Xuanwu is a local who is familiar with the road conditions, and he took us to the path, he said that he used to take this road when he had to go to the town to buy groceries, and he could come home every time before dark.

I knew that Nanshan was near the border, and Xuanwu was familiar with the terrain, so I inquired with him all the way, telling him to tell me when he was about to arrive.

Halfway through, Xuanwu grabbed my sleeve and pointed to the corner of the mountain not far away, "Sister Candle, that's Nanshan!" ”

I followed the direction of Xuanwu and saw the peach blossoms on the mountain: "Wow, those peach blossoms are so beautiful!" ”

There is a small village under the peach blossoms, that is where my mother lived since childhood, and it is not a border area, so there is no drought. It's a beautiful place, and the air is beautiful by the mountains and rivers. I was always homesick when I was sad, and I began to envy my mother and the people who lived here......

Chu Muxiu and I came here for disaster relief at the behest of His Majesty, and besides, I was afraid that the peach blossoms would wilt if I picked them back now, so I took a few more looks and left. I thought I'd have to pick five or six bundles from him when I got back.

Xuanwu told me that Nanshan is best known for its peach blossoms, but fortunately this year's drought did not endanger Nanshan or those peach blossoms. The women of the village are even more ingenious and can make mellow peach blossom wine, and many wine merchants come to make reservations every year.

Passing by Nanshan, we followed Xuanwu for a long time, and when we arrived at Xuanwu's house, the sky was already dark and dark, and every household had already closed the door. The more I went inside, the more I felt hot. Xuanwu said that it hadn't rained here for a year, and that I was stepping on cracked dry land, that there was no grass and no animals in the village, that even the tall old trees had died, that the creek in the village had dried up, and that there were some dried fish bones by the river. The village where Xuanwu lives is called Chenjiazhai, which also belongs to the border area, and also belongs to the place where we want to distribute food and materials. It was almost dark, Chu Muxiu and I decided to stay here and wait for Qianche and Mo'er, and that night Chu Muxiu flew a pigeon to send a message to General Wu Shao, telling him that we had arrived at Chenjiazhai on the border, and asked him to bring food here to find us.

We walked into Xuanwu's house, Xuanwu beckoned, put down his things, found a candle and lit it on the table, and beckoned us to sit down. Xuanwu's home was small, with little left except a bed, a table, and a few chairs.

About half an hour later, my grandmother brought a few steaming sweet potatoes from the pot, "Come, you are hungry, there are no good things at home, you will eat some to fill your stomachs!" ”

I asked Xuanwu to bring the sweet potato back: "Grandma don't need it, we ate in the restaurant in the town today, and now I'm not hungry, you can put it away and keep it for yourself!" ”

I know that my grandmother bought those sweet potatoes with the money from selling sesame peanuts today, so how can I be willing to eat such precious things for them!

"Doesn't the girl dislike the old woman, this sweet potato is not as good as those delicacies from the mountains and seas outside?" Grandma saw Xuanwu take the sweet potatoes back, so she hung her head and asked me.

"No, no, Xuanwu, you bring the sweet potato, I'll eat it, I'll eat it!" Although grandma is old, her head is clear, and she took the sweet potato again with a trick.

A candle, a table, a bowl of sweet potatoes, I never thought that one day I could live such a peasant life, I have to say that such a day is quite fun.

"Xuanwu, you didn't eat steamed buns during the day, this is the biggest one for you!" I picked out the largest sweet potato from the bowl and handed it to Xuanwu.

Xuanwu took it happily, and I also picked up one and peeled it off.

"Well, this sweet potato is delicious!" I've never eaten sweet potatoes cooked like this, and I think it tastes even better.

Of course, Chu Muxiu didn't eat these things, and sat opposite me and rubbed his red sword with strips of cloth over and over again by the light of the candle.

Xuanwu ate his mouth full: "Sister Candle, where do you live?" ”

I took another bite: "My family lives in Huancheng!" ”

"Huancheng? Is it Tengoi's Kyoto Huancheng? ”

"yes!"

"What about you, big brother?" Xuanwu turned his head and asked Chu Muxiu.

"I also live in Huancheng!" Chu Muxiu was still rubbing his sword.

