Chapter 31: A Warm Home (1)
"Do you think they won't be suspicious if you come in like this?" Jiang Junzhang asked rhetorically. When was Ren Xiaohang so naΓ―ve?
Ren Xiaohang said: "It's not that she will be suspicious when I come in, but she will already be suspicious when I save you." It's just that this girl is not simple, and she is by no means an ordinary peasant child. From the time she rescued you and knew that it was not easy, to the calmness and composure when she asked you for a doctor, it was not something that an ordinary peasant child could do. Moreover, this girl's strength is unexpectedly great, and it is certain that she was not born, that is, what kind of adventure. It's a pity that I haven't found out any further information, but as long as she has no ill will towards you, it's done. The reason why I took the incense today is because I don't want her to know too much about it, and the less they know, the safer it is for them. β
Jiang Junzhang nodded, and looked at his almost naked body again: "Pick me up in seven days, and, get me two sets of clothes." β
"Step one!" Ren Xiaohang shouted outside the house.
Bu Yi from outside the house walked in with a package in his hand. Buyi unwrapped the package, took out an underwear made of silk cloth embroidered with a green bamboo leaf pattern on the plain white twill, avoided Junzhang's wounds, and dressed him.
"There are also two sets of underwear, two sets of cotton clothes, two sets of covers, and two pieces of coats. Two bottles of pills in that lake-colored gap. The conditions in this home are not good, so you have to endure it for a few days. Fortunately, the children are all temperamental, not treacherous, you just have to live in peace. I have someone outside, if you have something, just send a code. Ren Xiaohang explained them one by one.
The two exchanged views on the current situation in Baishan City and formulated a plan of action for the next step. The focus is on the Sun family, as well as the second prince behind it, why would they obstruct Jiang Junzhang's action this time? Why did you assassinate Jiang Junzhang? The most important point, how did he know that Jiang Junzhang was coming to Baishan City? Just thinking about the deep meaning of this makes people shudder.
When Ren Xiaohang was leaving, the ghost sent a god into the east house, and found Li Ziyu fainting under the kang, so he picked up Li Ziyu and gently put it on the kang, lay down next to the two little children, and thoughtfully covered her with a quilt.
By the faint light of the candle, I saw Li Ziyu's delicate little face frowning, her small mouth pursed, and the corners of her mouth seemed to have blood stains, thinking that she had bitten her lip before she fell into a coma. This girl's will is really strong, and she can even resist the fragrance of the master.
Ren Xiaohang glanced at the room casually, and when he saw a few wooden boxes under the kang, he stepped forward to check. Seeing vegetable sprouts popping out of a wooden box, he blinked in surprise, huh? That's a good idea.
Ren Xiaohang waved his sleeves and extinguished the candle and walked out of the east room, and Buyi in the west room also extinguished the candle. The two of them left the hall, bolted the door of the hall, flew out of the courtyard wall, and a few black shadows disappeared after a few ups and downs.
The next day, Li Ziyu woke up feeling stuffy, as if she had forgotten something. Because of the patient, Li Ziyu decided to eat three meals a day, so she got up in the middle of the day.
After getting up, because it was still dark in the room, Li Ziyu fumbled to light candles. When I lit the candle and saw the box on the floor of the house, I suddenly remembered the events of last night.
Strangely, she remembered to water the vegetable box last night, and then suddenly she felt very sleepy and wanted to sleep very much, and then she couldn't remember. Strange, what the hell is going on? Why can't you remember? Suddenly, her tongue hurt, and she suddenly thought that someone had come in last night.
Li Ziyu calmly took out the dagger she bought yesterday from under the old quilt, gently pulled out the scabbard, and listened to the movement outside.
It was quiet outside, and there was no sound. I sniffed it with my nose, but it didn't smell much, at least it didn't smell of blood. Then she didn't take it lightly, but her heart was raised high. If you want to kill someone, there are ways to kill without seeing blood.
Li Ziyu quietly picked out the grass curtain with a dagger and looked out.
The hall was dark and quiet, and there was a faint sound of snoring in the west room, and Li Ziyu's hanging heart finally let go. If it is a killer who kills someone, it is impossible to spare one person, which means that they are safe. Then who came last night was about to come out, and it must have been the boy who recruited him. Since the person who came to see the boy, the boy's life will definitely be saved, and maybe the fever will go away when he gets up this morning. It seems that the people who came last night had no malicious intent, and it can be seen from the fact that the six of their sisters and brothers are fine. yes, I'm also the boy's life-saving benefactor, if they don't repay the favor, forget it, it's unreasonable to kill people.
Li Ziyu returned the dagger to its sheath and left it in place. So she went to Westinghouse, and she wanted to see if the boy's fever had subsided. If the fever is gone and he has an appetite, make him some millet porridge. He was covered with scars, especially the sword wound on his chest, which was too deep and needed to be taken care of.
Li Ziyu walked into the Westhouse and lit the wax on the wooden box in the dark.
As soon as the wax was up, I heard Xiaoshan's sleepy voice coming from the kang: "Eldest sister? Why so early? Well? Why are you there?" Before the words were finished, Xiaoshan came to his senses completely.
He sat up, looked at the patient who was sleeping on the kang, and said in a low voice, "Sister, why didn't you call me?" Didn't you sleep all night? It's all my fault, I slept too hard."
Li Ziyu hurriedly clarified: "No, no, I just came over, and I also slept all night." With that, Li Ziyu walked to the kang to tuck the quilt for Zhengxiang's Xiaowen and Xiaowu, who were sleeping, and reached out and touched Jiang Junzhang's forehead, and sure enough, it was no longer burning.
