Early morning.

In early spring, the ice in the river has melted, but the river is still very cold. Although it's already spring, it's still cold when the wind blows, and if you can, you really want to hide in the bed at this time.

Ye Qianhuan carried a bucket to fill the water tank at home, and then walked to the river with a bucket of clothes. It was still cold outside, and she was wearing an indigo blue jacket, which was not cold, but her hands were exposed, and now she was blown by the wind and was red from the cold. She couldn't stand it a little and put down the clothes in her hand, put her hand to the side of her mouth and sighed.

She looked at her hands, which were red and a little swollen, and she was afraid that she was going to get frostbite. I didn't expect that there was no chilblain in winter, but now it will be longer in spring.

The river is right in front of the house, and it's not a short walk to get there. The embankment on the bank of the river was built by the people in the village themselves, Ye Qianhuan's father Ye Rong had a very good relationship with his neighbors, and the two families discussed it when they built the embankment, and the two families built a dam together. The embankment is very well repaired, very wide, the stones are polished squarely, in order to prevent slipping, Ye Rong also grinded the surface of the stone, so it is very suitable for laundry, so usually the people in the village also like to wash and wash in front of the Ye family's embankment, the embankment is very long, many people can wash clothes on it at the same time, and there are many people who can talk, and they will not be bored.

But now it's just spring, even if the weather is good, the river is cold and deadly, and it's still early, the sun has just come out, and the river is even colder, not to mention washing clothes, even just sitting, and I don't want to go there. So there's no one on the embankment at this point.

People in the village have drilled a well at home, the well water is warm in winter and cool in summer, very comfortable, and most of the people who have the conditions in winter are willing to use the well water to wash their clothes.

Ye Qianhuan didn't have a well at home, so he had to go to the river in front of him to wash his clothes at this time.

On the way to the river with a bucket, neighbor Jin Gui happened to go out and saw Ye Qianhuan, and when he saw her carrying a bucket to the river, he hurriedly said, "Oh, isn't this Xiao Huan?" Are you going to do the laundry? ”

Ye Qianhuan stopped and called Jin Gui, "Aunt Jin." Honestly answered Jin Gui's question.

Jin Gui hurriedly pulled Ye Qianhuan and said, "Oh, you kid, it's so cold, it's the coldest time in the river, why are you going to wash clothes in the river now?" Where's your mom and dad? ”

Ye Qianhuan thought, no matter where you go to the river to wash, it is not all the same, in fact, there is no difference. "Daddy and Mom went to collect firewood." Although the firewood at home is enough until the weather is warm, Ye Rong and Yin Le will often go up the mountain, or chop firewood, or find some food to come back, now that spring is coming, Yin Le also went with him, thinking that he could also find some wild vegetables. Ye Qianhuan is left in the house, otherwise this kind of laundry would not be Ye Qianhuan's turn.

When Jin Gui heard this, he hurriedly shouted: "Don't go to the river to wash clothes, don't get sick from the cold, you kid, your health is not very good on weekdays, and you don't pay attention to yourself, you still want to go to the river on such a cold day." Come on, my aunt has well water here, wash it with well water. ”

Ye Qianhuan hesitated with the bucket: "Isn't this okay?" ”

Jin Gui said angrily when he heard this: "What's good or not, just some well water is okay, come here, my aunt happens to be washing clothes here, let's wash it together, and we can chat." ”

When Ye Qianhuan heard this, he only hesitated for a moment, and immediately walked over with the bucket. "Thank you, Aunt Kim." After all, the river is really cold, although Ye Qianhuan can bear it, but he can have a better choice, and no one wants to abuse himself.

"You kid, what's there to thank you for."

The two of them then washed clothes in the yard together, Jin Gui was very talkative, the chickens of the old Liu family in the village could lay a few eggs, the pear tree at the end of the village when it bloomed and when it bore fruit, and she knew if the pears were sweet or not for which little ghost stole them.

Ye Qianhuan doesn't talk much, it's not that she doesn't like to talk, but she is afraid that she will talk too much, so she usually doesn't talk much, only sits diligently in laundry, and occasionally Jin Gui says something funny, she will say a few words.

Ye Qianhuan listened to Jin Gui's chatter while washing his clothes, thinking that he had been here for three whole years. In the past, when I thought of a hard life, I felt that those days were simply not people's lives, and I didn't dare to think about it at all, but now I think about it, I have also passed three years, except for a little uncomfortable at the beginning, and now I am also adapting very well. What days are not passed? When I went out, I didn't have a soft sedan chair, I was able to walk, I didn't have a carriage, I didn't die of exhaustion, I wore coarse cloth clothes, and I didn't freeze to death or die of heat. There is nothing uncomfortable with eating coarse tea and light rice, and it is still delicious when you are hungry. Now that I'm used to eating, I even think it's better than the delicacies I ate before.

In fact, I should have been like this, doing farm work, eating coarse tea and light rice, wearing coarse cloth clothes, occasionally going up the mountain to pick herbs, or going out with the master to consult and earn a little money. This is the life you should live, and the life of those fine clothes and food is originally a dream, a dream that does not belong to you.

