What's wrong?" Du Mei looked at Ye Dan strangely.

"Oh, that's right, you're going to finish cutting the clothes last time, you go this time, just cut another batch." Ye Dan turned over and asked Zhong Yu to step forward and stick a needle.

"I see. This is easy to do, I can do it in an hour at night. Du Mei stepped aside and nodded.

"Are you going to pick cotton tomorrow?" Zhong Yu asked Du Mei while skillfully twisting the silver needles into various acupuncture points.

"Well, I want to find some people in the village to help, ten acres of cotton fields, there are fewer people, and I can't harvest it at all." Du Mei had already planned that there would be no farm work in the fields at this time, and he would be able to find a dozen or so women who were quick to help with a penny.

"I heard you say that the Grange has been deserted for a long time, and I'm afraid that there is nowhere to make a fire to cook, so lunch will be delivered by Yu Jitang." Zhong Yu is thoughtful.

"This ...... It's just too much trouble. Du Mei pinched the corners of her clothes, she really didn't expect this.

"I'm your uncle, what's the trouble is not troublesome." Zhong Yu twisted the silver needle.

After talking for a while, Zhong Yu saw that the hour was almost up, and took the silver needles one by one, and Ye Dan only felt much more relaxed.

"That's it, I still have a patient to visit." Zhong Yu packed up the medicine box, didn't delay, got up and left first.

The illness came like a mountain, and the illness went like a thread, Ye Dan couldn't afford to be sick at this time, he was afraid of delaying Luo Meixuan's business, so he couldn't help but repeatedly tell Du Mei some things.

"I've written down everything you said. It's not too early, I'll go back first, you're so good to give birth. Du Mei saw that Ye Dan had said too much, and his face turned pale again, so he hurriedly said goodbye.

Du Mei, Du Zhong and Shi returned to Dujiagou, Du Mei and Du Zhong said that they would go together tomorrow, Du Zhong naturally responded, he went home and had no leisure, and went to the field to take a look.

"How's it going on the Grange?" The three little ones were very curious, and when they saw Du Mei coming home, they gathered her in the kitchen and asked.

Shi unloaded the carriage and went to the river beach to drink horses as usual, while Xu was busy cooking dinner.

"It's big and it's very desolate, and only ten acres of cotton grow very well." Du Mei drank the tea to cool and said to her sisters in general terms.

"Ten acres of cotton! How much do you have to charge? Du Ying looked yearning and said in surprise.

"Well, a lot, a lot, the cotton is white and soft, and that's why I've given the Grange a nice name." Du Mei spread his arms and drew circles exaggeratedly.

"What's the name?" Du Gui hugged Du Mei's waist and looked up at her with great interest.

"Baiyun Villa! Doesn't it sound good? Du Mei smugly rubbed Du Gui's head.

There was a sound of "clang", and the startled Du Mei sisters hurriedly followed the reputation, only to see the scoop of scooping water falling to the ground, a whole scoop of water was sprinkled on the ground, and the splashed mud spots were stained on the corners of Xu's skirt with a shocked face.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Du Mei saw that Xu's face was white without a trace of blood, and hurriedly helped her.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Xu Shi waved her hand again and again, she suddenly felt that her knees were weak, and she couldn't stand, so she had to sit down next to the chair that Du Tao had moved.

"Are you tired?" Du Mei hurriedly made her a glass of sugar water.

"Mother is fine, only your white cloud...... Isn't it said that the villa is a grange? Xu took a sip of the hot sugar water and asked calmly.

"Oh, that's right, this time the emperor rewarded the hundred acres of mountains and forests next to the grange, so the rich grange has become my Baiyun Villa.

And it's very interesting to say, I heard Shen County's order say that this grange was originally owned by the old marquis, and it was also called Baiyun. Du Mei said with a smile while helping Xu squeeze his shoulders.

"Yes...... Is it? Hearing this, Xu Shi was noncommittal, but his body instantly stiffened.

"Of course, Chu Lin said the same thing." Du Mei increased the force in his hand and said very naturally. She didn't realize at all that her name for Chu Lin had changed back to the original.

"There...... Luckily? Xu softened his shoulders and asked in a low voice with his eyes down.

"It's dilapidated and old, the fields are deserted, and the houses there, Uncle Zhong said they were built more than 20 years ago." Du Mei couldn't hear her mother's emotions, so she only pouted.

"Really?!" When Xu Shi heard Du Mei's words, he suddenly grabbed Du Mei's hand and said excitedly.

"Mother? ......" Du Mei didn't understand why her mother suddenly became interested in those old houses.

"I ...... I'm so happy, I'm so happy for you. Xu Shi saw Du Mei's suspicion, realized his gaffe, and hurriedly turned around and patted Du Mei's arm.

"Mother, it's dilapidated and old, if you go, you won't be so happy." Du Mei hugged Xu and said with a little regret.

"Didn't you say there was some cotton?" Hui lovingly smoothed a strand of hair that had fallen from Du Mei's sideburns behind her ear.

"Well, mother, I'll go to the village to find a few aunts and sisters-in-law in a while, and we will pick cotton together tomorrow. If the cotton is not picked, it will be destroyed if it rains again. Du Mei said a little anxiously.

"Then you go, remember to pay the wages." Xu instructed.

"Yes." Du Mei turned around and went out to find a helper.

