In the early morning of the next day, the silkworm mother woke up leisurely and saw a person sitting next to the bed, so she was so frightened that she hurriedly covered the quilt.

Last night, Yu Dayou was concerned about the safety of Zhenjiang Mansion and had led his troops back to the guard. Qian Jin saw that the silkworm girl fainted, and the family suffered a great change, for fear that she would not be able to find a short view, so he kept watch in her room all night. I hadn't slept much in the past two days, but I couldn't support it anymore at the moment, so I leaned back in the chair and fell asleep.

Seeing her wake up, Qian Jin said softly: "Are you awake?" ”

When the silkworm mother saw that she was a life-saving benefactor, and thought of the tragic death of her relatives, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"The culprits have all been ambushed, the deceased have rested in peace, and you can comfort your relatives." Qian Jin comforted.

"Have pity on my little stone...... He was just over two years old...... How can these thieves do it......" Silkworm Niang couldn't help but cry.

Qian Jin is not very comforting, and he is helpless at this time, so he can only look up to the sky and sigh.

After the tea, the silkworm mother had stopped crying, and said tactfully: "Engong, please avoid it, I need to freshen up......"

Qian Jin thought that she was going to open her own short-term view, so she said: "Life is precious, don't think about it." ”

Silkworm Niang Zhengse said: "Engong, we countrymen are all grateful to repay kindness, and there are grievances to repay grievances. You avenged me for a great revenge, and I haven't had time to repay the favor, how can I die easily. Now that I am the only one left in the village, I want to live for the whole village, and I can watch all those thieves perish in the future. ”

Qian Jin's eyes were surprised. I didn't expect this silkworm girl to have some insight, and her previous worries were a little redundant. Think about it, she is a person who can only ride a bull, but she can ride Erya all the way to Zhenjiang Mansion, and she is also a stoic person. So he left the room and went to find some cold water to wash up.

Seeing the money coming in and out, Erya couldn't wait to greet her, grinning vigorously. Qian Jin fed him all the radishes that were left before, and fed him some refined grain and water. Erya ate and drank to his heart's content, so he walked around the village by himself.

After the silkworm girl finished washing, she went to the village to catch a chicken and kill it.

When those widows stayed, they even brought all the pigs, chickens and ducks in the village to the scourge, and the chicken probably ran to the back mountain to escape the catastrophe. Shi Shiran came out of the mountain early in the morning, and he didn't know that it had become the belly of Qian Jin and Silkworm Niang.

After Qian Jin was full of food and drink, the silkworm mother knelt down with a plop and said in her mouth: "Engong, the silkworm is helpless now, and she begs Engong to take her in." ”

"Can't your mother's family take you in?"

"Engong doesn't know, I went to Sangmu Village as a child bride since I was a child, and the woman who married out was like water spilled out. Besides, my mother's family is not rich, so I definitely can't go back......"

Qian Jin also had a difficult face. When Yu Dayou asked him to take in the silkworm girl last night, he was really moved by compassion. If he wasn't in a hurry to take the exam, he could send her to his grandfather's house in Pyeongchang Mansion, and it would be convenient to follow his mother in the future. However, it is almost November, and it is estimated that it will take more than two months to get to Kyoto. If you go back and forth to Jiangxi again, I am afraid that this time the exam is a bit choking.

Seeing Qian Jin's hesitation, the silkworm mother said word by word: "Engong saved me from hanging upside down the day before yesterday, and now I don't care about it, it is better to let the silkworm mother die in the hands of the widow that day......"

Qian Jin was a little embarrassed when he heard this. Chen Guo is really a fierce woman, if he really doesn't care about it, he is afraid that he will have another life. So he hurriedly explained: "The girl has a misunderstanding, I am going to the capital to catch the exam this time, and you are only afraid that it will be a little inconvenient for you to follow me." ”

Seeing that Qian Niang was loose, the silkworm girl said happily: "Engong turned out to be a master, you can rest assured, the silkworm girl does everything to do laundry and cooking." ”

Qian Jin saw her resolute attitude, and said in her heart that she was such a mother-in-law as a big man, and in the final analysis, she was still afraid of other people's gossip, and she was not as weak as a weak woman. After thinking for a while, he said: "It's not impossible to take you to Kyoto, it's just a long way, you can eat ...... silkworm girl."

