"Mother, where have you been?" Jiang Chun asked curiously, since she had breakfast in the morning, her mother has disappeared, and she has not seen many people who have asked. It's been chaotic outside, but it's relatively calm and safe here, and she didn't care about the soup kitchen in the morning, only to find out that her mother hadn't been seen all morning.

Jiang Chun's mother was trembling when she was asked, and her face turned pale for a moment, but fortunately, she quickly eased up, pulled the corners of her mouth to reveal an expression that was more ugly than a smile, and said, "No, it's okay." Isn't it your birthday coming, I'll go to the city and see what to buy you something. ”

Jiang Chun calculated in her heart, isn't it, it will be her birthday in three days, although the days were difficult in previous years, but every time she was born, her mother would boil a few eggs for her, and she would prepare birthday gifts, sometimes new shoes, sometimes new clothes, which would surprise her every time. A series of events have happened this year, and she almost forgot about such an important thing. No wonder people say that a mother's child is a treasure, and her mother remembers everything about her better than her.

"Mother, you're so nice." Jiang Chun thought about snuggling into her mother's arms and being coquettish.

Aunt Rong and Jiang Quinoa laughed when they watched from the side, and Jiang Quinoa was still ashamed, "How old are you still coquettish in your aunt's arms, are you ashamed." ”

Jiang Chun is thick-skinned, and he can't stand it, chasing Jiang Quinoa to make trouble, and there was a silver bell-like laughter of the girls in the house, and the laughter spread far away, and the refugees who were busy outside, as well as the refugees sitting under the city wall, heard this voice, thinking that these disasters would pass after a while, and immediately laughed.

After eating and drinking enough, Jiang Youcai and Wang Zongshui threw down the clean bowl they licked and shouted: "Jiang Quinoa, Jiang Chun, hurry up and have less hot water, we two have to wash and wash well." I didn't feel it when I was running around for a hungry stomach before, but now that I am full, the two of them smelled the rancid smell on their bodies, and suddenly felt disgusted and shouted to take a bath.

The sound of playing outside suddenly stopped abruptly as if it had encountered some kind of spell, Jiang Qu raised her eyebrows, pulled Jiang Chun and whispered a few words, seeing that she understood, she let her go.

Guiding the two out, Jiang Chun pointed to the bucket and flat pole on the ground and said loudly: "Oh, there is no water in the tank, go and fetch water." "There were more than 400 refugees outside the city, and so many people eating water and cooking porridge consumed a lot of water, not to mention that now there are many refugees, and the demand for water is even greater.

Wang Zongshui suddenly didn't follow when he heard this, "What? Let's carry the water. Do you know who I am? My maternal grandfather was an elder in the clan, and when you saw my mother, you had to call your aunt, and you asked me to carry water? I'm a scholar, and I'm going to be admitted to the Jinshi and become a big official in the future, and you actually let me do these heavy jobs, believe it or not, I told my mother to let her slap your big ears. ”

"Heh, with your virtue, you still want to be an official? Don't say that you can't get the Zhongjin Shi exam, you are really an official, and you are also a dumb official and a corrupt official, who scavenges the people's fat and people's cream. I'll tell you, we don't have idlers here, and if you want to live here, if you want to have something to eat, you have to do work. Look here, even the five or six-year-old dolls have to follow the firewood and fire, you still want to eat and drink for nothing, and you want to eat and drink spicy food, beautiful you. I love to carry water but not pick, and if I don't work, I won't have anything to eat. Jiang Chun didn't bother to talk to this person after speaking, the more she talked about it, the more angry she became, for fear that she couldn't help but really cut this Wang Zongshui when the time came.

Wang Zongshui was not convinced, and wanted to chase Jiang Chun to argue, but was stopped by Jiang Youcai.

Jiang Youcai himself came from the countryside, although he studied in the city for a few years, but when he first went to the city, others were rustic, and he minded the eyes of others very much, and he had long learned to observe words and looks. At this time, they are few and lonely, and they must be the ones who suffer hardships, so they smiled and said to the person next to them: "That's my cousin, we kissed, we were just joking, joking." ”

Wang Zongshui couldn't get used to seeing him still flattering these inferior people, and just as he was about to speak, he was pulled to the corner by Jiang Youcai, and said in a low voice: "Now they are in charge of Jiang Quinoa here, and these people have inherited Jiang Quinoa's kindness, and they must all be towards them." You forgot what your aunt said when we came, you must let everyone know that you have a marriage contract with Jiang Quinoa, and the resettlement of refugees and Shi Mi are all done because of the support of you and the Jiang clan. When the time comes, you will have to take over all these things outside the city from Jiang Quinoa's hands, so that when the disaster passes, your reputation and my reputation will also go out, even if we don't participate in the imperial examination in the future, the court's meritorious deeds will be rewarded with our benefits. I can't say that the county master still has to accept our favors. ”

As soon as Wang Zongshui heard that he remembered the purpose of their trip, he patted Jiang Youcai on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Good brother, thanks to you, otherwise I wouldn't have been ruined by Jiang Chun's cheap hoof." Hey, isn't it just to carry water, I'll pick it. When you hold this place in my hands, see that I don't get it back with interest. ”

Seeing their two cousins carrying buckets and staggering to the well, Jiang Chun smiled proudly.

The more Jiang Qu looked at it, the more his face sank, as far as she knew, Jiang Youcai and Wang Zongshui were not so easy to lose. And at home, because they are scholars, it is simply the treasure of the family, not to mention carrying water, that is, the chopsticks fell on the ground, and the family is reluctant to let them bend down to pick it up, and now they will swallow their anger to carry water, and there must be a demon when something goes wrong. There must be a big conspiracy behind them doing so.

"Auntie, is there anything strange happening in the village?" Jiang Quinoa asked Jiang Chun and her mother, she hadn't been back to the village for several days, thinking that there were patriarchs and village chiefs in the village, so there should be nothing wrong.

There was no response for a long time, Jiang Chun pushed her mother, but she didn't want the needle in her hand to pierce her fingers all at once, saying that ten fingers were connected to her heart, and her mother gasped in pain, but she came back to her senses.

"Mother, is there something wrong?" Jiang Chun hurriedly put her mother's hand in her mouth and sucked it, and waited until it didn't bleed before letting go, "Mother, the eldest lady is talking to you, why are you stunned." ”

"Huh? Oh, what did the eldest lady say? Jiang Chun's mother asked a little dazed.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Chun endured his doubts and asked Jiang Quino's question again, Jiang Chun's mother recalled it carefully, and shook her head: "It's nothing." You asked the grain to be transported back to the village, and the patriarch and the village chief also distributed it to the households according to the head, and at first there were some people who made a fuss, and then the village chief said that if anyone was not convinced, they would not distribute food, and everyone was alive and well. The village patrol team is divided into three shifts every day, and patrols around the village in turn. When I came over, I also went to Jiang's house to see, Liao Xiucai and the Li family's sister took good care of the family, and even Liao Xiucai's mother's body has improved a lot, and now she can stand up and walk around on her own. Nothing else. ”

Jiang Quinoa listened to it and calmed down, as long as the village was fine. At this time, someone outside spoke, telling Jiang Quinoa and Jiang Chun to go out to hand over last night's food and other matters, Jiang Chun approached the door and went out with a curtain, Jiang Quinoa was just about to go out, Jiang Chun and her mother stopped her.