Chapter Thirty-Eight: Another Storm

After breakfast, Xiaohuai pleased Jiang Xinyi to play with him, Fu Bo and Mu Yun seemed to be deliberately avoiding her, Jiang Xinyi didn't care, and led Xiaohuai to sit in the courtyard and teach him to sing nursery rhymes.

It wasn't until noon that Fu Bo called them to have lunch, which was a pause for a while, and the lunch was very simple, all of them were green vegetables and radishes, and the only dish with a bit of meat was the fungus fried with oil residue.

"Princess, I'm sorry, there are no good dishes in the countryside." Mu Yun said lukewarmly.

"Auntie, don't say that, I'm not a picky eater, what do you eat." Jiang Xinyi picked up the rice bowl, grabbed a chopstick and pulled the vegetables into her mouth, and when she saw the expressions of Mu Yun and Fu Bo, she knew that they didn't believe what they said, but it was the truth.

This meal was the most aggrieved meal Jiang Xinyi had ever eaten, and she deeply realized what it meant to be like sitting on pins and needles, she didn't have to look up to feel Mu Yun and Fu Bo staring at her from time to time, really, she was not a bad person, why were they so wary of her? Xiaohuai was very well-behaved when he ate, he didn't say a word, and was fed by Mu Yun one bite after another.

Jiang Xinyi quickly solved the rice in her bowl, Mu Yun also asked Xiaohuai to practice calligraphy, Jiang Xinyi wanted to follow over to have a look, but she didn't follow, she wanted to help Mu Yun clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and she was timid.

God, it's about to collapse, although that Wen Yuxin is very perverted, Jiang Xinyi feels that she is not afraid of him, but in the face of Mu Yun and Fu Bo, why is this happening? Jiang Xinyi couldn't figure it out, and she didn't want to figure it out, she just hoped that Wen Yuxin would come back quickly, and then lead her back to the backyard of the palace, preferring to be alone in front of the two chickens than to face Mu Yun and Fu Bo here, they made her feel that she was short of oxygen, although she knew that these two people were not bad people.

Jiang Xinyi walked into the yard as if she was fleeing, hey, when did Lao He, who was driving the car, leave? I didn't see them last night, so could it be that I sent them here and went back? She's only now remembering that there are fewer people! Alas, I should have asked Lao He to go to the backyard to help her feed the two chickens, I didn't go back this day and night, and I don't know how they were, there should be no weasels, right? Alas, two poor chickens, she's worried.

Jiang Xinyi wanted to walk outside, anyway, the perverted prince was not there, she made up her mind, she turned around and glanced into the yard, there was no one, hehe, hurry up and wander around, she just noticed that Xiaohuai's home is the one on the edge of the village, and the nearest house to his house is two miles away, no wonder it is so quiet.

Jiang Xinyi walked out of the road for a while, stopped, and was thinking about which direction to go, should she go back and go around the hillside? Or go to the village and get a taste of the customs of the ancient village?

Just when she was hesitating, a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer came out from behind the big tree on the side of the road, medium height, with a beard on his face, and a big scar on his forehead. Fortunately, the man just glanced at her and walked to the village on his own.

Jiang Xinyi secretly laughed at her timidity, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly shouted to the front; "Big brother, please stay."

When the bearded man heard this, he immediately stopped, turned around and asked; "What did the little lady call me?"

"I want to ask you, do you know if there is a market in this village?" Jiang Xinyi asked.

"There is a bazaar, but not today, it will be on that day for three or six long days, but I don't know what the little lady wants to buy?" After the beard finished speaking, he saw Jiang Xinyi with a disappointed face and asked.

"I want to buy a chicken and cook it at night." Jiang Xinyi said embarrassedly.

"It's not difficult, I have a few at home, I originally wanted to wait until the next market day to sell for a little money, since you want to, you might as well sell one first." The bearded man said with a smile.

"That's a good feeling, thank you, big brother." Jiang Xinyi said happily.

"Thank you, it was originally going to be sold, and if you sell it a few days earlier, you can save some corn, don't you, little lady, please come with me." After saying that, he walked forward.

Jiang Xinyi pondered in her heart, in this broad daylight, he didn't dare to do anything to himself, so she also followed. When I walked into the village, I saw a few children in ragged clothes playing, and then some very old people sitting on chairs in front of the house, basking in the sun.

"Why do you only see old and weak children in the village?" Jiang Xinyi asked puzzled.

"On Qilin Mountain in the west of the capital, temples and nunnery are being built, and the construction period is tight and the wages are attractive, so everyone in the village who has some strength, both men and women, go to work there." Bearded explained.

"Oh, I see? Then why didn't you go? Jiang Xinyi asked casually.

As soon as the bearded man heard her ask such a question, his face suddenly stiffened, and he recovered after just a moment of effort, but Jiang Xinyi still caught it, and secretly scolded herself in her heart, she had no brains, why was she so three-eight?