"Thank you...... Silkworm Niang is not afraid of hardship. The silkworm girl couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard it, and wiped her tears with her sleeves.

Qian Jin helped her up, wiped her tears with his sleeve, and said softly: "I will be sixteenth after the winter solstice, and you and I will be commensurate with my sister and brother in the future." ”

"I can't do it...... I can't help it, Engong is the master...... It's going to break the silkworm girl. Silkworm Niang panicked.

"With me, everyone is equal. In the future, don't mention the word 'master' again. Qian Jin stared at her eyes and said carefully.

The silkworm girl had already opened her mouth wide in shock. She has always felt that the official master is high up since she was a child, and the people around her also think so. Today, I heard Qian Jin say the shocking words of 'everyone is equal', and I can't accept it for a while.

Qian Jin didn't expect her to understand now. He saw that the rice in the silkworm girl's bowl had not been touched much, so he sandwiched a few pieces of chicken for her and said, "There is still a long way to go to the capital, how can you have the strength to hurry without eating." Don't talk about these false etiquette in the future, and eat together if you want to eat. ”

The silkworm girl almost shed tears again, but this time she was moved. She has been a child daughter-in-law for more than ten years, and finally gave birth to a son, and the family is looking at her. I have only known Qian Jin for two days, but I treat her like a relative.

Seeing this, Qian Jin hurriedly walked out of the door. I'm afraid that if he continues to stay in the room, the silkworm girl won't have to eat this meal.

After the silkworm mother used rice, she fried some soybeans and rice as dry food on the road. The rest of the grain was fed to Erya, and the rest was packed as fine food on Erya's road. Qian Jin looked at Erya chewing hard, and said in his heart How can this product be so familiar with silkworm Niang, doesn't it say that the same sex is repulsive? Could it be that this mare is as fickle as a woman.

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One morning three months later.

By this time the sun had risen, shining a brilliant color on the hoarfrost in the roadside fields. A horse-drawn carriage drove slowly on the official road into Beijing. Next to him is a scholar riding a white horse and slowly following. Not far to the north, the Yongding Gate of the capital is already in sight.

"Woo ......", the carriage slowly stopped. After Qian Jin settled the silver taels to the groom, a woman got out of the car, and two children, a man and a woman.

This woman is the silkworm girl who followed Qian Jin to the capital. As for the two children, it's a long story. When the two of them passed by Changping Station in Shandong, they saw a farmer selling his children in the market. When I asked, I learned that last year's ice and snow disaster had caused a large-scale reduction in wheat production in the north, and many families were unable to make ends meet.

The silkworm mother lost her son before, and when she saw that the child didn't even wear shoes on a cold day, she was very distressed at the moment, and she looked at the money with her eyes.

Qian Jin is also a soft-hearted person, seeing that the children are also well-behaved, if they are sold to other people's families, most of them will be slaves and maids, so he nodded and agreed. So Qian Jin invited a Chinese person nearby, and after Qian Jin signed and drew a pledge with the farmer, the pair of children went to the capital together.

The group traveled north along the official road near the North-South Grand Canal. In autumn and winter, the water level of the Grand Canal is low, otherwise you can take a boat, which can save the pain of bumps in the carriage and horses. Qian Jin fell ill again in Shandong, but thanks to the careful care of the silkworm mother, he was delayed for another six or seven days, and it was three months later when he arrived in the capital.

There are three major cities in the capital. To the south is the outer city, to the north is the inner city, and in the inner city there is the imperial city.

When you enter Yongding Gate, you will be in the outer city. Qian Jin settled the silkworm girl in the inn, and he went around the city and rented a courtyard. First, there was still more than half a month before the exam, and he wanted to find a quiet place to prepare for the exam; Second, it is not easy to come to the capital, and whether he can pass the exam this time or not, he is ready to stay for a while longer.

The courtyard outside the city is very cheap, and it only costs half a year, but there is no city wall to protect it, and it is a suburb of Beijing. However, if this suburb of Beijing is not safe, Chen Guo will have no safe place. Qian Jin thought so.

After paying the rent, he went to the street to buy some daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt. In the evening, he took the three silkworm girls back to their residence.

After everything was settled, Qian Jin lay on the bed on all fours, and said in his heart that he could finally sleep soundly.