With the sound of roosters, a ray of sunlight peeked in through the crack in the door of the firewood room, and Shu'er curled up on the haystack, although covered with a thick quilt, still felt a chill. When she woke up from the dream, she was no longer the girl who followed the top of the beauty list in Xiling to learn swords, nor was she General Yan who was carried through the streets and alleys of Dongyang by the first-class public of Weiguo.

She shuddered, and thought to herself, "It seems that the money I earned in Chen Guo belongs to me firmly." As for the rest, my background is not mine, my husband is not mine, and my brother is not mine. ”

Just as she was getting up and stretching, someone lightly buttoned the door of the firewood room, and the mother-in-law, who only listened to the accent of Song Guo, said, "Miss of the Lin family, are you up?" ”

The girl of the Lin family? Shu'er scratched her head, only to remember that she came here sleepily last night, and casually told the two eccentric mothers-in-law in this farmhouse that her surname was Lin.

Shu'er opened the door and said to Tingfang: "Mother-in-law is early! ”

Tingfang handed Shu'er a delicate food box and a pot of hot tea, and said, "Girl, let's eat some food and then hurry." ”

Shu'er thanked Tingfang, and then opened the food box, only to see that it contained two hot tea eggs, a small pile of pickles, a small nest and a bowl of corn porridge.

She thought, corn porridge, living in the countryside, so leisurely and free, can only be achieved by living in the weak Zhao country where there is no quarrel with the world. Chen Guo is drunk and too impetuous, the tax on the good land of the Song State is slightly higher, the Chu State has been in turmoil since the disaster of the Seven Kings, the mountain roads of the Shu State are rugged, and the bandits are rampant, which is not as flat and open as the Zhao State, which makes people's mood also open.

She asked Tingfang in a Song accent: "Mother-in-law is originally from Song Kingdom?" How did you come to Zhao Guo's residence? ”

Tingfang replied, "For people like us, Zhao Guo survives very well. The fields are our own fields, and we pay very little taxes, and we can eat the crops we want to eat, and sell them to the market if we want to, and we don't need to use them as military salaries. ”

Shu'er asked again: "That Granny Chen, also think so?" ”

Tingfang nodded.

Shu'er suddenly realized: "Listening to my mother-in-law's words, it seems to be better than the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce for several days!" It turns out that Zhao Guo seems to be poor and sour, and even the Ninghe Palace in Pingliang is extremely simple, but the people of Zhao Guo actually have no worries about food and clothing. It seems that King Zhao is a good monarch. ”

Tingfang said with a smile: "The girl is so young, she can worry about the country and the people so much. ”

Shu'er shook her head and said, "It's just that there are more places to go, and it is inevitable to weigh and compare." ”

Ting Fang said: "King Zhao is indeed a good monarch. He listened to the suggestion of the head of the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce last year, and began to rebuild the Ninghe Palace, saying that the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce would be held every year, so that businessmen from all over the world would come to Zhao to spend money. Ninghe Palace is soliciting all kinds of business, and it is very lively. My master said that when the weather warmed up, we would rent out the farmhouse and the property, and then go to the palace to do some idle embroidery work to earn a living. ”

Shu'er couldn't help but be curious: "Is your master the lady who didn't leave the house last night?" If it's convenient, I want to go and thank her in person before I leave. ”

Tingfang smiled slightly and declined: "Madame has been reluctant to talk to outsiders since her husband passed away. You don't have to be polite, girl, you live in this simple firewood house, and we have received your money, and if you thank you, I will tell you. ”

Shu'er didn't force it, and saluted Tingfang: "Then thank you mother-in-law." ”

Tingfang said: "Girl, let's eat first." We still have to do some farm work, and when the girl leaves, we won't be gone. I hope that the girl will be careful all the way, do not live in other farmhouses at will, and try to go to the city to live in the guest house in the future. ”

Shu'er winked at Tingfang and said, "Mother-in-law, don't worry, it's not bad if I don't lie to others, others can't fool me." ”

Ting Fang smiled at the young girl in front of her, and suddenly remembered Lin Meiren, who had a bright smile but never had the favor of the king in the Song Palace in the past, and couldn't help but pat her hand and said, "Take care, girl." ”

Shu'er looked at Tingfang's back and realized that the way she walked looked like the elderly palace maids in the Song Palace. It's just that this mother-in-law is much kinder and kinder than those snobs in the Song Palace.