Xuanwu's eyes lit up, and he put down the sweet potato and suddenly became interested: "What does Huancheng look like?" Is it fun? ”

Xuanwu's question really came to my heart, and I just took this opportunity to brag about it: "I grew up in Huancheng since I was a child, I don't know anything else, but if you want to talk about what is delicious and fun in Huancheng, then you are asking the right person, I tell you, you can go to the tea shop during the day to listen to Mr. Storyteller, and you can go to Mingyue Tower to watch a few shadow puppet shows at night, if you are lucky enough to meet the Shangyuan Festival, the streets are full of colorful lights, and they are beautiful to look at......"

Xuanwu bowed his head and was a little disappointed: "Huancheng is so good, it's a pity that I have been in the village all day long, and I haven't been out of the town since I grew so big!" ”

"I will definitely take you to Huancheng to have a good time when I have a chance in the future!"

"Really?"

I patted my chest: "I mean what I say!" ”

Actually, I'm not sure what I'm saying, I don't know if I'll have the opportunity to come to this place in the future, and I don't know if I'll be able to see Xuanwu. But those are unknowns, and after all, I still have to leave a thought for Xuanwu.

I took advantage of Chu Muxiu's inattention and quietly put my mouth close to Xuanwu's ear: "Xuanwu, let me tell you, it won't be long before a group of people will send a lot of food to your village!" ”

Xuanwu covered his mouth in surprise: "Really? ”

I motioned to Xuanwu not to let Chu Muxiu know, and then nodded desperately.

"Big brother, why don't you eat sweet potatoes?" I talked a lot with Xuanwu, and for a long time Xuanwu asked Chu Muxiu.

I beckoned to Xuanwu: "Leave him alone, he's not like us, he doesn't like to eat outside things, and he doesn't like to sleep in the bed outside!" ”

Xuanwu ran to Chu Muxiu and looked at his sword: "Big brother, what do you usually like to eat, I'll buy it for you on the street tomorrow?" ”

"Chicken, duck, fish!"

Chu Muxiu's answer made Xuanwu a little disappointed, because it was already a luxury to be able to eat a few white steamed buns in this village.

I suddenly remembered what happened in the restaurant today: "Chicken, duck and fish? Don't you just love white rice? ”

Chu Muxiu finally put away his sword: "That's just what you think!" ”

"And where do you like to live?" Xuanwu did not give up and continued to ask Chu Muxiu.

"Mansion Palace!"

Xuanwu swallowed his saliva and twisted the sweet potato in his hand hard, "But my big brother wants to eat and live, and I don't have anything in this village!"

I took down the sweet potato that was about to be wrung in Xuanwu's hand: "It's okay, this chicken, duck and fish meat is too greasy and will make you upset, the mansion and palace are too deserted and not as warm as your hut, I don't like to eat chicken, duck and fish, and I don't like to live in the mansion palace." ”

"Sister Candle, do you really think so?"

"Hmm!"

Xuanwu looked at me with that longing look, and even if it was fake, I didn't want to tell it.

Chu Muxiu glanced at me: "If you don't like to eat chicken, duck and fish, why bother washing a hundred bowls in the backyard of the restaurant!" ”

I also glanced at Chu Muxiu and didn't fight with him.

At night, Xuanwu and his grandmother went to sleep in the small room, and the grandmother brought us two cotton and linen quilts, and Chu Muxiu picked up a few handfuls of straw from outside. Chu Muxiu slept next to me, with straw under us and a cotton and linen quilt on our bodies. Compared to sleeping outside two days ago, tonight was really enjoyable.

The moonlight shone through the window, and it hit the ground so brightly that I couldn't sleep.

"Your Highness, have you slept?" I lay down for a long time and didn't fall asleep, and I didn't dare to call him when I saw Chu Muxiu move several times.

"Nope!"

"I want to ask you a question." Chu Muxiu replied to me, and I instantly came to my senses.

Chu Muxiu closed his eyes: "What's the problem?" ”

"Why are you saving Xuanwu today?" In fact, this question has been held in my heart for a long time, and when I first came out of the restaurant, it was like asking him.

Chu Muxiu pillowed his head with his arm: "That wolf bead on the belt is in the way!" ”

I turned my head to look at him: "But didn't you say that the wolf bead is very precious and rare in the world?" ”

"I'm not rare in the world!"

