Chapter 32: Careful Planning
There is not much money left at home, which greatly gives Qingjia a sense of crisis, a sense of crisis that he can't eat. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Even if she herself lived a more difficult life, it was nothing, but Chen's mother must not be able to withstand the toss, not to mention spending half her life in a rich and wealthy family, even after the Chen family fell, Chen Wei never let her mother suffer.
Qingjia didn't dare to show anything in front of Chen's mother, she still waited carefully on weekdays, but she would do some embroidery work when there was no one around, but fortunately, her embroidery work was very good, the stitching was chic, and if she came back from the embroidery village to do it, the price was fair.
This is already the only way she can think of to supplement the family, after all, she is a married woman, naturally she can't go out to show her face, and there are elders in the family who need to serve, so she can only take some scattered work back to do.
Not only that, but she also reclaimed the small piece of wasteland behind the house into a vegetable bed, although her hands had a lot of blood blisters, but she couldn't help but smile when she thought that she would be able to eat the fresh vegetables she grew in the future.
The little milk dog has grown up, and spends his days in the village and on the fields, and when he is hungry, he comes back to find Qingjia to eat, as if he has become a wild dog.
No, it rained in the morning this day, and it only came back in the evening, and it was dirty, and its hair was no longer smooth and became a lock of slump on its body, and the four snow-white claws were even more dirty.
Qingjia was helpless and reprimanded: "Where did you go to the wilderness again!" I didn't even go home, and I still made it look like this, so don't go into the house and go to the river to wash first! ”
The little white dog was trained and knew how to beg for mercy, the little tail wagged happily, barked, and kept rubbing her head against the corner of her skirt around Qingjia's feet.
Qingjia was also very angry, but when he saw it like this, he couldn't help but soften, so he could only take it to the river for a rough cleaning. After all, it's already evening, and it's about to fall into the night, and I'm worried that I can't get cold when I bathe it, so I just washed four paws, and the puppy was very obedient, and then the two pets went home slowly.
The next day, Qingjia went to the embroidery village in Yixian County to pay the work, received the salary, was in a good mood, walked on the road is a jump, and touched the purse in the sleeve for a while, this is the first time she earned money!
She looked left and right along the way, after all, it had been a long time since she had rushed to the market, and she had a little bit of a wandering mind when she looked at the time, and just walked through Dongqiao Street to see Liu Ji's pastry shop, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva when she remembered the sweet rose cake.
The ghost messenger walked in, and the little brother in the store greeted him warmly and said, "What do you want from this lady?" ”
Qingjia looked at the rose cake, couldn't help clenching the purse in her sleeve, and after thinking about it, she finally bought some osmanthus cake that Chen's mother loved to eat.
This kind of snack is actually just an ordinary object, but it is actually a bit of a luxury for the current home, Qingjia has been in charge of the house for a long time, and every penny has to be carefully calculated, she can't remember how long she hasn't bought these sweet snacks. However, when Chen Wei was still there, he often brought her some back, and even if they moved out of Yixian later, they could often receive them.
Today's days are not as good as before, Qingjia does not dare to be extravagant and wasteful, and has to save a slight surplus to be prepared. Grabbed the oil paper bag in his hand and hurriedly left, and when he was on Shuncheng Street, he saw someone selling chicks, and dozens of warm yellow chicks in two bamboo baskets were fluttering their little wings there, looking very cute.
Qingjia couldn't help but stop, grabbed one and held it in the palm of her hand, the chick couldn't stand steadily, staring at her with two black bean-like eyes, Qingjia felt that her heart was about to melt.
The young man looked at her as if he liked it, babbling and babbling, Qingjia noticed that he was a deaf and mute, and couldn't help but feel sympathy, plus the little chicken was really cute, so he gave some money, and then the man found a small basket and grabbed a dozen chickens and put them in, and finally took out a cloth to cover it, which was handed over to Qing Jia.
Qingjia hung the paper bag wrapped with osmanthus cake on his right wrist and then picked up the basket and left satisfied, listening to the chirping sound of the chickens along the way, the mood couldn't help but be happy, and it didn't take long to lift the cloth on it and look inside, the pace was very light.
When I got home, I hurriedly took a bigger basket and put the chickens in, Aunt Zhang next door just came back from the field, I saw her squatting in front of the basket in a daze, called her several times and didn't respond, I looked closer, and couldn't help laughing: "Jiajia, what are you doing, how can you not agree, I also said that you were hooked by something to take away your soul?" ”
Qingjia scratched her head embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry, auntie, I didn't hear it just now." Seeing that Aunt Zhang noticed the bamboo basket, she smiled shyly and said, "I went to the market today, and I saw someone selling chickens, I thought about buying some and coming back when I grew up to make up for my mother-in-law's body!" ”
Aunt Zhang couldn't help laughing when she heard this, seeing that her face was innocent and her heart was warm, so she taught the experience of breeding, and said: "If you just put these little chicks in the yard during the day, just sprinkle some leftovers on the ground, and give some rice when they are older, they don't need too much, they will know what to find some insects to eat when they are then." At night you are putting them in a basket and carrying them back to the house, otherwise there will always be some snakes, insects, rats, ants, and chickens that will not grow up at night. ”
Qingjia listened carefully, like an obedient good student, and nodded obediently: "Auntie, I know, thank you." ”
Aunt Zhang touched her head and said, "Silly child." ”
It's not a bad thing to live so peacefully, Qingjia is busy all day long, and there is endless work to do, but every day he will definitely take time to flip through those medical books, and grope little by little according to the meridian acupoint map on the book.
Qingjia used to be very afraid of pain, but now he will also try the law and prick the needle on his body with a silver needle, although it will hurt, but it is indeed faster than the progress on paper.