Li Ziyu said to Xiaoshan: "It's no longer burning, you better sleep a little longer, it's still dark." I'm going to cut the straw paper and use it later to go to the bathroom. Also, I'm going to have three meals at home in the future. It's not that our family can't afford to eat, and we still have the money to buy food. Besides, there are still patients, aren't they? Make some millet porridge this morning. β
"Okay, sister, you can do it. I've woken up anyway, so I'd better get up. As he spoke, he got dressed. Since they have a new quilt, they will take off their cotton clothes before going to bed, which is more comfortable. It's just that they only have a pair of shorts inside, no underwear to wear, and they look bare, not very good.
Li Ziyu thought about it and woke up all night, so she didn't care about him. Seeing that Xiaoshan was dressed, Li Ziyu asked him to hold the wax, she opened the wooden box and took out the sewing basket, and covered the wooden box, Xiaoshan put the candle in its original position.
Li Ziyu returned to the east house with a needlework basket, spread the straw paper she bought on the kang, cut the straw paper into small rectangles one by one, and put it in a small bamboo basket to cover it. Place a small bamboo basket containing straw paper on the east house kang for easy access at any time.
Seeing that the time was still early, they beckoned Xiaoshan to come over, and the sister and brother began to count the money. In the process of counting the money, the sister and brother were very calm, and no one said anything, only the occasional low voice about the money. Yesterday the musk deer sold a total of one hundred and fifty-six taels, and after deducting all kinds of expenses, there are still one hundred and twenty-four twenty-nine and ninety wen left.
Li Ziyu put one hundred and twenty taels into the purse containing the money in the wooden box, and carried more than four taels of loose silver in his arms. In this way, the family will have more than three hundred taels of silver, even if they don't do anything, they won't go hungry.
Li Ziyu saw that Xiaoshan had been squinting and smiling, and his expression was so satisfied and comfortable. I must be happy and satisfied that I have so much money at home, and I didn't complain because of so much money yesterday, and I am still very satisfied with the change in Xiaoshan. Xiaoshan is the eldest son in the family, and his temperament should not be too restrained or too picky. Boys should be generous, whether they take the imperial examination or farm at home in the future, they can support the portal.
Li Ziyu does not have too high requirements for her younger siblings, as long as they are healthy, literate, and have a certain amount of interest. Reading and literacy is fundamental, and in any dynasty, illiteracy is terrible. Yesterday, because it was too late and because there were too many things to buy, I didn't go to the bookstore to buy books. Their sisters and brothers were all scattered literacy when their parents were there, and there were no systematic books to read. So, buying books is a must. Later, Li Ziyu wanted to tell Xiaoshan about saving the boy, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it. These younger siblings of hers have a blind trust in her, and they don't ask, they trust her 100%. So, let's not talk about it, and let yourself bear some of the speculations alone.
When Li Ziyu came to the hall to prepare for cooking, she found that there was not much water in the water tank, so she picked up the bucket and went to fetch water. Xiaoshan also followed.
Li Ziyu opened the door of the hall and carried the bucket to the courtyard. She looked up at the two-and-a-half-meter-high courtyard wall, the courtyard wall she thought was very safe, after last night, she knew that the courtyard wall of her house was in front of the real master, even if it was a flat ground, it could block the beast.
The siblings opened the gate and came down the hillside. By this time, the sky was already hazy, and the waist-deep thatch growing by the creek swayed in the cold wind, and the wide water shimmered with silvery light. This magical river just doesn't freeze in this harsh winter, and I don't know why, it also makes life very convenient for Li Ziyu's family.
Li Ziyu carried six buckets of water in succession to fill the water tank. Originally, there were two buckets, and the other one was pickled in deerskin, so there was only one to draw water.
Xiaoshan ran back and forth, and of course Li Ziyu wouldn't let him carry the bucket. Xiaoshan just thinks that he is the biggest man in the family and has a responsibility to protect his sister. Although his sister's strength is greater than his, he also feels that he must follow his sister's heart to be sure.
Li Ziyu didn't wake up her younger siblings to practice early this morning because there were outsiders at home. Xiaoshan probably thought the same as his sister, so he didn't ask. In fact, the real reason why Li Ziyu didn't wake up her younger siblings was because she was stimulated last night and felt that her modern set of things was a joke in ancient times. I also swore that I wanted to train my younger brothers and sisters to become masters, but as a result, I couldn't even move in front of the real masters, and I was really embarrassed. Originally, I wanted to make bamboo darts and practice my younger siblings as a protective weapon. But after last night, can it still be called a weapon? Who can you protect? Li Ziyu no longer has the original self-confidence.
Now that the patient at home may really be a master, where does she dare to play a big knife in front of Guan Gong? It's a laughing death.
Now Li Ziyu is actually very confused in her heart, and she doesn't know what to do next. The things you know are very limited, and the biggest reliance is no longer dependence. In this strange Daye Dynasty, how can she pull her younger siblings up, not be bullied, and have a foothold in a dignified manner, she really doesn't have a score. It can only be a pawn who crosses the river and moves forward bravely.
After Li Ziyu finished carrying the water, he lit a fire to cook.
What was made for the patient was millet porridge, which was only boiled in a large bowl and thickened. At home, I still have porridge mixed with sorghum rice and rice, and I fried a radish strip with lard. There was no meat in the radish strips, and she didn't want to go from not being able to eat to eating meat all at once. Such a habit is not necessary, let them know that every grain of rice is not easy to come by, and it is good to be able to eat enough.
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