Chapter 2: Regaining Warmth

Chu Bo is Aunt Wei's husband, who is honest and kind. The family relied on three acres of vegetable fields to grow some seasonal vegetables and sell them to large families in the city in exchange for some silver to support the family's expenses. In addition to housework, Aunt Wei occasionally takes on some sewing and mending work to fill the family, although her life is poor, the two men and women can also get by.

Aunt Wei and Chu Bo's only son, Chu Feng, joined the Hengchong as a cavalry six years ago, and there has been no news so far, and there are only husband and wife in the family. I thought that Cao Ran could add a little more excitement to the family, but a few days ago, Cao Ran was silent, and often sat alone by the river and muttered something, Aunt Wei always secretly watched her on the side, afraid that she would not be able to think of doing something stupid for a while.

In fact, Cao Ran has never had the idea of committing suicide, but she is thinking about the most important question at the moment, who is she now? Where should I go? She didn't have any memories of this world, and she didn't know who her family was, where they were, how she was going to look for them, and what to do if she was an orphan. The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became, and in the end she simply didn't think about it, and took it one step at a time.

Cao Ran rarely goes to the river to be depressed recently, and more often stays with Aunt Wei to help with housework. She has never done so much housework when she is so old, in her words, this is the truth that if you come to it, you will be safe, since you have to live in this era in the future, you must first learn the rules of life in this era, and she can't live in other people's homes for nothing, and she can be regarded as doing her part, and her heart is better.

Don't look at Cao Ran's girl's slender body at this time, but her physical strength surprised her. In the past, she would be tired and out of breath even when she brought a cabbage home from the supermarket, but now she can carry a basket of vegetables to the car without much effort.

Chu Bo and Aunt Wei were also surprised by her petite figure, and during the meal, Aunt Wei vigorously served her vegetables, and said with a smile: "Ranran, eat more, you are still growing your body" Cao Ran smiled bitterly and nodded, "Okay, thank you Aunt Wei."

When she has nothing to do, Aunt Wei will teach her some embroidery skills, Aunt Wei's embroidery skills are one of the best in ten miles and eight villages, and when she meets a daughter-in-law, she asks Aunt Wei to embroider a red wedding dress.

Cao Ran also followed Aunt Wei to embroider a red hijab, which was embroidered with a pair of mandarin ducks in the stream, although a pair of mandarin ducks on the festive red handkerchief were wrinkled, but still couldn't stop the red festivity. Cao Ran couldn't help but sigh, "In the 21st century, if I know such craftsmanship, how can I use it for work and Yuwen to be different."

Cao Ran's mind reappeared of the scene of that day in the coffee shop, and tears silently moistened her eyes.

Cao Ran couldn't understand how the sincere love between them could suddenly disappear. Cao Ran is a more traditional woman, once she falls in love with someone, she has only this one person in her heart wholeheartedly. She had never noticed anything unusual between them, and she foolishly thought that he would be ready to propose to her. In the end, he even thought to himself that if she hadn't left impulsively that day, he would have told her that he had something unspeakable.

Perhaps, no matter how sincere and beautiful emotions are, they will inadvertently become a thing of the past.

When she first came to this era, Cao Ran did feel a lot of discomfort, no electricity, no mobile phone, no network, and the day suddenly became very long, long enough to do many things, or even do nothing.

Fortunately, Cao Ran will cook a good dish. The materials at home are limited, and there is no meat to eat, but the vegetables in the field can be picked every day.

She made all kinds of vegetables for Aunt Wei and Lu Bo to taste every day, which can be regarded as some gratitude to the two benefactors.

A table of radish and cabbage turned into a dish full of color and flavor in Cao Ran's hands.

Lu Bomei looked at a plate of shredded carrots and scrambled eggs on the table with a smile and said: "This dish is really delicious, it is delicious and beautiful, it looks like a blooming spring flower, if Feng'er is here, he will definitely be able to eat all the plates haha"

Aunt Wei heard Lu Bo mention her son who was looking forward to it every day, and her voice was a little hoarse: "Yes, if Feng'er comes back, she will definitely like it."

Cao Ran can best understand the pain of separation from her relatives at this time, and she is not in this pain.

Cao Ran's shallow smile covered up the sadness in his heart, "Brother Chu Feng will definitely come back safely, and I will cook him a more sumptuous meal at that time."

Aunt Wei's mind came up with the scene described by Cao Ran, and the corners of her tear-moist eyes curved into a happy arc: "Okay, okay, if our family can have a daughter like you who can cook good dishes and make us happy, how nice it would be."

Cao Ran was already lonely in this world, and hearing these words aroused the desolation in his heart. His dark eyes were full of waves, and he said, "Aunt Wei, Uncle Lu, now I can't remember my family, or maybe I don't have a family anymore. It was you who saved me and took good care of me, and in my heart I have regarded the two of you as my father and mother, if you don't dislike them, I will be your daughter in the future, cooking your favorite meals every day, and making the two elders happy every day."

Aunt Wei and Lu Bo were overjoyed when they saw the scene in front of them. That night, facing the bright moon hanging high, he received the tea served by Cao Ran and received three bows. The simple ritual connects the three people who transcend centuries and cross blood ties.