Chu Muxiu's words made me speechless, and I turned my head: "Also, what do you want from a prince!" ”

Chu Muxiu finally opened his eyes: "But I never got what I wanted!" ”

I looked out the window, "What do you want?" ”

Chu Muxiu didn't speak for a long time, and then he simply put his hand down from his head, turned around and went to sleep.

In fact, many times I don't understand what Chu Muxiu said.

I think Chu Muxiu has indeed changed a lot after getting along for a few days, originally he was very bored and didn't say a word for a day, but when he was chatting with Xuanwu just now, he said a lot of words, and even learned to joke with me.

Later, I still couldn't sleep, I always thought about Chu Muxiu's good food and good life, what he wanted.

Thinking about it, I fell asleep......

"Miss, Miss......"

"Go away and let me sleep again."

Early in the morning, I was sleeping in a daze and I heard someone calling me, and I thought I was still dreaming and didn't want to open my eyes.

"Miss!"

I opened my eyes suddenly and saw that it was Mo'er, and I hugged her happily: "Mo'er, Mo'er!" ”

I grabbed Mo'er's hand: "Mo'er, when did you get here?" ”

Mo'er was so happy that she almost cried: "We waited for the men and horses transporting the grain, and we came with them overnight. ”

"Are you hurt?" I took a closer look at Mo'er's clothes, all torn.

Mo'er stood up and spun around: "No, miss, don't you think I'm fine now?" ”

Mo'er kept rummaging through the bag: "By the way, Miss, I left you a few pieces of pine cake here!" ”

"What about Your Highness?" I stood up only to find that Chu Muxiu was no longer in the house.

Mo'er looked outside: "Oh, Your Highness has gone to find Qian Che and Major General Lu!" ”

I was incredible: "Major General Lu, is it the General Lu that I was going to marry?" ”

Mo'er nodded: "Yes, she looks quite handsome!" ”

"Let's go, let's go!" I ran out with Mo'er.

Two carts of grain were placed in Chenjiazhai, and Chu Muxiu glanced at it: "General Lu, how much grain has Your Majesty distributed this time?" ”

Lu Huai clasped his hands into fists: "Back to Your Highness, 100,000 stones of rice will be used for the area north of the border, and another 100,000 taels of gold will be used for the area south of the border!" ”

I ran over and looked at it for a long time: "You are Major General Lu?" ”

Lu Huai raised his head: "Under Lu Huai, I don't know who the girl is?" ”

"I, I'm a candle!" I see that he is very good-looking.

Lu Huai was puzzled: "I don't know which Ah Candle the girl is talking about?" ”

I patted my head and blamed myself for being too reckless: "Oh yes, we haven't met, my father is Nan Hengwen." ”

Lu Huai was taken aback: "It turned out to be the prime minister's daughter, it's really rude to be here, I only heard his name and didn't see him, I didn't expect to see Miss Fangyan today and really captivate the country and the city!" ”

I touched my face, and my heart was simply happy: "Alluring the country and the city? If I want to say that my appearance is a country and a city, then the sow is not allowed to go up the tree! ”

Lu Huai felt that I was not as restrained as everyone else: "Miss is really interesting, oh yes, last time I went to your house to greet the prime minister and said that you couldn't get up from the cold, are you feeling better now?"

I paused: "Okay, it's all right, if it's not good, how can I have the spirit to come out and suffer this!" ”

"Greeting, what greeting?"

Qian Che is always talkative, but I have already started to get nervous, because I am afraid that Chu Muxiu will hear it, if he knows that I have a marriage contract, then I will be finished.

"That's the case, I have a marriage contract with Miss Nan, and the eighth day of the first month of last month was the day of my big wedding with Miss Nan, but because Miss Nan suddenly contracted a cold, the award wedding date has been delayed until now!" Lu Huai didn't think so, and told them the story of me and him as a story.

I glanced at Chu Muxiu without hurrying, his eyes were dry, but I always felt that he was glaring at me. This Lu Huai can't open which pot to mention, I'm simply embarrassed, if there is a crack in the ground, I will go straight into it.

"It turns out that Ah Candle has a marriage contract, so you still told me that night......"

"Shut up, if you dare to say a word, I'll kill you!" I stared at Qianche like death.

Qian Che glanced at me but didn't dare to say anything.