Originally, when Yuan Ziqing made this decision, he was worried that the people on the side of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce would not be able to suppress it. It is impossible for everyone to listen to him willingly and wait a few more months. When I got to the shore, I realized that even if I didn't want to live here, I couldn't do it. Because you have to wait for the wind to turn at sea before you can continue sailing.

This will have to wait until February and March next year, and the middle few months will be just enough for the birth and production of the eyebrows. Knowing this news, Yuan Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked people to buy real estate and settle down here temporarily.

Of course, staying here doesn't mean there is nothing to do. After all, this can be regarded as a foreign country, and it is the time for Yuan Ziqing to promote the prestige of the country.

So after hurriedly settling down on the eyebrows, Yuan Ziqing left with the honor guard, leaving a team of guards to protect the eyebrows. It's not that he doesn't want to take people away, it's mainly that pregnant women can't stand the bumps, especially when they ride horses and cars, and their bones are about to fall apart, how can the child in her belly stand it?

So even if she was not at ease, Yuan Ziqing could only settle people in the port, and then try to hurry up and come back to accompany her after finishing her business.

Fortunately, Qu Kuan will stay here, at least he doesn't have to worry about no one taking care of him.

After living in this house, the first thing to do in Meibian is to have people buy clothes and accessories from local residents and let everyone change them. At this time, it is already winter, but here, it feels almost the same as summer in the capital. I can't imagine what it's like to be in summer here.

No wonder the rice in Champa grows twice or even three times a year! The temperature is high, and the plants naturally grow quickly. However, the taste of rice is not as good as that produced in Jiangnan, but it is inevitable. After all, the nutrients that the land can provide are limited, and the difference between only one crop of rice and three crops is naturally very large.

After changing into local clothes, everyone is very fresh, you look at me, I look at you, all with smiles on their faces. After all, this kind of experience is also very rare for everyone.

The most awkward thing is the curvature. The others changed their clothes, that is, they changed their appearance, but his appearance of fairy wind and bones, and his beard and hair were all white, was really only suitable for Taoist robes, and it was inevitable that he would look weird when he wore other clothes. Coupled with the fact that he himself is not familiar with it, it looks even more eccentric.

Xiao Jiu was closest to him, so he was not polite at all, pointed at him and laughed, "Uncle, why has the way you walked?" ”

As for Xiao Jiu himself, his long hair is tied in braids, and he looks extremely cute in a short coat and shorts on the boat. If it weren't for the fact that he was really good-looking, and the golden jade doll was ordinary, it would look no different from the local people.

But all of them have the problem: their skin is whiter and finer than that of the natives, even the men.

So recently, even the guards are reluctant to go out, unlike others, and it is always easy to attract onlookers.

Although there are many people around Meibian, there is only one Xingyun who really serves her. So after settling down, Xingyun discussed with Meibian that he wanted to pick two little girls to call.

Mei Pan was worried that the locals would not will. After all, you have your own home, how can you be willing to serve others? But he didn't expect Xingyun to go out to inquire and find out that because there were people from the Maritime Chamber of Commerce who were stationed here, he had already moved Da Chu's set over. Now everyone knows that the old man of Da Chu has money in his family and wants to call out his anger to make a maid, so everyone is very envious of such an errand.

Hearing this, his brows couldn't help frowning.

I am afraid that the influence of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce abroad is even greater than I imagined. The most important thing is that the impact of their unscrupulous approach on the local villagers is actually not good.

Fortunately, it is said that the Maritime Chamber of Commerce has a rule that it is not allowed to keep private slaves in the local area, so those who come out to work all sign a contract, or five or ten years, and when the deadline is completed, they can get paid to go home.

I heard that this rule was set by Zhou Yingyue with people at the beginning, and it was successively supported by Yuan Ziqing and the three princes, that is, the current emperor, and because of this, although these businessmen were unscrupulous, they were somewhat restrained.

Meibian knew that it was not so easy to solve this matter, so after knowing this, he didn't say anything more. Let Xingyun find a Chinese person, and within a few days, he brought more than a dozen girls to the door.

Although Yuan Ziqing is low-key, everyone knows that this is the mansion of Lord Qincha. Since Yuan Ziqing's fleet came, their group has become the talk of the locals after dinner. This is one of the reasons why people have been reluctant to go out lately.

It is said that Lord Qincha is the prince of Dachu, and compared to those merchants, he naturally has a higher status, so everyone is curious about what the prince and princess are like. It's not for nothing that they want to stammer, but they don't go out every day, even if they have any ideas, they can't do it.

So when I heard that she was going to hire someone, the Chinese people picked out a dozen or so little girls who were good looking and nimble, all of them were thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed neatly and neatly, and they were comfortable just looking at them.