The bright moonlight shined through the window lattice and sprinkled on the bedside, like a gentle silver veil. That night, Cao Ran wore a sweet smile and fell asleep for the first time in many days.

Aunt Wei often told Cao Ran the story of Chu Feng, Chu Feng liked to practice martial arts since he was a child, and he was a hot-blooded man born in troubled times. At the age of fifteen, he was drafted into the cavalry regiment and later selected for the Hengchong capital. It didn't take long for the Liang army to attack Yanzhou of the Jin State, and Emperor Yuwen of the Jin Dynasty sent a thousand cavalry to support Yanzhou. The rampage lived up to expectations and defeated the Liang army, lifted the siege of Yanzhou, and became famous.

Aunt Wei thought that Hengchong had won the battle and would return to Beijing soon, but this wait was six years. The rampage has been fighting everywhere for six years, and every time the news of the rampage and winning the battle came back to the Qiongdu City, Aunt Wei was terrified, and she didn't know how much her clothes were wet with tears.

And Chu Bo would have a drink with three or two old friends every time, telling the invincible rampage as if he was there, the heroic and invincible iron horseman, the battlefield filled with gunsmoke, the scene of corpses flowing all over the field, and finally drunk to the point of being unconscious.

In his dreams, he could always see Chu Feng on the battlefield, holding a spear and fighting bravely to kill the enemy, Chu Bo stood anxiously behind Chu Feng, and was about to tell him to be careful, Chu Feng turned his head and laughed at him like a child, shouting at him "Daddy---" At the moment, countless swords, guns and swords flew into Chu Feng's chest, and "Feng'er" Chu Bo woke up from his dream with sweat, only to realize that it was a nightmare.

Twenty-three years ago, the queen of the Jin Kingdom went to Huguo Temple to ask for a child on the return journey to pick up Yu Wenhua who was still crying slightly in swaddling clothes, and the queen wrapped it into her arms after the little milk baby turned into a smile, which aroused the queen's maternal love, thinking that this was the fate of their mother and son arranged by God, so they took it back to the palace to raise. Yu Wenhua entered the military camp at the age of thirteen, fought bravely and well, rarely met opponents, and repeatedly made military exploits in many wars with the Liang State. At the age of seventeen, Yuwenyong was besieged by the Liang army in Bianzhou, he desperately protected Yuwenyong and rescued him in the chaos of soldiers, so he was reused by Yuwenyong, and was named King Xuan, leading his own soldiers.

After the Battle of Yanzhou defeated the Liang army, it inspired the confidence of the soldiers to resist the war, and Yu Wenhua's reputation became more and more prominent. The fame of the rampage spread throughout Kyushu, and it was as terrifying as a stormy wave. Many heroes and people who are enthusiastic about serving the country have volunteered to join the rampage.

At that time, Shang Shu ordered Feng Dao to join forces with many important ministers to admonish and impeach Yu Wenhua's mercenaries for their conceit, and their merits were high.

Although Yuwenyong is very important to Yuwenhua, he can't bear the advice of the ministers around him, and he is also a little afraid that Yuwenhua will rebel.

And the queen has always regarded Yu Wenhua as her own, and persuaded Yu Wenhua by her side, after all, Yu Wenhua has made great contributions to the Jin country, and there is no evidence of his rebellion, and at this time, the rampage is supported by the people, and if it is not handled properly, it may arouse public anger.

After several deliberations, Yuwenyong ordered to crown Yuwenhua as the general of Anguo, and on the grounds that the war situation in the border area was still unstable, he ordered to rampage the capital to guard the border war, and he was not allowed to return without an edict.

Although this move was ostensibly a reward for the promotion of officials to knighthood, in fact, in the war-torn border areas, the war was continuous, and the people were suffering, and just repairing the army and dealing with the enemy army was already too busy to take care of, and there was no energy to think about rebellion. On the other hand, Yu Wenyong sent someone to monitor Yu Wenhua, and if he really led the army back to Beijing without an edict, he would be convicted of rebellion and could be ordered to be exterminated.

Of course, Yu Wenhua understood the intention of Emperor Jin's will, and he was adopted as an adopted son by Yu Wenyong since he was a child, admiring his heroism in galloping on the battlefield. He knew very well that Yuwen Yong was not a suspicious person, and he would be wary of his loyalty, which had never bred the idea of rebellion, and he would be bewitched by others.

Yu Wenhua sighed faintly, "Since ancient times, there have been a few kings who can resist the instigation of the traitor for power."

Time is spent in successive battles, and in six years, Yu Wenhua led the rampage to fight everywhere, sitting down with one million mercenaries, and one hundred thousand elite iron horsemen were extremely brave and invincible, becoming the sword in Yu Wenhua's hands. The border countries are all jealous, and they are in awe of Yu Wenhua, who is good at battlefield strategy, proficient in tactics, strong in martial arts, and extraordinary, and is regarded as the nemesis of the battlefield by the generals of all countries, and even some foreign generals invite themselves to participate in the war, not to win, but to fight with him in a bloody battle of life and death.

In six years, Yu Wenhua pacified the invasion of the Jin Emperor and recovered the lost territory.