Du Mei went out for a while and came back, Aunt Fang, Aunt Zhang, and Aunt Fat were all familiar with Du Mei, and they should go down as soon as they said it, and the others agreed happily even if they didn't look at Du Mei's identity, just looking at the salary she opened.

At dinner, Xu asked how to arrange tomorrow's lunch, and Du Mei said that Zhong Yu had already said that he would deliver the meal, and Xu was silent.

When she was about to go to bed at night, she seemed to have made up her mind, and said to Du Mei: "Meizi, Ming'er, I will go with you to pick cotton." ”

"Mother, it's overgrown with weeds, it's dilapidated and old, don't go." Du Mei persuaded.

"Mother wants to go and see." Xu didn't look at Du Mei, only turned his head to stare at the dark night outside the window.

"You're going, what should Komatsu do?" Du Mei bit her lip.

"I'll carry him on my back!" Xu said resolutely.

"This ...... Well, let's check it out. Du Mei wanted to persuade again, but seeing that her mother was so stubborn, she was rarely willing to go out once, so she had to agree.

Just after the fifth watch of the next day, Du Mei's carriage set off with a rattle. Du Mei's family all went out, only the black girl was lying in the courtyard, guarded by this black god, and no one dared to enter her house.

There were lights hanging on the carriage, there were almost no pedestrians on the road, and the stones drove the carriage fast and steadily, and by about the hour, the carriage had already left Qinghe County and walked on the mountain road.

Because the three little ones got up early, they all leaned on Du Mei and dozed off. Xu didn't know whether she was nervous or excited, her eyes were wide open, and the juniper in her arms slept soundly with the swaying of the carriage.

The women of the village, who had never been in a carriage, were very curious, and they did not get sleepy when they got up so early, but chattered all the way.

A stick of incense, in the lush jungle, the morning sun was slightly dewed, the sky was getting brighter, and the carriage stopped in front of the grange.

"Oops, it's finally here." The women jumped out of the carriage one after another, stretching their waists and moving their stiff bodies.

The weeds that had been cut yesterday had fallen and withered, forming a path in the thriving weeds. Du Zhong folded a small stick and led the way in front, and the morning dew on the wild grass and wild flowers soaked his trousers, shoes and socks.

The women walked all the way, talking in fright, and the grasshoppers and frogs in the field were jumping everywhere.

The three little ones were excited, looking at everything very fresh, grabbed Du Mei and asked this and that. Xu walked behind, she carried the sleeping juniper on her back, and walked into the grange step by step.

It's been almost twenty years, and except that the sky and the earth have not changed, this place is no longer what she remembered in her dreams. The small trees that used to be the size of a thumb are towering, the old white-walled and black-tiled houses are crumbling, and the weeds and wild flowers add to the desolation.

Xu's tears flowed down, how many good memories she had here, these memories seemed to be the previous life, but now she saw the light of day one by one, she never had the luxury of coming back one day, or coming back as the master!

The Du Mei sisters walked in front and didn't see Xu's appearance at all. She was afraid that Du Mei would be suspicious, so she hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, and then, walking a few steps, followed her daughters.

The cotton fields on the slope were blooming with snow-white flowers, and from a distance they looked like a floating cloud, and the women, who had seen enough of the scenery, hurried down to the ground before the sun came out.

They are all accustomed to farm work, and they have a special cotton pocket for picking cotton, which looks like an apron for cooking, with only a large pocket in the front. The women's left and right hands moved at the same time, and with a gentle flick of their five fingers, a four-petaled cotton was cleanly picked.

Du Mei took Du Ying and Du Tao to the field, Du Gui was too young, she stood in the cotton field and was not as high as a cotton stalk, so she had to carry her little brother on her back and change Xu's to the field.

Du Zhong and Shi also came to help, Du Zhong is a good way to farm, Shi has never done it, but he is quick to lose to others, and he will soon pick up a good look.

Today, God admires his face, the sky has been cloudy, and there are gusts of cool breeze from time to time. The cotton blooms vigorously, and almost only a small piece of land is picked, and the cotton bag is full, and the cotton is poured into the sack on the ridge. This was repeated, and four or five stuffed marijuana bags were quickly erected on the ridges.

Two hours later, Zhong Yu came with a carriage to deliver lunch.

Du Mei beckoned everyone to rest, and Du Zhong cut out a piece of land on the dry land and moved some stones as stools to sit on. The meal sent by Zhong Yu was very rich, a large bowl of japonica rice, a large piece of braised pork, braised fish, braised chicken, and four or five kinds of vegetables.

"Uncle Zhong Yu, how did you find here?" Du Mei took the bowl and served everyone food, and looked up and asked.

"Ahem, you girl, this way, didn't you say it yesterday." Du Zhong was suddenly asked by her like this, and said a little unnaturally on his face.

"Oh, look I'm so busy that I forgot." Du Mei bowed her head a little embarrassed to eat.

"You guys eat, such a big Zhuangzi, I'll go around." Zhong Yu said casually, turned around and left.

"The grass is full of barren grass, uncle, you watch out for yourself." Du Mei looked at Zhong Yu's back and said loudly.

"Yes." Zhong Yu raised his hand, which was an answer.

He climbed the hill with great skill, looked around the house, and after a while, walked to the lotus pond from a side path. After about a while, he turned back.

"Uncle Zhong Yu, why do I think you've been here?" Seeing Zhong Yu coming back, Du Mei turned his head and asked.