Passing through Zhao Guoping Liangcheng, the thin horse galloped, but in a few days, he arrived at the border of Chen and Zhao.

Shu'er changed into Chen Guo's men's clothes, and the generals guarding the city recognized her, knowing that she was the invitation of the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce written by King Zhao last year, and the boss of Fanjing Yan, who has since entered Zhao, is the boss of Yan who made a big fuss about the wedding banquet of King Song in the Song Palace, so he didn't ask her for customs clearance documents at all, and respectfully welcomed her back to Chen Guo.

Back in Chen, Shu'er was like a fish in water, and she stayed at the inn under the name of Yan's industry without spending a penny wherever she went, and the food was the best ingredient in the inn, which was personally served by the innkeeper. All the way to Fanjing, not only did the broken silver in her money bag not decrease, but there were so many that she needed to exchange it for a silver ticket. Later, she no longer dared to disturb the business of the Yan industry, for fear that those shopkeepers would see her traveling alone, so they kept stuffing money into her hands......

Looking at the flowers, it turned out to be the annual Praise Flower Festival in Chen State. She disguised herself as a man, led a horse, walked in the crowd, and took over the cheerful and generous Chen Guo girl who threw her one branch after another to welcome spring, and her mood couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed-

Although there is no Zhuge calm on the rivers and lakes, he is still in her heart. She could hide in the teahouse and wine shop, slowly listen to the storytellers talk about her husband's great achievements, and slowly witness how he unified the country and how he brought the world to his heart. Although she could not grow old with him, they still lived in the same world. She could hear about her husband everywhere. Sijun Wanli, this is enough.

At the door of Fanjing's Biliang cosmetics shop, Yan Qing was beckoning a few Fanjing ladies to enter the store, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a Chen Guo man, with black hair and black clothes, holding a cluster of golden spring greetings, looking at her with a smile.

Yan Qing took a closer look, immediately left those ladies, strode to Shu'er, hugged Shu'er on the street, and cried: "You're back!" ”

Several ladies couldn't help but laugh when they saw that the female shopkeeper of the Biliang cosmetics shop was so disregarded for etiquette, and threw herself into her arms to a delicate little white face in front of everyone.

When Yan Xiu and Su Liu heard the sound, they immediately ran out of the makeup shop, and also rushed forward, shouting excitedly: "Sister Shu'er! ”

Shu'er was hugged into the store by the three of them, and the ladies saw that the little white face was a woman dressed as a man, so they lost interest and buried themselves in choosing makeup.

The three of them chattered about Shu'er's current situation, but Shu'er didn't want to go into details, so she asked, "Where is Su Yang?" ”

Su Liu said: "He went to the restaurant to greet Uncle Zhao Qi." ”

Shu'er asked, "Has Uncle Zhao been out lately?" Do you want to bother Su Yang to greet him in person? ”

Su Liu nodded and said: "Uncle Zhao Qi went out to Jinyang Pass, saying that he would go to Guanwai for another business trip at the end, and then he would never be allowed to call him 'Guanwai Wolf Merchant' again." ”

Shu'er was puzzled: "Uncle Zhao Qi is already the big shopkeeper of the Yan family's industry, what kind of business does he need to go to shut down and sell his life in person?" ”

Su Liu was also puzzled, and said: "It's the business of Biliang cosmetics, he said that he wanted to go to the customs to sell cosmetics, so he pulled up the brothers who had gone outside the customs before, and went west out of Jinyang Pass for some rouge gouache, you say, isn't it strange?" ”

Shu'er said: "It's really strange! I'll go to the restaurant to see what Uncle Zhao Qi has done! "If you want to talk about "The Ups and Downs of the Nations" with more like-minded people, follow "Hot Network or rd444" on WeChat to chat about your favorite books with more book friends