That dream has nothing to do with herself, she just accidentally fell into the dream, and she always has to come out, but it is ridiculous that she is deep in the dream, unwilling to give up those luxury dreams, so she falls deeper and deeper, and cannot extricate herself. In the end, everyone rebelled and left, and they couldn't die well.

It's easy to get into luxury, it's hard to get into simplicity, and now that I'm used to it, there's nothing difficult or difficult, isn't life still the same?

Yes, Ye Qianhuan was not originally called Ye Qianhuan.

Ye Qianhuan was originally called Mu Lanxi, no, no, no, even Mu Lanxi is not her real name, her real name is Liu Lanxi. She is a thief, a thief who has no father, no mother, and no relatives. But she is a very powerful thief, she has stolen a lot of things, it can be said that she not only raised herself by stealing, but also supported her old master, who can no longer walk.

Of course, her master is also a habitual thief, he picked up Ye Qianhuan, who was still a baby, and then taught her the skill of stealing.

They huddled in a ruined temple on the outskirts of the city, and during the day they went to the city to steal some food and some small money. Ye Qianhuan is not greedy, because she knows that a thief is too greedy and is easy to die quickly. So she's just stealing a little money.

Later, her habitual thief master, who was too old to walk, finally died of old age, Ye Qianhuan dug a pit outside the broken temple and buried him, she didn't set up a tombstone, because she couldn't write at all.

Ye Qianhuan still remembered that she had dug that pit for a whole day, digging without eating or drinking, and her hands were full of blisters and she didn't stop. She didn't even feel the pain.

Because panic and sadness had paralyzed her feelings, she couldn't feel the pain in her body. The only person in this world who was close to him also died.

Ah, loved ones. Her only loved one died. So what should she do? She didn't know.

Ye Qianhuan also thought about dying, but she didn't die, and then she didn't dare to die, death was really terrible for her. So she still steals the same as before, the difference is that she doesn't need to go back to the broken temple every day to support her old immortal master.

She stole and stole in various markets in Chang'an City every day, and finally one day, she stole the most expensive thing she stole in her life.

She stole the identity of Mu Fu's daughter.

She just touched a rather poor-looking girl and stole an old brass lock. After stealing it, she didn't even think the lock was worth much. After a few days, she saw that there was no movement, so she casually took the copper lock and changed it for dinner.

As a result, she was arrested before the meal was finished, and she was also caught in Prince Mu's mansion.

She was terrified, and felt that she was sure to be dead by this time. She stood in the hall of Prince Mu's mansion, desperately thinking about what she had done in the past few days. After thinking about it again, I felt that only the copper lock was suspicious. But she really couldn't imagine that she just stole a copper lock, how could she have anything to do with the palace.

Later, I really wanted to reveal that the lock she stole was not an ordinary lock, the lock was Princess Mu's. Princess Mu's life experience is very pitiful, in general, she is the kind of child from a poor family, and then went to the palace to be a maid, but was taken by Prince Mu, and as a result, the two of them overcame all kinds of hardships and finally got together, and Princess Mu finally became Princess Mu or something. Princess Mu and Prince Mu had their first child very late, although it was a daughter, but also because it was hard-won so they attached great importance to it, and when the youngest daughter was full moon, Princess Mu gave this small copper lock to her daughter from her parents. Later, two years later, Princess Mu and Prince Mu had another son, and it stands to reason that life will be happy. The family is happy, the food and clothing are worry-free, the world is peaceful, and there are children and daughters. It's a pity that when the eldest daughter was 3 years old, the wet nurse went out with the child and never came back.

Prince Mu's mansion was simply crazy to search, but he didn't find it, Princess Mu was also grief-stricken, and her health gradually deteriorated, and she couldn't do without decoction every day.

Until Ye Qianhuan stole the copper lock and became a pawnshop.

Prince Mu and the princess have not given up looking for their children in recent years, and they naturally have a connection with the pawnshop. As a result, Ye Qianhuan was arrested and taken to the palace.

Where did Ye Qianhuan dare to say that the copper lock was stolen by himself? In case Prince Mu and Princess Mu are angry, I am afraid that their lives will be over. Naturally, she wouldn't say that the copper lock was stolen by her, but gritted her teeth and said that the copper lock was her own.

As a result, Ye Qianhuan became the daughter of Mu Mansion. changed her name to Mu Lanxi, became the eldest daughter of Prince Mu and Princess Mu Mu, and lived a life of fine clothes and food.

She originally thought that she would run away after a period of such a day, or when she found the real daughter who was stolen by her, she would get out, thinking that she would help her find her own daughter, Princess Mu is so good, even if she is kicked out of the palace, she can always give herself some small money to spend, and she can finally make a fortune.

But who would have thought, life is getting more and more comfortable, Prince Mu and Princess Mu are so good to themselves, and there is a younger brother below who also respects her as a sister, although she is illiterate and vulgar, but she does not dislike herself at all. Instead, he taught himself all kinds of etiquette, literacy, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Maybe it's because she lost this daughter since she was a child, so Princess Mu and Prince Mu are even more obedient to themselves.

The days of having a family are so good, and the days of not having to worry about life are so happy, and the happy Ye Qianhuan doesn't want to leave.

And then a few years passed like this, when she even really thought of herself as Mu Lanxi, the county lord of Prince Mu's mansion, she saw the little girl again.