Li didn't sleep all night, and opened the packed baggage several times to see if there was anything he didn't have with it. stayed up late to make two insoles for Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qi'an.

Chen Xueru didn't sleep well, and as soon as she closed her eyes, a young man's bright eyes would appear. She couldn't sleep and didn't dare to toss and turn, for fear of waking up Chen Xuejiao, so she simply sat up in her clothes and watched the moonlight like water in the middle of the night.

Chen Xuejiao didn't wake up all night, slept very peacefully, and woke up quickly to get dressed and get up.

The sky has not yet brightened, there are a few stars hanging in the sky, and the silver moon hangs in the sky one night.

There was a burst of aroma in the pot house, and Li's, Xueru, and Jinghao got up when the chicken crowed, and baked dry cakes in the pot house. Dry cake is the best dry food for rural people in Xuzhou Prefecture to go out, after the noodles are reconciled, add sesame oil, green onions, roll into a thin cake like cicada wings, put it on a pan and slowly cook it, and sprinkle sesame seeds when it is dry. The fragrant and crispy dry cakes tasted very delicious, and they were stored for a long time, so Li put the finished dry cakes in a burlap bag and sealed them, so that Chen Xuejiao could eat them at any time when she was hungry on the road.

Li Yuntian had already gotten up, and took his two sons, Li Dazhuang and Li Danian, to inspect the two carriages, and put a layer of clear oil on the wheels, after all, it was a long way to go, and it was necessary to ensure that the wheels were running normally. Li Dazhuang reported a bunch of hay from the pot house outside to feed the horse, this hay was cut yesterday and stored in the pot house, the reason why it was not put outside was to avoid the dew wet the grass in the middle of the night, and the horse would have stomach trouble if he ate the dewed hay. When the horse ate the grass, Chen Qiping also took a basin and put it in front of the horse to drink.

It's really time to go out. Chen Xuejiao stood in the middle of the courtyard, a silver moon began to fade away, a gorgeous morning glow appeared in the east, and the sun was about to erupt. She was a little excited, this was the first time she had gone out in wear. At this time, she couldn't help but sigh a little that she was born in the countryside, and the countryside at this time was rarely poisoned by the fact that women could not show their heads. She can go out like a man, and if she was born in a big family, she may not be so lucky.

Think of it this way. Facing the late autumn wind, I am happy.

"Squeak". The door to the upper room opened. Followed by the sound of coughing and blowing his nose, Old Man Chen walked out of the upper room.

Seeing Chen Xuejiao standing in the courtyard, Old Man Chen beckoned her to come to her side, and Chen Xuejiao happily went and shouted "Master". Old Man Chen became happy, took out five hundred yuan from his pocket, and handed it to Chen Xuejiao: "...... I went to Weishan Lake when I was young, and it was a very rich place. You take this money, and you need it urgently. There are many masters, and there are no ones. ”

There was a warm current in Chen Xuejiao's heart, the money in the upper room had always been in the hands of Mrs. Chen, and she looked at it tightly, presumably it would take a lot of effort for Mr. Chen to deduct five hundred cents from her.

"Master, my mother gave me some money, I can't use it, you better keep it and buy some delicious food." Chen Xuejiao said childishly.

The smile in Old Man Chen's eyes was even stronger.

"Take it, it's too little. Take it, it's all a family. Old Man Chen put on a straight face.

Chen Xuejiao had to catch it: "Thank you, master." ”

Old man Chen has been good to the big house these days, and Chen Xuejiao's eyes rolled. Pulling his sleeve coquettishly, he said softly and with a little grievance: "Master, when I come back from Weishan Lake, I will bring you something delicious." I really can't bear my mother and my father. Last night I always dreamed that they were bullied, although people say that dreams are the opposite, but I am still afraid...... "The words can be clicked, and there is no need to say the perfection."

When Old Man Chen was young, he was also a person who followed the horse team to the north and south and saw the world, how could he not know what Chen Xuejiao wanted to express after hearing this, because he was worried that her father and mother would be bullied by Mrs. Chen and the Zhao family.

"You can go with confidence, I am at home." Old Man Chen made a promise, "Who dares to bully your father." ”

Chen Xuejiao smiled coquettishly at Old Man Chen, knowing it in her heart. With Old Man Chen's promise. Mrs. Chen is making a fuss, and she can't make a fuss.

In the pot house, Li took Xueru and Jinghao to fish two large rolls of dried cakes. This is followed by breakfast. In order to feed Li Yuntian and other people who were in a hurry, the Li family could be said to have put a lot of effort into it.

Thick rice porridge boiled. It is also sprinkled with ground beans, and a little fragrant soy milk is poured. Pork was stewed with cabbage and tofu, sticking stickers on the edge of the stew, and stir-fried peel and green pepper eggs. After it was done, he boiled twenty eggs, put them together with the dry cakes, and kept Chen Xuejiao to take them to eat on the road.

Li Yuntian checked the carriage, washed his hands and went into the north wing room for breakfast, Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qi'an sat around the table. Li Shixue Rujing didn't go to the table, saying that breakfast was specially prepared for them to go out, and was forced on the table by Li Yuntian.

After breakfast, the sky was completely bright, the sun came out, and it was a fine day.

Lee filled the dry cakes and eggs separately, filled two kettles with water, and put them on the carriage with the baggage. Once again, he took Xue Jiao and Qi An's hands and told them carefully, as if there were endless words.

Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang came, they were sent by Han Xingjian, and the three of them came on horseback.

