every military camp. Special military funds were allocated for their construction and operation. This was not simply to meet the needs of officers and soldiers or as a welfare, but had far-reaching considerations.

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A few days ago, Li Ping felt that his wound was no longer a problem, so he took his first bath after the injury. But because he was unsure, he only soaked in the water for a short while, mainly to remove the mud.

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Today is the second time he has taken a bath since he was injured. He must take a good bath and wash himself cleanly.

Leaning in the large wooden basin, through the clear water, Li Ping could easily see a small circle of fat growing on his belly. His thighs were obviously much thicker, and the tight lines were getting lighter and lighter.

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Li Ping has gained weight. In the past month or so, he has hardly done any serious exercise. He still eats and drinks well every day. It is really unreasonable for him not to be fat.

He had to start exercising again. This was a war era! If for no other reason, he had to consider being able to run ahead of others when running.

After taking a bath, although the night was already dark, Li Ping still sat at the table, habitually picked up a pen, and started the daily writing habit formed during this period.

He mainly wrote the pamphlets that the officers and soldiers saw in the library, such as historical stories, geographical knowledge and physics. He also assigned Chinese, mathematics, geometry and health knowledge to Gao Lei and Zhao Lanyue, and they also had to

Division of labor.

Li Ping rarely goes to give lessons to the officers now.

Nowadays, officers have more and more things to do and are more and more complicated. It is not appropriate to gather them when necessary. It is more effective to write them on paper so that they can arrange their own time to study. It can also transfer knowledge more effectively.

extended to all officers and soldiers, because what Li Ping wanted to educate was ultimately the entire army.

At present, what he attaches most importance to is the writing of history, because history is the best means to shape the nation's outlook on right and wrong, and it is also the most wasteful of brain cells. The subject matter is crucial.

From Qin Shihuang's unification of the six kingdoms, Wei Qinghuo's illness and the enfeoffment of the wolf as a coward, to Wei Zheng's water that can carry a boat but also capsize it, to the openness and tolerance of the Tang Dynasty, and the historical lessons of the Han Dynasty that fell due to strength, and the Song Dynasty that died due to wealth.

What Li Ping wanted to convey to the officers and soldiers was the ideas and consciousness behind these histories. He hoped to subtly establish the concepts of country, martial arts and love for the people that were in short supply among the officers and soldiers, so they could not write blindly.

Especially regarding the national concept, more emphasis and caution are needed.

In China before modern times, or even before the Republic of China, the concept of country was very unfamiliar to the vast majority of Chinese people, or the vast majority of Chinese people at the bottom of society. People knew about the differences between Chinese and foreigners, and knew that

The court and the monarch do not have the understanding that both will prosper and suffer.

For the vast majority of Chinese people, it doesn't matter who is the ruler, as long as they can survive and live a slightly less difficult life, that is enough.

The Chinese people have always had great patience and are used to accepting things.

In fact, the people are ill-informed and the proportion of educated people is too low. Patriotism and world-mindedness are basically only the affairs of scholars. Of course, there are many respectable rough guys with good family traditions, but they are definitely a minority among the minority.

This has also led to a very serious problem, that is, "if you have breasts, you are a mother" has almost become a bad habit of the military, the group with the lowest level of education during the troubled times.

What's worse is that loyalty to the emperor and patriotism are basically the same at this time. Li Ping must consciously weaken this issue to prevent him from cultivating a group of die-hard Ming court members and putting a tight curse on himself.

But in this way, the choice of stories and the method of narration also require special attention.

Although there is no AD calendar to compare time, Li Ping's memory is not that good.

But Li Ping can also use the blurring of hundreds of years ago or more than a thousand years ago, and the outline of history can also be corrected using a large number of collected historical books. As for the details, he mainly uses the form of stories to briefly introduce them.

It saves a lot of trouble and allows the entire writing work to proceed relatively smoothly.

A quiet night is the best time to organize your thoughts and write. If you smoke a cigarette from time to time, Li Ping seems to have returned to the days when he was rushing to collect materials at work.

In the middle, Liu Xiaohui came in to refill the tea several times. She came and left gently every time. The two of them had long been used to it and often had no communication.

The lights in Li Ping's room stayed on, and Liu Xiaohui usually didn't go to bed early. If she went back to her daughter's house that night, the tall and thin maid named Li Jing would be the one who came to serve her.

The reference materials on his table were prepared by this maid named Li Jing.

She could always turn the bibliography to the pages of the specific historical points that Li Ping specified to look for very carefully, or she could neatly extract the content that Li Ping needed on pieces of paper and place them neatly aside.

When the manuscripts that Li Ping revised repeatedly were finally completed, most of them were completed by the maid named Li Jing. Li Jing has become Li Ping's de facto assistant in writing.