I don't know if it's because of the hot weather and the lush vegetation, so there are many kinds of flowers, so the locals seem to be particularly fond of colorful colors, even reflected in the clothing.

In the past, although almost all of the clothes worn by the eyebrows were embroidered, they were mostly elegant and generous, and the color of the base cloth was very plain. Not here, the clothes are dyed in a variety of colors, and they are all red and green, and there are embroidery, but not so fine. It's just that similar patterns are embroidered over and over again. In addition, it will be decorated with various silver ornaments, and it will jingle when walking.

But perhaps because of the enthusiasm of the villagers, the clothes on the ship do not feel vulgar, but look vibrant.

These dozen or so little girls are like this, with red and green clothes, silver bells hanging on their wrists, ankles, cuffs and trousers, etc., and they all look at their eyebrows with wide eyes, and they think they are well disguised and have not been discovered.

The eyebrows are interesting to look at, but Xingyun can't cry or laugh a little. Meibian is pregnant now, and what she needs is to be quick and thoughtful, but when she looks at these girls, she really doesn't seem to know how to take care of people meticulously and considerately.

Besides, it's so beautiful.

It's not that Xingyun maliciously speculates on people, but Yuan Ziqing's identity and appearance are not bad, who knows what people outside have in mind? It's better to find someone who has more to do.

So she had no choice but to call the Chinese man alone and ask her to pick an older woman who had given birth to a child. These little girls don't have to.

And on the second day they brought two women to the door, and let her choose. Xingyun looked at it for a long time and thought it was all good, so he simply stayed with the two of them. Wait for the birth of the eyebrows, and then it is inevitable to serve the confinement, and it is not bad to familiarize yourself with it now.

The two women were very quick in their work, and they did not follow the instructions of the clouds every day, so they rushed to do all the work they could, and then they stayed by Mei's side and waited for her orders--because the weather was hot, and tall trees were planted in the yard, so Meiban usually did not live in the house, but set up tables and chairs in the shade of the courtyard, which was much cooler than in the house.

Because there was another child, and there were few people around, Xingyun and Meibian could only make children's clothes by themselves, and the two women there sat and watched, and their eyes didn't roll.

There are many varieties of flowers here, and when you are interested, you will embroider them on your clothes. The lifelike flowers embroidered out of the place amazed the locals. Their lives are really not so delicate.

Later, when she saw that Meiban liked to talk, one of the women asked her daughter to send a bouquet of flowers back to Meibian every day. Don't want her to spend money to buy it, just pack a few pieces of snacks for her to take back to her younger siblings.

The little girl was very shy, never spoke, every day she blinked her big bright eyes, handed the flower to Xingyun, looked at her eyebrows again, and then turned around and left. At the beginning of the eyebrows, I thought that the other party didn't like me, but later I realized that I was embarrassed.

She thought it was funny, the girls here were different from the ones she knew.

They have a lively atmosphere, which is very different from the elegance and rules of the Central Plains girls that Meibian has been exposed to since childhood, they are not so delicate, not so exquisite, but they look happier and more free.

They don't have the rule that they don't go out of the door, girls can go out at will, and it is said that the style is enthusiastic and bold, and which lover they like, they can promise themselves for life. even left his family behind and went directly to the man's house, and he didn't even want a wedding. Of course, most of them will still ventilate with the family and then hold the ceremony.

It is said that in the spring, when the flowers are in bloom, there is also a festival where young men and women sing and dance to show their charm and find their perfect match.

Yiqiē is so different from Da Chu.

But Meibian prefers it here.

Probably because of ...... Yuan Ziqing was also picked by herself, and she ordered it for life, and finally came to this point. She used to be very bored sometimes, and she wondered if this was different from the girls she had been training in elementary school.

But now she knows that there are places in this world that don't learn these things.

This has made Mei Bi like it very much. I don't know what kind of atmosphere is in the place where a woman can be a king?

The farther away she went, the more different things she saw, and the more she felt her heart at the side of her eyebrows, as if something that had been bound to her in the past had finally faded away, and finally disappeared without a trace.

So then she would often leave the girl to say a word or two, and ask them what the girls here do on weekdays and so on.

Qu Kuan finally couldn't stay at home, and when his skin was tanned and he couldn't see any difference from the locals, he took Xiao Jiu out of the house, and every day he went out empty-handed, always bringing back some medicinal materials. Some are known, some are not. Qu Kuan has found a lot of medicinal materials that he has never seen before, and he is just immersed in research to figure out the effect.