"Oh, I'm just asking, by the way, how far is your house, big brother?" Jiang Xinyi hurriedly crossed the conversation and asked.

"It's not far away, it's at the head of the village." The bearded man said hurriedly.

At this time, a few more men came on the opposite side, although they were wearing shabby clothes, the skin on their faces was not very rough, they were all in a hurry, and when they staggered by, Jiang Xinyi saw them nodding with their beards, but they didn't say hello.

Hey? Their demeanor and expression, how can they not tell that they are farmers, although Jiang Xinyi was suspicious, but did not think much about it, maybe the ancient peasants were more temperamental, right? She didn't want to do much anymore, so she couldn't help but ask.

Finally stopped outside a small courtyard on the periphery, the courtyard wall was made of adobe, and there was no gate, approaching the courtyard, there were three low houses inside, they were so dilapidated, and none of the papers on the window lattice were intact, "Big brother, where are your chickens?" Why didn't you see it? Jiang Xinyi looked at the situation in this courtyard was really bleak, just like the haunted house in the movie, which made her feel furious, so she hurriedly asked.

"Probably all foraging in the woods, little lady wait here, I'll go and chase them back, let you pick one." The bearded man walked out as he spoke.

"You have to hurry, you don't have to rush back, just help me pick a big one and catch it. Jiang Xinyi shouted in the back.

I don't know if the bearded man heard it, Jiang Xinyi saw him go out, and then followed, she didn't want to help, but she was afraid in this yard alone. But when she walked out of the courtyard gate, she saw that there was no trace of him, and the forest was still a few hundred meters away from here, was he so fast? Jiang Xinyi looked around again, but there was not even a ghost shadow.

Jiang Xinyi had to wait where she was, otherwise she would catch the chicken and she would not be able to find her, and she would not be scolded for being a liar. In fact, this chicken is not that she is greedy and wants to eat, but wants to make up for Xiaohuai, such a young child, eating so poorly, is he still the son of the prince? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but start scolding Wen Yuxin again, no matter how you can't treat children like this, you said that you eat big fish and meat in the capital all day long, but let a child without a mother eat turnips and greens, your father is too unqualified!

She just spun around and waited, but her legs were numb, and she didn't see his figure, where did she catch chickens? He won't be caught by chickens, right? Jiang Xinyi didn't dare to wait any longer, she was worried that Wen Yuxin would come back suddenly, and she didn't worry about anything else, but didn't people give her freedom of movement? You can walk around the house, and you can also go to the street, even if you caught her in the restaurant yesterday, don't you embarrass her too much, besides, if you make him angry and angry, restrict her freedom again, and want to go out and climb the wall, how can the wall climb the wall without entering the gate in a bright way, like a thief, and then he deducted the fifty taels of monthly money, so he was wronged, this private business owner is unreliable.

Anyway, that person also knew who she was a guest of her house, and she would go to Xiaohuai's house with the chicken later, Jiang Xinyi made up her mind and hurriedly walked back, fortunately, the road was very easy to remember, and it would not be wrong to pick the wide one and keep going.

As soon as I reached the middle of the village, I saw an eight- or nine-year-old child crying in the arms of an old woman. Alas, crying nose when you're so old?

Jiang Xinyi secretly laughed at the child's lack of interest, and when she was about to walk past them, the child's words were thrown into her ears like a cannonball, and she almost fainted.

"Grandma, there are a lot of people from Xiaohuai's house at the end of the village, they are fighting, they are all using swords, and there are still dead people." The kid whimpered.

"I know that his family is not an ordinary person, he has lived here for so many years, he doesn't interact with everyone, he is alone, he must be hiding from the enemy, little dog, how many times have your father and mother told you, let you go less over there, hurry into the house and hide, remember, whoever asks in the future will say that he has not seen anything, he doesn't know anything, understand? The village is all old and small, who can take care of them, alas, the way of the world! The old lady stood up tremblingly on crutches, and when she looked up and saw Jiang Xinyi with a frightened face, she quickly pulled the little dog into the house, and the door was closed with a pop.

Xiaohuai, you don't have anything to do, Jiang Xinyi prayed, spread her feet and ran back, where do you care about the image problem, at this time, she was not afraid of the killer in her heart, she just wanted to see Xiaohuai's child, it is not impossible to hide at this time, but in that case, Xiaohuai was really killed, she knew that she would have nightmares for a lifetime, and she would feel guilty for a lifetime, although the child was not killed because of her, why was she so worried about him? It's only been a day since they've known each other, just because he's also a motherless child? Or is it because he called himself a mother?

Jiang Xinyi didn't know the answer, and she didn't have the heart to find the answer, she ran hard at the speed of a track and field sprint, hoping that Xiaohuai was okay、、、、