In October, the Yellow River burst, Kaifeng was flooded, Zhangchang was also flooded, the news reached Nanjing, Zhang Zhaohua was naturally very concerned and worried about the disaster in his hometown, which was seen by Empress Xu, and said to the Yongle Emperor, the emperor sent officials to deal with the disaster, and specially ordered the remaining villagers of Zhangchang to be brought into Beijing.

Zhang Zhaohua didn't expect the emperor and empress to give her such a great kindness, so that she could meet her relatives in her hometown in the Rouyi Palace. Zhangchang Village is not big, and now it has suffered a disaster, and there are 237 talents who help the old and the young to go south. When Zhang Zhaohua saw them, he remembered the 16 carefree days spent in Zhangchang, and couldn't help but cry.

She saw Zhaodi and Yindi, their children were eight or nine years old, and their once bright faces had already been dyed with sorrow.

"The Yellow River has burst its banks every year in recent years," Zhao Di said: "Kaifeng City can still be blocked in previous years, but this year it has also been washed away, and it is waterlogged, it is all a pool of water, our crops have finally been harvested, and they have been flooded again, and we will not be exempted from summer tax this year......

Henan has a bad year, there has been a famine for a year, and taxes have been exempted, but this year the emperor did not say whether to give tax exemptions or not, everyone looked at Zhang Zhaohua with such anticipation, and some people also called Zhang Zhaohua's nickname, "Sister Hua, do you see if you can-"

"Shut up!" the new grain chief sweated on the top of his head: "You dare to say the respect of the crown princess!"

This new grain chief is the eldest son of Zhang Manchu's family, the easternmost head of Goushuitou, because after the old grain chief went to Yunnan, everyone was reluctant to take the errand of the grain chief, or the officials from the county town sketched a person out, this person is Zhang Chenggang, supervising the transportation of grain into the capital, and there is always a lot of knowledge, at this time I know how they have a princess in Zhangchang. I think that when Zhang Zhaohua was the princess, Zhang Chang followed the light, was exempted from taxes, and also got the gift of Zhou Wangfu, and the people in the township not only walked sideways in Dezhou, but also went to the big city of Kaifeng.

Now this noble man has become a real golden phoenix, at that time I thought it was extremely rich, who would have expected that King Yan would successfully rebel and become the emperor? In this way, the princess became the crown princess, and gave birth to a brother, and there will be greater wealth in the future.

Thinking that Zhang Chang is just a big fart, he can concentrate on the show, and there is a noble person like the crown princess, Zhang Chenggang is really unbelievable, after he became the chief of grain, he paid special attention to the girls in the village, and it is strange to say, there are indeed more boys and fewer girls in the village, and these girls, he has taken a closer look, at most they are white and pleasing, but there is also a Zhong Lingyu who is beautiful and smart, but compared with the princess, it is not as good as the ground. When he thought that the crown princess was a little girl, she was very smart, and she looked different from others, but now he knew what was different, that is, the extravagance of the whole body, and the strange thing was that the old grain chief only looked at her differently.

mentioned the old grain chief, Zhang Chenggang said: "Niangniang, Brother Duan'er of the old grain chief's family is back-"

Zhang Zhaohua hummed softly, the old grain chief died in Jingdongwei, Yunnan, he was too old, although because of the care of Mu Fu, he had no worries about food and clothing, but he still had heavy labor every day, and his body couldn't support it, so he died in August of the first year of Jianwen.

And less than two months later, Luchuan Pingmian Xuanfu made Si Lunfa die, Menggu Dai Tumu separated from Luchuan Pingmian Xuanwei Division, taking advantage of Mufu's unpreparedness, sent troops to attack Jingdongwei, in this military disaster, Zhang Geng and Yue's family and his brother's family, all were killed, only Zhang Duan, because he was a showman, was recruited to Lincang, to avoid the disaster.

At that time, it was the beginning of Yan Wang Jingnan's army, and the north became a pot of porridge, and no news could be passed, and it was not until March of the second year of Jianwen that Zhang Zhaohua learned the news.

She remembered that the old grain chief could not drink or play chess, but he could drink tea, and he drank tea slowly, as if he was drunk. At that time, she always suspected that these two pieces of dried tea had been soaked in wine, and she had secretly eaten them. Such tea, and a book of words at the bottom of the box, was enough for him to spend the night.

On the purple clay pot, there are actually engraved words, as if it is a poem: Sheng's song returns to the courtyard, and the lights go down the stairs.

Zhang Zhaohua remembered a grand social fire a few years ago, and in the lights and shadows, she really didn't find the figure of the old grain chief.

"Brother Duan'er went back home," Zhang Chenggang said: "Pity him alone, he brought five coffins, all of which were buried under the old city wall." Strange to say, under the root of the city, there were a few litters of weasels, and overnight, they left by themselves. ”

Zhang Zhaohua lowered his eyes and hummed softly.

"Before Brother Chang'er's daughter-in-law left," he added, "we left a stone mill in our village, and every family took turns to use it, beating beans, grinding tofu flowers, and building a shrine for Niangniang, and many people from afar came to worship." ”

"Knock it down," Zhang Zhaohua said, "Repair a shrine for the grain chief." ”

The villagers looked at each other, and when they saw that Zhang Zhaohua didn't say it like a joke, they agreed again.

The familiar faces are all sparse and spotted, and the children who grew up together, she seems to be even more difficult to recognize.

"You are—" Zhang Zhaohua saw a woman and couldn't help but say, "Sweet, right?"

The woman shrank to the side and was called by name before she looked up. There are shallow fishtail marks on the corners of her eyes, but her face is younger than Zhao Di, and compared with when she was a child, it has really changed a lot. If it weren't for a big mole on his neck, Zhang Zhaohua really wouldn't have recognized him.

"Yes," she said, "Niangniang still remembers me." ”

When the old grain chief was convicted, Yue's brother was afraid of implicating his own family, so he entrusted a son and a daughter to someone else's house to raise, and then there was nothing to do, so he took his son back, and the daughter didn't care, and was left in the Dong family, and over time she was raised by the Dong family. When she grew up, the Dong family and his wife were also in charge and married her to Sun Yu.

"He's having a public meal now, the chief bookkeeper in Yongcheng County," Dong said, "...... He read some books and named his three children, Jizong and Xianzong...... There is also a girl named Zhuoyu. ”

"Why didn't you bring it?" Zhang Zhaohua said.

"They were all put at his uncle's house. Dong said.

Zhang Chenggang suddenly said: "The jade sister in her family is very smart and clever!"

Everyone who saw it agreed: "That's really, it's not good to look rare, it's really like a jade girl!"

Dong is a little embarrassed, the jade sister she gave birth to is indeed welcome, hundreds of smart, Sun Yu loves her like eyes, and several brothers can't compare.

Zhang Zhaohua raised his spirit slightly: "Bring it over one day and let me take a look." ”

I'm afraid I can't see it, the emperor's grace is already great this time, and it is impossible to call these villagers to see her again, but Zhang Qi and the Wang family have also moved from Beijing to Nanjing, and they can see each other.

Time passed quickly, and the villagers always had to go back before the palace gate was locked. Zhang Zhaohua didn't feel that the two more than two hours of flying were also passing, but she felt that it was too slow.

The momentary laughter is as false as ever, and the difference between flowing water and floating clouds is eternal.