Mei didn't know what they were doing at first, so it was up to him. Later, I learned that he was learning Shennong to taste herbs, and he also took Xiao Jiu to taste it together, and he couldn't help but be shocked. Xiao Jiu is still a child, where can he stand this? What should I do if I eat it badly?

"Don't worry, I'll look at it, nothing will happen." Qu Kuan squinted his eyes, "Xiao Jiu has this talent, these have to be learned sooner or later, and I don't feed him everything." You don't care, the old man's mantle, can I watch him have an accident? ”

The eyebrows were very helpless. And Xiao Jiu is simply playing crazy with Qu Kuan, and now he doesn't like to listen to what he says on his eyebrows. Even occasionally came to the eyebrows, turning out the enlightenment book to teach him, Xiao Jiu was also absent-minded, always thinking about going out with his uncle and grandfather.

This child's ambition is too much to take it back. I had no choice but to put it aside for the time being, and I would discuss it with him when Yuan Ziqing came back. I asked Xiao Jiu to follow Qu Kuan before, but I didn't expect this to be the case!

But Mei Fang felt that this was no wonder Xiao Jiu, because even herself, if she didn't still have one in her stomach, she would want to go out for a walk.

Fortunately, after two months, Yuan Ziqing finally came back.

On the day he rushed back, Xiao Jiu followed Qu Kuan out again. Yuan Ziqing listened to the words on the side of his eyebrows, and thought that he came back from a trip, but his son didn't greet him at home, and he couldn't help but be silent, feeling that this matter should be discussed with Qu Kuan again.

It's a good thing for children to learn more things, and Xiao Jiu is also interested. But if you leave all the basic knowledge behind, it will inevitably be a little inappropriate.

Then he began to care about how the days had passed. I didn't bother to repeat it, so I simply gave him everything I had written these days. Anyway, everything she saw, heard, thought and felt was all recorded on it.

After Yuan Ziqing read it, he couldn't help but say, "How, I still think it's better outside, and I don't regret coming out with me, right?" ”

"Even if the mountains and rivers are poor outside, I won't regret it." Mei said, "Now I think it's not a good thing to be able to be in this corner of the country." ”

"It's not necessarily a good thing," Yuan Ziqing said, "We are so peaceful now because I am the prince of Dachu, and you are the princess." Looking at these locals, the difference is not small. When outsiders come, they don't have any ability to resist, they can only wait to be assimilated. It's not bad here in Zhancheng, after all, I have been attached to Da Chu in the past, and even now there are many people from Da Chu, who are officials in the court, and they are not exclusive to the people of Da Chu. What if it's a place where you've never been in contact with Da Chu? But whenever the local natives have some blood, it is bloodshed and struggle. ”

"I'm just thinking about it, do you have to hit me to be happy?" Eyebrows glared at him. But after a while, he sighed, "But you're right, you don't have the power to protect yourself, and you're just a mermaid." ”

"We are the people of Great Chu, so naturally we expect my Great Chu to be so strong for thousands of generations." Yuan Ziqing smiled again, "But naturally someone has to worry about these things, so we don't have to worry about it for the time being." What about you? Has your daughter been messing with you lately? ”

"Not really." At the mention of this, his eyebrows couldn't help frowning, "It stands to reason that in four or five months, the child should be able to move." I've been in my stomach for six months now, but I haven't moved at all. Uncle Shi said that there was no problem, but I still felt that something was wrong in my heart. ”

"Shall I take a look?" Yuan Ziqing reached out and touched the slightly raised lower abdomen.

I don't know if the child also feels it, anyway, as soon as he put his hand up, he felt a twitch in his stomach on the side of his eyebrows, like a kick from the child.

"Hey...... Are you really waiting for you to fail? He couldn't help but hold his stomach and said, "This kid really has no conscience, your mother is so hard with you, why don't you know that she feels sorry for me?" ”

"Why don't I know I feel sorry for you?" Yuan Ziqing couldn't help but laugh, "It's because I'm afraid that you'll work too hard, so I'm careful not to let you suffer a little toss, isn't it, good daughter?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the child in his belly moved again, as if in response to his words.

Although they knew that it was just a coincidence, these parents still couldn't help but get excited, maybe their children were so precocious? -- When it comes to children, no parent can be absolutely calm.

At this time, Xiao Jiu followed Qu Kuan back, and when he entered the house and saw Yuan Ziqing, he was stunned. Although he is at his age, he can already remember people, and he has become much closer to his father during this time, but after all, he is still a child, and it is inevitable that he will be a little strange when he is suddenly separated for two months.

So he was a little hesitant and didn't dare to step forward.

