Chapter 69: The Nine Niangs of the Orion Family
"You're awake!" The second prince Shang Qing had just opened his eyes, and before he could see where he was, he was covered by a bright smiling face that came over to cover the light in front of him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
He was startled and subconsciously shrank back, "You...... Who are you?"
"I'm Jiu Niang!" the woman said, her voice very hearty, "Who are you?"
"I ......" Shang Qing thought for a while, and then said: "My surname is Feng, and my name is Fengqing." Excuse me, girl, where is this?"
"This is my home, you fell off a cliff and were rescued by my father. We all thought you were dead, but we didn't expect you to be quite powerful and survive. Jiuniang chattered a lot.
Shang Qing felt as if he had regained a little strength in his body, so he tried to sit up with his own efforts. When Jiuniang saw it, she hurriedly stepped forward to help, and her movements were very gentle.
Shang Qing smiled, this woman was much more delicate than she looked, "Thank you, Ninth Girl!"
When my mother was pregnant with me, she dreamed that nine red flowers were flying towards her, so she named me Jiuniang, not because I was ranked ninth! Except for my brother, I am the only daughter in the family. Jiu Niang hurriedly explained.
Shang Qing nodded, he took a breath, with his current physical strength, he could only sit on the bamboo couch, looking around, this was obviously a poor home, except for the bamboo couch under him, which was made of bamboo, the others were all made of wood, and even the walls were made of wood side by side on the ground, and then plastered with plaster in the gaps.
"Jiu Niang, I don't know where Ling Zun is? I want to thank him personally. ā
"Ling Zun?" Jiu Niang was born in this mountain since she was a child, where has she heard this kind of saying, "Who is Ling Zun?"
"Uh...... Lingzun is your father. It's an honorific title. Shang Qing explained with some embarrassment.
"My father is my father, why do you say Ling Zun? You are such a funny person, how can you talk differently from us? Aren't you from the Fire Phoenix Kingdom?"
Shang Qing has been educated by the royal family since he was a child, and he has been in contact with high-ranking officials and nobles, and he is used to such a polite way of speaking, but he was suddenly robbed by Jiu Niang like this, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless, so he had to smile and say: "You're right, then where is your father?"
My mother and my brother went down to the mountains to change food, and I was the only one in the family. You have to thank me until my dad comes back in the evening. ā
"Yes, Shang Qing knows. Shang Qing nodded, and at this time, there was a grunting sound in his stomach, and his face immediately turned red.
Jiu Niang looked at his face curiously, "What's wrong with you? Do you have a fever? I once had a wind chill, and it's the same way." ā
"No...... No," Shang Qing shook his head awkwardly, "I'...... It's just that the stomach is hungry that it will make such an indecent sound, please don't be surprised by Jiu Niang!"
Jiuniang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood, "Are you hungry? Hey, I'm so stupid, how could I think you have a fever? But you're really, why do you always talk like this? Wouldn't it be good if you just told me that you were hungry? A big man, not happy at all." ā
While chattering, she walked out of the room quickly, and after a while, she brought back a bowl of fragrant sorghum rice porridge and came in, "My mother boiled the sorghum rice porridge before going out, and I have been using a small heat to eat it when you wake up." ā
Although sorghum was a very popular food at that time, Shang Qing was the son of the lord of the country, and he had been dressed and eaten since he was a child, even if he occasionally ate sorghum, it was carefully ground, so he looked at the bowl of porridge brought by Jiu Niang very curiously, "What is this?"
"Sorghum rice porridge, haven't you even seen this?" Jiu Niang pouted, "Seeing that you are well dressed, you won't be so poor that you don't even have sorghum rice porridge to eat, right?"
Shang Qing was speechless, Jiu Niang was so frank, he was embarrassed to tell her that he was too rich, so he rarely ate sorghum rice porridge.
Jiu Niang didn't care about him, and after making the porridge warm with a spoon, she handed it to him, "Eat, this is porridge made with the soup made of the pheasants that my father brought back, which is the best for recovering his body." "Although the family is a hunter, they are not able to eat these wild meat at any time, and most of the harvest has to be exchanged for food and various daily necessities, and they have to sell it for money to help my brother marry a daughter-in-law.
Shang Qing was indeed very hungry at this time, so he thanked him, then took his hand, scooped a spoonful and put it in his mouth, "Hmm...... It's delicious!"
Jiu Niang smiled: "You have been hungry for two days, so whatever you eat is delicious." ā
"It was really delicious. Shang Qing finished a bowl of porridge in two bites, and asked a little embarrassedly, "Excuse me, is there anything else?"
"Of course there is, I'll serve it to you!" The enthusiastic Jiuniang saw that he had a good appetite, and her heart was also happy, so she immediately went to serve another bowl.
Shang Qing ate three bowls in a row, finally filled his stomach, exhaled with satisfaction, and burped not very elegantly. Jiu Niang grinned and said: "If you are full, go down to the ground and walk, don't accumulate food, you shouldn't be able to sleep at night." I'm going to do the laundry, you're all right at home alone, right?"
Shang Qing didn't expect that the people in the mountains would be so simple, and he was an outsider of unknown origin at home, and he didn't leave anyone to take care of the house. He walked two steps with his body propped up, felt better, and said with a smile: "Why don't I go with you to do the laundry, and take a walk by the way!"
"Okay!" Jiu Niang packed up her dirty clothes, closed the door casually, and walked with Shang Qing to the stream not far away.
Jiu Niang's home is halfway up the mountain, and the path leading to the creek is lined with tall trees, and various bird calls are heard from time to time in the forest, which makes this place more quiet. Shang Qing slowly followed behind Jiu Niang, who carried a basket of clothes, and from time to time picked some leaves from the trees on both sides and put them in the basket, waiting for Shang Qing to be slow by the way.
"Jiu Niang, what are you doing picking these leaves?
Jiu Niang laughed, "These leaves are used to wash clothes, how can you cook? You are so stupid, why don't you understand anything?"
In just one hour, Shang Qing was already used to Jiu Niang's way of speaking, so he didn't feel angry. In amazement, he plucked a leaf from the tree, looked at it over and over, and said, "What kind of tree is this? How can you wash clothes?"
"It's called the 'laundry tree'! My mother has been washing clothes with this since I was a child, so I naturally learned it. ā
"Laundry tree? This is really interesting, the palace is all washed with ointment made of soaphorn. It's more convenient for you, you can just pick it up and wash your clothes. ā
"Palace, your hometown is called Palace?"
"Uh...... Yes, my family is from Miyazato Village. Shang Qing had to lie again for his slip of the tongue.
"Miyali Village, there must be a lot of people in your village, unlike our family, who live alone in this halfway up the mountainside, and have to walk for half a day to go to the market!
Shang Qing saw her longing look, and involuntarily said, "If Jiu Niang wants to go outside, I can take you out!"