Second Aunt Yao reluctantly sat up and said in a trembling voice, "Chen'er is leaving?" She has always regarded Xia Chen as her own child, and now that her husband is gone, if Lian Chen'er is gone, she really has no thoughts of giving birth again.

Xia Chen felt a deep loneliness and despair from her gloomy tone and indifferent expression, which made Xia Chen very worried, Aunt Yao had no relatives in this world, and the people in the village regarded her as an enemy, would she have to be alone for the rest of her life? And her temperament is quite strong, in case she can't think about it one day...... It's better to take her out of here, and besides, it's good to have a reliable person by your side.

"Auntie, Chen'er is not leaving now, she has to stay for the New Year." Saying that, she stared into the eyes of Second Aunt Yao: "Chen'er knows that you have a deep affection for your second uncle, but the second uncle also said that the aunt is actually wronged." She wanted to test Aunt Yao's mind, after all, it was always up to Aunt Yao to decide whether to go or stay.

She has always felt that Second Uncle Yao and Second Aunt Yao are not a good match, although the relationship pays attention to fate, but there is always some common language to live together, Second Uncle Yao is definitely a rough person, but Second Aunt Yao has a good appearance and talent, is she really willing to live in a poor country?

Second Aunt Yao smiled faintly: "Chen'er, your idea may be right, but it's not right. I like a peaceful life, and after all these years with your second uncle, I realize how lucky a woman is to have a good home, especially me. Speaking of this, she coughed lightly and sighed: "The place of wind and moon, the willingness to buy laughter and chase joy, how can there be the sincerity of pity and cherishing jade." Although your second uncle doesn't understand elegance, he knows the cold and warmth, and he knows how to cherish me. It's a pity that your second uncle has left me now! Saying that, he held Xia Chen's hand: "Lian Chen'er is leaving." ”

Qiao Shi didn't understand: "What are you two talking about?" ”

Xia Chen actually doesn't seem to understand, she hasn't officially fallen in love, although she has liked someone, it's just wishful thinking. "Auntie, since you are indifferent to many things, let's go with Chen'er."

Second Aunt Yao thought for a while: "It's okay, I don't have to worry about it now, and your second uncle will definitely hope that I can wait and take care of you until you grow up." ”

Xia Chen smiled and shook his head: "Auntie, how can you say that you are waiting, Chen'er has always treated you as your own aunt." ”

Aunt Yao listened and said with tears in her eyes: "Although I have no children or daughters, I have a son, and God treats me as thin." ”

The matter was decided, Second Aunt Yao packed up some clothes, jewelry and some savings and came to the Han family, as for the Yao family's few acres of land and two horses, they were handed over to Han An to take care of.

Aunt Yao insisted on being Xia Chen's adoptive mother, but she was actually a personal slave, Xia Chen couldn't resist her, so she had to change her name to Yueniang. And no matter how Xia Chen persuaded her, as soon as she was in better health, she was really like a slave, fetching water for Xia Chen, combing her hair, washing and folding quilts.

Xia Chen was very embarrassed at first, but after a long time, he gradually got used to it, and these jobs were not tiring, so Aunt Yao did something to live more at ease.

As soon as Xia Chen went out that day, she ran into the stones, and when she saw that there was no one around, she asked in a low voice, "Are the things I want ready?" ”

Zhao Xiaoliu hurriedly said: "It's ready, put it in the tree hole I said at the beginning." ”

Xia Chen nodded: "By the way, how is Miss Zhao San doing these days?" ”

Shi said: "He's fine, he went to dig a rat hole with us yesterday." ”

"That's good." Miss Zhao San's father didn't have it a month and a half ago, maybe he was mentally prepared, so he wasn't too sad.

Li San said: "Head, the New Year will be in three days, Wang Dacheng said that his father bought him a lot of firecrackers, and he will find us to set them off together." ”

Xia Chen pulled the corners of his mouth slightly: "You guys just have fun, I'm going to go to Anyang after the New Year." ”

Zhao Xiaoliu's eyes widened: "I heard that Anyang is far away from us, if the head goes, when will I come back!" ”

Xia Chen patted him on the shoulder: "I'll come back when I'm done." ”

Li San scratched his head: "Head, then you still can't take the test?" I heard Wang Dacheng say that he will take the exam on March 15. ”

Xia Chen smiled: "Naturally, I have to take the test, and it is more convenient to go to Anyang to take the test than us." ”

Zhao Xiaoliu said: "The head must be able to pass the test." ”

After chatting for a while, Xia Chen said: "It's almost a year older, don't mess around all day, help the family do more work, especially stones, the two sets of boxing I taught you must be practiced well." "The Shi family is a military family, he is the eldest man in the family, and he will definitely become a soldier in the future.

"Don't worry."

Let them disperse, Xia Chen rode his horse to the old elm by the reed pond, this tree is as thick as two people hugging, and there is a big hole at the root that can almost accommodate her, but it is still lush every year, and people can't help but sigh at the tenacity of its vitality.

She bent down and reached in, but hurriedly shrank back, goosebumps all over her body. Rubbing his arms, he reached out again and pulled out a rag bag, listening to a squeak inside, and his scalp tingled again.