Fortunately, Yuan Ziqing and Meibian heard the movement and turned their heads. When he saw him, he beckoned to his eyebrows, "Xiao Jiu, come, your father is back." ”

"Daddy." Xiao Jiu walked over, called Yuan Ziqing, and then turned his head to look at his eyebrows, "Mother, what were you doing just now?" ”

"We're listening to my little sister." Yuan Ziqing picked him up from behind, "My sister can already move in my mother's belly." ”

"Really?" Xiao Jiu was very curious, "I want to listen too." ”

Yuan Ziqing really hugged him and leaned over, putting his ear to his eyebrows and stomach. The child in his stomach just kicked him in the face. Xiao Jiu was stunned, raised his head, stared at the stomach beside his eyebrows with wide eyes wide, and reacted for a while, "Mother, moved, she moved!" It's really moving! ”

A child at this age, when he has something to show off, will say it over and over again until something new takes his attention. So it didn't take long for everyone to know about the fetal movement under Xiao Jiu's publicity, and when they saw Meibian, they would take a curious look at her belly, which made Meibian a little crying and laughing.

For Xiao Jiu, this is a very magical day.

Although he knew that his sister was in his mother's belly, and even saw his mother's belly bulging, after all, he didn't see where his "sister" was, and he only knew that he couldn't casually bump into his mother, so as not to hurt his sister, so he didn't feel deep about it. On the contrary, I vaguely can't get close to my mother because I have a sister, and my sister won't play with me, so I'm a little unhappy. If Qu Kuan hadn't taken him out to go crazy every day, he couldn't tell when he would have made a fuss.

And now, after really feeling the fetal movement, although he still didn't see his sister, Xiao Jiu no longer had any doubts about "my sister lives in my mother's belly".

He's really going to have a sister, a sister who can run and jump like Li'er! It's just his!

So Xiao Jiu began to be cautious, and he didn't go out with Qu Kuan every day, and he was entangled in his eyebrows all day long, wanting to be with his sister. At first, everyone was afraid that children would not be light, and they would bump into their eyebrows when they ran and jumped, but Xiao Jiu was obviously very measured, and when he was with his mother, his movements were light and slow.

Although I am still young, sometimes I can do things in a good way. Sometimes Qu Kuan speaks louder, and he will say unhappily, "Uncle and grandfather, you have to be quiet, you will make a noise to my sister!" ”

It's like an older brother.

Qu Kuan and Yuan Ziqing are arguing about Xiao Jiu's education. Yuan Ziqing thinks that it is no problem to study medicine with Qu Kuan, but he can't fall behind in his homework. Qu Kuan simply asked Yuan Ziqing to hand over the textbook to him, and he was responsible for enlightenment and teaching. Yuan Ziqing was skeptical about this, and was so angry that his beard was curled.

Although he is a doctor, he was also born in a scholarly family in the past, and when he first befriended Guan Mianguang, he was not as a miracle doctor, but as a reclusive scribe, and he also solved many problems for Guan Mianguang, and the two gradually intersected.

As the saying goes: if you are not a good person, you are a good doctor. Qu Kuan really has the talent and ability to be a good look, but for various reasons, he finally became a miracle doctor. After a long time, everyone forgot his real ability.

During the dispute, Qu Kuan finally revealed a little bit of his life experience. It turned out that his family was also a scholarly family, but later because of party disputes, he was exterminated by the first emperor, and he was the only one in the family who escaped this disaster because he was wandering. Even his wife and children died in this calamity.

Before this day, Qu Kuan was proud and self-conscious, thinking that he was the best and most powerful in the whole world, and he didn't take anyone in his eyes. After this day, he wept away all tears, gathered his broken pride and self-esteem, and protested in his own way.

Although Qu Kuan also knows that the party struggle has always been like this, either you die or I die, and you can't blame anyone for standing on the wrong team and ending up in this field. But after all, he still had a mustard in his heart, and swore that he would never be used by the imperial court, and he was not even willing to enter Beijing, and he had been idle for so many years.

Later, because of Meibian, he made an exception and entered the capital once, but he didn't stay long. After the new emperor ascended the throne, seeing what Yuan Ziqing did in the court, he found that the new emperor was not the same as the first emperor, and Qu Kuan gradually let go of the events of the day. Then knowing the news that Yuan Ziqing was going to sea, he decided to put down a qiē and go out for a walk with him.

Later, he got Xiao Jiu, a student, and he loved it even more, he really planned to teach what he had learned all his life, but instead he was questioned by Yuan Ziqing that he would only teach Xiao Jiu medicine, how could he not be angry? Even if you use a medical book to read and write, no one will learn worse than others, right?

Yuan Ziqing was a little helpless when he said this, and finally had to compromise.