Because of what Xue Miao said last time, in order to provoke unnecessary gossip, Chen Xueru nodded slightly at Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang and entered the north wing. Jing Hao talked to Huang Sanlang for a while.

After a while, Zheng Huozi came with Dongping, in addition to bringing fresh eggs for tea eggs, he also brought a large bag of food, which Chen Wenying prepared for his two nephews and nieces. I heard that I went out today, and sent Zheng Huozi to Chen's house early in the morning. Master Qin also sent Sister-in-law Jia to send him off, and Sister-in-law Jia also brought a lot of food. Grandma Xianglian and Xianglian Niang next door heard that Xuejiao was going to go far away, so they boiled ten eggs to send each other.

Old Man Chen, Big Egg, Xuewa, Cai's, and Chen Zifu all came out to see each other off, and even Zhang's came out.

"Xue Jiao and Qi An have a chance to go out this time, except for Xue Yao and Qi Lin, no one else has been out yet. Qi An, you are the big egg, and you will take him out when you want. Zhang forgot about Li's two palms and spoke to Qi An in her voice.

When they were about to leave, Zhao took Chen Xuemiao out of the upper room.

Chen Xuemiao seemed to have cried, her eyes were red, and she suddenly rushed to Gu Siyuan's side and choked: "Are you leaving?" Can you take me away, as your maid, my sister will be a maid in Xuzhou Mansion. ”

Chen Xuemiao made a fuss, and the people in the courtyard were stunned.

Gu Siyuan had a faint expression. And didn't answer.

The Zhao family hurriedly pulled Chen Xuemiao over, eager to beat him hard, a girl's family wanted to be the maid of the son-in-law in public. I can't help but think about it.

Old Man Chen's face was already blue.

Chen Xuemiao cried fiercely and looked at Chen Xuejiao with hatred.

Li Yuntian interrupted the embarrassment. "It's time to go." ”

Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qi'an got into the carriage, and Li Yuntian personally escorted the carriage in front. A carriage in the back was loaded with dried fungus, dried mushrooms, dry ground and other mountain goods, and the brothers Li Dazhuang and Li Danian escorted the cart in front. Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang rode in front.

When the carriage passed by the entrance of the village, it stopped, and Master Qin stood under a tree and waved. Chen Xuejiao saw Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang looking at each other and smiling, as if relieved, Master Qin opened the carriage curtain and sat in.

Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qi'an greeted each other.

Master Qin followed Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang to Beijing, and he didn't know when he would come back. As little as a month, as much as half a year. He left homework for the students of the private school, and quietly told Chen Xiucai that if he didn't come back for half a year, Chen Xiucai would recover and continue to go to the museum.

With the sharp turn of the carriage, Maoshan Village was blocked by a dense pine forest and disappeared from sight.

There is a 100-kilometer journey from Xuzhou Mansion to Weishan Lake, which is a very short distance for modern people, but it also takes three days to walk in ancient times.

Chen Xuejiao went to Weishan Lake in her previous life, and it was a graduation trip. I went with my boyfriend.

At this time, on the way to Weishan Lake, sitting in the carriage, there was a sudden feeling that people were at the end of the world.

Past lives. All of a sudden, it was back in front of me.

Chen Xuejiao's eyes were foggy.

That year was also in Weishan Lake, under the sparkling blue shadow, he took the ring and said, "Let's get married when I go to graduate school." ”

She wept with joy.

didn't think about it, but on the way to see him, he was brought here by the giant wheel of time.

I don't know what Weishan Lake looks like now, the autumn wind blows on my body through the carriage curtain, it turns out that Chen Qi'an opened the carriage curtain and looked at the outside curiously, Chen Xuejiao straightened her thoughts.

What's the use of thinking so much, you can't go back to the past after all. In the previous life, I went to Weishan Lake to witness love, and in this life, I went to Weishan Lake to survive.

No matter where you are, you have to live well. She repeated this sentence in her heart, this is the declaration she has given herself over and over again since she traveled to this era.

No matter where you go. You have to live well.

The past life has become a river that can never be returned, so in this life, we must strive to live as an ocean.

"Look!" Chen Qi'an's surprised voice pulled Chen Xuejiao's thoughts back.

Chen Xuejiao leaned over. Look out along the curtain that Chen Qi'an lifted. I saw a big river in front of me, the river was full of reeds, green and yellow intertwined, paved with a ten-mile picture scroll, the beauty of the careful movement. There are a few fishing boats on the big river, floating on the surface of the river, like a pontoon boat. Chen Qi'an is the first time to go out, the first time to see the vast world outside, usually in Lao Cheng is a teenager after all, at this time there is only a surprise.

Chen Xuejiao looked at the scenery of the big river outside and felt that the depression in her chest was swept away.

"This is the water of the Huai River." Master Qin was not shocked.

This is the real Huai River, and the Xiaohuai River in Maoshan Village is just a small tributary of it.

"The Huai River is so beautiful, isn't Weishan Lake even more beautiful." Chen Qi'an asked in surprise.

Master Qin nodded, but smiled silently.

Chen Xuejiao took the opportunity to say to Chen Qi'an: "Only when you come out can you see the vast world outside, the sea is wide and the fish jumps, the sky is high and the birds fly, brother, your world is very broad." ”

When Chen Qi'an heard this, he was stunned, his eyes spread with random excitement, and he nodded solemnly at Chen Xuejiao.

Gu Siyuan's horse was not far away and walked towards the carriage, and Chen Xuejiao's voice reached his ears from time to time. The sound is clear, with a little tail note, like a clear spring in the valley.

He raised his horsewhip and longed to gallop along the Huai River. (To be continued)