Chapter 4 Let the father take the surname
When Yiyang heard the analysis of the eldest emperor, he agreed very much, so he tried his best to argue on the side. In the end, they won.
After Yu Xuan explained the situation to the mother and daughter, he gave them the carriage and gave them a lot of silver taels. The woman had been uneasy for a long time, but when she heard King Qi say this, she was relieved. Finally, Yu Xuan looked at the girl and said, "What's your name?"
The girl, who had been silent, looked directly at him and replied, "Qingqing."
Yu Xuan read softly and said: What a good name. He looked at her black and white, bright eyes, and felt so beautiful. Then, I took off the jade pendant around my waist and put it in front of the girl, and said: This jade pendant was given to me by my father, and this is the only piece in the world.
Qingqing didn't take it, just looked at it.
Yu Xuan gave it to the woman. After some advice, he got out of the car. Qingqing took the jade pendant from her mother's hand and looked at it carefully.
The origin of this jade pendant is not simple. Originally in a small border town, after several years and a lot of manpower and financial resources, many ice crystals were dug up from the bottom of the snow-capped mountains to make wind chimes, which were specially used by the royal family for summer heat. The next day, a craftsman smashed the ice crystals, and a piece of fine jade appeared inside, which was originally grown in the ice crystals, but there was only such a piece, the size of a woman's palm, the whole body was moist, exuding a trace of coolness, holding it in the hand but not icy hands. The most respected elder, who was also the leader of this small city, heard about this beautiful jade, so he ordered someone to present it to the emperor.
Then, the skilled craftsmen in the palace made it into a jade pendant, and the dragon and phoenix were carefully carved on it. This jade pendant was originally owned by the emperor, but because he liked this second prince too much, he gave it to him. Everyone in the world says that King Qi will be the Son of Heaven in the future. Therefore, the meaning of this jade pendant is obvious.
Looking at the mother and daughter who drove away in the carriage, although Yu Xuan wanted to keep them, he knew very well the character of his father, even if he was favored by him, he didn't dare to say that he wanted to take in the homeless. Leaving the jade pendant, Yu Xuan only hoped that she would come to him in the future, and even if she didn't, he would be able to find her through the jade pendant.
The convoy continued to set off with great fanfare and colorful flags. It's just that today's Yuxuan is afraid that he will miss her from time to time.
Besides, this girl is none other than Qingqing of that era. The soul falls into the womb and grows again, and for some reason the body is weaker than the average person, even if it eats too much, it can't get fat, and the body is shorter. So now it looks like six or seven years old, even though he is ten years old. The peasant child didn't care so much, as long as she didn't get sick. It's just that last year there was a big drought and there was no harvest. The whole village was in a famine, and no one had any extra food, so they had to come out to beg for a living, and along the way, most of the people died, either starving to death or dying of thirst, and some were beaten to death for food. It was in this situation that her father was injured and died.
Now, the mother and daughter don't know where to go, just driving the carriage forward, and no one knows where they are going. Qingqing hid the jade pendant in her pocket and put it close to her body. Then he said to his mother, who was driving the carriage, "Mother, let's go to the hilly country."
The woman was curious and asked, "Where is that?"
Reply: When I was at home, I heard from people from other places that they used to be homeless, and after being driven there, they met immortals and were saved. Now it's a country, and life is like this. Besides, there are no natural disasters there**. I thought I might be able to stay there.
When the woman heard this, she was justified. The two of them ran all the way to the Hilly Country. The hardships along the road can be imagined, the carriage was taken away on the way, and there was not much silver left. When he was desperate, he met a merchant who was about to rush home, this person lived in the hilly country, and only did some business between Xifeng and the hills. This time, it was a coincidence that the mother and daughter met, and then the merchant was kind-hearted, and when he saw that it was an orphan and a widow, he let them get into the carriage.
A few days later, they arrived in the Hilly Country. At the time of separation, the merchant asked the woman, "Do you have a place to go?"
The woman replied: Not yet, just to find a place to stay here.
When the merchant heard this, he thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you come to my house first?" After finishing speaking, seeing that they were hesitant, he said: Don't worry, I have a lady, she is very good, and she will not be bad to you.
When she heard this, the woman hastened to thank the merchant and said that she had met a nobleman. When they came to the house, the merchant's wife rushed to the door to greet her, and saw the merchant with a mother and son, and was very curious. Just ask: Who are they?
The merchant told her about the journey, and explained the situation of the mother and daughter. After hearing this, the lady looked at the two of them at this time, which was really pitiful. After the merchant told her to take care of the mother and daughter, she went busy.
The merchant lady smiled and led the two to the room, and then ordered the girl to boil hot water and arrange a change of clothes. After the two of them went in, the lady went to her own house, and she had to prepare some food, and then scald the pot of wine.
After washing, the mother and daughter changed into clean clothes, Qingqing's men's clothes, it must be the businessman's lady who mistakenly thought she was a boy. Qing Qing didn't care about this, it didn't matter what this body was wearing. It was only later, when the woman talked about Qingqing, that the merchant and his wife realized that the child was actually a girl, and the merchant lady thought that Qingqing was a girl, so she loved her even more. Not long after, the merchant's wife mentioned to the merchant that she wanted to accept Qingqing as her goddaughter. When the merchant heard this, the two coincided. First of all, the merchant couple was already considered a wealthy family in the local area, but they had no children for many years, and the merchant was unwilling to take a concubine, so the two survived like this. Now there is such a wonderful person, the couple likes it very much, and when they see that the child is well-behaved and cute, and smart and clever, they want to think of it as a goddaughter.
The next day, the merchant couple told Qingqing's mother. She also stayed here for two months, and the merchant and his wife provided them with food, food, and expenses, and the woman's heart was already full of gratitude, and she did not know how to repay it. Hearing that they wanted to take their daughter as their goddaughter, he agreed without hesitation.
Since then, Qingqing has become the daughter of a merchant family. The businessman is a big family, and the couple have not been out for many years, which is well known. Now, the merchant couple has a ten-year-old daughter. In the small hilly country, the news spread all over the country in a short time.
If an outsider enters the country, he or she must submit his name and portrait to the government. Qingqing, as the daughter of a businessman, has not changed her name, but she has added an extra surname in front of her, with the businessman, and her surname is Ren. Current name, Ren Qingqing.
The government received the report of the new population, the name was recorded, the portrait was also left at the bottom, and the merchant paid the tax and silver, and the work was over. Now that she became the daughter of a merchant, her food and clothing were already different, and the merchant couple also invited a master to teach her to learn. Qingqing is already smart and extremely talented in learning, and within a year she has read the Four Books and Five Classics. So the merchant invited other masters to teach her, and she had everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.