And these are obviously impossible for Liu Xiaohui, who only knows how to read.

This Li Jing is one of the four beauties given to Li Ping by Mrs. Zuo Mengengeng. Of the four beauties, Li Ping divided two with Song Baolai, and the other two stayed with him as maids. They are currently the only beauties around him.

There are two maids.

However, Li Jing was the one who originally pinched Song Baolai's legs, while the plump and bold one next to Li Ping was transferred to Song Baolai's side.

There was such a "mistake" because they were divided among them by Liu Xiaohui, but Li Ping did not tell Liu Xiaohui how to divide them. When it became a fact, Li Ping and Song Baolai, who had no requirements for them, naturally

He won't take it seriously either.

But now it seems that it was all a coincidence. Li Ping, who was eager for talent, got it without any effort.

In terms of appearance and figure, Li Jing is more in line with modern people's aesthetics.

Her lips are slightly wider, her head is larger, and her facial features are more angular. She is mainly thin and tall. Her height is close to 1.7 meters, almost the same as Gao Lei. This makes her in a country where there is little communication between people.

Feudal society is still very eye-catching in the south.

In addition to being thin and fair, Li Jing's characteristics are quite different from the petite, round face and small facial features that people generally like nowadays. It is estimated that she can be selected into the ranks of beauties because she is really pleasing to the eye and stands out because of her height.

It's extremely slender.

Li Jing's knowledge comes from her family.

She was plundered from the Central Plains. She was once the daughter of a teaching scholar. It is said that several generations of her family have been studying. Although she has not achieved much, she is also a serious scholar with eight books.

Such a family naturally makes Li Jing proficient in poetry and calligraphy. What's even more rare is that Li Jing is good at handwriting, and the knowledge makes her eyebrows more delicate.

The fact that Li Jing can be reused by Liu Xiaohui is probably related to this, because Li Ping obviously has a preference for knowledgeable people.

The other maid named Huang Xiaoyun was from an ordinary farmer's family. She was illiterate, thin, weak, and not very tall. She seemed to be very timid, and she would be easily frightened and panicked if she didn't do anything well.

It's not there anymore, so the sense of existence is relatively low.

Fundamentally speaking, these two maids are somewhat submissive and taciturn. Their rough life experiences and the many painful memories they suffered due to their appearance are probably the main reasons.

They have all changed their owners many times, and have suffered countless hardships. It seems that numbness and survival are all they have, so they are basically allowed to do whatever they are told.

Even though no one has yelled at them here for more than a month, and no one has beaten or scolded them, they are still very cowardly and well-behaved.

However, Li Jing's adjustment and adaptation speed is much faster than Huang Xiaoyun's. Knowledge and insight have obviously greatly increased her ability to observe and become familiar with the new environment.

Her movements are light when she does things, her eyes are gentle, and she is moderately measured. There is no dodge in her eyes, but she also does not make any moves to please. She is used to oppression and submission but is not willing to completely sink.

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The next day, Li Ping got up very early.

As soon as it dawned, he walked out of the yard and went for a run with the troops, and then spent half a day on the equipment field. When he returned to his residence, his clothes were soaked through.

At this time, there was a busy scene in his small courtyard.

Those who sweep the floor, those who light the fire, those who clean the house... a few people shuttle back and forth, and from time to time you can hear Liu Xiaohui's gentle calling, just like every morning for more than a month.

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At this time, Li Ping's room had been tidied up.

After taking the clean clothes, Li Ping used a large bucket of warm water that had been prepared in the backyard to wash away the sweat. Cleaning after exercise made people feel refreshed.

When Li Ping finished washing, changed his clothes and sat down to take a nap and drink light tea, Liu Xiaohui came in to clean up the clothes Li Ping had changed and the water stains on the ground. Watching Liu Xiaohui busy around him, Li Ping

Suddenly I thought of something else.

This Liu Xiaohui doesn't have much talent. She can read but can't write.

It is said that there are many disputes in front of the widow, and she is not very old, has good looks, and is still in the market of the Ming Dynasty, so she is most likely to be at the forefront of the limelight.

But Liu Xiaohui miraculously seems to have a good reputation among her neighbors. Not only does she have no criticism, but she also has a lot of favorable impressions.

This is very unusual!

It is probably not easy for a woman to survive in troubled times with nothing to rely on and a child.

Such people are definitely not simple-minded, and they must have a good way of doing things.

Ever since Liu Xiaohui came to Li Ping's camp, some things have become obvious.

For example, when Li Jing and the always attentive Liu Xiaohui assigned the four of them to each other, they would definitely know who they had served in the first place.

In the end, Liu Xiaohui still assigned the bold and coquettish woman to Song Baolai, and assigned Li Jing, who looked quiet, to this place. It was impossible not to have some thoughts inside.
To be continued...