One day, Qingjia fed Chen's mother medicine, and forgot to put down the rolled up sleeves, just when Chen's mother saw the red spots on her arms, Chen's mother was shocked, what is going on!?
Qing Jia saw that he couldn't hide it, so he said carefully, Chen's mother burst into tears after hearing it, and sobbed: "You stupid boy, what are you doing with all this effort, I am already a person who is half buried in my body, if I really go with Yun Zhao and his father one day, it will also be a relief, and it will save you from dragging you down and dragging Yun Zhao ......."
"Mother," Qingjia was heartbroken when she heard this, almost out of breath, and then slowly said after easing her emotions: "What are you talking about?" A few days ago, I read that the book said that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the child wants to raise but does not wait. I really think this is probably the saddest thing in the world, you have never been a drag on us, how can you be a drag on us? If the third brother knew this, he would be so sad. ”
Mother Chen was also stunned for a moment when she heard this, and tears and sighs slipped out together: "It's probably because I'm old and always cranky, but it's not mine." It's just that seeing you work so hard, I can't help at all and always don't fight, it's really ......"
Qing Jia looked serious and said: "The third brother is now far away at the border, the battlefield is ruthless and dangerous, I can't help anything, I can only try to manage it at home so as not to worry him." Mother, he will only be good if you are good. ”
If he's good, she'll be fine.
Chen's mother stopped crying after hearing this, but touched Qingjia's head for a while, the hearts of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have never been so close, because they both love the same person.
Third brother, you must be well.
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Chen Wei, who was thousands of miles away, was on the way to Linxi Guandao at the moment, with a cold armor and red robe, spears and horses, and his already outstanding appearance was even more handsome.
The sun was scorching, and the soldiers under his command were already tired from traveling overnight for the past two days, and the sun was very hot.
After all, there is not much distance left, and if someone is in a hurry to fall ill due to physical exhaustion, it will not be a burden. It's only two hours of work, so there's really no need to rush.
An hour later, the troops were repaired, and they arrived at the garrison of the grain and grass troops in Linxi Guandao in one go.
Chen Wei couldn't take a break for a while, and under the narration of the quartermaster, he roughly understood the current situation.
It turned out that they were heavily escorted to Yuncheng with grain and grass, who knew that they had just entered the secluded mountain realm and were ambushed by the Yi tribe, first the grain and grass cart caught fire, and then a team of men and horses killed, which caught them off guard, the other party was condescending, and the rolling stone feather arrows attacked one after another, and there was chaos for a while.
Chen Wei looked at the grain and grass carts that had been burned, and the serious ones had been burned to empty shelves, and most of the rest had been burned off, which was useless.
"Why did the grain and grass catch fire for no reason?"
The quartermaster shook his head: "I don't know, I just remember that the situation was dangerous, and we were ambushed before we could extinguish the fire. ”
Chen Wei didn't say anything when he heard this, but nodded slightly, and walked past one of the carriages with grain and straw bales. He inadvertently noticed that there was some pale yellow powder on the side of the axle, and while the quartermaster was not paying attention, he squatted down and dipped some of his fingers in his nose and sniffed lightly, feeling a pungent smell hit him, Chen Wei frowned slightly.
The quartermaster turned back and saw that he was not moving, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"Nothing." Chen Wei said calmly, with a normal expression on his face, and then asked casually: "Why did you choose the Linxi Official Road, wouldn't it be more appropriate to transport grain and grass to the Qiuyang Ancient Road?" ”
The quartermaster was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "This time the military situation is urgent, don't we think that we should go faster on the official road of Linxi, who knows, we will ......."
He looked really annoyed, Chen Wei didn't say anything, just said lightly: "Let's camp here tonight and set off tomorrow." ”
The quartermaster smiled and agreed.
Chen Wei looked at the sky and thought thoughtfully.
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At night, the weather is very hot and dry, and everyone goes to bed early because they have to hurry tomorrow morning.
The area around the tent was very quiet except for the sound of frogs, although Chen Wei was lying motionless on the bed, but if he approached, he would find that his eyes were deep and he was not sleepy!
Suddenly, there was a sound of shredded footsteps, followed by a close approach to the outside of the account.
"My lord, someone has caught it."
Hearing this, Chen Wei turned over neatly, and when he opened the curtain, he saw several close guards kneeling on the ground with a black-clothed person.
"It was found on him." The guards held a stack of things in front of Chen Wei, and Chen Wei took a rough look, two waist cards, and a letter. One of the waist cards is engraved with a totem unique to the Yi tribe, and the other is ......
Chen Wei raised his eyebrows slightly, opened the letter, and re-sealed the letter after reading it carefully.
……
"What are you going to do—"
There was a shout from the quartermaster's tent, filled with anger and disbelief.
Chen Wei gently opened the curtain, just in time to see the person being controlled, the quartermaster saw him coming, he struggled even more, and said: "What do you mean by breaking into my camp tent late at night, what do you mean, what do you want!?" ”
But when he saw the man in black who had been captured, he looked frightened, but he quickly recovered and looked righteous and awe-inspiring.
"What evidence do you have that I collaborated!? I don't know this person at all, you slander! ”
Chen Wei knew that he was definitely going to deny it to the end, but looking at his introverted voice, he couldn't help laughing, and he didn't want to say more: "These words, my lord, I'd better leave them to tell the general." ”
With this turmoil, the camp set off on the second day, all the way was smooth and necessary, and he arrived in Cloud City safely, and Chen Wei completed the task excellently.
The quartermaster who collaborated with the enemy and treasoned was ordered by the mighty general to be taken away, and under severe torture, he finally couldn't hold on and recruited all of them.
The mighty general was afraid that he hated this kind of traitor to the country and sought glory the most, so he was immediately furious and made a decision.
After this experience, Chen Wei finally gained a firm foothold in the army.