There was a basket made of reeds in the bag, and through the holes in the bag and the gaps in the reed basket, a group of rats more than half a foot long were scratching and biting inside, and it seemed that they would bite through the basket at any time and come out.

She bolted the bag to the saddle and rode straight to Dabei Village. He secretly said in his heart: "Mr. Jia, I have a New Year's gift for you." ”

She was already familiar with the road, and she was now quite skilled in horseback riding. Dusty let go of his hooves and ran as much as he could, the snow-capped wilderness and distant mountains met the blue sky, and the cold wind howled, rolling up gusts of snow and dust. Xia Chen fell in love with the northern scenery of thousands of miles of ice peaks and thousands of miles of snow, and a smile of great happiness spread on his face.

It didn't take long to arrive at Dabei Village, Xia Chen stopped his horse at the head of the village, pulled down the brim of his rabbit skin warm hat, covered his face with a scarf, and only showed his two eyes.

Entered the village and bypassed the front door of the private school, according to what Wang Dacheng said, she found the lower room where the kitchen stored grain and rice, saw that there was no one around, untied the basket for the mice, and let the dust stand against the wall, she stepped on the horse's back, took out the dagger that Han Ran gave him, cut off the bottom of the basket cleanly, raised her hand and threw it to the gap between the house and the courtyard wall, and then fell back on the horse's back and walked away.

Thinking that Mr. Jia would soon find countless rat droppings in the granary, Xia Chen laughed heartily, and the laughter like silver bells spread throughout the mountains and forests.

I am going to leave this village, no matter how smooth and bumpy the road in the future, I must not have the opportunity to mess around like this again, at least this naughty love will never be there again, this move should be a farewell to childhood.

Time flies very quickly, especially when you wish it could slow down a bit. Xia Chen hoped that it would slow down, because she still had to make some preparations, Yunyang City was not a village, and the Xia family was not an ordinary family, at least now it was not ordinary, because Xia Zhongyang was already a four-rank general, and according to the current system of the Great Cloud Kingdom, there should already be a general's mansion. can be regarded as a person who has attained the Tao, and the chicken dog has ascended to heaven.

There was not much information about the Xia family in his memory, after all, the Han family left the Xia family before Xiao Xiachen was born.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I set off two days later. Xia Chen's heart was eager to try, and he was a little nostalgic.

Because there is a Baitou mountain range to block the north wind, although this place is in the north, but it is a little warmer than other places, the ice and snow have begun to melt, although there is still ice floe in the river, but it has been flowing and murmuring, where the sun is shining, the yellow withered grass begins to turn green, but the situation of the spring breeze like scissors in February is not suitable for here, and the willow can not sprout and spit out leaves until at least March.

The outfits have been ready, in order not to be underestimated, and for the sake of less wind and sun on Xiachen Road, Han Yi spent nearly a month to build a carriage.

The cold pine used for wood has a delicate wood grain and exudes a faint woody fragrance. Because the paint was still derived from the pure natural lacquer tree in this era, it was very expensive, and the conditions like the Han family were really unaffordable. However, Han Yi's craftsmanship is good, the surface of the carriage is polished very smooth, and some delicate patterns are also carved, and then treated with cooked tung oil, the touch is no worse than painting. Yueniang also painted an elegant landscape painting on the reed curtain of the carriage.

The car box is not big, two people sit just right, and three people are a little too crowded. The horses pulling the cart were the black gallop horses of Jue Chen and Han Ran, one black and one white, without any variegation, and they looked quite beautiful. And there is also a heroic and handsome coachman, Han Ran.

Think about it if it were in modern times, this pure natural, pure handmade, pure green carriage will not be cheaper than a luxury car, plus these two horses, it will be 800 percent to turn back on the street, but it may be a little troublesome to meet the traffic police, and it is not good to be said to affect traffic.

On this day, I came to the boundary of Taizhou, where the trees have sprouted, and among the wild grasses on the side of the road, there are small yellow or white flowers that are unknown.

Here is a section of mountain road, the cloud forest is lush and the pine flowers are warm, the juan is singing and the warbler is crying, and the clever tongue is like adjusting the pipe. Xia Chen was chatting with Yueniang while looking out. "Yueniang, when we get to Anyang City, let's have a good look first."

"Well, Anyang is the capital of the Great Cloud Country, and it must be very prosperous." Thinking that she has changed from a rich lady to a daughter of fireworks and willow lane, and has been displaced by war for two years, and then has lived a quiet life for a few years, and now she is about to return to the world of tricks, and her mood is really mixed.

Xia Chen rested his head on his hands: "I still remember that there is almost half a month from Anyang and Qingzhou. ”

Yueniang nodded: "Almost." ”

Xia Chen calculated that he had been gone for six days, and it would be eight or nine days before he arrived. Suddenly, from afar there was a faint noise, the sound of horses' hooves, hoarse and rude scolding, the crying of women, and the sound of whipping and screaming.

Xia Chen stood up and wanted to poke his head out to take a look, but was pulled back to his seat by Yueniang: "Chen'er, don't do much, be careful of getting into trouble." ”

Seeing that Yueniang was so nervous, and felt that the speed of the carriage seemed to have accelerated a little, it was obvious that Han Ran also deliberately wanted to avoid it. Xia Chen stopped coming forward, but he still straightened his body and looked out.

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