Chapter Eighty-Six: Not Enough Food
The old lady did not refuse her support, and after Yuan Xuan helped her in, she first went into the hall and took two chairs out for her to sit on, and then looked at Yuan Xuan kindly and smiled, turned around and walked slowly into the grass hut on the side.
Yuan Xuan was not in a hurry to sit down at this time, she looked at the plants in the courtyard on the spot, and then craned her neck to enjoy the nearby scenery.
She didn't look at any of this when she came, because the road was so narrow, and she only cared about the road under her feet.
In addition, she was afraid that the people behind would not be able to find here, and Wei Wei had to make a mark for every distance, and she had no time to see it when she led the horse.
It's the season of spring, and the endless turquoise wheat seedlings in the vicinity are swaying layer after layer of dark green waves after the breeze, which looks like ocean waves at first glance, and looks extraordinarily beautiful.
There is a forest in the distance, and I don't know what kind of trees they are from a distance, the trunk is quite high, and there is no end in sight......
When Wei Wei, who was outside the door, calmed his horse and entered the courtyard with Dashan, the lady happened to come out with two bowls of steaming water.
After hearing the movement, Yuan Xuan suddenly came back to her senses, and looked at the steaming heat of the bowl in the eldest lady's hand, she hurriedly stepped forward and carefully caught one.
Letting the old man be so troublesome, she felt a little reluctant to go, and after putting the bowl on the stone table, she said apologetically: "It's really annoying Auntie!" ”
"What's this? It's just two bowls of water, you're too polite. The old lady waved her hand and smiled innocently.
At this time, Wei Wei and Dashan came over, because of the difference between men and women, Wei Wei took the water and went elsewhere with Dashan.
Yuan Xuan knew that Wei Wei didn't like others to stare at her, and after seeing him walk away again, she looked at his back and smiled shyly.
Then he moistened his mouth by blowing the water on the side of the bowl, and then raised his head and asked the eldest mother: "Auntie, are you the only one in your family?" Why don't you see anyone else? ”
These words made the old lady's face change, she looked down at her toes, and then shook her head with a helpless smile: "My daughter-in-law ran away, and now I am the only wife in this family." ”
Yuan Xuan didn't continue to ask, she noticed that something was wrong with what she said, and immediately mentioned the matter of farming and said something else to her.
The doubts in Dashan's heart not far away had not been dispelled, and he followed behind Wei Wei inch by inch, rubbing his hands and asking him tentatively what he was going to do in this battle.
Because they had only recruited soldiers once a while ago, there were only about 100 people in their dozen households, and nearly 20 people were recruited at this time. Therefore, he was very afraid that there would be some new movements in the government.
At the beginning of February, the king of Goryeo led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to invade Liaoxi, but was defeated by the Sui army.
After that, the emperor began to order conscription, and ordered Yang Liang, the king of Han, and Wang Shiji to be the marshal of the march, with a total of 300,000 land and sea soldiers, and immediately marched into Goryeo.
"My lord, it's easy to say anything else, but don't be a conscription, now there are only seven or eight strong men left in this small village except for the grass people, and they can't stand any tossing......" He grumbled with a sad face.
When Wei Wei heard this, he turned his head and looked at Dashan with a smile and said, "What?" Do you want to rebel? Unwilling to serve the court? ”
After speaking, the person in front of him suddenly widened his eyes in disbelief, not only stopped speaking, but also turned blue and his lips turned white.
He frowned and felt a little remorseful, blaming himself for not being able to tease him, let alone making fun of it!
But Dashan was already frightened by this, and he didn't know what to do, what to do? Does the imperial court really want to continue recruiting troops? How did he answer so as not to offend the prefectural magistrate?
Before he could speak, his lips were squirming, and Wei Wei had already said with a straight face: "Brother Dashan, don't worry too much, this official is just joking with you." ”
Yuan Xuan didn't know about these major events in the imperial court, and the lady asked her how many people were coming later, and she replied without thinking: "There are still thirty people." ”
"Did you say three or four, or thirty?" The eldest lady thought she had misheard, and rubbed her ears to confirm.
Yuan Xuan pursed his lips and smiled when he heard this, and after laughing, he deliberately rolled his tongue and said, "It's thirty people, so my grandson and I saw that your house was the most spacious, so we came to the door with a cheeky face." ”
Thirty people, how much food will be enough for these people to eat after those few meals?
The old lady looked in the direction of the grass house, then got up and looked at the mountain crampedly, sat down and looked at Yuan Xuan and said with a bitter smile: "Noble, I won't tell you anything, my wife and I eat bran at home on weekdays."
You are all distinguished guests who have come to us today, a small place in the middle of nowhere, and I should do my best to entertain you, my wife. But thirty people is a lot, and I'm afraid there won't be enough food in my house. ”
The smile on Yuan Xuan's face instantly froze, she didn't expect to encounter such a situation at all, and she opened her mouth a little overwhelmed.
Otherwise, let's borrow another one, right? Yuan Xuan embarrassedly comforted the old lady and said, "Auntie, you wait for me for a while, and I'll go and say a few words to my grandson." ”
"Husband." Without waiting for anyone to agree, she immediately got up and shouted to Wei Wei's place.
At this time, Wei Wei had already told Dashan the purpose of his visit, and told him that he was just bringing his female dependents to the spring outing, and he had nothing to do.
After hearing this, Dashan patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, then laughed to ease the atmosphere, and enthusiastically introduced him to good places nearby. When he said he was happy, his face was full of red light and spittle.
Wei Wei couldn't insert it at all, this eloquent appearance reminded him of Dou Jiande!
When he first met Dou Jiande, he thought he was a stable person, but who knew that he was not stable at all, but a person who played a lot of heavy words.
He has recruited so many talents in the past few years, and he has a good mouth, and this mountain is comparable to him.
Then he thought of Li Jing and the others, according to the agreed time, he and the people would come back in May.
I don't know if they have done the few things they have explained? Did something go wrong? Will you come to join him on time?
Suddenly hearing Yuan Xuan's voice calling him, he subconsciously looked over, but the scene he saw made his face darken.
After Yuan Xuan shouted Wei Wei, he trotted in his direction with his skirt.
But she forgot that she was wearing a belly pocket at this time, not stereotyped underwear, and the two lumps of meat on her chest swayed up and down uncontrollably because of running~~.
Dashan saw that the color behind him instantly turned red, he didn't dare to look at Wei Wei's face, and hurriedly lowered his head and said: "The lord and the lady will continue to chat, and the grass people will go and prepare dinner for the adults with the third uncle first, and retire first." After saying that, he buried his head and went to the old lady's side.
Yuan Xuan slowed down after running a few steps, but he didn't feel anything else, but he felt a little uncomfortable shaking in his chest. Seeing that Wei Wei's face was not good-looking, she didn't think about herself.